The Right Time with Bomani Jones - Geno Auriemma LOSES IT at Dawn Staley, LeBron’s Memphis Mess | 04.06

Episode Date: April 6, 2026

Bomani Jones reacts to Geno Auriemma losing it at Dawn Staley after UConn’s loss and explains why the moment landed so badly. He also breaks down LeBron James’ comments about Memphis, including why his suggestion that the Grizzlies move to Nashville became a much bigger issue than just a throwaway opinion. He also hits on UNC's search for a basketball coach, Dan Hurley's push for a dynasty, and Kirk Cousins getting even MORE guaranteed money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the right time, a wave original. My name is Beaumani Jones. Thanks for listening wherever you get your podcast. Thanks for watching us on YouTube. Subscribe, like, rate us, review us, give us five stars. You only give us four stars. I'm inclined to believe you are a hater. We got a lot to talk about here. LeBron went off and made y'all, man, but first, I need everybody to understand something.

This is very important to me. The people hear this part that I'm about to say, okay? What I never want to be, and I worried about this when Caitlin Clark was really popular or whatever, I didn't want to be the person that only jumps in to talk about women's basketball when it's a measure of drama that's going on over there, right? Like that feels somewhat exploitative or whatever it is, and I understand why for the fans of women's basketball, that is not something that they like very much. But I also learned that from a lot of fans of women's basketball, that they also didn't like

very much was what I tried to talk about women's basketball. Neither here nor there. Anyway, I just wanted everybody to know that I watched the championship game on Sunday because I was prepared to discuss this game on this show. However, final score of that game was 79 to 51, which is to say, this concludes my discussion of the women's NCAA championship basketball game. but I can't talk about what happened on Friday. Okay? Now, I also want to be clear about this that I don't really even feel like this is jumping in

on something that was messy. Like, this is, this shook America up. And this being, Gino Oriema, just chastising Don Staley after Yukon lost that game, and they got their asses kicked in that game. Like, like, I mean, there's really no other way to put the way that loss went down, they got their asses kick.

It was 62 to 48, Ryan, but when it's only 62 for the top score, winning by 14 points is whooping some ass. Like 62 to 48 in a game that has a 42nd shot clock? Yeah, that's a ball. And the game was never really close, which is part of the reason why Gino was so hot. I mean, no, that's the whole reason.

He lost his shit because they got their, asses kit, right? That's what it comes down to. And generally speaking, and I don't know if you and I have explicitly talked about this. I think you've gleaned this for me, but this is something I talk about. Me and my mayor Rick talk about this. Ain't many things in this world that bring me greater joy than watching somebody just flat out lose their shit for something that is not in line with the level of shit losing or even sometimes when it is in line with it, right? But an adult just completely going on tilt is typically hilarious. Yes.

That was not hilarious. Correct. It was not hilarious at all. It took everyone back. And it's not as though we've never seen Gina Aura Yama be a little, shall we say, feisty or whatever the word is that it's spicy. How about that's the broad turn. He has been spicy since this tournament has started. Yeah, I mean, he's telling everyone in their world about the injustices of the women's tournament compared to the men's tournament.

He's been on tilt going into this, and he was extra on tilt in the final four. And actually, I would say at this age, salty. Yes. Right? Like, not even salty in the modern sense, right? Salty in the old school, talking about somebody being salty, but also salty. It was incredibly salty at the end of that game, and it involved finger pointing. And it was wild because it is very clear that Gino R&M and Don Staley do not like each other.

It was Gino going off on Dostellie in that game. And even with that, she was kind of like, yo, what's really hood? Like, what, I don't, I don't understand what's going on here. And it wasn't until she fully understood what had taken place that she said that she would have whooped Gino's ass. And I'm like, oh, hey, let's all. We can't. No.

We can't talk about that on the, on the podcast. No. No, no, no. No, no. No. But I was, people were telling. texting me about it. Like something about Gino.

And I'll be honest with you, Ryan, I had to go back and check because I had forgotten. It used to be that the women's games were ahead of the men's games, which is to say the men's final four would be Saturday and Monday. And the women's will be Sunday and Tuesday. Right. I know they changed it quite a while ago, but I still think the Astros play in the National League. Yes.

You know, like it's not always that easy to make the transition. Yeah, sometimes they're still the San Diego Chargers sometimes. Yeah, right, right. So I saw the highlights, but I didn't watch the game, and people were texting me about something with Gino, and I thought, I thought Gino Smith had been busted for a DUI or something. I couldn't,

I didn't know what people were talking about because I didn't realize there were games on, right? So then I saw the clip, and he's got his finger pointed, and he's doing all just talking, and everything else. And... He's losing his mind with Holly Row during halftime, like the whole deal. Yeah, and look, man, I'm going to give him a pro tip. Okay, I'm going to give this pro tip to you also.

I don't care what the circumstances are. Ain't no winning in a, let me make sure I'm using this word correctly. Ain't no winning. There we go. In a vociferous argument with the woman on television, you as man. Yeah, especially when you're a foot taller than her. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You're not, well, is he a foot taller than her?

Howler was very short. let me look up how tall Gino are even if it is how tall is Gino because I've always gotten the feeling that he was a wow he's six one oh easy that's at least a foot yes dude he was giving me such five such five eight energy I never talked on me like in my mind when he was arguing with John Staley and watching it like I had made him so short that he might as well have been pointing up like I and it and it made him seem so small in the way that he handled it in that moment like you're not winning generally speaking even if you have the moral high ground on this you're not

winning in terms of perception now let it be that not only did you have no good reason to behave like that and you're out here being a sore loser come on man right now i had forgotten by the way that Last year, Don Staley embarrassed herself going on tilt on the sidelines. She was in the chair. It was like the first half of the game and she just completely came apart. But it was self, it was her talking to her. That's just kind of like, boy, I sure hope she gets that together. Once you bring this into other people's spaces, now, Dan Woken of USA Today wrote a column

that was actually pretty measured that made the comparison between Oriyema and Woody Hayes. Now, I was not alive in Woody Hayes hit Charlie Bowman. That's why. I don't know what maybe, I guess if Nick Saban had out of nowhere stole off on a player in the middle of the game. Maybe that would have been comparable. Like, obviously, you know, for the younger list, like, it would have to be someone of that caliber. Like, yes. You're comparing accomplishment, not attitude.

It's not like Brian Kelly. I mean, somebody of that age. Yeah. With that resume. But also keep in mind the role of a coach at that point in time, this is well before the idea of a CEO coach. Like Woody Hayes might as well have been like a surrogate daddy. Right.

To an entire generation of people. Right. Like this is when the 70s game, or not even the 70s, but the 10-year war between Ohio State and Michigan that I think they went five and five against each other with Schembeckler and Woody Hayes. Like where the coach is a literal drill sergeant in many cases, like an offshoot of the military, everything else. In the middle of the game, because they're, first of all, it's ridiculous at that point that Ohio State is in the Gator Bowl and they're losing to Clemson of all people. And he steals off on a linebacker after he's made in an interoper. that's the comp that Walkin made in his column. And I don't think it was necessarily inappropriate. I don't think that what Gino did was the same thing. But the point that he makes

is that Woody Hayes was 64 when he did that and Gino was 72. Like it was as if his inability to control himself indicated that maybe he shouldn't have this job anymore. Woody Hayes' inability to control himself indicated that he shouldn't have the Ohio State job anymore. You know what else indicated that he shouldn't have the Ohio State job anymore? They only won seven games that year. If Ohio State had been 11 and 1, they wouldn't go be firing Woody Hayes after what it happened.

Gino Ariema, in the last 20 NCAA tournaments, they've gone to the final four 16 times. including this year. Last year they won the championship, the year before they went to the final four. Two years before that, they were the runner up. The year before that, they went to the final four. It was COVID. The three tournaments before that, they went to the final four.

The four seasons before that, they won national championships. The two seasons before that, they went to final four. Two seasons before that, national championships. All I'm saying is, they ain't firing no Gino Aurema behind. something like that. However, it sure looked like they should have fired him now didn't it?

Right? Like this is not, it doesn't, it almost doesn't matter like what your point of comparisons might be or anything else. I think that just had a whole lot to do just with the way it made people feel to watch that as it happened.

And he's been doing this job a long time. He knows you can't do that. He knows that you can't get away with that. Now, I don't think that there's going to be like any sort of suspension or any sort of discipline that comes from this. But Ryan, I do feel like this, he better win a lot. Of course, he seems to do that anyway. Right.

But the margin for error that you now have is it ain't there. Right. And like, especially with an apology that people found to be. There we go. I almost forgot about that part. If you have not seen the Gino R.A.m. apology, I'm going to read it to you, okay? And there are two words that are not present in this apology.

Oh, by the way, Ryan, here's the headline. I didn't see this because we were getting ready to record. Staley makes show a pregame hug with close. Corey Close being the head coach of UCLA. So Gino apologizes. Here's the statement. There's no excuse for how I handled the end of the game versus South Carolina. It's unlike what I do and what our standard is here at Connecticut.

I want to apologize to the staff and the team at South Carolina. It was uncalled for and how I reacted. Story should be how well South Carolina played, and I don't want my actions to detract from that. I've had a great relationship with their staff, and I sincerely want to apologize to them. Did you notice the two words that weren't there, Ryan? Dawn and Staley?

They were not. They were nowhere to be found. And that, I can't believe UConns comms people. I guess you have to. He's Gino. Right. We look this up. They made the Sweet 16 33 years straight.

Yes. Minus the COVID year. Right. Right. I guess you can't say anything to him, right? But there are many situations in a time like this where they come to you and they say, well, when you're ready to put the words Don Staley in this statement, then you can come back to work.

Right? Like, until you're ready to do, insert thing here. Remember when Kyrie was suspended like indefinitely? Yeah. It was very clear. Until you're ready to say X, Y, and Z, you know? Like, you want to come out here wearing that scarf or whatever. That's fine, big dog, but you're going to need to say X, Y, and Z.

People get nervous when I do that one, right? Yes. People get nervous. I'm people. I'm taking on the persona of someone else who might say such a thing. Yes. Of course. Yeah. Also, I can't ever remember what it's called. But anyway, I don't start with a K.

But anyway, if you can't say this, you can't come back to work. And if somebody took that approach with Regino right there, I get it. Though I do love the fact. And you had mentioned this before we got out here. the three biggest name coaches in college basketball on the women's side, they are all over the place. Right. Characters.

Character's. The women's game is so much farther now in terms of character as coaches. Right. Characters and coaches and also like, I mean, they don't, they don't, the players don't jump around like they do in the men's side. No. Right. No, they don't.

But, I mean, we'll see as the money goes. you know. I mean, I mean, you look at the men side. You look at the people they're trying to hire for this UNC job as people keep saying,

no, that, you know, their statements about the candidates and other than side of Billy Donovan, I haven't heard of half the names. Let me tell you something. I feel very confident saying this.

The thing with Billy Donovan is, it appears that he will not leave the bull's job as the season goes on, which I respect. Right. If it's that important. And what we know is Jerry Rinesdorf is not going to fire him

because then he'd have, have to pay him to not do that. Not interesting. Which is not, not how it gets down. Not on the board. Speaking of things have been going on since the 90s. Yeah, he's Mike Brown, right? Like, like, he's not, Mike Brown, the owner of the Bengals, Mike Brown. Like, that's not going down. This is my re. This is not informed. This is my read. They would be in a panic if they did not legitimately believe that they could hire Billy Donald. Right. Right. Look, they've never had a real, They've never had a real coaching search before.

This is their first actual factual coaching search that they've ever had, at least that they've had since Frank McGuire got hired, right? They would be completely lost if they did not have some reason to believe that they could get Billy Donovan. And I think Billy Donovan, I think coaching in the NBA is over for him. If he wants to continue coaching, it'll get no better than coaching.

or North Carolina. So maybe he gets there late. I think it would stink for Carolina if they hire him after the transfer portal is open. But this is a 10-year hire, not a one-year hire. And if you got a pun on this year to get Billy Donovan,

you don't rush this for the one year to get a coach that you might not, like, actually want to get. You don't do that. That's my thought. Let me tell you what Billy Donovan is not, though. He ain't no character. All right.

women's game got characters you know and shoot one-on-one the national championship wearing leather pants ain't nobody wearing no leather pants on the men's side can everybody over there wearing quarter zips you know what I'm saying like it's a what I said when the Caitlin Clark thing was going the advantage they'd have over there is consistency

they've got better characters up top and they have more of a roster consistency that allows people and look there's still a decent bit bit of transfer action that goes on over there but I enjoy the fact that that their coaches don't like each other. But you can't do that.

You in particular cannot do that. If Dawes Staley and Kim Mulkey have that back and forth, we view it differently. I'd be also terrified to talk about it on this show in a number of ways, but we're not having the conversation that we're having right now. It's okay to say that. I think that's a fair acknowledgement.

But hey, man, that's the world. That's how it works. you can't do that, period. And if he hadn't done all this goddamn winning that we had just talked about, we'd be having a whole other conversation right now. But he has. So we just had the one that we did. Brian made him mad over the weekend.

Boy, he made him mad. This has been a very interesting sports weekend, right? Because it's been, right, it's been things that are like really interesting that have happened but aren't necessarily talkers. Like that overtime show. They Yokage put on Big Vick where they both look incredible. Go look up Yokage's numbers against Victor. And that moon shot over him to quench the game.

Dude, he's, we talked about this the other day. He's the best player in the league. And it's amazing that people have somehow gotten bored. Right. With him being the best player in the league. In seven games against Victor, Joker is averaging 37, 11, and 9. Yeah. I don't know, like they're, they're, they're cruising to a round two matchup after, you know, whatever.

The Lakers have lost their two top, two of their top players. They're cooked. Cooked. They're cooked. We're about to find out a lot about Bronny James the next few weeks because he's going to have to play. Ew. Yeah, exactly. Correct.

You, that's a thing. By the way, I also want to know, just so no one loses sight of also, Victor in that game himself put up 34. 18, seven assist in five blocks. Right. What is the NBA right now? Yeah. Like this is, and the best player in the league is the other guy.

Yeah. Right? This is where we are. Anyway, for those of you who ain't seen this. And every now that I get afraid, right, and like, hopefully we're not overestimating how much,

like, not letting Twitter program our show on the social media apps, but this seemed to have people really charged up. No, this guy, this broken, Brod- Yeah, just Brod-Taghan. Yeah. It's a pro-tay. Okay, so long and a short,

LeBron was out playing golf with some white dudes, and that detail is very important. I think they- In, like, in almost the widest setting, imaginable. Yeah, yeah, yeah, and it's a show, right? Like, it's a, it's a thing. But some random white boys playing golf, not only would he get on there with him,

he got loose. The looser he's been, he was looser with them than he's been, it's been a long time. Yeah, like, he must really love golf or, like, didn't think they was really, I mean, I don't know. That has been the interesting, like, sub-wrinkle of this year is how much he loves golf.

And specifically, this sort of, like, YouTube show golf. Yes. Of, like, almost streamer golf content. Yeah, like, he is. He is legitimately dialed out on. Yeah, it has gotten him. And you play golf? I do not, but I'm pretty familiar with the world.

I had a summer that I played so much golf that I played till I went broke. Like, I was literally, my card was getting denied at the course, which goes over different. differently when they listen to you on the radio. Just let you guys know. It was before TV money. But when radio money was like the money that I could buy a radio. Yeah. Right?

But anyway. So LeBron's out there, and these cats ask him about cities he doesn't like playing in. And the full context, I do think, is somewhat important. He said he doesn't like playing in Milwaukee. And he said he doesn't like playing in Memphis. Okay. Now, he could have stopped there. And if he had stopped there,

I would just try to explain something to people that they kind of need to get. The NBA collective bargaining agreement requires five-star hotels for the players. And this is an issue in some of the towns where there are NBA teams. Like Oklahoma City, I think, for example, has one hotel that fits the description.

It's also your friendly reminder that five-star hotel is not some kind of scientific designation, right? Like, what five-star means is incredibly broad, and in Memphis, it means the Weston that's across the street from the arena. And it ain't no fancy Weston, it's a Weston. I understand that for some of you, they're like, what's wrong with the Weston? Here's what's wrong with the Weston. Nothing except.

It's a very important except. This is the standard that we have for hotels. when I was younger. And I was just kind of like, you know, when you're in college, you do something to get a little hotel room, you get you like a Hampton Inn or something like that, you know, a little, affordable situation. And I remember saying to myself, I never understood how it was that people got too good for that. You know what I'm saying?

Like, it does the job. You got a bed. You got a shower. You got what you need. Whatever it is. Okay. Here's the rule for hotels. A hotel must be as nice or nicer than the place that you live.

That is how your standards for hotels change and they may move with whatever your life is. It is in line with whatever your house is. And I'm here to tell you, the Bron James house is a lot nicer than the Western. Just throwing it out there. The other thing I would say where I could understand, because he's the way you might not want to go to those places also, is simply, he's not going to those cities as me or you. he's going to those cities as LeBron James, incredibly rich person, right? He wants to do incredibly rich things.

Okay? So while Gus's Fried Chicken might be something that you look forward to doing when you go to Memphis, it's not really like what LeBron is about at this point. That's not what he wants to do. This is the reason why he and the entire league talk about how Memphis is the worst place for them to go. Now, I am surprised that on that list is not Oklahoma City. Is that Oklahoma City the, where they stay at the hotel that's haunted? Yes, it is. Yes, it is. Okay. Again, they say, because again, because there's one hotel.

There's only one. If you've ever had to try to book a hotel room in Oklahoma City, you understand a little bit about what LeBron James is talking about, right? But it's, It's a hotel, and they say it's haunted, but for whatever reason, they still complain about Memphis. Maybe the haunted hotel is nicer. I have no idea. Like, I would think the Sacramento maybe would creep up there. People have said, well, what about Salt Lake City? There's money in Salt Lake City, though.

A lot of money in Salt Lake City, right? Ain't a lot of drink, but it's a lot of money in Salt Lake City. I'm not surprised that that isn't the place that. And it's really pretty, apparently. but anyway, Memphis is the one that they all talk about. And I could understand why it is that Memphis is not up to the standards in a lot of ways that a lot of these cats are up to. Now, for those of you who know a little something about Memphis,

you'll understand what I say here, which is they had an ordinance that they put in place in Memphis that affected the cultural fabric of the place, right? And it was a dress code of sorts at certain establishments that established a minimum level of clothing that they were required to wear at, we'll call them, clubs. The dudes would have liked Memphis a lot more if it was the Memphis of the old days. If they did not have that dress code in place, it's what I'm saying. Okay. Anyway, if LeBron had simply stopped there, this would be the conversation I would be having with you

about him talking about how he doesn't like going to play in Memphis. But that isn't where he stopped. Where he stopped, he said they should move the team to Nashville. And buddy, that is where he stepped in it. Yes. And he was asked about the Saturday and he doubled down. Yes. So to think about Memphis, Nashville, aside from the idea

that there are cities in the same state and you know how that goes. Nashville has kind of been fetishized, especially by a lot of people on the right, because Nashville, and I don't have the numbers in front of me, I'm operating somewhat anecdotally. But Nashville is the rare city in the south that isn't really associated with a black presence.

Memphis is black. Okay, black. I have heard somebody say that it is pejorie. which we referred to at times as Memphrica. Okay? Like, we all know this about Memphis. Memphis is super duper black. That's what it is.

When you start talking about moving the team to Nashville, which would not work for a team, they barely want to support the Titans. They already got a hockey team, right? Once he decided to take it to that step, oh, no, no, no, no, no. Now, now it feels like anti-blackness. Especially as Nashville has now become the,

unofficial capital for right wing media this is it's all tied into what we're talking about right they also also don't have state income tax that's a that's a big part of it but that's that's where he wound up and i don't even know if he knew that that's where he was winding up i do imagine though it's a better place to be a rich person right like for the sorts of things that he might be talking about and trying to get into like i i could see how that would be better for him but I was a little floored by how fiercely people responded to him saying that. Because I thought it was a sucker move. But, I mean, the real reason it's a sucker move,

when these NBA players get on the podcast and say they don't want to talk about Memphis, don't want to play in Memphis, is a black person right there? Is it black person right there? You out there with your white friends. They ain't even your friends. It sounds like you just met the motherfuckers playing golf. And then you say this and they're all chuckling it up. It's a move, woo, woo, who.

So then they come talk to LeBron after about it. And he doubled down. He was like, I don't even like going home. He said he don't want to go to Cleveland no more. And it's like, damn, okay, you're for real about this. You could have very easily been like, hey, man. Do you think he was referring to Cleveland or Akron when he said going home? Yes.

Fair enough. I will note that one of my partners who was listening to this show, he said about LeBron. He was talking about LeBron's all bad about Memphis. He was like, you're not even from Cleveland. Yeah. And so my new name for Akron will now be not even Cleveland. Just a kid from not even Cleveland. He was like,

not even Cleveland, the home full Bronj, James Hanson. Yes, they're like, yo, how dare you? How do you even,

like, how do you even come out here and say this under these circumstances? You from not even Cleveland. And you got something to say over this. And what I also think that people don't get about Memphis is, if you ever been to Memphis, I think you'll get this. I remember this is going to be a roundabout explanation people are not going to you know the plane will be landed

Ryan is by any chance you ever been to Seville Spain I have not okay I went to Seville in 2018 and I don't even remember why I picked Seville right somebody had hit me to the fact that Portugal had beaches so I went to the Portugal beaches and then I was like oh I could shoot over to Spain it was an hour and a half bus ride to Seville and I don't know who told me Seville was cool but I said okay, I went. Never been so hot in my life just throwing it out there. But for those you who don't know, Seville now, let me see how many people. Like, it has an airport. Like, I don't want to act like it's not a city. But Seville is, it's got like 680,000 people, right? It's really pretty. It's really interesting. It has a heavy dose of the influence of the Moors. And also it's the one

place in Spain. They got like a touch of the Renaissance. Right. So it's got a lot of stuff that's going on there. But the big thing is Seville used to be the capital of the Spanish Empire. And there's something about being there that, like, a bad one is a bad one is a bad one forever, right? And Seville used to be the baddest one, and it's still got a little air about it. Like, it still got it. It looks, it don't look like it used to. You know what I'm saying? Right, right.

You know, it ain't what it was. but in his mind Seville is still Seville. I am fascinated by cities like that that used to mean something different than they do now but the people who are from there still they still got

they still got that in them. You know what I mean? Like Memphis is one of those cities Say it again. Boston? Yeah like Baltimore is maybe a little closer example. St. Louis, right? Oh, St. Louis is a great one, yeah. Yeah, Pittsburgh to a degree. But what it is with these cities

is you don't have to explain to people where they are, right? People know what your city is. Even if you got jokes, people know what you're, you know, they know something about the place. And Memphis and people from Memphis carry that level of pride, right? It's, it is a place that has historically mattered. And in that region, it is a place that matters, right? It ain't cracking like it used to, da, da, da, all that stuff. But it still means something. And so when Buddy talks, about, man, they should move the team to Nashville. To them, they're like, but this is ours.

Like, why are you going to, why, why are you talking about taking a team from us? Now, I think that there's a certain measure of overreaction. Like, LeBron doesn't have the power to do this. Is that, right? Like, it's just, it is under the heading of one man's opinion, but it's one man who was yucking it up with some white boys on the golf course about it.

And that was a, that was a horrific look for him. But, and I don't know if he's, knows this, but there's also, that has been a topic of discussion for people is the idea of moving the Grizzlies out of Memphis. And they're like, damn, we can't have nothing. That's like, that's a basketball city. They care about this, right? When the team is good, they out there, they support it. Like, I don't know what the financials are or anything like that. The city just ain't got a strong hotel game. And if you're an NBA player, that means a lot. I think LeBron said something about staying at the high eccentric. And I'm like, hey, that's,

While there's nothing wrong with it, if I were in the NBA, I would have never heard of the Hyatt Centric. Just throwing it out there. I would rent an Airbnb out a whole building before I stayed at the Hyattcentric if I was Brahe James under those circumstances. But I'm surprised he doubled down. Like, he plays it safe on so many things. And now he's just like, yeah, I said it.

It's just my opinion. What's the problem with it? Well, I would say this on his behalf, though. If I were him, I would retire at the end of this season. Because if I were him, I would not be excited about going back to Memphis. They take things very personally there as Gucci Main. You can predict the playoff action all the way to the finals with Fandu predicts. All you have to do is sign up to get you a 25.

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We know you can't be on top of all the news and information of the day. No need for the social media feeds. We got you. Now, if you haven't heard. All right, Bo, if you haven't heard, Michigan's taking on Yukon tonight in the national championship game. Danny Hurley going for his third national title in four years. Bo, you think they pulled this off. Michigan should beat them.

Right. Michigan is like a machine. Giant. And what they did to Arizona, boy, glad Tommy Lloyd got that buddy lined up already. Got his money and doesn't have to report to his boss he hits. That's right. That was the big a job. that he got in his new deal

was to pull that off. Like that was the thing as the Tommy Lloyd thing was going on and I was like, I don't know if he wants to go to UNC, but I do know he wants a raise. Yeah. Well, he raised his ass up at that tournament. They smacked them. Michigan should win

that game. Like, if Hurley manages to win this one and we're talking about what, three titles in four years, we're talking about one of the greatest coaches who ever lived. Yeah. Like, I don't, Who else has done that? Three.

Outside of wooden. Who's giving you three and four years? Especially in the NIL era. Yes. Like, you know, like it's in there, and that's not a place that's, you know, he's not Texas teching their way into a giant roster.

You know, he's figuring this out through, you know. At a school that has no inherent advantage. And this is the big one I saw somebody point out. This is their eighth final four. And the seven they've been through so far. They won six titles. How's that part?

I didn't realize it have only been to eight final fours. No, basically every time they've gone. The only time they didn't was in 2009 when they lost to Michigan State. Now remember, Hashim the B flat out quit at the end of the game. Yeah, that was a crazy one. It's going to be interesting to see if Hurley pulls that off. Moving on the media, TMZ is getting into a new game. They're going after politicians as, you know, the government shut down.

they are finding these politicians in different low cows all over the country, including Winsie Graham at Disney World. Weaven said he issued a call for TMZ's audience to send in photos, you know, interviewing TSA workers, trying to get, you know, going after different congressmen.

Bo, are you surprised by TMZ's effort to shame members of Congress? And then, let me tell you, if they've decided they're going to get in this game, everybody need to watch out. Let me throw something out here for you. And this is, this will get back to your home state, but I doubt that you were old enough to remember this. Does the name Bob Livingston ring a bell to you? I'm familiar with the name, but not the context you're talking about.

So when the Clinton impeachment hearings were going on and every Republican was the highest and the mightiest, yes. Larry Flint put out a bounty on these cats. He said it was a million dollars out there for proof. of adulterous affairs of any person in Congress. And Bob Livingston, who was, it was, it was trending toward him becoming the Speaker of the House. Blank got him. Put that million dollars on the street.

Somebody came back with the proof and he had to resign. He was going to be the Speaker of the House. He had to resign. I mean. Flint caught him up. I don't always approve their methods, but I trust TMZ's effectiveness more than I do Congresses. And this is what I'm saying, that if they decide that they're in this game, they get information that I think, generally speaking, this kind of understanding that we let a bunch of stuff slide. Right.

Like people talk about K Street in D.C. All them Congress plays, diplomatic plates, or whatever it is, that's pulling up, that's stroll. At least it used to be the stroll. I don't know if it still is, but pulling up to pick them up off the street or whatever, if you was really in the business of shutting them down, you just set up over there and everybody knew what it was, right? I don't know if TMZ is setting up over there, but all I'm saying is it's out there and people have kind of let stuff slide. TMZ doesn't have to. I'm not even necessarily talking about a giant scandal like that, but just like you said, we're going to go find people at Disney World or anything else.

Now, at the same time, I mean, I feel like it's kind of like a no day except it's no snow, you know what I'm saying? They like, it's like the air conditioner broke at work. Yeah, I mean like, yeah. They are technically. They are technically off. Yeah, they're like, what you want to do? We're just all supposed to be sad?

And the answer is kind of. Like, this is up there. This isn't, I don't think this is the same as Ted Cruz going to Cancun. Yes, during the middle of the hurricane. Yeah, yeah, I don't, I don't know if this is exactly the same. But, hey, man, whatever it is, TMZ being in this game would shake me up. If I was somebody not doing what I should. It's just wild because, you know, as they've clearly figured out that very few things are more unpopular than Congress and politicians.

And that sort of rage, I'm sure, drives a lot of internet traffic. Oh, yeah. And a lot of, you know, things to their business. And, you know, if we weren't anything in Washington the last 10 or so years, it's when unwritten rules start getting broken. Yeah. That's when things really start to get crazy. All right. Let's move on to AI. Microsoft had to issue an interesting warning about its co-pilot program. They had to say it's quote, for entertainment purposes only, not for serious use. Bo, what is your thought about this as AI continues to permeate our lives? Another thing that we're throwing out here that comes with a warning label. Right? And look, I'm not. I'm not.

I don't know if hypocritals is the way to put this, but I don't deny this. We've done advertising on this show for AI stuff. We do advertising on this show for gambling. But I do not deny it every turn. It comes with a warning label. They put the warning label on it. We don't have to lie about what's going on here. But I don't, to be fair to the AI people,

I don't feel like they should have to put a warning label on this, that we should be just a little bit smarter. But we're not. We're not. Therefore, a label has to be put on it for entertainment purposes. This is your idea of a good time? Right. Right?

You see what I'm saying? Like, this is your idea of a good time? That's good luck thinking that's going to spare you from liability when it comes down to it. All right, Bo. Got some great voicemails as always. Here's our first. Shout out to Beaumani and shout out to Ryan. This is Yosef, longtime listener.

Bo, if you remember back in the day, ESPN had a 30-for-30 special called Broke. We're talking about athletes, you know, spending money on car washes and studios. So my question for you is, is Kurt Cousins going to get his own 30-for-30 about getting teams to keep paying him like he's? You know, like he's Joe Montana or like, you know, the second coming of Patrick Mahomes. Five years, $172 million from the Raiders? Come on, Bo. This man needs a $30 for $30 about how he keeps going to the bank. Let me know what you think, man.

Y'all be good. Y'all be safe. Take care. And Dominique Foxworth, I need to clear your schedule. I need more of you and Bo on the right time. take care, fellas. Bye. All right, just so Dominique knows,

we ain't tell them to say that. That's just the streets speaking. Correct. You know, that's what I'm saying. And also, to be fair on this cousin's deal, that's number math, is really just like a one-year deal? But it's a one-year $20 million deal.

Guaranteed. He keeps pulling this off. And it really came down to, franchise tag me. I ain't even tripping. Right? Like, he just rode that out. as far as it would go, and he got his money.

He got his money. He has been a much better quarterback than I ever thought that it was possible that he could be. But nobody has maxed out their earning potential quite like him. He is a legend at the bank, and his agent ain't even one of the famous agents. And that's where my question comes down.

How is everybody not trying to get his phone up? It's amazing. I think every contract he's had, since the last two years in Washington have been fully guaranteed. Though he did an extension in Minnesota that tweaked that out. Got it.

But the bottom line is fully guaranteed is a bit overrated as a notion in the NFL, right? Like the NFL is the only place for somebody give you $70 million all at one time. Right. You know what I mean? And then it kind of goes from there.

Like there's an equilibrium at play with that market and I totally get it. But the reality is, I was giving people hell for giving Kurt because of too much credit 11 years ago when he was throwing two interceptions a game, there was no way in the world to think that he would have made, how much you think he'd have made so far? I just looked it up, so I'm not, I'm cheating. Okay.

Don't ruin the surprise. No way. Yeah. No way. Yeah. Are you on spoke track? I am on off the cap, but. Okay.

What number is off the cap giving you? Off the cap is giving me 3.31. Oh, wow. I only had 322. Yeah. Those are millions. Yeah. That is third most all time behind Matt Staff for Aaron Rogers.

All right. Here's our next one. Hey, Bo. I know that you have been diving into the world of uniquely named people, but I do have a name-related question for you. At what point is it acceptable for people to start using the old folks version of their name? I got an email from a Cassie, who is a law student.

And so he is still in her 20s, and I'm like, I don't think you've earned that yet. So I would love your insight into, at what point does Bobby become Bob? When does Billy become Bill? When does Catherine become Kathy? Appreciate all you do. I actually think a more interesting discussion there is shout out to all those people who never changed. shout out to my home boy Joey he's still Joey like what does it take for you to just be like

no I'm just gonna ride like this is who I am like you start off as a kid as Billy you don't become William yeah yeah you just yeah don't become Bill you just like the real question is it's you know what to what he proposed and we don't do this anymore but he made it too broad the question is back in the day at what point

did Richard decide it's dick at what moment did you say no no no like no you couldn't just be like he wasn't Dick Vital

when he was 10 you know what I mean I mean to be fair that was probably about 70 years ago that's also true that's also true in 1950 he might have just been but like at what point

do you be do you just decide I'm going to yeah call me dick that it about it do you decide that for yourself or does your personality dictate like when did dick van dyke what a whimsical named man who is not just still in the league but still giving us about eight points a game off the bench 100 years old yeah when did dick vandyke right around there yeah when did dick van dyke like even though your last name is van dyke you still

went with dick when did you make that call right about anybody but like you? And what day did people look around and be like, hey, Ixnay on the it day? I got to say, that was funny. That was very funny. I didn't think it was going to be that good. All right, here's our last one. Hey, but money, this is Will from Oklahoma City.

I think I got a pretty good one for, you know, our favorite subject. So a few days ago, my sweet 91-year-old grandmother, She went to go be with the Lord. And I went, I was, you know, trying to be a good son. I went with my mom to go to the funeral home, try and, like, plant some stuff. Whatever. Anyway, the guy comes out with the render for the headstone. And I realized I didn't know my grandmother's middle name, which was Larice.

I don't know if this one totally counts. I don't know any black Larissa's either. But I saw that capital R and I just started grinning, thinking of the right time. It's the capital, by the way. Yes. And, yeah, I know, Lurice. Yeah, Lerese. Yeah, that's on the list.

That's, that's, I encountered a, I saw it written down somewhere, a white commisha. who wishes to be called Cammy. Nope. No chance. You should have never told me. I never would have known if you hadn't said it. But hey, ladies and gentlemen, thanks a much for joining us here on the right time. We do this four days a week.

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