1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - January 12th: 10am - Is DP to hard on football and not hard enough on Basketball?

Episode Date: January 12, 2022

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It's time to go one-on-one with D.P. Coming at you live from the Coppull Chevrolet GMC Studios, here is your host, Derek Pearson, presented by Beatrice Bakery, on 937 The Ticket and The Ticket FM.com. Welcome to one-on-one 402, 464-5-66885. Sarter-Hammy text line. Hit me with a what's up, DP, hit me with a What's Up Rico, so you let him know you're thinking about him.

He's having a tough morning, you know. You can follow the live video stream, Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, brought to you by Sartre Haman. You can call the Honda Liggin Hotline. The phone lines are open. Hit me with a What's Up DP. If you've got something you want to say, get it off your chest, do you want to share, something you want to put in the vacuum. Yesterday was a day we did some stuff for Beatrice Bakery, and I thought we had. some great nominations. We also got another nomination that was done on the Ticketfm.com.

So you can nominate folks for a care package on the Ticketfm.com. There is a tab that says Beatrice Bakery. You can put that in. We had some interesting nominations yesterday. This one came in, and I want to share this one, the category. is a community member. The nominee's name is Dr. Shelby Carter of Morgan Chiropractic and Acupuncture. In this space, do me a favor, do us a favor, and tell us why you're nominating this person.

What are they doing? If it's somebody that has, you know, they had a good day, bad day, they're covering for other folks, they're going through a tough time, they're having a really good time, somebody that's in service, somebody that first responders, somebody that goes the extra mile. So if you would do that today, we will deliver a care package, courtesy of Beatrice Bakery.

We did a sampling yesterday of the vanilla rum cake, and we cut it up in slices, and it's gone. It went pretty quickly. the chocolate fruitcake also got. So well done, folks. We will put something, I think today we should put the apple strusal up. And if you come into the ticket right there at the reception desk, you will have slices of apple strusal from Beatrice's bakery.

And you can come in and make a nomination as well. Put that through. And we will do something nice, courtesy to folks at Beatrice. Bakery. Last night, we watched the Huskers battle, right? Battle. Okay, Rico, so you see that text from Matt. If you can jump on that. Yeah, it was from yesterday, Matt. That was the whole thing. So Rico says he reached out. Let's see if we can get that connection made. We watched the Huskers battle for 36 minutes and then they failed. And this, in this space, honesty is loud.

Now, I will read a text that was just sent in and answer it. Tom says, and again, you guys, hit me with a what's up, DP, just be a, be considerate and saying hello and and let's have a conversation. Treat says what's up with DP, what's up, Treat. At home, sick with a sick kid today.

We're sending healthy prayers to you, young man. So for the first time catching you guys since the schedule changes, miss listening to you and Jay in the after my day of teaching was always a positive part of my day. Jay, our bills are going to crush the pats on Saturday. That is for you, Rico. Time to make a hot food challenge with Rico. Let's go Buffalo.

I think Rico has tapped out of the food challenge business for the immediate future. I think. I wouldn't say I've tapped out just yet, but I think I might have to give it a couple of weeks. Some recovery is quiet. Yeah, something like that. You're entitled. You're entitled.

That was, you know, you took your gut punch, man. You took your gut punch. And mad respect for you going through it. I am not in a good place right now. Bro, like I see it. I understand. I know what you went through. Like, I get it.

I totally get it. also from the text line so and again it's a simple respect that but on the text line I was I've been accused and here's the quote it seems as though DP cuts the men's basketball team a lot more slack than the football team based on past comments I've heard DP make why the double standard now there's several people don't want to say that uh both the football team here's some facts both the football team and the basketball team have not been good enough. Both the football team and the basketball team deserve to have the coaches not only questioned,

but evaluate. Three and nine and six and eleven. Those are the records. That's for both of them. Folks were screaming to fire Scott Frost, and I've said this publicly, and I'll keep repeating it so people understand. I'm never rooting for a coach to get fired.

Never, ever, ever. Holding coaches accountable is always required. So hold Fred Hoyberg responsible. Hold them accountable. Ask for better. A lot of what happens is the conversation becomes, you know, name-calling. Well, this team is, what's the thing? This team is lazy.

Okay. I don't know if the team is lazy. It's not my job to determine whether the team's lazy and speak about them that way. Last night they fought hard. They played against the top 25 team and they battled. Just like when the football team played a top 25 team and they battled and they got close. And then they were, as I would say on a regular basis, it's an accumulation of small details that lead them to not being able to win those games.

Both things apply. It apply for both football and basketball. there's no double standard. There's zero double standard. Six and 11 is not good enough. Six and 11 is not good enough. Three and nine is not good enough. Now, if it is good enough for you, you know, okay, I'll leave that alone.

I'll put that down. But if you as a fan are telling me that three and nine for the football program and six and eleven for the basketball program were good enough, and you're comfortable in that, that's on you. I've made it clear. It's not good enough. I would talk about the baseball program, but the Big Ten Champions they won.

I would talk about volleyball. When the volleyball team was struggling, I said this, give them time. Yeah. So through all of this stuff, coaching is a process in which you find your way through. Sometimes it's convenient. Sometimes it's easy.

Sometimes it is not. Sometimes it is not. Rico, can you cue up his music? Yeah, give me a second. Jesse on the text line says this. I've also been saying this for a long time. D.P. firing a coach after a couple of seasons isn't going to make a difference.

You can continue to start over every three or four years to build a program. Now, if the powers that be see progress, then that would be their reason. If the powers that be have to deal with their adjustments in space, right? that they feel like, you know, Scott Frost, Fred Horford, or adding to the program. Well, recent additions will say you at least took some steps to move forward, but that hasn't been the case. That hasn't been the case.

And as a fan base, at what point, from the text line, at what point does accountability necessitate firing? That is, I would leave that to the fan base. It's the Raiders one. the club being very slow today. That's an embarrassing like he gets it. At what point does accountability necessitate firing? Well, again, I'll leave that for folks.

But I'm a member of the club that I would never root for a coach's firing. Not from that aspect. Behavioral things, yeah. Wins and losses is relative to what people are trying to accomplish. If winning is the ultimate goal, I've asked the question, what's at the top of your pyramid? What is priority one? If winning is the priority and you're not winning, then that's the accountability.

If you're not winning, that's it. Speaking of winning, RICO, if you would please. The autumn wind is a pirate. Blustering in from sea with a rollicking song he sweeps along, swaggering boisterously. His face is weather-beaten. He wears a hooded sash with a silver hat about his head and a bristling black mustache. He growls as he storms the country, a villain big and bold.

And the trees all shake and quiver and quake as he robs them of their gold. The autumn wind is a raider pillaging just for fun. He'll knock you round and upside down. and laugh when he's conquered and won. And one and one. Winning is required. It is a part of the process. It is a part of the process.

It is a focus. Folks just have to figure out what it means to them and how quickly it reaches them. Let's bring in. Fairfax Football Academy's Barry Thompson. B.T., what's happening? The autumn. Look at the Raiders go.

Look at you go. You're having yourselves a week. Yeah, look, that was big, right? Yeah. We were talking to Husker fans, again, basketball program, football program. Yeah. It's in the state that it's in, right?

You've been a part of winning programs and losing programs, and there is a fine line when it comes to accountability because people don't identify or state out loud constantly the priorities of these programs. I think Jay hit on something that I believe in, too. So you're correct. First things first. What's the objective? Right?

You've got to, I always say there's no vision without, there's no leadership without vision. So whoever's doing the hiring says here, this is what we want our program to do. To Jay's comment, and I've said this before, which really difficult, and I think the NFL football season for a lot of fans, it's extremely difficult to recognize when things are getting better and when they're getting worse. And the reason for that is that winning covers up a multitude of sense. You can win and do things really poorly. And then losing, you tend to go too much in the other direction at times. The reality is the margin between winning and losing is a really small,

fine line. And that is a constant across all these Confederate sports. brought up the thing about the two more wins, right? There were games that were at the end. Right. We visibly see somebody miss a free throw. Right. Right. Okay. But you can go back, and Joan knows this too, right, you can go back through that tape and find probably 10 points. Right. What about the moment that keep you out of that moment that were, that were, that were correctable errors, that were doable, that were taught, that weren't executed. And that's why this process is so difficult, make clear if they be correcting what we want the program to do. Now, the other thing, in this misery thing, they've got a lot of talent on campus.

I mean, there's no question. They've got talent. So if I'm going to go through some misery, you know, at least I want to know that I've got talented players there. I'm getting closer to where I want to be just by the fact of the fact that. I'm getting these talented players. Right now, I've got to figure out how to mix it up, how they win, how they play together. You'd hate to be going through the season, and you just, you knew you just, that would be a hopeless. Yeah, the difference in those, like we've been in those spaces where we've been asked to reset the GPS for where programs and teams are going, right?

And there's a difference between doing that, redirecting a program versus re-correcting a team, redirecting a team. because the team is that season, that group of players, location, direction, et cetera. The program is the continual flow, the placeholding, and the standard for which each team will be measured, right? Correct. To go through this thing. So when you're talking Nebraska football, it's one set of standards. When you're talking Nebraska basketball, volleyball, baseball, there are different sets of standards for the program, because the program will tell you what's allowed by what they leave in place.

Right? The next group, right? The next group, you know, oh, is this going to be better for the next group or worse? And I'll ask you, if you've created organization, football organization, basketball organization, what's the priority? What are the top three things at the top of the list for things that, coaches have to be accountable for? Well, my experience is you have to be really accountable for the structure that you put in place.

The beginning you can control. If you're coming into a situation, most of the time the reason you're coming into a situation is that the situation is not good. There's just a lot of things that aren't right about. It tend to take time to get figured out. You know, whether, let's talk about the scholarship level. I happen to know a coach for the Division I level and the midlady. and sometimes money's in the wrong place.

It's being given to the wrong people. That takes a little while to unwind. It may not be what they need to be, to be competitive to hire the right people. That takes a little time to get on track. But what is controllable is exactly how you're going to do things and setting the course and direction

of which you're going to go. And making it clear and doing it within tech. No matter how you do that, whether it's communication or whatever it is, structure that we're operating in, here's why we're doing it. Here's the direction that we're moving in. And that alone tends to provide a level of clarity that tends to propel things forward.

Because once you set that course in that direction and you set up that structure and it has integrity, there are a fair amount of people that were in the old way that don't want to go along. And they get real uncomfortable. And it's probably not, it's probably more due to human nature than their personalities. People in general don't like change. And so whether they're good people or bad people, once you start to change, there's going to be a fair amount of resistance, and those people have to go. And that alone kind of starts to propel something in the right direction. Now, after that initial push, it has to start winning.

It has to start moving closer to winning or being whatever. But for me, it's the structure. How are you going to go about your daily business? What are the standards you going to set, put in place, how are we doing it? and then you've got to get everybody in that program or near that program perfectly aligned all the way down to the guy that emcees and trash cans or women, woman that emcees and trash canes at night,

that they all know that this is going one direction. When we're talking to Barry Thompson and Fairfax Football Academy, when the direction becomes unclear, when the GPS is unset, right? There's a sequence of things that happen. Chaos ensues, accountability, is muddied, right? And then

the ability to stop it and redirect it. We don't know what Nebraska basketball wants to be next. So you're 6 and 11 and you just faced a top 25 team

and your dessert is another top 25 team coming who have their own agenda and own priority. What should be the focus? for a basketball team that has difficulty rebounding for spotty shooting. They shot 50 from three last night, so he can't be mad at it. But to be able to play up to the level of more talented teams.

What's the next step, Bear? If you're facing... Well, if I was stepping into the room, you know, and it could actually... Listen, Coach Hoyberg's doing this stuff. But you're asking me on the radio, watching this group, The thing that has bothered me about them all year is they allow people down the middle of four. That's just my pet peeve, right? So defensively, I'm going to tell them, hey, if you allow anybody down the middle of field,

that unit's coming out. I mean, I don't understand the value of holding on to somebody or a group of people who aren't doing it right. I can get somebody else in there as not do it right. And so I want to see that kind of reaction out of my guy, right? right now I know there's a reality but I'm just sitting in the parking lot

I get rid of football field this is how I would talk to them and this is what I'd want we're just not allowed it if you come if your unit allows it I'm coming out I've got another five that I can put in there that can do that same thing so defensively I want to force people to

weak areas of the floor for shots nothing down the middle do that I think we've got another whole thing going on offensively I haven't been watching Miss Coast offensively but man in the beginning it seemed like they really had a trouble to sharing the ball.

You know, and, and, and, and I, I don't know why that is, but I would bring out all the film of all the one past possession misses that they've had. And I would start to add them up and just see all the points or opportunities of drink. And I would put those

again, all the multi-pass possessions that we had and our percentage of making buckets. And I'd drive the point I said, you want to play this way, this is a result. You want to play this way, this is resolved. It's up to you. It's up to you. I've watched you run groups into high-frequency competitive situations, right?

That no situation can show up on game day that we haven't been prepped for. And if those things show up once, that's one thing. but if they show up consistently, then it's the coach's job to get that thing fixed or at least understood. So how do you go about that? How do you go through rebounding drills to get guys to put a body on and work at 100% to make sure that there are no offensive rebounds? I'm going to say these two things are diametrically post. When it comes to rebounding looking at other coaches, do you think?

I remember watching Coach Izzo at Michigan State and him having this rebound and drill where they practically had to put on shoulder back and they were going after it. And I remember, as I was getting a great coach group, I had that in back my mind. I wanted to look it up and figure out how to do it. And then I just said to my basket by coach,

I said, you're not allowing offensive rebound. And it was something that we did every practice. Every time they competed, if you were on defense and you allowed the second shot, you were running. and I hate having players run in practice because I don't think that's a good use of time. I can have them run and do things, right, rather just run. But I would make these guys run every time any defensive unit gave up an offensive rebound. They were running.

And I remember I had to start guys. They got to the point where they were looking at me. That's a waste of time. One of the guys actually said to me, goes, coach, about this running. He goes, that's a waste of time. And I looked at them and I said, I know it is. I said, but come up with me, come up with a better consequence and I'll do it. But we are not allowing offensive rebounds to get on the floor.

And I meant what I said. Look, if he had a better way, I'm not the smartest guy. I would have used it. So between is those drills and between just reinforcing something consistently, no matter how mindless it is, you know, you're eventually going to get the point across or get the people who understand your point. One of the other is going to happen. Yeah, it's funny, Barry, because I saw your groups give up a defensive rebound,

an offensive rebound, and to have every player who was on the floor look over to Coach Thompson and to look at see, like, they knew that there was another five coming into the game. They knew, they knew. And to their credit, in that season that we're talking about, I think there was only one game where there was a timeout and they came over and I just I simply said to them you're giving up too many you're giving up too many and they got that look on their face and they kind of calm down now you know in a game realistically there are going to be some but the plethora of them constantly giving

guys you know my strategy with basketball was just to find a way to tilt the floor in our favor right if you can do that right so forcing that you know weak areas not allow people down the getting the ball out to the wings where, you know, there's a lower percentage shot, not allowing somebody a second-chance shot. And then if I go on the other end and I have my players taking shots from where they can make them, I've kind of increased the odds in my favor. These guys are taking shots, but these aren't shots that they, you know, can consistently make night in and night out. And that's fine. Take them, right?

If that's going to be the offense, this is how we're going to do three for two. take them, but man, make the adjustment when it's not falling. Yeah. Make the adjustment when it's not falling. It's that part where the players know and you just you can just see the battle,

right? No, we're going to do rebounding drilled. Everybody's neck got fat and everybody, you know, dried their hands because they knew oh, it's hard hat time. We've got to get to work because it was drilled and drilled and drilled and drilled and I think it's necessary and to be done. All right, so how do the Raiders do this weekend?

You're going to win. What are you talking about? how they're going to do this? I got to ask, you know, I got to ask. I got to ask. It's funny. We've got these old school matchups in the years are playing. The school matchup that they have Cincinnati Bengals, a Raiders Cleveland thing. 90s, that was the thing.

And actually, the last time I saw him play live, I was with my two brothers. We kind of converged in around the Kentucky Cincinnati area, and we want to see the Raiders play the bingles. So really fired up. I'll be training, but TV, we all and I'll be getting updates. really, really happy for the Raiders and the season that they fought through. Really weird game Sunday night, wasn't it? Yeah, it was different.

You take it. No, you take it. No, you take it. No, you take it. No, seriously, you take it. What are we eating today? What are we eating? Well, listen, I'm going to direct your views

because this ingredient list is jumbalaya. I think it's a great weekend for Jambalaya. And if you've never made it before, even if you have made it before, I'm going to really direct you to get the performance. On YouTube, there's Paul Prudum, P-R-U-D-H, Paul Prudum, Creole and Jumbull-I Classics. It's a long thing, but if you start it right at about five minutes, they'll roll into the ingredients and show you how I cooked it. But how you cook this dad boy, you get some butter.

Are we okay? Yes, sir. We get some butter, and we get some onions, and we let those things kind of work their magic until the onions turn a little bit brown. And then there's a Cajun ham called Tasso. If you have time, mail order it, find it. It's especially spicy. And if you don't, just get some lightly smoked ham. And once those onions start to brown a little bit, you throw the smoked ham in there, the Tasso, and you let that do his thing.

Prudon's big on building, like, layers of flavor. So if you think about, like building a lasagna, except it's in the Dutch oven. So after that Tasso goes in, then in goes the Trinity, which is your green pepper, your onion. onions and your celery. And you would like, you'll get the proportions from him. And a little bit of tomato sauce will go in at that point. And any time in his cooking that you put into anything that's unseasoned, you season a little bit.

So you can pick up in the stores, he actually has this season, Cajun season, called Paul Perdom, Cajun season. You sprinkle a little bit of that on, and you let that go for a while. And then you come, and then the sausage goes in. The unduey sausage, if you can find that, or a nice smoke sauce, will go in. And then at that point, your chicken pieces will go in. And you let that go around. And then you come in with another, which is the onions, the green pepper, and the celery. And at this point, you put some garlic in, a little more tomato sauce. You let that go.

Another layer of undoey sausage. And you let that kind of get happy for a while. And I forget anything. Oh, yeah, and you'll add some fresh diced tomato at the end. It's another kind of representation of tomatoes. And you let that stuff, your pot's going to start looking really good about this point. In goes your rice, and then in goes your stock. And along the way, the whole time that you're doing this, you're scraping the fons up on the bottom of the pan. So all that flavor that gets concentrated at the bottom gets to get back up in the dish.

Sausage jumbulli is what's on tap for the playoff games. I highly suggest your audience go to YouTube. by Paul Prudome, Creole and Cajun Classics, go to the five-minute mark. You'll see the ingredient list, and then you can watch how he cooks this then. If you do it, you will not be mad at me. Everybody's hungry now. Appreciate you, Barry. Good luck this weekend, man.

Keep going to go to good work, bro. All right, thank you. Bye-bye. Barry Thompson, Fairfax Football Academy. Yeah, that is that jambola sounds one point. Sorry, Rico. I know your tummy's a little difficult. Yeah, it sounds amazing.

Barry, Barry's into that. So we'll throw it a break. We'll get back to your text line, and we'll talk more Huskers hoops and football, and we'll get you through until the captain show at 11 o'clock. Download our app by searching 93.7. The Ticket in your app store. You're listening to One-on-One-on-One with DP on 937 the Ticket in the Ticketfm.com.