The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 2: No, That's...

Episode Date: July 1, 2024

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Leventor Show with the StuGuts Podcast. Let's close that bow, that thread, the John Harkes, Winalda thing. There's a great podcast series done on that whole 98 World Cup that Roger Bennett was behind. It was a disaster. Yeah, Winalda, I remember watching Fox Soccer Channel when he revealed this stuff very casually. I saw him reveal it. It was with Kate Abdo. I don't recall the Winaldo thing, but this thing has been out there. Has it?

Yeah. Cause I was, I was like, he's telling the story and I'm like, where's this going? And then it's like, oh my God! And then he's like, but I didn't want him off the team, like what? Yeah, Harks and Winaldo were two first teamers and they were embroiled in a scandal off the pitch.

One banged the other one's wife. Ah, classic. He said, I got hurt and I was so into my rehab. Like the families knew each other, the couples would go out on dates together, whatever, and when they're on the road. It's all according to Eric Winnall. This is the story he told.

They're on the road, they're out, whatever. And I guess he got hurt, and while he was rehabbing, he kind of got really into, as athletes do sometimes, they become very insular or whatever. And so the other one was like, hey, what's going on? Bangs his wife, and then it comes out, they find out. It's known. That is a scientific term for it.

Bangs. Gave her the hall. Adultery? All right, Mike Green. So, bang! So then it comes out, and he's like, I don't want my teammate kicked off the team because he's like, I thought that would give us

the best chance to win. I'm like, win what? Are you talking about the World C***** Cup? Are you serious? I'm sorry, this is the part where sobriety has to come in is like, my dignity and the dignity of my marriage versus us placing 700th out of 699th. For the younger members of our audience, though,

there was a fair amount of hype entering the 1998 World Cup for the US. They had a lot of great results against Argentina. They were playing Brazil pretty well, and they went into that World Cup, and I think they lost to Iran in the 98 World Cup. They sure did. It was just all these toxic vibes.

Like if the World Cup happened in 96, leading up to where they were in form, this was a team that was likely headed to the knockout stages and then they just fell on their face and then you start dissecting what happened there and this was one of those ugly things that was happening behind the scenes. Yes, it was ugly having them on the scenes.

I feel bad for all parties involved. Also, they could have been all blissfully in love and married and faithful, and the same shit would have went down. That team was not going to be doing and making any sorts of noise. The results beg to differ leading up, but. I'm not, we're not talking about leading up.

How are you approaching this as like a cocky Brazil guy? Your team is in like total disarray. Can you imagine if Brazil win? Like he be getting on to us from when our teams win. Can you imagine a Brazil win? He be getting on to us when our teams win. Can you imagine a mean if Brazil win? Brazil all of a sudden puts its foot down on pink hair. That's the line. Brazil won't cross.

Pink hair, that's it. Exactly. The Yankees all of a sudden. Ronaldinho's given up on them because they drew against the US. That's how bad the US is. Ronaldinho saw them draw the US. He's like, I can't watch these guys. I will not be watching these guys. He's absolutely watching these guys.

Where is Jimmy Butler? Why isn't he at any of these games? I'm really upset. He was at the X Games. No, who gives a shit about it? They do the X Games every year, don't they? I don't know what to tell you. Jeremy, did you see that clip of Jimmy Butler telling Camila Cabello that he wanted the fans to show up early? Yeah, that was pretty funny cuz look for him to play into all of the things that everyone else nationally thinks about heat fans is Funny objectively especially because every heat fans reaction was just like well we can't nothing we could do Jimmy. Sorry Here's a clip and Jimmy I guess is reveling between that and the,

that number looks good in purple and gold type of line that he threw out there. He has taken some public digs at the Miami Heat and their fans, and this is the clip. What is the best and worst thing about Miami? And then the worst part, to me, our fans never show up one time. They never show up one time. They never show up one time. You know why though, because that's Latin people. I was like, damn, I wanted to be rocking from like, the jump ball.

Fans, come on, we need y'all, go in. What was the best thing? You know what, Jimmy, just understand, bro, we get off work at what time, about six, five o'clock, we gotta go home, take a shower, then beat this traffic. You seen this traffic around here? It's like one way in, one way out.

Two bridges only. And them mud truckers are always just backed up. Bit, bro, show some grace to your fans, we support you, we buying your jerseys, lay off of us. You just set us back, what, 10 years if you're a Miami Heat fan. Also, the best thing he said in that clip that was cut out was the fans.

Yeah. You know what? You guys are doing something here. I see that, video team. A very convenient editing out of like, oh, let me leave the best part out and just focus on the worst part. Why are we trying to start shit here, man?

What's that? Here's what I'll say about Jimmy. He ain't slick. Right. You're not slick with any of it. With Camilla. We know what you're doing. With Shakira.

With Cameron Brink. You're not slick. And now you did the Taylor Rooks thing, where you just said stuff into a microphone, because you're courting. I'm just saying, you're not slick. How dare you? You know that's what's going on.

We're watching you. You know, just keep. We're watching you watching her. Keep your eyes. We watch. There's a pattern. There's absolutely a pattern. There's absolutely a pattern.

Why can't he just be a fan of all of these people? Did you watch the Euros yesterday? I did. I watched Spain and Georgia. Georgia, yes. Georgia went up 1-0. And then as soon as the equalizer came in, my dad said it's going to be 5-1.

I mean, I took Georgia plus 2, because SEC team, you gotta take them at plus two. But they lose four to one to Spain. Spain's got a 16-year-old first teamer. That's the new- After dropping dimes. That's the new status symbol I've realized. Watching both Yorill and Copa, like, if you want to really, how good are you guys?

Man, we got a kid who can't even buy cigarettes is playing well. We got a kid that, because of workers laws, can't actually play this game. That's how young we are. And you know how we know he's young? Because he's got the broccoli hair, and he's like 110 pounds.

Yeah, all the young players have that haircut. But in the England Slovakia game, Gareth Southgate came back from the dead. Everybody was pouring dirt on his grave. England have this immensely talented team, a team that should have every right to be playing in the final. They almost get knocked out by Slovakia.

They concede early because you fall asleep during a pass. It goes directly through your back line. And Slovakia look good on the day and right at the death. Who else? Jude Bellingham. That stupid ass haircut, man. I'm gonna tell you right now. Jude doesn't have a stupid haircut.

I don't know, I don't like it. Jude doesn't have a stupid haircut. What he does have is a flair for the dramatic. I'm gonna say this, man. Eliteism. Someone asked me a question, what happens if Argentina plays the USA? I said I want it to be like a negative draw if possible.

But like very close to my hatred for Argentina, US, USA. You only got the draw when Brazil played the US. We're talking about, we're talking about intern. We're not talking about friendlies and little bulls. Usually Brazil can speak from the catbird spot, not right now. We're both kind of going through it.

Catbird my ass, how about that? Hey yo. But for England, man, England's very close in that ranking of teams I hate. And so Slovakia being up one nil, I was like, okay, here we go, man, please, please, please. Did you see the video of fans leaving the stadium? Dog, did I see the video? They were complaining, they were like,

Southgate's got nothing. But Jude Bellingham is a special player, and he plays for Real Madrid. He's an Englishman that plays for Real Madrid. And seemingly, England has taken on Real Madrid's identity in that this team in white will look listless for 90 minutes, but at the death, they'll find a way to make it happen.

And usually, the tie that binds is Jude Bellingham. He's probably gonna win Ballon d'Or. Like he is an absolute superstar. And he has these moments under his belt. And the moment where he turns to the camera and says, who else? As if who else could have possibly done this. I hate them so much.

But dude, you gotta like Jude. I hate them so much. You gotta like Jude. Everyone, get out. All of you. All of you, get out. No, I love Jude Bellingham. And I'm so happy that he had that moment. England, by out. All of you. All of you, get out. No, I love Jude Bellingham, and I'm so happy that he had that moment.

England, by the way, for those that don't know, not you, are you English? Maybe. I'm English. For those that don't know, England is the New York Knicks of world football, right? Like, they had a championship a long goddamn time ago, and they think this is their year,

every goddamn year, every tournament. Only they got to the final three years ago. Congratulations. Three years ago because it was impacted by COVID. Exactly. And they lost to Italy, which has had truly a bizarre six years. Italy is the Miami heat.

It was like they play ugly, and somehow at the end they pull it out like, how did they do this again? I think Italy found a way to have the longest win streak in the history of international football and still miss the World Cup. And then they won the Euro two years later, or again because of COVID, maybe a year later. And now they're knocked out of the Euro three years later by Swiss. The Miami Heat. Yeah, very, very bizarre. Well, you guys are watching this men's national team game tonight

I'll be watching the season finale of clips I think it's tonight Tuesday's gonna come out on Tuesday. What day is it today's Monday? Oh, man We can still talk about clip we can still talk about clip Excited to see the finale what's gonna happen you think they're gonna sell it. I think they're gonna have to sell the team to see the finale. What's gonna happen? You think they're gonna sell the team? I think they're gonna have to sell the team. No.

Oh, no. He said for life. Well, Shelley, I mean, Shelley wants to own the team. Shelley said, I want to keep. And her stupid ass lawyer, all of a sudden, he says, oh, I've got an idea here. Like, what kind of idea is this? You want to talk to me about it before you

say that to the commissioner? Man, she's a mess. They're a messy, messy couple. How is Avice Stiviano storyline in Clipped? Oh, no, she's ass off or ass on? Ass way off. Oh, messy couple. How is Avice Stiviano storyline in Clipped? Oh no, she's ass off or ass on? Ass way off, oh my god. Episode five was the Barbara Walters interview. Right hand arm man.

Shout out to the woman they got to play Barbara Walters who also did a good job. It's funny, some people are doing incredible jobs. Al Bundy, incredible job. The woman who's playing Shelley Sterling, incredible job. V Stiviano, incredible jobs. Al Bundy, incredible job. The woman who's playing Shelley Sterling, incredible job, B. Stiviano, incredible job. At O'Neill, I think he's doing a great job. He's, like, I'm not being funny here.

He might be Emmy nominated for this. Really? Because he's knocking out, because this is the thing. Has he ever won? For Modern Family, he has to, I know. I'm sure, like, Modern Family would have collected so much hardware. And he never won. That he might have gotten, like, a career thing. I have no like modern family collected so much hardware and he never won. He might have gotten like a career thing

My favorite detail in the show is at O'Neill's hair is dyed brown, but you can see his gray roots But that's that's Donald Sterling's it's it's so like the crazy thing is watching him and I'm like guys You don't understand. That's how Donald Sterling talked. He spoke. He always spoke like this. Oh, oh, I like it. I thank them. You would grab people by the hand? Yeah, that. Always unsettling. Eating people's food?

Like this is all real shit. That's an alpha move. That's real shit. He's doing that shit with purpose. That's like standing. Ed O'Neil is three times nominated, he has not won yet. He's never won? He's gotta win for this.

I'm with you. I think that when the show came out, a lot of people made fun of the casting of the players Which is understandable because if they're players that you know very well And you see who this cast you're like that guy doesn't look like Blake Griffin or whatever But the casting for the rest of the people in the show is so good And that's kind of what more so what the show is about like it's I think Doc Rivers is kind of like the main character like hero in the show and no shit and

consulting producer Doc Rivers is kind of like the main character, like hero in the show. No shit. Consulting producer, Len Rivers. Oh, okay, that makes sense. And then like the Sterlings and Beast Eviano are kind of driving the plot more so than the team itself. Ed O'Neil lost to his own castmates two out of those three years. Ty Burrell in 2011, Eric Stone Street 2012, Tony Hale 2013 for V.

He deserved that, I'm not gonna lie. The bad guy. Poor Ed O'Neil. Let's get Stone Street on the line. Stugats here for my friends over at Simply Safe. Imagine a burglary at your home. If you're picturing a shady character sneaking about under the cloak of night, you may be surprised to learn that according to the FBI, most break-ins happen during broad daylight and spike during the summer months as more homes hit unattended and the days grow longer.

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Wow. This is the Don LeBattar Show with the Stugats. I want to shout out NBC because I haven't been able to follow Olympic storylines this well headed into an Olympics. I think they're telling really good stories headed into these things. And one of the things that have never really been as readily available to me as it has been this year is the trials for the Olympic team being on network television, getting a fair amount of marketing and

publicity around it is really allowing you to establish connections to these athletes well in advance and that's not usually how I've watched the Olympics. Don't they? I mean they've always done that. They've always had the Olympic trials. They've always had Olympic trials but they've never been to this scale. They have Lucas Oil Stadium being sold out for for swimming. They're really trying hard to make these people stars before the Olympics. Usually it goes the other way, where people become stars because of the Olympics and you find out more about them and if they play in the next Olympics, then you know. But they're really trying to develop superstars

here in the trial phase, which is interesting. I like when places like Home Depot have ads letting us know that 700 Olympians have worked for the Home Depot. And I like pointing out that the US actually doesn't fund its Olympic programs the way that most developed countries do. Yeah, it's not like a huge war chest.

No, the US is actually doing poorly here. And I imagine the collegiate athletes will end up paying for this. It might be your favorite Big Ten football program. Jess? I didn't know that. I think the promotion has been really, really good this year because the last two nights especially

were gymnastics and track and field, and they've done such a good job on the broadcast of getting you really invested, because I'm not someone who watches track and field in non-Olympic years. I usually just watch. Some people do, like there is a fairly big running, some of these Olympian track and field athletes

have millions of followers on social media, and they're big celebrities in track and field. But they're big celebrities in track and field because of their exploits internationally. So when my parents used to live in France, and I'd go visit them on a regular Tuesday you turn on the TV like at night. It's like today the the what do you call it indoor? From Berlin and like and people and the place is sold out and people really gave a shit

Ado Bolden the sprinter from was he from Trinidad or where was he? Got me here? I don't know who that is. He was he was the biggest rival to like Michael Johnson back in the day, right? Wasn't that the Canadian dude? No, no, no, you're thinking about way further back. You're thinking about Ben Johnson. That was 1988, that was Carl Lewis. I was thinking about, no, Michael Johnson was 1996, wasn't he? Yes.

Yeah, wasn't there a Canadian dude that was always his rival? We're getting lost in the weeds here. Exactly, my point is- The guy who sang when a man loves a woman? That's Michael Bolton. The guy who won six championships, that's Michael Jordan. No, the.

I think it was at a Johnson and Johnson? I think it was Ben Johnson, the Canadian. Ben Johnson was 88, and he got with the doping. Like Woody Johnson? Yes, yes. Woody Johnson's owner of the Jets. I'm like a dog with a bone on this one. Balco.

Balco is the place that did the stuff, the drugs. The dog Bolt. Oh, that's one. I'll go is the place I get the stuff the drug the dog bolt. Oh Bolt bolt ball toe ball. So that carried all the kids in Alaska Donovan Bailey Dad is Donovan Bailey was Michael Johnson's Michael Johnson's no the Bronco that is a dog on Bailey's done Don are you ready the comic strip about the about the guys in the army in Korea,

that's Beetle Bailey. Beetle Bailey, yes. Ah, they got new Beetle Juice coming out next month. That's Michael Keaton. Oh. Oh, the silent movie star, right? That's Busta Keaton. Ah, damn.

Seven for 50 on tour. The baseball expert. I know, man. That's Busta only. Oh, you damn. Seven for 50. The baseball expert. I know, man. That's Busta Rossi. Oh, you're talking about the guy who beat Mike Tyson. That's Busta Douglas. That's Busta Douglas, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, you mean OJ Simpson's lawyer.

Oh, no, that's Carl Douglas. Carl Douglas, oh. What's he up to? The guy who played Apollo Creed, Rest In Peace? Oh, that's Carl Wetters, man. Still raining, by the way. That's bad weather. Oh, man. Did raining, by the way. That's bad weather. Oh, man.

Did you know that Wyatt Earp and Betty White lived in Los Angeles at the same time? Bullshit. For eight years. They were just both living in LA. Wait a second, you tell me the Golden Girls in Quick and the Dead? Yeah, there was eight years in Los Angeles

where they were like, yeah, I'm gonna go to Betty's place. If I may. I'll see you at Wyatt's. Okay. Baby's six. The gymnastics, they announced the women's gymnastics team last night on NBC and they put the trials on TV and there were tons of people there.

It was like sold out, everyone was cheering. It was such a well done television show and yes, I mean. Who is America's sweetheart now? Simone Biles is still. Still? She's still the sweetheart. I think she's the oldest Olympian to ever compete for the United States now.

And Ledecky is also still America's sweetheart. So a lot of the names are coming back. There's a lot of sweethearts. Also America's sweethearts on Netflix also are America's sweethearts. The DCC Dallas Cowboys. Can I ask what's happening across this entire country where for decades we had a cycle of this person is in,

you're out, you're out, and then the next person comes in. And whether you're talking about people running for president or people in Olympics, these people just won't let go. Modern medicine. Simone Biles is so good. She is, did you see the video of her? Well, Sha'Carri wasn't the biggest star four years ago. No, she didn't get to go.

Yeah, so like super stardom now. Simone Biles, last night, one of her passes in her floor routine, she was 12 feet in the air. Jesus. 12 feet, and she is four foot eight. Dude, I went to a trampoline park the other day with my kids, terrifying. Dangerous game, buddy.

Terrifying. Dangerous game. Also an Olympic event, the trampoline gymnast, that shit is crazy. Dude, do you see how, like, how do you not think I'm going to shatter every single bone in my body? I thought you were about to say I'm going to shat my pants. That's the best thing that can happen.

That's the best thing that can happen if I show up on a trampoline. No, I don't know where that age was for me. The best thing that can happen is you shitting. Yes, it's the best possible thing. Like, you got out of here with just dirty pants. Great. Survived.

That is an ACL in Achilles' graveyard. Oh my god. I can just hear it like a chicken bump. Well, I don't know if you ever see these videos that go viral of people doing the foam pits at the trampoline parks and stuff. People get hurt in those all the time. They're super dangerous.

They're called my kids. Bruh. How in the hell, Pablo Torre, how is Joel Embi allowed to play for the USA team? It's Dimafe man. Me and Juju were just looking at the roster, we were talking about USA hoops and kind of when they're starting I think like later on in July and I'm running through the roster like okay Bam, Devin Booker, Steph Curry, AD, KD, Anthony Edwards, Tyrese Halliburton I'm like okay and then I'm like, Joel Embiid.

Wasn't Hakeem Olajuwon on the 96 team? He was. So first I gotta ask, are you guys asking how is he eligible or why was he picked? Both. Not why was he picked, I don't understand why he was picked. How is this able to happen? My boyfriend came to the room.

You can scrap up over there. So, well here's the funny thing. He got his US citizenship, but he got it after he got his French citizenship. The French fast-tracked his citizenship because he told Boris Dior, the GM of Team France, I wanna play for France. So they went to the president,

the president had to, like the president of the country, not the president of the federation. They did all this paperwork, fast-tracked him, so he's French, and then his US citizen came in, and he was like, on second thought. On second thought, he's playing both sides. He's playing both sides, indeed. And so he goes to Team USA, the French Federation goes nuts.

They say he's a coward, like, they talk big shit about him. Man, you must be doing something wrong if the French are calling you a coward. Yeah, yeah, so it's really interesting. Now, the reason why- I saw Smetty like shrink away from the microphone, like World War, WW2, they still owe us. I was about to make the same joke and then you did it,

so I viscerally reacted to us having the exact same joke. WW2 forever. Visceral, that's the dragon from House of Dragons, right? Yes, Dragon Ball Z. Viserys. So Juju, because he hasn't played for a national team anywhere, and he's technically a US citizen, he is eligible to go.

Shidderson. Shidderson, yes. And the same way Akira Lajuan got his naturalization and then was eligible because he had never played for Nigeria, he was eligible to play for Team USA. This by the way, Juju, you'll be very interested in this. This is part of the complication that's stopping the Gumake sisters from playing for Team Nigeria in the Olympics because truth be told, Team Nigeria should be one of the best women's

basketball teams in all the world with a chance to medal, perhaps even gold. But the problem is so many of their players, because they're growing up in America, have played for Team USA on a youth level or some other level, and because of that, they're deemed ineligible to represent Nigeria, which I think is kind of horseshit. And the pendulum finally swings, the WNBA,

speaking of those lovely sisters. Yes, sir. Yesterday, Diana Tarasi versus Kaitlyn Clark, the biggest game in the world. Kaitlyn got her yesterday and she was one rebound away from a triple double. The first Ricky to ever do that in the history of the world, Craig. Not just now, the whole world. Speaking of history, bit Angel Reese yesterday, the first WNBA player ever to have 10 consecutive double-doubles in a single season.

Salute to the Rickies and the WNBA right now. If both of those sisters, salute. Salute. Let me ask a question to you, Juju, and you, Jessica, because you are WNBA lead analyst here. Is this, like, do you guys get the same vibe I do that Caitlin Clark, at every opportunity, as you are WNBA lead analyst here. Do you guys get the same vibe either that Caitlin Clark at every opportunity throws gas on the fire every time she's asked a question?

So the other day she was asked, like girl, what kind of advice have vets given you on the court? I don't get any advice from anybody. I'm like, ah. Like there's a million ways to answer that where you don't add to this fire of everybody hates me, and she never ever takes the opportunity to diffuse right she just she just keep it real like that's just keep it real she ain't training bullshit and like she

actually telling the truth like well shoot they ain't giving me no advice but she could learn to just bullshit right there where I'm getting some great advice for all over she's saying bullshit but she gonna keep it straight she ain't got a lie she could just say you know what man I'm just some great advice from all over the place. She's saying bullshit, so she gonna keep it straight. She ain't gotta lie, she could just say, you know what man, I'm just focused on getting better every day. But sometimes, sometimes the truth right there in your eyes, if I don't like my damn teammates,

I don't like my damn teammates, if this is the case, or if my coach ain't telling me nothing, guess what? She ain't taught me a damn thing, I'm gonna look into the camera and say it, because I'm her, so if you ask me a question, I'm gonna keep it real, we gotta let that I'm her. So if you ask me a question, I'm keeping it real, we gotta let that sister keep it real. That's her honest answer.

I think a lot of people probably would agree with you, Amin, but I think the counterpoint to that is people think that Kaitlyn is just kinda, like you said, like she just tries to keep it real or stick to basketball and that is her giving her like stick to basketball answer. It's just like, oh no, no one's giving me advice, I wish. But I think you could read both things into it and so people are very split on where to fall on that.

The way that she answers questions, it reminds me of Storm from The Boys. Like everything's like, well, da da da. And it's like on the surface level, you can be like, yo, it was just a straightforward answer. But she's also a young lady. She is young as hell. She ain't got the same maturity

and know how to do all these media training. Like, she got all these cameras in her face at such a young age. It's a surprise she don't mess up more, man. Like, salute to her just keeping it real, and she ain't throw nobody under the bus, necessarily. It's if you choose to look at it that way. But this sister is not.

Remember, Ant-Man came in the league and was telling her I can beat you in baseball, I can beat you in basketball, she ain't doing none of that, she just keeping it real at these press conferences. Ant-Man's still saying those things by the way. He never stopped. You feel me?

But also, everybody around the league, the whole league, salute to the, I'm gonna have to do a WNBA Minute tomorrow, if y'all could have me. There's so much going on in the WNBA right now, and it's so important, y'all. Finally, all the eyes are right where they need to be, directly on these ladies.

And it would be great if I had two sets of eyes, because yesterday, the Sky and the Lynx played at the same time as the Fever and the Mercury, and I could only watch one at a time. Which one'd you watch? I watched the Fever, because it was on ESPN. Doc? Anthony Stollars has gone to Toronto. Howdy folks, it's Mike Ryan and as you know I've been telling you on the air about the

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The hell is an unofficial act when you're president Hmm. I think is what Clinton did with Lewinsky. Oh, yeah, that's that's an efficient. I mean it happened in the workplace. That's It was off hours. Oh wait Was getting off hours But like this is okay, I Mean did you not see what happened with Hawk to a girl like oh? She's she's having a moment. Yeah, she was at the Zach Bryan concert. Yeah, he brought her out and she came out on the stage and she said, Hock 2, and the crowd went crazy.

Sold about $200,000 worth of hats. Zach Bryan is a joker for that. What's up? Zach Bryan, you say he came out? No, he brought her out. He does his thing where he always brings out like, he's the joker for bringing out the Hock 2, but I'm just going to say it.

Why? Salute to Zach Bryan. Salute to Hock 2, girl. I just, you jumped the shot. Zach Brian brings out a bunch of celebs to take part in that. Celebs, key word. Something's very like 2012 about this whole thing.

Yeah, it's so weird. I just don't think it's that funny. What, the Hock Tour then? Yeah, it's risen to a prominence that I didn't expect. I saw a dude at the parade yesterday wearing one of those presidential campaign shirts. Yeah, Hock Tour, 24. What is going on? I mean, I'm sorry, I say what I mean with that. Jeremy, if you're frustrated by it, I saw a dude at the parade yesterday wearing one of those like presidential What is going on

Jeremy if you're frustrated by it just wait five days Exactly We're gonna find someone. You know it's like you guys ever see this on on the internet. They'll do like January This was the big meme and then February then March whatever like June It was like wow that meme feels like it was it felt like so many years It and it feels like it lasted forever at that time. I confused Charles Ramsey and rent is too damn high earlier last week because some- It's kinda easy though.

Gordon Ramsey, he was at the UFC event. Aaron Gordon. We're doing this again? Yeah. Commissioner Gordon. A nice little petty job by the NHL schedule makers. We really appreciate that. It is leaked out that the Panthers' home opener,

i.e. banner raising day, will happen against the Boston Bruins. October 8. The Boston Bruins are among those teams actively chasing the Florida Panthers, who are doing their best to keep core players. But painful thing that happens with every Stanley Cup champion some guys perform so well you can no longer make

it work for them. We told you about Brandon Montour being gone it's great news about Sam Reinhardt but a couple of guys that really helped this Florida Panthers team are now going to a direct rival in the Toronto Maple Leafs Royals. What can you tell us? We got Oliver Ekman Larsson going to Toronto and Anthony Stolars also going to Toronto. Oliver Ekman Larsson is gonna make 3.5 million dollars per year for the next

four and Stolars is gonna go there for two years. He's gonna make the mid two millions. So Oliver Ekman Larsson, which sounds like a Swedish law firm, he was on Power Play One. He replaced Brandon Montor on Power Play One by the end of things. He was a stabilizing force. Did he get the cup third in line? Yes. Yeah, he was either third or fourth.

Yes. That was sure fourth. We will fight for you. I think the sneaky siding there. Sounds like my guy from our flag means deaf. He was just a Borky Borky away from making that Swedish chef. Borky Borky Borky. Borky is also on the free agent market.

Maybe they can get Borky and Borky. But Stelar's, I think, is the sneaky signing by Toronto there. Stelar's was very good. He's a big goalie. He was really big for Florida. Huge in getting Bob some rest. The good news is for Florida, they won a cup without ever having to turn to them outside of one game where Bob got chased. But I think there's a real shot. They got Wall over there in Toronto, but I think there's a real shot. Toronto just signed a,

they're starting goalie come playoff push next year. The other thing about this is they are sticking with Spencer Knight. So the Panthers, like he had his problems, he had his mental problems, and hopefully he's fixed it. Now I believe he's gonna come back up, be the backup for the Panthers. So cool.

I was happy for him too, but it was awkward seeing him so involved in the- It was cool. fixed it, now I believe he's gonna come back up, be at the back of the wasn't available in the last playoff push because he was dealing with his off ice stuff. Now back in the fold, he was front row at the parade, saw him at 11, he handed Paul Maurice the Stanley Cup, which was a really cool moment if you know the details surrounding what had happened with Spencer Knight. Spencer Knight needs to be the guy. And it felt like this franchise was maybe moving away from him considering how good Slars was but now it does seem as though Spencer Knight who's not gonna be cheap, he's got a number attached to him, is gonna have to be what you hoped, somebody that can be the plan once Bob goes because that number's coming off your books in two years.

Two years left on Bob's contract, yeah, he's gonna have to be ready. To be clear, it was all worth it, even if all these people are gone and are not replaced. Oh yeah. It's all worth it, right? Yeah, oh absolutely. You won a cup. But I think what got a lot of Panther fans excited was you can keep this core together. They're all young.

You're gonna be in that conversation. But you realize it's hard to keep a champ together. These are guys, Brandon Montor, when it came to points, huge piece of that team. Fan favorites like Ryan Lombard, gone. They have to bring Kevin Stenland back at this point. They bring back Kulikov, who was a former Panther before, nice little closing of the story. But Oliver Ekman-Larsen was on their first power play unit.

He proved to be pretty pivotal. Him and Mikhailov, you can make an argument that they were the two most consistent outside of forest sling, two most consistent defensemen that this team had. How does it feel, by the way, you guys joined a very specific fraternity of cities, right? Cities that have won all four major championships. So Chicago's in that list, New York is on that list, Boston's on that list, LA's on that list, Dallas technically is on that list, if we're going to call Arlington Dallas, basically. I would call it.

Yes, yes. I would call it that. Yes, yes, yeah, I would not. It's a sober. And now Miami. Miami's won everything. You hit the cycle and unlike a lot of those cities, you guys have actually seen three out of the four. What's that feel like? Incredible.

I mean, it had been a while down here for an actual tried and true parade for a championship. I always want to pay attention to the league's cup that entered Miami 1 last summer, but I understand that's new. We're not going to get excited. There wasn't a parade for it, so therefore it's not in the class. That's still a trophy though, Mike. No, no. That's the most adorable thing I've ever heard in my life. You say, incredible. That was so cute. It was incredible. Dude, I never thought heard in my life. You say, incredible. It was. It was so cute.

It was incredible. Like dude, I never thought this day would come. I never thought that there would be pots and pans in Westchester. I thought if you would have asked me eight years ago, is it more likely that you see pots and pans celebrating the Florida Panthers winning a championship or the team moving to Hamilton?

I would have said Hamilton. I'll cue back. Yeah, like that I. The place where the deal happens or whatever. Yeah, like the place where the deal happens or whatever, right? In the room where it happens? Hamilton. Yeah. Hamilton was a long-standing rumor. In fact, Panthers are gonna be playing in Quebec in the preseason and that's kind of funny. Did you go to a parade yesterday? I did. I explained before he came in. I was an actual, I was a

literal fair weather fan. I had woken up early, but apparently not early enough in Orlando to drive down to make it for the parade. And as I was about to get out of my car at the Galleria Mall, the skies opened up with like, your essential Florida, your traditional South Florida tropical downpour. I realized I'm not gonna be able to hop on this water taxi like this.

Jeremy, you were there, but had you ever gone to any of the heat parades back in the day? No, I realized I'm not gonna be able to hop on this water taxi like this. Jeremy, you were there, but had you ever gone to any of the heat parades back in the day? No, I actually hadn't. So that's the first parade I've ever experienced. So I was trying to find someone to give me a compare and contrast between yesterday's parade, which I know was affected by the weather, and the heat parades, and maybe even a Marlins parade

if you want to go even further back. I went to the 03 Marlins parade. I had gone to two, I was working in 06 as the show was broadcasting, so I didn't go to 06. Did you go to the 03 Marlins parade. I had gone to, I was working in 06 as the show was broadcasting, so I didn't go to 06. Did you go to the Leeds Cup parade? I didn't, but that was actually, I did see what their celebration was, which was at the stadium.

So I saw, I was a part of the back to back heat parades. Like I was actually on a float with Boppy, and then Joy Taylor another year, we were broadcasting from it. Wow. Last year. Pick up that name, look at me, Louie. Sunday, yesterday seemed really cool.

The Miami Heat and Florida Marlins ones, they felt separated from the people. Don't touch me, we got LeBron on this team. Like, stay over there. Heisman pulls over there. And the Panthers got in with the people, they would mix it up, they would pour beers on the people, you'd get to drink out of the Stanley Cup

if you were at one of the lucky stops, Chucky would run into Elbow Room and get a bucket of beer, he would run into the ocean, like they were really loving it and going with the people. So I think from that sense, this was unlike any of the other parades because it felt like the parade goers and the team were all in it together.

They were. They had to be. Yeah, I mean, it was crazy to see like Evan Rodriguez, who became a fan favorite, obviously for us and our show in coming on and doing an interview, but also just because of his success in the Stanley Cup, he was walking around with his two young kids and everybody started chanting Rodriguez. And that was so funny. but also just because of his success in the Stanley Cup, he was walking around with his two young kids

and everybody started chanting Rodriguez. And that was so funny, in Broward County, around hockey to hear Rodriguez. But as he was walking around with a GoPro on his head, he was stopping and like hugging people. They had lost him briefly. It was crazy, yeah. He got lost, Spencer Knight, who you mentioned before,

ran down one side and then ran up another side. And so the Panthers PR people were looking for him I mean the players were diving into the crowd like Embracing in a way that I don't know exists in other sports right now like to see the way that they were really just And I think I think it was elevated because of the rain I think because they appreciated the fact that people were waiting out something that delayed the parade by 45 minutes to an hour.

Like they were supposed to start the parade at 11. It didn't start until I think 11.50. And so to see that, I think they were just really excited to kind of get in it and enjoy the moment with the fans. I think there's a bit of anonymity when it comes to a hockey parade because like when- A bit. I guess Lomburg is the guy's name that poured the trullion I think there's a bit of anonymity when it comes to a hockey parade because like when a bit I guess long Lomborg is the guy's name that for the truly on

I thought it was a fan that Jeremy was interviewing and I was like, oh small Small I look smaller. Sure. I mean he's shorter than me. Look at this man's body Yeah, I mean sure but like he looks like a guy that would be living somewhere in Broward He also look at his hair. Warrior without the face paint. But also, he also looks like he might ask how those TPS reports are coming on.

It's a weird book. That man looks like hockey. That man has an aura about him. How many GD fan favorites are on this Panthers team? My God, every single player, they're like, oh, he's a fan favorite. They won the Stanley Cup. They gotta keep him. They're all fan favorites. favorites are on this Panthers team my god every single player they want to Stanley Cup they're all Kevin Stenland is my personal fan favorite Ryan

Lombard is truly a fan favorite and he's one of the more recognizable dudes any like he put how many games did he play in this postseason Roy like seven and he got sick he got sick during the Tampa Bay series and lost his job to Collaposo for a little bit, but then came back during the conference final. We neglected to ask the most important question about the Panthers championship. Has that fraud, Chris Whittingham,

been on the show to atone for his sins? No, I mean, he atoned. I FaceTimed with him and my wife. We FaceTimed him after the game. It was like 2 30 a.m. and he answered and he looked like he had been going through it. I credit to him for actually answering it, but we told him wholeheartedly like we wish you were a part of this. He made his choice. It's the most stubborn manly thing I've ever seen Whitty do. I'm actually kind of proud of him. Stu Gots here from my friends over at Simply do. I'm actually kind of proud of him. Stugots here from my friends over at Simply Safe.

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