The Josh Innes Show - JIS Classic: Josh Gets The Assweiler Can

Episode Date: June 25, 2025

Here is a classic from the 790 days. As it turns out, Chad, who made the Assweiler can, became a great friend of the show. This was almost 9 years ago...time flies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Josh Innis. Give me fuel, give me fire, give me that which I desire. Yeah baby, that's me, three o'clock, straight up. How you doing? Oh, I'm doing 100. Well, thank you grandma. I appreciate it. I'm Josh along with me is James Lee mud. Of course.

He's the best. I get a lot of compliments on Jim as if like I'm his dad or something like that. Yeah. Sound like someone's parent. You know, I get a lot of compliments on you. I've raised them. Right. A lot of people like them. Some Jim mud now it's weird. Yep. But literally everyone does. See you're in a very enviable spot. You know what that spot is, Jim? What's that? That spot is that so many people dislike me that by association, they just can't dislike you that much so you just you're elevated

by being around me just by default I know notice how many people dislike rich now that I'm not around when I was around people were like you know I really like that rich lord oh yeah he kept you straight but now that I'm not there they're like you know what I don't really think I like this rich lord all that much maybe it wasn't Josh that I disliked well it probably was but now they realize they just dislike both of us. But welcome into the show today. We're glad you're there. 7 1 3 2 1 2 5 7 90 as a new Wednesday tradition. We're trying to start stoners on sports at 6 30 in the wacky high jinx good time hour. That's right. The wacky high jinx good time our 6 30 stoners on sports. So if you blaze

up a little bit you toke it up a little bit you puff puff and pass a little bit. Our trash cans here. Oh yeah. That's great news. Yes. He's down in the lobby now. So our pilot friend from United made us a trash can that I can wear to the game on Sunday to show my displeasure for Brock Osweiler. It's a stolen idea of course. This idea was stolen by this picture that's going around the internet of the kid in the garbage can costume that has a 17 on the front, cost 17 or 72 million dollars. So we said, why don't I go to the game on Sunday and wear a big garbage can and we'll put ass whiler on the back. And I bet a lot of people will stop us and they'll take pictures and they'll go, Hey, there's the guy from the radio. Yep.

There's Josh Ennis. I've heard him. He told me he was going to be wearing this garbage can and lo and behold, there he is wearing this garbage can. So who's going to go get the garbage can? I guess I'll have to go get it. So Jim, we literally have nobody in here to do anything. It really is amazing that people will hire you to do a radio show and like it's like us too. Jim's basically a co-host of the show but also runs the board. I like the way he does that and answers phones and does the laundry and goes downstairs to get this garbage can. So this guy, this pilot, what was his name? Chad. Chad, the pilot from United made a garbage can for me to wear. He took a garbage can. Hopefully it fits. I'm a big dog, as you know. But he's taken the garbage can. He's cut two holes in the sides and then

one through the bottom so I can wear this garbage can. We're going to have to take a picture of this, maybe put it on the Sports 790 site on the Josh Ennis blog so people can see what this is going to look like. But we need somebody. Call Gordy. See if somebody will go downstairs and get it and bring our new friend Chad up. You can't just leave the board. Somebody get Chris Gordy in here. I bring our new friend Chad up. You can't just leave the board. Somebody get Chris Gordy in here. Somebody get... I'll put on a long record. Yeah, that doesn't work in long form talk radio, Jim. I'm sorry. What we need to do

is get Gordy or get Brian Erickson or somebody to go down to the third floor and get our garbage can suit that we're going to wear. Now Jim, you're going to come to the game with me on Sunday, right? Yes. At least for the tailgate portion of it. Maybe you can swing by, pick me and Jilly up at the homestead. We'll go to the ball game. We need to find a parking pass or something for this. And then we'll go walk around to various tailgates.

We'll film it. A lot of people will take pictures. I'm trying to be more positive in this new stop in my career because when I was in Philadelphia, things did dive into the really negative, and I had issues there, and some of the people didn't like me, and then it bothered me, and then I bothered them, and we just had issues with each other. I think you had seasonal depression. I might have.

I very well could have. The last year I was there after my boss got laid off, I couldn't tell you too many days that I came into work and said, you know what? I'm really happy today. You needed like a UV lamp. I did. I really't tell you too many days that I came into work and said, you know what? I'm really happy today. You did like a UV lamp. I did. I really may have been depressed. So I'm trying to be in a better mood here and I'm trying to not just dive into the negative all the time. I'm trying not to take the low

hanging fruit all the time. I'm just trying to be happier, trying to be livelier. I don't want to be a guy on the radio that you listen to and just you know assume this guy hates This team this team and this team the reality is I just can't stand Brock Osweiler And I think his coach deserves a lot of the blame as well and that dynamic duo together has formed a very very very very very Mediocre offense, so that's kind of where we are right now I don't think it's being negative to point out reality. And reality is we do not have a good football team that we're watching here. Reality is that the main culprit for why this is not a very good football team and the main reason this is not a very good football team is that the quarterback is averaging less

than six yards in attempt and the coach has done nothing to improve that. Offense is still largely the same. The Denver defense knew what they were doing. They said they knew what they were going to do. They took away things from them and they could never get it going. And we saw 3.2 yards per attempt in that game. It was disgusting. Defensively you know, we didn't even talk about the defense at all yesterday. The defense has been okay. The defense has been solid. The defense isn't great. And eventually Denver was able. Exciting Live Dealer Studio, exclusively on FanDuel Casino, where winning is undefeated. 19 plus and physically located in Ontario.

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Why are you walking so close behind me? Well, you're a tall guy. You throw a decent shadow when I'm walking in it to keep out of this bright sun. It hurts my eyes. Okay, well you know what, spec savers, you can get two pairs of glasses from $149 and oh you'll like this, one can be a pair of prescription sunglasses.

Sounds great! Where's the nearest store? Mmm, not far, come on. Let's hurry then! To my count! One, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two,

one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, That thing's hot! It is. That is hot! Bring Chad, Chad, Chris, bring Chad in here. Look at that thing! Wow!

Look at that. He spent some time on it. This is badass! Chad, the pilot from United, look at this thing! That is beautiful! Look at that! Wow, so what Chad has done is he's taken one of those big garbage cans, he painted all the stuff on there, he's got the number, it's painted red and blue.

Oh, that's nice. Says ass wife. Dude, you put some effort into this. Chris, get him some koozies. Get this man some koozies. Multiple? Multiple koozies. Here, let me see here.

Grab this mic right here. I think this is the right one here. Hold on. Chad, how are you, buddy? Doing good, man. You still? Good. So you're a pilot, huh? I am. Did that get you like tons of ass? In college, yes. So like when you were in college, like you're

just training to be a pilot, right? So you'd go fly and chicks would be like, wow, this guy in like his cabbie hat and his hipster glasses and all that. And then like this guy is a pilot and that got you laid, right? In college it did, yeah. That's nice. So you got a girlfriend now, got a wife? Got a wife, yeah. How long have you been married? Six years yesterday. did, yeah. That's nice, so you got a girlfriend now, you got a wife? A wife, yeah. How long have you been married? Six years yesterday. Wow, good for you.

So on your anniversary? I actually called you on our way to dinner last night. And then you guys went to the Home Depot and made me this garbage can suit. That's right, she was laughing the whole time. This thing kicks ass. Thank you. You guys must have a really good, steady relationship though, being that your wife was willing to let you go to, I don't know, where'd you go for this? Lowe's, Home Depot, one of those, that

they were willing, or she was willing, to let you go in and say, guess what? That's fine, I know it's our anniversary, we should be making love, we should be doing whatever it is you do on a sixth anniversary, but instead we made this awesome trash can Brock Osweiler suit for me to wear. Yes. Wow, now how heavy is that, Jim? Is that pretty heavy? Oh, it's not bad. Not bad, so it should be okay for me to wear. Yes. Wow, now how heavy is that Jim? Is that pretty heavy? Not bad, so it should be okay for me to wear? Yeah. I'm gonna have to put that thing on in a sec. You know how heavy that Jim, I want to put

that on. It's the biggest one I could find. Well thanks, I appreciate that. Here let's try this thing on. This is incredible Jim. Wow! Hold on, so I guess I got to put it on this way. I guess step in kind of. Okay, There's, wait a sec, there's no arm holes. No, you put these on your shoulders. Oh, OK. Hold on. All right. Wow!

Look at this. You guys gotta see this. Wow. Look at this. Wow, it's so big. Yeah. How about that? Do you want to see the back where it says ass whiler? Yeah

Boy, boy, this is comfy This is snug. I feel like the barrel man in Denver. Oh We got United Snacks Jim you love the United Snacks Now I gotta go I seem to step into this All right, now I gotta get out of this thing. All right. All right. Wow, this is awesome, Chad.

This is cool, dude. I appreciate that. Whew, now I'm fattened out of breath trying to get out of that thing. All right. So I got some pictures of this. We gonna put these on the site, Jim? Oh, yeah, yeah.

Boy, dude, that kid, hey, I appreciate it. Thank you so much. Good to meet you. meet you thank you that's Chad the pilot from United that brought Jim treats and brought me an awesome but dude this thing kicks ass that's much better than I envisioned it me too the visual I had for this Jim was just like okay we're gonna put a garbage can put like number 17 he made this into like a uniform yeah he painted the whole thing and oh it's nice let me tell you about this chad now everybody says that like sully is the only one that could have stopped that plane and made that water landing now i've just met this guy but based on what he's been able to do with this barrel i thoroughly believe

that chad could have also executed that water landing oh Oh, easy. Sorry, a forced water landing. Did I tell you the story about when I went to see Sully? The movie? Yeah. No, not the person. OK. Let me tell you about when I met Sully. No, I went to see the movie, and this woman was sitting.

It was a full house. I was in one of those nice theaters with the reclining seats, and the seats vibrated and all that. Me and Jilly were sitting next to this woman who was with her boyfriend, and she would not shut up throughout this whole movie. And it's one thing just to have a conversation

about what you're seeing, like, wow, that was a good gra- Wow, I can't believe they were able to do that. But she was asking questions that, if you just watched the movie, you would know the answers to. Oh, that's the worst. It's the absolute worst. Like, hey, why is he doing that?

Watch the movie! Hey what did that mean? What was happening? I don't know because I haven't seen the movie either. Hey what's going to happen? I don't know! God I hate people that talk in movies. I know with the exception is when I went to see Tarzan, I went to see Tarzan by myself

and I was sitting next to like these three lovely black ladies and all throughout the movie this one lady comes in and says when are you going to give me see Tarzan. I went to see Tarzan by myself and there was I was sitting next to like these three lovely black ladies Yeah, and all throughout the movie this one lady comes and whenever I get me my Tarzan whenever I get me my Tarzan It was so it was so fun When am I gonna get me my Tarzan? Yep that woman deserves her Tarzan. She does somebody hook her up Alright anyway, so before Chad came in and brought us this awesome, I mean, this thing kicks ass. It really does. He didn't have a blueprint or anything. No, he just grabbed a... This guy is awesome. Look at this.

I cannot get over how awesome this garbage can is. We're going to be a big hit. If you see us walking around tailgating, you're going to say, whoa, I got to get a picture with that guy. But anyway, I digress. Are you going to wear a shirt or no shirt? Oh, I'm going to have to go shirt. I think you should go with that guy. But anyway, I digress. Are you gonna wear a shirt or no shirt? Uh, ooh, I'm gonna have to go shirt. I think you should go with just shorts.

Just shorts. So it looks like you're naked. So just shorts, so listen, that can be, if people wanna weigh in. Listen, I have to still go into the game, Jim. And I'm not gonna wear this. It's nice, this is, I might have to have you put this in your car, and I don't know if you're staying

for the game, I don't know what you're gonna do on Sunday, but you're gonna have to put this in your car. I can't know if you're staying for the game I don't know what you're gonna do on Sunday but you're gonna have to put this in your car I can't bring this on the train and I certainly can't bring it into the game because I won't be able to sit I see so you're gonna have to bring this awesome thing this awesome a suit this guy say suit it's a garbage can I mean now this guy is handy he's got like you know like little rubber you know arm holder deals yeah it's like suspenders yeah it's just like suspenders. Man, listen, this guy Chad came through, Fly United, and he brought you, what did he bring

you, some peanuts? Peanuts and some other salty snacks. A savory snack mix? Yep. You can't beat that with a stick, my friend. No. But anyway, 713-212-5790, 713-212-5790. We were talking at Texans there a moment ago.

Listen, I'm trying to be more upbeat about things, and I think there are good things this team does. Like, give them credit. Offensive line? The offensive line gave Osweiler time to throw. Wasn't the offensive line's fault. I think the running game was decent. And who the hell knows about hop because they don't get him the ball.

The only time it's thrown towards hop is late in the game when they're down by 15 points. So listen, there's talent on this team. They're beat up defensively in the secondary. They're not getting as much pressure as you'd like them to get. They didn't at least in that game against a marginal defensive line. But the defense is not the reason you lost. I know you gave up 27 points, but you had given up 14 points into the fourth quarter.

That doesn't suck. The defense held its own. The problem is when your offense is off the field in short order, when your offense is getting 3s instead of 7s, you cannot win that way. And that's why they are where they are. Now, we got a lot to get into today. Rockets tonight.

We got Rockets and Lakers to start the season. Some people have high expectations for the Rockets and I hope they're good and I hope James Harden's a different player and I hope that he's not invisible on the defensive side of the ball. I know people are hyped up from what they saw from Mike D'Antoni's offense in the preseason but I think we also have to be realistic. A, that's preseason and B, let's get real. They're gonna score. They ain't gonna stop anybody from scoring. Mike D'Antoni, when he was in Phoenix, they had their moments. They went to a Western Conference

final. They won some playoff series, but they're not a title-winning team with that offense and that defense in particular. It reminds me a lot of Chip Kelly's offense and what he tried to do at that level, at the NFL level and what's failing. It worked for a little bit and people were shocked by it. But eventually people kind of settled into it, knew what you were doing, knew how to stop you and knew that your defense, if they were on the field for 42 or 43 minutes a game, they were probably going to be in trouble. And that's what we've seen so far.

That's why I always take overs in the San Francisco games because their defense ends up so gassed late in games, they give up two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, bada-bing, you got yourself an over. And that's how I feel about Mike D'Antoni offensively. Now you can say, Josh, a lot of people are using elements of what he does. Well, hell, there are a lot of people using elements of what Chip Kelly does. Chip Kelly was using elements of what those Buffalo Bills teams of the early 90s were doing. But it's about doing certain things, but adjusting and seeing what works and what doesn't work and not being committed to just one particular

thing. That's what Chip Kelly hasn't learned. You know, if you're Chip Kelly, you could very easily run that offense, but not all the time. At some point you have to line up, you have to be physical, you have to beat people. Old school style. Ace formation, eye formation, power eye, couple of tight ends. You have to beat people that way sometimes. And other teams have learned at the Patriots, love to use up tempo sometimes. A lot of teams like to use it to catch people off guard. They don't do it for 60 minutes.

Or in the case of Chip Kelly's teams, you know, 17 minutes and have their defense on the field for 43. And that's how I look at what the Rockets are trying to do. I understand what the Rockets want to accomplish, and I understand what Mike D'Antoni wants to accomplish. They want to get as many shots as possible. They want to score tons of points per possession. And I get that that's what they're trying to accomplish. But defensively they will not be good

enough. And maybe James Harden is a different player defensively. He all but admits that he's pretty much not going to be a different player defensively. They're counting on him to just score a lot of points and distribute the ball a ton. They've got him playing point now obviously. They want him to get 10, 15 assists per game and 30 points per game and 11, 12, 13, 14 free throws a game. They have all these aspirations for him on the offensive side of the ball. But defensively they're not going to be a good team and And ultimately, especially in the playoffs, at some point you have to be a team

that can buckle down defensively, shut a team down, play a little half-court basketball, and I don't believe with the guys they have that they're going to be able to shut it down defensively, and I don't believe that they're going to be able to play half-court basketball offensively. So I don't believe in them from that regard. And you look in the

Western Conference and while the West is not loaded with teams that I think can beat Golden State, I mean Golden State's probably gonna win 64, 65, 67 games. They're probably gonna be a team that gets back to the finals again. It's pretty much Cleveland and them again. Although I think the Spurs can be good, the Clippers if they're healthy can be good. But I don't know if I buy Chris Paul and Blake Griffin going to the NBA Finals. I mean, we saw the way that duo of guys blew that series to this Rockets team a couple of years ago, and they were up three games to one. A lot of people have high hopes for Utah if they can stay healthy.

Many people think that they're no worse than the fifth seed in the West. So the Rockets, I don't believe... If you tell me Josh, you can have the Rockets or Golden State, San Antonio, Clippers, Portland, Utah. I would take all five of those teams before I took the Rockets. To me the Rockets are not a top four seed. They've got an elite offensive basketball player who's a superstar. He's got his shoe. You see his face everywhere.

You see his beard. But James Harden to me will never be an elite NBA player. People keep talking about MVP. I saw a story at USA Today about James Harden. Look out. James Harden could be the MVP this year. Sorry, if you don't play any defense, I don't even want to consider you for the MVP. Not a chance.

So I don't care that you go out and put up 30 points and you get to the free throw line more than anybody and you lean into guys and get fouled all the time. That doesn't do anything for me. What are you going to do on the defensive side of the ball? Because you're going to score. Are you going to stop people from scoring? Do I believe that you as an elite NBA player when matched up with another elite NBA player, whether that player is a point guard, shooting guard, whoever it is you're matched up against in that moment in the game, do I believe that you're gonna shut that guy down when you have to shut that guy down?

James Harden is one of the laziest defenders in the NBA. So unless James Harden can you know step his game up defensively, James Harden is not an overall elite NBA player to me. Great score, takes it to the rack, gets to the free throw line, but to me the Rockets are more than likely six, seven seed somewhere in there. Because once you get past about five or six teams in the West you get a lot of teams like Dallas who's on the way down Memphis who's on the way down the Timberwolves who are never anywhere you know you get teams like the Kings teams that have hype to a degree in certain years and people say look out

this is their year and then it's not their year there's about five or six legit teams in the West. And I don't know if I put the Rockets in there because the Rockets won't stop anybody from scoring. 7132125790. So you want to talk Rockets, you want to talk Texans. We got some Arian Foster stuff to do that we didn't get into yesterday. I keep hearing people broach the question of Arian Foster and whether or not Arian Foster is a Hall of Famer and all that. We'll get into that discussion. I mean he's a top three Texan.

Well sure and that should guarantee a spot in the Hall of Fame. Tons to do today. 713-212-5790. Two lines open if you want them they're yours. Rocket season starts tonight. Are you overselling, underselling the Rockets right now? I think the Rockets are probably 6-7-8, somewhere in there, maybe 7, 8-ish, but I don't believe, and I know for a fact that I'm not taking them over. Clippers, Golden State, San Antonio, Portland, maybe not Utah either. 713-212-5790.