11.14: WARMIN UP - Hour 4

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Thank you John Shannon, Thank you Perry Williams. Also big
thanks to Scott Fitzgerald. That's the crew. I mean, Perry
Williams is not here with us, but he of course
is part of our news coverage and we appreciate him.
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
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Speaker 1 (00:17):
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not somebody who likes to enjoy breakfast for dinner. I mean,
I can eat it, but it just it said it's
best when I'm eating it in the morning.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
But of all the.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Breakfast treats we have, breakfast dishes, biscuits and gravy has
got to be at the top for me.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
Bravy's money, dude, Gravy doesn't matter whatever you put it on.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
Gravy's money.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
I can't disagree. Yeah, cannot disagree. Good good stuff. All right,
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Speaker 2 (01:25):
Feel free to fire away.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
Some big news from last night is the government shutdown
has come to an end. But this is really just
I think a pause to get things back open. As
far as what was actually resolved and which side can
feel as if they got a victory, that remains to
be seen, and.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
It's really a mixed bag.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
So we'll talk to Roy O'Neil about that coming up
around eight thirty five. Get the latest and I guess
tell us what we're he can give us a little
bit of insight as far as what we're in for
the weeks to come, because still a lot to work
on in a matter of what four or five weeks
left in this year before before you know, we could
potentially be shut down once again. Also, we now know

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that all of the victims have been identified, and all
of the family members of those victims have been notified,
and really just the actual process of determining which body
is which is part of this process, and it's it's
just awful to think about how it could be more
difficult and less difficult to determine the identities of certain

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people just depending upon it, you know, the level of
their injuries and what ultimately led to them losing their lives.
So I think this is somewhat a part of of
of closure for I mean, I feel foolish speaking is
if I can, if I can, I mean, I have
no clue what the closure process would feel like or

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if it even seems possible at this stage of of
of grief that you're in because of what a tragic
just such a tragic situation. But if you were somebody
that was just holding out hope, trying trying not to
believe what what your your biggest fear was just knowing
and having it confirmed. And now you're going through the
process of funeral and whatnot. I mean, that's those things

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exist for a reason. It's part of the process. And
uh again, I'm sure the I'm sure it still doesn't
seem real to uh to to to many of those
who lost loved ones. Rather it be a significant other,
a brother, a colleague, a friend. Uh, or if you're
somebody that that that you're alive, but you know it's

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just because of the randomness of life that you didn't
go to work that day.

Speaker 2 (03:39):
You weren't.

Speaker 1 (03:41):
And by the way, one of the i mean one
of the awful stories that that we got from from
the victims pretty early in the process. I think this
was just a couple of days after it happened, is
the guy who worked at great A Auto who lived
in in the in a trailer that he owned that
was on the property at Grade A and he had
just happened to walk out of his trailer and had

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he been in his trailer, he wouldn't be with us today.
And there was no reason, there was no specific it
was just again the randomness of your everyday life that
led to him not being in there at a time
where again he's alive. But friends that he worked with
or not co workers, they were two of the fourteen victims.
So again just a tragic situation all the way around.

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Here's Mary Greenberg when speaking speaking yesterday.

Speaker 4 (04:30):
So as we hear these names today, let's never forget
their lives, their laughter, their love, and all that they
meant to those around them and to our entire city.
Each of these victims represents a life full of purpose,
interrupted far too soon, and also a life that will

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never fade because we will always remember them. We will
take care of their loved ones, walk with them through grief,
and honor the lives they built by always saying their names.

Speaker 1 (05:11):
So in this tragic situation, it has been nice to
see great leadership, I think from everybody top to bottom
that is in a leadership role in in the city
and in this state. Mayor Greenberg, Chief Humphrey, the leaders
at the Louisville Fire Department, Jody Myman, I mean, people

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who are are in I mean this is what they
do when these things happen. They are called upon to
do whatever it is their exact role asks of them.
And if you think it's heavy for you just being
a an everyday citizen that doesn't necessarily work in that
world of public service, I mean, imagine what it's like
for them.

Speaker 2 (05:51):
But I do.

Speaker 1 (05:52):
I did love the quote I heard in the newscast
yesterday and I heard it this morning as well, from
from from someone and I wish I had the person's name.
But the if if it doesn't impact you, then then
you know you need to do something else. Because this
this the reason that you that you you want to
do it is because you realize these things happen and
you almost I guess, take pride in and being in

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that position to handle whatever your role is during such
a tragic situation. So again, this will be felt for
a long time, no doubt, but this is at least
a step and and and healing. I think it's just
knowing of all the victims and knowing of the impact.
All right, What I want to do on the other side,
I want to revisit a conversation we had in the

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seven o'clock hour, just because it got a lot of
feedback from folks, including people that I know and uh
people chiming in on social media, I shared some numbers
that surprised me, but you guys were not surprised. And
you guys, I mean people who have kids that are
in you sports. But it's just it's it's it's it's
exposing a delusion that is that exists at a high

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level with parents who think that their kid is a
lot better than they actually are at sports, but also
think that their kid's going to be in the NBA
or be in the NFL. And that's that surprised me
a lot. But there's a lot of folks that say, hey, Nick,
you don't know what you got coming for you when
your kids get older and you play. There's some lunatics

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out there as far as parents, and I guess you're right,
but I'm going to give you some more data that
if you are that parent that lives in that delusional world,
it's always possible, but like the actually the chances of
it happening is way more rare than you you would
ever realize. All right, stick with us right here, it's
news Radio eight forty whas So there's a new survey

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that tells us that sixty eight percent of parents believe
their kid is above average athletically. That doesn't really surprise me.
But seventeen percent think their kid has a legit shot
of becoming a professional athlete. Seventeen percent think that their kid.
I guess having a legit shot is different than thinking
that your kid's going to do it and that's just
how life's going to work out. But even that is

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I think. When I say delusion, I want to try
not to insult anybody that has strong belief in their
kid's ability, because there's nothing wrong with that. But your
your kid could probably be even better than you think
your kid is and still have such a very slim
chance of actually getting to the NBA or the NFL,

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because those things just don't happen very often. And I
talked about this earlier, and I got hit with some friends,
some listeners on social media, client even who was also
a friend who who shared some experiences and and basically
they were telling me, Hey, you shouldn't be so surprised
by this. I'm not surprised. Really, You've got no clue

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what you're in for once you get to playing, you know,
playing competitive sports when your kid's older. And and I'll
take your OL's word for it. Because there was enough
reaction from that conversation that that that clearly I should
have been so surprised. But my kids five, I've not
been exposed to this just yet. But let me just
give you some numbers that that again, it's not to

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crap on your kid and and tell you that you're
foolish for thinking that they've got a lot of potential.
It's just insanely hard to do, just because think about
how many people there are in the world. Think about
how many kids there are in America that play this
sport or that sport. There aren't that many jobs in
the NBA, in the NFL, and in Major League Baseball

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it's much different because there's a lot more players you've
got true minor league. But still that that is rare,
even with those numbers being different, So you could be
I mean, this is this is just this is crazy,
but this this is not surprising. Think about where you
go to high school or where your kid go is
going to go to high school. Let's just say your

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kid ends up being the best basketball player that ever
played at that school in the history of the school.
And all schools are different, right, Some schools are factories
for athletes and some schools are way bigger than others.
Some schools have been around for two hundred years, some
schools have been around for two years.

Speaker 2 (10:09):
It varies.

Speaker 1 (10:11):
But if you are the best player that ever played
at your high school, just pure numbers, you've got a
one point four percent chance of making it in the
in the NFL, So let's do the NBA.

Speaker 2 (10:27):
You've got a.

Speaker 1 (10:27):
One point two five percent chance of making it to
the NBA if you are the best player that ever
played that sport at your high school. Major League Baseball, again,
different different numbers, you could be the best baseball player
ever and you could have a three point five percent
chance of actually getting to getting drafted. So and again

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there's a lot of players that get drafted. So that
I think is a good piece of data that just
gives you the real the realization of how difficult it is.
Now there are schools that I could think of even
around here, that have put a lot of guys in
the NFL over the years. But again, if you just
think about how many great players played there that didn't
go to the NBA, they didn't go to the NFL.

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Another reminder of how hard it is.

Speaker 3 (11:13):
Well, you look at what was it Jeremy Lynn looking
up some of these players undrafted out of Harvard, cutting
multiple times, then became of course the global phenomenon in
the NBA. You know, you've got players that weren't necessarily
thought of by their parents as being the best athletes,
and then they suddenly blossomed into this athlete.

Speaker 2 (11:29):
The key is, you know, just let your child be
your child.

Speaker 1 (11:32):
And I'm glad you brought that up, because there's also
a chance that maybe they maybe they've got a better
way of getting there through more of a natural process
than I mean, parents try to help. I think the
intentions always there. Also there are some parents I think
that maybe they're trying to live out what they missed

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out on with their kids. There's no doubt that exists
to an extent. But parents can try to make sacrifices everything,
be so involved, and it's because they love their kid
and they want the most of their kid. But at
times they're in the way. At times they're not they're
not helping, they're hurting in a variety of ways when
it comes to just being that parent that nobody wants
to be around, that you know, is a pain in

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the rear end of the coach or the parent that's
putting too much pressure on your kid to where they
don't even enjoy playing it, and it's no longer their dream,
it's yours, and that that's that's that's happening every day.

Speaker 3 (12:24):
Well, it's cliche to say, but the most important thing
is to drive home after I can't tell you a
number of times that I brought my son home from
hockey practice because he had never played a lick of hockey,
frustrated as all get.

Speaker 2 (12:34):
Up, and it was quiet in the car.

Speaker 3 (12:37):
There are times when they want to talk, there's times
when they don't want to talk.

Speaker 2 (12:40):
There's no need to.

Speaker 3 (12:40):
Force the questions with them, especially if you're trying to
figure outf you think your child's not going to be
that good at a sport, let your child not be
good at that sport. Let them try to figure it out.
And it took him a while, but he got it
and eventually he was starting. For a kid who's never
played hockey before, the coach just took him under his
wing at saying.

Speaker 2 (12:57):
Next they had to teach him how to skate.

Speaker 1 (13:00):
He's and he's not in the NHL right but obviously
he he he benefited so so greatly as a as
a human being, and that's where the real value, like
that that's what should be thought of more so than
anything when it comes to the value when it comes
to playing sports as a kid, because that's that's very
much possible for everybody who plays, and that's something that

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you can benefit as a human being from for the
rest of your life. Not to sound corny, but that's
that's that's really what.

Speaker 2 (13:27):
High school sports exists for.

Speaker 1 (13:29):
It's not it's not to produce countless NBA and NFL players,
because that's just that is such a rare, rare, rare thing.

Speaker 3 (13:37):
Well, and I'm so glad you brought all this up, Nick,
because I just shameless plugged coming up on Kentucky Focused
Sunday morning.

Speaker 2 (13:43):
Here, I talked to the folks who are behind the study.

Speaker 3 (13:46):
One of the folks at BS and Sports talked about
the influx of club sports and the impact it's having
on families, kids and even pocketbooks. I mean, we nearly
went broke, Nick, I'm not gonna lie.

Speaker 2 (13:57):
I guarantee it. Putting my son.

Speaker 3 (13:58):
Through hockey, the road trip hockey is very It's not
for people who make the income we make, but to
your point, because I wanted my son to have that experience,
and because it was such a gratifying feeling, thanks to
coach Sully at Saint X, that he had to learn
how to skate. He went from that for us to
playing on some pretty bad teams, to being on championship

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teams to eventually starting.

Speaker 2 (14:21):
Dude, it helps. Muldia is right on. I mean right on.
I totally get it.

Speaker 1 (14:25):
So all right, let's get to a quick time out
stick with us. Tony and Dwight coming your way at
nine o'clock right here at news Radio eight forty whas