The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Connor McDavid? Connor McOverrated! | Local Hour

Episode Date: May 1, 2026

"Have you checked fingers? There's two of 'em right up yours, buddy!" Who came up with baseball pants, huh? Zaslow recounts his night at the Guns N' Roses concert, we enter Day 5 of 'Keep Michael Yormark The Hell Away From The University of Miami' shows, Greg Cote serenades the audience with a new song celebrating Connor McOverrated and the Edmonton Oilers, and Dave calls out Jeremy's name. Today's cast: Jonathan Zaslow, Your ol' pal Dave Dameshek, Chris Cote, Jeremy Tache, Mike Ryan, Roy Bellamy, and Tony Calatayud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is the Dan Levatore show with the Stucats podcast. We did it, everybody. Give it up for Friday. Yeah, we did it. We did it. We did it. We got through the week. That's how it's done.

The weekend starts for everybody. That's right. All right. We got a good crew today. I don't know if this crew's worked together yet. We have Dave, who's out there on the West Coast. Dave Damasek. Hello, Dave.

Give it up for Dave joining us. Hello. Oh, what's happening, everybody? You know, High Lie outfits now out of context. when I look at them, they're the only sport that involves slacks besides golf. Am I right? It could be right. They're wearing baseball pants.

Could be right. Is that what they are? Baseball pants are not like a bet. You know, again, out of context, who says baseball pants are inherently more athletic than slacks? Who came up with baseball pants and football pants for that matter? Really, when you think about it, the sport whose uniform is most tailored to to help the athletes wearing them, is basketball. Like that makes sense. Like shorts and tank top liberating so you can make the movements required to perform at your very best. Sometimes, I don't know. You know, based on what

Dave is saying, sometimes I'll be watching hockey, which I've given a try this Stanley Cup playoffs, a good sport. What'd you think last night? Look, ducks and oilers, I got to catch a little bit when I got home last night. I'll get to that in a second. But based on what Dave is talking about there, sometimes I'll be watching hockey and I look at the uniform and I remember what a massive pain in the ass it is for these guys to get dressed

there's so much going on they're taping the leggings like they're actually using tape okay there's so much happening what a huge pain in the ass to get dressed basketball throw on a tank top and some shorts let's get out there and play anyway battle court today

yes but and the hockey gear is so heavy that in between periods they take it all off Yeah, and then they're going to do it all again. Yeah, it's crazy. How often does it occur to you? What does it occur to you at least once every hockey viewing that, wow, this is a fantastic athletic activity. And by the way, they're doing it all on skates.

That happens to me like once every three games or so. I am a fly up on the wall watching myself, watching these people do this. And I'm like, what a weird thing to devote my time to watching. This is such a fringy combination of, of requirements to do this thing. Like, you know, basketball. Like, do all that. But also you have to wear blades on your feet the whole time you're doing it.

It is curious to be the fourth major of the four major sports here because it is kind of wild. And you would think it would be regional specific. But no, down here, state of Florida, one of the best hockey centers there is. Eh, eh. I don't know what you mean by that. Let's see the ratings. Well, let's see what the ratings are. Yeah, I mean, are people watching it?

It's not an indictment, by the way. It's not your obligation to watch hockey. If the Panthers are, why not just a... All right. What a loser's lament. Check the ratings. Dave, have you checked fingers around here? You got two of them right up yours, buddy.

What? That was so aggressive for Friday morning. My bad, I just woke up. Well, Tony gets defensive about his hockey. Thank you. With the rings on, too. Yeah, I mean, put them right there. You know, the bagman's a one five of what you're talking about.

I didn't know that. I have no recollection of that. You were actually breaking that. news to Tony. Literally. Mike, Battlecourts? What we got going on?

We have the Battlecourt semifinals going down today at Casino, Miami. Now it's closed doors for the Cyclones 3 o'clock. Mat-Nay showdown with the fireballs, but you can follow along on YouTube and the ESPN app. The ownership and brain trusts of the Cyclones will be in attendance, rooting their boys on, trying to make it to a second consecutive battle court final,

to be the first theme in battle court history to repeat, Zaz. This is a big deal. And tonight is a pretty good match, too. This, I know there's a big slate in the NBA and hockey. Some teams can be packing their bags to Cabo tonight. But Renegades versus Chargers. Put your kids to bed. That's a doozy.

That one's probably getting the sound on tonight, Zaz. I saw a big show on my drive here this morning. I saw the billboard, big show coming to Magic City Casino, Keatswet. Ooh. Yeah, well, we play a casino Miami now. Oh, those are not the same things. No. All right. Well, there you go.

Give them a little plug. Speaking of which, last night, I did pull the trigger. All right. I was wondering yesterday, I am the ticket ninja, you know, which means I know how to get the best prices, the best deals. I know all the pre-sale passwords. I swear to God yesterday, there was a WWE pre-sale that went on sale yesterday. I swear my right hand to God. I guessed the password, correct.

What was it? I swear to God. It was for SummerSlam, okay? I tried one password. Don't go beware. I tried one password. It didn't work on my second attempt. All right.

It was like getting word on your first attempt. All right. I guessed it straight up. Unlocked it. Summer. I couldn't believe it. Straight up guess. It could be any word in the world.

I guess the word. That was your second attempt? Second attempt. What was your first one? Slam? WW Live. You always got to try WW live first. Zaz, how do you figure out a password? Is it a reference to something in your personal history?

Is it an acknowledgement? Oh, like, how do I choose a password when I'm setting something? I mean, I don't want to, I don't want you to betray, you know, your bank account or anything, but no one's going to try to access it probably. But let's see if we can figure out how Zaz comes up with his password. Yeah, I'm going to say, let's, I'm going to go. Let's not. try and have a session where we figure out my past ones.

Roman reigns the best, too. Roman reigns best. So is it a reference to an athlete that you? I'm not doing this. I don't want people to know my password. We're not doing this. We're not going to do that anymore. What are your favorite numbers?

Just give me the last four of your social. Anyway. What was your childhood address? Anyway. We're not going to be able to guess it. Is it a reference to your family or is it a reference to sports? I think that's what a lot of people. not doing this. G money dollar sign 41. You know what? I will be honest. For a very long time,

my password was Glenn Rice specific for a very long time. It's not anymore so I can say that to you now, but for a very long time, yes, you could have figured out everything in my life if you know a little bit about. Palin's. That's all. Yes, that's not a secret anymore. Sarah Palin. Good for you, good for you. So anyway, last night, I pulled the trigger. All right? I bought the tickets. I went to Guns and Roses last night. It was expensive. Went at the Hard Rock Live. It's my third time seeing them. I hadn't seen him in like 10 years. I love Guns and Roses, man. And I took my wife, we had really good seats. It was at Hard Rock Live, which is literally one street for me. That's the key. I mean, is there a better scenario than when, because if you're going to get me

out of the house at my age on a weeknight, you're asking a lot. Yeah, you got to have at least the Intercontinental Title on the line. So there's got to be like some juice to it. And if the concert is literally on the street that I live on and it's eight minutes away from the home, I mean, come on. That's enticing. And so, yes, we bought tickets yesterday for Guns and Roses. My wife and I, Axel's out there. He's doing the moves still, you know. He's got the microphone.

He's got all the axle moves out there. And they played for about three hours. They played close to 30 songs. Too long? They played. Yes. I'm going to be honest. I'm going to be honest here.

It was a long show. It was long. It didn't need to be that long. Did I need the four or five cover songs that they mixed him? Probably not. All right. It was long. And I'll tell you, Mike Ryan, because you warned me, Axel Rose, he looked really good.

Yeah. Looked much better than he looked out. He said 10 years ago. He's got in better shape. I agree. He's in better shape and he's had better work done. Corrective measures. Looks good.

Looks good. Yeah. How did he sound? Not great. I saw some videos from the show. Someone put the caption, Welcome to Parrot Jungle. He did not sound great.

Musically, they sound fantastic. I mean, like, Slash is going to be able to play guitar. Duff McCaghan's going to be able to play the bass until they die. How great does he look? Slash? No. Duff? Oh, Duff looks amazing.

He's definitely in his 60s. Looks amazing. Slash, a little bit of a belly these days. But look, he's slashed. What are you going to do? And like I said, Axel. I love seeing him out there. I love him running around doing his moves. Didn't sound great, but still, I had a really good time, Dave. Do they, first of all, is it sort of the vibe of a

nostalgia tour? I have gone out to, I went to see Cal Ripkin play during the streak, even though he would by the tail end of it wasn't at his best anymore, but I felt I needed to witness it. Basically, that vibe. And the second question I have is, is it really a virtue, these three hour shows. We hear all the time just last week ago. Tashay was talking about having or two weeks ago seeing Springsteen. People always tell you I do this thing like, man, he gets

out there. He's 87 years of age or whatever Springsteen is now. 87 years young. Gets out there three and a half hours. Like, who needs three and a half hours? Me and everyone in the building. Yeah, I could have taken another hour. I would have been grateful to have 15

more songs. I would say that the latter question depends on your love for who you're seeing. And if they're any good. Like Pearl Jam used to play. It's been a little bit a while, but they used to play three-hour shows. And it's like, oh, my God,

the only thing wrong with the three-hour show is that it's not a four-hour show. Do they have the songs to support three hours? I mean, I would say the same thing about Guns and Roses and no disrespect to Pearl Jam, because I know they're faithful or hardcore. But, I mean, after what, about the year 2000, How many songs do you think have been?

Okay, but how many of the songs within those albums would you add to the catalog rightly to say, like, yes, they belong in the top 10 of the Pearl Jam songs of all time. I mean, if somebody who's watched from a distance who's lost interest over the years, I like Pearl Jam a lot in the 90s and whatever. It's like, all right. I mean, they're better bands, but okay. All right. I feel like this head in the direction where I'm going to get aggravated. And I'm not trying to get aggravated on a Friday morning, all right? So, you know, we're going to go back to the Guns and Rose as part of this conversation.

Asking questions, that's all. I'm just asking questions. I do think it felt a little bit like a nostalgia act, and I will say this for this reason. Because I haven't released an album in 20 years? Yeah, 18 years, actually. That is true. I will say this. Has it been 18 years since Chinese democracy? Wow. Everyone in the crowd. And we had good seats. We were sitting in the orchestra level, okay? Unless you were on the floor like they had the pit, you know, which, holy crap.

Can you imagine standing for three hours? Give me a break. I've done that. I've done the pit for G&R at that venue. It's a lot. It is. That's a lot. And half the time I'm shazaming because I didn't think they had three and a half hours worth of music.

Here's why it felt a little bit like a nostalgia act to what you're describing there, Dave, because I would say 90% of the crowd is sitting the whole show. Tough. Tough. They got up for Welcome to the Jungle, though, right? Well, that was the opener. So everyone gets up when the lights in. That's what they open with?

Yeah. Wait. They play for three and a half hours and they open with Welcome to the Jungle. You gotta let everybody know where you are. You're in the jungle, baby. You're gonna die. Does he scream like, you're not gonna die? Tries.

Yeah. He tries. Is the journey of November rain? Is that like they start out sitting down and then they rise up? No. At the appropriate time? No, no, no. It's not an acoustic performance, Dave.

No, no, it starts with the piano. No, I understand, but it's not all of them are singing. November rain is an epic song, Dave. Yes, of course, of course. I'm not denouncing the song. No, I'm co-signing. And an incredible music video. I mean, that song takes you on a journey.

That was back when music videos were music videos, all right? Give me a movie here. Give me a story. You're getting married in a church at the end of a cliff, and Slash is playing on the very edge. Be careful, Slash, no slip. Incredible. The other night I was staying in.

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They're in the final. Stugats. What's your nickname for him? McOverrated. This is the Dan Levitar show with the Stugats. Hold on. We got to do something for the first 10 minutes here. What?

What? I don't know. You don't know? No. Slash is kind of like a little ambiguous. All right. Had a great time. Is he?

Yeah, of course. He's got quite the tam. That's my dog right there. I knew it. Guns and Roses, Pearl Jam, Springsteen. Who else did we mention that was incredibly white? Dude, Slash's name is Saul Hudson. Huh, he's a Saul.

Wow. Better call him. Is he only Jewish? Yes, but his father is Jewish, right? So when I got to the hard rock... That's illegal, everybody. Hold on a moment. He has refuted the claims that his father is Jewish.

Okay. Thank you, Semitic Warrior. I'm a little tinge of Sicilian. That's what I'm hoping for. So when I got to the Hard Rock last night, right before I went into the building, into the Hard Rock Live, there's the sports bar next to it.

My wife and I, we order a drink, and I look up at the screen there, and I see the score of the Knicks Hawks game. And it says, it was like 61 to 19. What the hell? Like, how could that even be? be a real... How many points were they ahead by at one point? Like, what's...

Slash? Black parent. Dad is English. Mom is African-American. We got a Jew mixed in there? No. And he was named after the cartoonist, Saul Steinberg. I told you. Racially ambiguous. All right. There you have it.

Play on. I couldn't believe the score. So he's not a bar mitzvah? No. All right. That was a falsehood right there. So, you know, look, if you had the Hawks plus 50 last night, you were a loser, you know? Maybe you should have bought the hook, maybe a little bit more. You'd have come out a winner. But we'll get to all the basketball, shocking stuff, but I do want to actually

mention the hockey here. And the Anaheim Ducks advanced last night. They knock out Cona McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers. And this is very appropriate because you may know, you know, one of the few things. Sometimes you got to take a stance. Sometimes you got to, you got to, you got a push in the opposite direction. And that's what Greg Cody did a couple of years ago, all right? So Connor McDavid, who now loses in the first round to the lower seed at Anaheim Ducks, Greg Cody's got some bragging rights. Have skate tears.

It's no surprise. You didn't face the chuck. And you couldn't be the tough. So you're still macoverrated in my eyes. Extension wasn't what you hoped it be. That's a cashy song. Let's give it up for Greg. We can actually, let's give a toast to Greg Cote.

What a great job. A toast to Greg Cody. Getting it right three years in a row. It's worth a toast. Thanks to Cuervo. Greg Cody. What a guy. Did the Florida Panthers break the Edmonton Oilers?

Two years in a row, the Panthers took that ass. And then you get the whole conversation this past off season about McDavid and is he going to remain in Edmonton. It's like a show me short little extension that he says. signs. And then the result of that is to lose in the, have a really frustrating regular season and then to lose in the first round to the lower-seeded Anaheim Ducks. So Cona McDavid's now a very big story, Mike. Did the Panthers break the Oilers? I think you can argue that they broke each other. Those were physical series, back-to-back years, both those teams, making it all the way.

in one instance playing the last possible game available. I think you could make an argument that that takes a lot out of you. And we saw that the Panthers kind of crumbled under it. I mean, the very first second, Borkov stepped on the ice, and he gave out. So I think you can make the argument for both. However, the Oilers actually made the playoffs. They did not have the same kind of injury problems during the regular season. Hell, nobody really had them compared to the Florida Panthers.

this is a tough look for the Edmonton Oilers because while Coach Q has been there before and there are some veterans on this Anaheim team and we do like them, that's still the Anaheim ducks, right? That's our first try in the playoffs in several years. That is quite embarrassing, Roy. You can probably say they broke themselves. I mean, they'll go to them and Scanton worse

and they made a trade. They traded Stewart Skinner to Pittsburgh for Tristan Jari. They gave up the eighth-most goals in the league this season. That is the wildest thing to me, how bad their goal is. The situation has been the last few years. Yes, and it's been an issue the entire years. Look, we tee off on Pat Riley. How could you not get a star to pair next to Jimmy Butler?

For the Oilers, there was one issue with this team. It was the most obvious thing. You don't have a goalie. That's good enough. This year, they really took some swings, and it felt like they didn't have confidence in anybody. They kept doing this yo-yo thing with the position, real bad window to be wasting when we're talking about Connor McDavid as a generational player,

and Drysiddle's not bad in his own right. Bouchard leads all defensemen in points. This is a disaster, Dave Damashek. Not bad. Leon Drys title is considered one of the top five hockey players on the planet Earth right now, just behind his pal, Connor McJesus. And yet they haven't paired up to win a single Stanley Cup. And it's funny that it would happen against Anaheim,

because that used to be the home of the 1A answer to what pair of superstars have never won a title together. And that would be Joey Otani and Mike Trout way back when that air is over with this. persists up in Edmonton and now McJesus in my opinion has an important decision to make sincerely. Do you want to? Do you like your neighborhood in Edmonton so much, your teammates, the uniforms, or otherwise that will keep you there out of some sense of loyalty? And if I'm going to win a Stanley Cup, I want it to be as an Edmonton oiler or shame the devil. Or are you more in line with, I don't think it's disgraceful if you were Kevin Durant 10 or 15. years ago, whenever it was to say, I need that ring to validate everything else. And so,

therefore, I need to move on. I'm not going to get it done. But you know what, with the, with the Duran comparison, Dave, it would be like if McDavid left this, you know, he's not a free agent, but like if he wore a free agent, he went and he joined the avalanche. Yeah, kind of. I do. I mean, I don't want to get in the way back about that debate about KD, but I do think for a minute there he was, with all due respect to Steph Curry, the best player on at least one of those Dub's title winners. But either way, yes, I'm picking up what you're laying down, but, you know, I do think that are you really, if you're, I mean, you can transcend just the sport of hockey to make it more compelling to everybody out there. By the way, I'm feeling the same pain as McJesus is as a Crosby fan.

We both lost the teams wearing way too much orange. But at least, Sidney Crosby and I can look back at the three Stanley Cups we won. McJesus is the one who should be. be incented to try to move this, this discussion. Zad said before the show started, has Crosby played his last game in Pittsburgh? Like, no, why would, why would he have played his last game? I don't have a crystal ball. Who needs to, why? Okay, I don't need one. Sidney Crosby has no reason to want out of Pittsburgh. What, what about his career requires the gilding of the lily for him? I would argue the losing. Jesus, if he wants to do this with a

Stanley Cup, he better get out of Edmonton. the losing, just throwing a possible reason, the losing and the no appearances in the second round for a while. And keep in mind, Conner McDavid was not great this series either. I mean, he had a goal in five assists. He was a minus eight. He was on the ice for 13 goals against. That's an excellent point by Roy. I think the story here is it's been some time since Connor McDavid has been consistently good in the playoffs. Like we're talking about several games here. Now, you can understand him. Go back to his last two playoffs. Go back to his last two playoff series. This one and the last one last year.

Yeah, you can understand going up against the Florida Panthers, a team that is uniquely equipped with how great their forecheck was and arguably. Okay, again, you have two rings that are presently up your butt that were put there. Up yours and around the corner. I know, I know, but I also heard you say, Mike Ryan say about three or four minutes ago, nobody had the injuries this year. And then he said, like the Florida Panthers, which I feel like from the word. like on was all a bunch of jive because the Florida Panthers didn't have the injuries that the Florida Panthers alleged that they that they had. Yes, I get Sasha Barkoff got hurt at some point, but the

rest of it was a bunch of not a small thing. At some point. At some point he got hurt. I'm talking about that they did the same gamesmanship crap with when you're allowed with injuries and all of that kind of car. They basically goasted the back end of the season. They had no dig. Dave Damashig. How about the last two right up here. Shove him so far up them that it clogs his throat a little bit because his points are just that of a hating ass hater. What the hell are you talking about?

They're the most hurt team in the league. And it wasn't like Evan Rodriguez. It was, even though he got hurt too. It was like they're super sorry. Get your hand out of my face, Mike Ryan. Get your hand out of my face. They had over 500 man games lost, David. I mean, it's ridiculous.

You don't need energy. I'm not telling you, you're looking back at the injury report and saying, well, look, they didn't play, they didn't dress, so they were injured. Doesn't mean they were actually injured. They decided like, well, we're not playing great a thing. No, it does mean. It actually does mean they were actually injured. You're embarrassing yourself, Dave. We're an original seven franchise and you're jealous. Wait, so everybody, there was just a plague that swept through South Florida. Yes, crazy. That resulted in the injuries of all the professional hockey players. You want to know what the plague was reaching the Stanley Cup final three straight

season. And winning it twice. Okay. You know, doing this, doing this. Now we agree. With the cup doing this. Yeah. Oh, I've done this. Common misnomer. I've done this. No, no. Common misnomer. I've done this repeatedly. That they only went to two straight. They actually went to three straight. Remember, Matthew Kachuk cracked his sternum and came back and had a game winning assist against the biggest golden crack sternum? Of course I do. It's Gretzky's favorite team. I know all about the Florida Panthers. You understand, I've done this, right? I mean, I've physically done. this with the silver up over my head. Then I put some Iron City beer in it.

Then I drank it down. Can we get an update here? Tell me about Stanley Cups, people in Miami telling me. What was the last time you did that? What was the last time you put the cup over your head? Did they know about that they know what it is to be a champion over and over again? Look at this. We do.

In 1970s, put that down. Title town. What are you talking about? That's right. You know about that parade on the beach? I high-fived Ryan Lomburg after he won. went up a stripper pole. They dipped the Stanley Cup in the ocean.

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He called Connor McDavid overrated before the show. What the hell was that, Greg? Yeah, no. I love it. Stugats. Roy, let me explain it to you. And not that you need to, you know more about hockey. And this is coming from a guy that's watched Connor play six times.

Right. If that. This is the Dan Levitar show with the Stugats. Can we get an update here on day five of Keep Michael Yormark the hell away from the University of Miami. I feel like it's actually going pretty strong. I get lots of messages like on social media with with fans who are very upset at the prospect of him, even being a candidate to be the next athletic director at the University of Miami. And I'll get people, hey, Zaslo, why is he so bad? And then I explain it very simply. He's a terrible, terrible man. And everyone's like, okay, great. Well, you know, I don't want that snake oil anywhere near the Miami Hurricanes. Thank you for enlightening us, Zaslo. And the people who are the people who are. who do know Mike Ryan, they're very pleased as well that there seems to be this wave of negativity surrounding the idea, just the idea right now, that Michael Yormark is even a candidate for athletic director as Dan Radicovic stepped down.

I mean, when has anybody ever really worked up this much emotion around an administrator? This is not what they had envisioned, and certainly not what Michael Yormack envisioned several months ago when he started posturing for this job. As you mentioned, the reaction to this has been toxic. I don't think I've seen anyone support the idea that he would be a good candidate. No. Actually, Gary Furman wrote like a very glowing article about Michael Yormorke. I think he called it the deal maker at the door.

They come out right after Gruden was formulating his staff? That is something in the past there. But the dealmaker at the door doesn't exist, at least when he had the opportunity to make all the deals down here 20 years ago. He was famously bad at making deals, a lot of self-dealing. Giving people, as David Samson mentioned, his contemporaries in the market that were also team presidents, were left an alert because they would go to potential sponsors and be like, why would I pay you for the signage when I can get it for free from Michael Yormark in the floor to pay? I was stunned hearing that yesterday.

I did not even know that. Very bad reputation, but you remember what Vince McMahon said after Survivor Series 1997? Oh, yeah. He said Brett screwed Brett. He was right, actually. And I think what happened here was Michael Yormark was counting on this being done and dusted in shady back rooms and never being brought to light. And then just one day they were going to announce, hey, he's new AD. Yeah, like a thief in the night.

And the fact that Miami is doing a proper search and his name was out there gave Miami and those unfamiliar with Michael Yormark because let's be real. University of Miami administrators probably weren't familiar with Florida Panthers hockey 20 years ago, right? And this gave people an opportunity to say, no, no, no, this dude is about as bad as it gets in this market. And you are making a terrible mistake because there's actually a lot of people familiar with the Florida Panthers who also happen to love the Miami Hurricanes Athletic Department. And this would be a bad personality clash, not just from like a business failings thing because maybe he can learn from his failures of 20. 20 years. I don't know how much he can change. And the person that I worked under for two years during an NHL lockout seems to be a bad personality. I saw the way he treated people. Absolutely awful. I don't see how that meshes with Mario Cristobal. I don't see how that

meshes with Joe Atroparia. These people, like, I'm sure he's charmed them and that's what he does. Yeah, that's how you become a good snake oil salesman. Yeah, but trust me, when Bleep starts hitting the fan and it comes time to, you know, let your real personality show. That is not a personality that I think fits with the Miami hurricane. So, Zaz, I would say keep it up. If you're against Michael Yorimerk being the athletic director at the University of Miami, people have not been shy, really reputable people in the market. Like Will Manceau comes out and says stuff, that stuff matters. Dan's voice matters. And these things are reaching the University of Miami. So if I could just mention our great guys with the TV, they put up a,

a couple of pictures of Your Mark, but it was actually Brett Yormark because it was standing next to the Big 12 championship trophy. Twin brothers. But they're identical twins. But here's the thing. Like, I'm pointing that out. But like, does it even matter? They're totally identical.

It's like, does it even matter if you put up Brett Yormark? They're the same. Yeah, there's an example. Like, Brett Yormark, I think like two weeks ago, the Texas Tech head football coach came out publicly and he's like, I don't want to be playing these Friday night games. And Brett Yormack came out as a. Yormark does and belittled Texas Tech's head coach saying he's not in charge here. And the boosters too, I think he mentioned. Yeah, he's done this. And that's the big personality.

And maybe that draws. I do think people often confuse alpha behavior with guys that can just end up being jerks. And when I was at the Florida Panthers for two years, again, this was 20 years ago, Michael Yormark was a jerk to people. And he wasn't a good businessman, so I don't really know what we're doing here. And I'll just say it, and we could put a nice bow on this today, and then we could reconvene on Monday, which will be day eight of keep Michael the Yorkmark the hell away from the University of Miami. But he should just take his name out of the running. Like Michael, Yormark, you should take your name out of the running. No one wants you here. No one wants you back in South Florida.

He also looks very much like he would be well-suited to play an adversary of Mertan Riggs, doesn't he? It looks like somebody they would have crossed paths with it something. Yeah, you wear a mokturnack that often. you fit that bill. Jeremy, I'm going to give you a chance here to shine. Oh, you must be excited for this weekend because the Marlins are hosting the Phillies this weekend. Marlins coming off of a series victory over the Dodgers.

That's right. But the Marlins hosting the Phillies this weekend, who are now managed by Don Mattingly. Yeah, Donnie baseball. A little bit of nepotady situation happening. Reverse nepotism, I'd call it. Reverse nepotism. He hired his dad.

Preston Mattingly, not Don Mattingly's dad. That's just nepotism, I believe. I don't think that's reverse nepotism. I think nepotism is a catch-all. It doesn't, even though in your respect... Yeah, but when you go up the chain, I think it's reverse. No, I mean, we've seen this with Lane Kiffin and Monty Kiff, and I don't think it's reverse nepotism. It's up the chain.

Huh. Hey, you're up there? I'm hiring you? Reverse. Down? Dave, is that reverse or is that just nepotism? That's interesting. I've thought of that.

Donnie baseball works hard for the record. When you go back into the... family lineage, right? Is that reverse? I don't know. Let's just get, I'm with Mike Ryan. We have enough to. It's all just nepotism. It's all just nepotism. Well, either way. Just go with nepotism. The Preston Mattingly is the general manager. That's Don Maddingly's son. And so Don Mattingly was one of the, like a bench coach with Philadelphia. When they fired Rob Thompson, he becomes the manager, thus his son hiring him. Either way, they had offered the job to Alex Cora before they had Donn Manningly step in anyway.

But they're three and oh in the Donnie baseball era in Philadelphia. They were not. I always liked Don Mattingly. I was always a big fan. Awesome guy. Awesome guy. And really, like I said it on the pitch clock yesterday, but the perfect type of manager for a veteran team like Philly that just needed someone to go, hey, long season ahead of us.

But they're playing good baseball. They walked off twice yesterday, first team in 22 years, to walk off twice in the same day on both games of their doubleheader against the Giants. And now they come in playing pretty good ball. It's a four-game set, start of a 10-game homestand for the Marlins, who are four over 500 down here thus far this season. Tonight, Star Wars Day, Yacht Rock Sunday, huh? Can I entice any of you to come out to the ballpark?

So they're not doing a... On the boat. They don't have a game on May the 4th. They do, but it's Monday, and I don't know. I don't know. They're doing it today. When do you think this is the last time someone said, Yot Rock?

Huh? Hey, man, if you don't like Yat Rock, that's your loss. It did have a huge resurgence. You like Yot Rock? No. Gen Z loves Yacht Rock. Yeah, there's Yacht Rock. You love all this other bad rock?

Why don't you like Yot Rock? The hell is Yacht Rock. Huh? Stuff you listen to on the Yacht? Is that like Matchbox 20? Is that? No. Once they folded in, they got a big win by getting to claim Steely Dan.

Yeah. The Yot Rock community. Either way, what's the weirdest name for a baby out of the little conversation that Jeremy just had there? Is it Preston? That's a weird name for a baby. Wolverine. He's a grown man.

you can get away with it. But or, or is it Don? Don, what's that little sweetie's name? Don, Donald, Donnie. Weird.

Or, or is it Jeremy. Jeremy is like, Jeremy is kind of not, you know, I'm not, no insult here. Go on.

We're going to lock in our answers. It's Preston. For a baby and for a grown up. And for a grown up. Am I right? Like, if you were, if you were,

if you were Jeremy, would you be, would you be like, Hey, Dave, what the f***? Jay and Stephen A. Stephen A does like, no, no, I'm not Steve. Please, it's Stephen A. So if somebody were to meet like, oh, hi, Jerry, how are you? Like, no, no, I'm not Jerry.

I'm Jeremy. Is that the way everybody else in the room would go? Or Jerome. What the fuck is happening right now? I was going to say, press him, but he did make a compelling case. I now think it's a weird name. Jeremy, baby. No, there's a pearl jam song.

Pearl Jam songs, Zaz. Back me up, dude. Hey, you don't want to be that, Jeremy. Yeah. You don't want to be that, Jeremy. What do you say? You don't want to know what that Jeremy said. He's spoken class. He's spoken class.

I'm speaking on the show with Dave. Relax, bro. Did that put a stink on you, Tashay, when you were growing up the Pearl Jam song? Did people invoke that around you? No, it came out before I was born, so I didn't have kids bullying me for a Pearl Jam song. That's always a good counterpunch. Remind somebody that girl.

Jerry, if you were, if you were Tashay, Mike Ryan, would you be like, no, no, please call me Jerry? I like the name Jeremy. If I had a son, Jeremy would be in the running prior to, but that was prior to meeting Jeremy Tash. You would name him after Jeremy Tashay? Tashay. That's shocking. I would go with Jeeves. Just destined to be a butler.

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