KSR - 2024-05-20- KSR - Hour 1

Episode Date: May 20, 2024

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are ready to talk a big week my last week until August yeah got a big meeting after the show today big meeting after the show Shannon you and I'll have it tomorrow but everybody else's meeting is today all right the final one but you can give shout the Clark's puppet shop phone line 859-280 2287 a vision auto glass text machine is 772 7754 in this dish sponsored by the tj smith law he's called tj'll make them pay big weekend for the state of kentucky I went back Yes, last night I drove from Louisville back to Lexington after being at the golf course on Saturday and Sunday in Lexington. And I listened to Friday show. You know, I don't do that very often.

But I just wanted to see because, you know, news was kind of breaking, et cetera, how it went. First of all, it made me laugh quite a bit. I thought it was, I thought considering what happened, it really was funny. But then I realized that like the last time we were on the air, there was still a ton we didn't really know, right? We were still sort of guessing what Scottie was going to shoot, but also like how it was going to play out. And it sort of seemed like at the time a desperate situation for Kentucky. I think from that point on, Friday at noon, Ryan, it went probably about as good as it could have gone. You might have wished Scotty Sheffler could have been in contention, but otherwise, they didn't arrest anybody else.

So that's good, isn't it, Ryan? I want to start with this, and I told you privately, but Shannon and Billy on the pre-show and you guys on KSR Friday were outstanding. I mean, you know, take my co-host hat off and put on a listener hat. It was great because this stuff was happening in real time, and you guys were having to break it down and analyze it in the pre-show and KSR in real time. And I thought you guys did a great job keeping us, the listener, abreast of what was going on there on site. Well, thank you. That's why I love live radio. Our days like that, like, because it's happening.

And you can't get that anywhere else. No. You know, on television, they're kind of limited what they say, and you've got to go to commercial and all that. Live radio, to me, you've heard me say this many times, is the hardest form of media. But it's also the most exciting, and Friday is an example of that, where things are just kind of happening,

and you're trying to judge. And it was good that you were able to use your lawyer side of or to answer questions that Drew and Shannon and I were having. You know, what's next for all this crazy situation? And we still don't totally know. I think the report that they're going to dismiss the things, I think that was premature. Now, I don't know that that's going to happen. It may still happen.

But I do think that was premature. But, well, today, you know, he's supposed to be in court tomorrow at 9. So I don't think he will, something I think will happen between now and then, but I don't know what it is yet. Drew, you were there all weekend. Let's put the Sheffler thing aside for just a second. I thought it was a great weekend. You know, obviously the tragedy stinks, and it will always hang over this, and the Schephler thing stinks, and it will hang over it.

But if you can put those aside, which I know is hard, I thought it was great. Great crowds. You know, we have a friend who's a caddy on the tour, Fleener, who said the players were, think it's one of the best crowds they've played in, just in terms of excitement, masses of people, et cetera. Yeah, and I was there yesterday in the chaos. I walked the last holes with the last group. I'm thinking I'm not going to get home until 2 in the morning.

But somehow with all those crowds, I even took the fan bus to the Expo Center. Somehow it was thrilling, exciting. Everybody was into it, those big groups, but we all still got out of there reasonably well too. Want to compliment Val Hall on that. I was home in bed at 10.30. I would not have believed that, having watched that last putt.

So outside of the obvious, the tragedy that happened Friday that kind of looms over this, I thought they kind of did a good job hosting outside of that one bad day. Yeah, no, I agree with you. And unfortunately, you know, one incident can happen. But I want to talk about a couple big picture things. First of all, I was out there Saturday all day. You know, to do nothing, standing out in the sun all day and walking can be exhausted.

You know what I mean? I didn't accomplish anything. But you were exhausted at the end of the day, weren't you? At the end of the day, you're kind of exhausted, right? Like the sun pound on you. I was with hubby. A lot of KSR fans out there. You know, it was great.

I mean, a lot of people would come up and say really nice things. I had multiple people ask when you were putting. It's funny, that was a long time ago, and people still remember how bad you were. That's his legacy when it comes to a Friday golf. That is your legacy, is that you are awful at golf, but that was cool. A lot of Kentucky fans everywhere, people screaming Pope. Yeah. You know, so that was nice.

I had a fun Louisville interaction. A guy in full Louisville gear, like he's clearly a fan. He was dressed that way for the tournament. He yells him. He goes, Drew Franklin, L's down. And I just looked at him, and I was like, I think that's backwards. Yeah, you're supposed to be the opposite. Did you get into the taunting from them?

I had a man on the set. So I set a lot on Saturday on the seventh green, which is a great spot because it's a par five, so you could see guys going for the green in two and all that. and I sat there and a guy was standing behind me and he, you know, I could tell he was kind of like looking at me like, is that so-and-so? And he came up to me and he said, and he was very nice, but he said, Matt, I'm a Louisville fan. And he goes, I'm redder than red on politics and basketball.

He said, but I listen to you every day. He was like, you all've got the best radio show I've ever heard. and he said, I think if I was president and you were vice president, we could work together well. And I said, well, first of all, it's very nice. But what if we flip it? And I'm president. And you're vice president. And then he goes, oh, he'd do that too.

But I didn't notice that he put me below him on the totem pole. But that was also very good. There's lots of celebrity sightings. I just looked up, I'm with an Eagles fan that came in to stay with us, and we just look up and Carson Wins is standing next to us. James Winston is just walking around. You recognize Carson Wins? Well, the Eagles fan did quickly.

Would you recognize Carson Wins, Shannon? No. I wouldn't even recognize the golfers unless your Tiger Woods or John Wally. That's true. Tiger Winston John Dalyer, the only ones. I know one person did recognize Scotty Sheffler. So I think that, you know, that happens. I think despite the craziness that happened on Friday morning,

Louisville and Valhalla killed it. Even Jim Nance mentioned it several times. Well, for me, they did, but I do want to complain about golf nerds for a second. Go for it. All right. Objectively, what is the point, in my opinion, of sports engine? At the end of the day, sports in general, is just supposed to entertain. Right.

This is not rocket science. We are not curing cancer. The goal is to entertain. Yes, absolutely. So Vahala has the very first major they ever had, Kenny Perry from Kentucky, and a guy named Mark Brooks, neck and neck, they go to a playoff. Yes. Yeah, maybe those aren't superstars, but it was close.

It was fun to watch. Second one, Tiger Woods. Yeah. Maybe like the second or third most iconic win he has. Probably the most iconic win that was not at the Masters occurs here. Yes, it did. Beats Bob May in a playoff, points the ball into the hole, a legendary thing. 2008, the Rider Cup.

For people who watch the Rider Cup, the best Rider Cup that's been in America in the last 25 years here in Louisville. It was amazing. 2014. Rory at the PGA finishes. People remember him finishing in the dark. But what they don't remember, second place was Phil Mickelson.

Third place was Ricky Fowler. Okay. Pretty daggone good. And Rory wins by one shot in the dark. Fast forward to this year, you had, going in the last day, six players within two shots. You had three players within one shot on the final hole. They all had a putt on 18 that they needed to make to either win or have a chance to win, and two of the three made them.

And it was also Zander, Bryson D. Sambo, and Victor Hovlin, three of the ten best players in the world, right? So you, as TLC would say, you ain't got no scrubs, okay? So, and that reference I know is old, but stick with it. But I get it, Lawson, all right? So the, so all of that is to say, Valhalla produces excitement and great winners. You don't get a random guy with it. Yet, if you got online, golf nerds, and I mean nerds, all right,

The attorney under is way too low. This does not punish golfers in a way that is very interesting. The point of majors is supposed to make it to where you are challenging the golfers and they are punished for bad shots and rewarded for good shots, and this is not the way you have a major golf course. We have a new voice. That's a new voice we've never heard. Usually had like two or three.

You're adding to your repertoire. And I was so mad at him. You have to go back to the Louisville days. when people would talk about being a Louisville man, when their coach was out, you know, having sex in restaurants, to see me get as frustrated as I was yesterday. Because it was entertaining. It was.

I was like, do you want a guy to win by four shots because he made more six-footers for par? This is good. Guys had a fire at the pin. Yeah. I don't even like Brayson D. Shambot, but his big stiff arms, Bracian hit the boy,

and would go and when he would make it and he would pump his fist, It was exciting, Drew, and that's the whole point. The whole point is to be fun. The whole point is to be exciting. And Vahala has done that year after year after year. And it made me really mad to listen to these nerds talk about it. It's very important.

Like on HOTU if they had shir if they had mowed the grass, it would have gone into the water on the lift. Like, shut up. It was fun. Why can't you just have fun? It's tough to follow. But I'll add, it wasn't just the finish with even the top four, Morikawa, and fourth.

I mean, that's it's just it. There was a stretch on Saturday where if you were home watching on TV, it just felt like guys were chipping in left and right. Yeah. It was like watching a highlight reel. Justin Thomas hit that incredible shot that he hold out from up on the hill in the rough. Shane Lowry is hitting bombs. I know that since things, it might be adding their argument that it's easy,

but that was as entertaining his golf has been in a long time. Like it's all, why's everything always got to be hard? Why can't it sometimes be fun and be easy? Here's what I know. They're going to finish this with the last three champions. are probably going to be, because I think Zander's going to end up being one of the greats. You're going to end up with three dudes who'll probably end up in the golf. You've got two dudes who are the best players of their era in Tiger and Rory.

And a third dude who's up there, those are your champs. Wouldn't you rather have that than Rich Beam, or, you know, is your champion? I, you know, I'm a novice golf watcher. I never watch it. But Saturday and Sunday, I couldn't quit watching it because of the excitement. I don't want to see, you know, par after part to par. These guys are getting birdies and chipping in and putting in from all the way. It was awesome for me.

Justin Thomas, how cool is that? I know it's Louisville. But I found, here's what I found myself. I found myself defending the city of Louisville. Well, I live in Louisville, but I'm a Kentuckian. And I kind of don't like when Kentucky fans say Louisville's not really part of a Kentucky. Yes, it is. It's an important part of Kentucky.

It's the derby, it's bourbon. Louisville and Kentucky, we can hate each other in basketball, but we are one state. and I found myself defending Louisville like I was, you know, Captain Suntan out there. Like, okay, one cop, that didn't go the way we wanted. Let's just say that. I mean, probably a lot of mistakes were made and it should have been different. Hopefully it gets taken care. But put that aside.

In a car accident, that's awful. Unfortunately, though, car accidents happen, as awful as that is. But I found myself wanting to punch people for Louisville. Good. I mean, Louisville's weird. All right, weird stuff happens in Louisville, right? That's the motto. That's the motto.

We get weird stuff. I mean, you know, Eric Crawford wrote an article where he went over everything that's happened in Louisville sports in the last 20 years. It's insane. Yes, it is. But I love our weird. And if the point of these tournaments is to put on excitement, Louisville and Bahala do it well. And I think we should be, we should clap for it and tell the golf nerds to go stick it. Okay, so that's the elephant question in the room.

Will it ever come back to Valhalla after? Probably not, but I think that's less like, I think it's more because they sold the course. The PGA used to own the course, so they didn't, so like it, they could do anything they wanted to it. Now it's been sold, so it probably won't, but I bet we get other events. Okay. We may not get the PGA, but I will get something. But nevertheless, I do think it went, and all the people that worked there, had a ton of folks talk about listening to this. I salute you and I still think Kentucky did a good job putting on a show.

859-280-2287. We will take a break and be right back. Talk a little UK basketball. This is KSR. Last night, a blown call changed a game. This morning, the internet lost its mind. Highlights are trending. Opinions are flying.

And nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo. Every episode we're cutting through the noise. Breaking down the plays, the controversies, and the stories behind the headlines. We go straight to the source, the athletes themselves, their locker room stories, their reactions, the stuff nobody gets to hear. The laughs, the drama, the triumphs, the moments that never make the highlight real. From viral moments to historic games, from buzzer beaters to controversial calls, we break it down, give you context and ask the questions everybody wants answered.

Sports Slice brings you closer to the action with stories told by the people who live them. Listen to Sports Slice on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more, follow Timbo Slic Life 12 in the TikTok podcast network on TikTok. What's up, fam? It's Isaiah Thomas. And I'm C.J. Toledano, and our podcast, Point Game is about defining the odds. Like LeBron heading into the playoffs without Luca and Austin Reed. And finding ways to win no matter what. He's the smartest player to ever play the game.

His IQ is at a level that we've never seen before. And he knows. Without Luca and Austin Reeves, I got to manipulate the game. We get a player's perspective on the challenges of the playoffs. I think Joker's going to be exhausted this series because when they don't have Rudy in the lineup, he has to really guard guys like Nas Reid. He has to guard Julius Randall. And then he has to give us everything he gives us on the night-to-night basis on offense.

And when IT's friends stop by, like Quentin Richardson, we dive into some playoff history too. Steve Nash would get that thing. That man, hell get the flying. He run up the court licking his fingers while he got the ball. Like, after you go through a training camp with that, Isaiah, you figure it out real quick. Get your ass up and down the court, and you're going to get the ball. So listen to Point Game on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. There are times when the mind becomes a difficult place to live.

This is David Eagleman with the Inner Cosmos podcast, and for Mental Health Awareness Month, we're dedicating a series to understanding the mind when it struggles. I'm joined by doctors, researchers, and those with lived experience. We'll talk with singer-songwriter Jewel about. anxiety. I started living in my car and then my car got stolen. I was shoplifting, I was having panic attacks, I was agoraphobic. And making it through hardship. To be present is a learned skill and it's hard to be present. We'll talk with John Nelson about clinical depression and the brain implant that saved his life. What I learned is that

procedure made me happy because I'm disease-free. And we'll talk with leading experts like Judd Brewer about anxiety and John Hirschfield about obsessive compulsive disorder and the science of how the brain can change. This is a month of deeply personal and honest conversations about what happens

when the brain goes off course and what we can do about it. Listen to Inner Cosmos on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back. We are here at KS. Barn Grill. For people who wonder this week, I will be here. We will be

here today, Wednesday, Thursday. Tomorrow, they'll be here. I'll be in Louisville. But Wednesday and Thursday, we'll be here. Friday, we're in Somerset at Don Franklin for the final show before I take the break. And so please come out, say hello before I take off.

I'd love to see you. Depending on, we'll talk about the SEC baseball schedule, but depending on when things happen in the SEC tournament, we might have a watch party Thursday afternoon. So we could, Kentucky could play Thursday morning, at which point we'll have the game and the show at the same time.

But what I hope is they win their first game Wednesday morning, and then they would play Thursday afternoon at 4.30, and kind of like as a final thing for before I hand the reins to them, we'll do like a baseball watch party Thursday at 430. So put that on your schedule. Reds play Thursday. I can get one also, so we have a Reds UK doubleheader maybe here. Skip the Reds part. Let's skip the Reds party. I want to enjoy skip the Reds We stink, and I don't need to. By the way, I just keep making money. Me too.

I mean, I give thank you to the Reds for funding like week one and a half of my trip with all their losses. I'm not kidding. And the one game they won, I forgot to bet. Well, so you're still that much more ahead. So, all right, a couple things. First of all, we've got some folks here from Paducaa. Nice to see you very much. We've got loss in here.

He's going to be shadowing a, you know, once a year. year. This is the time of year if you go to school in Louisville, they make you shadow somebody. And I get asked about, I get asked through the year and I usually, I usually will do one. And so Lawson is here. He'll be here through Wednesday. So he's going to follow us all around. You have to do something interesting. I was trying to educate his brilliant mind before you got in today. So I think he's set for his high school internship. You think when he writes his paper about this, he will have learned something from you. Yeah, I think so. Yeah. All right. So now on the Kentucky side,

before we go the phones. It was a big recruiting weekend. First of all, I didn't get to update because I was tired last night. Did Chaz Lanier officially come last night? He's supposed to be here. I don't have. Did we get a sighting? I haven't seen a Pope at the airport getting him, but I haven't heard anything that said he didn't arrive.

There was reports he was going to arrive tonight, and today was going to be his day. Today's the day. So if Mario, you could go see if you can find him, if you want, go looking for him. where is Chaz, Mario on the hunt, so that's happening. Then Pope earlier this weekend was at, what was the tournament? It was a big, it was a big. Two, I was one in Indies, the Nike version. Yeah, and then somewhere in Texas was the Adidas version.

So he goes, he finds these recruits. I'm not, I'm taking, I'm not following this recruiting class. I'll come back in August, you tell me who we're recruiting, okay? But what was interesting is you got that picture of Pope and Cal talking. Yes. There was a picture of Pope and Cal talking to each other. So here's my question. What are they talking about?

Like, what is the conversation when Pope and Cal are seeing each other at this thing? Do you think who went up to who, first of all? Knowing Mark Pope, I think he would address Cal. So you're saying Pope walks up to Cal? I think so. Drew, does Pope go up to Cal? Does Cow go up to Pope? Going the opposite.

I think Cal goes up to Pope. I think he would I think both would go out of their way I just I'm seeing a scenario where Cal went to him first All right Shannon Cow to Pope Pope to Cal I will lean Pope goes up to Cal but it depends I think on the situation

Who's in the room first you know I'm with Drew I'm gonna go Cal to Pope So I think we're split I think Pope might be wondering how How awkward it is where Cal is like I can break this awkwardness Right now by going up and shaking your hand I think you hit it right there That's my reasoning too

That like Cal goes So I'm going to showcase. Go break the size. Because Cal also knows, like, everybody's here. There's going to be pictures. I never saw a report of who went up to who. So maybe somebody put that out, and we'll find out the answer. Do you think the conversation is the conversation about what it's like to coach here?

I think so. I think he, I can see Pope asking, hey, coach, you got any advice on how I handled the fans? I can see Pope doing that. I do too. So let's say that's what he asked. What does Cal say? He's probably honest and up front. I mean, I think Cal and Pope had a friendship anyway from meeting, you know,

Pope brought his team into a arena. Okay, but up front and honest can be, Cal's had amazing experiences here. He's probably had experiences he considers negative here. What do you think he told him? So do you think Cald said, listen, whatever you do, do not listen to Matt Jones in Kentucky Sports Radio. That's first. Maybe the first thing he says. I mean, I don't think that came up, but if you told me it did, it wouldn't shock me.

number two could be may i interest you in a home on richmond rick have you purchased the house yet four million dollars got it i'll meet you at three nine you know what i mean shananan what are you there i don't think that pope would even ask calipari for his advice i mean pope's been here before as a player so he knows the culture i don't think that he needs anything from calipari what i'm intrigued by is that picture of cow standing next to pope and it looks like cal is staring down like the the barrel of an imaginary gun and he's shooting. I'm wondering like, what was that context about? Oh, no, I mean, I didn't see this.

You haven't seen this? No. I'll pull it up right here. Shane described it. It's clearly he's holding the gun. Cal and it's clear. It's definitely what he's doing. He's even got a winking like he's looking through it.

Okay, I need to see that. Like, what could that conversation? So Cal is acting like he's like shooting a rifle? Yeah, there's no mistaking this pose. I don't know. I haven't seen this photo either. Oh, wow. So, but what would that mean?

And well, Pope is laughing. Yeah. Okay. A Pope is laughing, but it looks like Cal is shooting a rifle. He's even got his left eye closed. He's looking through the sky. Are you supposed to close your left or right eye? Depends on if you're right-handed.

If you're shooting it like that, right-handed, you close your left-eyed and look out of your right-eye. I think Cal has the wrong eye. You look out of the second eye? See, I don't shoot. So that's why I didn't know. But did you hold it like this means you're right-handed. Yeah. Drew may hold it different because he's left-handed.

So I do this and then I close the left eye. And then. Yeah, because that rise right down the barrel. Okay. So he's not a boy scout camp. It's going to be scouting America camp. I don't shoot guns. I know that shocks you.

Hey, hunters. But what in the world could preempt that pose where he's like he's shooting a rifle? Could preempt that pose? Yeah, like what happened before the conversation that preempted it. Okay. All right. I didn't really think that was the word to, but I'll take it. I've slept at a holiday in this week.

All right. I think I still don't know that's what I would say in. that but it'll work but go ahead just completely guessing maybe something like a target you know being the coach of so you think he's saying target on your back i see so like you're gonna have a target interesting maybe they're aiming for you kind of thing matt jones is aiming for you that's what it is that don't put this on me that conversation i do not want that conversation to be about me i have no idea what it may you say like aiming i mean you don't have to illustrate that when you say aiming like you don't have to explain what that means by showing a pose well you don't think he's like talking about

out this is how I hunt. It could be. I have the record at Balbo Jacks on this show. This is how I did it. Let me ask. Wouldn't it be awesome to have the audio of the conversation? Just be a fly on the wall and listen to those two guys what they're talking about. It would be awesome.

Because you know what's about here. Of course it is. And that's why I think Pope will show great respect in a situation like this and let cow be. Let cow do his gun shooting. Yeah. I want to think that it's Cal just going, you know, I'm out there hitting, shooting the big game. Let me show you how I do it.

That's what I hope it was. I hope that was too. I don't think it was, but I do. All right. We'll take your calls right after this. KSR. Last night, a blown call changed a game. This morning, the internet lost its mind.

Highlights are trending. Opinions are flying. And nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo. Every episode we're cutting through the noise. Breaking down the plays, the controversies, and the stories behind the headlines. We go straight to the source, the athlete themselves,

their locker room stories, their reactions, the stuff nobody gets to hear. The laughs, the drama, the triumphs, the moments that never make the highlight real. From viral moments to historic games, from buzzer beaters to controversial calls, we break it down, give you context and ask the questions

everybody wants answered. Sports Slice brings you closer to the action with stories told by the people who live them. Listen to Sports Slice on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more, Follow Timbo Slic Life 12 and the TikTok podcast network on TikTok. What's up, fam? It's Isaiah Thomas.

And I'm C.J. Toledano, and our podcast, Point Game is about defying the odds. Like LeBron heading into the playoffs without Luca and Austin Reed. And finding ways to win no matter what. He's the smartest player to ever play the game. His IQ is at a level that we've never seen before. And he knows. Without Luca and Austin Reeves, I got to manipulate the game. We get a player's perspective on the challenges of the playoffs.

I think Joker's going to be exhausted this series because when they don't have Rudy in the lineup, he has to really guard guys like Nas Reid. He has to guard Julius Randall. And then he has to give us everything he gives us on the night-to-night basis on offense. And when IT's friends stop by, like Quentin Richardson, we dive into some playoff history too.

Steve Nash would get that thing. That man, hell get the flying. He running up the court, licking his fingers, why he got the bar. Like, you go through a training camp with that, Isaiah. You figure it out. real quick. Get your ass up and down the court and you're going to get the ball. So listen to Point Game on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

podcasts. There are times when the mind becomes a difficult place to live. This is David Eagleman with the Inner Cosmos podcast, and for Mental Health Awareness Month, we're dedicating a series to understanding the mind when it struggles. I'm joined by doctors, researchers, and those with lived experience. We'll talk with singer-songwriter, jewel about anxiety. I started living in my car, and then my car got stolen. I was shoplifting. I was having panic attacks.

I was agoraphobic. And making it through hardship. To be present is a learned skill, and it's hard to be present. We'll talk with John Nelson about clinical depression and the brain implant that saved his life. What I learned is that procedure made me happy because I'm disease-free. And we'll talk with leading experts like Judd Brewer about anxiety. and John Hirschfield about obsessive-compulsive disorder and the science of how the brain can change.

This is a month of deeply personal and honest conversations about what happens when the brain goes off course and what we can do about it. Listen to Inner Cosmos on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. T.J. Smith, personal injury attorney. Call T.J., he'll make them pay. Now, more of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stock. and mortgage. Here's Matt Jones. Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. 859-2-80-2287.

One person writes, Matt, I know you love Kentucky and love the city of Louisville. But you have to admit that overall the weekend was a disaster. I'm not admitting that. I think it was a terrible Friday morning. And it's hard to overlook that, but it's not a disaster. I mean, listen, I've been to sporting events that are disasters, and like, it's an all-systems failure. I don't think this one was.

It was a tragic accident and then a really stupid chain of events, at least to me. But I thought the rest of it went well. And whether or not for the PGA or other entities, the stupid event overshadows the whole thing, I guess we'll depend on the eye of the beholder, and we'll have to wait and see. Yeah, Saturday and Sunday,

the golf part of it and everything. Like I said, Jim Nancy and, man, Kentucky showed out this weekend. I think that should, on the hills of a great Kentucky Derby, I felt like that went weren't successful. Now you have the Valhalla golf tournament for the most part was successful. And considering what Drew said, I mean, if you were there as we were a week before, I thought getting these people in and out of here, that's not going to work. And it seems like, again, absent the one tragic accident,

which was before people even came in, it was at five in the morning, it feels like they did they were able to do that i didn't hear people complain about having to wait on shuttles and all that so to the shuttle experience i only did it on sunday we were a little spoiled with the media shuttle the other days but i took my family yesterday and i couldn't believe how easy it was to get it out of there and i'm in the back of my mind i know they were all excited to see the end i'm thinking we're never going to get out in the middle of the night and it's going to be awful but it was so smooth and i mean i can't speak to every aspect of the course but from my experience everything was staffed well. I didn't see any incidents. I didn't see anyone complaining.

Inside at the course, I thought they did a really good job. Another person writes, Matt, I don't like how you all seem to blame the officer for what happened. I'm sure Schaeffler did something or else he wouldn't have done anything. You all have to be balanced. I feel like we've been as balanced as we can. I haven't thrown the officer under the bus. I think what objectively is true now that the facts are in is there was no reason to charge the dude for second-degree assault, which is a felony punishable by 10 years in prison for what happened. My guess is, Sheffler probably was a little bit of a jerk.

That's going to be my guess. I don't know that, but my guess is he was probably a little bit of a jerk. He was mad. He probably knows he said something he shouldn't because he noticed he didn't say I didn't say anything wrong. He said, I didn't know he was a cop, which is probably true. But you also probably shouldn't be a jerk to the people just work in the parking lot, right? But that's not a second degree assault. I mean, second degree assault is a major, that's a major charge.

And if they don't give him the assault, if they just give him the instructions or all that, that's a ticket they wouldn't have to go arrest him. So that, to me, was a mistake. But my guess is that interaction was complicated, right? Now, it turns out they don't have a body cam. The body cam wasn't on. You heard the, I was listening last night driving. We had the caller talk about how it probably wouldn't be on.

Yes. You heard that on this show Friday. So I wasn't shocked when I heard it wasn't on. I do think, though, even if the policy is you don't do it unless it's going to be a confrontation, I think maybe the policy should be if you're investigating a death, maybe you put it on. Right? But, you know, I can also understand the argument. I had a cop tell me this out at the course.

If we kept it on everywhere we went all the time, there'd be too much information, which I kind of understand that too, sort of. But the body cam not being on is unfortunate because it makes it look like a conspiracy. And, you know, I don't know why people think there'd be a conspiracy against the number one golfer in the world. But nevertheless. It was a horrible situation when it's dark, it's raining, and you have a traffic fatality. And I'm sure traffic was just a nightmare at the moment. that time of morning, and if the story's true where one,

Securities officer allegedly said, hey, go ahead. He gets up to the next one. That's when he says, stop. Well, the specifics came out later. So the cop that sent him to jail was investigating the death. Uh-huh. Okay? So, again, I had a cop, the same cop on Saturday.

Tell me, look, when you're assigned to traffic duty, the last thing any officer wants to do is arrest somebody. It screws up the traffic flow. you have to drive them all the way downtown, nobody would want to do it, right? But this guy is investigating the death. So when he decides to arrest him, he doesn't have to go through all the things you have to do. So he looks at one of the other officers and says, take him in and he stays there. So a lot of the, he was like, if it was a different officer, a traffic officer, it never happens

because they probably would have just been like, all right, I'm going to give you a ticket. Yeah, fussing. But because he could almost send him without the ramifications of having to take him. And then once the officers have them in the car, people have talked about why didn't everybody take a deep breath? They weren't allowed to anymore. Yeah.

Because another officer had told them to take it, and they didn't have the ability to change it. Because I think maybe he outranked him. Ah. It's just one of those things. Right. You know, and while we're just spitballing, the whole thing, if the Shepard would have just stopped when they told him to stop.

Exactly. I mean, it's, but you can understand how he goes, well, they told me I can go. I'm just going to go. Yeah. But if the second guy says, stop. Then you got to stop. Then you got to stop. It is a lesson at least.

What's fine? I could see myself going. Well, that dude told me to go. I'm going. Yeah. But maybe you have to learn. You can't, you can't do that. Who's up first shit?

Robert. Robert, go ahead, Robert. Hi, guys. What was your take on the Carleton Towns versus Jamal Murray series, game seven? Well, first of all, I watched it. I cannot believe Denver blew a 20-point lead in the second half at home. I mean, watching the game, it looked like Yokits just ran out of gas. They played him too much.

You know, I think maybe him being built like us sort of caught up to him, little bit because he was huffing and puffing. Jamal Murray just wasn't good enough a lot of the series, unfortunately. I'm happy for Carl Towns. Although Carl wasn't playing at the end of the game. They ended up playing Nas Reed. It'll be great, though,

for Carl, Drew, because now he's going to get a stage. I think what we've learned is Carl's a great number two. Maybe not a number one, but a number two. And now he and Anthony Edwards, they got a shot to go to the finals. Maybe the favorites. I haven't looked, but could be. Yeah, I didn't get to watch any of it.

I was coming back from golf, but to see the highlights and reading up on it, they won that game on the road, Game 7, and Edwards didn't even play that well. He was like two for 10 from three. Carl had a good run as they were coming back. I think he was the leading score for them. But, I mean, it wasn't like they just played this perfect game and stole one in Denver. Denver kind of let it get away from him and let him go there without even having Ant Man playing his best off. Happy for Carl.

He's probably the most criticized really good player in the league now because he does do dumb things sometimes. but he also does things nobody else can do. I mean, he might be the best three-point shooting big man in the history of the NBA. I know, and never shot just but a couple here when he was here. Yes. I love the game last night. I mean, you know, Murray and Jokic both had like, what, 34, 35 points apiece, but then like they got nothing from everybody else,

and for the wolves to come from 20 points down in the second half and come back and win that game convincingly, he was impressive. You could tell at the end, Yokic was dead. Yeah. Like he had no, those last four or five, minutes, he was like me as I was walking up 18. I forgot that the 18th T, we were finishing, we were going to the Draft King Suite, which was on the 18th T. And I forgot how steep a hill that, heel that is up on 18, because you're usually going down it. Yeah. And walking up that,

I look like Yokic walking up the, I was like, come on. Who's up next? Let's go to Reese. Reese, go ahead, Reese. Hey, man. Everyone keeps kind of talking about how we need that guy. But I just wanted to ask, do you think our roster right now without adding anyone is better, works are about the same as BYU's last year? Better. That's why I'm not as down as a lot of people. Like a lot of people, and I appreciate the call, I do think we need one more person to be top 15.

But I think we're good now because, and what he just said is the, reason. Our roster right now is better than BYU's roster was last year, and they were a six seat. So why would we think we're going to be worse? Big 12 was equally as good a conference as the SEC. They're probably one and two last year, depending on how you want to order them. And BYU had some big wins last year. Bees Baylor, beat Kansas. We have 11 guys that can play. Presumably we'll have 12, maybe we'll have 13. Maybe I'm, an optimist, but I feel like we're going to find five, Drew, that can ball out of those 13, you know? Yeah, and I like the versatility. You can have a defensive lineup, a shooting lineup. You've got a lot of

guys with experience that have played a lot of games, not have been at schools with a lot of success or at a high level, but it's new from just rolling out some guys playing first time college basketball, and not all of them will make a big jump, but some of these guys that are already played three or four years. They still have one more leap forward in them in this next season. I don't know which one it will be, but I expect somebody is. going to surprise us of the group that's already on there, too. Yeah, I just, I feel much more positive. The other thing is, you know, part of what, when guys struggle here, it's usually this.

They're freshmen that either weren't as good as that we thought they'd be or they're not ready yet, right? Isn't that the common denominator of struggling usually? Okay, nine of our 11 guys are 20 years older, older. We have two dudes that are traditional freshmen. high school, Trent Noah and Travis Perry. So you're telling me of these nine guys that have all had success in college, they're not going to all just forget how to play, right? Like, they're not just going to all not be able to contribute. So do I think we need one more person? Yes. Do I think Chas Lanier or Jackson Robinson can be that person? Yes. But I think we're okay now.

Our roster, I mean, Louisville, the people that are projecting us like 50th, they're doing that because this won't be the Kentucky level of talent the last few years. But the Kentucky level of talent the last few years has gotten us one NCAA tournament win. I already like what we were going to have if there wasn't a change made. Like if it, just right now, you didn't add anyone else, but I'm still confident you're going to get a boom out of either Lanier or whatever Robinson does. I think they're going to get one of the two. I don't know who. Robbins still got to make a decision. But if that goes through and you add one of those guys,

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Oh, we love these. Dork questions. One person writes, Matt, what do you think about Alito putting the upside down flag in his yard? I think that's a terrible decision. If you're a Supreme Court justice, you cannot be involved in politics. Like, that's rule number one. And so, like, on January 6th, his wife put up a, basically an upside down flag, which was like the symbol for Trump and the election being stolen.

his wife put it in their yard. You can't do that. Like, that's shameful. And I said the same thing. If you remember when Ginsburg, before she passed away, gave a speech as a justice saying how bad Trump was going to be, I was like, you can't do that. You can't do that. It's not what a justice is supposed to do. He said, he had the lamest story, Shannon.

He goes, I didn't know my wife put that flag out there. Yep. Stop it. You thought somebody else did it? You live at the house. Like, you can't. And he said it was up for a few days. totally threw his wife under the bus on that.

First of all, if I'm his wife, even if I did it, I'd be like, excuse me. You live here too. You saw it when you drove into the parking. I just threw his wife completely under the bus. But the thing is, the Supreme Court are the only people that laws don't apply to. So like if a judge here did it, they could be taken off the bench. if a federal appellate judge did it, they could be taken off the bench.

But those nine people on the Supreme Court make their own rules, which is ridiculous. So it just is what it is? It is what it is. Their rules say they can't do it, but he violated them. But what do I say on this show about rules? You have to be a punishment.

A rule is not a rule without a punishment. Unless you punish someone, a rule is just a suggestion. So it's a rule, but they can't do anything. anything about it. If they can't touch him, can they do something to her? But she doesn't have to. Like, she has no obligation to not be political. She's not in the job. Now, most wives probably wouldn't do it because they don't want to make their husband look bad.

But they can't punish her. She didn't. She has a First Amendment right to do that. I guess what the neighbor right beside him had done it earlier, right? But the neighbor's not on the Supreme Court. So, yeah, Alito was like, well, our neighbor was mean. Well, you know what? Sorry. I mean, sorry. You know, what do you want? Sounds like he's not moaned as his own yard if he's not even noticing flags in it.

I just say this. If I was ever married and I got in trouble and I'd go, it was her. My wife, I would think your wife would be like, you think Abby would like that if you. Enjoy the couch. Yeah, couch bound for a month. No kidding. Who's next shit?

Aaron. Aaron. Go ahead, Aaron. So I heard from a friend. the other day that Travis Perry and Trent Noah are going to be like the next step Curry and Clay Thompson and I don't know

Tell your friend to slow down Tell your friend to slow down I mean I think they're going to be good But uh tell them to slow down I'm not sure I mean I think those guys will play Some this year But like I don't think it's certain

I mean I here's my guess I think they'll both see minutes I think one of them will probably end up seeing more minutes based on whoever really gets going. I think they're going to be great contributors at this school for a number of years. Here's why I like them.

I don't see those dudes transferring unless they're not playing at all. Do you agree with that? Probably so. So I like that because you'll be able to build them for a few years. And then by the time they're sophomores, juniors, and seniors, I bet both those guys are major contributors.

I think he meant in the long run. like because step and clay were both drafted by um golden state and they weren't dominated at first but in the long run so like by their senior year yeah but let me again let's slow down i mean we you know the splash brothers it's a pretty big yeah i mean that's step is one of the 10 best players of all time probably so you do have to kind of uh but but i appreciate the call but i do think hope i think is going to do a good job of going getting one or two guys every year that you build and don't necessarily think about transfer. You know, Cal said at one point, I saw him one of his interviews at Arkansas, he was like,

why should I get more than seven or eight guys? They're going to just come here and leave. And that's probably true with the way he recruits, right? So if you're recruiting to people, I'll get you to the NBA. If after a year you're not playing, and that's why you came here, you might go, well, I've got to go somewhere else. I don't know that Pope is going to sell it that way, so I think you're more likely to get guys, Ryan, that stay a little bit.

Yeah, and I think Perry and Noah fit Pope's offensive scheme even better. Like, well, they will be contributors at some point. Maybe not right off the bat, but by the time they leave here in four years, I absolutely expect both of them to be big-time contributors. A lot of it will depend, Drew, I think, on how these dudes like Lamont, Butler, that are brought in to be defensive specialists, how good they end up shooting? Because if those guys end up shooting really well, you're probably not going to play Perry and Noah a lot.

But if they come in and they're not great shooters, you might have to sometimes play those guys instead of them to get points, you know. And the good thing for them is there is now a patience with freshmen. It's not the expectation. You're here right away. Here's your books. Here's Lexington. You have the ball. You're a point guard.

Yeah. They're not going to be expected to do that. Anything is kind of going to be a bonus for them in year one because they were recruited to be longer term projects that he expects to stay here a while. Who's next, Shannon? Let's go to Casey. Casey, got a minute. 859-280-2287. Hey, good morning, fellas.

So I just had two quick things. One, Trent Noah and Travis Perry were both valedictorians of their class, which I thought was awesome. I saw that. Yeah, both valedictorians. Very cool. Both the guys from Kentucky. But go ahead.

That would have been they took honors classes, which is insanely hard. So that's awesome. And then secondly, you had a caller on your show yesterday from New Orleans, say that Louisville was unique, which I think is super, special. But I wanted to tell all these Louisville fans that are lippy, you are 13 and 3 and 3 against us in basketball since 2010. We kicked your ass for five years in a row with football. Three and 13. Three and 13. We are 13 and 3. They are 3 and 13. Shut your yapper. Yes, that's exactly right. We'll take a break. Talk about the UK baseball

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