The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 2: Amin's Jumper

Episode Date: March 18, 2024

Amin finally joins the show to explain what happened on his jump shot that went viral this weekend. Then, he is excited to see James "Murr" Murray of Impractical Jokers and sticks around to interview him with the crew. The show is joined by Dan Monson, the head coach of Long Beach State, who was fired before leading his team to the tournament. He discusses the "mutual agreement" to part ways and how it compares to real-life breakups. The hour wraps up as Dan takes the show into the "Tomorrow File" and touches on a multitude of topics that the show will get to tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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But one of them is Bully Ball with Boogie Cousins and Rachel Nichols. And we got to him finally. We found him. How evasive. Chris, how annoying has this been today? Because it's been difficult to locate Amin to get him to answer some questions about his international shame. We've had our whole team on it. I've been texting with them, people in the back, and we finally, as post came here, we got him.

He tried to evade us. Ramadan. Okay, yes. Unbelievable series of excuses. Amin, explain yourself. Jessica, you said it was a circle change-up. The internet is mocking you for your follow through, for your form, not just the air ball.

What is your excuse? Well, first of all, not evasive at all. If you look at my Twitter timeline, I have been very welcoming for all and any ridicule and shame for what was a terrible looking shot. The only thing I'll say is, that's not how I shoot, and you don't have to take my word for it, just talk to anybody who's hooped with me,

and that includes NBA players, NBA coaches, NBA media people, music executives, platinum recording artists, you name it. That's right. But it's how you shot, like we saw it, we watched it. Yeah, that was one that got away from me. I don't know what to tell you. Right.

That's not how I, and by the way, I'm not talking about, oh, I'm usually Klay Thompson. I'm just saying, that's not how I shoot. My form does not look like that. But we all saw it. That was your form. The only time. That was my form.

That was my form on that shot. On that shot, That was my form. That was my form on that shot. On that shot, that was my form. But that's not my form. But that's the only access we have to. His knuckleball's different. Any of your work in this realm. Like there are people really undermining your future credibility saying this will end his career.

His analysis stinks. No one will take him seriously after this. Let me say this. The only people saying stuff like that are the people who didn't agree with something I said to begin with. There's nobody who was like, man, I used to really enjoy his analysis, but now I haven't seen this, oh.

Everyone who's saying all that stuff are people who already disagree with me, because I said something about their favorite player, or I said something about their favorite team, or I said something about their city, or I said something, it was something else or I said something about their city, or I said something, it was something else. So I'm not worried about this. I know the quality of my work.

I also know that that's not my form. So I don't have any worries about credibility or career or whatever. It's not my form. It's not my form. Zion Williams said it, but it's in the corner of the screen and that's your form. Dan, Dan, let me ask you a question.

Remember when JaVale McGee had that wild ass rolling hook shot that went to nowhere and then ran up court even though, ran back down court even though his team had possession? Is that JaVale McGee or was that just JaVale McGee in a really bad moment right there? I would say the latter and that's where I'm at. You know what I am?

I'm a victim of the we done with the 90s thing. You guys seeing this is trending on Twitter. No, you can't be using this as an excuse. Absolutely. You cannot be. You cannot be doing this. You cherry pick the one thing that I did that looked terrible and say that's how they played.

You think. You're done with the 90s. You think you're getting drugged by the internet because it's fashionable to make fun of back when you were in your prime at basketball in the 90s? No, no it's analogous Dan, follow along. It's fashionable to make fun of the guy who has made a career making fun of people. That's why I'm not fighting it. Like yo these are funny. 90% of the jokes are hilarious. What do you have? How many do

you have in front of you? How many do you have? Can you? I was told that you guys would have some ready, but I guess I can pull some right here. Can you read? It really sounds like you're laughing along. Can you read some of the funniest criticism that you have gotten this weekend because you are getting drugged

by the entirety of the internet? Let me just say, the best, the highest honor that I've gotten was, you know, the Art But Make It Sports account, where they'll take moments and then they'll find a painting from classical Renaissance art that mimics that moment and they've done it for some of the great moments in sports history that have happened over the last year and a half it's one of my favorite accounts they did one for me and as far as I'm concerned this is like

getting Ross roasted by uh by Don Rickles. It's the highest honor It's the highest it's you so now you're claiming that this is art what you made with this jump shot You're now you're now claiming it's an honor and it's art just to be clear. I I'm saying that they made art out of it But yes, it is an honor to be roasted by that account because that account roasts like great athletes They don't I've never seen them do random people playing pickup or whatever so but it's because that I'm just let's put on the screen right here and javail mcgain it is but I want you to again see the gnarly demon fingers of uh of

dislocation that represent the amin alhassan jump shot all right, so here we go. I got some in front of me right here. All right, Nojay Mayo. Pretty good. Looking, that's good, that's good. Michael Adult Gilchrist. Craig Bodges. Let's see here, scroll down. Man, ew, Janobly.

Yeah, man, ew, Janobly. Cheryl Oops. Cheryl Oops, looks down. Man, ew, Janobly. Yeah, man, ew, Janobly. Sheryl Oops. Sheryl Oops. Looks like, by the way, Sheryl Oops is from Miles who took the video, which is hilarious. Shout out to Miles. Because Miles Elmer told me the reason he pulled his phone

out to record and begin with was because I'd made like three or four in a row from that spot. So he's like, oh, this is cool. And then the first one he captures is with me missing like that. And he's like, this is better. This is way better. What are the chances that he so the goddess is cool And then the first one he captures is with me missing like that either. This is better This is a better. What are the chances that he caught the one that's not your shooting form? I know what are the odds right all right? Let's see here. I got a couple more here that are pretty good still Ellis my Mahmood Abdul Raut

BJ Arm-Rong Let's see spaz read Reid, Cry Lawson. Gordon Wayward. No more. They're all terrible. Larry Turd. Larry Turd, Stiff Curry, that's from John Hollinger. Dan Gnarly, Marcus Cantby, Cedric Erbalos.

Just unworthy. This is only Parker I gave more of this with boogie cousins and Rachel Nichols on bully ball more of this Jeff Hornish shit Keep getting lazier and lazier Jeff Hornish shit. Oh no, geez. Tim Drunken, Bray Young. Alright, thank you Amin. I love him trailing me out like that. Yeah, that's why I love that too. He's still going.

Alright, Amin, you're down. Bring him back up. Okay, alright, we're good? Yeah, thanks Amin. Oh shit! It's Murr! Holy shit, you guys didn't tell me Murr was coming on! Dude. You wanna hang out with Murr?

Go ahead. Go ahead, now Amin wants to hold the... All right. Murr, let me just tell you right now. What did you get? What was that list? Oh, it's a list of me getting roasted, Murr. That's not important right now.

What's important is I love Impractical Jokers. It is one of my favorite shows. I share your clips all the time. Every time I'm on the road, I'm in a hotel room, and I don't know what to watch. My heart of hearts are going to go to TruTV because I know Impractical Jokers has a marathon on, and I sit there and I laugh my ass off the whole time.

You guys are absolute legends. I wish I could have the bravery to do some of the bullshit you guys do in public. So it is- We play on TruTV nine days a week and 27 hours a day. And I'm there for every last second. Anytime I'm in a hotel room, which is a lot, every time that's what I turn on, man.

Thanks man, appreciate it. No, thank you. All right, let turn on, man. Thanks, man, appreciate it. No, thank you. All right, let me clear out, let these guys interview you for real. No, stay here, I mean, stay here for a second. Hold on. I liked it better when we couldn't find him. Don't leave just yet.

Continue here. Since you're so excited, I don't know if the rest of the crew will be as excited as you are, so if you have questions for James Murrermurray from uh... impractical joker marie you have have added uh... because they're in their ten season they are they're just announcing now that they move from true t b to t b s and uh...

they've got stops in nineteen cities uh... they they're a bit of pioneers right when it comes to uh... doing daring things on television just to make your friends laugh. Dan, this is what I would say. It's a prank show, but instead of pranking people, they prank themselves in front of other people, which to me is way more funny

because pranking people is whatever, but when you are the object of the prank, either knowingly or unknowingly, my favorite one was when you guys had Homeland Security involved and everything about like the facing of the statue. That's the peak because my man Sal was shitting bricks. Like he literally thought like this was it. This is happening. The show's going to get shut down and we're all going get arrested for this but I wanted to ask you Murr what is the most uncomfortable thing for you guys to do because you guys have a lot of recurring bits but I have an idea of what the most

uncomfortable thing I get the worst punishments on the show absolutely I mean what's the most uncomfortable things I've done I've gotten my nipples pierced I got thrown out of an airplane I've gotten four prostate exams on live television at this point I got a catheter put in my dropped license photo still has no eyebrows because I was forced to wear cues just real hair for a year on television it just just goes on and on and on, man. Like, it's never ending. My body is not a Wonderland. It's the guy's torture device.

Can we see your license again? I feel like you look like Austin Butler in Dune. Oh, I see it. Is it? I think I look like Lex Luthor's penis. Is it worth it? I think I look like Lex Luthor's penis. Is it worth it? I wouldn't know. Is it worth it?

Because you guys now have a national and international following and fame and economy on doing things that are hanging out with your friends and having fun, but you're also doing substantive damage to your body. Is it worth it? Yeah, man, the check always clears. So it's definitely worth it. Exactly and by the way this was a great segue to talk about my shame because that's the the spirit that I've been going with. You know what is it worth it to go super viral the way I have for this

jump shot? Absolutely because you know what the check still clears and ultimately that's what people get mad about the worst. That's not how I usually shoot, Murr. That's not how I usually shoot, Murr. That's not how I usually shoot. Murr says it's not worth it with you, I mean, Murr. Go ahead, James, go ahead. Please don't explain to us what just happened there because that jump start is so bad that you would not accept the shame of that, correct?

The form was terrible. You used a total air ball. But also on the TV show, I would take a shot like that because I'm being told to. You chose to shoot it that way. That's on you, bro. Like, that's your talent level. I didn't choose to shoot like that. There was a lot of actors going into it.

Three weeks ago, I paid a surprise visit to a high school in West Virginia. The governor of West Virginia is a fan of the show, asked if I would come down as the coach of the team. None of the students in the school had any clue I was going to show up, right? So walking to the gymnasium before their big game, the place goes crazy. There's 500 kids and parents in the auditorium, right? And so before the game starts, they throw me a ball. I was like, do you know the pressure of that moment

of all these kids and their parents, 500 kids in this auditorium before their huge game to take a three point shot and I flip in, nailed it. Okay? That's how you, because I'm not on the show in that moment. I just got to look good. You, that was the worst shot I've ever seen. Murr, Murr, I'm always on the show.

That's how I live my life. Every moment of my life, it's Truman Show for me. Every moment is the show that's how I live my life every moment of my life Truman show for me every moment is the main stop turning this into a win I mean I mean it is a win I mean it is a win I mean Zion this is not your kind of Zion moment you're coming after Zion no you're coming after Zion for being fat and and you're you're you've been criticizing Zion you've been merciless on Zion. And that- Was I wrong? But look at your form!

But wait, hold on, but was I wrong? About him being fat? Yeah. No. I mean- Okay, okay, that's it. You know, just like if he makes fun of my form, is he wrong or does that mean he's not fat anymore?

You don't get to be Mona Lisa for that jump shot. You're not making high art here. Too late! No too late. No art making sports already did it They already made me Mona Lisa, baby James He's excited to see you but can you explain to us? Why it is you guys have an unusual connection with your audience and it's at least in part because you're making people laugh on the road Where they're just they know where to find you and it's consistently empty calories television that's very easy to watch. I was empty calories calories you see this get fatter and

bolder on TV over the past 14 years that we were clearly consuming too many calories at this point I know what was the show work. I think because we remind people the the the jackasses they grew up with, you know what I mean? Like they're best friends from their childhood and it's kind of a show that everybody agrees on. Nobody's hurt in the making of our show except for us and our pride and that's fun to watch and yeah and the live shows even better. It's like hanging out

with your best friends on TV for a night. It's and we are not handsome men so I think we pose a little threat to you and your family. So, you know, that's a big... But you're the evolution, are you not? You are the logical 2024 evolution of everything from Jackass to candid camera to why television became popular in the first place with prank shows because everyone can laugh at prank shows. I think everyone can, and it's fun for us because we're not actually doing it on other people.

Other people are just there to witness our embarrassment and that works, that formula works. I have a question for Murr. Do you guys ever get embarrassed when you have to involve family members, your family members in the prank? I mean, dude, last season, they used my wife against me. I came back to the house and they had,

my wife put a catheter in me and then I had to write a zip line holding my own catheter bag. That was, and that was two weeks before we got married. So that's not fun. She still married you? She did, somehow. I don't know why. Who still married you? She did somehow. I don't know.

Who do you guys? Certainly not because of my looks. I mean, look at me. I look like a pharmacist. I don't look famous. Well, how does she feel? How does anyone in your family feel about the way that you sell your shame for profit?

As I mentioned, the check clears, so they feel fine. My man. Who do you view as your inspirations? like for what it is that you guys have created as a television show because This isn't all just this isn't dumb luck. It underestimates you to suggest that Yeah, you know, it was a very calculated move over many years of hard work And TV development to to come up with the idea from Brackett and Joker to sell it. There is a lot of work behind it and a strategy. That being said, our inspirations comedically,

I mean, we grew up while watching the Zucker Brothers, man, Airplane, Naked Gun, all those movies, Top Secret, and of course Mel Brooks, and one of my most prized possessions is right behind the camera. I have an assigned script page from the original airplane screenplay from 1979, which is awesome.

Who signed it? It's Zucker. Okay. The Brothers. And don't call me Shirley. You were very breathless there, I mean. You were really fan. That's exciting.

I mean. That's exciting. You're really fanboying here. Like I can't remember, I don't know that I've ever seen you as excited to see someone as you were when Murr ended up right here in your face. Well, first of all, you guys just sort of brushed me away, hey, you gotta go, there's a guest coming on.

I was like, okay, what boring sports person are you talking to now, you're gonna interview someone about NFL free agency? And then I saw Murr's face and I was like, is my TV taking over my Zoom screen right now? What's happening, man? Like I said, I watch these guys all the time and I love the content But also airplane is one of my favorite movies. They got these people need to be taken to a hospital a hospital What is it the big building where sick people go to get better, but that doesn't matter right now, right?

That and what do they have to eat the fish or the steak is like? Oh, yes, I had the lasagna these are my favorite lines from my favorite movies so this has all been an honor but you know what I got I feel like I have to step away I'm overstepping my bounds right here so hey can I give you guys a little sneak peek of what we're filming I will say when we're filming it but just know it's during the NCAA tournament one of us is getting punished and going to like a, you know, a packed sports bar, watching one of the final four games. And the punishment is very simple.

All the guys got to do is keep changing the channel in the bar. Oh, Murr, Murr, is it, is this going to be chaos? Is it going to be in Phoenix? I live in Phoenix and the final four is in Phoenix. If it's going to be here, where the game is, what it is, where you know, we'll be in disguise, but some jerk in the bar is gonna keep changing every TV in the bar so nobody can watch the game.

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you go here though James I thought Letterman was an inspiration for some of what it is that you guys did in terms of feeding each other lines through the earpiece. I thought your comedic influence was a little later than the ones you're citing. Oh, sure, I mean, come on, Letterman did it all the time, sending, what's his name, down to the deli downstairs. What's his name on the show? Was it Rupert?

Yes, Rupert, down to the deli, right below the studio. I mean, we used to watch that 20 years ago, of course. You pulled that one out, man. Well, no, because I love Letterman. And so these guys, look, everybody, I don't know, look, I can talk to you about the skeleton of what you guys have built, but it's not just charisma. You guys have connected with your audience because you're summoning the comedic spirit of several decades of funny people on like

what television was meant to be when it was silly is when it was just like this thing that you could just turn on and and it's just funny to watch because you don't have to think about anything else you know you understand the escape in the addiction that you are for people like a mean right i agree i i think you're dead on accurate I think remind people of the days when you come home from work and you just want to put on the TV and laugh for a half hour and not worry about any of the BS going on in the world. I think you're dead on accurate.

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Don LeBretard. Again, started on the breakfast flan. Oh man, I've been singing a song to myself all morning while I'm breakfast flan. Dun, dun, dun, dun. Stugats. Have you never heard the breakfast flan song? No, hit me with it.

Okay, I wish I had some breakfast flan. Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. breakfast flan. Da da da da da da da da da. Breakfast flan. Da da da da da da da da da. Where can I find a breakfast like that? Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da. This is the Don LeBretard Show with the Stugats. ["SHADOWSKILL"]

With a giant smile on his face, Stugats saw this man appear in the Zoom with all of those newspaper clippings in the background from a different time, a different century, back when the Zags were nobodies and he made an Elite Eight run, Stugats just pointed at Dan Monson, just pointed at him and said,, March with a giant smile on his face. And there is no bigger story in March than fired on Monday, fired on Monday, and makes the tournament run. And here he is back in the dance again. Dan, thank you for making the time for us. I saw you, I saw you interviewed after the game

and you were just giving off so much gratitude because you're like, I got to steal money coaching basketball Are you kidding me? I can't believe I get to still do this for a living and your gratitude is endearing But also they fired you mon on Monday Dan and it's insulting that I can't even believe that four days later You're still coaching the team and not only coaching the team But still God says you should be the coach at Duke now that Long Beach State doesn't deserve you. Well you know every coach every coach in the world would work for free in the NCAA tournament but I'm the only one that's really gonna do it so I

practice what I preach I guess because every coach you know it's all our dreams this is a week where everybody would not just do it for free, but we'd all pay to play in this tournament. And I'm just living in the moment. And that's what we tell our players to do. And that's what the key to success of a successful basketball team is to stay in the moment. And it's been a fun way to approach it.

I do feel blessed to have 17 years at Long Beach State and actually 37 years at 12 at Gonzaga, eight at Minnesota and 17 here. 37 years in three spots in this business is crazy. So I have it pretty good. Coach, what is your job status? Do you want your job back? Like what's going on here?

Because you have an incredible amount of leverage right now. It's a great question. Do you really want that girl back that doesn't want you? I mean, once they break up with you and they can't find somebody else, or you know, I don't really look at it that way. But I think we said it was mutual, and to a degree degree it was. I was feeling at the end of the year that maybe this program needs a new voice and I need a new challenge. So, you

know, I agreed with it on Monday. However, I didn't agree with the timing of it. I said I was ready to resign if we didn't have a good tournament. But I couldn't resign on Monday because that'd be quitting on my team. And if I teach these kids anything at all, we're fighting till the end. And that's what I'm so proud about them that they did. And they went from Monday on, they stayed in the moment, and really just fought for each other. And I think we played together throughout the year, but this last week we played for each other.

And it's just very gratifying to be a part of something that special of a run. Juju, can you put on the poll, please, can a breakup be totally mutual to a degree? To a degree, because I don't, I'm sorry, say that again? Well, you know, you tell the girl, it's not your fault, it's mine, you know? But it doesn't sound like it was totally mutual,

and it can either be, it's either you were fired, or it's to a degree it was mutual. And sometimes things change. I mean, Monson, you have never looked sexier than you do right now. Well, this is the thing. This is what Stu Gotz is saying right now, that Monson, you might have broken up, but he's good for a good romp in the bedroom every once in a while with an ex-partner.

It is a little strange, but breakups happen that way. As you said, it's hard to know whose fault it was sometimes but I I'm at peace with where I'm at and I'm gonna enjoy the week. I I It was a little depressing this morning to wake up and be a 20-point underdog on your dreams I mean, but you've come back from being fired. What's Arizona? What's a little two seed? What's the problem? That's your next job. Come on, come on.

And Tommy owes me one because I hired him at Gonzaga before I left. And then a few calls me and says, who's this guy you left me with that you didn't tell me about, you know, this grad guy that's hanging around around here. And I'm telling him why he's here. So, you know, and he just signed a new contract. So he's good he's good. But you know, they let mine run

clear to dry on April 30th. There's the bitterness I wanted. That's the girlfriend I want. Tommy needs to start dating me. Okay, so it was a little hard. Wait a minute. Let's let's get let's cut through some of the charming the charming bullshit of we understand you're grateful for the job and 17 years under all circumstances that's a successful relationship that it ends is no insult to anybody but you were fired on Monday and I don't know if you thought your job merited firing or not I don't know if you thought your job merited firing or not. I don't know if you're not saying to them, well wait a minute, with the resources that Long Beach State has, we're pretty competitive

in a difficult time to be competitive. I don't know how much flex you want on your university here because you feel like you've been wrongly let go to a degree. Some of that, all that, maybe part of it. It's a tough relationship, you know. I mean, you want to still be friends, as they say, you know. We're still going to be really good friends when we break up, I guess, because I do have

some great memories here. My four kids grew up here. You know, 17 years I got one was a graduate assistant on the team. Another one was a sophomore on the team. I got a daughter that's a at Gonzaga as a senior on the crew team and one a senior in high school. So, you know, it's the memories are great and I don't you know, I want I want to leave there with those memories and not Not the last week determining what I've you know, what my uh relationship with my gold girlfriend is Well put all of it So but take us through the awkwardness and the emotion and the hurt dan because you pour your life and your identity

Into these things 20 years is not a small time 17 years to build a program You develop family the relationships you have on campus around school are real, they are your life outside of it. So what was Monday like for you? How, like, did you see it coming? How cold did it feel? Did it hurt? Well, I texted him after the game on the Saturday night,

you know, and I asked for the meeting. So I hung myself, I guess, but I said, hey, because we, my best player at Polders Groin, we were, we won in the preseason. We, I think we're the only team in the country to win three BCS True Road games. We won at Michigan, we won at USC and at DePaul and we had a good preseason. We were 18 and 9 about three weeks ago, second in our league, but we lost the last five games with our leading scorer hurt and so we're reeling a little bit. So yeah, and your contract's running out, you have

a new AD who's only been here about three months, four months. And so, you've been in the business long enough, you know that there's talk about that. So I called the meeting and I was gonna talk to them about resigning or at the end of the, after the tournament or whatever, and that kind of thing. But I was a little blindsided that they'd made that decision that day.

So I went home and they had different You can resign you can be Retire you can be fired whatever you want, however, you know They didn't really care the terminology but they were adamant that it had to happen Monday and that was the only thing that that to me was the timing of it because I Felt that you know as a as a basketball coach this is a week you work for all year this is this is where you determine how your year is you know the tournament is is what what and a mid-major you play for so I was I was grateful that they were going to let me

let me coach you but I went home and and and talked to my and told my family. And that was, you know, we'd been open about, you know, me retiring or resigning anyway. So, you know, that wasn't that hard, but it was difficult with the players. And that was the most, probably the hardest and most gratifying thing, because with your players, you don't know. It's like when you're with your own kids, you know,

you think they love you, but they got to, you know, show you or tell you at some point. And because you're they love you, but they got to, you know, show you or tell you at some point and Because you're you're disciplining them. You're holding them accountable You're pushing them and to see that locker room and and my son in that locker room Was the hardest part to watch my own son who's on the team go go through it with his teammates? But but but but the love was the love was unconditional there I mean that and and and they showed it the way they played this week. That, you know, as I told them,

because of motivation, they didn't just give up on me, they gave up on you guys, because they didn't wait to see what you could do, and didn't think that you could have success this week. And I think our players really felt that togetherness, And I think our players really felt that togetherness, that we had a cause to play for something besides ourselves. And in this day and age, if you get a team to put all their own stuff aside,

it can be very special and that's what our week was. They play for you, coach. If they wanted you back, if the university wanted you back, would you say yes and would you ask for double? I would only say yes if all the players would come back. And I think in this day and age, that's not going to, you know. I mean, it's been done. You know, in the fact that they've

made it clear that they want to go in a new direction. It's a new athletic director to go in a new direction into new athletic director and i and i i support that i mean they gave me 17 years and and they want a new direction that they deserve to have that so that's their decision um... if if that came to a by i mean i think it seems like you don't support it seems like this guy got here three or four months ago doesn't know what he's doing you've been here seventeen years he doesn't respect what you know hot shot and bleep off new hot shot. I've been winning around here for 17 years.

And we're dancing. You got here three, four months ago. Now you want to dance with me? You're not even paying me. You fired me on Monday. Well, you guys are asking me if I'd take a job back. When I got a hefty house payment, I've got bills to pay and I don't have a job

and when I lose my job, so it's hard to say no no no I wouldn't take a job I mean I I still feel I want to coach I love to compete I love you know when you get to be 60 years old and you get to hang out with 18 year old kids it rejuvenates you every day so I love my job I love what I do so I want to I want to coach somewhere next year I do know that Dan thank you it's a charming story I want this man to make a deep run yes of course and don't be surprised if I wanna coach somewhere next year, I do know that. Dan, thank you, it's a charming story. I want this man to make a deep run into the tournament. Yes, of course, and don't be surprised

if Dan Monson makes it to the Sweet 16. He's only a 20 point underdog in game one against an overwhelming Arizona team. But I got trash on Tommy Lloyd. I feel like I can bribe my way, you know, into the second round. Okay. A great aggregated accusation. Monson! Yes, coach retaliates for firing by bribing his next opponent. That's my guy. Thank you, Dan. Excellent work.

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Celebrate responsibly, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 96 calories per 12 ounces. Don LeBattard. I mean, they used to call me Chris Karaoke. Stugats. Oh, Jesus. I mean they used to call me Chris karaoke still gots That back row is bringing it today, this is the down libertar show with a stooge ads

Chris Cody in part of what it is that you're doing around here because you and Billy are getting buried with March sadness With just things that have to be done around here i want you to create a tomorrow file a file of things that we will get to tomorrow for example bruno mars are reportedly owing the mgm grand fifty million dollars in gambling losses i don't know how that information travels, how accurate the reports are, but all weekend because Bruno Mars is making about 90 million dollars to do a residency in Las Vegas, it would be very easy for someone to end

up in those casino rooms and lose a lot of money quickly and then a casino owns you. I want to get to that tomorrow hopefully with a guest that can sort of explain what happened there. Also tomorrow Mike Vrabel couldn't get a job, so now he's just consulting for the Browns, coaching and personnel. Mike Vrabel, all of us agreed before this offseason started, whoa, he got fired, he's pretty good, Tennessee, you know, they overachieved every year, couldn't get a job. Him and Belichick out of work, so now he has to take some sort of ancillary job to remain in football

because all of the young whiz kids are coming for all the jobs. And Stefanski is the one that hired him. I have top five people this NFL season that cannot look over their shoulder tomorrow. Alright, put it tomorrow. We've got weekend observations tomorrow. We didn't do enough with Sammy Sosa today. He's had several years, decades to respond to this question. When you say mistake, you made a mistake, Sammy. What what do you mean by mistake do you mean that maybe you did

steroids is it time for you and Tom Ricketts to sit down to get back into their good graces well like I say you know my mature man I think that it's a possibility that we can do that I'm open I don't have a problem with that you know I how like I said I have a lot of misunderstanding in the past but. I'm open. I don't have a problem with that. You know, I have, like I said, I had a lot of misunderstanding in the past, but now I'm a real man. I feel great. So I recognize my mistake. So hey, why not? Are you telling me that you recognize the fact that maybe you did do steroids? this is um like I say um this is um not a question that I expected from you so good terrible and it's just he asked it so gently maybe you did do steroids? Like I say, um

Now the question that I expected from you Can you guys put up on the screen please the ad who stole this lovable charming Dan Monson's job? Look at this Bobby Smith or and he looks exactly like you'd expect him to look at his face Look at his business card old bald Bobby bald Bobby Smytherin coming in here taking Dan Monson's job. Whippersnapper. Monson had the last laugh though, Dan. The other story this weekend, Stugats,

in college basketball, I don't know if you guys saw this because contractually this was funny. Kevin Keats at NC State, they evidently won five more games wherever it is that the wizards play their home games than the wizards have this month nc state blows through the acc tournament somehow and their coach to god now is guaranteed by contract he was about to be fired a two-year extension that gives guarantees him a four hundred thousand dollar raise and is several millions of dollars they were about to fire him and and and

he makes and he wins five games in five days. Yep. And listen, they're a threat to go to the Elite Eight, perhaps the final four. They're a really good team. No, someone said that back in January. No, they are not. They are not a good team. You did. You did say that back in January though Dan Keep an eye on NC State Good coaching Great senior guard play Don't be surprised if come March Wow the wolf pack. It's early find themselves in the elite eight

They're good Mike knows Damn good. Mike knows. Damn good. Yep. Confirmed by Mike. They're not. Mike also said Miami was good. They're not good. I love a good confirmation.

They were not any good. We also have a update that, put it in the tomorrow file. The Oktoberfest toe. Oh. Chris Cody says he's got an update on the Oktoberfest toe. Lucy, you were disgusted by this.

I'm just happy you guys are talking about feet when I'm not gonna be here. I'm really tired of the whole foot thing. Oh, I have to wait for tomorrow to talk about that? You wanna do it now? You wanna do this? There's a lot of context here actually, so let's save it for tomorrow.

Thank God. Let's update our March Sadness Tournament, Billy. Today or tomorrow? Cause we're doing the tomorrow folder. For the tomorrow folder, Dan, you didn't even mention this. We got a pop-off tomorrow, right? Is that what it's called? I don't remember the official name.

I thought we were going with the corn test. It's corn test. Corn test, that's what I meant. Stu Gotts will be judging it along with, I have to figure out, because you didn't try Dan's popcorn. Dan made popcorn during our Oscar party. My dad thinks he can cook anything, so we're gonna have tomorrow Dan versus my dad's popcorn. Dan made popcorn during our Oscar party. My dad thinks he can cook anything, so we're gonna have tomorrow,

Dan versus my dad's popcorn. And we're gonna have three people who haven't tasted any of the popcorn, judge it, Sugatse, you're one of them. But I'm excited about this. Corn and feet. My dad, 0 for 1 in cook-offs. Because him and Roy turked off

and that didn't work out well for my dad. So now a pop-off. Turkin' it. I can be bought then Can I get a couple more of the songs from the tournament, please in the songs category? It's only one of the bracket I was gonna show you the other regions Dan if that's okay cuz that's kind of you planted with the sound people Then I'm sorry tomorrow tomorrow now. Let's move over to the Greg Cody region I was gonna give you the number one, but I think Greg should be here for the number one.

So let's go to the number five in the Greg Cody region. God, I heat with your boys last night. That's my limited fake Zaslow. I'm a three time heat championship broadcaster. Awesome! Bad news for the Warriors. Okay, what does Zzl say about me? That he would sit here, you know, in the other building, and just doesn't know anything about how to do a raid.

I used to take it, it was an ins- now look, I was younger, okay, I've come a long way. But it used to be an insult to me that you're in there and you just, you don't know how to do anything. And it would bother me. I just laugh at it. I mean, how can you not just you don't know how to do anything and what bother me i just love it i mean how could you not like the light bulbs not on the stalking didn't realize that the world on the air you got the heart out it's like he's called being into the microphone but you've got a rebuttal certainly well first this is a new and improved by levitt i show with the still gots

gamble on by DraftKings. Billy, what is that category? What is this? It's just Greg Cody doing a fake Zazzlow? What's the category? Well, that clip was supposed to be him. Last night. That's my limited fake Zazzlow.

That clip was supposed to be him calling Zazzlow saying, nice hat asshole. That was that. It's a Greg Cody thing. So that's not the right play in the wrong Okay tomorrow mark for the tomorrow just put it away. Yeah. Yes. Thank you. I don't want any more from your tournament Just keep it just keep it to yourself Lucy Jessica give me as much as you possibly can in 90 seconds that Billy is hogged and ruined on What you thought of all of yesterday's madness. Awesome I can totally give you 60 seconds on all of

Marsh Madness. One thing I do think about this year's tournament Lucy because you're not the only Iowa fan who's upset about the draw. All of the brackets are hard. There's a lot of good teams. There were probably like 10 teams that I would have told you before the seating, like I'd put these in my final four. And yes, three of them are in Iowa's bracket, UCLA, LSU, and Iowa. But I'm still not sure,

like I've already done the thing where I've made my bracket and been like, I f***ing hate this. I f***ing hate this bracket. This bracket sucks. I hate my final four. I have South Carolina winning. But there's just too many good teams this year. My issue isn't that Iowa has a tough region,

it's that Iowa was the second overall seed, and with that you earn the second easiest region. Like that is the way it goes. South Carolina earned the easiest region, Iowa should have been in a region more like USC's, which I think is significantly easier than Iowa. Iowa's region also has a lot of teams that Iowa has played already this season or played postseason last year.

I would- Justice for my girl! I'm with you on that. I mean Notre Dame also kind of got screwed by being the worst of the two seeds, but that's all I got because we're out of time. The rest tomorrow. I won't be here. Tomorrowfile. Stu Gotz here. Did you know that according to FBI property crime data, most home break-ins happen in broad daylight?

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Miller Lite has more of the taste that you want and less of the stuff that you don't. Oh, Miller Lite, you were always there for me. I thank the heavens for you every time I'm sitting on my back patio and I take a sip. Ah, tastes like Miller time. To get Miller Lite delivered right to your door, visit MillerLite.com slash Dan, where you can find it pretty much anywhere that sells beer. Celebrate responsibly Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 96 calories per 12 ounces.