The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - The Big Suey: Night Terrors (feat. David Samson)

Episode Date: June 11, 2025

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Welcome to the Big Sui presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan LeBattard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries. If they're just there, that hasn't happened to you guys. I've done it. to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?

I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar. This segment is presented by LinkedIn jobs. Post your job for free at linkedin.com slash DLS. Terms and conditions apply. What do you imagine would be the ingredients in Infantino? What do you imagine?

Any? Got to be a noodle or a pasta of some sort, I would think. I can't believe we forgot pho yesterday. Yeah. A little rotini. I think there's a bean in there for sure. Pho is absolutely a meal, right? Oh, yeah.

It can't even be disputed. It's like a deconstructed soup, too. They give you all the pieces and then you pour the broth on top. I popped the first time I saw that. Love it. Get the fuck out of here. I have a question for the group before we bring in David Sampson. None of you were as surprised as I was earlier this season when John Morant made a buzzer beater over Khalil Ware, an amazing athlete, and called him a pigeon. Called him a pigeon and it's not something I'd ever heard

someone else refer to another athlete at after beating them. This controversy with the Panthers cane and calling the Panthers turtles. I don't know what the insult is. I've not heard what it means to be a pigeon. I didn't understand that as an insult. And I don't understand turtle as an insult. And it seems like a hockey phrase

that I'm being introduced to. And while I don't wanna be the show that is during the game four of the Stanley Cup final, pronouncing the names or learning how to pronounce the names of some of the players, is it Marshand or is it Marshand? I don't know what the ruling is here. So, Turtle, I can Google it to see what it means for hockey,

but I think what he's talking about is these are all tough guys, but then when it comes time to throw down, they go in their shell. And I know exactly who he's talking about. He's talking about Matthew Kachuk. Evander Kane and Matthew Kachuk have had a Tom and Jerry routine for the last few years.

Evander Cain once famously embroiled in a gambling scandal and all that, had declared for bankruptcy. And there is a very funny video of when Matthew Kachuk was in Calgary, remember Flames Oilers massive rivalry, going to Evander Cain while Evander Cain is being put in the penalty box, Matthew Kachuk chirping at him, you need some money? You need me to loan you some money? So Evander Cain's been trying to kill Matthew Kachuk for several years, if you remember, because of this horrible divorce public that Evander Cain's been going through.

His ex-wife would openly flirt on social media with Matthew Kachuk and put out pro Matthew Kachuk propaganda just to get under Matthew, Evander Cain's skin. So when he's calling someone a turtle, the reputation of Matthew Kachuck propaganda just to get under Matthew Evander Cain's skin. So when he's calling someone a turtle, the reputation of Matthew Kachuck is he only fights the guys that are weaker than him, he'll agitate, and whenever someone comes to fight him, he'll retreat. And Dan, Pigeon, obviously you're not a real Hooper. Real Hoopers, no. Pigeon, you could throw the wing at them, they're just out of the way, they're flimsy, they're weak, right?

That's where a Pigeon comes in. If I'm backing down Mike in the post. That's easy work That's pigeon stuff. Okay. I'm sorry real Hooper my bad for not just on you know Okay, but the turtle even the NBA finals at the NBA finals game tonight by the way cheap seats 8 o'clock I am have adopted the Panthers, but for some reason. I don't know why I kind of like a better cane Roof room is my second favorite. Oh, he's dirty though. Dirty player. Wait a minute, super dirty. How about Matthew Kachak, man? He's just a hockey player. He's like, every team needs a guy like him.

Yeah, I like him. I like him. He's just a thug. He's like 20% above. Oh, who said what? He's my second favorite player. Seth Jones, number one. By the way, the slang pigeon goes back,

predates basketball, I dare say. Declare number three. A pigeon is somebody who's a sucker you know somebody who's naive. Sucker. Sucker. Harder. Okay yes careful. Gotta go A there. Sucker. Yeah exactly. David Sampson give me the age of the person that if I were telling you, they uttered in your face Pasha. They said Pasha to you. What is the age of that person? Please find me the history of that word.

I don't want to get too far away from how Cody dates the show. Get me the Back in My Day Muses so he can tell us all about his Pasha. But what's the answer to my question, Sampson? I would say 65 and older. And I would say that it means sort of shucks, like awpasha, awshucks. Yeah. I think those are close to synonyms.

That's true. It can be an apostrophe too, I think. It can be P apostrophe, S-H-A-W, but I would say a synonym for Pasha would be harumph. No, harumph is younger than Pasha. No, I don't think would be Harumph. No, Harumph is younger than Pasha. No, I don't think so. For sure. No, Harumph is absolutely by 20 years younger than Pasha. You've got a 30-year-old.

I don't know. Nobody says Harumph. No, I'm not. It's not a 30-year-old. No, Harumph is seven years old. Pasha is 90 years old. It's actually older than that, Dan. This might be the oldest word that Greg Cote has ever

uttered in his life And it's been you Peshawson's been used since the earthy early 1600s Wow, I think I had a stroke there and what is it? What does it mean? Means contempt some sort of content. Yeah, good sensory 1600s thank you Greg for being the rock-solid icon that you are David Sampson nothing personal handles a number of different subjects extraordinarily well now two hours a day on the draft kings network and uh... he is here to soil all panthers fun

by telling you that yes the panthers are right on the precipice of becoming the miami heat in this town however that is small business compared to being the miami heat in this town and so, that is small business compared to being the Miami Heat in this town. And so the Stanley Cup champions defending two times with two more victories, David, how much money do they make and why does it pale in comparison to basketball? Because this kind of excellence has not been in this town over three straight years very much

with any of our teams ever. So if we're gonna judge franchises according to their value and what they could sell for, I would say that the NBA continues to be a much healthier league in terms of what franchises are worth. And so a dynasty in the NBA is going to be way more accretive than a dynasty in the NHL. On court or on ice?

what I'm arguing is that if The Panthers win the Stanley Cup they are the heat on the court and on the ice two titles Stanley Cup in three years But when you measure it off the court in terms of sponsorship dollar allocation in South, Florida When LeBron was doing his dynasty with the Heat, more money was heading that way, and I don't mean carnival money, more non-carnival money was heading toward the Heat

than is heading toward the Panthers. More buyers, more ability for Erison to monetize that franchise in a way that the Vinny Viola, a great owner, one of the best owners owners probably the second best owner in South Florida Sports history behind Mickey Harrison I would say that he just will not be able to get the appreciation And I mean that both literally and figuratively as the heat got during the LeBron dynasty guys I wanted to go and explore something here with David Samson and the rest of you

David is not afraid to be vulnerable on his own show and give up some intimacies that are super weird, unusual, and he leaves them out there for our judgment. Your night terrors. You told me the other day that you had a terrible dream. Do you wish to share that dream with the audience? Dan, so Dan and I tend to speak during strange hours when people are awake who shouldn't be awake. And I told him something in confidence that I had had a terrible, terrible, I suffer from

terrible night terrors, which is when you have nightmares and you basically are screaming in your sleep. And if you happen to be lucky enough to sleep with somebody, you get awoken by someone who is scared and wondering what will happen when they wake you, but you're making noises. And I, my night terrors, Dan, is I am panting and I am, it's the same one.

It's a recurring night terror that I have way too often. Sleep, as you know. What is too often? What is too often? There is not a week that goes by that I do not wake up screaming. Okay, so you also are an insomniac So so you when you reach deep sleep, there is terror there So it's why I hate sleeping and it's why I've learned not to sleep I view my bed some people love their bed And the irony is my algorithm on social media is all these smart beds and comfortable beds and great sheets that come with giggles.

And my view of my bed is it's the devil. I don't view it as welcoming or opening like an angel. I view it as fire and brimstone. So I don't like getting into my bed. I actually hate my bed. And when I fall asleep, what happens, Dan, is it's the same one I'm being chased and I'm being chased to be captured. And what happens is there are people on the sidelines watching like it's a game, except it's not a game.

I'm actually being chased that will result in my death or my capture. And what happened the other night, Dan, is normally it is faceless, the people who are watching on the sidelines, but this time it was you and Stu Gotz who were on the sideline, and it was all of Metal Arch Media, but they were all blurred. Like it was some sort of HBO situation

when I was a kid where it was scrambled, and you had to look for an elbow and hope that it wasn't an elbow. That's what the face of metal art media looked like. It was just people blurred except you and Stu were clear like high definition. And what you were doing was you were cheering for this happening and I was screaming and out of breath. And the next thing I knew, which is how they end, is I get woken up when I'm sleeping with somebody

and it's very, it's disconcerting. So I texted you about it and it was, thank you for bringing that up, Dan. I don't enjoy night terrors. If anyone has any suggestions, I'll help you do it. It's horrifying. It's horrifying. And I can't, I'm not a scared person in general.

I can't tell you how scary it is. It makes me feel like I'm Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow, where you're just reliving the same thing over and over, but it comes in different shapes and sizes in terms of where I'm being taken to, how I'm being kidnapped away or killed. And it causes me out loud apparently, where I'm screaming and panting in a way that is off putting unfortunately if you can ever find someone to share that with.

David, have you ever explored the psychology of that particular nightmare because it seems like if you're a psychologist that they would hear that and they would go well that that signifies this or something of that nature. It seems to be a pretty obvious one by the way like that dream would it would not take a somebody who's in like interning to be a psychologist would would really it's that is not a profound dream that is what does that mean though what does it mean means is that he is surrounded at all times by mistrust that roots for his

impending demise. Like, that all his life he gets woken up that everyone who surrounds him, he distrusts that those people are secretly rooting for him to die. Can I put in my application to be one of the people on the sideline? I'm trying to watch. This sounds hilarious. I want to stand next to Stu and Dan and get my giggles in. I do want to push back a little bit on something David said, which is he's not a scared person. Brought to you by the guy that wears anti-pickpocket pants and zippers with shorts on them. He's got a panic room.

And also won't let me get his candy inside of his bag with my bare hand. Again, not scared of anything, but... Let me explain, Tony, because that's a great point that you would think would be inconsistent. Lacking trust does not equal fear. And so I don't want germs in my candy bag. I don't want to share. I don't want to use public restrooms. That's germ related.

And pickpockets. Do you know what a pain in the ass it is to have to get a new license, new credit card? I don't want to do any of that. It's a waste of time. So I'm not scared of having my pocket picked. I am really deliberate about not wanting to have to do what comes next. Isn't this also brought to you by the man

that when he stays at hotels, sometimes it late at night goes down to the lobby so he can be around people. It's okay to be a fearful person, you're scared. It's okay. So that's just, I don't like being alone, absolutely. So I have, I guess a fear of being alone is not that I'm going to get hurt, it's the fear of what happens if I need to be woken up

and I'm screaming, or what happens if I stroke out and I have, and I need help. Maybe that is fear, guys, maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm just a scared little boy. When you're at, it's 2 a.m., you're like, I'm lonely. When you go downstairs, what does that conversation look like with that front desk worker? It's a doorman, and last night, last night at, it was closer to 3 a.m.,

because everything's an hour earlier now, because the show, pre-production on Nothing Personal is 6.25 a.m. Eastern, because the show starts at 7. Last night, we were talking about the Yankees and whether or not Aaron Judge will get help from John Carlos Stanton and when they're going to be 5 a.m. Eastern because the show starts at 7. Last night we were talking about the Yankees and whether or not Aaron Judge will get help from John Carlos Stanton and when that help will come because Stanton had a rehab outing in AA last night.

So we talked to Yankees and it's funny in the city in the middle of the night, there is not a lot going on except people who you really don't want to hang out with. But my doorman's awesome. Okay, I have a thousand questions all right Tony my first question is why were you laughing there was the whole thing or just just what you were laughing throughout production production meeting is at 625 on the dot and coca is never late is he a punctual guy David a thousand percent

we're never late we are on the Zoom getting ready for the show at 625 a.m. every day. Tony, why are you laughing at this, that he would be a punctual person who fears for his life? Why is the thing that you noticed in all of the details that he just gave us? Wow, David's punctual. Yeah, because he's afraid.

No, Coca's punctual. No, everyone here is punctual. Not everybody here. No, no, obviously not here. no one here is accountable for anything but of all the stories he just told how is the thing that you're laughing at that he's punctual it's just that it's a microcosm of who David is right it's the it's the zippers it's the pants zippers on sure well put that yes you mentioned that in fact you know what you know what penalty, two minutes stumbling.

They are not zippers with shorts on them. Get out. You've got to leave the room, Tony. Yes, Tony, you said zippers with shorts on them. Me? Yes. You get out, Tony. It's just a mistake.

We're live, pal. He has zippers on shorts, and I'm the one getting kicked out? You said zippers on shorts. Gestapo soup. Yeah, that's what you said. This has stayed in that seat. That's right. How about you fight the power, pal?

We're gonna get back to that area. We will get back to that in a second. Put on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. Do you hate your bed? Put on the poll as well. Can you be a fearless person if you're afraid of people's hands in your candy bag? I think, David, that you've just had

an enormous blind spot revealed, which is that you like to think of yourself as a fearless person and you are fearless in many ways in many areas but there are many areas where you are not fearless. Where you are, like what you have just described as a night terror is, and I wouldn't blame you, you would be afraid to fall asleep. I'm governed by caution but I'm also, it happens so often that I'm just, I've learned that why would I want to go to sleep if I'm able to function and do shows or run a baseball team or run a marathon, if I'm able to do that without sleeping, then why would I put myself in a position

where I'm risking the possibility, if not probability, of being chased down or kidnapped or killed? Why would I want to enter into that? I don't have like sex dreams. I don't have dreams where I'm floating above and everyone's loving me and I'm loving on them like we're doing ecstasy. I don't have those dreams.

So if I know that I'm having the bad ones, why would I do that to myself? But here's what I can't understand. Why are you living with this recurring nightmare that causes you such pain? Why don't you seek counseling or something of that nature to try to solve the issue? I'm not even kidding here.

I'm not kidding here. No, I appreciate it, Greg, and I have. And obviously, there's been a lot of hours of therapy, but the problem is the night terrors are so far down the list, we never get to them. Wow. Oh my God. All right, so we will save those.

Put off on a file to the left, because we've got a lot of things to talk about. Another day when we go through some of David Sampson's other deep issues. Yes, I'm sorry. That file cabinet to the left. You're putting it to your right. Yes, I know.

So it's our? OK. Chris is locked in again. Chris, just put in a file cabinet to the left you're putting it to your right. I know it's our okay. Chris is locked in again Chris just put in a file cabinet. I was starting to say that until his most recent contribution Don LeBataard is there back in my day there is actually It's a Tuesday still guts here's your guy great Cody with back in my day Adultery This is the done libertBattar Show with the Stugats. ["The Stugats Show Theme"]

Chris, this is what I want. I want an actual file cabinet. What is that? We have breaking news. I have audio of how Bradmar, that guy, I don't want to give it away. If I say it, I'm going to, I now know how he says it. I now know how he says it.

So if I say it, I'm going to give away how he says it. The setup to this, David, what do you think Chris was just trying to explain there as the executive producer setting up this story? I think that he was trying to tell me that he listened to nothing personal. How I dealt with it is I said both Marchand and Marchand during the course of a segment because I don't know which it is, so you just do both.

Okay, so now we have breaking news right now. You're telling me that Brad Marchand, I would call him Marchand. It seems like it would have an undercurrent of French to it. I think it would be proper to be Marshaund. And I think it's been culturally appropriated that Americans have ended up making it a harder Marshaund. So we're about to learn whether I'm

erroneous in my reckless speculation. I say Marshaund. This was many years ago. He was asked, how do you pronounce your name? Brad Marshaund. Dan, you're right. Dan was right. But also, it's not just American.

It's like the Chicklets guys can't pronounce this guy's name with a lick. It's become Marshawned. And I'm like, do I have this wrong? Okay, I assumed it was Marshawned, but all these hockey guys are saying Marshawned. Give me that one more time though, because is it Marshawned or Marshawned?

He puts the emphasis on the first syllable. Yeah. Let's listen again. Brad Marshawned. Marshawned. Let's listen again. Brad Marshawn. Marshawn. Marshawn. Marshawn. So everyone's saying it wrong?

That can't be right. Yes. None of us have said it right. He's wrong. He's the only one saying it right. Hopefully he's not here long enough that you can actually get used to Alex. All right, Mike, you are looking at two games away from an all-time bad take. What, that I don't like him?

No, it's just a personal preference. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no personal preference. No, no, no, no, no, no told you this He's kind of back. He's backtracked on the bad player what that he's a rotational wing. You said he was bad when he first had Yeah, he was he was bad And then I got put on the third line and the third line does what the third line does a minute It was incredible that an amazing goal that he didn't hit in And also that open net was Stewart Skinner 15 feet away from the crease Wow the ability 15 feet away from the crease. Wow, the ability. Okay, David Sampson, you have seen what Stubborn looks like. Mike Ryan is unwilling to concede anything,

even though he's looking to be all time wrong on Brad Marshawn. He's a good player for them. He's the MVP of the Stanley Cup if it ends today. Oh, kiss my ass. I think Bennett's the leader. I think Bennett's the leader. Sam Bennett's got the most goals in the Conn Smythe, and also we do this thing where Sergei Bobrovsky can't win the Con Smythe.

He's been the most consistent player throughout the playoffs. Get out of here with Brad Marshand. Good ol' kiss my ass. And I'll pronounce it the way I want to winning Con Smythe. Arshan. Stop that. Don't let. Also did Roy reveal that he's a member of the Pro Writers Association? Yeah. First year. For his tweets? No vote. Where can I find his column? No votes. That's why he doesn't show.

That's why Dwork has the vote for Con Smythin. Wait, how is it, but he's a part of a writers association. Am I, did anybody say, where do you write? Where can I find yourself? I thought that, I didn't say it. That's a good question. Where does he write? Let's do a-

Is Sam Reinhardt two one? Thank you, we were too busy thinking about soup to address good question. Where does he write? Let's do a Sam Reinhardt 2-1. Thank you. We were too busy thinking about soup to address that question. Maybe you can bring Roy in. I think it bears answering. Mike, I'm going to have to do something, though, about when the sports argument has escalated to the highest of alerts, which is when somebody in the argument

is saying, oh, kiss my ass. I believe we've no, no, don't say yeah. No? Don't say no. Yeah, kiss my ass with Brad Marchand being the con smite. Out of here. Marchand. Mar-shan.

I'll say what I'll say how I want to say it. You won't get to end an argument just by putting the line and kiss my ass and then no one can go over it. Oh, get out of here. It's not even the most valuable player on the line. Kiss it. Listen to me.

You serene and aryanin is. Samson, kiss it. I will not abide kiss my ass player on the line! Kiss it! No, no, listen to me! You Serena Narainan is! Samson, kiss it! I will not abide! Kiss my ass is a crossed line around here! Be happy for your team, I'm happy for my team. It's a damn shame I'm the only loyal one here. I can have a personal problem with the guy!

Samson, you're a lawyer who can talk your way out of any situation. Mike wants to do it, I'm not going to let him. He's two games away from an all-time bad take, no matter how much he wants to talk out of the stink under it. The worst part about this, Dan, is what Mike is actually doing is rooting for the Panthers to win and for Marshawn to be terrible. That would be his ideal situation.

What are you talking about? I love my team. Hey, you're on a Panthers line. Go ahead and do your best. I can have a personal problem with you. I gotta say, like, I feel like we're being a little unfair to Mike. Like, who amongst us has never been on a team or worked at a place where you wanted things to work out? There was one person in that place that you're like, I don't want things to work out for him. Like, I get where Mike is coming from.

David should know he's a world series champion. Was happy for the guys on the field. Him? Eh, eh, whatever. Happy, happy that the team won. Jeffrey Luria could do without that in on his resume. I, it kind of chaps my ass that Jeffrey Luria gets to be a champion forever more. I was a terrible owner. Dan's got a kiss of chapped ass? Yeah. My ass is chapped because of Jeffrey Loria.

I'm not happy for him. Happy my guy's one though. Miguel Cabrera, Mikey Lowell, thank you. Put it on the poll, is the best ass to be kissed chapped at LeBretard's show? That's a poll. Chapped ass, that's a terrible poll question. No, it's a great one, thank you.

Kiss my chapped ass, dude. I can't believe that you have escalated this conversation to that just to deflect from how wrong you're going to be. We'll get back to it. Well, how am I wrong? My whole thing is I posited he's a bad person. Do you have evidence? You said he was a bad player.

You said he was a bad player, Mike. Every Panther coach and player says he's one of the best guys they've ever been found. I don't care. No, look. There's plenty of people. There's a lot of people that are like, hey, this president, he's one of the best guys they've ever been around. I don't care. Look, there's plenty of people There's a lot of people that are like a this president. He's my guy look Paul Maurice with wonderful human being That's where I draw the line kiss my ass style on Maurice. You're a liar like that's saying about everybody. No, no, well, that's fine

He's wrong wrong in a liar. Literally said it about no check and that guy is Really like their sick of Paul Maurice is on the fumes of his own supply. He's filled with love He's very happy. Everyone's now the best They're really good Okay, I was wrong about him being a rotational winger clearly he's he's been really good these playoffs He's been a good player for the Florida Panthers. I Happily no one likes to admit no one likes admitting that they're wrong more than I am, but my main point of contention is he's a piece of garbage. Okay, no. And you cannot. You can pull all the data points you want, pal, to try to convince

me I'm wrong about that, but I am not wrong. Brad Marshon, garbage person. Brad Marshon. Brad Marshon. Okay, all right, so there we are.. We are garbage person this that's too strong I think and not strong enough. Yeah, let's let's have some coffee. I'll tell you what I really think about the guy Let's have some Feelings about Brad Marshawn don't need to be public consumption. You ever got coffee with Mike? Yeah, he opens up I open up Don't need to be public consumption you ever got coffee with Mike. Yeah, he opens up I open up He just sent me over shoulder past the cop file Kevin and I had put to my left He sent me over shoulder to go have coffee with him to get his honest thoughts. Yeah. Yeah I'm sure just said he was a garbage person. Yeah, I'm sure those are public thoughts damn

No, I'm sure there are people that are like Nevin Shapiro. I'll listen to his podcast. Good guy. Not for me. I don't like him Prove to me that I'm wrong about this a personal opinion. You can't he's a rat. Okay Garbage person I believe okay, you called Julius Randall that and then and I was right and a couple of weeks ago a couple Of weeks ago. We put him in the Hall of Fame Yeah, and you guys should borrow from me. Yes, admit when you you're wrong. Well that one's the most wrong. Yes that was an insane thing. Please cut that for the sues. There was a lone dissenting voice that aged very well. I okay we don't need to go from what we were just talking about to celebrating you being right. Oh please. It's one of my favorites.

Look first place admitting I'm wrong because I'm a king that way. Second place reveling what I'm right. Is chicken soup the king of the chicken soups, David Samson? No, matzo ball soup is. Thank you, David. Where is my soup? We finally have the proper representation on this show. I know that.

If you haven't had matzo ball soup, anyone there? There's only one thing I heard you say that is so wrong that it hurts me. Gazpacho is 100% a soup. It's not even an argument. There's no one who would say it's not a soup, but you, because you have some weird view of temperature as being correlated to the definition of soup,

which is absolutely not. Never feel more writer than when David Sampson disagrees with us. That's correct. I love it. If I know that David Sepsis disagrees with me, oh, I feel so much better about my position. Also, I'm sorry to alienate the audio only audience, but we just not gonna say anything

about this cashmere fatigue sports coat that he's rocking. Well, what do you think of his wardrobe in general? He's got a lot of jackets. Each of them makes a statement. I think he dresses like a lie. Like if you would put a lie in clothes, that's what I would imagine he dresses like. You do.

What? Dominique, stop. Stop what? And get the picture of Cameron Diaz off the screen. You've been doing something new with your hair, and the dark contrast behind you isn't really doing it. I was getting coffee talking shit about Brad Marchand the other day, and I looked at the DraftKings network. You're on now for two hours. I was getting coffee talking shit about Brad Marsh and the other day and I looked at the

DraftKings network, you're on now for two hours, I'm like what is he doing? Did someone do this to him? He's had a glow up, his introduction, I don't know David you can tell me how much it was focus group, you can tell me how many dissenting opinions you had your house of your new presentation which has new music and a lot of flair, a lot of David Sampson flair that some people might find objectionable. Well listen, I'm all into the hate watching and the love watching, but I think if you go

to the weekly meeting, you may find out that Nothing Personal is doing quite well. And thank you for that, Dan, thanks for the opportunity. And what you'll notice is this is days one through six of a new haircut is when the hair looks like this And then it starts getting combed to the side starting day seven and that goes day seven to approximately day 20 to 25 625 in the morning don't be late He's very precise his life seems like a real horror and it sounds to me also that Mike Ryan was

Rooting in that crowd of people while you were winning the Marlins Championship as one of your night terrors. He was rooting against you but for everyone else. This is why your dreams are horrors. That was a pretty good example of what I'm going for here with Brad Marshand. I don't like the guy, love the team. Love the laundry. Seemingly the only person in the studio that cares about the sweater. I put the shield above all folks. You too folks. You too, folks. Marshon, the way you can remember it, Mike, is garbage.

He's not gonna be here for long. Not for long, how about that? The whole fighting in hockey thing had me thinking last night of how it's such a thing that we accept in this particular sport. And I was wondering if we could come up with other things in other sports that would be weird in any other sports because Dan often likes to say what if in a basketball game like obviously we flip out because it's not

something that's acceptable culturally in that sport and also race but there are other sports so I was thinking the first thing that came to mind for me was baseball managers wearing full uniforms. If we showed up to a football game and Mike Tomlin got on shoulder pads, helmets, and full suit. Not Tomlin, it's Andy Reed. It's like you got Mike Tomlin, Mike Tomlin can play the part.

Is that the most ridiculous? A hockey coach in full uniform would be ridiculous. Dominique, let me explain. Baseball managers are the only managers or coaches who actually go between the lines. So managers go to the pitcher's mound to make pitching changes. So you can't walk onto a field of play

not wearing a uniform. That's why managers wear uniforms. What about trainers? I love where your head's at, but no, trainers are only on the field in case of like emergency. It's like why doctors do not wear uniforms either. But a manager is part, manager and coaches are part of your roster and they access the field.

But that explanation doesn't make it less ridiculous. Like they don't, that's just the rule they make. They don't have to be in uniform to do that. I've seen Spohatt half court call a timeout. He's been on the field before. I like the idea of Stan Van Gundy in like a full basketball uniform. He's wearing the undershirt though, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We've gotten away from David Sampson's jacket, but also Greg Cody had a killer in there that no one noticed because a stray came across the sky and it was a beautiful shot out of the black and white 1919s of what about Connie Mack got shouted by Greg Cody. Baseball managers didn't used to wear uniforms. I mean they wore not only didn't they wear uniforms they dressed up like they were going to

church on Sunday some of them wore straw hats and boaters and they really did it up why not that again what what rules, I mean there probably is a rule, but what rules should be in place that says a manager has to be in uniform to walk to the hallowed pitcher's mound to make a change? Why? One of the great arguments that we have had is whether or not managers can wear some non-uniform stuff

in the dugout and they actually get fined is whether or not managers can wear some non-uniform stuff in the dugout and they actually get fined when they don't dress properly and they look like schleppers by wearing the cutoffs like Belichick and what he does with the cutoff sweatshirts, that is not allowed to be worn by managers and they get spoken to by the league when they do it and get fined. Yeah, because the NFL isn't a big success. I mean, nobody watches the NFL.

So Belichick wearing a hoodie, that's going to kill the whole sport. What is the logical reason that says a manager has to be in uniform to walk to the mound? I just think it looks bad. Let me just say what I used to love the way Tom Landry looked or Dan Reeves and I used to love when NBA coaches Pat Riley to me was what changed the NBA in terms of style and coaches. Can you imagine for one second Pat Riley wearing a quarter zip on the sideline? It's just patently offensive and ridiculous and there's now 15 assistant coaches and they all look the same and it makes me crazy I think that they could dress up and look nicer and they should and they get clothing allowances as part of contracts and sponsors

Etc but again Pat Riley in a quarter zip. I don't think so. All right, David I I need to ask the executive producer something that music is usually reserved for Greg Cody It shouldn't be up while he's talking although he was also giving antiquated opinions we have matzah ball soup that has arrived for Dominique Foxworth it is here we will have a payoff at the end of this segment about whether or not it's delicious how does it look to you um be honest it looks great don't let it get cold we're gonna give it four and a half minutes that's not fair don't let it get cold so don't let it get cold so stop being a so go ahead and have it but I've got a problem because I look good there are

two topics I want to get to with all David Samson and Chris Cody I'm gonna allow you the executive producer privilege because you're on a hot streak today of making the judgment Rick Pitino and Jay Wright have said no to the next job Mike Malone isn't a candidate according to the New York Post. So now you've got no Jason Kidd, you're being denied the ability to get a coach that's going to have more sizzle on it than Tibbs. Somebody like Rick Patino says he's not interested, Jay Wright, he's not interested, so now you're stuck with what? Chris Quinn, Taylor Jenkins?

Like what's going to happen with the Knicks or? I'm not sure. Or? Good answer. Boys on fire today. Very good answer. Accurate. Would you go to their funeral with David Sampson?

I think you know how I'm gonna play this game, Dano. Would you attend their funeral with David Sampson? I think you know how I'm gonna play this game, Dano Would you attend their funeral with David Sampson? Seems like I don't know how you're gonna play this game. You just murmured me Love a good off mic. What was that setup me Chris? I'm gonna be the next coach of the Knicks and don't worry yours All right, one topic or the other with David Sampson I know he wants to talk about the Knicks coach, but I guess you're choosing would you attend their funeral. So let's play. Would you attend their funeral? Carlos Alvarez. The balls are the best part.

Carlos Alvarez is the former mayor of Miami-Dade County who got recalled after the stadium was approved and he became a bodybuilder. If you Google a picture of Carlos Alvarez today, you will not believe what he looks like and there is, I've not spoken to him since I left. You have not spoken to him since he gave you everything that you needed. Exactly. So no, I would not attend his funeral Dominique is already called for what he did for you and I'm seeing the same thing you're saying he's avoiding the balls Dominique is avoiding the matzah balls, which is a good part. That's the best part of the suit

How's the soup of me? You're not gonna. I mean you just call me. Yeah, what is it? I mean exactly? Thank you. The soup is also in our panther chat the soup itself Sure enemy. It was not How's the soup I mean, this is a safe space for admitting when you made a mistake that's great I tried to have you back up Would you offer someone a caretta from a Jewish deli? Croqueta? Croqueta?

No, that's not how you said, did you call it a caretta? That is not how you said croqueta. And I called it the Gestapo earlier. You can't give a matzo ball soup from anything but a Jewish deli and ask him to judge the matzo ball soup. Yeah, where did we get, where did we get this matzo ball soup from anything but a Jewish deli and ask him to judge the matzah ball soup.

Yeah, where did we get this matzah ball soup from? How did you just say croqueta? I thought it was cro-heada. Cro-key, cro-de-da. Oh my god. Oh, I heard cor-etta and I could see him inflating... Oh no, I think that's probably what happened there. If you know who Carlos Alvarez is and what he went through to get David his stadium,

it is an amazing revelation that David's like, I'm not going to his funeral. Let's thank you for that photo. Thank you guys for giving us some visual aids to what it is that he's going to leave a good corpse. David, it's from Roasters and Toasters. So they did get it from the right place. Okay.

By the floaters or are they sinkers? I mean, it's just a giant shallow ball ball hard to tell giant bowl too big the balls Bob DuPuy It's Bob DuPuy. No, no, so this No, it's it's D U P U Y I thought it goes by DuPuy, but that is not the pronunciation of that is DuPui. Get me that audio! I will be going to Bob DuPay's funeral.

No matter where it is, and I expect that it will not be close to where I am, though there is a chance it's in Florida somewhere, though I'm not there at that moment, but I will work it into trying to come to the Miami studio. But yes, Bob DuPay, 100%, I will be at your funeral. Why are you talking directly to him? Because he likes your show? Bob DuPuy, Manny Diaz Sr. It's DuPay.

Manny Diaz Sr. Tupé. That depends when he dies. So we have a relationship. Well, that's very important. If he dies during one of our times that we're not getting along, then I won't go. But if he dies during a time when we're smelchus,

then I would go. So again, that will be very time dependent, whether I go to Manny's funeral. What is smelchus? Is it, what is smelchus? Loving, together, all good. One more thing here before we let David Sampson go, and we can all critique this together,

and we can all watch the verdict, or get the verdict from Dominique on the matzo ball soup, even though he didn't eat the matzo, which is cheating, and he's afraid of being called anti-Semitic. It's not matzo. I also have the replay of what Tony said, if we wanna relive that to really which was I mean All right, so wait a minute

So you and Tony were laughing in the back room there and I wanted that show I wanted the show that that Dominique and Tony were laughing about there. What was so funny couple of things Dan We had the jump shot and Dominique was like, how do you remain a means friend with that jump shot? You know long story by viral decontextualization and whatnot, but we were also commenting on the the texture of said matzah ball and Mina and me and Dominique were looking at me like careful and we were saying that it looks delicious some great texture and it probably is incredibly yummy It's probably the textures. You're just not gonna eat it. So then absolutely gonna eat It is a mushy texture, but it can't be the best soup if you're not willing to eat all of it.

Anyway, here it is, the new opening to David Sampson's new show. You guys tell me what you think. David Sampson, you tell me how this has gone over with everyone. Nothing personal every day, two hours long. This is how it's introduced to you every day. David works very hard on this.

This is a stylistic choice, like his jacket. David is purposeful about the details. Here's the opening to David Sampson's show. No. Oh. This kind of feels like your funeral. Knock off. Gotta have Bob O'Reilly.

The Dominique hug has to be in here. Come on. Give it to me. Royalty free the who. I love this. Oh, come on. What is that? Give me the hug.

No hug. No hug. For the audio audience, it felt like David Samson had died and we were putting together a tribute video. I don't think that's the open to a show! Teenage Waste! It's like I'm on a UFC fight. This is absolutely royalty free.

Ah, look at these photos. Look at this! A lie, lie, lie! Look at all those. Look at this. Look at this. Live, live, live. Look at all those shirts from camp, from Modern Family. Good God. Wow, look at that. Oh my God. I dig it.

Dan, you missed something very important. The 30 second countdown is required at YouTube where we're live at 7 a.m. That is not the show open, that's the countdown. Instead of just having a countdown from 30, which with nothing to look at, there's something to look at, and that's where that comes from.

The opening comes when the 30 second clock goes to zero, that second 20 seconds That's the actual opening to nothing personal So so you're putting videos together and you're like, you know what? I'm gonna do I'm gonna take a video of me putting something on a table 11 times at the city one That's what I'm gonna use. Let's hear Tony I know what they're gonna want to see they want to see me get a haircut I know what they're gonna want to see they want to see me get a haircut

Tell a team of video producers humanize me Hey check out my shirt collection Look at all my shirts in jackets Anything else let's hear Tony calling Dominiqueique a mean. That's a super mean. You're not gonna- Oh yeah. That's crazy. Yeah, guilty.

That's a super mean. You're not gonna- I mean, I speak quickly. I mean-