Furness Show 3-13: Sam Darnold Pres Conference, Gary Parrish, Clay Helton.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Full house.

Speaker 2 (00:00):
This is great, So I appreciate everybody coming in and
spend the time with us, but really excited to introduce Sam.
Darnold's a new quarterback and this is exciting times man.
Just uh, you know, it's been been a whirlwind couple
of weeks here, as you guys well documented, but as
this thing started to come together, feels similar like the

(00:20):
way I feel, you know, introducing Clint was just you know,
looking into Sam and obviously gone against him in my
career and here here last year at Looman against the Vikings.
You think about you just want first of all, he's
just a tremendous human being a great leader. We had
a lot of people in our building that have the
history with Sam, that have a lot of respect form
as a person, as a leader, as a football player.

(00:42):
So I'm really excited to get our relationship started and
getting to you know, introduced themselves to the rest of
the team and the city and the twelves. I think
we're going to be really proud of our quarterback here
and then obviously as a football player and as a quarterback,
just a heck of a player, Just tough as nails.
From my opinion, afraid, aren't me. You go through all

(01:06):
the talent and all we can talk about that to
we're blue in the face, but just really excited about
what Sam's gonna bring to our football team and just
an exciting time. So yeah, without any further ado, to
introduce Sam Darnold is their new quarterback.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
Appreciate it, guys, Appreciate that coach first and foremost, I'm
just excited to be here. Uh, excited to you know,
get to know this organization. I've already met, you know,
I think most of the people, not most of the people,
but some of the people I'll be dealing with on
a day to day basis. I'm so excited just to
meet that my teammates. I've met a couple of the

(01:51):
new ones already. Uh, you know, d Law, Josh, you know,
just just very very excited to to get to meet everyone,
and just about this organization.

Speaker 4 (02:01):
Man.

Speaker 3 (02:01):
I've you know, I've heard so many, so many good
things about this organization from you know, different guys that
have played here, retired and still playing in the league.
You hear nothing about great things, nothing but great things
about this organization. And man, I'm.

Speaker 5 (02:19):
Just so excited to be a part of it.

Speaker 3 (02:21):
I'm excited to meet some of the fans, the twelves.

Speaker 5 (02:25):
You know, playing here.

Speaker 3 (02:26):
I think I've played here a total of three times,
actually played twice. I was a backup in San Francisco
working with Clint here one of those times. And it's
an unbelievable atmosphere Atluomenfield. And uh, I'm so excited to
finally have those those twelves on my side this time.
And yeah, man, just just really looking forward to this

(02:46):
opportunity to to be here with with my teammates, with
these coaches. I think we have an opportunity to do
something very very special here. But it's gonna it's gonna
take a lot of hard work and we know that.
I know that going in and uh, yeah, I'm just
very excited to take this one one day at a
time and that's gonna be That's what I'm gonna do.

(03:08):
I'm gonna put my head down and go to work,
and uh, just excited to do that.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
Sam.

Speaker 6 (03:15):
Can you just take us through kind of the process
for you of I guess with what what you learned
your working to stay with the Vikings, I guess, and
that's kind of how the Seahawks got into it.

Speaker 3 (03:23):
Yeah, so yeah, just kind of talking through obviously heard
the Geno news when that broke, I kind of understood
that this could potentially be a spot for me. And
then you know, what was it Monday, just kind of
you know, letting, letting my agents and these guys kind
of figure out, you know, what would be a really

(03:45):
good fit for me, and that kind of you know,
came to fruition a little bit, and and then finally
on Wednesday, you know, finally getting getting to talk to
some of these coaches and you know, even have some
of the players reach out to me, guys that I
played with at US, having Jackson reach out as well.
Just so eager, you know, I met Jackson at the

(04:06):
Pro Bowl, and just so eager to to to get
to know each other and uh, you know, get get working,
you know, talking about when we're gonna throw each other
and stuff like that. So just very excited man about
this opportunity and just to just to go to work,
go to work with these guys in the building every
single day.

Speaker 7 (04:22):
Clinton, you worked with Sam in twenty twenty three, obviously
saw what did last year. What about his game fits
what you want to do on offense?

Speaker 8 (04:29):
Yeah, Sam is extremely talented, obviously a great throw over
the football. His mobility sticks out, his toughness, his maturity.
I think the thing about Sam that really sticks out
is just he's an A plus teammate, you know, elevates
those around him, and the guys he plays with respects him.
Because when you're you know, your best players are your
hardest workers. That's what you really strive for. It's what
you want as a coach, and Sam has that in spades.

Speaker 1 (04:51):
Why is this a scheme good for you? Yeah?

Speaker 3 (04:54):
Obviously, you know, working with Clint a little bit in
San Francisco, very familiar with the scheme, Ransom very very
similar concepts last year in Minnesota as well, and uh yeah,
just you know, even getting to talk to Clint a
little bit, you know, on Wednesday, just being very very
excited just about this opportunity and just to just to

(05:16):
be able to collaborate, I think is the biggest thing. Like,
you know, there's variations of the same system that kind
of go around the NFL, and being in one of
those last year and kind of getting to morph a
little bit of that with obviously most of the stuff
that that you know, we did in San Francisco, and
then I know he grew on his system a little
bit last year in New Orleans. So again just just

(05:37):
very I know I keep using this word, but very
excited to to just get rolling on on kind of
what this system, what the offense is gonna look like
next year.

Speaker 9 (05:48):
Particularly about the system Sam Fitcher skills.

Speaker 5 (05:51):
Yeah, I think, you know, first and foremost.

Speaker 3 (05:53):
I think maybe Clint could talk a little bit more
about that in detail, but I know it foundation is
the run game and we're gonna we're gonna run the rock.
I know Clint's big on running the rock and you
got to do that and building that off of play
action keepers and dropping back when you have.

Speaker 9 (06:09):
To much a system and attraction to signing with.

Speaker 5 (06:11):
Scale, yeah, it was.

Speaker 3 (06:13):
It was definitely one of the things that I factored
into into signing here, and again just being able to
work with Clint and and having talked with Clint a
ton in San Francisco about kind of what we like dislike.
We have so much in common when it comes to
when it comes to football, and yeah, just very you know,
very uh, very pumped to get this thing going.

Speaker 10 (06:34):
What do you think things clicked for you in Minnesota?
The way they did last year.

Speaker 5 (06:38):
Yeah, I think for me it was.

Speaker 3 (06:40):
You know, I think the biggest thing was just consistent,
playing consistent football and then it's a lot easier so
than done. But not turning the football over. I think
that's the biggest thing. Is like kind of understanding when
it plays dead, especially on first and second down and
then third down, Like you're gonna have some plays where
you know, the d line might might get a good
rush and they might get in there and you got
to take a set I can keep two hands on

(07:00):
the ball and let you know, you know, let uh
you know, what's his dixon or punter do his thing
back there? You know that's one uh and uh yeah,
just just very you know, being very smart, situationally aware,
I think is the biggest thing that kind of you know,

(07:21):
you know, turned my game into into being kind of
you know, here and there hit and missed to playing
consistent football. What was I think, just situational awareness and
understanding within the scheme, uh, kind of where my outlets were.

Speaker 10 (07:35):
You had more explosive passes than any quarterback in the.

Speaker 11 (07:38):
NFL last year.

Speaker 10 (07:40):
Oh right, yeah, uh, you know what about your game
allows you to to excel on those those deeper passes.

Speaker 5 (07:46):
Yes, it's you know, it doesn't happen by mistake.

Speaker 3 (07:49):
I work on that a ton have worked on that
the last few years in the off season, being able,
whether it's mechanics and mentally just understanding okay, like leverages
of safeties. You know, how are we gonna attack this guy?
How are we going to attack the post safety this week?
When they do play split safety? Is it you know,
cover two quarters? Like, there's so many different variations of

(08:10):
too high that you can play. So it's just kind
of understanding who we're playing, where the weaknesses are in
that defense, and how we can take advantage over the top.
And then again like the biggest thing is if it's
not there, understanding where my outlets are.

Speaker 7 (08:24):
Mike, you game planned it for Sam last year. He
coached to get to it. Now that he's on your
side of what excites you about his game?

Speaker 2 (08:32):
Well, I think I think I think Sam's best days
are ahead of him, and I think you've seen that
through the course of his career. I was able to
to grow as a player, can sure you you know,
talking to some mark defensive guys like we felt him
out there, like would you want when you play quarterbacks
or quarterbacks and your team, you want to feel them
in the game, and you definitely feel Sam's presence and poise, competitiveness,

(08:57):
I mean, accuracy, all the like, the downfield rat that's
definitely that's definitely a part of it. And then being
able to run the show too operationally. Sam can do
it with the best of them as well.

Speaker 12 (09:07):
Like maybe the flip side of Bob's question, getting to
the point you guys did where you made the decision
you did with Gino and then targeting Sam is where
you were gonna go next, and you kind of walk
us through that process and how you got to.

Speaker 2 (09:16):
The well, yeah, I mean it was you know, it's
interesting series of events for sure, But when you know
became a parent that we were gonna have to pivot
away from Gino, then you know, I'm definitely hoping that
it was gonna with Sam. You know, there's some time there,
but everyone involved in the process was awesome. John was awesome,
Joey Lane was awesome. All of our pro pro purpose

(09:38):
and old people were on it. So just really fortunate
that it worked out the way it did. And there's
some great there's great quarterbacks out there that you know
that we we looked into but really apparent that Sam
was our guy.

Speaker 9 (09:51):
Well what did dynamics?

Speaker 2 (09:52):
He did make that choice so well, I would say
like once once, once we decided to make the drink
the move with Gino. Understand any who was out there, definitely,
you know, Sam became you know, the number one focus pretty.

Speaker 5 (10:04):
Quickly as in Minnesota.

Speaker 10 (10:07):
Partly too being smart and not turning the ball over.
But it was more than just that he thirty five
touchdown passing.

Speaker 13 (10:12):
He didn't reported to be that are passing yards statistically
just don's.

Speaker 10 (10:16):
Better than previous year.

Speaker 6 (10:17):
Dude, do you feel like you've found something in your
game going to that year or did film or coaches
that you know.

Speaker 10 (10:24):
Unlocked something? Yeah?

Speaker 5 (10:25):
I think you know, you learn from experience, you know,
good or bad.

Speaker 3 (10:30):
You know, I learned a ton being in New York,
learned a ton being in Carolina, learned a ton you know,
going obviously going to San Francisco and Clint was a
huge part of that, just kind of understanding. Okay, Like
and I I really you know, thank Brock a ton
rock party for you know, just his style of playing
and how he kind of described his style as like

(10:51):
we got a ton of great playmakers on offense, Like
my job is just to play point guard and get
the ball in their hands and let them go do
great things with the rock. And when I started to
change my thought process as a quarterback to kind of
just getting getting the ball in my guy's hands, then
that really, that's that's kind of where it unlocked for

(11:11):
me a little bit. And then obviously the coaching I
got in Minnesota, you know, it was, uh, it was
an incredible experience, you know, Ko, Josh West, Grant, all
those guys. I can go on and on obviously the
players that we had in Minnesota as well. But yeah,
it's a it's a credit to everything. Man, It's I
can't necessarily point to one thing. But you know, my

(11:32):
entire journey has been about growing as a person and
as a player, and that's kind of where, you know,
and I'm just so so thankful that it's led me
to this point here in Seattle.

Speaker 6 (11:42):
After the season ended, Where was your head at in
terms of possibly returning to Minnesota or testing free agency?

Speaker 3 (11:48):
Yeah, you know, we were kind of looking at all
all possibilities, to be honest, and uh, you know, I'm
just very happy that all roads kind of led to
Seattle guys some big.

Speaker 6 (12:00):
Moves with DK and Tyler. So I said, as well,
I know you're not done, I guess, but the offense
right now, kind of what's your vision for that going forward?
With the changes you've made with without how the DK
and Tyler.

Speaker 2 (12:09):
Well, I think I think the vision for offense has
stayed the same. There's those are those are big shoes
to fill and he can't do it just by like
one person. But I think like the synergy involved that
that we're gonna that's gonna be needed in order to
do it is exciting. You know, as we start to
build this, the guys that are in the building, the
possibilities of people that we can either acquire in the

(12:29):
draft or you know, throughout the whole process. So vision,
vision maintains the same, and uh excited, just like like
Sam's talking about his mentality of this growth mindset of
like trying to build our football team and take it
to the next level. That's there, man, Like we're just
I mean, this is this is great. I'm happy everybody's here.
Can't wait till you know, we actually start doing some

(12:50):
real football.

Speaker 9 (12:51):
And eleven months ago, Sam when you were in Minnesota
and they draft JJ McCarthy tenth overall. And if someone
had told you you'd have thirty five hundred yards before
three hundred yards and thirty five touchdowns and now a
contract with Seattle and beat the franchise, what do you
have said then eleven months ago?

Speaker 3 (13:07):
It's tough, man, Like, whenever you get into hypotheticals, that's
always kind of a world I try to stray away
from a little bit or stay away from. But yeah,
you know, I knew the possibilities of going there, and
you know, that's that's one of the reasons I signed there,
was the potential to you know, to have success and
not just have success. But you know, again, like this
whole journey's been about for me, It's it's been about

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learning and growing. And I knew I was gonna have
a chance to do that there, you know, and was
able to just play, like I keep mentioning, I was
able to play consistent football on a weekly basis, and
you know, just happy to be able to do that here.

Speaker 5 (13:42):
Now you mentioned learning from experiences.

Speaker 1 (13:45):
What did you learn from the end of last season?

Speaker 10 (13:47):
What do you feel like you can grow from.

Speaker 1 (13:49):
Just from having that success and then reaching that hurdle
and not being able to get over that.

Speaker 3 (13:53):
Yeah, you know again, I was waiting for someone to
bring that up. By the way, I appreciate appreciate that now,
that's it's fair man. Like, you know, you get all
the way to that point, you have the season that
we had offensively as a team, and then you know,
you run into at the end of the day, like
only one team can can win the Super Bowl, and
unfortunately we weren't that team. But I learned a ton

(14:17):
from those last two games, especially playing Detroit and play
in LA. You know, we're gonna c l A twice
a year obviously playing in this division and.

Speaker 5 (14:25):
Really looking forward to that.

Speaker 3 (14:26):
But yeah, it's just you know, continuing to learn, learn
things about yourself what they did schematically, and uh yeah,
that's that's basically all you can do.

Speaker 5 (14:36):
Is just learn from those experiences.

Speaker 6 (14:38):
But uh, your oldest starter at least now is twenty
seven and the long line years three years on the team.

Speaker 10 (14:44):
How important is the leadership you're gonna be looking for
for Sam in this offense.

Speaker 5 (14:48):
Yeah, it's it's very important. And Sam he's gonna lead
through his production.

Speaker 8 (14:52):
You know, all the players are you know, they got
a job to do, and they got they got to
go play the game. And I want his natural personality
to come out. And that's why he's here, because he
has that natural ability to lead. But most importantly, he's
a great player and he's gonna go lead with his production,
and we're going to help him as a staff and
as a team. It's not all about Sam. It's about
who the guys he's throwing to, the guys he's blocking

(15:12):
for him, you know, tight ends running back. So it's
all it's all a team thing. And I'm glad that
he's leading to charge. But we're going to have success
when the team has success.

Speaker 7 (15:22):
You've you've coached quarterbacks along time, Clayton, just that position
in particular, or people maybe too quick to just kind
of write a guy off when they've got you know,
just everything that goes into that. And then we see
something like Sam do what he did that part.

Speaker 1 (15:34):
Of his career last year.

Speaker 5 (15:35):
No, I agree with that.

Speaker 8 (15:37):
You know there's only uh, you know, there's thirty two jobs, right,
and then you maybe have a you get selected early,
you get a couple, you get a year or two
maybe to prove yourself and then they kick you to
the curb. And then some guys are really tough enough
to come back and fight through it, and I'm sitting
next to one of them. You go back to his
twenty twenty two season where you know, he didn't play
it at the end of the year, the last six games.

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He goes four and two and Carolina and then and
then comes to San Francisco and and and sits behind
Brock and keeps growing as a player and then goes
and does what he does in Minnesota. That's just really
impressive to have that kind of a you know, to
be that kind of a fighter and to stay in
the fight and when you get your chance again and
be ready. And Sam was ready and Sam, Sam earned
this job.

Speaker 1 (16:18):
Here can you talk.

Speaker 11 (16:19):
About the value of situal situational awareness and quarterback? I
know Sam talked about it, but as offensive courting.

Speaker 10 (16:27):
How important is that?

Speaker 5 (16:28):
Well, it's critical, right, and Sam touched on it.

Speaker 8 (16:31):
You know, that comes with experience, and Sam's had a
lot of experience and was really well coached in Minnesota.
So having a you know, you can only remind a
quarterback so much before that button goes off and you
can't talk to him anymore. So they got to have
it ingrained in them. Those are things you talk about
in the meeting room. But to have a guy that
can go execute that on game day with seventy thousand
people screaming at him, it's not easy to find.

Speaker 5 (16:54):
We got the right guy here.

Speaker 12 (16:56):
Sam Mike said, he thinks your best days are still
ahead of you. We're somewhere, you see, you want to
make a step forward in even beyond what you did
last year.

Speaker 3 (17:03):
Yeah, I think, you know, I kind of look at
those last couple of games. You know, I think being
able to get the ball out a little bit quicker
on on some of the dropback stuff that we had
those last couple of games, and understanding where the outlets
are and even if a guy's covered, like even if
my back's covered on a checkdown, like just throwing it
at his feet. You know, I felt like I was
taking some unnecessary sacks last year, especially those last few games,

(17:25):
and just kind of continue to work that however I
can in drills and drill settings, you know, uh, you know,
early early April and even even you know later this March,
but you know, when we start to get into those
team periods and start to get into training camp a
little bit. I'll definitely be you know, thinking about that,
keeping two hands on the ball in the pocket at

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all times and just doing all the little fund of
fundamental things you know, and uh and I think, but
that's a big one is being able to just get
the ball out on time.

Speaker 4 (17:56):
Mike.

Speaker 10 (17:56):
When you do something, assize me.

Speaker 12 (17:57):
Because trade your quarterback, trade someone as productive as that
which is DK and cut someone like Tyler.

Speaker 7 (18:01):
It can create the perception, it can create the idea
that you guys are rebuilding.

Speaker 10 (18:07):
How would you explain why that's not the case.

Speaker 2 (18:10):
Well, I mean, I don't think that really showed up
in our mindset throughout the whole whole process. I think
you're you're always looking at any all these all these
moves is as as serious as they seem to be,
and they were as they happen. It's all through the
lens of what's best for the team now and in
the long run. So just seeing that they happened all
kind of sequentially back to back to back, which was

(18:34):
necessary at the time. But we're rocking, man, we're rolling.
I think we're really really excited about our future. And
I mean these are like the kind of the dull
days of March with your team.

Speaker 10 (18:45):
You know, it's a dead.

Speaker 2 (18:46):
Period and all that.

Speaker 10 (18:47):
So we're building right now behind the scenes.

Speaker 2 (18:50):
So when the guys show up, you know, we hit
the ground run one hundred miles an hour in April.

Speaker 6 (18:54):
Like, how do you the defense you got Jaren and
Ernest resigned and de Marcus Lawrence.

Speaker 1 (18:58):
How do you kind of feel about those moves?

Speaker 5 (18:59):
I'm like, I feel tremendous about those most.

Speaker 2 (19:01):
I mean, I mean we got to meet those guys
today or meet d law today and uh man, just again,
like just getting those guys back.

Speaker 5 (19:12):
Jay Reed such a such a great leader on our team.

Speaker 2 (19:15):
We all saw what happened to our defense when when
Ernest walked in the door.

Speaker 10 (19:19):
There's no secret about it.

Speaker 2 (19:20):
I mean, the guy is a force multiplier. And then uh,
you've seen the tape with with with DeMarcus. He's he's
a dynamite player. We obviously have a relationship with him
in a d being from Dallas, so with a lot
of respect for him. I know Clint's had the game
planning against him, which probably isn't a pleasant experience. So
I think we're building some really cool on defense.

Speaker 9 (19:39):
Where are you on the offensive line and a wide
receiver from where.

Speaker 14 (19:41):
You want to be right now?

Speaker 5 (19:44):
I mean, will we ever be where we want to be?

Speaker 10 (19:46):
Probably not.

Speaker 2 (19:47):
I mean, as a football team, we're never going to
sit up here and be like, hey, we're satisfied. You know,
that's that's not going to be our our mentality. But
it's an ongoing process about where we're at. It turns
out I don't think we have to play for another
five months or so, so there's plenty of time to
develop the guys we have in house, and there's gonna
be opportunities to to add guys when necessary that fit

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us and are the right moves in those times.

Speaker 10 (20:12):
So that's where, right Sam?

Speaker 11 (20:14):
I know you like to score, but which would you prefer?
Six minute drive but a quick strike?

Speaker 5 (20:21):
Say that one more time in score?

Speaker 11 (20:23):
Which which is your preference? A six minute drive or
a quick strike with the clock beat off things?

Speaker 4 (20:29):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (20:30):
Sure, I mean I feel like that.

Speaker 3 (20:34):
I don't know it's scoring a touchdown is I mean,
you'll take it however it comes, whether it's a long
you know, like like you mentioned, like if it's a
six minute drive, fifteen to sixteen play drive, those are great,
I know, the big boys up front might not appreciate
that answer, but that's that's always a fun one coming
off to the sideline, some of those guys getting oxygen

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and uh, but uh, those are always fun drives for
me because you know you're handing the ball, if you're
just methodically moving the ball down the field, maybe converting
a few third downs, but then you know you have
sometimes the ninety eight yard touchdowns that happen, and those
are always fun too, when you get to run down
the field with your boys and celebrate as you're running
down the field, hearing the echo and your helmet.

Speaker 5 (21:16):
There's nothing like it.

Speaker 3 (21:17):
Man, There's nothing like scoring a touchdown, whether it's me
throwing it or whether it's you know, someone, whether it's
a running back, fullback, whoever running the ball in. There's
nothing like hearing that noise, especially in a place like
loomen to.

Speaker 5 (21:32):
Be able to hear that after a score. There's nothing
like it in the world.

Speaker 6 (21:37):
Sam was one of the best play action passers in
the game last year.

Speaker 10 (21:40):
Talk about how important that is for your offense.

Speaker 8 (21:44):
Yeah, definitely stands out on tape, you know, seeing Sam
turn his back to the defense and find deep crossers
and hit guys in stride. It's definitely a strength of
his game. One of many strengths throwing on the run.
And but you know, to be an elite quarterback, you
got to be at your best on they'd down in
the red zone. I think that's too We're saying, really
makes you stride. So that's that's part of We're most

(22:05):
excited about.

Speaker 15 (22:06):
What you remember specifically about the way in Seattle last December,
and and how satisfying was it.

Speaker 3 (22:12):
I appreciate that question. I'm excited to talk about this.
How long have we got We got an hour?

Speaker 10 (22:19):
No, it was.

Speaker 5 (22:20):
Uh, It's incredible.

Speaker 11 (22:21):
Man.

Speaker 3 (22:22):
Whenever you can come to an atmosphere like this and
and you know, everyone kind of goes quiet, you know,
I'm not hopefully that doesn't happen here anymore. Uh, but
uh no, man, it was. It was a special, special game.
I felt like we, you know, as an offense, we
weren't clicking the way that we wanted to, you know,
And that's a huge credit to to coach and their

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entire staff for putting it together a really good plan
for us, and we were able to stay in the
game just long enough to to make that comeback at
the end and and have that touchdown, and yeah, and
you know, our defense I feel like was able to
kind of put it away there with the late turnover.
But yeah, that's that's pretty much all I remember. I
remember that touchdown, the one to Jets down the sideline.

(23:06):
That was That was one that will be in my
memory bang for as long as I live. So but yeah,
that was that was a no offense. Coach, but that
was I keep rambling about this. I asked you how
long I had because I'll keep going, But uh no,
it was. It was just a special, special moment to
be able to to be able to win that football game.

Speaker 10 (23:23):
Yeah, my same question for you, apologize, but can you
evaluate his performance in the fourth quarter of that game.

Speaker 1 (23:30):
Is there any.

Speaker 10 (23:30):
Extra weight that you put into what you see.

Speaker 11 (23:33):
With your own eyes in evaluating whether you want to
bring a guy in versus what you see on film
for the rest of it.

Speaker 2 (23:38):
Yeah, first part of the question is, you know, we
talked about it, but definitely felt Sam throughout the game.

Speaker 10 (23:43):
And you know, you're.

Speaker 2 (23:44):
Calling a game against the quarterback, the personnel, your people,
the person calling the plays on their team.

Speaker 5 (23:51):
So it was a heck of a battle.

Speaker 2 (23:52):
I mean, it was a it's a knockdown, drag out
fight to the end, and to Sam's credit, they kept
just like you, kept battle and found a way to
win in the end.

Speaker 10 (24:01):
So a lot of.

Speaker 2 (24:03):
Respect for obviously what he did in the game. But
the second part of the question was I think absolutely,
you know, to see it in person and saying performing
and scout him throughout the week, you know, you're watching
a lot of tape of you know, pretty much every
snap throughout theout the season, and so probably wouldn't have
had that exposure going into the whole thing if we
hadn't hadn't have played Sam.

Speaker 10 (24:23):
The revelation that you had in San Francisco about being
the point guard, do you feel like earlier in your
career you put more pressure on yourself to be more
than that being the third overall pick.

Speaker 3 (24:33):
It wasn't necessarily, you know, being the third overall pick.
I think even going back to college, I felt like
if something wasn't there, like if a concept wasn't there,
I was so eager to run get out of the pocket.
I'd been doing that since high school as well, and
it was always easier for me. I felt like I
could do that at ease, and you get to this
level and it's not that easy.

Speaker 5 (24:51):
And you know, I think.

Speaker 3 (24:53):
That's that's where kind of the troubles came a little
bit early in my career, was just thinking I could
run around and make plays if something wasn't there. But yeah,
I think that's just kind of where that stemmed from
a little bit.

Speaker 4 (25:03):
Sam.

Speaker 11 (25:04):
Certainly we've talked about all these moves over the last
week for this team. What does it mean, you know,
for this city, for its fans that you can help
lead this new chapter of Seahawks with plumbing forward.

Speaker 5 (25:12):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (25:12):
Again, I'm you know, I'm not necessarily I can't think
about the big picture like that. I'm really it's I
think it's a lot easier for me to think about
it as Okay, what do I have to do next?

Speaker 5 (25:23):
And what am I doing right now?

Speaker 3 (25:26):
Like me and Clint were talking about certain plays and
you know, kind of getting the playbook and starting with formations,
you know, And and that's kind of where my mind's
at right now.

Speaker 5 (25:34):
Is I'm not I'm not.

Speaker 3 (25:35):
Too worried about the big picture of things. All of
that will kind of take care of itself if I
just do my job and help this team the best
I can just win football games.

Speaker 9 (25:48):
How much of what you're teaching him right now are
about to teach him is the same he learned in
San Francisco two years ago.

Speaker 8 (25:54):
I think I think we'll keep some common things. Those
are some conversations Sam and I will have going forward forward.
But like Sam said earlier, throughout the league, we're running
a lot of similar things. Right It's just about how
we uh, how we deploy our five eligibles and getting
getting Sam on the same page with his receivers and
tight ends and running backs, and uh, you know, we're
gonna do do what Sam does best and when his

(26:16):
teammates do best, regardless of what may have been done
in the past. So it's just important that we we
have a heck one off season from middle of April
through June and get to know each other really well
and get our got our offense going beyond the same page.

Speaker 10 (26:31):
Here I go, Thank you, thank you, Here you go.
That is the news conference with Sam Donald and quarterback
Mike McDonald and offensive corner Clinton Kubiak. We're gonna hear
from DeMarcus Lawrence. He's gonna sit down with us here.
The Virginia Mason Athletic Center. We continue on nine three,
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Speaker 10 (27:08):
Prior back in the Virginia Mason Athletics Center, just wrapped
up the news conference with Sam Donald, Clint Kubiak, and
Mike McDonald. H good news conference. Something to media out
of it. I will we got some sound bites with
might play later. I like the fact that Donald, you know,

(27:31):
he was asked and talked about the last two games
and what he learned from those games, didn't back away
from that question. And Mike McDonald's asked about the roster
where it sits, and as he said, hey, it's we're
five minutes, five months away, maybe develop some guys here,
see what shakes out. Didn't seem overly concerned. I don't
think that that is a big surprise. I think fans

(27:54):
media kind of get all bent out of shape. Things
aren't done right away in the first twenty four to
forty eight hours free agency, and we know how John
Schneider operates I mean, the Sam Donald's signing was way
out of the box for him. That's not something normally
he does. And then you look at the fact they
got Jones signed and Reid signed, and McDonald talked about
how important those guys were. DeMarcus Lawrence signed as well.

(28:16):
They don't I don't think they've officially signed Marcus felled
As Scantling yet, right that.

Speaker 16 (28:23):
I haven't seen the official announcement. Usually when you check
that Seahawks Twitter account, it.

Speaker 10 (28:28):
Is yeah, yeah, so that hasn't happened yet. But but
that's fine. Anyway, we got we got luck of going on.
DeMarcus Lawrence's expected to join us here coming up at
probably around the top of the hour.

Speaker 16 (28:38):
Yeah, it sounds like in the two o'clock hour. We
also have Clay Hilton coming on.

Speaker 10 (28:42):
Clay Helton coach, former USC coach, coach dam normally at USC,
and we'll talk to him about the new Seahawk quarterback. Oh,
you listened to him talk. You listened to Klint Kubiak
describe him and how he fits into his offense. I
think that's the big key, what kind of fit it is.
Hugh talked about it the other day too, with a
lot of our shows, it's it's he's a fit, like
he is a scheme fit, the athleticism, how accurate he is,

(29:05):
all those things. We talked about it with Greg Cosel yesterday.
There's a lot to like about what Sam Darnold Briggs.
The question is can somebody protect him? And they've got
two tackles they feel real good about that are healthy.
The middle of that offensive line is the question. And
I mentioned it yesterday. I'll say it again. I just
a listening to what how Mike Condonnald answer that question.
I think they feel like they've got internal candidates that

(29:28):
can feel at least one or maybe two of those positions.
We all believe they need to upgrade. You know, we
could see enough from last season. You don't have to
be an offensive line guru to know that those guys struggled.
But that next year do they take a step in
this new scheme? Do they take a step? Is it
a better fiddle on the way A Sundella guy that
can play is La maya guy that can play in
this scheme. I'll all kind of we don't know. They

(29:51):
know a lot more and they're not going to tip
their hand, but I think the panic in the streets
probably maybe a little bit premature. Right now, All right,
let's say a quick break will come. Gary Parrish may
join us as well. All that coming up nine three
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Speaker 10 (30:32):
All right, Daily Power playing your Home from the Crack
at nine three point three k DFM Cracking and winning
an overtime last night. A couple of things notable from
that game. Uh we'll get to Yannie Newman in a second.
That was the big story in the game. Uh lost
in that where A couple other little notes. One is
Brandon mont Tour sets a record for goals scored by
a defenseman. Yes, it's only a four year history for
the Crack, but still he got his fifteenth in the

(30:53):
year broke Vince Dunn's record from a couple of years ago.
Brandon Montour has been worth every penny that they paid him.
That offen more that big and maybe more. You're right,
he was great. He hit four points again last night,
eight points in two games against the Canadians this year.
If he had played them every night, he'd have like
fifty goals. Anyway, scored the game winner, and his game

(31:14):
winning goal came it ended up. We thought officially it
was five seconds in overtime. They changed it. It was four
seconds into the overtime period. Chandler Stephen Stevenson off the
face off, just pushed the puck straight ahead and Montour
won the race. Scored on a breakaway and that's an
NHL record, fastest goal in overtime history. Krack and win it.
But the story for so many last night. It was

(31:35):
a cool moment, cool night, and just really there was
a lot to this. Yanni Newman is really probably Seattle's
highest regarded NHL ready prospect. Leads the American Hockey League,
their Triple A affiliate, leads the American Hockey League among
rookie players and goals scored this year twenty six. He

(31:55):
got the call up yesterday. His NHL debut became the
seventh Cracking draft to play for this team since their
first draft back in twenty twenty one. Janny Newman came
in and immediately got put on a line with Jared
McCann and Andre Barakowski. He was on the number one
power play unit and it paid off. He scored a goal,
his first ever goal in the National Hockey League. Really cool.

(32:18):
His parents made the trip over from Finland, so there
was a lot of emotion in the building. He was
named the game's first star as well, got to yeat
the fish up into the stands the stuff salmon checked
that up there. They smile on his face automatically became
a fan favorite. Man, if this guy keeps progressing, this
is the kind of guy you hang your hat on,
personality wise, hockey wise, everything else. His English isn't great

(32:42):
and me, I don't know if it'll translate to radio,
but the raw emotion, the elation and the tribute to
his parents at the end as well worth thinking. Listen
when via the KRACK and Hockey Network, our Piper Shaw
talked to Yanni Newman afterwards and talked about the experience.

Speaker 13 (32:57):
So this is very, very very special, special night for
me and my family. I don't know what I said,
but it's very special.

Speaker 1 (33:05):
When you saw that puck go in the back of
the net, what was going through your mind.

Speaker 13 (33:09):
Oh, it's awesome. I like, I don't know, it's it's
good past the children and it's almost empty net. I
tried to only suit and score on Uh, that's it.

Speaker 1 (33:20):
How did the pace in the physicality of the NHL
compare for you compared to the A h L.

Speaker 13 (33:26):
Oh, yeah, of course, this is the best best league.

Speaker 10 (33:29):
In the world.

Speaker 13 (33:30):
Was It's feeling very good, very good. It's so fast,
so fast, But I think I blame good.

Speaker 1 (33:37):
What do you want to say to your parents when
you see them after this? Thank you?

Speaker 10 (33:44):
Mike Drop? Like just Mic Drop and the way he
said it known as his parents were there. It was
so cool and so raw and so real. You know,
when Piper did that interview and he's just got this
smile on his face, soaking it all in the rookie
lap was cool. He came out and did that, and
you felt it in the building last night. For a

(34:05):
team that needs a face, and again, I'm putting a
lot on them, I know, and I did it last
night on TV, and I know it made some people uncomfortable.
I get it, but they need a face. Joey's a face.
Joey Decord is one of those guys. But the goalie.
It's hard. They need a guy that's scoring goals, that
plays with some jam, plays with emotion, smiles a little

(34:27):
of just and you know, hockey's an interesting sport. The
personalities don't always come through. And some of the biggest
personalities are guys that aren't even the best players, you know,
kind of your enforcer types and rough and rugged guys
Brad Marshans and would be you know, the exception of
the rule. There's not a lot of those guys. Maybe
the Kachuck brothers.

Speaker 3 (34:49):
You do.

Speaker 16 (34:49):
I say, punters are my favorite interviews. You know, it's
like in football, but.

Speaker 10 (34:53):
You need a guy, you need a guy that can
score that you can hang your hat on it. And
I just think I think we're gonna see some thirty
eight jerseys, probably as soon as tomorrow if they have
him ready. You got out the building and we should
point out he is going to play tomorrow against Utah
seven o'clock drop of the pocket six point thirty pre

(35:13):
game he is going to play Dan Files and said
that after that it remains to be seen what happens.
I know they want to get him back to Coachella.
They want to get to the playoffs. They're going to
be in the playoffs, but they want to have him
part of the playoff run. Obviously that's not going to
happen up here, but I'd sure like to see it.
The only thing I would say, Andrews, is this because
you and I have been on the same page and

(35:33):
not happy about a certain thing. And that would be
the ice time of one Shane Wright.

Speaker 1 (35:38):
Yes, it went down last nighttime.

Speaker 10 (35:41):
Yeah. Now, I love you Disco, but buddy, you got
to understand sometimes here's the thing. He was asked the
question last night about putting Shane right on the fourth line,
and he said, Darren, he goes, well, you're the only
guy calling it the fourth line. No, he's not. Tire
press box.

Speaker 1 (36:02):
Says it's a fourth line.

Speaker 10 (36:04):
Yeah, said, that's a fourth line. We love ourselves from
Ty Cartier and Mikey A. Simont. Those two guys, along
with and Shane Wright played ten minutes and forty seconds.
The only forwards that played less were his two line mates,
and that would have been Mikey A. Siemont and Ty
cart Sha.

Speaker 1 (36:22):
So the definition of a fourth line and the.

Speaker 10 (36:23):
Reason that and the reason he played ten minutes and
forty he only played nine minutes and fifty eight seconds
of He played less than ten minutes of five on
five than Shane Wright last night. That's a fourth line,
and he kind of bristled when the question was asked
by Darren. Good for Darren to ask the question, But dude,
that's a fourth line. And so while it was great
to have this young guy come in and make his

(36:44):
NHL debut and Yonnie Newman, it was awesome to have
that happen, to be honest with you, it came to
the expense of bumping Shane right down. And the weird
thing is is Newman is a wing and Rights a center.
But what they did is they put Jared McCann in
the middle and didn't bump a winger down. Now, you
could have probably picked a couple of guys that are

(37:05):
on the wing ninety five that could have been bumped
down pretty easily. They decided not to do that. I
just don't like seeing Shane Wright. In fact, I don't
like seeing any of the young guys pay the price.
Shane Wright pays the price a couple of times this year.
He was a healthy scratch since he came back. Benton
was talking about the postgame show. I know you were
producing it last night. Jest sure was Ben talked about

(37:26):
the post game show since Mike, since since Shane Wright
came back after he was a healthy scratch for three games.
He is a league scorer for the Crack. Yeah, and
the only person closed right now is Channel Stevens is
a point behind him, and so you you just you
cannot make that. You cannot do that, and it's just
it's it's Positisove. But that's the negative. The positive is

(37:48):
number thirty eight. We'll play tomorrow night. If you're going
to the game, you're gonna enjoy watching this guy six
not his vault that he was awesome six and he
plays six four to two twenty and he can shoot him.
We'll cut, take a break, come back hopefully. DeMarcus Lawrence
joining us here at the Virginia Mace Athletics Center. N
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Speaker 10 (38:13):
Hi, Gary Parrish saying by some super quick headlines here.
Seahawks making official, Marquez Valdez Scantling, d Marcus Lawrence all
signed today, as was Sam Donold. We heard from Sam
Donald earlier. Lot's going on out here the Virginia Mace
Athletic Center, hoping to hear from DeMarcus Lawrence here before
we're off the air to day. See Kraken win last night.
Next up, Utah is tomorrow. Lucas Glover leads the Players

(38:34):
Championship six under sixty six after one round. Let's get
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Speaker 10 (39:16):
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(39:38):
We will check in with Gary next week, earlier in
the week at some point, just because we got to
get with Gary before Thursday, because it's our bracketology show.
We do that every year and go through it. But Gary,
first and foremost, my friend, how are you.

Speaker 15 (39:51):
I'm wonderful back in New York City, getting ready to
you know, enjoy Championship Week, then Selection Sunday, and you know,
we'll we'll, we'll, we'll say here for the most part
until the final four. So it's this is the fun
time of the year. Anytime you can wake up on
a weekday and know that you're gonna have college basketball
on all day long until you go to sleep, those
are fun days.

Speaker 10 (40:13):
Not so fun is what happened in the Duke game today,
And as we tape this, not sure the extent of
the injury, but let's talk in general terms. Cooper Flag
going down with apparently an ankle injury, wheelchaired off the floor.
Let's us hope for the best, but also discuss what
that injury could mean for Duke's star player.

Speaker 15 (40:35):
What everybody tells you about ankles is that you don't
usually know until the next day. You don't usually know
until some of the swelling sets in and then eases up,
and you know, different people's bodies respond in different ways,
but it obviously looked bad. And I can just tell
you somebody who works for an NBA franchise, if a
Memphis Grizzly went down in the exact same way, I

(40:57):
would feel comfortable telling you there to be sidelined for
at least two weeks minimum. Obviously, Duke is on a
different timeline right now. The NCITABA tournament starts next week.
I think there's a probably a scenario where you start
thinking about how how far could you get in the
bracket without him? If you if you you know, if

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you have to play without him, what does that look like?
And can you play without it even if he maybe
is available. My point being this, it's going to be
a one seat on selection Sunday. You should be able
to handle a sixteenth seed no problem, even without Cooper Flag.
I probably wouldn't even think about bringing him back for
the round of sixty four game. So if you're John Shier,

(41:41):
the biggest thing you're waiting on Sunday is not necessarily
to find out who you're playing, because it's going to
be a bad team from a bad league.

Speaker 17 (41:48):
You're looking. Am I playing on Thursday or Friday? That matters? Now?

Speaker 10 (41:52):
You know?

Speaker 17 (41:53):
Is my second game on a Saturday or a Sunday?

Speaker 15 (41:55):
Is my second game and going to be against somebody
I feel comfortable we could get by.

Speaker 17 (42:00):
Without Cooper Flag?

Speaker 15 (42:03):
Or is my second game going to be against a
Gonzaga team that might end up in an eight nine game,
even though it's top ten and some of the computers,
most notably the net. That's a scary proposition to have
to play in the round of thirty two against a
top ten kin Pump team, particularly if you're missing your
best player.

Speaker 17 (42:21):
Your best player is limited. But there's a.

Speaker 15 (42:23):
Scenario where could shut Cooper Flag down until the round
of thirty two very reasonably and hope that that's enough
time for this hill for this ankle to heal.

Speaker 17 (42:35):
But this is not the type of stuff you want
to see happening, you know.

Speaker 10 (42:38):
On March thirteen, Kerry Perris, Jornian's Chrissy and no Lie
Brewing No Lie. They had a massive watch party for
the WCC Championship game on Tuesday. Is it Monday or
Tuesday this week? Yes, Tuesday. I've getting my days all confused.
Now as well. But yeah, they had the huge watch party,
people going nuts. It was an interesting game because you know,

(42:59):
I watched that game and I thought, like two pretty
good basketball teams that couldn't shoot anything that night. They
combine one for thirty one I think from the three
point range, which is unheard of in a championship game
of any level any sort. Au on up, but Gonzaga survived. Gary.
Let me talk about Gonzaga. I wanted to spend some
time with them because you guys mentioned this on the pot,

(43:21):
probably going in chance for an eight or nine seed.
They win the WCC. They're automatic entry, they're automatic at
the atomtic that was out of We weren't worrying about
that for the last couple weeks. Anyway, Is Gonzaga an eight, nine,
a seven? Where would you feel comfortable when you see
that line come out for them coming up on Sunday?

Speaker 15 (43:42):
It's I would have him as a seven. I know
that Jerry Palm's got him as a nine, Joe Lenardi
has him as a seven. Other people will have him
as an eight. They appear to be in that range,
and it really comes down to how do you want
to interpret what they are. I think Gonzaga and Memphis
are very similar in opposite ways and will be two

(44:06):
of the more challenging teams.

Speaker 17 (44:07):
To seed.

Speaker 15 (44:10):
Based on the discrepancies between their computer numbers and their resumes.
So let's just talk about Memphis for a second. Memphis
is like six and one in Quadrant one. Has a
win over the outright Big Ten champion. Michigan State has
a win over a Clemson team that's been in the
top twenty all season. In the top ten right now,
they've got wins over Yukon, Missouri, Ole miss They've becn

(44:33):
good teams. They also have three Quadrant three losses and
terrible computer numbers because they played a lot of bad
teams close in the American Athletic Conference in the American
Ethnic Conference schedule. They won most of those games, but
they didn't win them by big margins, and it hurt them.
In the computers, they're outside of the top forty in
most computers, even though they're inside of the top twenty

(44:53):
of the A people, what do you.

Speaker 17 (44:55):
Do with that? The computer numbers do not support a
five seed, but the body of work kind of does,
and certainly if you look at the wins Michigan State
Clemson Missouri. They've beaten really good people. What do you
do with that?

Speaker 15 (45:10):
I think you could argue as high as a five
and reasonably put them all the way down as a nine.
Gonzaga is the alternative to that, the opposite of that.
Incredible computer numbers, top ten in the net, top ten
at can pound, but lacking from a resume perspective. They've
got the win over Saint Mary's, now got the win
over Baylor. But there's not a lot of great stuff
in the body of work. So how does this happen

(45:33):
with Gonzaga? How do they end up with these great
computer numbers but lacking in resume substance? They lost eight games.
That's obviously a lot for them relative to the history
of the program. But the eight losses came by an
average of roughly five points. None of them came by
double digits, so their eight losses were all close losses.

(45:53):
They have twenty five wins now I believe twenty one
of them are by double digits, so they've got a
All their wins, or at least most of the wins
are blowouts, and all of their losses are close. That's
how the computer numbers and the predictive mentors are strong,
but the resume is lacking, and so I could argue
it either way, I think, but I believe where I

(46:15):
would land with Zaga is I would I would I
would be more willing to oversee them relative to their
resume as opposed to undersee them too much relative to
the computer numbers, because I think then you're not just
punishing them, you're punishing somebody else.

Speaker 17 (46:30):
This would be my point.

Speaker 15 (46:32):
You taken Zaga and put them in an eight nine
game bagased off of their resume, you can justify it.
But whoever the one seed is in that region is
going to raise hell and say, why in the world
are we a one seed in the round of thirty
two playing a team that's let's just say ranked eight,
that can pomp. That's not fair to us. If I
were the committee, I would want to avoid that. I'd
rather quote screw a two seed than a one. I

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would make Gonzaga seven.

Speaker 10 (46:56):
And that's a great perish bout you, a lie. That's
when the brackets come out. We'll talk about this next
week when they come out Sunday. You've always been out
of it for the last eight years. I think since
we've had you on the show. It's always been something
you've discussed. The seeding, especially out like those those seven, eight,
nine seedings, when teams that are we all know are
really good, and Gonzaga, frankly Gary, they looked bored during

(47:17):
the year. Once they get to conference and they just
hit a switch. I think this is as deep a
team in terms of the rotation they've had, maybe a
high end talent, but as deep a team as they've
had in a while. And now look at what they're doing.
They're a scary team. Because you're right, the teams that
might be most upset are the higher seeded teams looking
down to see who they've got to play, especially in
the round of thirty two.

Speaker 15 (47:38):
I would say the same thing about Gonzaga that I
would say about Memphis. Again, I just they're opposites of
each other, but find themselves in similar situations. If I
were a one seed, Like let's just say I'm Duke
and I'm a one seed on selection Sunday and I
look in my region and they put Memphis as the
eight seed because Memphis has bad computer numbers. I will

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raise my hand and say, that is a Memphis program
that has been in the top twenty all year long
is rank sixteenth in the country right now, that has
a win over the outright Big ten champ in Michigan State.
That might also be a one seat. They've beaten Clemson Missouri.
Why are you making me play them in the round
of thirty.

Speaker 17 (48:17):
Two because they have they because they took two quadron
and three losses in their league.

Speaker 15 (48:21):
You know why, because just like Gonzaga, they got bored
in their league two And every once in a while
you get bored playing nothing but bad teams or almost
nothing but bad teams, you're gonna get caught. But that
team that's not like a conference champion from a mid
major league that they have PJ. Haggerty, the AAC Player
of the Year. Tyree's Hunter used to play at Texas,
Dane Danger used to play at Illinois, most of Cca

(48:43):
used to play at Omess, Oklahoma State. These are high
major players in a mid major league. I shouldn't have
to deal with that in the round of thirty two.
Gonzaga and Memphis, I think, are two teams that how
they get seated will be among the more interesting conversations
on Sunday, because if they're seated too low you're going
to end up putting some obstacles in front of one

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seeds that frankly aren't supposed to be there that early
in the tournament.

Speaker 10 (49:06):
Now we Gary, thank you so much. We'll check in
next week. Gary Parish I on College Basketball Podcast throughout
the weekend, him and Matt and Orlando do a terrific job.
You want to listen to that getting ready and we'll
get brackets ready for you next week. We're at the
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Speaker 2 (49:41):
Efty Backfield, Darnald, look it in, Hands up.

Speaker 1 (49:47):
Time, sc How about that? It mattered Ben again.

Speaker 10 (49:56):
I like that for two reasons. One, it was when
our next us was coaching the USC Trojans, and the
new Seahawk quarterback we just heard from a while ago
was quarterback in the USC Trojan, Sam Donald. And two,
as a Washington State University alum, it was against Washington,
which I really enjoyed too. So Thank you Andrews for
that highlight and courtesy of Fox Sports, And thank you

(50:17):
Clay Helton for joining us right now on the Beacon
Plumbing hot line. Clayton, Clay, how are.

Speaker 4 (50:22):
You doing grat Ian? Thanks for having me, buddy.

Speaker 10 (50:25):
I appreciate you jumping on. Three years at Georgia Southern
before that eight years at USC. We've got Sam Donald here.
We're gonna get to Sam Donald in a second. But listen,
your name very familiar out here because you coached and
I'm gonna tell you this. It pains me to say this, Clay,
the old PAC twelve that no longer exists. How are

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things going at Georgia Southern? By first glance, Bulls in
your last all three years you've been there, a Bowl game,
the Camelo Bull, Myrtle Beach, and New Orleans Bulls. So
how are things going down there at Georgia Southern.

Speaker 4 (50:57):
Oh, we're doing good. We're building up program that hopefully,
you know, we can be a national brand and you know,
maybe be that twelfth team in the playoff. We're working
at it every day and we get the opportunity to
come out to the West Coast next year and play
Presido State and USC and the college sum so you
know things are going great here and proud to be

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a Georgia Southern Eagle.

Speaker 10 (51:21):
Well, congratulations to you again. It sounds like a great
place and a great spot for you right now. I
got another bigger picture college football question to ask at
the end, but I want to get to Sam darg
We just Clay, we just had a chance to introduce her,
got introduced to her. I'm sitting here at the Seahawks
facility at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center about twenty feet
from us is where they had a news conference about
an hour ago. They introduced h Sam Darnold to all

(51:42):
of us here in Seattle, Alvius media, all the fans
got to hear him for the first time. And I mean,
just a fun guy to listen to talk. He's enthusiastic,
it's excited. Feels like I think he's got a new
lease on life. You saw him from the very beginnings.
What' should fans out here in Seattle know about your
former quarterback?

Speaker 17 (51:59):
You?

Speaker 4 (52:01):
Well, one, I'm so proud of Sam and not only
the player he is, but more important the man he
is and the team maybe he is. He's He's always
been that way. Have known Sam since he was a
junior in high school, have watched him grown into the
man that he is today and the player that he
is today. You know, he led us to a Rose
Bowl win the Pac twelve Championship. When had the opportunity

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now to grow within the league over the last seven years,
and then to be able to see what he's done
in Minnesota and now be a part of a great
organization in Seattle. You are getting the guy that doesn't
like the game, doesn't love the game. He lives and
he lives it every day. It's who he is. He's
an unbelievable teammate and really brings the locker room together.
And he saw that, he saw that in Minnesota last year.

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He plays with all heart, He works at it so hard,
and I'm just so glad for him. You know, he
was at a great organization in Minnesota last year. Now
he gets to join another great organization with Seattle, with
coach McDonald and coach Kubiak, you know, two guys that
can do it at an extremely high level. So he
walks into another great situation and a chance to run

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the show again. So proud for him.

Speaker 10 (53:14):
You know Clay Hilton joining US former USC coach now
at Georgia Southern. The quarterback position is, we know, it
maybe the hardest position all of sports, and sometimes you've
got to make a stop or two along the way
out of college before it really hits. We think, we
say that with Baker Mayfield, we saw that here with
Gino Smith, and Gino Smith and Sam have the same situation.

(53:36):
They're both with a team that in organization it seems
like quarterback quarterbacks go to die in so he needed
a second opportunity. Were you surprised it took him this
long to kind of get established? And I say established.
The contract tells me he's established. Are we surprised it
took this long?

Speaker 4 (53:51):
Well, you know, any time you entered the league. He
had to remember he was twenty years old when he
enters the league. And I think sometimes it's about timing.
It's about the organization that you go to. You know,
what's their situation at that organization, both staff and player wise.
You know, is it is it in a good time
period or is it you know, some someplace where you

(54:15):
know you were selected to and you were thrown into
the fire. And so many pro quarterbacks are done that
we've seen that at think you know year and a
year out that you see young quarterbacks have thrown into
the fire and are asked to thrive and some and
some are ready for that and some have to be developed.
The one thing I do know is guys that have
the talent and they want to uh and can do

(54:35):
it that patients reigns that you're going to look up
and you're gonna have a quality product. And I think
that's what Sam is. You know, the one thing I've
always appreciated about him is you know he's always taken ownership.
You know, whether it was if it was a bad game,
he owns that. And you know, as he went through
his early years, he took ownership and saying, hey, I

(54:57):
have to get better, I have to grow. And he did.
And then you know, he walks into Minnesota with the
players that are around him, the coaching staff that was
around him, and he thrives. And I expect the same
in Seattle. I think the Seahawk fans are going to
be extremely happy with a gentleman that they just got.

Speaker 10 (55:15):
How familiar Clay are you with what Klint Kubiak wants
to do? Offensively and how Sam might fit into that.

Speaker 4 (55:22):
Yeah, you know, one to be able to have that
knowledge of him, you know, knowing him from San Francisco,
being with them together. That was the first thing I
was really happy for Sam is you know, you've got
a known commodity and your offensive coordinator as well as
a system. I think, you know, Sam fran saw a
really good system fit when they brought him to San Francisco.

(55:43):
I thought the same thing when he went to Minnesota.
Now you have an offensive coordinator. I'm just I've always
felt like, you know, quarterbacks are system driven. You walk
into and sometimes you walk into a place and your
skill set doesn't fit the system that they're trying to run.
Coach Kubiak's you know model, I think it's perfect for Sam.

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I thought that same thing. I was so excited when
he got to abortunity of Minnesota because it was the
right people around him, in the right system. And here
you go again, you know, you've got something that is
a true fit for a quarterback.

Speaker 10 (56:16):
I know he likes to do a lot of bootlegs,
maybe uses a little bit of athleticism as well. It's interesting,
I mean, Sam Donold's not Lamar Jackson, but I do
remember from USC when when he was really kind of
at his apex, and you know before the NFL kind
of took its toll for the first couple of years,
but even last year we saw it. He's a very
athletic guy, isn't he?

Speaker 4 (56:35):
Yeah, definitely. You know, he was one that he could
always create and always want to play. Was broken down
the ability to throw on the run, you know, to
be able to watch him have how he has grown
over the last couple of years of really being able
to his pocket presence and climbing in the pocket. He

(56:55):
saw that last year a bunch of times in some
key games, and so he has that ability. Is great.
I've liked his poise. You can see at confidence level
that has really taken shape with him over the last
last couple of years and especially last year, that he
has the ability to break contain, but he's staying in
that pocket and climbing the pocket more and having faith

(57:17):
in that offensive line. So he's grown. He's grown in
every way and he's the one thing I love about
him is when things break down, he's usually at his best.

Speaker 10 (57:26):
Cley Elton is the head coach at Georgia Southern. Was
the head coach at USC with Sam Donald, the new
SIA quarterback who they made that signing official today, introduced
him here today as well. I think resilience is a keyword,
and I think that has to be a really strong
trade for a quarterback in the NFL. It's almost like
a reliever in baseball, or you know, a closer you're
going to give up a home run every now and then,
a goalie in hockey, you're going to give up a goal.

(57:48):
You got to as a quarterback be resilient. When I
listen to you speak, it sounds like, especially with what
he's gone through, that Sam Donald's a pretty resilient guy.

Speaker 4 (57:56):
Oh well, you look, I've always believed you're going to
see a man's true character when things are not going well,
and don't show me a guy when things are are good.
Show me what happens to the guy when when things
aren't great. You know, and early on in his NFL
career it wasn't great, but he took ownership. He didn't
point another finger to anybody else. He took ownership for

(58:19):
himself and said, hey, I gotta get better. It's not
what happens to me, it's how I respond from here
and all he's done is try to get better each
and every day. And he put himself, you know, in
the Pro Bowl last year and having the opportunity, you know,
to be one of those special players in the twenty
twenty four season. And you know, no matter what situation,

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you know, the NFL is hard. It's the highest form
of football that there is, and there's going to be
good days and bad. But I know one thing about
Sam he lets it go, he learns from it, and
he goes to the next step. And that's what I've
always appreciated about him.

Speaker 10 (58:55):
What's he like as a leader in the locker room?
Like what we're How do guys gravitate to him?

Speaker 4 (59:01):
Yeah, he's one of the best one on one guys
I've ever seen. He Obviously he can talk in front
of a group and and command a group, but he
does the one thing that I really appreciated when I
got a chance to coach him. I've always thought, the
greatest gift you can give somebody is your time, and
he's willing to have that one on one conversation with
a guy, get to know him and be able to,

(59:24):
you know, help lead them within the locker room. You know,
one of the special memories that I saw last year
is having that group at Minnesota lift him up after
a huge game at the end at the end of
the year. And that doesn't happen in the league very often.
And that means that you those guys one have belief

(59:47):
in you. I've always thought great quarterbacks provide hope, and
that's what he provided. A private hope. But he brought friendship,
he brought leadership, and he brought a team together and
he made them the best version of the themselves last year.

Speaker 10 (01:00:02):
I got one more for you. I think you also
coached another Seahawk here that they just re signed last year,
and he should have had a All Pro year. I'd
throw Pro Bowl out of it. I think he had
an all Pro year. Most of us do as well. Uh,
you had the big man. You had Leonard Williams there too,
didn't you.

Speaker 4 (01:00:18):
Oh my goodness, absolute, I'll tell you what. I was
so happy for him last year. Such a gentleman, such
a great football player and a great person. Just he's
one of those guys that you know, I know the
Seattle community he loves he's he's such a community guy.
But to watch him play last year He's always been

(01:00:41):
the biggest athlete I've ever seen in my life. And
from day one he was the best athlete at USC
when he walked on campus, and I remember Monte Kiff
and God rest his soul. Bringing bringing Leonard from Daytona Beach, Mainland, Florida.
We couldn't block him any practice that we have, and
it seems like people are having trouble at that level

(01:01:02):
two blocking him. So if you get a chance, tell
him hello for me. He's near and dear to me.

Speaker 10 (01:01:07):
We will. He's a good guy. And I mean watching
him come in here and there was I just I
think he was kind of like Sam. He needed a
new lease on life. And he came here and played
really well the half a season two years ago, and
then last year was just on. I mean, just absolutely.
And he's a Mike McDonald type of guy. I mean,
that's Mike McDonald's trying to build this team around. It's
kind of what Pete kind of did as well, building
around some defense. And that's a pretty good guy to

(01:01:29):
start with with the big man in the middle, with
Leonard Williams.

Speaker 4 (01:01:32):
Yeah, definitely. You know, it's such a neat deal when
an ultra talented person finds his fit, you know. And
you could tell he's found his fit with coach McDonald obviously,
great defense of the head coach and a system that
really fits him, a community that fits him, and a
coaching a coaching staff that fits him. You know, I'm

(01:01:53):
really proud for him. He's playing his best football. You know,
he's been doing it for a while now, and it's
neat to see him playing his best football at this
point in time in his career.

Speaker 10 (01:02:03):
Cleai helped me before Go Quick one. You saw Jackson
Dart last year. A lot of people are talking about him.
What's your scouting report on Jackson Darzy enters the NFL.

Speaker 4 (01:02:12):
Yeah, you're talking about one of the better competitors I've
ever seen known Jackson coming out of the Great Stay
of Utah, being a state champion, having the opportunity to
have a lot of reps. You know, one of the
things that I think happens to us as quarterbacks is
the more reps and the more experienced that you get,
the better you are and you're more you know, you're
more transitional, ready to go from college to the NFL.

(01:02:35):
And he's had a ton of reps. I mean he's
played ever since he was a freshman. I remember, you know,
talking to Lane to talking to coach Kiffin when he
called about Hey, tell me about Jackson. I said, coach,
He'll make your team go as far as they humanly can.
I've always thought great quarterbacks lift their team up. He
will lift you as far as you can go. And
obviously the last two seasons with Jackson have been to

(01:02:59):
historic seasons for Old miss and he's a huge reason
for that success.

Speaker 10 (01:03:05):
Well more, you went against Ashton Genty at the start
of the year, and coaching at USC running back just
rolled through there like nobody's business. So you saw some
good ones over the years, and in this conference too,
in the old PAC twelve. What would you tell NFL
teams about Ashton Genty?

Speaker 4 (01:03:22):
In twenty seventeen, we got to play the rose Bolvers
Penn State, and we played a guy named sat Klon Barkley,
and I don't know, I don't know if we I
think we got him on the ground, latched they got
on the third and four that gave us the ball
back late. He was a special running back I had
ever seen in my career.

Speaker 17 (01:03:42):
And.

Speaker 4 (01:03:44):
I got to play. We played Boise State in a
shootout in the opening game and got to see Ashton
first hand. It was the first time since that game
in twenty seventeen that I said, Wow, this is this
is a really, really special individual that can change an
entire team. He's warranted of not only a first round

(01:04:04):
draft pick, a very high first round draft picks. He
is a special, special player and I have not seen
one like him since Sakuon.

Speaker 10 (01:04:13):
Well, listen, good news is both Jackson Darton and Ashton
genty you're gone. You want to ever see him again?
Even though those are both non conference games for you, So.

Speaker 4 (01:04:22):
I ever want to play, dude, I forget it my lifetime.

Speaker 10 (01:04:27):
Exactly. Hey, listen, Clay, it was great catching up with
you again, one of the one of the voices of
the history of this conference. And it's sad the conference
doesn't exist anymore. But it sounds like good things are
going on for you down the Sunbell Conference down there
at Georgia Southern, and I know, I know me personally,
I'm gonna be rooting you guys on man, I really
appreciate you spending some time with us up in Seattle
today and when we get a chance to meet Sam

(01:04:47):
and see Leonard Williams. Next time, we'll make sure we
pass along a hello from their old coach.

Speaker 4 (01:04:51):
All right, please give him a big hug for me,
and thanks for having me today. Thank you care.

Speaker 10 (01:04:56):
I really appreciate there you go. That's Clay Hilton joining
us here on the Beacon plumbing hotline and great stuff
from the former USC coach and a little bit of
draft stuff. I look back at their schedule and I said,
who they play this year and Ashton genty, Yeah they're good.
I'm good football team.

Speaker 16 (01:05:12):
Yeah, you don't need to be a USU to face
a lot of phenomenal talent.

Speaker 10 (01:05:16):
No, and then obviously going down there to what they
had this year down with going against Jackson Dart as well.
He was mentioned that first game against against Boise State.
I was looking at this, it was like a I
think the one hundred and ten points scored combined between
the two teams or something like that. Yeah, it was
more than that. Fifty six to forty five was a final,
So what is it? Yeah, so one hundred and one

(01:05:36):
points when it was all said and done in that
particular game. So yeah, it's good to have him on.
We appreciate him jumping on with us today. And that's
again everything you hear about Sam Darnold kind of I
don't know it lines up. Yeah, I don't know what
Seahawk fans are thinking. It's been a hard kind of week.
I think a lot of people are trying to figure
it out what's going on. But let me get some
texts if we can at four nine four or five

(01:05:58):
one on the Tullamore do textee when it's game. Oh
that's not what I'm sorry, it's still time to me,
it might be it's always we're a free agent on
the text line right now, I'm told. Is all right
as I know? Yeah, all right, let's get some text
four nine four five one. Okay, let's see. Can I

(01:06:21):
read Keith Miller's because you're not going to we can?
Can we do this next? Making Keith Miller always gets
the last word. I've even seen Keith north Ivan okay.

Speaker 17 (01:06:30):
Uh.

Speaker 10 (01:06:30):
Following up at the press conference, Sam Donald was was
John Schneider there? Looks like he wasn't available for questions.
Seems odd if he wasn't there at all. He I
think is fairly busy these days. There's still free agency
going on. He wasn't there? Unless he was hiding out
in the back of the room, but everyone else is
in front. And yeah, we paint the picture of this

(01:06:51):
place that they do it at. It's it's an auditorium,
so to speak. If you went to college at a
decent sized school, you probably were in a big classroom,
big auditorium. Oh yeah, right, and that's kind of what
it is. Probably seats three hundred people roughly, maybe more.

Speaker 16 (01:07:09):
Yeah, I'm trying to think of comedy shows.

Speaker 10 (01:07:11):
I've been through that. See three hundred. It's like a
mini movie theater.

Speaker 16 (01:07:14):
Yes, yeah, I think that's that's an accurate.

Speaker 10 (01:07:16):
Kind of slanted down. So if he's in the back, whatever,
But I think he's pretty busy right now.

Speaker 16 (01:07:19):
Yeah, I didn't happen to see him, but I also
got there before it was full two o six.

Speaker 10 (01:07:23):
Donald absolutely won the podium. Knowledgeable, hungry, humble, and even likable.

Speaker 16 (01:07:27):
Yeah.

Speaker 10 (01:07:27):
I think there's a likability factor with him. Now listen,
none of that matters if the guy can't play football.
But you listened to Clay Hilton, you listen to Quint Kobiak,
you listened to Great Cosel yesterday. I think you know you.
I don't want to put words in Hugh's mouth. I
think he's coming around. I think he likes him. I
think he likes him in this offense as well.

Speaker 16 (01:07:45):
Yeah, I mean I was telling you the other day
about a former executive that you used to work with him,
could not could not rave about him more.

Speaker 10 (01:07:52):
And this is an honest person. So I got this
one from Chris and Burian. How much would I have
to contribute for this segment to be when it's game time,
it's Chris and Bury in time. Well, well, Chris, you're
a big part of the show. Every day we hear,
we get we get talkbacks from you, we get text
from you. We love the fact that our friend Chris
Embury is always listening. I think, Jess, you can just

(01:08:13):
pass Chris's number along to our sales department and let
the contact him. Okay, yeah, and where you go if yeah?
The connection? Uh de Law is a beast as long
as he's healthy. Him and Leonard Williams will reek Havoc.
You're welcome from the Dallas Cowboys as from the nine
oh three area coach. I think might be is that Texas?

Speaker 1 (01:08:30):
Maybe think so?

Speaker 10 (01:08:30):
Yeah, I didn't you know what. I had a conversation
today with Hugh about that, and I didn't because I
was asking him where DeMarcus Lawrence plays three texts. He
was a five tech there, kind of an edge guy.
Keep this might be a humilling. We'll do a hardcore segment. Weird,
we may get, we may get. I'll try to get

(01:08:53):
Hugh on maybe do a hardcore Monday because that text
and thank you very much gets me thinking, how do
you you DeMarcus Lawrence, Leonard Williams with Shenna with Byron Murphy,
like they've got some depth on that defensive line.

Speaker 7 (01:09:08):
I think that was the point in signing DeMarcus Lawrence, Like, yes,
you gotta get guys that you can feel good about
rotating in and out there.

Speaker 10 (01:09:14):
But he's kind of a big guy too, taller guy,
taller lineman and stuff. So we'll get to that. By
the way, some dk mecafters he's now Sam Donald Jerseys. No,
actually he held up the fourteen. But he's gonna wear one.

Speaker 16 (01:09:26):
I know they posted the new wide receiver is gonna
wear one?

Speaker 10 (01:09:29):
Oh that what it is? Oh is our Donald is
gonna wear fourteen? Yeah, okay, so I got that wrong.
Thank you? No, they I mean they did post it.
Was it just wasn't about it. That's a minus for Ian.
I think a minus.

Speaker 1 (01:09:40):
Thanks, Ede.

Speaker 16 (01:09:41):
Oh, it looks like de Marcus officially sign.

Speaker 10 (01:09:44):
He's officially signed. Okay, yes, that's a minus for Ian. Okay,
you can read the last one and then we'll get
your break. Did you want one? Do you have a key?

Speaker 12 (01:09:51):
Oh?

Speaker 10 (01:09:51):
Yes?

Speaker 16 (01:09:52):
Okay, Sorry, this one. I knew you wouldn't read it
because it was too nice to you and I hate nice.
Here we go, Keith Miller Final eating fish, crack packing,
but still no mayor bobblehead. When is this franchise going
to take the next step and honor the best hair
on television?

Speaker 10 (01:10:08):
Yeah? I don't think I'm on the top of the
list of their bobbleheads should be. I think you'd make
a good one. I'm gonna get. Did you see Joey's bobblehead? Yeah? Cool? Okay?
Here did he get me one?

Speaker 13 (01:10:18):
In?

Speaker 10 (01:10:20):
Okay? If I had a dollar for every time somebody
asked me to get him a bobble head anywhere, Well,
they don't get. They don't. I don't get a bobblehead,
so I don't know. So I can't get. If I
can't get me one for my daughter in a classroom.
I probably can't get you one, damn it, but I
bring it up for this reason. If somebody has if
you've got a Joey to Court bobbleheader, if you look
it up on a picture, he looks like Tom Brady.

(01:10:45):
Face of Joey to Court in the bottlehead looks like
Tom Brady. Yeah, oh my gosh, he does, doesn't he? Yes,
he looks exactly like me. And I guess Joey kind
of liked that. He's like, that's pretty cool, Like, yeah,
I'll take that.

Speaker 16 (01:10:59):
God, he looks exact.

Speaker 10 (01:11:01):
It's totally like that, all right, Softy joins us coming
up next. Hard to fit, Hard to fit the show
we just had into two hours, but we did somehow,
some way. Big thanks to Clay Helton for jumping on

(01:11:22):
talking about Sam Donald and a little bit of Letter
Williams as well for a USC coach now down in
Georgia Southern, as well as the news conference from earlier
with Sam Donald, Klink Kubiak, Mike McDonald and Gary Parrish
as well. Now we are joined by the legend himself.
His name is David Maler. Hello, sir, how are you?
I'm good how are you.

Speaker 1 (01:11:42):
Did you ask Sam Donald how much time he expects
to have in Seattle? Sam Donald, good time?

Speaker 10 (01:11:49):
See, I wish I would have had that.

Speaker 1 (01:11:51):
Is he aware of that, by the way, he's got
I don't think so.

Speaker 10 (01:11:54):
I don't think so.

Speaker 1 (01:11:55):
I know Bet Mullins is aware of it. She's one
thousand percent aware of it.

Speaker 10 (01:11:58):
Aware of what again? Right here? Sam Donald?

Speaker 1 (01:12:02):
Good time? I mean she actually is this the clip
here just.

Speaker 2 (01:12:06):
Forty one yards of total offense forty one yards.

Speaker 1 (01:12:09):
She came into the Husky game for TV and I
don't know if it was somebody that listens to this
radio station or who, but somebody made her aware of
that clip we like to play and she had some
fun with it.

Speaker 14 (01:12:21):
Man.

Speaker 1 (01:12:22):
Oh, she was phenomenal. Yeah, just totally embraced it.

Speaker 10 (01:12:25):
It was great. That's awesome.

Speaker 1 (01:12:27):
Yeah, very very cool.

Speaker 10 (01:12:28):
That's good. That's good.

Speaker 1 (01:12:29):
Well, what were the top seventeen things you learned at
these Sam donold press conference today? Break them down for us? Well, yeah,
I expect a web post by you soon as well.

Speaker 10 (01:12:38):
They've first my first down, first down, Dave stuck it down.
You're well, they remodeled the media room down here. I
can tell you that Yeah, that's all I've really noticed today.

Speaker 1 (01:12:48):
So yeah, yeah, they were in the process of doing
that in the last couple of months. Are did they
put all the pictures back up?

Speaker 3 (01:12:55):
No?

Speaker 10 (01:12:56):
Oh, wow, they're putting new pictures up. Actually, so the
ones of like you know, a young Dave Grosby, right,
young Keith Shipman's in the seventies, all going to be gone.

Speaker 1 (01:13:11):
Seventies you mean the eighteen seventies.

Speaker 10 (01:13:13):
Exactly, the legendary, legendary figures like Wayne Cody and Chris King,
those guys. Yeah, yeah, they're putting new ones up. I
was told by Julie Barber today. There you go. Coolhe
people are going, what the hell are you talking about?
You're on that wall.

Speaker 1 (01:13:29):
Melon's on that wall? Who else from the radio stations
on that wall. I'm definitely not on the wall. I
think Dick, no, no, no, Dick got Dick may be
on the wall, but I'm not on the wall.

Speaker 13 (01:13:40):
Yeah.

Speaker 10 (01:13:40):
I think the my my claim to fame here still
is now all pictures gone. Is that my soda, my
Jones soda is still in the other there?

Speaker 1 (01:13:49):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Help I'm too I'm I'm
like Petros I'm too ugly. For the wall too on
that wall too ugly.

Speaker 10 (01:13:58):
If if we there, if everyone is, Joe, SODA's still
in business.

Speaker 1 (01:14:02):
I have no idea. I think those bottles are like
ten years old.

Speaker 10 (01:14:05):
Though, no, no, Dave, they're they're eighteen years because they
took it when like my first or second by my
second year here. Yeah, if you open one of those
soda bottles from eighteen years ago and drank how long?
How much do you think you have to drink to
kill yours?

Speaker 16 (01:14:20):
Well?

Speaker 1 (01:14:20):
I think I think you could actually start a car
with that thing, number one and then number two. If
I know the picture that of you that's on the
Jones Boda side, the Jones soda bottle, I almost said
bodastle the Jones soda bottle. I think in that picture
you you weren't even legal. I think you were still
Canadian back then, didn't even have your VSA yet, But

(01:14:40):
I think I.

Speaker 10 (01:14:40):
Still had a Mullet's right, mullets see it in their
Jest's right.

Speaker 1 (01:14:45):
It's right, mullet, it's right, true, mullet.

Speaker 10 (01:14:48):
It's right about the costs.

Speaker 1 (01:14:49):
I'll give you fifty bucks to crack that sucker open
and pounded only.

Speaker 10 (01:14:52):
fIF real quick, you give me your whatever is in there?
All right? Tweeted out.

Speaker 1 (01:14:57):
Do you ever have like, you know, like you know,
battery acid at home? You know, like a like an
old triple a battery or whatever. You leave it inside
a remote for about a year and take some of
that Jones soda and pour it on that sucker it
right off.

Speaker 10 (01:15:09):
The only person those bottles looks the same as Woody, Like,
at least wood One looks exactly the same.

Speaker 1 (01:15:13):
The rest of us is not as good terrible ever,
Just stare at yourself in the mirror and go, man.

Speaker 10 (01:15:19):
What happened? It's called every morning. What happened?

Speaker 1 (01:15:24):
Hey? Big win for the Kraken last night? How about that?

Speaker 10 (01:15:27):
Johnnyman? Yeah?

Speaker 1 (01:15:28):
Now, Dan Bilesman wants to come back on the radio show.
Apparently he's a very superstitious guy.

Speaker 10 (01:15:33):
I heard with you guys yesterday.

Speaker 1 (01:15:34):
Talked to him yesterday and he said, if we went
on game Day, I'm coming back on Friday. So Bilesman's
coming back on tomorrow. Yeah, how about a biles talking
to us? Is a miracle turnaround? Run to the Stanley
Cup playoffs?

Speaker 10 (01:15:46):
God, okay, to figure this out?

Speaker 1 (01:15:48):
Can you imagine?

Speaker 10 (01:15:49):
Could they actually get in.

Speaker 1 (01:15:50):
Well they're only fourteen points back with sixteen games to go,
so or something like that.

Speaker 10 (01:15:55):
So yeah, they're they're eleven back. There you go, there
you go if they if they want seven in a row.

Speaker 1 (01:16:02):
Not over yet, pal, not over yet. There are eleven
points back of the Flames. They're falling apart there. They've
lost their last game clearly on the way down.

Speaker 10 (01:16:12):
Yeah, well got a point, they got a point.

Speaker 1 (01:16:14):
Minnesota is a fraud. We know that Canucks are a joke.
The Blues are a joke. Utah Hockey Club they're terrible.

Speaker 10 (01:16:22):
Utah here tomorrow stocked stock in them alone or coming back?

Speaker 1 (01:16:25):
You think Jerry Sloan's gonna arrest them to start the
second quarter like he always used to back in the day.

Speaker 10 (01:16:29):
Yeah, he'll put what do you got, Jess, and looks
really handsome in it?

Speaker 1 (01:16:34):
Did you open it up yet?

Speaker 17 (01:16:35):
No?

Speaker 10 (01:16:36):
But I didn't take it for a cream soda guy.
I didn't get it. He looks really good.

Speaker 1 (01:16:43):
I'll look at him now, I mean that's why she's
not well.

Speaker 16 (01:16:47):
You usually have, you know, a clean shaven facial hair
like you're not. You don't wear a bear of you
have bear face, yea, And it's cream soda.

Speaker 10 (01:16:57):
But they didn't let us pick the sodas.

Speaker 1 (01:16:59):
Now they just slapped No, I don't hear anything, right,
what was that?

Speaker 10 (01:17:04):
All right? What do you got coming up today?

Speaker 1 (01:17:07):
What's today? Today's Thursday? Hawk bloggers gonna join us UH
talk a little Seahawks with him. UH land Zerline will
debut for the UH for the season our NFL Draft
insider courtesy of our friends at Queen Anne Beer Hall
and Moss Bay Hall. That's a five point twenty. And
then one of our favorites, David Sampson from UH the
Dan Levittard Show, Nothing Personal Podcast, former president of the Marlins,

(01:17:30):
will join us and give us some insight as to
what the Mariners did or did not do over the
off season and why they did it like that? Coming
up time?

Speaker 10 (01:17:38):
All right, David?

Speaker 1 (01:17:39):
Good for the mild mannered and marginally objectionable in forness.
This is paddle day saying so long everyone,

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