The Herd with Colin Cowherd - THE HERD - Hour 3 - 4× World Series champion Dave Roberts joins The Herd

Episode Date: March 26, 2026

Colin talks to Dodgers World Series champion manager Dave Roberts about the upcoming season, how their team has improved, Shohei Ohtani, and moreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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J-Mac with the news. No, no, no, no, no. Turn on the news. This is the herd-loid. News. I'm sure you were up late last night after baseball watching the Houston Rockets choke in overtime. Colin, unbelievable stat. They were up 13 in overtime and give up a 15-0-0 run to end the game and lose to Minnesota. Randall with the game winner here, unbelievable comeback by Minnesota. And afterward, would you believe it? Kevin Durant fell on the sword taking the blame for the loss. miss shots to be honest

I'm here I'm knocking down shots turn the ball over late in the game we don't make shots the team just be more aggressive to be in the paint

and that could just cause more turnovers more deflections and all that stuff I really believe we've lost because I missed that free throw and I turned to over six times

to be honest he's not wrong Colin I don't know this is an amazing stat in overtime games this year The Rockets are one in seven. Well, they're not good in clutch time. They don't have a pure point guard.

There you go. So that's where you need your direction. When you watch them play, it's so obvious. They can struggle to, you know, everybody wants to blame the coach. And my take is, this is the clipper issue. You know, we know Ty Loo is a good coach. And for years and years, they didn't have a true point, somebody that you really could depend on to elevate others

and get you into the offense at times. It's just, you know, you're not going to win titles due to a point guard, generally, Steph Curry is a little bit of an outlier there, but they get you in and out of offense. And it's not a shock that Houston's awful in, like, clutch games and bad in overtime games, because that's where you need that direction, that purpose. I mean, they went big. It's just backfired, you know, due to the injuries.

It's unlucky, and I pray the Lakers get them in the first round. All right, let's go to the NFL, Colin. Obviously, free agency has changed the fortunes of several teams. But this list surprised me just a little bit. According to the other place, here are the 10 most improved teams after free agency. Number one, the Pittsburgh Steelers? What? Yeah, they got better.

They don't have a quarterback. How are they that improved? The improve means they've got to improve off making the playoffs. Two was the Niners largely due to the Mike Evans move. Then you have the Lions, Saints, Broncos. I don't see the Jets in the top 10, but that's bar for the course. I'm curious.

I would put the Raiders number one. Yeah, so this list, if you drill down, leans heavily on skill position players. You know, Rico Dowdell, the wide receiver Michael Pittman, like those are good gets for Pittsburgh, but that's not what puts you over the top in the offseason. It's the trenches.

The Raiders getting Tyler Lindervam and a couple of defensive guys for Fernando Mendoza to me feels like I would do Raiders one, Steelers were okay. Pittman's a good get. They didn't have a number two receiver. I like what they did, but I'm with you. Raiders number one for sure.

All right, let's get to the final story, Colin. That's to Major League Baseball, where we now have a list of the most popular jerseys in the sport. No surprise. Number one is Mr. Otani. Number two is his teammate Yamamoto, followed by Aaron Judge, Cal Raleigh, Mukie Betts.

I mean, the Dodgers are all over the top ten. Four Dodgers. in the top 10. Pete Crowe Armstrong, rounding it out at 10. Roman Anthony, one of the heroes from the World Baseball Classic at 9. Interesting, Colin, you've got two international players at the top. Well, the Dodger brand helps a lot. Yeah, it's so weird to see Pete Alonzo with the Orioles and not the Mets. That's, yeah, I mean, it's a star-studded team. I'm trying to think of somebody that's missing from I'm surprised. Paul Skeens, not on the list?

I mean, the pitchers, Pirates stink. Well, it's also hard for pitchers. They're playing every fourth day, you know, every fourth game. Yeah. Yeah. The one thing that jumped out of me was the international flair at the top, and I know it partially is Dodgers brand. But if you look at Major League Baseball and the NBA,

those lists are littered with international players in the top 10. Well, it's what's interesting to me, the international player in basketball, doesn't have the TV or shoe pull. Right. Right. They just don't. But yet the international player in baseball,

and maybe it's because the two great ones are with the Dodgers, but the international player is a fascinating major league baseball star. But an international NBA, and a lot of it is my guess is because baseball is not player reliant, it's brand reliant. Right. Yeah. So in the NBA,

if your star isn't real handsome like an MJ or he's not really personality driven, it doesn't matter how good Yokic is. He doesn't sell jerseys or get ratings. In baseball, if the star doesn't need a big personality, if he's with the Yankees or the Cubs or the Dodgers or the Braves, baseball, I think it's always been, it's like UFC. UFC is a good business, but it is kind of star-reliant. to some degree.

John Jones and Connor McGregor are gone. It's not the same sport. It dips. Same in the NBA. It's very difficult. Even television networks. You know, they don't want to be personality driven. They like to have personalities, but you want to be, you know,

want to have games and leagues and a broad menu of things that people are attracted to. Jay Mack with the news. Well, that's the news. And thanks for stopping by. The Heard Lye News. A multiple mental. winner, a multiple All-Star. When he went to Duke, he was an All-American, and now his son is not only an All-American, but could be maybe a top three pick in the NBA draft. It's Carlos Boozer,

who's currently a scout and advisor for the surging Utah Jazz who are crossing their fingers. Good to see you. So Cam's a freshman. Cadens are freshman. And first of all, it's nerve-wracking as a dad to watch your son. Your sons are very good. But I do want to, I, want to go down to your kids. So, you know, Cameron is the bigger player. He's 6'9. Caden's, you know, 6'4. So very early in the process, as a dad,

and we all know this as parents, you can have two kids totally divergent personalities and styles. Very early, were they similar players stylistically or different? Were their personalities the same or different? As a dad watching. Oh, I'm good to see you.

brother. It's been a while, man. Good to see. You look good. You look good, buddy. Yeah, I mean, they were, I was the big believer in being able to do a little bit of everything. Like, be able to play all positions, not knowing that, you know, the game was going to end up being a positionist basketball at the highest level. But, you know, we taught them to be guards and to be post-up players and to be able to shoot past and dribble and do all the skills. They could be versatile. So they really were similar. Cameron just grew a little bit taller, a little bit quicker. I said this about Cameron when I watched him this year.

I said, he reminded me of you. I said, great hands, great feet, great awareness. You know, he's not a 49-inch vertical jump guy, but what I like about him is he's a guy that can play within a team construct, and you took a lot of pride in that, the feet, the hands. Was he always that kind of athlete? Like, I mean, some things you can teach, some things you can't. Did Cam?

Was he always? the feet well because you guys get to be six nine six ten a lot of times the feet don't work they they don't slide they don't move as well did you know early that cam like you could see the talent yeah absolutely he's always been super coordinated i mean i remember taking him so boarding for the first time in breck and rich colorado and he picked it up so fast on the first day he was going down you know like a like a blue at like seven eight years old he's just very coordinated and his what I love about him is his poise. You know, his poise on the block, he has great patience down there.

He's able to read the double. He gets a kid gets double team in every game, the entire game. Does a good job of finding his teammates, but he just has a great, yeah, has a really great poise for him. And it's been fun to watch. How has your NBA career helped him? Like, what have you added, and you thought to yourself maybe, boy, I'm glad I've been through this?

Yeah, I just. think the experience, right? Like the good thing about the boys for Cameron and Cade and my oldest son, Carmani, too, they've been around it. You know, they've come in the locker room. They've met, you know, D. Rose and Kobe and Jimmy Butler and all these different guys. They've been around the game their whole life, so they've seen what's possible. And I think for them, that's been a great, you know, adults for them, especially in the summertime. They train with most of these guys in the summertime. They work out with a lot of pros with their trainers in Miami and they get a chance to get, you know, not necessarily beat up, but they get a chance. to improve and get schooled by some NBA guys. So when they come play in college or wherever they may be at, they have a little bit of an insight. But because they've been around the game so much, their IQ is through the roof to be 18-year-olds. Be sure to catch live editions of the herd weekdays in noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific.

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Sometimes he's not good at all. So Duke went coach K to John Shire, and they're great. And it's very, in the history of college football and basketball, doesn't work that way. There's always a drop off. Why do you think it worked? Why do you think Shire from Coach K has been so seamless? us. Yeah, I think people don't even know this, but a lot of people should study.

Shari was a hell of a player, hell of a player. And terrific basketball player. And he also coached under Coach K for nine years. So he learned a great deal. He has a huge basketball IQ. He loves to study the game. And, you know, he isn't a young infancy stage in his career. But man, he's got the best recruiting class three out of the last four years.

Yep. The best player in college basketball, the last two years for sure. and he's been able to implement and put his fingerprints on the program do it his way, bringing his staff with his style, and I just think that it goes to some of his basketball genius on how good of a coach he is

to have, but think about this, you lose your entire starting five to the NBA a year ago and you come back this year and you're arguably having maybe even a better season, right, and you've got the number one overall seed, you've got probably the national player of the year again, and he's right back at it with a chance

obviously, you know, big games this weekend, but they have a chance to get right back to the final four with a chance to cut the nets down. That's, that's the mark of a hell of a coach. Don't get me wrong. You've got to have the players. But a lot of coaches can have the players and fumble it. He hasn't done that. So, you know, the old guys, Petino and he got Carlisle and you got Izzo, Rick Barnes. I've made the argument that there's a bit of a renaissance with the old coaches crushing in college sports because now it's not as much recruiting. It's administrative. It's writing checks. So Bill Belichick could not have coach college football 15 years ago. You had to be in high school football games. And now a lot of it you sit in your office.

You get on the phone. You talk to an agent or whatever. I love the old coaches. I like big brands. I like I like coaches. So it's Patino and John Shire facing off tomorrow night. when you watch Patino, Mrs. 4th team he's gotten into the Sweet 16. What's his, what do you think, what do you hear his magic potion? What is it with Patino?

Man, I've been very fortunate to get to know Luke Hancock who played for Patino at Louisville was an MOP for that 2013 team when they won it. And just she tells stories about, about Rick all the time. But Patino's a hell of a coach, now. We all know it legendary,

gets the most out of his players, even teams that may not be that talented. they got kind of a grit to him. I think they take out his personality. He has that kind of a grit to him. You see him always working the sideline, talking and teaching. He's been very, very successful for decades. And to me, it's because he gets the most out of his team.

I don't know him personally, but the stories are heard is he's able to hit the right buttons at the right time, to get the most out of his players. Think about that story just last weekend. The kid darling wasn't having a good shooting night, but calls the play for himself. and he trusts his players and lets him at the game winner against who they were playing against. So that takes a lot of confidence from a coach who's been around the block a while, you know? Yeah, it was Kansas, if I recall. Yeah, Kansas.

So one of the things that is, I think the NBA is much more physical than people say, I think it's hard. You go from 35 college games to 80 NBA. And in the NBA, bro, that game is fast and you've got to play D or you're going to get embarrassed. In college sometimes, it depends on the matchup, but you're not facing pros. And so also the NBA can play with your head because you're in big cities. Now you've got social media. The fans are beating up on you and you're sitting on your phone in the hotel in the afternoon. I got to tell you, I worry about Darren Peterson.

I know he's a great player, but he missed 11 games. Carlos, he plays a little bit in a silo. You know, he's not an assist guy. He's kind of when he's on the floor, he's going to get the ball. But what really worries me is he admitted it wasn't just injuries that got into his head. And I think one of the things I like about Cooper Flagg, he doesn't overthink it. Get me the ball. I'm attacking the basket.

He's aggressive. I'm everywhere in the floor, both ends. Do you worry a little bit when a star player has durability issues? I mean, NBA is way more physical in college. Admits it kind of got into his head. if I was a draft guy I would that and this is such a great draft

your son A Cuff you're the kid at BYU does it worry you when you hear about man that some of this may have gotten into my head well I think you got to talk to the kid you know I haven't personally done that about this season yet and obviously we'll go through our process

when that time is here we saw a lot of basketball left to be playing there's some time before the draft but you want to talk to the kid and see where his mind was at or where his mind is talk to the family, talk to the people who represent them, get to know more about what his injuries and what his body may have gone through. Maybe he went through something that we're not aware of. But the biggest thing is his talent shows out, like the kid can play.

There's no question about that. One of the pure scorers that we've seen in college basketball this year. So you want to get down to the nitty gritty so that you can make an informed decision for your team. Yeah. You're a scouting advisor for the Utah Jazz. Do you do international or domestic? Where, you know, when you're doing scouting stuff, Are you everywhere they need you?

Yeah, wherever they need me. I primarily do college. It's convenient for me because my kids are in college, so I get to see a lot of great basketball and a lot of great talent. But I've watched high school. I've watched a couple of European guys too, but primarily just getting us ready for the draft. Hey, by the way, I got another question before I get the draft kings,

this kid from Carolina, this Caleb Wilson kid, I'm watching his YouTube last night. That kid is, I think he's like, not even he's totally untapped and i know you can't talk too much about players and i know he's a carolina guy but if i said in five years like people look back at caleb williams and go how did he get drafted seventh can you give me if you see a little bit of him what do you make of him no i know him really well he played with my kids in travel ball they won the yBL championship under the nike circuit uh last summer before they became freshman in college super talented man

super athletic has a great feel for the game. He's going to be a set for a long, long time. And it's just unfortunate that he kept getting hurt at the end. Like we all wanted to see him in March Madness. We all wanted to see what he was able to do, you know, when the stakes were out on the table and at the brightest. But has a super, super bright future. He's a great kid, great family.

You know, we love his parents. So a huge, huge ceiling for this kid. And I'm looking forward to seeing what he does at the next level. Yeah, it matters. Good parents. You know, he just seems like a kid. that just every time you watch him, he's better. And we're watching some of his highlights.

Okay, you work, what do you got going on with Draft Kings? Yeah, just listen, guys out there, if you're going to bet responsibly, go to Draft Kings. It's a great time of year. All the games have been pretty close. They have a super app that's coming out where you can do everything at Draft King and I have to bounce around. There's also some mystery bets you can do. So stay tuned.

Go to Draft Kings. And again, bet responsibly. You look good. Oh, thanks, man. Not bad. You still going, you know, you're still putting on the shoes and going out there. When's the last time you played against your sons? Oh, no, no, no.

I retired and defeated when they were like 15, Colin. I don't know. Once I started seeing them jump about around the rim and got all these new dribble moves and James Hardin's side step moves, I'm like, nah, no, I'm going to retire and defeated. Yeah. Smart. Dad is smart. That's why the kids are smart.

Carlos, great seeing you. Great seeing you, man. See you soon. All right. Utah is really a fascinating place. I used to go to some Utah jazz games. I love their arena. Smart owner. It's a very collegiate feeling. So, I mean, they're one of those organizations that all the people in Utah understood the tanking stuff.

Like, they all get it. Danny A. Everybody gets the game. It's not like the NFL where you can be terrible. Oh, we got a quarterback. We're good. New England, in the Super Bowl, got the right coach. It doesn't work that way in the NBA. So it takes years and years and years and years.

And the NBA now, they don't allow a lot of this cap stuff. Like the NBA, it's hard to make trades. Well, what does that do? It forces you. If you're the Utah Jazz, you're like, well, how do we get good fast for our fans? We got to get lottery picks. So that's why I'm not one of these tankings, the worst thing in the world. You're not letting people make big moves and big trades.

You're limiting all these owners and general managers. These are smart guys. So, of course, they're going to do what Utah's doing. Absolutely. And Utah's pushed back. They're like, hey, we don't call it tanking. You know, we're just getting our young guys some seasoning. But, you know, if you're limiting, in the NFL, there's a million I can draft.

I can go free agent. I can do trades. You can trade a star tomorrow. Well, you don't have to tank, right? I got like six avenues to get better. NBA now is one. Didn't used to be one. Seven, eight years ago.

It didn't used to be one avenue. Now it is. Well, shock. The tanking's increased. All right. Dave Roberts, Dodger manager on the corner next. Be sure to catch live editions of the herd weekdays in noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific.

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Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts throughout there. But, This one's extra special. So how do we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember.

I think it was on a call about what we should call it. Well, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band. Before Jonas Brothers was... This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, where people could call in and say, hey, Jonas. And then I wrote down on my little notepad, hey Jonas.

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Highlights are trending, opinions are flying, and nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo. Every episode, we're cutting through the noise. breaking down the plays, the controversies, and the stories behind the headlines. We go straight to the source, the athlete themselves, their locker room stories, their reactions, the stuff nobody gets to hear.

The laughs, the drama, the triumphs, the moments that never make the highlight real. From viral moments to historic games, from buzzer beaters to controversial calls, we break it down, give you context, and ask the questions everybody wants answered. Sports slice brings you closer to the action with stories told by the people who live them. Listen to SportsSlic on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more, follow Timbo Slicelife-Life 12 in the TikTok podcast network on TikTok. The French Open is one of the toughest tests in tennis. And I know firsthand because I competed there myself.

I'm Renee Stubbs, and on the Renee Stubbs Tennis podcast, I'm breaking down everything happening at Roland Garris. Every match, every upset, and what it really takes to win on clay. Jen should win. I mean, she went down in three to Rabakina, but I'm delighted. She's an outsider to win the French for me. And she likes Clay. Listen, Lena Rubakina is arguably the best player in the world right now. And I actually can win on any surface.

Because if she's serving, well, good luck. Consider this your court side seat to the French Open. Listen to the Renee Stubbs tennis podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports. Imagine an Olympics where doping is not only legal but encouraged. It's the enhanced games. Some call it grotesque. Others say it's unleashing human potential.

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One of the great baseball games. I'm old enough to remember the Carlton Fisk Fenway Park against Cincinnati. It was one of those games. The Cubs World Series win. Dave Roberts, 11th season as a Dodger manager, is now joining us. He just signed that new contract. So last year when we talked, there was constant drama with a bullpen. It was season-long band-aids and bondo, just trying to patchwork it. Then you go get Edwin Diaz. So it kind of changes, not the culture, but the psychology. Take me to now, you go into the ballpark.

You're already there for tonight's game, knowing you've got it closer. How does it change how you manage? It does. I think it's one of those things that, you know, with whether it's any type of leadership, CEO, business, managing a baseball team, you sort of go with what you have, assess it, and then you kind of try to make the most of it, right? And I think that we really didn't have a defying closure last year. And so we were trying to find spots for Tanner Scott, you know, different guys.

And then there was injuries, there was performance. And you're just trying to figure out how to get 27 outs. But yeah, now you get Edwin Diaz, who. who left money on the table to come to Los Angeles, to come to the West Coast. And so now you can work from the back end and have your guy at the back end and then sort of fill in the gaps there. So it's huge, man. And he's a very business-like guy calling it.

He just wants to do his job, close to his family, and then just wanted to be a Dodger. So a huge get for us. You know, Kyle Tucker's interesting. In Chicago, he frustrated fans because he kind of just comes to the ballpark and play. He's not a big personality. And, you know, in Chicago, Wrigleyville, it's like, you know, watching English Premier League soccer. It's rowdy. It's wild.

It's everybody's lubricated. I kind of think his personalities works in L.A. Let's talk about that on a star-studded roster, how he fits your culture. I think he fits seamless. And I do think that you nailed it in the sense of his personality is just kind of put on the hard hat, go to and then do it again the next day. And so he doesn't do the self-promotion. He doesn't kind of do the crazy celebration antics.

He just wants to play baseball. Just had a baby, so he's excited about that. And again, he left money on the table to play for the Dodgers. And so when you're looking at Shohei, Freddie, Mookie, you know, Will Smith, Yamamoto, some other guys who have Blake Snow. I just think that, you know, even for me, you're going to see him hit in second today. And that's what he's going to be doing. at the outset and looking out beyond and just get on base.

We don't need you to slug, play good defense, run the bases, do you, and help us win baseball games. So I do think that this fit makes a lot of sense. You know, Dave, and it's certainly not a weakness, but it's something I thought about knowing you were going to come on the show today, is that, listen, he's another big stick. I mean, if he hits 30 bombs for you, it wouldn't be, it wouldn't surprise me. But as you know, you can be as gifted as Freddie Freeman or Otani and struggle in the postseason because the pitching is so good in the postseason. Do you worry about with this team that you have so much power?

Does it hurt your ability to manufacture runs without, you know, like I said last night, the Yankees had nine singles. I said, Aaron Judge, it was 0 for five. I'm like, that's actually in a weird way encouraging. Do you worry that, man, we got a lot of big sticks? can we still manufacture runs? Do you think about that? You know what? I do.

And I think that that was more of an indictment, probably on teams we had a few years ago in the sense that we just slug and we can't get hits. And it's interesting that, you know, the batting average is devalued, has been devalued over, let's say, the last 10 years. But when you get into the postseason, people want base runners. They want to get hits. And how do you drive in a run when you're facing the best pitch And I will say this is that our guys to a man know how to get on base.

They control the strike zone and they know how to get hits. And so that's talking about getting a hit, you know, with two strikes, with guys in scoring position with two outs, facing good pitching, knowing how to hit the outfield grass. And so I don't worry about that with this ball club. And I'll tell you this right now is one through nine. It's a relentless lineup. And so that pitcher is going to be at 100 pitches.

in the fourth, fifth inning. And that's a grind. So I think that with our lineup, we should be able to get to starters and get to the pen early and see how it goes. So, yeah, I'm not too worried about, you know, just a slug because I do feel we can manufacture runs if we need to. With Otani, Shohei Otani,

do you have a game plan going in, or is it one of those, we're just going to communicate? We're going to see how he feels. You know, I mean, you've got essentially a player that does something nobody else does. does, how do you manage it opening day on? Do you have to be super communicative in this relationship?

Yeah, absolutely. So he's going to start the fifth game of the season, and he's already up to 85 pitches. So I think for me, as far as managing the game when he pitches, we're going to manage it. I'm going to manage it the way to help us win a game and obviously manage his stress in a particular game, the pitch count, all that stuff.

And then as far as the hitting, you know, last year we started out with, with him with going one inning and then repeating that a couple of times to then build a two, then three. So it didn't really impact the DH role where now the jumping off point is five, six inning. So that's something we're going to monitor and see that we're not going to be a hold until like he has to DH every time he pitches. We'll kind of manage that and see how he feels. But yeah, there's constant communication going on.

But man, what a player. Yeah. What was your opening message in spring for this group of star-studded Dodgers? What is the coming off back-to-back titles? Can you have a new message? What is the message? Yeah, you know, some of it is like, you know, the old continuing to reinforce that. Our guys do a very good job of minding the little things.

And I think it's just the whole idea of just winning a baseball game. And, you know, whether spring training, it's game seven in the World Series. it's opening day in 2026. We have a certain standard of excellence. And I think that even when you watch us, Colin, how we play the game, run the basis, play defense, it matters, how we practice. I think the message as far as

keep the blinders on, get the blinders on, look forward. I reference a greyhound, you know, when a greyhounds in a race, they're chasing the lure and they're not looking at who the competition is to the side. And I think that the lure is right there, that trophy.

And we're chasing that trophy, and it doesn't matter who's beside us, who's behind us, who's chasing us. And I think it's just more of just keeping the focus on ourselves. Well, you've got, you know, you've only got two trophies behind you. When you just won, your third as a manager. What, where's the third? Yeah, the third, see, the trophies, they got to come back. So I'm trying to move so you can see them.

The third one is en route. So I got 20, 24, 25 is en route. tomorrow we'll get our 25 World Series rings. So hopefully we do this again in 12, 14 months, and then I'll have four behind me. All right. Just cross your fingers on Amazon. You never know.

They're usually on time. You just hope they deliver. It's great seeing you. And I know you got a little golf in, but you're just a credit to the sport, and you're a gentleman, and I love you coming on the show, and I appreciate it. Thanks, Dave.

I love what you do, man. Thanks for having me on. You bet. Dave Roberts already in the office. They're heavy favorites to three Pete. And listen, man, that Edwin Diaz in the close, closing it for this team. That was a, we said it before, 26 saves last year. Think about that.

You went a World Series. They went into the playoffs having blown 26 saves. So it was a, it was a Dodger fans. You know, it's so funny because when the bullpen struggles, the manager gets all the heat. you're not pulling the right levers. It's like you've got to get people out. There's only so much a manager can do. J. Mack, we don't do many four guest shows,

but we had all of the guests we wanted to get on this week's show. It called us back. Yeah. So thanks to Dan Hurley, Joel Clatt, Carlos Boozer, Dave Roberts. Carlos Boozer is one of the nicest guys. He is, yeah. Just, you know, it was interesting when he was talking about that. It's such an advantage.

You know, his kids are practicing against NBA guys. they've been in the arenas. That's why so many professional athletes, that's another reason why, you know, their kids do well. It's like a constant internship from the time the kids are six years old to the time they're drafted. They're around all these coaches and all these arenas and intensity. So, you know, high IQ kids.

Dad was smart. Kids are not a surprise. Yeah, you know, John Shire, I believe, is, what, 38 years old? do we have the age on the on the same jobs is he like 73 years old well the gap in these coaches it's crazy it's so it's so rare i mean jim calhoun left i think it was kevin ollie took over the job they had some initial success but it didn't really work um i mean it's just it just doesn't happen very often generally in college football you you know here like harball leaves and they hire somebody that's got proximity on the staff this happens all the

time. You hire somebody that the players know and already like and the guy goes to the NFL or he goes to another job and it's like, well, but proximity to greatness does not equal greatness. And I grew up in the Pacific Northwest where Oregon State basketball, Washington football, you know, would go with a guy that was closest to the legendary coach. So for Duke to go with John Shire, who has a totally different personality than Mike Shishowski knows the program and for it to be this good. I mean, go look at the, go look at North Carolina. They just fired Hubert Davis. But define this good. Define this good because they were the favorites last year and blew it down the stretch. Well, blew it. You know, it's, it's. Well, it was a historic meltdown.

Now, I may have been heavily invested in Duke last year and that one still stings. I remember where I was when the meltdown was happening. It was, it was, it was, J. Mack was down bad in that one, Colin. And that was a meltdown. With Cooper Flag? I mean, and Con Cinnipple? You got two guys who are dominating the NBA and you lose. That's fair. That was brutal.

So Shire's got, if it gets tight against Petino, who I did look up, he's 73. Who gets the edge? I think you've got to go Patino. Yeah, Patino, there's an argument. He's the best coach in college basketball. And if you include the NBA, he's a top 10 coach. I mean, he's all time. That worries me, man.

Yeah, well, they beat the, beat Yukon a couple times early. So Patino knows, and St. John's can't really shoot. They can't. So to be a sweet 16 team without really knock down guys on the perimeter at all. We'll see on a Friday. Rick, New He's on the month.

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