Pardon My Take - John Fanta Talking Final Four, NFL Coach's Picture And Tush Push Being Banned, The Yankees Might Be Cheating, Impractical Jokers Down Bad + Monday Reading

Episode Date: March 31, 2025

The Final Four is set and we continue to have few great games in the tournament but the 4 teams left are historically great. We figure out who is the Cinderella, what the Duke hate meter is at and Kevin Willard to Nova (00:00:00-00:35:48). The NFL league meetings are taking place in Orlando and the Coach's got together for their yearly picture as well as the tush push being banned (00:35:48-00:44:49). Yankees might be cheating but also why shouldn't we want more runs (00:44:49-00:52:07)? Who's back of the week including the impractical jokers being down bad and a cartoon battle between Big Cat and Hank (00:52:07-01:02:25). John Fanta joins the show to talk Final Four, Kevin Willard to Villanova, The Crown, Who he wants on the Browns and how we dont get chipped to death in San Antonio (01:02:25-01:46:02). We finish with Monday Reading (01:46:02-01:58:08).You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take

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with a minimum $5 net loss only on DraftKings casino. The crown is yours. Today is Monday, March 31st and we have our final four and it says Chalky is Chalk could get all four number one seeds are heading to San Antonio. Is college basketball broken, PFT? Big kid, I was going to say it's college basketball, a Ponzi scheme, because the tournament starts. Just wait, did not great matchups. Round of 32 going to be great. Round of 32 is not great. Just wait. Good. So sweet 16 16 sweet 16 happens

Oh that's suck, but just wait. This is the best elite 8 you've ever seen the lead 8 sucks But just wait the final four we're kicking the can down the road We're gonna we're gonna have a bad final four and then the greatest Championship game of all time and then nobody will remember the tournament They'll just run the championship game and they'll be like college basketball. So back correct I mean people are watching the games haven't been great the Florida game that was we had two great games over the weekend We had the Houston Purdue game, which was great The if you miss it on Friday night

The the blob that Kelvin Sampson drew up to beat Purdue with point with two seconds left was it was erotic as our friend says It was an incredible play Purdue also kind of got screwed because it was an offensive foul on the possession before, say something nice about Purdue. They were in that game and that was, I think everyone thought Purdue was going to get smoked and outmanned by Houston and they were every, every second of the way in that game. And then we had the Florida Texas tech game on Saturday, which was phenomenal. That was great. Yeah. And the, the Purdue Houston game, the end of that, I stuck around on the channel. I watched the post game. Oh yeah.

I wanted to see Jay Wright and Candice Barker argue for two hours about that play. Yeah. Just breaking down that play as granularly as you possibly can, because it was awesome. Sexiest blobbs I've ever seen. It was a super sexy blob. Yeah.

Yeah, but the game's not great. The Florida one was crazy and chaotic at the end Clayton He seems like he can check out of the game and then come back and just make a shot on a whim Yeah, people were saying there was curry like curry would have swished it. That's the difference. It was ugly make It wasn't ugly make but that the the curry like play that he had was when he was basically he drove the lane And then he was standing I don't know eight feet from the basket and then slowly backpedaled while no one really closed out with urgency. He's like, all right, I'm here now. Shoot three,

hit it down too. Yeah. He did that down too. Yeah. And it was, that was an ultimate you gotta make your free throws game because Texas tech had that game. They had that game one, they were up nine points with three minutes left and they missed two front ends of one and ones and both of them go directly to Florida threes. That's how you bring back. Like they literally went front end, miss three front end, miss three, and then Walter Clayton hitting a three to take the lead. I have a question for you, big cat. If we're doing Cinderella power rankings of these final four teams of the four one seeds. Yeah. Who's the most Cinderella

Houston Houston. I agree with you. I had Houston one then I had Florida too. I think Auburn's two. I mean you think Auburn's too. Auburn was ranked number one for most of the season. Of course I know that I'm saying because they've never won a national title. They don't have any legacy in basketball outside of Charles Barkley and obviously what Bruce Pearls done. I think they would be the second Cinderella. Florida still has, you know, they, they back to back national titles. I actually more, I think I might have Duke number three in my Cinderella power rankings. Duke, Duke might be the third Cinderella. I don't think they can. I think that's taking a little too far. I have, I have some thoughts on Duke that I'd like to

share, but I think you can't say that. Houston is definitely the number one though. We both agree on that. Uh, I find myself rooting for Houston because they've been so close so many times in the past and they've been the most snake bitten in the past. It's always been a big injury. Was it shed last year? Yeah. Shed with that ankle injury last year. That was tough because that team looked like they could have competed. This would have beaten, they would have beaten Duke.

This team is fucking awesome to watch. Yeah. I feel like they could possibly frustrate Duke. It's men versus boys. Yeah, it could be men versus boys because they Duke does have three incredible freshmen, but Houston has men. Um, yeah. So the Duke thing, uh, I've been struggling with this. I'm, I'm basically landed on the fact that I think my hate for Duke is now just the fact that I don't hate this Duke team. Like do something to make me hate you. Like I'm, I'm, I hate that. I don't hate them. You know what the issue is? That's what's making me mad. All right. Here's, here's what I think the issue is.

Canipal. Yeah. Nipple should be the guy that you hate on the Stuk team. Yeah. But because flags better than them and flag is a bigger part of their offense. He takes away some of the hate ability that canipal would have if he was the main guy that you could focus your attention on Yeah, right Like he is drawn up in a lab where you're like I fuck this is the guy why I fucking hate Duke and he's from Wisconsin and like normally I would hate a guy who went from Wisconsin somewhere out of state to play basketball

But he's too good for the Badgers So I can't even be mad about it it's like we would never get him anyway and the way that they have it is like Cooper flag is their main guy I like watching Cooper flag play so I don't hate him and then with Kniepel as a second guy he's not hateable because he's a second guy so I end up actually liking Kniepel a guy that I would have hated if he was the guy and John Shire's just a really good coach yeah and that's the part that like, he listened to Nate Oates' press conference after the game,

he had Nate Oates in hell. He was basically like, we had no chance. They just had a counter move to all of our moves. Our guys looked, I mean, Mark Sears looked so short. No offense to Mark Sears. But yeah, so I think I'm landed in, I'm just gonna hate Duke for the fact that I don't hate them naturally. So I'm just mad that they're not doing something to piss me off.

Here's what America needs in this week, but between the elite eight and the final four, we need Jay Billis to get on TV and say something so insufferable. Might have them on the show. You might have to have them on this show. Have him on this show so that we can give us, just say something that will make that will remind America why we should hate to We should do that. We should do that on Wednesday We should have jay billis on and just be like talk until we hate you

Yeah, just say things that make us hate you say things that will make us mad talk about your yeah It actually made me a little GPA. He actually did make me a little mad today because The Kevin Weller thing which we'll get into have you noticed that there are some The Kevin Weller thing which we'll get into have you noticed that there are some Analysts across the country that are still doing the argument from like five years ago where they're like See coaches can see a coach can leave but a player like no players players can leave anytime they want now Yeah, no, they don't even have to play they can just get the NIO money and not play You're high-stepping from the 20-yard line on a race. You already won. Yeah, right Is we agree that players should be allowed to transfer.

They can. Yeah. Just like coaches. It's just knee jerk reaction. They're reminding everybody that they were right. Yeah, right. Exactly. We were right, but we don't feel the need to remind everybody of why we're right.

All right. So we got to have Jay Billis on because it is, it's, it's a problem for me because I do not like Duke as an institution. I don't like their fans, but the team as it's constituted, I'm being genuinely, I'm genuinely saying I don't like have hate for them and I don't have hate for John Shire. I think I just had so much hate for coach K. So I think I just hate the fact that I don't hate them. This is why the Yankees are doing a great job right now of stepping into this void and

reminding us why we should all hate them. Yeah. Yeah. We need to, it's just, it's not enough. I I need I need more hate. I need more hate to go that way. But yeah, so the Duke killed Alabama because I do think that this could be if you look at the history of Duke basketball, it's interesting because the team right now as they stand, like in Ken Palm and those type ratings, they're I think the second best Duke team of all time. So Ken Palm ratings those type ratings, they're, I think, the second best team of all time. So Ken Palm ratings, they go back to 96, 97. So we don't get the late near back to back years.

But according to Ken Palm, there's the 10 best teams since 1996, 97. Four of them are in this final four. All four of them are in this final four. All four of them are in this final four. So 10, four out of the top 10 teams, best 10 teams in the last 30 years of college basketball. It's crazy. And I think Duke's number. So this year's Duke is number two only to the 98, 99 Duke team, the Jay Williams team that did lose. No, the one. Yeah. No, no, that one, that one year after they lost Elton. Which year did they lose to Arizona? They beat Arizona. They beat Arizona. They lost

in 98 I think to Arkansas. No to Yukon maybe to Yukon. Oh, they also like 94 to Yukon. No, I mean to Arkansas. Yeah. I can't. Yeah. That's when Bill Clinton was at the game. Yeah. Okay. But keep going. What are you saying're saying No, it's just gonna say that like if this Duke team wins They will be looked at as one of the best Duke teams of all time. Yeah, I'm a getty. Yeah. Oh 2000 2001 was the third So it's all three of these teams on the chem pom the best teams in the last 30 years are the top three or Duke teams What was it that's making me hate them more? Yeah, say you gotta get in that the 2001 team that was the jay William Shane baddie a What was it that's making me hate them more? Yeah, see you gotta get that the

2001 team that was the jay williams shane baddie a Mike Dunleavy they beat Arizona. They beat Arizona and then the best team on this list 9899 I feel like they lost they did yeah, who they lose to to Yukon. I think to you go. Yeah That's our that's our quick. got to just Jay bills. That's a good call. We just got to get Jay bills. I was Corey Mcgetty. And we got a we got a fucking Yeah, they lost to you. Yeah, and Arizona one in between. Um, Jay Williams. Credit to him. Great bracket, dude. Perfect bracket. Great bracket. I love

his great bracket. I mean, we have nailed it. It's the best looking final four. No name calling. Uh, yeah, it is the best looking file for it's a nailed it. It's the best-looking Final Four. No name-calling. Uh, yeah, it is the best-looking Final Four. It's a great final. It's a perfect bracket if you're a pussy. Yeah. Yeah, if you don't take any risks, there's so many people who walk around with just perfect brackets. I know it's so right. Did you see there's a woman out there who has a perfect bracket in the women's bracket? Which is, I know it's less variance, but still. That's still very impressive. Insane, they're in the Final Four now. All right, so yeah, Duke killed Alabama.

Duke's the best team in the country. They, it was, it was clinical what they did to Alabama. The Texas Tech Florida game was great. Walter Clayton, I love watching him play. And then today, Houston, Tennessee was over in the first four minutes. And I like they just suffocated Tennessee. Tennessee has still never been to a final four. Great. Another

great year for Rick Barnes, but came up short. Yeah. And I, I don't know what like, today was a day where like Houston was just going to win that game every single time they play. Yeah. So they were used to having Chas Lanier get like a little bit of daylight on their three-pointers and get into rhythm and they got no rhythm. Yeah. It was just suffocating defense the entire time from Houston. They couldn't get anything in the paint. It was uh yeah. What was the score like? 22 to 5 at one point. I think halftime was what 34 15 or something? Yeah it was it was ugly. It was

ugly early and then what then what does Tennessee do? Because they're a good basketball team. Tennessee is consistently, under Rick Barnes, a very good basketball team. They've never been to a Final Four. They used to have the NIT banners hanging up inside their basketball stadium. I think they took those down.

But do they have Elite Eight banners hanging up? Or is there just nothing reminding them of the basketball team? I don't know. It's just, it sucks for them because they've had, they've been a very consistently good basketball team for this stretch here, like specifically the last three to four years and they can't get over the hump. And unfortunately for them, it's like you got to, if you're going to win a national title, you probably, unless you're a Yukon of the last two years You're gonna have to win a game that you might not be favored or a game that you might not have your best stuff

And it just just keeps happening. Yeah, they got Purdue last year, and then it's just like you That's the one year with the Zack Eaddy whistles yeah, and then and then the Michigan State Auburn game was so frustrating to watch because it felt like watching that game Auburn was better but Michigan State I feel like had 10 to 15 chances to hit one big shot to put real game pressure on Auburn and they just never could hit a big shot yeah they just couldn't hit it from the outside and when they tried to go in the lane they were getting swatted yeah but it was like didn't it fit didn't you guys have the same feeling that it was just teetering on that edge the

entire time where it's like a nine- guys have the same feeling that it was just teetering on that edge the entire time Where it's like a nine-point game a ten-point game if Michigan State could hit one three in a stop or you know One big dunk and then a three we'd have a real game layups. Yeah, we just couldn't get to it They could not get over that initial hump to then put on actual game pressure on Auburn and Auburn's Auburn I mean they finished the regular season poorly But they are they were the number one seed and they had an incredible regular season they they're awesome again yeah and Jani Broom coming back in the game after it looked like he fucked up his elbow bad it was one of those things

where he he was on the ground and he was just looking at his elbow like there was something wrong with it that didn't hurt but that he knew was like fucked up he goes in the locker room after telling his mom like I'm done and then the x-ray comes back in and then he proceeds to play the end of the game with one arm. Yeah. And he's still pretty good. He's still like blocking shots and getting rebounds. Yeah. He uh, it was, I mean he's, he's a stud. He's, he's also a man. That's like the, that's, that would be your only thing if you're not, if you're rooting against Duke is like, will it, will it matter if they end up having to play against men? Yeah, probably not Cooper flag is he's a boy, but he's a man if I was Cooper flag

I would sit out. Yeah, and don't get hurt You're gonna be playing against grown-ass men sit out opt out and then just wait to enter the NBA draft. I'm making money It's gonna be a great Final Four better be a great Final Four has to be has to be Hank the game owes it to us Hank what are your thoughts on the weekend? I just an IL ruined college basketball. I don't want to be. Has to be, Hank. The game owes it to us. Hank, what are your thoughts on the weekend? I just, NIL ruined college basketball. Oh, come on. I don't wanna be a hater, but it... I know, we need that.

Listen, I've been of the mindset that I'm not gonna... I think what happens a lot of times when these things happen is the people who don't like college basketball are usually the loudest to be like, it's over, it's broken, because they didn't like college basketball are usually the loudest to be like, it's over, it's broken because they didn't like it in the first place or they only liked the tournament. You know what I mean? They show up for the tournament. So there'll be some talking heads

be like, there's a major problem in college basketball. And then there's some people who on the other side will say, there's no problem. There's just an anomalous year. I think there could be a problem, but I would like to see more. That's where I stay. I just want madness. Yeah, no, I don't care if the games are good. I wouldn't care. But yeah, the one good games. The very clear issue has been if you're not making your three pointers. Yeah. If you don't make your three pointers, you're going to lose. And not only you're going to lose, but you're going to get the shit kicked out of you. It is very saw in several games in the elite. It is very funny when we're watching these games and we have an NBA game on as well and just every shot goes in.

When you're watching the NBA, it's like, anytime anyone has a little bit of daylight from three, it's a swish. And then you're watching Michigan State, I think they had a possession, I think they had a 60 second stretch today where they were like 0 for 6 from three. It was unreal.

Yeah, what, 15 points in the first half from Tennessee? And then on Thursday night, the Indiana Pacers scored 162 points against the Wizards and took shot clock violations Intentionally in the last three possessions. Yeah, it's a different sport. Yeah, hey, how would you fix college basketball? I Mean it's tough like they it's it's it's one of those things where I believe that players should get paid I don't want to sound like an old man yelling at clouds, but I think they've went about it They kind of said okay players get paid and then just turn to a freeze no guardrails Yeah, just turn to a free-for-all which has has hurt and like the Amir Khan thing. It's great fun story But he made a hundred K and now for next year like that was the biggest story of the tournament next year

There's gonna be a million student managers like trying to go viral so they can make money But like that's not what NIL is for and then when they show the graphic of I think it was like five years ago the final Four roster and like where they started their college career. Yeah, there was maybe one or two or three transfers Yeah, now you look at it and you know that the players from this year were on completely different teams last year there's no continuity, but I don't the answer is continuity and Not transferring but and no viral student managers, you know in fuck a mere con. That's the main one No, it's just like that. I was the first one. He said yeah, it's a lot that seems like your whole thing was just Pretty much just a mere con. I will see you next year

I think I think the I think I like a mere con But I just I think it's gonna spawn a million like like spin offs of and that's not what it's called basketball. Make sure to follow sister jean on tik tok. Right. So I agreed with you on the transfer thing. They have to figure it out. Multi-year contracts, multi-year contracts. I've also thrown out the idea that, you know, we're gonna talk with Fanta about it, but schools are about on the precipice of being able to pay directly to players. And I've said this idea before, but a freshman gets 50K from the school, a sophomore gets 75, a junior gets 100. If you transfer, you go back to freshman salary. So like there is a, you could still transfer, you still don't even want, But you don't get to climb the ladder of what the school can pay. Yeah, I like that should be interesting

But yeah, I it's a weird time And I think they'll hopefully figure it out because I love college sports very very much and this Listen, it wasn't the best tournament, but we do have a great final four and for people who like this has never happened before Stathol sent me this, uh, in 2007, we had two ones and two twos in 2008. We had four ones, all four ones made it to the final four. And in 2009 it was two ones, a two and a three. So we had a stretch where it was a lot of chalk.

What was that in 2008 Hank? That was Titus. That was a Titus year. Ohio state, Florida. Yeah. Where was that? Where, what city was that in 2008 Hank those Titus. There's a Titus here Ohio State, Florida. Yeah Where was that? Where what city was that in UCLA? It was in San Antonio. Oh nice. Hmm. Hmm Wilds hmm hmm, I Also appreciate this guy Steve Berkowitz for some reason he just spent like five hours tweeting out all the bonuses that coaches got Oh this year Bruce Pearl got a hundred,000 bonus for making the final four. That's it. Yeah, he's gotten 450,000 bonuses this season. Michigan State

coach Tom Izzo finished the season with 200,000 bonuses. Kelvin Sampson picks up $300,000 bonus. And then Tennessee if they finish in the top 10 in the media poll, which they will, Rick Barnes will get a million dollars in bonuses. Million bucks. A million dollars. For Ricky Barnes. He's consistent. Yeah, he is consistent. Speaking of coaches, Max, that scumbag Kevin Willard is now your new coach. Congratulations. Thanks.

Kevin Willard is now your new coach. Congratulations. Thanks. And you want to say apologies to Maryland fans? No, he he said he did over zoom call. That's told his team over zoom call. That's tough. Obviously, there's bad blood between Kevin Willard and the athletic department at the University of Maryland. But the players things players to see. We'll see. We'll see if we saw he didn't address them. No we'll see. We'll see if any of the players come with them. Okay. If the players come with them then then we'll see. Do you think that Julian Reese

what if they don't. You think Julian Reese. I'll bet you Julian Reese doesn't come with him. He has no more eligibility. I bet you I bet you Queen doesn't come. He's going to the draft. Okay. Uh, it have the last like two weeks giving you any pause about Kevin Willard as a man of integrity. No, there's coaches out there that kill people. There's coaches out there that you defend that help cover up murders. Jim Bayhine retired. Who do we defend? You don't defend him, but who do we defend? Yeah, I mean you say everyone everyone says that these there's way worse coaches that do worse Who killed someone max? He didn't kill anyone but okay. There was allegations that he was actually tune into our Monday reading We have we have more on that. Yeah. Yeah, we have we have a graph that

Someone what did Kevin Willard do he went on he went into the media and said that he No, he's just he just he's just dick. Did you see the Hank? So is Danny? early was in the same situation had like a stroke Maxing support anxious goes. Oh shit. I watch the Sun's Rock Sun's Rockets game to reference just died What Dylan Brooks also just went nuts He got kicked out of the game. That was interesting. I was interesting. Yeah, ah Did you see the clip of him leaving Seton Hall doing the exact same thing? It was very funny No that yeah, we talked about that on Friday where he said like the exact same guy

So I finally saw the videos back to back and it was yeah, he's just a scumbag. Well now he's gonna get support He's only one sweet team only been to one street sixteen in eighteen years. Yeah he was at Seton Hall. Okay I'm just saying. Say that without the president around. Yeah yeah say that when Pug's around. Not necessarily a school that gets great resources. Do you think he was a great hire? I think he's a good hire. I wouldn't see who would have been a great hire Jay right yeah Jay right yeah there wasn't like golden there wasn't like guys out there this this cycle for there to be like there are no plus plus hires yeah so I'm excited for the next next chapter we're gonna be competitive again you got the crown we got the crown coming up build some momentum yeah

college basketball is a Wild West right now people do whatever the fuck they want Got the crown we got the crown coming up build some momentum. Yeah College basketball is a Wild West right now people do whatever the fuck they want it is true And that's just the nature of the game and Kevin Willard went to Villanova to get a better job and to be in a better situation for his family Also, just shout out the southeastern portion of the United States all the teams shout out the southeastern Everyone you get everyone this time. Yeah don't get the Duke Florida Auburn Q oh yeah got it I thought I was like trying to relate that to the no whatever not this no not about Villanova just about that's what we were talking about yeah you guys are not in the southeast yeah correct shout out the southeast doesn't it means more down there Incorrect, but well

What is the SEC's actual tagline? For football it means more No for football literally means it means more in football. They said it first they got dibs on it means more That's just a fact. Where's the biggie say? ballers Biggie say? Ballers? Ballers. I do want my rule to be, Kevin Willard should have to go play at Maryland until he beats Maryland. Deal. I would, see, that's another thing.

That'll be, one day Maryland will face off against Villanova in something and that'll be awesome to watch. Yeah, it doesn't matter what sport. Yeah. But it should happen next year. It should happen next year. No, I would love that I would absolutely love that Maryland has been trying to rehire Gary Williams. So the next the next incarnation They've been lost ever since Gary Williams left and he was a great coach and then was he now that I think they are a

Basketball school firmly. Yeah, Maryland is not not Definitely not a football. They're not a football school, but they want to be a basketball school Yeah, hire hire some big sweaty guy that screams at people and fires assistance during games get back boy Did great is his name in there? He teach we did it. Yeah, he's like, I'm available I mean, that's the next step is get get him One Dixon Lonnie Baxter have those guys come on Dixon Did you do something wasn't Wasn't he a coach somewhere? Was that? Am I thinking of someone else? Jamie Dixon? No, no, no. Chris Wilcox? Get all those guys back. Just coach the team.

Yeah. Yeah, no, it would be sick. At this point, if it's not going well, you might as well just you know, bring back the glory days sell people on that Yeah, what was the Juan Dixon thing or am I I? Might have just made that up one Dixon always seemed like a good guy to me one Dixie up to coach What is Juan Dixon up to Oh Judge dismisses cop and state from lawsuit to the alleged sexual assault blackmail by basketball staffer. That's pretty good. So they dismissed it Oh, that was against him. Oh I'm seeing him on housewives or coach one is a

former basketball player accuses Lucien Brownlee an assistant on former coach Juan Dixon's team of blackmailing sexually assaulting him the player coached Juan Dixon's team of blackmailing and sexually assaulting him the player identified all right i just remember there's a story so i was right about the story i don't remember how much Juan Dixon was involved in it sounds like yeah a guy on his staff yeah possibly alleged which was thrown out coppin state and former coach Juan Dixon dismissed from sexual assault blackmail was lawsuit okay what was the record this year, Max? Who's record cop and state? Well, this was a couple years ago that he was coached there and got dismissed. So I don't know what their record was this year. They're pretty bad. Not good. Wait, no, this was 2023. Yeah, that was when he was last

coach. I say fuck it. Bring him back anyways. Fuck it. Fuck it. Figure out the what figure out what's going on with that lawsuit and then bring him back. Or maybe Buzz. Yeah, maybe Buzz Williams. Okay, let's talk some other sports before we do that. Game time. Hank, can you look up, let's look up Cubs opening day on Friday. Home opener. The best part about, actually no, let's look up the games in San Antonio because the best part about college basketball is here. We know you're as excited as we are to watch some big upsets throughout the tournament.

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swagger's all the way back yeah I think it's good for the sport just seeing those jerseys yeah throwing some hands yeah look at Dante right in the middle of it Dante was all he had no problem with I think there was some dick grabbing guys it's no it's been like the biggest fight guy the last few years yeah he's the famous clip where he was being held back bloody and just like going through the whole basically every single person trying to hold him back. Was he the one who was he was in the middle of it possibly grabbing Dante DiVincenzo's that same right there. Okay. I like this. So we haven't had a brawl. We haven't had

a brawl like this in a long time. I like that Dante was sitting down and then got up to get back in the fight. Yeah, he's like, tap me in. And then a bunch of dudes coming with Q-zips just trying to break everything up. So it started with Nas Reed, somebody fouled Nas Reed, then Nas got in his face. I Nas Reed terrifies me. Yeah. He seems like a very scary guy. I also, uh, I like, I wonder if we can get, uh, when we find out more about this brawl, my favorite is whenever there's a personal security guard that also gets involved from like the Baseline you have to communicate with the actual security guards from the yeah, yeah Yeah So yeah, it was oh

Yeah, Nasrid finger pointing that dot David DiVincenzo just jumped it like he wasn't Part of this and then he became the main character of this. Yeah. Stand up for his guy. Novo Boys, Italians. I remember I heard a story about this big Timberwolves fan that loved Nas Reid so much that he got a Nas Reid tattoo, like the words Nas Reid. Okay. When you're getting that tattoo and they write the N, the A, and the Z, how quickly do you say to that tattoo guy? You probably actually make them right read first No, right backwards. Yeah, they go. Yeah. Yeah, you can't just pause after the Z correct, correct Be some bad footage out there. I would agree Yeah, look at this little kids with their cameras out looking for for brawl footage This is this part of the NBA season is is so

I'll say boring because it's just everyone I feel like every night half the teams aren't even trying or tanking and a lot of the teams already set with their like we have no drama in the west who's gonna get the one seed. JJ actually put a study together complaining about some stuff. What'd he say? He said that no matter how much the rest of the league is sitting their guys out, he had his guy look at the numbers and I think it's 80 per 86% of the starting fives play against the Lakers when they get a chance to play. So nobody sits their guys against LA.

Oh, so that's actually makes me hate Duke. Wait, yeah, that makes me too. Can also, Hey dude, you got Luca for Duke. Wait, yeah, that makes me too can also Hey, dude, you got Luca for free. Yeah. So you can't complain. That's a pretty good, pretty good trade off. But yeah, the the the thunder have had the West locked up for like a month and a half. And with the plans it like kind of ruined like if there was drama for the eight seed, it'd be one thing but right fighting to get to the plane to maybe get to to the playoffs like it's not I hate playing it sucks has there been a more overlooked disrespected brushed aside to seed overall than the Houston Rockets now they're playing well yeah but you can

always just go with the Rockets are too young yeah they're the thunder of last year they got to learn how to win they got to learn how to win first yeah and then we'll and then next year they'll be for real the Grizzlies being a playoff team and firing their coaches is a wild, crazy, wild story that I don't understand at all. And then John Moran comes back right when they get their interim head coach. Yeah. Really? So he must have just said, well, they were playing, they're playing poorly. They haven't been good for the last couple weeks. But yeah, to just play off. I the problem might be if you're going to fire if you hate your coach, right? If you're a GM and you hate your coach, and he's the

four seed, he gets in the playoffs. What if he wins to playoff series? Right? Can't fire him anymore. Right? You gotta do it now. Yeah. But yeah, it's it's I agree. I agree. I think the plan. I think the plan sucks. I wish they would take get rid of it because it's not only It's not only there's no drama for the eight seed But it's what I've always when they originally announced the play and I was like this is going to be for franchises like the Bulls Jerry Reinsdorf is gonna use this as like we almost made the playoffs every single year and they're exactly in that spot again

You get a playing fun basketball, but they're not a play like they shouldn't be a playoff you get to play and win yeah and then you're like oh we want a playoff series right it's bullshit it's bullshit it's just more teams that the owners can basically sell like hey we're right there yeah but yeah so the NBA is so so we had a brawl which was cool and then we're just waiting for the playoffs and you're Hank you already conceded the one seed to the caps. I asked you that you're like, yeah, it's over Yeah, unless the Cavs have to lose out. We'd have to win out maybe a couple games here or there But it's the Cavs got it. Okay, so you've conceded concede the concession has been made

So if you get the one seed will you take it back? Will you give it back? You'll officially say I don't want the one seat and try and talk to Adam Silver and be like, can we get this reversed? Yes. Okay. Good man. That's a man of principle might not believe you. No, he doesn't care. Whoever gets put in front of him. No, but coach Missoula would he would want this. He'd be like, we don't deserve the one. Yeah. But if they desert if they win enough games to get the one to then give it up No, I think coach Missoula be like what's not in the Celtics control. That's the thing What do you mean like the Celtics would win out and knock at the one seat, right? I

Think coach Missoula would say well, no, they could give us give us the eight seat They could get the one seat and not get the one seat according to you because you'd have to give it back Yeah, it's one thing if it's if you control your own destiny it's one thing to you know give it up but they don't so well no they were focused on we're focused on being healthy it doesn't matter what for the one you're not allowed to take it three four five six seven eight we just need to be healthy and we're gonna run through these so what you're saying is Mickey Mouse championship if you guys win the championship as the one seed yeah because it wasn't according to your

okay got it we're not gonna be the one seed yeah, because I was in the quarter cheer, okay got it We're not gonna be the one seat so you can say whatever you want, and I'll say yes, okay? But if you are you're gonna give it up. Mm-hmm. We shave your head if you get the one seat yes Okay, now go sell in beard. Okay. Go sell. Will you make max get a Soul soul patch yes, if you get the ones. Okay. Perfect. Awesome. Like Max put himself out of the running for Cooper flag and now is back in. I would never do that. Yeah. You would never do it is disgusting that he's back. In fact, I think I think that Max you should have to get a soul patch if you somehow luck your ass way into the number one overall

game and you get Cooper. Not even for Cooper flag. Cooper flag yourself out of the yes. Yeah For NBA championship yes for Cooper flag no you just said yes to an NBA championship I just said yes to an NBA You get a soul patch for the NBA All three of us should get one if we either of us get any of us get a Cooper fire not doing so no I I will get a I'm also not getting so no I'm also not getting it I'm also not getting it so I will get one if the Bulls get scooped Cooper flag I will get one if the Wizards get Cooper flag that looks kind of normal Hank did say Max you heard the same thing I did he did say he said he would get a soul patch if the Celtics won the championship

I'm not doing that Cooper flag yes your word used to mean something on this show If we sell this a Cooper flag soul patch, okay We also have the owners meeting in Orlando right now and they're deciding so they have the annual coaches picture I blogged it go check it out. They did it inside this year. It's a sussing sucks credit to you Pft Dan Quinn was a monster. Yeah, he's looking good. He looked awesome in the all black. The head looked super shiny. I said he looked like a guy who's got a smoking hot wife and four smoking hot daughters,

and he's just always angry. Because everyone in his family's hot. Yeah. He's having to protect them all the time. Yeah, that checks out. Yeah, and he's just a manly man who just will break your hand if you give him a handshake. Yeah, Aaron Glenn won the Aaron Glenn award because I have nothing to say about Aaron Glenn

completely unremarkable I spent about five minutes looking at Brian Callahan yeah to figure out who Brian Callahan was oh I I did it with Brian Schottenheimer my I remembered him yeah well my Brian Schottenheimer award was just this has to be Brian Schottenheimer. I knew Brian Callahan was Brian Callahan doesn't know where the camera is. Yeah, he's he's often like a LSD fog somewhere. Our guys though look like if you like I don't know which guys we can technically say are our guys. I would say the floor is one of our guys. I say Stefanski, Vrabel, Shanahan, I would say Harbaugh. Shanahan looks a thousand yards there. He needs to win a Superbowl so bad.

Stefanski looks good in the pink. He does need to do a couple of pushups because that right is just sagging a little floor. You know what I loved in this was that Andy Reed famous for wearing shorts, no matter what the weather is. Yeah. Inside he's wearing pants. Yeah. He's zigzagged on you. Also zoom in. Andy Reed. I said this, but any read, if you've never had a look at any reads cankles any reads cankles if they if If the World Trade Centers were reinforced with any reads cankles instead of steel. Mm-hmm still up

I respect that hundred percent those things will never bend those things could He's never had a turned ankle in his life. Jet fuel can't melt Reed femurs. Yes, exactly. And also Dan Campbell, I don't know if you guys imagine the same thing when you look at this picture, but I think his polo is down to his shits. If you see the polo, he's wearing a comically large polo. So I don't think he cares because he's the type type of guy he'll wear a dress and just hope you

Talk shit. Yeah, I fed the picture into that new. What's the new chat GPT AI image simulator? Is it like the the Ghibli Ghibli? What the fuck is that? It's just chat GPT Yeah, so I fed it in there. It did a terrible job You can't recognize any of these goes the 4k loaded in 4k max Why are you struggling with this so bad because it doesn't fucking work on any of these guys. The 4k, load it in 4k Max, why are you struggling with this so bad? Because it doesn't fucking work on any of these websites. They're all shitty quality photos. Go on Twitter and go to the NFLPR guy.

You can't zoom in on Twitter. Yes. Yes. You wanna look? Okay. Zoom in. Command plus? It just goes right back to what it was.

Okay. Mike Tomlin should always be wearing a hat. He looks weird without a hat. Are they gonna get Aaron Rodgers or what? The new article today said they don't know okay, so they're they don't have a plan a a plan B or a plan C Got it. They're just moving forward right now. Okay, so no plan a no plan B. No plan C max you want to I mean Sirianni He's not wearing he's not wearing pants. He looks like a little boy He looks like a little boy and he I think you can do it though when you win the Super Bowl. I can show up in anything you are wearing that you you you get to do that. It was Dable

in the same spot last year. Dable. So Dable is all the way. I think Dable didn't even want to be in the picture. And I also think that Dabel's wearing, I think he's the only one in the picture who is wearing a team issued gear so that kind of like move. Well, no, I think it's more that otherwise people would think like he was fired. Yeah. Like he's wearing it to remind everyone, Oh, I'm actually not fired. I think he's doing it to the Mariseum and they're like, that's a team player right there. Always, always promoting the brand. But he like, he got the awkward conversation out of the way because if someone ran into him They're like oh, what are you up to these days? They see the Giants. They're like oh, yeah, that's right He didn't get fires that going cuz you know how there's always like one or two coaches that

Get talked about being fired so much mm-hmm, and then they don't get fired Oh, that's all max's and you're like how the fuck did that happen like I half half expected Doug Peterson to be in this photo. Yeah, you know where it just didn't end up happening It's fine. Max. It's fine. You're the producer. You had like five hours to set this up The fucking thing doesn't fucking work All right, so I like that. They put the outside of the hotel in a giant picture behind the guys crazy I'm so sad. They weren't outside that you gotta have this outside. Put them in the rain Put them in the rain Uh, you'll see dan cambell if you zoom in his his uh, his shirt. You can't see the bottom of his shirt

Oh, yeah, see that that is that is right out of like 2001 the longest shirt ever He just shops at the big and tall store. It doesn't give a fuck It is sad though that Mike Tomlin's he's got the sunglasses in the shirt. Yeah, this should be outside He came ready. He came ready. So the big news right now at the NFL League meeting is the tush push ban So there's been a proposal to ban the tush push and has support with the competition committee during the football operations Sunday session, Howie Roseman and the assistant GM John Ferrara had an animated conversation with Sean McVeigh

and Sean McDermott in a side hallway outside the ballroom. So animated conversation, two Italians, Philadelphia, you can imagine what that was like. After the meeting, Cowboys co-owner Stephen Jones said we don't allow pushing and we're trying to be consistent with our rules That is verbatim Basically what I say in my house like every weekend to my kids We don't allow pushing and we're trying to be consistent with our rules

I can't believe this is a real thing the NFL's talking about we need to keep our hands to ourselves I can't believe this is a real thing the NFL is talking about. We need to keep our hands to ourselves and we need to use safe arms and doors. It's honestly, Max, it's going to be banned. I think at some point, if it's not this year in the future, we'll be banned. I do not want it to be banned, but you should look at this as a win. This would be such a massive win for the Philadelphia Eagles. If you're just so much better at being strong than every other football team that they make you being strong against the rules It feels Patriots ask. Yeah Hank thoughts

They hate us cuz they ain't us Yeah, it's like I said a you in us for the touch. But yeah, ain't us. Oh, yeah, that's good. That's good I don't think they should ban it Like I feel like the bit like the the bills couldn't even run it in the playoffs when they weren't pushing The bills are also very good at that play in the regular season, but not did did you guys also see sir? I need a quote which was Fire like it was pretty he's feeling himself sir. I showing up in in shorts He said we'll see how it goes all say is Jonathan, Shane Stikin and Kellen Moore better vote for it.

They're in the head. They're in their position right now because of that play. I like that play. They're their career. You're a tush merchant. Yeah. Oh, there's another big story coming out of the NFL League meetings. Big Cat. Did you see the rules report? They changed the rule. They added something to wait, wait, I'm gonna guess okay all right give me a give me a vague because I love this they always do it just to say they did something there's a

new thing that is now a 15-yard penalty for being a violent gesture is guns it's I think guns is already guns already you can do these road slashers a while ago you can do the bow and arrow I think road slash already guns already you can do these road slashes a while ago You can do the bow and arrow. I think road slash you nose. Yes. Wow The nose is now a 15-yard penalty for being a violent gesture RIP to the Broward guys that do that after every single play fuck that The slime can't do it anymore Can't do although I mean that conviction was somewhat overturned Can't do although I mean that conviction was somewhat overturned

Just this whole conversation got me juiced up for some you know what I think It's like I were talking about nose what yeah Roger goes pushes and and oversized polos I'm like football Roger Goodell is gonna be like we'll let you guys have the nose wipe back You can do with the nose wipe celebration in exchange for an 18- season yeah and players like fuck yes he absolutely will um yeah I think that that was it I mean I love the I love that they all go into this hotel in Orlando we should go one year yeah I've been saying that maybe spring break we just go down going to the owners meeting would be incredible I don't think they would let us anywhere near I would sneak in anywhere near any act like a stewardess. I'm here to see Jerry Jones Also, I feel like the coaches rude might be able to give us like a blueprint

Yeah on how to sneak in well that was his recap of it He's like they they they make us take a picture then they send us across the street then they change all the rules Then we go play golf. They change all the rules or playing golf Okay, anything else from the wide world of sports. Oh, yeah, what I was gonna say the Yankees. Yeah Cheating torpedo bats cheating, okay, I Think I want to hear your guys take my take is simple I wish everyone would shut the fuck up about it so we can win some money betting the over

For like a couple weeks. I bet the over today, easiest win ever. Why do we have to ruin something? A billion home runs against the Brewers. Do you like money Hank? I like integrity. Oh God. That's one thing about Hank.

He cares about the rules of the sport. That's why you were anti-deflate gate that whole thing. That was proven to be a witch hunt. So here's where I stand. I don't care that it's available for any team to do it. I don't care that any team could hire an MIT scientist to design their bats. I don't care that other teams have done it. The Yankees are doing it right now which means that it must be stopped.

But can we also win some money for a little bit? Yeah. I also have a take. You watch baseball to watch homers. Why do people want less homers? Yeah. Like, everything in baseball right now is going towards the pitcher the one time something goes towards the hitter and now everyone wants to freak out.

That's what baseball is fun. You want to watch people hit. You want to, this is good for baseball. More runs is good for baseball. But the Yankees are doing it. Correct. Which I get, I get that, that point. That's the main point.

But if everyone starts doing this and everyone starts scoring more runs, that is more fun to watch. But the problem is every team hasn't been doing it. They should be, but they're not. So that means the Yankees are the main ones doing it, which means it sucks. If every team gets to use this bat, then every pitcher should be able to use the sticky stuff.

Also, wait, hold on a second. Isn't it just two guys on the Yankees that are doing it? Like, Aaron Judge hit three home runs yesterday. He's not using this. Listen, me and Elon are in lockstep on this. No, no judge should have that much power. Yeah. Anyway, I also think there's a guy from the twins that's using one too. I saw two that cause Dave did a rant on it and then someone responded that like the Red

Sox were using them in, in spring training. I didn't see that. Yeah. I mean, cake's face right now. If if the bats that much better every team should be doing it right Yeah, I think there was a player on the Rays that did it in a pinch hit situation got a hit He's like yeah, I'm gonna break it out for special circumstances dude Just fucking everybody use this bat if it's better the Rays baseball field is a joke. Oh, it's so bad It's a joke. It's so bad wait memes. You have how many how many Yankees are doing it I? Volpe's doing it Bellinger's doing it jazz Chiz Holmes doing it

And I think there might be one more so three And those guys all hit home runs Okay, I like I was hoping that we would just be chill about this and bet the over for a couple weeks And then they'd be like up can't do it anymore if it was any other team doing it we'd all be very chill every team should fucking do it if the Yankees are doing it it's working that's all just do it that's also true I think they will and it'll be what happened with the with the trash cans what every team started doing it every team started cheating and then the Red Sox had to start using iPhones and

Apple watches the Astros made you cheat they also for MLB so the two other MLB stories one is MLB app blew it on opening day and then I think they're still having problems gotta figure that out MLB TV gotta has it I've been Saturday I think Evo was saying that he couldn't watch the Orioles that's bad bad bad I was what I watched Phillies on Saturday. Okay, so it's maybe better. And then they also release- Do you watch Phillies today, Max?

Yeah, we won the series. What happened today? We just gotta keep winning series. Aaronola, just Aaronola. He's back to being Aaronola? He's just, every single game, he starts off great, he looks like the best pitcher in baseball, and then he has one inning where he just blows up.

Every single game. Turn him into a reliever. They released, Forbes released released how much each team made in 2024 and then how much they're paying in payroll in 2025. And it's, so the Mets are using basically 90% of what they made they're using on payroll. Good. That's good.

Good, very good. Dodgers 73%, that's probably all because Shohei's being paid two million dollars a year. Mm-hmm and then the Cubs are at 26 they're using 36 percent of what they made last year. They're the third or fourth Ice in terms of revenue. Yeah, Red Sox gotta be up at the bottom to write the Red Sox are 23rd They're using 42 percent. So they're gonna get their weight up at the bottom to right the Red Sox are 23rd. They're using 42% So they get their weight up actually right next to the Nationals

I I this just needs to be shamed more the Cubs are using the Cubs are only ahead of the Pirates the Rays the White Sox and the Marlins that is they also just traded Cody Bellinger for money and then pocketed that is bad I think that in the case of the Nationals if you're selling the team And then pocket it that is bad I think that in the case of the nationals if you're selling the team this goes across all sports if you're selling the team Why not put some money in some free agents right before you sell the team? These guys might be like I don't want to fucking I mean they probably wouldn't think this way But like I don't want to pay for this if you have all these guys No, I feel like that king that's a rounding error at that work for the Celtics

Yeah, well they paid good players True. Yeah, I paid good freeics. Yeah, well, they paid good players. True. Yeah, paid good free agents. Yeah, try to make some addition. But it is it is the next owners problem. Like, right after this year, it's it's questions, hard questions have to be answered. I just hate seeing this shit. It drives me insane. Just seeing how much money they make and how little they spend on it. It's like, dude, if you own a team, we, we need to interview every person who goes to buy a team and just be like dude Are you a chill guy or what? Yeah, you're real sports like are you fucking down for it or no?

Are you real sports? Hey, cuz what you can do? Here's what you can do is you can pay a hundred percent of your revenue Yeah, and guess what? You're still gonna make money cuz your team's gonna get more valuable correct over the long term Just give me give me five minutes with any perspective owner And I could tell you right away if they're gonna be a cheap ass or they're gonna actually be down for it and just Look, you got billions of dollars. Just fucking throw it around win some games Steve Ballmer have down. Yeah These could type that smartest who cares doesn't matter. Just go for it. Yeah, go for it Matt Ispia Not the smartest sons. He aren't even gonna make class. He went for it go for it Yeah, he should buy another team. Maybe maybe a baseball team

Yeah, you might buy the white side. No the Yeah, I like just the idea of just going up to risk. I've been like are you are you gonna go for it, bro? Are you cool? Are you? Right now you're gonna go for can you hang? Yeah, do you do you like winning? How much do you like winning? I'll tell you I could I could sniff it out in a second. Okay. Let's do who's back of the week and then we will finish with the Monday reading after we get to talk to John Fanta, our good friend John Fanta. Who's back of the week is brought to you by our friends at Truly Unruly. Truly Unruly is the first high ABV hard seltzer that actually tastes good. Truly unruly is a hard seltzer that breaks all the rules,

drinks light parties hard with 8% ABV. It hits hard, but still tastes amazing. It's the official hard seltzer. Pardon my take. Find truly unruly at a store near you or visit truly hard seltzer.com. Okay. Who's back of the week? Hank. Who's back of the week was going to be cheating. Uh, shorts are back. We talked Hey, I'm who's back the week was going to be cheating Shorts are back. We talked about the cheating Hammocks are back. How so? There was you know, we've had a lot of talks about hammocks and how much big head doesn't like them. They're great

a AWL tweeted out a picture of a cell blue Sticker that we sell that on max hold on big cat and Stella sitting in a hammock yeah oh cartoon a cartoon a depiction it sounds like it sounds like it's a brand approved logo a cartoon what Hanks described him I have some cartoons people want to watch the YouTube I have some cartoons I'd like to share with you guys okay you're ready your first first cartoon is Hank sitting on a lovely outdoor furniture seat and it says, living the life. Uh huh.

I see that. It's a nice cartoon. There you go, Hank. You're looking really comfortable. That is not. Is that me or is that Andrew Santino? That's you. That's Andrew Santino.

That's you. That's you. That's you. That's you. Okay, the next one is PFT in a capitals jersey. That's not that's burning hammocks. He's burning hammocks. Am I wearing a weed hat? Yeah, that's crazy. Dude is nuts. That's fucking nuts. I do be doing that. Why would you do that? He could never grow a mustache that full. That's a crazy visual. The hammocks probably made a weed. The next one is I think from

CCTV. It's just PFT burning a hammock in real life. Wow. This is crazy. These are all images. Are we not? I do agree. These are all images on that jacket. Yeah. I actually if you zoom in it's like you know how the AI distorts shit. Yes. Like the hands look it's the most distorted old Redskins logo you've ever seen. So yeah there we go. There's another picture on that. Yeah. And then oh no we can't zoom in. And then the last one is a cartoon of Hank signing a contract that says I am never playing golf again. That's just not my segment. That's crazy. That's not even an H. Yeah. Cartoons Hank cartoons are back. That one at least looks more like me. I guess. Look how, look how happy you are. Yeah. No, it looked almost as happy as

you and so just, you know know drinking coffee sitting in the hammock It was great. I'll say I like hammocks if you say you'll never play golf again if we're going off cartoons Well, that's a sold like that's a that's a also that's brand of all fucking sell that I'll sell that tomorrow Not my signature. It's the I am never playing golf against though blue. It's a good thing like you weren't didn't We weren't worried about this. No, it's a good thing. He's not triggered. The one thing is, it's funny because Hank sits in the Stella blue meetings and he probably was there the second when that logo is put in front of me and he knows how I react to every logo put in front of me. I go, yeah, that's good. Well, not always depends on the letters. What do you mean? They they Oh, well, that was

good. It was more like it was a special good. Shane's a still thinking about that and what happened with the rest? That a from Shane was sometimes I'll just dream about it. That a Yeah, but did you guys like my cartoons? Yeah, they were pretty good cartoons. I was actually on a hammock on Saturday, and it's all that is cracked up to be in more It's funny because I have a picture of you burning a ham. Yeah, I know that's true There's something from my past. I'll have to get over this one is scary the fact that quigs made this I know it looks like I'm having a say on it also

Fatter than nor I look fat a life. This is like fat satanic PFT. Yeah. So tune into the YouTube to see all my, uh, the cartoons that we can make. Quigs is a weapon. I like the CCTV. That's how you know it's real. Everyone has CCTV in their backyard. Look at, here's, here's the, uh, the logo. It's fucked up Redskins logo. Even the Bill's one. All right. So right, so what was your Who's Back? Oh, and then Min Woo Lee was my other Who's Back.

What happened? Won his first PGA Tour event. Houston Children's Open, beat Scottie Scheffler. It was a kids event? Yeah. You beat a bunch of kids? Well, that's what it's for. Public Course.

Always a nice touch from the PGA Tour. That is cool. We love that. We can play there for like 35 bucks. Shout out, is from the PGA tour. That is cool. We love that. We love that for like 35 bucks. Shout out. Is it Min Woo Lee? That's not our tracker, right? No, that's Si Woo Kim. Yep, I knew that. Min Woo Lee is uh, he's an internet golf guy. He's huge on TikTok, huge on what Instagram, YouTube probably. Cool. This is his first win on the tour. He's pumped. He's from Australia. He's from Australia he's from Australia

Australia people's chant I'm very happy I didn't say congratulations to the men wait no some see you can see who Kim tracker mm-hmm that would have been embarrassing oh good thing I didn't that's good yeah good I okay PFT who's your who's back my who's back of the week is me being right? Oh for about six years and I've dealt with a lot of hate for this take Sweet vindication is here the impractical Joker suck ass. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I've been dying on that Hey, wait, I was that that wasn't us then. Mmm. No, I know a lot of people been like dude. I'm me Yeah, I thought you were coming at us. No, like no, we're not I've been anti I knew that something not me. Yeah, I thought you were coming at us. No. Like, no, we're not. I've been anti- I knew that something was up.

Yeah. I knew something was up and I didn't know what it was and the Mike Greenbergs of the world were all pumped about the Practical Jokers. The whole world became a big commercial for Practical Jokers for about five years. Turns out two of the four creeps. Okay. Sex creeps. Which ones?

Please don't tell me it was Sal. It's not Sal. Sal's a good guy. Fuck yes. It was Joe and it was Murr, allegedly. Okay. So Joe alleged, well, I also want to say for Joe, he has now checked himself into inpatient treatment. Smart.

For being a sex creep. I don't know what that, that's like when Riley Cooper, after that video came out, he was like, I've entered therapy. Yeah. I've entered treatment. I'm seeking treatment for being racist. Yeah.

Joe Gatto is seeking treatment for treatment for I guess being a sex creep So he's been hitting up high school girls hanging out with them touching their stomachs doing weird shit and then Mer was allegedly Deeming a bunch of underage girls. Oh, so impractical jokers not good guys We stand vindicate we get now we just now we just wait now. We just wait big cat You know who I'm waiting for the downfall dude perfect. Yeah, just wait now before I I was offered to go see their new Headquarters and bring my kids. So can I just go do that? Yeah, and also for the record purple hose are good guy I told you that they're they basically dude perfect. They just

It's it's a cult that they get everyone into because my my son did a like fun run for his school and they gave all the kids dude perfect backpacks yeah and he got one he was just like I love dude perfect yeah they're youth pastors for sports yeah impractical jokers okay so so jackass so pastors that's what that's what they are Joe and Murr yeah Joe and Murr Sal is fat It's about Sal but that's not being fat. It's not a crime No and how apparently they've taken down a bunch of their old episodes where they've got Joe doing some like weird stuff and

Murr doing weird stuff that in retrospect doesn't look good. But at the time it was like, oh, haha, these guys are funny That's not good tough week for Staten Island Very tough week very tough week for Staten Island. Very tough week. Very tough week for Staten Island. Oh, enters inpatient treatment facility after sexual assault allegations. What? What is the treatment inpatient treatment for sexual assault? Yeah, it's like when I stopped doing that. It's like when a when like a pop star or musician goes to the hospital for dehydration. It's like, yeah, they just had too many drugs. That's really what's

happening. Okay, my who's back of the week is Rick Patino because RJ Luis is in the transfer portal but Rick has said that he's gonna go to the NBA he should go to the NBA and he keeps talking him up get Rick doesn't want to seem go anywhere totally totally fine it wasn't the hard coaching he's an NBA guy that definitely is how the sequence of events happened It was a mutual decision on both of their parts for him to not play the end of that game And then you know what Rick Pitino was doing was saving his health. Yeah for the NBA Well, though

He was actually doing was solid because if he had shot I think he was what shot two for 17 if he had ended up Shooting two for 25. No one would draft it. It could have been bad. Yeah, stock was slipping. Yeah, it was very funny. RJ Luis hitting the transfer portal then Rick, you know Taking your Twitter being like I hope he goes to the NBA. He's always been an NBA guy. Mm-hmm So yeah, good luck to him. Hopefully he goes to the NBA Okay Let's do our interview with John Fanta. Let's do Talk some more college basketball. He also gives us the next Browns. What he wants for the Browns. Great time with John Fanta. And then we will finish

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That's N-O-B-U-L-L-P-R-O-J-E-C-T dot com slash PMT for 30% off your entire order. And now, here he is, the voice of college basketball, John Fanta. Okay, we now welcome on one of our favorite guests, the best. He is the best. It is John Fanta. We're talking Final Four, we're talking the crown, we're talking coaches. John, first of all, great to see you. Second, let's try to put a positive spin zone on this final four

in this, in this tournament because it hasn't been the best. It hasn't been the best. We're, we're being honest with our listeners. I'm excited about this final four. The four teams remaining are incredible teams, but I think we all expected maybe some more close games this weekend and we only got a couple. So what, what do we give us the positive outlook going forward? The positive outlook is this. It is the best final four that we have ever seen. These four teams Auburn with Jani broom, his return spectacular Duke with Cooper flag, John Shire. Does he actually make them likeable?

There's something about him. They play so hard and now he's trying to show that he is the man. You're talking about Florida, Walter Quaden, Mr. Clutch. Are you kidding me? And then Houston, the Cougars. 11 years ago, Kelvin Sampson called his dad John and he said, John, Dad, I don't know what I'm doing with my life. I think I want to be an NBA head coach.

His dad said Kelvin and his dad was on bed rest due to some medical issues. His dad said, Kelvin, I think that you are best in college basketball. I think that that's where you should be. 36 hours later, Kelvin's dad passed away. Kelvin believed it was divine intervention. That his the last words his dad spoke to him were, go and be a college coach. Go for the love of the game.

Now Kelvin has put together two runs to the final four and five years. He's coming up on his 800th career victory as a head coach and the Houston Cougars showed on Sunday afternoon that they are built tough. Tough in every single way. Ken Palm was formed in 1996, guys. These four teams, Duke, Houston, Florida, and Auburn, would be in the top 10 all time in the Ken Palm metric system. Get ready for a heavyweight clash. And not between me and Rico Bosco.

On the river walks, Antonio, knit your cowboy hat, And not between me and Rico Bosco on the Riverwalk Antonio, it's your cowboy hat find a margarita cuz guys This is going to be electric and you've got four boxers who are entering the ring and all of them believe We're gonna be champs. Okay I'm in yeah, but I've also been saying that after every round. Yeah, I've been like, you know what wasn't the best opening round, but that means we're gonna get great matchups in the round I'm 32. Oh, we're gonna have an awesome sweet 16. Is this the best elite eight ever? Oh, it's gonna be such a good final four I'm right, but I but I I believe it more this time if I'm being honest I'm looking at these matchups cuz you look at Duke and for the last couple weeks

I think a lot of people been thinking nobody can beat Duke they just seem like the best all-around team and you're right they're fun the way that they play it's it doesn't seem like an old Duke team with like a scrappy little point guard that just annoys the shit out of you they are a very fun team to watch but I do think that Houston might be able to frustrate them I think they're so physical and they're so good at rebounding they might be able to frustrate them. I think they're so physical and they're so good at rebounding, they might be able to frustrate Duke a little bit the same way that Duke frustrated Alabama. PFT, you're right. And to address the elephant in the room, that Cinderella's carriage was not available in this NCAA tournament. I don't know if it was at the gas station. I'm not sure what was going on, but the carriage was nowhere to be

found. It's still a pumpkin right now. I am confident in saying but I'll apologize if I'm wrong because accountability is everything. I'm confident in saying that that carriage will have the gas tank revved up and you're gonna hear all these Cinderella candidates next year. You know what they've heard? They will afford for a straight year that they can't do it. You don't have enough money.

There's not enough of that in in in their wallet. And so that's what it comes down to. It's basketball. Colorado State's a miss shot away from being in the sweet 16. What happens in the year that Drake and McNeese are in the same pod and both win more first round game? It's the tournament. We've only seen this one other time. It could have been easy for like an Ole Miss or a Texas Tech to be among the final four. Like, seriously, Texas Tech should be in the final four. They totally unraveled the fact that we're getting this. Let's appreciate it for what it's worth.

As for Houston and Duke. PFT, you're right. Houston plays like a football team. They get up in you from the moment you get off the bus. They are relentless defensively, but they've always been that way. They've always been able to frustrate teams with the level at which they guard. What makes this Houston team different is this is Kelvin's best shot making team that he's had. If it's not LJ Cryer, it could be Milo Shuzan. If it's not Shuzan, it could be Emmanuel Sharpe.

And how about Sharpe guys? When their league gets cut to 10 against Tennessee and the vowel fans were making a lot of noise sharp says not happening closes with two daggers back to back in your eye hole. They ignite. Yeah. That's that's the Houston difference this year that I think we haven't seen in the past. It is crazy to put into perspective how good this final four is that Duke looks like the best team. Auburn is the number one seed. Florida has probably been the hottest team away. They went through the SEC championship and then, you know, have, have gone to the

final four here and then Houston, which I think most casual people be like, Oh, they're the fourth best team here. Houston has lost one single game in regulation this year and it was to Auburn who's also in the final four. That's how good these teams are. It's it's really it is historic. I you know I are you worried though like have you been talking to people in the college basketball community that the NIL and transfer portal is maybe this year is going to be more the norm going forward or is this an anomaly that Hey look it just happened that we had four incredible teams and there weren't those crazy upsets in the first round. Well I think that that because we're in the moment I'd be lying to say that it's not concerning to look at. That being said, in 2015 and 2016, the only non high major to make the sweet 16 was Gonzaga.

And they are a high major under Mark Few for all intents and purposes. They were even top 10 in Kempom this year, even though they didn't have that grade of a year. So you have to look at it from this standpoint, the revenue sharing is going to which which provided that it gets passed actually on the day of the national championship game is the next you know I'm not anywhere my extent of legal analysis guys goes to like kangaroo court and you, Shelly Smith on six o'clock Sports Center in like 2004. That's the length of my legal expertise.

But April 7th is the next time that this whole thing, this is when the rev sharing can get put into place in college sports. So my thing is that's gonna, first off, what it's gonna do is we know what sport comes first in this world and that's football. And all these football schools are gonna wanna spend But first off, what it's going to do is we know what sport comes first in this world, and that's football. And all these football schools are going to want to spend 16 or 17 million dollars of

their of their money of the 20 million. It's roughly 20 million that an athletic department can spend on their athletes. They're going to want to put 80 percent of it up to football because that's the money driving sport. In other words, there's some basketball teams out there who are legitimately concerned about what things are going to look like. Now, like the Big East, this was out there in the news this week, a conference like that that doesn't have football could have an advantage in the here and now. I think everything's fluid. You know, and I do think we need some regulation. I believe that the sooner that people acknowledge the fact that these kids are professionals,

the better off everybody's going to be. They're professionals. They're not student athletes. Get out of here with that crap. They're getting paid. That's great. They should get paid. But I think there's got to be a dotted line at some point, fellas.

Yeah. For both sides, because this transfer portal stuff I'm all for transferring. But to me, once you do it two, three times, I just don't, I don't see the value in that, um, other than seeking out, you know, what, what you're going to look for monetarily. I don't blame somebody hunting for money. I don't blame them one bit, but there is something to be said about if you're applying for money, just like we hold pro athletes accountable, like, and

there's a line here to straddle, but then you have to do something on your end to earn that money. Yeah. I hope that we can reach a middle ground. Do I think the sport is dying? No, it's not that that take those takes that were flying around last week. It was the most watched first weekend of the tournament since 1993. This final four could produce what if it produces, you know, two out of three incredible

games. Right. Oh, I think there's got to be some regulation. I don't think that there's, you know, an easy path, but I do think there's a path that will get to it. I just think we're in a very fluid state right now. And I think in my heart of hearts that in 2026, when we do see Cinderella rev up with two or three candidates in the second weekend, we're going to say, you know what? The numbers don't lie. Like again, the bounce of the ball could have led to Florida losing on Saturday night easily. Like, Jani Broom gets hurt and Michigan State wins. You know, it's he never comes back and they unravel. You never know what can happen in a 40-minute basketball game.

I think we'll get to a point in this whole realm of chaos where we see some more balance and some high competition. I just think this is a generational year and I don't think that's merely because of how much a team paid players comes down to more than that. Yeah. And when you look at the last, you know, last season, the year before it was Yukon just steamrolling people. Right. right right so it's not like What we have now is unique and it's different and it's great because we have four great teams We don't have one great team. I'm just waiting for that next great round to kick in

I don't think that the final four is going to disappoint us and also yeah You're right the numbers bear it out in the in the ratings People are watching it even though a lot of these games are blowouts and not that great at the end people are still watching I think the final four is going to be great. Um, there's one team just got done playing Auburn that I do have a question. You're plugged in as anybody, Johnny. So I'm curious what you've heard about Jani Broome. We came back in, he said he was okay. And then he proceeded to get some rebounds with one arm.

He didn't look like, I mean, he was playing with one arm out there at the end of the game. Have you heard anything about him with the statuses? Yeah. Well, what we've heard from post game on and everything that he's done is that down in the jungle, Bruce Pearl's got some of that magic potion and it's somewhere in the trees and wherever that potion is, that it's going to find a, you know, I don't know if it's a needle or a glass of something.

And Jani Broome is going to have some of that and you're going to see Jani Broome ball out in San Antonio. Yeah. This is a situation where you'd have to amputate the leg and, and, or, or the arm for him to not be on the basketball floor. And even then I think we would see him. I believe that this kid is not. Will he be at 100 percent?

I don't know. But who is at this stage? The calendar is about to turn April. I think we're going to see Jani Broome. I have no doubts if he can't. If they with control of the game well in hand, a Michigan State, they would have won the game without Broom in the last eight minutes. They would have ended up still winning the game. I firmly believe that.

The fact that he went back in there and that the X-rays were negative, and now he got close to a week to get ready for this Saturday night game, I think we're gonna see Broom. And by the way, you just summed it up PFT very well. The last two Final Fours, UConn won 12 games by 260 points.

Gotta be honest with you guys. And I covered it closely by the end of last year. I appreciate and hail you cons dominance and greatness and what Dan Hurley's built and couldn't agree with your takes on Hurley more factors people love to hate.

I think it's great for the sport. And Gazz is all talking about him. And he's unapologetically himself. But by the end of last year, it was like, all right, are we going to get some fresh blood in here? Like this is a little bit like they're just dominating every game. When are we going to get a great game? Right? What happens if we have an all time national title game? It's going to keep us ready for next March. Yeah, that's facts. That's facts. All right. So the other thing I wanted to talk about was uh, Kevin Willard officially to Nova, probably the messiest exit I can remember re you know, in the recent memory, uh, for a coach. Uh, how, how, when was this done? It feels like this has

been done for a couple of weeks and it was weird that he was coaching his team and also how do you think Kevin Willard is gonna do it Nova especially with just all these weird vibes and you know how he's gonna do in the transfer portal being the new head coach at Villanova well for starters here's what Villanova has regardless of who their coach is an unlimited amount of money that they can spend on their roster. I mean, we're talking, you know, $8 million, if not more, they're going to be able to dish it out to their players. It's money's not an object of Villanova.

It's not. And when you've done what they have done the last decade, albeit Jay Wright defined a lot of that, no question about Jay Wright is Villanova in every way. But I think a good college basketball coach, however you look at that, whoever that is, is going to be able to get Villanova to the NCAA tournament, making sweet 16s, and then it depends on the team that you've got from there, depending on what happens. As for Willard, I think things started to sour

at Maryland long before even this season. You know, I think he got through his first year and really wasn't all that comfortable, guys. This guy lived in Jersey for 12 years and lived in the metropolitan area for more than that being at Iona and then Seedon Hall. So he was at a place for 12 years. Frankly, and I went to Seedon Hall, so I was a student when Kevin was coaching. So I go way back with him and and you know what? He's another guy who?

Whether whether you guys whether any of us like it or not whether and I talked with Scott van Pelle all week about this Throughout the past week. He's not gonna pull any punches. He laid out there This is my opinion He laid out there the things that he felt were bad about Maryland. In essence, Maryland puts football ahead of basketball. I mean, that's what this comes down to is Maryland has a plan to keep their football program,

on the ascent to potentially get into a, to potentially keep creating value for their brand. If we get to more and more of a super conference model in college sports, particularly college football. Well, I think that bugged in and I have it on fairly good authority here that Maryland top tier people and their coaches weren't always communicating. We're communicating rarely. So you could look at it two ways guys. One, Willard was ripping on things to see them get fixed.

I tend to look at it as and I'm not saying I don't think I think this should have been handled differently. Yeah, I tend to think of it as he was being critical of all these things. To clear a runway for getting out. Now that that strategy, because they made the sweet 16. You know, let's face it, who they beat to get to the sweet 16 Grand Canyon, a down Grand Canyon team, and Colorado State, who let's face it, Derek Queen and Maryland are more talented

and they should have lost the game. Credit to them, they found a way to win, Queen made an epic shot, but they were down 10, they were down 20 to 10 on the gates, they looked disengaged. I don't even, I don't think anybody necessarily planned on them with all that was happening behind the scenes to be there when they started that tournament because the amount of distraction we might have had in our bracket but I you got the sense that it wasn't in the cards yeah so it's

a rough situation but I am gonna say this guys Maryland is gonna get another coach whether it's Buzz Williams I would call Chris beard well I need oats rough situation, but I am going to say this guys, Maryland is going to get another coach, whether it's Buzz Williams, I would call Chris Beard. What about Nate Oates? What about Nate Oates? Well they could call Nate Oates, but if I'm Nate Oates, I'm very happy at Alabama. Okay. Okay. That's my opinion. Maryland's going to be fine. I think what you've got here is a guy who spent a long time in the metro area kind of kid. Look, he's

not for everybody. I mean, obviously the internet community is not happy, but Kevin, Kevin is Kevin that is that, by the way, what you just said, that means he's an asshole. If you ever have to say someone, someone and just say their name, that means he's an asshole. That's fine. I'll say it. You don't have to say it, but saying like Kevin's Kevin, he's an asshole. Like when you say Manny being Manny, when he tries to flush down like hand towels into the toilet. You run out of things to say about someone. You're just like, well, yeah, no, he's him. Counterpoint. We do say that's just Bobby Hurley being Bobby Hurley.

Or Danny. Bobby Hurley is the name that I wouldn't look at. I didn't say that. I didn't say that. I'm saying- Yeah, but we also say Danny Hurley's the name that I would look at. I didn't say that. I did not. I didn't. I didn't say that. I'm saying we also say Danny Hurley is an asshole. Yeah. So it's fine.

It's okay. We'll just we just editorialize there a little bit. Kevin is Kevin. That's what you said. We just said he's an asshole. Cat. Kevin is going to speak what he thinks. And clearly some people at Maryland pissed him off to the point

that he said, I'm done with this. My family liked being in the Northeast more anyways. And I'm going to take the Villanova job because when I was in the big East, the biggest rival to Jay Wright, when Kevin was at Seton Hall was Kevin. Seton Hall handed Villanova their last loss in 2016 before Villanova went on to win the national championship game. Remember the Powell from Trenton clip when miles Powell hits that three and Gus Johnson goes, whoo.

That was, that was against Villanova. That was Willard versus Wright. So I think it's a respect factor there. I think it's the biggest history that they have. I think that, you know, like a Mick Cronin, uh, like a, like a Hurley who sometimes says it like a Patino who's Cronin, uh, like a, like a Hurley who sometimes says it, like a Patino who's Cronin and Willard come from the Patino tree. These guys are going to say what they think, whether, whether you want to believe it or not. And, uh, that that's

what this process was. I will tell you, you know, personal story here. Kevin was at my wedding. Oh, wow. Whoops. Well, we said we said it you didn't. Yeah there you go. I mean look Max loves this Max is is not saying he's an asshole. I'm certainly not saying he's an asshole yet. He's going to bring Villanova back to where we need to be. Was he complaining about the facilities. Yeah. What was he doing. Yeah. Was he like, man, I wish I was at a better wedding right now. No, we serve good wine and we serve good alcohol. It was in, uh, it was, it was in Clifton, New Jersey. It was a Jersey wedding where the cocktail hour is endless. I know for a fact that, you know, he enjoyed cocktail hour. Uh, and, and, uh, now he's the coach of Villanova,

but like Max, I don't know how you feel, but this is my thing too. Like I think Maryland fans are awesome. I think Maryland has awesome potential, but like, I don't know, Maryland, like clearly there was a falling out between the powers that be in your coach and maybe there's something to look at there from the powers that be like right now you got an interim AD. Okay. You're kind of

in a state of trouble that goes beyond just the basketball program like get know who you want to be. Yeah. No. Yeah. You know who you want to be. I'm not getting in a swimsuit model edition. OK. If I'm looking at it at a Chick-fil-A and a just salad, you know where I'm going. Come on. This isn't hard. Yeah. Well, it's just like a lot of these schools have this dilemma of like, well, we want to be great at football, but you never gonna be Georgia, Alabama or Ohio state.? Well, sooner than some people figure that out. And think, let's figure it out, guys. If Maryland football has their best year, and Maryland

basketball has their best year, which one's going to produce national buzz, right? Yeah. Yeah. David, whoops. You're right. So I, I'm sorry. I think Max is with me. Yeah, no, I think Max is with me. I'm not throwing a pity party. Maryland, you'll be fine. Kevin did this for him and what his family believes is the best and he has tied to the big East. And so he went, he went down there. I just think it sucked for the fans and the players because it was like that should have been an all time, you know, like, Hey, they haven't been, they haven't been in sweet 16, 10 years should have been an all time, you know, like, Hey, they haven't been, they haven't been in sweet 16, 10 years. Should have been a very fun

run and getting a second weekend means something in the NCAA tournament. I know it ended poorly, but it was just taken away because Kevin Willard was giving weird press conferences and acting shady and he could have, he could have been more direct. He could have said the will Wade like, Hey, I'm the Nova coach. And that's just the fact. And I'm going to coach these guys as hard as I can, but I'll be coaching Villanova in a week. Right. But I would, I would counter and say, I like this debate. Who's the reason why Maryland was in their first sweet 16 since 2016 and who recruited him? Probably some guy on Kevin Willard staff. The guy was being honest. A big paper bag. Yeah We're being honest probably not Kevin Willard himself

Yeah, I know I just thought he could have handled it better, but it is what it is guys are gonna take jobs like that Do you like my idea John that if a coach leaves in bad form like this? They should mandatory have to play at their old school until they beat them. So Kevin Willard should have to go play in a way game at Maryland every single year until he beats Maryland. All for it. Okay, good. All for it. Uniform. I'm all for that rule. The more juice in the regular season, the better. Why not? Let's do it. Yeah. And also make guys think twice. They're like, Oh shit. Now I gotta go. Like if I'm leaving

one place, I gotta go play this, these guys every single time. I mean, the Ed Cooley going back to Providence was great. And we, I just want that more. I want it to be just, Hey, this is, you could, you could get it all. You can do a whole week where it's like, here's where all the guys, you know, Darren DeVries going back to West Virginia and all these guys have to go play in front of a hostile crowd for a week in November. Yeah. Or, or like, I mean, then, then you could go right down the line of like, well, Wade has to go play at McNeese. Yeah. Right. Right. Like you could just do, you could go way down the deep end of different coaching scenarios and people that have leveled up to serve, you know, Ben McCollum has

to go play at Drake. We're waiting for him. I mean, Todd Golden has to fly across the country and play a game at San Francisco. Like who knows? I, yeah, I'm with you. Yeah. Are you doing like a, a protected expansion draft where the school that you go to,

you get to protect like three or four guys in the roster draft where the school that you go to, you get to protect like three or four guys in the roster. And then the other school gets to take one of those guys and be like, sorry, you got to go play at Maryland right now. Yeah. See, this is why you could, you know, this is adding an extra dimension. I mean, we should have never gotten rid of bracket busters. Yeah. Yeah. Or some version of, killers. Yeah. Coach busters or whatever you want to do. Like let's, let's make it happen in college basketball. I will, if that, if we can make that happen, I'll come to the room and watch all the games with you guys on a given day. I love that 12 hours of hoops and we'll just, we'll just do it at the bare minimum. The

outgoing coach should have to play like two full days of pickup basketball at the university rec center Yeah, the one that he's leaving. Yeah, so Kevin Willard should have to show up Yeah, five on five, you know get out there for like an hour and a half two hours full court run Call your own fouls and just let the student body take it out on them Hey Or she just gives ass beat once Rion three Seaton Hall intramural champion right here. Let's go.

Wow. You got hardware. Hell yes. Listen, inside out basketball, stay composed, stay in the half court, stay under control. Don't screw it up. Know your role. Set screens. Set, like don't, don't, don't set a passive screen.

Yeah. Get in there. get in there. I'm happy you've taken a jumper. So Rico will not be mad at you about that. Um, driving kick action slip by the way, John, I had another question. Um, are we bringing back officially child please? Cause you did do that last week. Hadn't heard it in a very long time. What, where did that, where did that come from? Where in the recesses of your brain? You're like, now I'm going to bring back hard knocks with Ocho Cinco child, please. I promise you. And this is why I think that we've gotten along now over the past couple of years. None of this is staged or like, I don't write, I have no notes in front of

me. So we'll just like, we're PSing. I just, I have brought it out. I brought it out when Tony on the boat on the spaces earlier this year, wanted to talk about Bryant being in the big East and then started of hashtag with the PCBC that is the Providence fan base hashtag the interview. And, you know, they, they wanted, uh, this guy called in and said, I think Brian's auditioning for the big East. So I said, Tony child, please, please. That is not happening. I, I like the phrase. Um, I didn't think in that rant that it would come out, but it just popped out. It just, this, this brain doesn't know where it's going half the time.

Do you know how much this brain has had to watch? That's just like every Sunday for me, from September to December, for the better part in the last 29 years has been one big child. Child, please. I am praying to God that I find a quarterback. Yeah. Praying to God after this, after this tournament, uh, that I could tell you right now, the draft night reaction on night one, get ready. I'm, I'm, I'm, I don't know. I don't know. I think it's going to be Abdul Carter, which is fine. Kirk cousins was seen at the west side of Cleveland Chipotle this past. I was going to ask you about that. That's two inter

two intersecting topics of interest for your old John Fanta Chipotle, Kirk cousins. What do you think about that? Yeah, that's fascinating. It makes you wonder what his order was. I think Kirk is genuine. Like cousins to me is, is another guy who's like probably you know really really intense like he definitely is really really intense and Just always here You know that's what produced that Washington You like that in the hallway I? Would be good with that. I mean at the end of the day stuff and scheme What did he do with Joe Flacco right with that calf a mean, at the end of the day, Stefanski, what did he do with Joe Flacco? Right. Back half a season. The people were saying that Kirk's arm is dead and he's washed

up and he's done. Well, Frank, let me be completely honest with you. What I watched last season was the epitome of washed up to the tune of $230 million. So I trust my coach. How about Miles Garrett on one side, Abdul Carter on the other. That's nice. And let's play some AFC North football against the last place schedule. Get the dog pound and let's, let's get some drives going right now. And Jerry, Judy, find some separation 10, five touchdown cousins to Judy. I like that. I love it. Yeah. I mean, you're, you're making me buy in. I also want to give you the opportunity to address Hank because Hank obviously big Celtics fan. He's been very disrespectful to your Cavaliers.

He doesn't think about him at all. He doesn't know a single guy on the roster. He's not worried about the Cavaliers, not afraid of you guys at all. So convince Hank, tell him to get in line. Hey Hank, the hell's wrong with you? Like what the hell's wrong with you, Hank? Get the hell in line right now. You're not welcome to Cleveland, Ohio, just like Joe Kipnoa.

So don't even think about coming in our city. Let me tell you right now, Donovan Mitchell is on a mission. Darius Garland has taken that next step. Evan Mobley is a defensive specimen who's evolved offensively as well. Deandre Hunter was the right addition for this basketball team. Jared Allen is Mr. Leader.

Ty Jerome's supplying some complimentary shot making. The Cleveland Cavs can make a run at this thing. And I'm telling you right now, if there's an Eastern Conference Finals, I will have my wine and gold ready to go. I'm ready to talk. I might fly to damn Chicago, wherever this show is, and talk to Hank himself in person

after meeting with HR about Rico. But then I will talk to Hank. I will talk to Hank and we will have a candid conversation about why the wine and gold, the Cleveland Cavaliers, that this could be their time. How dare you single player on the team players on your team. If you got, if there's like a seven game series, you get this game seven, you have to come out and stream with Hank. That would be electric. I got a baby doing may, but you got a deal. Okay. All right. All right. All right. Yeah. No, Hank. Hank just is not bothered by the calves at all. He doesn't think that you guys have any chance. He's

got the ring. Yeah. Hey, you, you're healthy. We're not losing that. It's really, it's just health. I it's like the calves are a good team. Good season. Sure. But he just patted you on the head, John. Yeah. See, I don't like that. That, that to me, that's what I got told a lot of times when trying out for sports teams growing up, Hank, I don't like, you tried really hard. Not an answer that I want to hear. Like that's the, that's the, when you got called in, right? When you got,

when you got called in, when you were trying out for like a, I don't know, you know, a sports team, a role where you're looking for the student council spot and they call you in and they, and they start by saying, listen, I want to commend you. You know, I want to, you really, you know, what's about to happen. Yep. Hank just gave me the nice pat on the head, head up to bed because I'm staying up all night because we want a championship and we're going to win another this year. We are. He did that to you. He just did that to you. It's tough. Hey John, let's talk about the crown. Who's going to win the crown? Also, Kevin Willard should have to coach in the crown. It's going to be Mike Nardi coaching in the crown for Villanova. Okay. And the Wildcats, they got a shot in this thing. They're

facing Colorado as a young team. They can get by. I think Villanova USC on the right side of the bracket would be fascinating. Must bus has his team ready to go. I think, I think USC on the right side, they're going to come out of this right side of the bracket. I just like the way that they're playing Desmond Claude is an all out stud who transferred in from Xavier. And I think next year you're going to see him parlay this into an even bigger season, but the crown should be fascinating here. Here's what you should love about the crowd. All right. You got quadruple headers on Monday and Tuesday. So you're having basketball withdrawal. You just got through a bunch of the madness but you want more of

it. You need more of it. You want more daytime hoops. The crown's gonna give that to you and you know you're gonna get some absurd results. Expect the unexpected. Seeds, we don't need them. Show up and hoop. Boise State, 24 and 10. Tyson Deggenhardt, stud.t stud kid eats nails for breakfast. Get ready to learn his name. Leon Rice has done a heck of a job with the Boise State Broncos. They go up against the George Washington Revolutionaries.

I don't think the country knows how hard that team plays. Fascinating matchup Butler. They got Jamil Telford and Pierre Brooks. They can make one in this thing with coach Mata. We get Fred Hoyberg versus Bobby Hurley in the opening round in this thing. And if you know anything about Bobby Hurley, it's that he's not going to Vegas to show up and get embarrassed, but he's got to go through Bryce Williams, Jawan Gary and company. Georgetown, are the Hoyas taking the next step under Ed Cooley? Because year three is going to be critical.

For you in the crown, year two, if you're a first year head coach at a program, you know, like an Eric muscleman at USC, like a Chris Holtman at DePaul, or if you're in year two, like a Cooley at Georgetown, or if you're just trying to bounce back heading into next season, the 2025 26 college hoop season for those in the ground starts right now. Love that. Love that. Can't right now. Love that. Love that. Can't wait. I love that.

So the games do start at what? Nine, nine AM Eastern? No, no, uh, uh, two o'clock, right? Two o'clock. I'm seeing 12 PM, 12 PM Pacific local time. So local time in Vegas, like an NCA tournament set up Eastern time, Monday and Tuesday on FS one, you got quarter time, Monday and Tuesday on FS one. You got quarter finals, Wednesday and Thursday.

Everybody gets off on Friday and then Saturday. You know what's fun, guys? And in the world that you guys are in to be watching hours of games and and I know, you know, placing your your friendly wager on a ball game. You get to wake up and you don't have to wait for the two final four games because the crown semis are Saturday at one 30 and for Eastern time and the championship game. So the, so the semis are before the final four, they serve as a lead in and the championship game is Sunday after the women's championship game in its own window, Sunday evening at

five 30. So it's going to be fun. And by the end of the week, you know what? Somebody in Vegas is going to win the inaugural crown. I think we're in for buzzer beaters. I think we're in for some heroes. I think we're in for. It could make up for some of the tepidness of the early NCAA tournament with some what the heck is happening in this game.

I think we're going to get some of that. I think you're going to get some fun stories. And you know what? College hoops could use a little bit of a different, something different in its postseason format. And this event is going to try and deliver it. You know what you should do if you could talk to the people who start the crown, if they had it so that the winning team of the crown gets to pick five players that play in the crown tournament to be on their team next year so they like you're

playing for players that would be sick that would be awesome well there's up to 500k this is the first edition in prize money on the lines these kids are gonna be fighting for money to get a cut you know know, of a grand prize. And I don't look, I think that there's an openness to all kinds of ideas. How about if you win the crown, you get to pick any opponent in the country. To host next year, you know, going along the lines of, of, uh, of what we were talking about with the coaches who left, like you should get a briefcase, money in the bank style, that you get to cash in next year against anybody to secure an NCAA tournament there.

I'm all for ideas, man. Like let's have fun. It's more basketball and I don't know about you guys. I'm gonna be watching it. Oh, here's an idea. If you win the crown, you get Kevin Willard's agent and he'll find you a higher paying job while you currently have a job. That's pretty good, right? Oh, that's pretty good. At your wedding.

Right. You got an extra wedding dance. Oh, I got I got a question for you about the coaches that are remaining in the NCAA tournament. We got four great coaches, right? Can you power rank them? Hmm. Ooh, that's a good question. Wow. Good question. Because you have the mix of veterans and the, and the younger guys.

You have two guys that are under the age of 40 in John Shire and Todd Golden. You've got Kelvin Sampson and you've got Bruce Pearl. I would say today, Pearl would be number one because he's won everywhere he's gone. Now he hasn't won that national title, but do you remember what Auburn was before he got there? And by the same token, do you remember what,

what Kelvin Sampson has done is one of the more absurd things I think that we've ever seen. Okay. So listen to this stat from 1985 to 2013, that's 41 seasons of basketball. Houston went 0 and 4 in the NCAA tournament. They made four appearances. They didn't win a single game. Single game in 11 years under Kelvin Sampson since 2014. Houston is 18 and six in the NCAA tournament. Their 15 wins in the last five are the most in college basketball.

Three elite eights, two final fours, six sweet 16s in his tenure. He's made Houston a destination when, were you ever thinking about Houston basketball even eight years ago, seven, eight years ago? The answer's no. This has been a decade of excellence. He's had everything that like a Jay Wright had on a run at Villanova, with the exception of one winning it all.

So they have to be one, two shyer for me is, is three with a shot to be one by the end of the week. I think he's a stud big cat. I don't know if you want to hear this or not, but I think he's going to be Mike Shachovsky 2.0 in terms of the length. Yeah, no, he's going to coach there forever. And he's going to go there for 30 years. That's, that's what he's, he's just a reliant on the, on 2.0 in terms of the length. Yeah. No, he's going to coach there forever. 30 years.

Yeah. That's, that's what he's, he's just a relentless competitor. He's got the boosers coming in next year. It's an embarrassment of riches. And then Todd golden, I feel terrible putting him forth, but I'm only putting them forth because of, of just the fact that like, I think that that was a magical comeback behind Walter Clayton. He's embraced the hell out of analytics. Him and, and Jonathan Sapphire have done an amazing

job, but he would be, he would round it out at four. Okay. It's a great four. It's a great four. It's a unique four. Yeah, it is. Um, all right. I got one last question for you, John. Thank you for doing this. It's always fun to have you on. It's a robot question. R H O B A C K.com promo code take 20% off your first purchase. Q Zips polos hoodies, joggers, shorts, row back.com promo code take. Uh, my last question is San Antonio. What's our plan to not get shipped to death? Cause that's the last time the final four was in San Antonio. I ate so many tortilla chips. I was so, I felt so sick the entire time. Is there a plan? Well, first and foremost, the amount of tortilla chips you ate, like we've all

been there. So you have to take a step back and probably mix, mix it up. I'm going to say you need to eat a balanced breakfast to start the day. Okay. Chips. I'm guilty. I'm not a breakfast guy. Probably why the subject matter says what it says. Um, I've, I've gone, I'm more lenient towards like the fajitas and just for me, it's not just the salsa where I get in trouble.

Fellas on the road of Mexican restaurants is when the queso fundito comes out. Cause that's a one speed in my book. Yeah, it is. It is a special, special type of appetizer at a Mexican restaurant. And that just hits more chips because I go salsa chips and then they bring out like a guac or queso and I'm like, Oh, let me just re chip it. No, you know, when you're watching like a college football game and they're just rushing that they're, they're just rushing down the field. Yeah. When we're halfway through the first batch of tortilla chips in San Antonio, this is me on the sidelines call them the next play. Yeah. Yeah. Like run it, run it. Come on, let's go get it out here. Yeah. Patrick Mahomes. I'm doing this to the waiter. Yeah.

So I lived in Austin for about 10 years. I, my game plan was similar. Here's how you don't get chip to death is the first time the waiter comes out, you order the apps and the entrees at the same time and you get, you get the entrees out there ASAP because otherwise you're going to be eating chips before the entrees come out, your balls deep in salsa. And you haven't even seen a thing of guacamole yet. Then they bring the guacamole out. Now you're eating chips on that. And then you put in your order and it takes another 10 minutes.

And then the enchiladas come out. And by that time you want to tap out, you want to put the order of the end. She's in right when they come over the first time to get the drink order and get the appetizer order. Otherwise you're done. But then you better go into the restaurant sober enough to remember that whole plan. Yeah, that's true. That's a good point. The river walk is a land of Margaritas. Yep.

I mean, you could just, you could just be taking a slight left turn and you land inside of a bar and you've got the music vibing and you see the house. Mark. And by the way, if they ask you salted or unsalted next weekend, come on now. Yeah. Come on. You have not even a question. It's, it's assault and it's not not even we're not even thinking about it twice

Pft. I like your strategy I can't say I'm always gonna be practicing it because I can't get enough of some San Antonio tortilla chips And we haven't been back there for a final four since 2018. So let's ride big cat I don't care how many chips we have it's the final four It's for once needs and if we end up doing some damage in the river walk, it is what it is. Yes. Love it. Well, John, thank you so much. Can't wait to see there. I think we're doing two live shows and I think you're going to come stop by for one of them. You'll see Bosco. You're the best and let's get ready for a great final four. You guys are the best. Thanks

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That's awesome. Some of them were from like handouts. Yep yeah like you take one or you take two had 48 Reese's come love that love that okay uh let's wrap up we got Monday reading can you pull it up max can you zoom I can't zoom you said that in such a sad way I very sad alright so this is let me just say before we get into this, we don't condone crimes. It depends on, because one man's terrorist is other man's freedom fighter. Right. Okay, we don't condone crimes.

We don't think crimes are funny. We don't condone bad crimes. Right. Against good people. But there are parts of rooting for sports where every sports fan knows this. You're like, oh, well, the player I root for did something bad. What do I do? Well, a person on the Maryland message boards has broken it down in a very scientific way. And I thought it would be a good Monday reading because he's kind of saying the quiet part out loud. Again, we don't condone this, but it is also a good Monday reading.

So here it is. Head Coach Crime Rankings, important, long. Good afternoon all. Since we are actively discussing coaching candidates, I thought it was important to publish the official crime forgiveness graph in discussing our new coaching candidates. It's important to remember that these people represent the University of Maryland and there are off the court factors with these candidates for, uh, as sports fans, it's part of the job to ignore. I like this part. It's

it's as sports fans, it's part of the job to ignore or downplay what happens off the field. Yep. That is a sports fan. It is a big part of, of, of routine for sure. We've rooted for murderers, rapists, white beaters, drunks and criminals, but the true determining factor of who we root for is largely based on their ability, uh, relative to the severity of their crimes. This is really like, he's basically just made a graph of how every NFL team operates in terms of whether they should cut someone or not. It's are you still good? Yeah. So Justin Tucker, your job is probably in jeopardy. Yeah. So here's, here's the example he uses because it's a Maryland blog. So you use a Ravens example. For example, uh, Terrell Suggs assaulted his girlfriend and

poured bleach on her in 2009. However, he had just finished his fourth Pro Bowl season and was a major component of an outstanding Ravens defense. What did we do as fans? We cheered on our guy T sizzle ball so hard university. Conversely Ray Rice assaulted his wife on camera after averaging just 3.1 yards per carry in 2013. This was a vicious assault and we no longer want to see him on the field. It's basically just mocking how all dumb fans think and this is the truth. Well also, depending on how good he is, fans develop like more of an understanding of the law. So if he's a superstar, you get balls deep in all the penal codes and you become his lawyer and you figure out why on a technicality this actually isn't bad.

Right and also- And if he sucks your you don't look into it All you're just like guilty right and you and also fans will will oftentimes really heavily rely on Civil cases being dropped or criminal charges being dropped and then having it be in civil court and having it being settled Yes, which like well never charged. It's got settled settled in civil court and having it being settled. Yes. And she's like, well, never charge. It's got settled, settled in civil court, never did anything wrong. And there's probably an NDA. So that means that he's clear. There's many no admission of guilt. Yeah. No admission of guilt.

So stop saying a legend. Okay. So he has created a graph to demonstrate how this works. And it has, uh, all these guys on a graph where their tournament ceiling and what they potentially have done. So like, for instance, Dwayne Simpkins has been eliminated from consideration for the Maryland job due to his non-existent tournament ceiling and his parking tickets from the 1990s. You can't have that can't have looking for integrity with our program Tony skin has been eliminated from consideration due to his low tournament ceiling and the one time

I saw him cross the street in Fairfax with no crosswalk present. Mm-hmm. So this is good This is where the graph goes that parking tickets if you suck as a coach and you have parking tickets Morally, you cannot hire this guy. Mm-hmm As you see in the graph Kevin Willard should have been eliminated from consideration due to his 2004 DUI in his sweet 16 Tournament ceiling so they probably should never have hired Kevin Willard. Yeah, that's in retrospect bad choice This is like when Lincoln Chafee ran for president and his scandal was that he used taxpayer funds to purchase frogs for his office. Yeah. Everybody was like, we can't have that guy leading America. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, okay. So, so this is where things get interesting. Uh, Buzz Williams is better than Kevin Willard and would be permitted to have his job after receiving at least one DUI due

to his elite eight ceiling. So Buzz William has an elite eight ceiling. If he gets a DUI, then he can stay ahead of Kevin Willard. Uh, Todd gold, Mike Gundiam has an elite eight ceiling. If he gets the DUI, then he can stay ahead of Kevin Willard. Todd gold, Mike Gundy has done that thousands of times. Yeah. And he still has a job. Todd golden is likely a likely alleged sexual predator with a final four ceiling. This is a borderline cases ceiling may be in fact be a champion. So they're going to find out this is how they're finding out their next if Todd golden can apply for the Maryland. Yeah. If he wins a championship, then he is allowed to stalk. Yeah. And then to find out this is how they're finding out their next if Todd Golden can apply for the Maryland job. Yeah, if he wins a championship, then he is allowed to stalk.

Yeah. And then finally, this person wrote, Nadeoats can kill my mother in front of me and he can still have the job. He might. For McDonald's All-American, he might. Yeah. So too long, didn't read, do not make concessions on the moral failings of a coach who is not good enough to excuse their actions

He basically just said the whole thing that every every fan base is going through right now Yeah, the the Florida investigation was like tell us your record again this year. Yeah, okay It's the sad part of sports, but it's funny that he put it on the graph I've never seen it on the graph before it is a it is a good graph and it does check out This is also where the state of Maryland fan base right now. You gotta laugh. Sometimes you just gotta laugh. You gotta laugh through it.

You gotta just be like, hey, you know what? We gotta find a way to get a coach. Who are they gonna hire? I want Maryland to get a great coach. I want Maryland basketball to be great. Yeah. It's good for the sport. What were you gonna say, Max?

Nothing, I was just laughing. I was just reading and laughing. Do you not, what do you think about your coach? I'm gonna 2004 DUI I Sweet 16 so these guys got now these guys are biased my question is how drunk was he yeah? And also if he hadn't gone to the sweet and 16 this year would he have been eliminated? Yeah, was it an elite point? Oh, eight. It was so long ago Yeah, it wasn't that long ago 2004

DUI could legally drink right now. Yes, that's fact. That rocks. Um, yeah so Maryland's, this is the state of Maryland basketball right now. They're not in the best place. I stand with them though. I do too, I feel bad. Everything sucks for them so bad right now. Uh, like to have this, and then to also, like the transfer portals just about to get kicked up into gear and like, you can't have this happen. No. Hank, are you gonna get your old dookie fandom back for a week? They're so good, dude. So tall. I have a huge

future. So now they are so tall, but also Mark Sears was just so small. How tall is LJ cryer? I don't know. Let me look it up. That's gonna make a big difference. Yeah, Mark Sears was so so so I also don't think the final four games are gonna be that good. But oh, wait a shit on everyone. Hank, damn, Hank. I'm sorry why would why would you say that I don't think the Masters gonna be that good Hank yep agreed NBA playoffs are gonna suck that just mean that this other's gonna roll no fine with that it's gonna be Cavs Rockets you're gonna hate it let's suck yeah there you go that's what's gonna happen Cavs Rockets.

I don't think so. Okay. All right. Cavs Lakers, Lakers and four. Oh, man. What if this is the year? What if this is the year that we get we get Duke National Championship, Lakers, Yankees World Series, the bats, the Cowboys Super Bowl? Well, the Cowboys part. That's not happen. She it would be chiefs You see there was a fake rumor that the Browns were gonna trade for Jack press I did now it's very fun. You know how you found out about the fake rumor Oh, I walked into the office yesterday and Jerry asked me have you heard the news about DAC?

I said what news is gonna be traded to the Browns. I said, where'd you hear that? He's like internet accounts and I was like the aggregators? He's like, yeah, but it's everywhere. Dak Prescott has an iron clad no trade clause. He's not going to be traded anywhere. You're stuck with him, Dallas. That was one of those rumors that you just, I saw it and I didn't even, I didn't even have to look to see if the account was fake.

I was like, I know this is fake. There's just no way they're gonna do that. It's two, what if they got, what do they call Dak, the black Kirk cousins, what if they got the black Kirk cousins and the white Dak Prescott on the same team? That'd be sick Okay, good show boys Should we do numbers three four one Memes where were you on that? I was fixing the camera. I'll go 44 65 Actually done bringing your dog in every day Meaves where were you on that? I was fixing the camera. I'll go 44 65

Actually done bringing your dog in every day Billy Yeah, if you hate him so much as a pitcher, why'd you name your dog after a backs? My dog's name is billa right my dog's name is billa Noah, I don't hate you. Hey, I like seeing your here. Your dog is very cute. She's cute She's just scared scared of what of pug I guess right now. Yeah Does she only not like dudes? Doesn't like all the dudes that I've seen she doesn't like most people she actually likes memes though pug is that's weird pug Different breeds different breeds pug max talk shit about Seton Hall here without you around. Yeah, it's not a surprise

Yeah, Willard's gonna screw him over in three years. Love that. It's what he does He he does well, and then he'll screw you over and leave Okay, say the numbers again three forty four one Did I say 65? I think I did 65 99 one. Did I say 65? I think I did 65. 99. 15. 21. 69. Speaking of Billy, 69. Love you guys. I'm So I'm gonna be a star, I'm gonna be a star I'm gonna be a star, I'm gonna be a star I'm gonna be a star, I'm gonna be a star I'm gonna be a star, I'm gonna be a star I'm gonna be a star, I'm gonna be a star I'm gonna be a star, I'm gonna be a star

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