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Detroit Lions confidence level this coming in this weekend my confidence is at an 11 out of 10 okay especially coming especially coming off the spanking that we gave the Broncos their Mojo was back and I wasn’t alive during the 93 season when they won it and I’ve
Been waiting my whole life for this 11 out of 10 thank you no RI that’s that’s awesome I mean it’s it I I get it it’s it’s and the more I talk about it I was just talking to Kang and and Doug about a little bit I was I was a
Nine I might be bumping up to about a nine and a half not I don’t think I can get to a 10 because there’s no guarantees if you’re going to go 10 you’re guaranteeing a win and there’s no guarantees in football but you know Alexander Madison’s not been great for
Him they’re down to their third running back they’re down to what third quarterback they go to Second quarterback they go to you know quar four quarterbacks yeah I mean it’s it’s offensively I still am wondering if they’re going to be so one-dimensional and and be throwing the
Ball the Lions can dial up some blitzes they get after the quarterback they could fuse them a little bit this a big game for Aaron Glenn I think that um I’m I’m I’m starting to talk myself into nine and a half well the Bronco game was
A great Aaron Glenn game yes the blitzes delayed blitzes kept him off balance kept the quarterback hemmed in the pocket forced to turnover big in the game early in the game to help settle in to do it back toback weeks would be massive I don’t see the Vikings scoring
A ton in this game I don’t think the Vikings with Nick Mullins are going to March up and down the field and score in the 30s this game might get played in the teens and early low 20s my concern level is still there though because the Vikings defense will
Blitz they will pressure that’s the one thing that can cause Jared G to spiral and have turnovers you are the line and that’s that’s the neutralizer but you’re still going going on the road to a desperate team in your division who’s fighting for their playoff life it’s not
Going to be easy I think they win but my confidence is a 6 out of 10 my confidence is a six out of 10 that they win this game it’s not going to be pretty like I said I I take the points with three and a half in the picks um
But I think the key here is you neutralize as much pressure as you can and Ben Johnson’s going to have to have a big game like last week was was Aaron Glenn I think this week it’s Ben Johnson how do you win the chess match with
Brian Flores how do you have the counter punches ready when do you keep extra blockers in when do you call some some screens when do you use their aggressiveness against them with counters and I think this is a spot for Ben Johnson to win the chess match and
Help his quarterback in a spot that he has struggled the numbers against Brian Flores we brought him up yesterday he’s 0 and2 against Brian Flores Jared gof has thrown one touchdown five turnovers 54% passer and I think it’s because one of those was a Super Bowl one of those
Was a Super Bowl the other one was a regular season game I think it’s because Flores is is a heavy Blitz pressure defense nobody blitzes more than than the Minnesota Vikings this season and then that’s that’s why I think when you’re talking about Frank rag now being
Out there now he wasn’t at practice but that’s you know that’s planned maintenance M um it it there’s nothing that says he’s not going to be out there on Sunday that’s a guy that you want to have out there for what he’s seen his experience and his ability to make
Adjustments make calls at the line of scrimmage communicate that to not just the offensive line but to everybody else on the offense most importantly Jared G 248 539 9797 Lions fans your confidence level we’ll go scale of 1 to 10 John’s bumping up to a nine and a half I’m
Apparently I’m timid I’m only at a six you don’t think they’re winning come on it’s not riding the fence that’s a toe down not riding that’s still staying on top of the fence and have one tow down on the lon side you’re not even picking them to to to cover that’s two feet
Inbounds that’s a win that’s a touch that’s that’s that’s that’s College inbounds that’s one foot down Lions fans we want to hear from you we’re going to play Jared golf audio as well as he talks about what’s at stake that’s next 971 we’ll get back in the Pistons before the
Hour wraps up you heard it in the update sell the team chance but I do want to talk Lions here as we roll on on a Friday morning a chance to do something they haven’t done ever win the NFC North win a division something they haven’t
Done in 30 years John the world was very different in 1993 mhm the first Beanie Baby hit the market Jurassic Park debuted Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You debuted and dominated the charts in 1993 but meatloaf wouldn’t be outdone I would do anything for love also a hit in
1993 it’s been a minute yep who there it is another one mhm Troy Aman the Cowboys Super Bowl MVP we had the last Canadian hockey team to win a Stanley Cup the Montreal Canadians it’s been a minute it and the BL J’s good year for Canada won the
World Series Joe Carter walk-off home run it’s been a minute we want to know where you were at 1993 we also want to focus on the game and your confidence level as you head in 30 years is a long time people carry the weight of that as
Lions fans the the thing in the back of your head oh could they still blow it and what if what if we want to know your confidence level Jared gof spoke about what’s at stake this week and he talked about those 30 years and the weight of all of it
He wasn’t alive 30 years ago I mean he doesn’t he shouldn’t carry the weight it’s about them executing this week but I think for Lions fans some of them who have been keenly aware for all 30 of these years it does weigh on you as you
Go into a chance to make history yeah I mean it’s the experiences that you’ve had I mean part of why he’s able to say one players aren’t supposed to think about you know things from last year carrying over he’s moving on and and trying to accomplish something this year
He also didn’t grow up here right you know he he wasn’t here it wasn’t alive 30 years ago but he hasn’t experienced everything that we’ve experienced here in Detroit over the past 30 years what it has taken from us to go from division winners all the way to the bottom at 0
And6 and continuing to scrape the bottom as you finally in 2023 have an opportunity to secure a division title they have restructured the NFL redistricted the the the the conferences and the division mhm you haven’t even won a division since that happened you don’t have you know if you we talk about
Raising banners and you do you raise one for a division you haven’t even had the opportunity to discuss do we put up an NFC North division Banner hopefully that discussion happens won’t happen on Monday because we’ll all be celebrating Christmas but on Tuesday yeah we can have that discussion absolutely 248 539
9797 your confidence scaled one to 10 Joseph and Flint good morning how you doing what’s up go Blue go Blue uh I called about a month and a month and a half ago and said this same thing if the lions run the ball they will win this game easily very
Easily they don’t put all the pressure on J on go just run it down their throat and you will the game easy that’s all you got to do they got they best they got they whole line back and I’m surprised a Michigan offensive lineman don’t know that oh John knows
That John’s been talking about talking about it got joh got a n out of 10 nine and a half out of 10 confidence that they’re going to get it done and I assume John in large part like you said it’s because of that offensive line yeah they just need to run the ball
That’s all they need to do take the pressure off gol and play action when you can but run the barall the majority of the time and they win the game so the Vikings worth noting Vikings top five run defense yards per carry they know the Lions want to run
The ball too yeah they for them to be able to Blitz as aggressively as they want they have to get stops on first and second down in the Run game it does come down to ragn now and Decker and the whole group Jonah Jackson and and they
Need to dominate up front that’s what they do best is is run block and we saw it last week it was against the defense that wasn’t great against the run but it was a defense that was playing with a lot of confidence they went in there and
They rammed it right down the Broncos throat that’s what you’ve got to do against Minnesota and will you be as effective probably not no Denver had the worst run defense in football so what do you do you’re you have to be okay with two three four yards a pop early you
Stick with the game plan those become a little bit longer but eventually you are going to have to be able to throw the ball you’re going to have to be able to protect your quarterback obviously play action pass that makes it easy on the offensive line they get to be aggressive
They get to fire off the ball they get to sell the run and it makes life easy and simple and the picture is very clear for Jared gof plus you get a chance to take some shots there’s going to be other times where it’s three steps balls
Out five step ball is out seven step all right we’ve seen that and they’ve been effective that’s when the offensive lines got got to stand up and do their work but they certainly can do that you run the ball you win the game but if it’s not going great for you
You’re right you have to be able to play off of it and I think you can use some of Minnesota’s aggressiveness against them with counters in the Run game I think you can counter in the screen game I think it’s a big Ben Johnson spot for
That reason because you don’t want go to be dropping Back 40 times against the blitz on the road I know it’s indoors that certainly helps but you don’t want to put him in that position run the ball to your point John even if it’s not dominant early if you stay committed to
It and Minnesota can’t score you can stick with it now if Minnesota and I don’t think this is going to happen but if Nick Mullins were going down the field scoring touchdown after touchdown then it would put pressure on them to abandon the Run Nick Mullins is Nick
Mullins if they don’t run away with it you can be disciplined you can stay dedicated to the Run game and sprinkle in all the wrinkles and keep golf in a good position position to win the game I think some of this is yeah the fact that the Vikings even with Jefferson and
Howison and Addison aren’t an offense that you fear because of the quarterback situation no it’s an offense and it’s a team that is defending North Champs you have a chance to go to their home and take that from them you have a chance to to plant your
Flag and I’m not saying you do it you waved the banner I mean we’ve talked about the seam strs and taking it with you all that stuff but you have a chance to plant your flag as a good team an 11 win team that’s the opportunity coming out
Of this weekend an 11- win team a division champ you’ve earned a home playoff game you’re going to Dallas and you’re playing with house money because for the two seed yeah you’re playing for the two seed but you you know that you already have that spot locked up in the
Playoffs let’s go to the phones we’ve got Rob and Brighton Rob good morning you’re on 971 hey good morning and Jim good morning good morning’s that take your shots I love it Jim is just catching Strays in the morning hey fellas before I make my point are we sure that the whole
Offensive line for us is healthy this weekend as of as of yesterday yeah I mean it it sounds like Frank is GNA play pen practiced even though he got dinged up on Wednesday good good um I I I kind of wanted to get my point about Brian
Flores and I just like Jared gof I I don’t think there’s enough subject matter to even like make that point relevant as far as he’s 0 and2 you know he he that Super Bowl was four years ago that Rams team did not have this offensive line I think jarro go has made
Huge strides from four years ago they didn’t have an A St brown or a running back tandem like um Gibbs and Montgomery I I they didn’t have Ben Johnson I just think Jared G is playing with a ton of conf and I think back then I don’t I think
The Rams didn’t do anything to give him confidence you know that like there was always that doubt and then they got rid of him for Stafford like we all know so I great confidence right now that I think that like I’m at a confidence leader like John
Nine Rob I get what you’re saying but I think it’s also a slight misrepresentation when the when the saints not the Saints when the Rams went to that Super Bowl they had one of the best offenses in the league so I realize you don’t have you know a Gibbs in
Montgomery or St Brown that offense was still one of the best offenses in football and they were held to three points in the Super Bowl the Rams weren’t questioning Jared G they gave him a contract extension and then the second time he faced Flores he turned it
Over four times so it’s not like a one game that we’re you know going back to from four years ago yeah but how much to Rob’s Point going back four years how much of that was Flores obviously some of it but how much of it was
Bich and and and also I mean I don’t remember that game you know 100% but Tom Brady I I he didn’t have any touchdowns and I he had a pick as well from yeah I think I it was a very low scoring it was
It was uh 13 to3 I think it was was it the lowest scoring Super Bowl it was in play to be the only touchdown I think was a defensive touchdown in the game if no it wasn’t it was a was it Brady touchdown Greg’s nodding what’s they
Went deep ball to grank down the near sideline then they ran it in from there okay yeah low scoring yeah so I’m not sure what the other game was that he lost to Brian Flores but I just think that the confidence level of this team right now it’s just a different Dynamic
And I am looking forward to seeing what they do on Sunday and I think that they’re going to come home with the championship guys hope you guys have a good Christmas yeah and you too you too and we’ll be celebrating next week we should be I think they’re
Winning I just I I I see some football reasons to why this could be a tougher game than maybe people want to want to realize let’s go to Stephen Hartland Steve you’re on 971 hey happy holidays okay I got the line out a solid 10 and here’s my
Reasoning why follow him a lot in general all sports the the thing of it is with the Lions right now they came out pretty good as far as Denver last week with no major injuries some of the guys are actually getting healthy Minnesota this revolving quarterback
Situation is not going to work and I just feel so solid even with the as far as the point spread the Lions manto man are going to outmatch Minnesota I don’t care if they play in Minnesota on the moon or in Detroit or a neutral field and I got the Lions 31 to
20 comfortable double digit win on the road to clinch a crown in the NFC North mhm take that I think the moon would be too far of a drive for the Oakland County fans could be a bit of a distance we know Jared gof is better indoors versus
Outdoors but what about Jared gof with a change in gravity do we have any insight onto that the ball really just hangs up in the air it’s not great yeah well I don’t know maybe maybe it helps with the the the tiny hands gol’s going to launch it ball’s still in the
Air coming down now J’s down there oh it helped right no maybe touchdown Lions J Mo in the Deep ball in space it’s possible outer space it’s possible 248 539 9797 what are we talking about we’re talking about the Lions and the Vikings on Sunday your confidence level it’s 971
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Christmas a good thing Lions win on Christmas Eve you wake up it’s a blue Christmas you’re drinking the blue Kool-Aid yep I get it yeah I mean every Christmas is blue every day is blue because we’re doing the blue wall radio of course Brick by Brick yeah 248 539
9797 we asked you guys how confident are you the history and the weight of the moment the lion fans haven’t done this in a minute they’re the better team they should win but what’s your confidence on a scale of 1 to 10 Minnesota still alive fighting for their playoff life they’re
Going to dial up a whole bunch of blitzes they’re going to try to press your golf and lead to some turnovers games indoors your offensive Line’s healthy you should win the game anyway even if it’s not pretty Nick Mullins come on it’s still Nick Mullins on the other side 248 539
9797 ticket texter says very low confidence this weekend I think it’s just the Lions way of doing things they will back in on the last weekend of the year in the rematch oh you can’t just you can’t believe that the lions are actually going to earn something that
They earn the 10 and and four record right now that they can earn the fact that in what was it week 16 they can win the division this one says I see the game Sunday similar to a different Lions Road game the buccaneer game the Bucks were
Three and one defense was healthy pretty good run defense the Lions had to grinded out they won 20 to6 couple big plays and good defense as I view the Vikings very similar that’s Raymond Den noi I could see that yeah um but I mean the difference is right now going into
Going into the the Bucks game which back was down we we’re down to one back now we’ve got both of them healthy leaport has been there all year there was a game where we were dinged up on the edge but that to me was Jared gof
Going and and winning a game because the Run game evaporated due to injury cuz that was yeah that was that was Tampa right yeah no Tampa yeah but I could remember they didn’t have their full compliment of backs in the back field and it became a game where they
Could not run the ball and they found a way to win the other reason I like that comparison Brian Flores and the Vikings Blitz the most in football you know who most years is in the top three Todd BS yeah and that Buccaneers defensive scheme so I do think that’s a good
Comparison on the ticket text let’s go to the phones skiing Detroit you’re on 971 hey guys how you doing what’s good hey it’s been like about two years since I called in but uh I’m hearing a lot of people saying that they the Lions gonna win by double digits but we
Talking about Minnesota Minnesota’s always played Detroit tough you know I think they’re going to win but I think it’s going to be more like about a three-point game my confidence level is at like about maybe 75% okay 7.5 out of 10 skip how will it feel if they actually get it done
Because I have you allowed yourself to think about that I think uh I think they’re gonna get done man it’s gonna be great because I’m 65 man you know they haven’t done this in you know in a long time skip what was a different team what was 35y
Old skip like the last time they did this uh tell you the truth man 35 year old skip didn’t care much I was out there hanging out doing my thing and you know I didn’t really care much but now that I’m older I care yeah PRI priorities have changed over 30 years
And I’m assuming at the time you didn’t think you’d have 30 years of drought you might have you know what there’s 90s are all right I don’t have to worry about this but then yeah they went away exactly man who who knew that we’d be 30 years out and and just ridiculous man
But I think they G to do it but I think it’s going to be like a three-point game okay y doesn’t matter how they get it done just get it done yeah there’s I mean no style points needed in this one no one’s going to care I don’t care if
It’s a fluke I don’t even care if it’s like a ref hands the Lions to give me and they didn’t earn it I don’t care by hook or by crook yep get it done get it done Brandon in Wood Haven you’re on 971 morning gentlemen so before I get to
My confidence level uh I just want to say leave it to East Lancing for about to pull the biggest Jinx ever if you look at the Detroit Detroit Lion on Facebook they actually released their uh NFC uh North Division Championship shirts at Meyer already at East land
Meer I saw Doug brought that up yesterday right Doug car brought up the fact that you can already buy it on the Shelf yeah so good I love the confidence no so somebody messaged the Meer corporate and they’re like do it’s only one game just believe and they’re
Like you you must never watched the Lions game before but did you go did you go buy yourself one no I can’t I cannot do that yet not till the job’s done but so I wanted to say so when true number one receivers come come you know play the lions like
Devonte Adams you know he was open most of that game and if it wasn’t for like our hardcore Blitz defense and garoo being garoo Adams was wide open that whole game and I think Sutton’s been burnt a lot by a lot of true number one re receivers this year and so with
Jefferson healthy you know I I don’t care who’s throwing him the ball he’s going to go catch it you know even those Hospital balls he’ll go he’ll go catch them so we really have to be dialed in and be cautious if we’re trying to Blitz like we did last week against you bring
That up number one receivers and I’m just trying to think back so alive had a decent day against the Lions Keenan Allen had a big day against the Detroit Lions Jefferson when healthy is like wide receiver one of one in the NFL I don’t know what the game plan is but I
Am happy that Jerry Jacobs didn’t play like at all in coverage last week and if not going to play in coverage at all this week that certainly helps I would be terrified you remember DJ Moore one-on-one with Jerry Jacobs in Chicago if Jerry Jacobs isn’t on the
Field he can’t be one-on-one with Justin Jefferson at any critical juncture of the game no no but we we’ve seen this before where you know the number one receiver goes off and the Lions still win Justin Jefferson has gone off on the Lions before and the Lions have won yep
So it’s it’s when you have callers calling in talking about hey the the the Vikings have had the Lions number well so is everybody else it’s not unique to Minnesota I had the numbers yesterday and and I was looking at him going you know what at the last 11 the the Vikings
Are N9 and two they’ve won five of the Past Times that they’ve faced the lions at home but we’re talking about a different team other teams can put up those same numbers how many how many years was it that they could could find a way to beat Green Bay right you know
Chicago you go across the NFL a lot of teams have those numbers against the Lions in years that were 22 you know 2022 and earlier this is an opportunity for the this Detroit Lions team to reset the narrative to 2023 and moving forward Detroit Lions don’t have to worry about
Losing nine of you know of the past 11 Los losing five of the last trips to Minnesota this is a different team it’s a different franchise and it’s their opportunity to go out and prove it and show it that’s why I’m at of nine ticket texer says changing subjects
On you guys a little bit I want nothing to do with Stafford in the playoffs I think the lions are great and definitely headed in the right direction they have a shot this year but the Rams with the history I could see it not going very
Well that’s from Ray well I mean there’s there’s a lot of narratives you could put to bed this year one of them I just mentioned sealing the division beating Minnesota on the road but then also you get to the playoffs hosting a playoff game winning a playoff game if your
Number three seed chances are it’s looking good you’re going to play the Detroit Rams no don’t do that if you are the number two seat which is still a possibility and well within the control of the Detroit Lions you could face the Green Bay Packers you built the case for that they
Play the Panthers this week they would face Minnesota Sunday Night Football and if you feel like they’re the better team between the two they win that game and then the final week of the season they host the Chicago Bears who you all packed up ready to get into the off
Season MH Packers run the table that’s a N9 and8 team that’s not out of the question they still need a little help but they could be the seven seed yeah I mean and then all of a sudden we get a rematch at Thanksgiving Day who would
You rather see the Rams or the Packers at Ford Field week one of the playoffs I think you’re more likely to beat Green Bay I do even though Green Bay already won the game here at Ford Field I think a full week as opposed to a short week I
Think all of the offensive linemen being healthy as opposed to missing a piece on Thanksgiving I think the Lions win that rematch well and then that’s the way it really honestly should be because if you’re the two seed should have an easier game you it should be an easier
Game three seed you should have a tougher game because you’re playing a higher seed in the playoffs but but I still would rather play the Rams I think they beat the Rams too and I think that is a more satisfying win yeah you you’re on the same page I want to beat
McVey and for gof to get his spot against his former team for Detroit to have their exorcism against Matthew Stafford to to if you’re going to do it do it to its fullest the Rams quarterback you can say his name let’s just wait until that week Doug’s got
Enough McVey I I I want it because I want to beat McVey like Techo Super Bowl Rams QB yeah yeah QB number nine that QB out west yeah kind of like you guys do the sty would lose his mind over that 248 539 9797 we can talk about that a
Little bit whether you guys are accepting this matchup the inevitability of Matthew Stafford playing a home not a home game but kind of a home away from home playing at Ford Field in a playoff game are you you accepting that possibility after last night’s Rams win
And we will talk Pistons we got to revisit a conversation it’s 971 oh he called it dagger time dagger time called it Mark Champion yes Kelly OIC the former piston hitting a three l in the game I mean John you texted me and you said the Pistons are favored question
Mark so I I keep an eye on it obviously I mean it’s because what’s what we do but with everything that’s going on you’re you’re trying to figure out when are they going to get their next win and it’s always you know plus two and a half
It’s plus eight 10 12 13 some nights and then I think what this one opened up at Pistons were like plus a point and a half yeah it was close to a pick them yeah and then all of a sudden the line shifts and you’re like minus two and a
Half oh who what’s going on they favor and then you look and you say Okay their top two scores are out four of their top six scores are out this could be the night this is and people are starting to get excited I saw wjo on Twitter this
They’re going to do it tonight I know valeni yesterday he picked them they going to do it tonight tonight tonight guys I’ve been telling you two and 80 is a real thing do you need more convincing after last night are you ever going to get a better chance than last night Utah
Sitting key players Lori Markin and Jordan Clarkston they’re two leading scorers Utah they played the night before they played three and four nights they’re guas they don’t have any legs ah they don’t even care and they win anyway the Pistons LED zero minutes in the second half 2 and 80 sounds dumb sounds
Impossible nobody is that bad I present to you the Detroit Pistons and John I think people are fed up you heard the sell the team chance last night at the game people are fed up with this basketball team well in the month of January because I’ve resigned like I’m
Not they’re not going to go to an 80 all right I I I’m I’m calling you on that one I don’t know what more would have to fall in their favor for them to win than what happened last night well things can happen and they have more Talent on this
Team than a 2 and 80 team agreed so at some point they’re just going to dumb luck into one right it’s it’s it’s when you’re playing Pig and in the backyard and your kids just they they they pull one out and they he’s on fire yeah they
Just can’t miss all right that they’re going to have a can’t miss night even more so than Kade had the other night with the 40 points but Kade but yes that’s the other thing Kate had a big dat didn’t matter the other team sat half their team didn’t matter Yan just
Get ejection ejected doesn’t matter y gets ejected doesn’t matter hey they didn’t play Murray in that game either didn’t matter all right they’re at Utah that’s a possibility even though they just lost to Utah at home they play Washington twice in the month of January once there
Once here and I get it trust me hey they they did this four we thought they were two two win teams coming in it was the chance for the Pistons it will always be a chance for the Pistons they’ve got um San Antonio in the they have legitimately four opportunities in the
Month of January because you’re looking at it going okay Golden State not going to win at Golden State Denver probably not going to win at Denver even if you know the Joker gets ejected again Milwaukee twice not going to happen like there’s times where it’s just not going to happen but
There are there may be more I’m just counting four legit opportunities Charlotte there’s another opportunity are you five are you rooting for the losing at this point no I’m never rooting for a loss it’s not in my DNA however there’s always this there’s this morbid part of all of us as human beings
Where like we we don’t want to say we want to watch the train wreck but we can’t look away we you know we’re sad when we see an an accident on the highway but everybody wants to see what’s going on there’s always this little dark part of every human being The Morbid
Curiosity that you just kind of want to see what it would be like what it would feel like what it what it looks like they are an odity at this point it’s like a like a circus routine you’re like come see just how bad this NBA team is I
Think there is that morbid curiosity I also think there’s a little more intention behind some of you know the way fans feel they want shame they want change MH and they feel like yeah if the Pistons were merely one of several bad NBA teams they could kind of skate by on
Scathed but because they are this level of laughing stock not just locally but nationally because this is reaching historic levels one more will tie the single season record four more would um break the alltime record spanning multiple Seasons people are rooting for that they need to find something even if
It’s the uh Major League it’s the the statue or the the the yeah the poster board cutout of somebody Tom gor that’s not motivating but we will put a piece of clothing back on Tom gors yes there you go he starts out you’re going to do major league in Reverse please make it
Stop you had fans there last night I’ve seen people say that fans should stop showing up the ones that did show up made their voices heard let’s can we play a clip that I know we have a couple versions of this Greg whatever one is going to be the easiest for people to
Hear go ahead and play it sell the team sell the team sell the team I don’t I mean maybe people think it’s it’s possible it’s not an owner is not selling a team it’s a license to print money it goes up in value I think all you’re hoping to do there though is
To beg for something to happen vocally beg for ownership pay attention to us in this team it’s gotten so bad do something beg for involvement yeah that’s just hey we want the owner to show or at least speak say recognize the struggles the anxiety the misery
That we are as fans having to be put throughh some kind of change like you would think at this point Troy Weaver would have already been fired and that doesn’t instantly turn around a season but it’s called accountability it’s your fourth season it’s your fourth season
Someone else should try to dig out of this you’re going to do more damage the longer you’re here we heard that he was not in danger right that he was going to be allowed to try and dig out of this is that the same as we always get this you know in in
College and in in the NFL the uh the vote of confidence well we get I give the vote of confidence and then all of a sudden a week later you’re fired like that seems to be the the pathway to removing a coach in the NFL or in college football the dreaded vote of
Confidence yeah I don’t think we’ve gotten anything public that would qualifies as the vote of confidence but it has is that the NBA version of it hey we’re going to leak this out that he’s got we’re giving him the quote unquote vote of confidence yeah I mean I read in
The athletic it was James Edwards III he had said that no Weaver is not on the hot seat that was a mailbag that he did and then he also said that the Pistons were in the market for a forward which implies someone’s telling him that they’re shopping around trying to trade
For a forward and that’s terrifying the idea Detroit Weaver who does not know how to assemble a roster it’s terrifying for all the Ford words in the NBA oh my gosh you’re going to trade me to Detroit no please no and then I saw it was um
And maybe things are changing with yet another embarrassment but I saw Mory sofa in the Free Press say that same thing like Weaver wasn’t going anywhere at least not for the moment well things need to happen to show some level of of we recognize what this franchise
Is and has been this is one of the most historic winning franchises in the NBA they have won three different NBA championships that’s more than two-thirds of the teams in basketball they are known for playing with effort and and tenacity and last night they gave up 50 points between turnovers and
Second chance off offensive rebounds they are known for going to work and now it’s more of a quiet quit we had the bad boys now we have the very bad boys you have spit in the face of this proud franchise with this level of losing and
Somebody has to step up and say enough’s enough or you aren’t the franchise you’ve been historically you are the once proud Detroit Pistons when you let this restore if this is a restoration John if Troy Weaver thinks this is a restoration uh come on yeah the the the rust you
Can’t stop the rust um that frame is is is bent Beyond repair right you got the mismatch doors on the car this is no restoration so you got four games left in this calendar year yep two against Brooklyn one on the road one at home Boston on the road and
Toronto who’s your best shot here’s the best shot the other team’s bus doesn’t start they can’t make it to the game and they have to find a group of local like YMCA Kids to play opposite the Pistons and even then I think the Y kids might be favored by two or three
Points so they’re they’re going to set the record they’re going to lose 29 in a row to end the year going into 2024 starting in January and then they’ve start they’re on the road four times to start the month of January at Houston at Utah at Golden State at
Denver what I’m getting at is when does this hand yeah when is the the when is there a logical opportunity for this CU there’s not going to be a better chance than last night like for the rest of the season I don’t think they will be
Favored again in an NBA game this season I mean make the case for them to be favored that last night and it was only by two points and they lost if I’m an odds maker I’d never make this team a favorite again the rest of the
Season Utah’s missing half a team and it didn’t matter at home 248 539 9797 you want to jump in and and uh talk about this basketball team you can do so we’ve been talking Lions most of the hour confidence going into the Minnesota Vikings matchup and whether or not
You’ve accepted the destiny Stafford in Detroit for a home playoff game Lions looking to break all the curses slay all the dragons exercise all the demons it’s 971 hey you could play for the Pistons I saw that shot you missed just a as good as they
Do sign me to a 10day and I could get that rebound even though it’s over there before you could again you could play for the Pistons no no we we only have a few minutes let’s not bring up the Pistons for the next eight minutes okay
Doug Doug can bring them up at some point during the show today let’s be done with the Pistons let’s end the show with the Lions and let’s go rapid fire you guys tick a text in right before the horn score predictions last minute predictions John you said in the
Picks today for people who missed it you think low-scoring and you gave some gross yeah 1915 how do you even get to 19 to 15 I don’t care five field goals for the Vikings it could be very well could be they don’t have a quarterback Lions get a safety late three safeties
Buy one get one free maybe it’s a one of the Mullins runs out of the back of the end zone because he’s you know trying to you know trying to get the you know whatever I don’t know but 1915 yeah in fact you know what I am going to look up and see
If that’s a score gu but I think they the line’s four and a it’s three and a half yeah I think they win and I think it is going to be a very hard physical football game I think the Lions win the game as well I don’t think it’s by four I think
It’s by three I know we’re splitting hairs but that’s where the line is for a reason Minnesota’s desperate at home fighting for their life they are going to Blitz golf I think they’ll have some degree of success they’ll keep it lows scoring maybe benefit from a turnover
Short field for Nick Mullins but at the end of the day it is Nick Mullins and I think it will stay low-scoring and the lions will do enough they’ll protect Jerry goof enough Ben Johnson will have enough answers and enough is enough the lions are winning the division I will go
With the final score of 20 to 17 okay last time it happened September 23 1990 Washington Redskins beat the Dallas Cowboys 19- 15 the first time it happened 1952 the Cleveland Browns beat the Washington Redskins 1915 I mean come on it’s happened it’s happened four times rapid fire Lions 42
To7 from Jim and Clauson yes uh ticket texter says defensive game 20 to 17 what I just said another one says any QB can throw against the Lions so even Mullins will have a big day reads one of these ticket textures he says Vikings win 30
To 21 Mullins throws for 300 yards and three touchdowns jeez is that the same guy that called yesterday and said that this is going to be the Matt Flynn game yeah but yeah the first of two Matt Flynn games they would need two Minnesota there Minnesota here come on
Ticket texture 24-3 Lions win the division Jeff in a truck getting some split tickets though Minnesota wins 2724 for Mike oh field goal I think I think it really comes down to if you think the Vikings win this game that you believe in misery loves company and that
The Lions will never get like John I don’t know how you can sit today and be a lions fan and have watched this team not just over one or two weeks but the whole season Claws and all and think that they’re losing to the Minnesota Vikings unless you are still trapped in
Some sort of like Time Capsule where they will forever be bad yeah I mean so the the Lions fan it’s somebody should do a study on on lions fans and the misery that they’ve had to deal with and how it has affected their emotion their logic MH because and I’ve
Said this for a number of weeks really since Kurt Cousins went down the Minnesota Vikings yes they have Justin Jefferson who you could arguably say is the best win healthy wide receiver in the NFL Jordan Addison is having a really good rookie year he’s a good receiver but they don’t
Have a a starting running back they don’t have a quarterback the line lions are a 10- win team we just saw them dismantle the Denver Broncos who came in here white hot six- one in their last seven and the Detroit Lions discarded them like it was yesterday’s
Trash texter says Lions 37 Vikings six they only get two field goals Hutch gets two sacks the defense has a pick six that’s Rob in Madison Heights I like that it’s getting me fired up Lions 28 to10 John in Holt Lions win if they give their best player Gibs the ball early
And often in this game you could have a big day yep texter says the city traded the Piston soul in order for the Lions to be good and quite frankly I’m okay with that yeah he says I don’t think that’s fair he said I’d rather have the
Stones be good instead of the liance now I disagree I think most people take that trade oh easy 100% yeah if if if the conversation early when the uh uh Tigers were still playing was that the the Jinx had jumped the street and it was now at
Coer instead of at Ford Field it almost feels like collectively and I’d be okay with that and I love my Tigers but I I I I really want to have a good football team it feels like collectively especially with the wings and the tail spin right now too the the other three
Teams in the city have just said we’re pulling it all together yeah by the way Carolina Carolina got a point last lost an over toam over you scoreboard watching NHL in December four points down four points from the last Wild Card position starting to drift away texter says 15 to 15 final score
Sign Tom Gores in a clown car oh hey 15-5 to tie wins the Division by the way yes take it gives us a chance to bring that up I saw that this week that the Lions technically don’t need to win this week a tie would lock up the division
Yeah I don’t want it that way for a second they talk would that be if you’re a player you still celebrate it right oh he just you celebrate the division you don’t celebrate the game you celebrate the 10 and a half wins that got you the division but what’s the
Difference game versus division like it’s like you go in the locker room and you have a postgame reaction and then a post division reaction it’s all one reaction you go into the locker room after a tie a in this case 15 to 15 tie you’re celebrating I don’t know hey
Hey John you still got that scor gami page up yeah is that is that a score me 15 I’m sure that’s happened 15 is that one of those Dayton triangles games 155 would be a scorigami it has never happened Doug I don’t know if you’re aware of this but a tie wins the
Division we did a segment on it yesterday oh you did yeah the comical NFL tie could be in play and if you get to overtime and you got a chance you get the ball back you’re deep in your own territory there’s three minutes to go and you’re the Lions you don’t need to
Go for it now it it impacts you in the chase for number two right you still control your own destiny over Dallas but Philly becomes an issue if Detroit ties because Detroit obviously doesn’t play Philly they do play Dallas anyway it’s it’s it’s it’s just something to file
Away yeah file away 1818 would be a scor gami and it still feels like that would be more realistic than a 1515 you you’ve got a chart up there I got the score okay does 1818 clinch the division a tie yeah it would yeah a tie would yeah it doesn’t matter let’s do
More let’s do more all right yeah 2222 that’s never happened never happened does that clinch the division it does clinch the division yes sweet 25 all get you the division never Happ I can do this all day hey hey let’s hey it’s a shootout 32 all
Part of the issue is we’ve been here for so long yeah and we’ve done the same show so many times I’m okay with doing four hours talking about different Ties That clinch the division two and two topics we’ve never done in 18 years of doing Carson Anderson two safeties get you the
Division let’s talk about it break it down clinch the division with a two two tie I’m in to 48 denal Hunter Aiden Hutchinson the only two scorers on the day a 2-2 tie yep yep NE things we never have had a chance to talk about I’ll
Talk about a tie on Sunday clinching the division oh boy for four hours not really but I could because it’s fun to talk about this stuff from a completely different perspective what do you plan for today uh well we will preview that game um we’ll preview uh I got I I’m going to
Say something about the Pistons I’m going duck for cover it’s just I’m going to say it and I’m going to duck and people are going to yell good luck yeah enjoy your Friday thanks Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Doug two two tie let’s get it let’s do it Doug car next 971
All right merry Christmas everybody last show before Christmas and I hope everybody has planned to spend time with your family and just make the most of the holiday season which is stressful and great at the same time you know what’s funny I I was actually talking to Jans and he was
Talking about how his wife just handles everything and wraps all the gifts and they’re all like the edges and the corners are perfect on the wrapping paper and the the the ribbon goes around the package on all four corners like she’s she’s great with this and I I started
Thinking this is probably not something people talk about early in a relationship but early in a relationship should you be asking your partner all right how do you handle Chris Christmas like do you WAP the are you good at rapping gifts do you go big or
Not like how uh is this something you should be feeling out with a new spouse potentially and getting how they handle Christmas what do you expect out of me come Christmas am I going to be rapping a lot are we going to hit like six houses
Do we just bunker down in our place how’s this going to work it’s kind of an underrated part of the courting process is how do you handle Christmas well the logistics of where and when are definitely something you should discuss I don’t know about the rapping part when uh me and my wife
Got married at a uh at a Catholic church and I don’t know if you did as well Doug but we had to go through a process where we basically sat down and like took a compatibility test like we we filled out like I don’t I don’t remember it was
Scantron or whatever but we literally filled out a test and they talked to you after and this the reason for this is it’s not necessarily compatibility just to hey let’s talk about things now before they become an issue when you’re married right yep the gift wrapping was
Not a question on this uh survey no I’m saying I’m saying I think it it should be I think there should be a Christmas section to the test where the spouses talk ahead of time the potential spouses the fiance talk ahead of time because it’s an underrated part of stress in a
Relationship is how you handle Christmas yeah it’s so unnecessary too because it’s one time a year let’s just handle this like adults Doug you do all the work and I do nothing all right that’s how we handle this that way I’m stressfree no seriously though yeah you
I mean but my point is don’t make a bigger deal out of it than it should be kind kind of kind of an underrated part of how a relationship’s going to work I’m with John man we’re maybe me and John are just lucky that our our wives
Handle everything on that side so can your wife like he said I mean point pained crisp Corners wrapping paper tight bow around all four corners and you know what she asked John to do can you carry this stuff to the basement he’s like hell yeah I can carry to the basement she’s
Like she’ll tell me I need this and this from the basement I’m like I got you I got you to to for me just as long as you don’t see the gift the job is done I don’t need the literally the bows and all that stuff great how great great are
Gift bags yeah just cover up the gift gift bag although I’ve discovered I’ve been I’ve been told that there’s a proper way this is so great cuz I don’t know if guys tell me guys if you had this gift bag right you just put the gift in the
Gift bag if you hand over in front of your wife a gift bag that you prepared to an aunt an uncle somebody outside the family and all you’ve done is put the gift in the bag but you haven’t put tissue paper on top of the gift that that’s a
Foul that’s a flagrant one in my house you cannot hand over a gift bag without tissue paper preferably colored seasonal a red a piece of red a piece of green a piece of red sandwich together and oh there’s a way to do it as well you’re not just pushing the
Tissue paper in top of the bag I was coached to grab coached I was coached to grab the tissue paper by the middle and stuff it in so the corners stick out just so so I mean there’s you can’t hand over just a gift bag you got to do the tissue
Paper have you been trained Kang yeah but I’ve been bad at following directions dog pretty hold on you’re pretty good here it’s um five Lions Cuts did you put the five Lions Cuts in the system today they should be there you followed directions I I think you’re
Great at following directions I get it it just seems so unnecessary for me I understand it but you know I’m all about efficiency I’m like are we use are we doing this the most efficient way we’re wasting the answer is no what does efficiency even mean in America at
Christmas in 2023 that’s true efficiency isn’t in in play here efficiency is just give them cash in an envelope that’s efficient but that’s not is that your rule or is that your wife’s rule by the way what the the tissue like it’s got to
Be oh it’s hers I I got schooled like I me I get it you know my wife’s the same way y that’s why she handles it all now presentation the presentation is almost as important as the gift mhm if I do it it might there might be
Actual toilet tissue you have to and also just keep this in mind because there’s probably some single guys driving around or guys who are dating right now that are rolling their eyes saying you guys are just pushovers and you do whatever she says blah blah blah
You choose the is what you charge up this is not one in my in my household that’s worth charging up I’m not charging up this if she wants me to push the tissue paper into the top of the bag by the middle so the corners stick out
And it’s fluffed properly yes I will do that once again closer to not further from also do you have to use brand new tissue paper like it can’t be reused because it’s already wrinkled and crumbled ah that does not come up oh okay and believe no I’m not going to I
Use the same tissue paper over and over I we got that that corner in the in the storage room where we got more room because cgc came in and put in the the water heater uh and took our old one out so we got all this floor space and there’s all
The tissue paper and all the wrapping paper in that corner of the storage room anyway long story short um there’s a lot going on there a lot of moving parts and it’s under an underrated part of selecting a spouse hey how do you handle Christmas you good at rapping gifts do
You like rapping gifts what do you expect out of me that’s that’s what it really the question is what do you expect out of me come Christmas time as Kang said it wasn’t on his his Catholic Church compatibility test it’s probably not something that’s going to come up early on like the
Questions where do you want to live what’s your career path do you want to have children how do you handle Christmas you should bring it up to the committee whoever does those questionnaires what at the Catholic Church I’m not I’m not high up on the on the chain of command at the Catholic
Church I know people that are close to the top of the chain of command at our Catholic church although Anita handles music um but I mean she has a voice in the room maybe you can uh email uh poin ain’t easy underscore the Vatican I don’t know at
JP I don’t even know her pope’s name right now I should I going to get kicked out of the club if I don’t learn it quick you guys should putting issues on the compatibility here anyway Merry Christmas hope hope you got it all sorted out in your house and
We’re learning as a gender I I think we’re doing a good job learning what our expectations are what the expectations are and and at some point you draw a line like you’re like I’ll follow directions I’ll follow directions I’ll follow sure yes I’ll do that yep uhhuh uhuh and then you go
Enough I’m done I’ve done everything you’ve said I wrapped the gifts I picked up the fruit cake I put the tissue in the bag the proper way I got the gift card for the mailman I’m done you you just reach that you reach that point all right Carson Anderson
Merry Christmas everybody lots to get to today including preview the Lions and the Vikings we’ll get to that coming up if you want to get into the specific challenges you have with your preparations for Christmas what you’ve learned what you’ve learned guys what have you most importantly learned
Because for me I think in recent years it’s how to properly present a gift bag it’s Carson Anderson 971 the ticket Caron Anderson we’re talking a little bit about the challenges of Christmas and uh what you’ve learned as we discuss the presentation of gifts how to properly do Christmas I
I will make a comment here before we get to your phone calls can you tell me what you think when Thanksgiving rolls around I will eat an entire pumpkin pie in one sitting like that’s where I’m like all right here we go pumpkin pie time let’s go Christmas rolls
Around I could eat 20 gingerbread cookies in one sitting let’s go challenge me I’m challenging you I’m just proud that you’re doing something unhealthy for once y every once in a while more time in a pelaton and there we go we’re back to Doug that lasted long I started preparing last night I
Had a a record long ride I uh I chase my gingerbread cookies with shots of kale to help offset the you know put the I take a gingerbread cookie I put put it 5 miles away I run there eat it 2485 39 9797 let’s get to your phone
Calls we got to Matt you’re on 971 the ticket I’m Matt hi guys how you doing good so just recently new relationship you guys are 100% right I bought some stuff off Amazon and just got all the presents laid out wrapping for the kid everything’s goinging great perfect you
Going to wrap your presentence I said no it’s already wrapped it’s the box is right there you know I was like she no you have to WAP I’m like all right so then I slid it in with all her gifts when she was rapping for the kid she’s
Like I’m not rapping your gift to me I end up wrapping it put it underneath the tree and now if you look at the tree looks great you got my wrapping which is like the wish version of hearse Matt hold on you tried to covertly slip your gift into her her
Rapping job that she had to do and just try to sneak it in there y yep she had all the kids stuff there so I was like all right put it in there and then she’s like fcks it up she’s like what’s this I go oh yeah that
Was mine she’s like no I’m not wrapping I mean it was worth a shot it was definitely worth a shot I appreciate the effort I did too I mean I’m not doing it but if you pulled that off you would have been a low-key male hero like representing all of
Us it’s it’s terrible like it looks like something that the Pistons were WRA to put underneath my tree I mean I’m not very good at that so ah it’s great all right well good luck thanks guys see you Merry Christmas let’s go to Doug here next at
971 to ticket hello Doug hey Doug H how are you I’m doing good thank you good listen this is a Christmas gift from one dog to another okay yep I know a lot of stuff is bought online today can I plug a department store is it all right sure
Go for it okay last week I’m in Nordstrom’s and I’m getting getting my grandson a uh cologne he’s a teenager and he’s starting to use cologne so I walk up to the department and the lady says well uh okay uh buy that and uh I
Says uh she goes I’ll gift wrap it for you right here and it was it’s a great job and if they don’t have paper in the department they’ll do it for you for $5 upstairs they 12 would do do you have to have purchased the gift from that store
I think so but but I mean it’s $5 Doug uh upstairs if they don’t have the GI wrap if if they do in the department they’ll do it for you for free my um I actually I think it was my son’s idea I heard for his high school baseball team
They ran they ran a Christmas gift wrapping fundraiser it was either for the baseball team or for their Special Olympics team one or the other um they did a Christmas gift wrapping fundraiser which I think is a brilliant idea oh yeah and you you know you go to
Some department stores and the Girl Scouts will have gift wrap for a little fee and I consider it I consider part of Christmas because I I I’m all thumbs I’m like you Doug and by the way you’re right about the pumpkin pie let’s go put I’ll put a pumpkin pie away all by
Myself I I try not to um but it’s pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving and it’s gingerbread cookies come Christmas well you know I have a heal tip from you I want you to know this I’m 75 years old I just I just had my 50th wedding anniversary last week h a boy
Congrats and I don’t eat very much meat at all I haven’t in the last 10 years and that’s because of you I just want you to know that oh wow I a lot of fish there you go there you go Fish is great for you fish is great for absolutely
You’re smart you’re a smart guy Doug not everybody buys that uh but I do appreciate it thank you very much have a great holiday all right all right Merry Christmas to you happy holiday Merry Christmas all right we’ll get to more of that coming up said we get some line
Stuff so let me follow through uh Lions of Minnesota so this is it man this is the first chance to do something we haven’t seen done in 30 years a lions can clinch a division and win the NFC North for the first time and they got a great chance here to
Do it it’s on the road which is tough but there obviously a very winnable game Lions played extraordinarily well last Saturday night against a like team a similar team to Minnesota in Denver and they blew him out and it’s all there right in front of them and how you win the division when
You win the division to me doesn’t matter just win the division I don’t care if they win a game six to five just find a way to win this game additionally I mean I always talk about and think about how it’s being perceived in the other town in the other
Town in Minnesota if I’m doing a show in Minneapolis on k whatever I’m selling this as a playoff game because I’m Minnesota I’m trying to win the division and I feel like we control our own destiny because I’m a Minnesota guy if I’m a Minnesota you know what I’m
Thinking Dallas is gonna beat Detroit so if I’m a Minnesota guy I’m saying all we got to do is take care of our business and if the favorite which dalls probably will be favored takes care of their business we’re division champs that’s how I think this is this is being sold in
Minnesota so Minnesota is gonna come out and try and give Detroit a big roundhouse punch they’re going to throw everything they got at the Lions and it’s a lion’s job to respond and that’s why this game might not be a pretty game it might not be a game where
Detroit dominates if it is great but this is a desperate backed into a corner gotta win it game for Minnesota and look they’re still battling for the playoffs even if they don’t win the division so that’s a motivation as well so it was important for the Lions
To have a mental health game and what I mean by that it was good for the fan base’s mental health to go blow somebody out and look great doing it I don’t see this as a mental health game because when the game is done whether it’s six to five hell
Whether it’s five to five because a tie wins the Division as well it’s worthy of an exhale and I don’t do this but a lighting of a cigar division champs now we get get to a very interesting place and we had a little bit of it yesterday just a little
Bit when the topic came up that Meyer wasn’t had had somehow someway put Division champion shirts out on racks and it sounds like they were taken down maybe in part because of the show I don’t know but there was a couple of M I think there was it’s now we have
Evidence of three or told about three different ones there was the Rochester buyer on Adams Road there was one at 13 and mac and somebody sent us a text last night of a Lions division champ shirts available in East laning it led to quite a conversation
But one guy called and said I’m not buying that shirt they should uh they should win the division and I got I got sight set on bigger goals we all do we all do but and I don’t like telling people how to feel or what they should do and
All that but I think we’re licensed to celebrate a division championship in this town buying a Division champion shirt doesn’t mean that’s it I don’t need anything else it’s a chance to do something and to celebrate something that we haven’t for 30 years 30 years so basically anybody under the age
Of 35 has never seen or remembers anything like this that’s half a lifetime it’s okay to celebrate it it’s okay to tear up if that’s what you want to do Sports uh Sports Talk turns into this weird place where it’s about who has the highest standards what whatever like if you’re
Stoked if you’re fired up and personally I think it should be winning a division championship is a b FD in Detroit now the goal is to get to a time where it’s not the goal is to get to a time where it’s expected and it’s simply the stepping stone to the next attainable
Goal but we’re allowed to hit pause on the season and have an extra beer and and yeah serve up some toast points and celebrate because it does happen here it hasn’t happened here so buy that division Champion sweatshirt or hat whatever you want I think you licensed to do it now are they
Going to do it is the formula there we’ll get to that if they’re going to do it this weekend I guess is what I should say and when this Minnesota game is the formula there we’ll get to that today at 10:32 plus your open mind calls it’s
Carson Anderson Gators out today 971 the ticket the car skater out today all right so winning this game Sunday at Minnesota tying this game Sunday at Minnesota means a division championship for our Detroit Lions for the first time in 30 years whole blank and blank like I uh incredible
Right incredible that we’ve gotten to this point we had a guy called yesterday and say are we really having these conversations we really are now the question becomes like last year there was a bunch of show me people and I get it I don’t blame you I’m not mad at
Anybody that’s been skeptical all throughout the show me people have you know didn’t buy into the end of last season and that’s fine but they have spent the last this entire NFL season showing you that they’re good how good we can debate but they’re absolutely a good football team
Right that’s not subject to much debate so they’ve kind of shown you so at right now they’re about to clear what has been an unclearable hurdle for three decades three decades and they’re on the brink of clearing that first unclearable hurdle and then there’s hurdles beyond that
That are taller that we didn’t even get to consider could they clear them right that wasn’t even a play that wasn’t even like yeah we worry we don’t I don’t those hurdles down there we don’t we’ll never get to those first one’s in front of us first
One can be cleared Sunday at Minnesota 2485 3997 7 Dan y 9971 a ticket what’s up Dan hey hey Doug how you doing doing good Merry Christmas Merry Christmas to you as well um great season uh excited for for for the Sunday but I I think that really
What it comes down to is is not necessarily being labeled a division champ at all I just I really think it means that there’s gonna be a home playoff game and that’s the the the the Crux of the excitement um if if I know they’re wning the same it’s it’s hard to
Separate but if if someone just said hey you’re rning the division and if the playoffs were set up you know where the top two teams are playing the bottom four teams and they didn’t get a home playoffs game I think I think fans would rather have a have a home playoff game
Than they would be wanting to be labeled a division champ I mean right so you’ve hit on all that comes with and and you’re absolutely right what comes with that is is like this sort of unprecedented excitement that that Lions fans will be privy to and I really hope that everybody gets to
Experience it one way or another there’s obviously the people that already have tickets the season ticket holders and congratulations to them and people who have made the financial commitment that are going to jump in and get get to go to that game when if and when they win
The division and then there’s the the rest of us that aren’t season ticket holders are don’t have tickets I mean I may go as a member of the media it depends depends where I am and what’s going on but I I will tell you that I
Hope Detroit finds a way to open it up to everybody to have a downtown game watching party somewhere even though it’s cold the insanity of downtown you’re right you’re 100% correct insane is exactly what it’s going to be appreciate the call or appreciate appreciate you taking my call and um you
Know have a happy holiday yep you too 248 539 9797 we’ve dreamed about this we’ve talked about this we’ve said can you imagine we we’re getting exceedingly close to not having to imagine anymore all right so what about the game what about the actual game Minnesota is battling for the playoffs they’re good
Team um the the Lions will bring into it what appears to be a healthy offensive line which when they are healthy up front the Lions offense goes from being pretty damn good to great and with the emergence of Jameson Williams they’ve gone from pretty damn good to potentially great here we don’t
Know we’ve seen the o line right the five games that stat that the biry kid had the five games where they’ve been intact what it’s meant for Jared gof and how much more effective Jared gof is behind this offensive line they’re 5-0 with the offensive line intact they average an insane 38.4
Points a game 421 yards a game 179.2 rushing yards a game 5.5 yards a carry and jarro gos passer rating is 12173 stay healthy Decker Jackson ragn now Glasgow Su so Detroit’s bringing that into the game Minnesota has done an exceptionally good job at limiting big runs they’ve
Given up just one through 14 games of 20 yards or more meanwhile jir Gibbs leads the NFL in runs of 20 yards or more with 10 of them so this is an interesting matchup can Detroit get those big plays in The Run game like they’ve been getting out
Of jir Gibbs they also have one of the most explosive offenses in terms of big plays in the NFL which is pretty remarkable given that they don’t throw ball over the top all that much Vikings also have a major turnover issue now the major turnover issues
Might Trace back to Josh dos who threw the five picks in two games and actually in spite of not being a full-time starter leads the NFL I saw this today he leads the NFL with 14 fumbles but he’s not quarterback anymore it’s Nick Mullins now Mullins is a
Second or third string guy more of a pocket passer but a guy who can execute their game plan and they probably have a better chance to win with him but it’s still not Kirk Cousins so this feels like a game that the lot I I mean I see why they’re the
Favorite look at it on paper they should win but as we’ve seen and we’re starting to experience from the top what I mean by that from the top of the standings NFL teams aren’t chess pieces that move the same every week that amanra is going to be the Rook
That does this and Sam Porter’s the bishop and he just does this no there’s there’s variance every week of what direction and what kind of game players are going to have it’s not that predictable you try and mitigate the wild variations of who you are from week
To week and people say all the time he’s good but he’s not consistent no that’s what good is is is consistent so a 10 and four they’re pretty good they’ve been pretty consistent there was that stretch we all saw and stretch was marked by turnovers and the turnovers start with
Breakdowns up front and the quarterback gets a little careless but up front back intact quarterback rededication to it which was shown pretty much from the New Orleans game on so I think the Lions go to Minnesota ready to ride I mean offensively if the Lions had their five
Offensive linemen on the field I mean you should expect the offense to keep rolling I know the Vikings defense is pretty good and you know denil Hunter Brian Flores they brought him in for a reason the defense was a problem last year for them now offense is the problem
Especially when Kirk Cousins went out Jefferson has a couple games back under his belt after the injury I know they’re under third third fourth string running back but Chandler’s actually been more explosive than the any running back they’ve had all year long so I’d be a little concerned with that that and
Mullins he’s probably better for them than Joshua dobs I know Joshua dobs might scare Lions fans because he’s that mobile quarterback everyone’s always worried about but honestly Mullins is a better passer there’s a reason what they why they went to Mullins now and so I
Would and I would be this is a Aaron Glenn type game I think you know if you’re if you got these guys playing better and you’re blitzing you’re more aggressive you’re getting home I think they they need to step up this game and take care of business for the Lions I
Mentioned the possibilities of those those players and the Vikings offensively but they’re still backups they they’re you know they’re still not the guys so Aaron Glenn should take care of take care of business I I am I’m by no means chesty about the Lions defense I don’t want this to be
Misinterpreted but I think the kol lowkey playing better even though the scoreboard hasn’t always reflected that they’re not a great defense I think they can be an average to slightly above average defense when the offense doesn’t put him in bad positions every defense suffers when the offense puts him in bad
Positions but really going back to the Packer game the uh that they lost at Ford Field on Thanksgiving I actually think the defense been pretty decent since then even the 28-13 loss in Chicago that was a 1313 game in the third quarter when the Bears took advantage of
Turnovers and sloppy special teams and had three scoring drives where they didn’t start once in their own territory Saints game the Lions charged out quick wasn’t the best defensive performance but I think the big lead there was a little bit of backing off Broncos game they were very good and
Packer game they were victim of their offense so I I’m not chesty but I think we might if this thing goes in a really good place and I’m talking about winning the division and maybe a run in the postseason I think we’re going to look back to that that Packer game on
Thanksgiving even though they lost as and to get somewhere good the defense is going to have to play better I think that was the beginning of a potential turnaround for this team defensively potential 248 539 9797 we get to more of your phone calls and feedback coming up it’s Carson Anderson
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Too a couple of days ago I saw something on the Internet on one of these sites leing with stories and rumors in the NFL that said that uh the the Lions brought in three players earlier this week for you know workouts including the Canadian football league’s Defensive Player of
The Year a defensive lineman yeah and I didn’t hear anything since about this was that true or is that just a rumor it was I saw it reported and I’m going to find it here real quick on ESP Nations Pride to Detroit um that they brought in uh Park this week quarterbacks Thomas
Graham and Jace Whitaker and Edge defender matau or Matthew Betts and I guess Betts uh here’s what it said bats is quite possibly the most interesting of the visits this week he just wrapped up a widely successful CFL season for the BC Lions last month he was named the top
Defensive player of the league with 18 sacks in 18 games I haven’t heard anything about it either I would imagine if they were going to have signed one of those players they would have done so already um but it might be for something that they’re considering down the road but I haven’t
Seen any news on it Kang did you see anything on this no I haven’t seen the LA the latest update all right y okay well I thought when I read the story um I said GE that’s really interesting uh you know um I’ll have to go online and track down this uh guy’s
Name here and find out what his background where he went to college and and so on is a Canadian or an American playing in Canada but um you know it’s you know it seems to me logical that they would do that if certainly if they get another
Injury on the defensive line well look you’re always looking for help anywhere you can find it um Matthew Betts is a Canadian uh he played at Laval Edge rusher you uh he’s bounced around the CFL uh he had a brief stint with the Chicago Bears uh I thought he was with Denver
Too let me see if I can find out but anyway long story short he’s kind of been on The Fringe of the league for a while here I mean you don’t rule it out he’s 28 years old which means he’s kind of in the physical prime of his
Career but it seems to me like it’s not likely to impact this season but I mean Brad Holmes is looking under every stone and why wouldn’t you you absolutely should in the meantime if if the Lions win and clinch the division and then all we’re doing is is
Positioning like it’ll be fun the last couple weeks of the season to just talk about seating and where the Lions fit in playoff positioning um but once we get to that conversation we all know there’s this one scenario looming out there that I don’t know if you want it or
Not I don’t for very selfish reasons but it’s this damn Ram story and look we did something we put this embargo on place on one topic because a swe to God for the last five years of his career in Detroit all we talked about was Matthew Stafford on the
Show we would specifically say we’re not going to do Stafford today and invariably all conversations came back to him during the season and the offseason was dominated by Matthew Stafford talk it became such a hot button issue and we GRE grew so weary of it that when he got
Traded the call still came in and after a while like why are we doing this and we put this embargo in place no more Stafford calls and I’m I’m going to suspect that all of you out there grew tired of it too but it is what it is
Right I mean it it was hot Buton issue at the time and you know you play the hits however if the Lions play the Rams I’m not sure that we can keep the Embargo in place and it’s all going to go back to how good or bad he is and that we’ve
Done that we’ve done that show I just really don’t want to do a week of shows and oh look at the drama and oh golf first McVey and Stafford versus CU you know why I just want to do a normal playoff show I just want to do a I I want to
Have our time we could just be a normal good NFL team where it’s all about the football and if we get the Rams it’s all about the the it’s it’s like real housewife stuff I don’t want to do that so oh yeah it’s to tell all
Doug I know I’m going to be I’m I’m being super selfish here yeah I get it man I’m with you I’m I’m with you to a certain extent for sure CU if they play the Vikings or the Seahawks or you know whoever gets in right yeah we’re just talking football we’re talking matchups
We’re talking how how’s the defense stop this player how’s the offense protect golf how’s St Brown get the ball do they go deep with James Williams do you use Montgomery or Gibbs Moore but if Stafford and the Rams come here yeah it’s Stafford it’s get the Stafford
Blast ready I mean it’s just sure I I mean I can Envision us like if they’re playing play a normal playoff game I can en Vision us doing like an hour with Dan Miller and lus brown in studio I can Envision like all this extra programming
Like we’re just doing a football and if if they get the Rams we’re gonna have Andy Cohen in studio yeah that’s hell all and it’s not even just going to be us locally that’s going to be the story nationally too they’re not going to ignore that they can ignore that I mean
It’s an obvious storyline you know so last night I’m watching the Rams and Saints and I’m rooting for the Saints because I kind of don’t want to talk Stafford either it’s not cuz I’m fearful of the Rams even though they are playing well lately y it’s more the story L
Storyline like you and I hear myself oh olve all of a sudden can’t catch a ball you know I’m Roo for the Saints and I’m like what you’re getting mad because the Rams are winning again and I mean the athletic called them today the surprise contender in the NFC there always is one
Yep Sports Illustrated Stafford is playing like an MVP candidate and defensive coordinator Raheem Morris will gain head coaching attention in the off season I’m like great hottest team in football most annoying story in football and that’s who we’re going to draw now the only positive I can draw
From this because you like to look at positive things about right is I try I don’t know if you’ll find this positive by the way but I’m just for me personally is if they do get match up with the Rams and we’re going to deal with all the Stafford story lines and
All that stuff yep is the people that believe in so okay maybe this is the only way to finally destroy s to kind of sacrifice one your own like Stafford was here for how long he couldn’t get it done and that’s the only way we as a fan
Base can move forward is hey we have to slay that dragon and that Dragon happened to be one of us you got to sacrifice one of your own take care of business destroy the Rams if they come to Ford Field and we move on and that storyline is buried forever yep you know
That’s that’s the only positive I can really think of it is all right fine this is what we have to do to get over the hump to be a real football team to talk real playoff matchups I’ll do it can we just do that without playing
Stafford yeah you can win a playoff game without playing Stafford but there’s lons have three games to go and and the Rams have two games to go but the Rams winning last night here we are three seed versus six seed who’s a three seed Detroit who’s a six
Seed it’s Stafford it’s mcy yeah it’s Andy Cohen radio and and if if I mean I I just feel like that collision course we pointed this out out about two weeks ago hey you know who’s playing well cuz the Rams are three and six and now what they’re eight and seven now
Right we could see this coming and said hey here’s something I don’t want to have happen and ever since we said that it feels like these two franchises are on a collision course Holmes Versus Sneed I mean Goff verus McVey yeah who’s on OIC I mean this is what we’re going to be
Talking talking about Gator versus McVey I mean can we just have a normal playoff game please not if they come to town no it’s not going to be normal at all 248 539 9797 anyway yeah last night I got a text from my dad who do we want
To win this game I’m like New Orleans you want New Orleans to win this game and I’m thinking to myself he doesn’t care what I have to go through he I’m being so super selfish but I’m I Wrong do you think Detroit wants to deal
With all that I don’t know I mean you could ask them do you want to embrace this like I said is it the is it the mindset of hey we got to dis slay the dragon I I feel like which is you know the dragon I don’t want to do that yet
Let’s win the division first I agree with you we’ll ask him down the road but I swear to God I can see this train coming uh let’s go to James you’re next 971 a ticket hi James hi everybody it’s Bravo TV sponsored by Encanto P it’s the lion
First the ram right it’s totally Bravo program they should switch the game to Bravo game will be held on Bravo can you imagine after holidays how you guys doing good how are you I’m well thank you just wanted to verify with you that there is a clenching scenario which I
Think folks are forgetting about and that is this should we lose to the Vikings and lose to the Cowboys let’s not forget that the Packers are most likely going to beat Carolina and head the mini next Sunday fighting for their Wild Card lives and potentially beat the Vikings thus giving us the north
Championship am I correct in that uh yeah if the Vikings lose a game they’re done for the division yes thank you yeah the moment they obviously you know around these parts and I don’t like the quote Hulk harelson of the socks but it’s spinter time very nervous so I’m
Trying to remind my fellow detroiters there are other scenarios out there that we don’t even necessarily need to win a game though fact we don’t even need the Packers to beat the Vikings if they tie the Vikings Detroit wins the Division there you have y so there you have it we
Always can root for the comical high thank you Merry Christmas 28539 9797 Carson Anderson we get to more your phone calls got some college football stuff stuff to get to Harbaugh rumors heating up again I was thinking about the Harbaugh area today and how Wild there’s two things that just AR not
Congruent with Jim Harbaugh in the Michigan era uh we’ll get to that coming up in the 11 o’clock hour Carson Anderson 971 e D car skater out today so I get some C stuff before we get back to your phone calls one apparently Florida State’s buyout price at the ACC is $527
Million and here’s the thing about it right Florida state is obviously and I think justifiably mad that they didn’t make the college football playoff and they seem to be in part taking it out on their conference um like hey this conference isn’t good enough there’s no way an SEC
Championship team be left out and I’m like it was good enough for for Clemson all those years to get out of it and make the playoffs you were Florida state was the victim of a the wrong injury to the wrong guy in the wrong year it was it was
Threefold and any other year they put have made it anyway but this year was a weird circumstance that led to basically five wor worthy teams and you can make an argument there were six in a four team format but it’s not going to matter next year as much there will be of course
Arguing over who’s 10 11 12 um because it’ll be the one automatic group of five team that will be TW will be most likely be the 12 seat every year but then there’s so the at large bids are going to come down to who’s 11 um but anyway long story short 527
Million and here’s the thing like the ACC Network I’m pretty sure that’s an ESPN property which means ESPN already owns the SEC ESPN’s not going to pay the SEC more for adding a team that ESPN already has the rights to and you can’t really join a new
Conference solo you need somebody to go with you now if Florida State leaves the ACC is the ACC come unraveled probably in fact I think if Florida State leaves the ACC the ACC comes unraveled and so does the Big 12 because the ACC everybody will be jumping ship or want to jump
Ship and then the Big 12 becomes clearly the third League nobody wants to be a part of a third League it it I think that will be the biggest step towards two power conferences the North and the South all the teams with big 10 logos in blue South SEC logos in
Gray even though I guess if Florida State though wants the money will Fox CBS and NBC as the Big 10 pay more money to get Florida State because they don’t have them as a property and would they bring like Clemson with them or Miami I don’t know is Florida state in the
Portal or not yeah Florida state is trying to get in the portal and it cost them 200 or 527 million the other thing I was thinking about Harbaugh is I mean the Harbaugh to charger rumors have really started to heat up there’s Harbaugh contract rumors that have heated
Up and I mean there’s kind of six scenarios which is Harbaugh wins it all and stays Harbaugh wins it all and goes Harbaugh wins one playoff game and stays Harbaugh wins one playoff game and goes Harbaugh wins none and stays Harbaugh wins none and goes and so and then you’ve got the NCAA
Thing like which is is looming over the program he’s he’s going to battle that and he’s adamant but at the end of the day it’s probably not going to be anything major because if you look at the way NCAA punishment’s been dled out people are going to yell and scream and
I get it but if you look at the Kansas case and the Tennessee case you know I don’t expect this to be anything major on Michigan football but the crazy thing about harau is Harbo this is his ninth year he’s been here almost a decade and when you have a
Coach if they whoever your next coach is if Jonathan Smith is at East in East Lancing for a decade if Michigan’s next coach if it’s not Harbaugh is in an arbor for a decade that’s stability and yet the Harbaugh era feels like anything but because every year there’s this
Flirtation with the NFL and and from what I understand the new Michigan contract has reportedly has stipulations about okay enough with the NFL flirtation at least for now um and I don’t blame him because they would like some stability with that and I’m not convinced the michigans recruiting classes haven’t been hurt by
This but with that said uh this could go a variety of directions and there’s a bit of a wild card and it’s Jim Harbaugh he’s he’s not predictable 248 539 9797 phone calls feedback Carson Anderson I’ve got a solution to something that’s plaguing the bowl season that we’ll get to a
Little bit later on let’s get back to your open Line calls we go to Ken your next on 971 the ticket what’s up Ken hey morning guys love the show thank you hey um I don’t know if this could still be a thing but uh if the Rams Lions thing
Gets closer and more looming um is the Jinx Cube still open and is that an option boy this is a great question and but probably not a question for me Ken I am not the the guy that is beholden to uh Jinx rules on the station and this
Program Gator MO is um we might see Gator today Ken so if he comes in I’ll ask about it King I feel like you should have some say here too yeah I I’ll consult with Gator uh when we uh when I see him um the desk of Doom my lean
Right now though is uh my lean right now is no we don’t use it but I this is not my decision alone I will uh consult Gator and we’ll talk to the people as well yep okay all right just trying to help yeah no I appreciate it so we have
This desk that unfortunately uh it seemed like every employee that had the desk didn’t last long and so we want if it was maybe the the desk and so we started putting logos of teams we wanted to lose up there and it was working kind of retired it you don’t want to overdo
It um but Kang maybe just maybe I think like I said my lean right now is no because I feel like this is something Alliance got to do on their own you know I mean they’ve gone this far they’ve made it this far we’re this close to clinching a
Playoff spot a Vision hosting a playoff game mhm sometimes you can teach someone you can give someone a fish or you can teach them how to fish they they’ve got to learn to do this on their own they got to learn yeah they can do this man I
I believe in the Lions they’re good team people you don’t need Desa Doom stuff I think when you’re a good team right I love the way you threw in I think hey I’m still a lion lifelong Lions fan 248 539 9797 Jeff you’re next what’s up
Jeff hey uh great great show I’m back in town after years of being living elsewhere I listen to you guys on the radio so great work um I think we got a I got I think we got a welcome and and and want the Rams because I think this
Is the final Exorcism of the the uh the ghost of Bobby Lane is it not is not the uh giving away the Bobby Lane the reason we couldn’t never win a championship or a playoff game and did we not do it again with Matthew Stafford to sell our
Our future or to to mortgage the future and rebuild and this is a you know almost a 70-year rebuild and if we don’t face our demons now and and want the Rams and beat the Rams I think that ghost is going to be chasing us forever I brought this on myself this is
Just a review this is a redo of the same thing yeah so I’m not mad at you for calling Jeff by any stretch of the imagination I brought this on myself because I am the one that started talking about this a couple weeks ago and with each passing
Week we that more games are getting played I’m realizing it feels like they’re on a collision course with the story line that I really don’t want to do and let’s not run from it let’s not run from it let’s welcome it bring it on we gota we gota we gotta we gotta kill
That we gotta slay that Dragon see this is what I’m talking about D it’s easy for you to say and then if we slay that Dragon then we’re playing patty Patricia and and Darius slle and and we might roll right into the Super Bowl after that mhm yeah again um I’d rather I’d
Rather not talk curs I just want to talk football and and like it’s already starting and this isn’t even happened yet this is my fault I brought it up no it’s okay but why but why run from it it’s is this is the great thing about
Being a good team now we can actually look forward to the playoffs we can look forward the possibilities and uh we B this is an intergenerational thing now my father was in pain the day he died about the Lions and now it’s now it’s my pain to
Carry and it’s almost over if we just believe we got to believe and go for for it cuz come on man it’s my pain to carry the burden has shifted onto you from Dad yeah I’m 53 years old I lived it uh Jeff maybe that’s the approach I should
Take and it’s not I can’t make this clear enough it’s not about any kind of fear I’m not fearful at all it’s 100% the radio I don’t want to do 248 539 9797 all right I’m gonna say something about the Pistons and I’m gonna just duck for
Cover we’ll get to that today at 11:20 it’s Carson Anderson on Friday 97 won the ticket got a text here from a listener Scott if we play the damn Rams topic mageddon he’s right it’s a topic gasm I don’t want to do it the script’s already written Doug I’m
Sorry you think this is happening yeah the NFL scripted this has already been scripted I’m sorry oh that’s right this is a this is exactly what the NFL wants the commercials DK mcf how about I catch a ball with my abs that commercial at the beginning of the year let’s start
With Ary and Foster man yeah remember yeah yeah you’re right it’s scripted we got a real housewives playoff game on our hands coming up in 3 weeks 28539 9797 let’s get back to your open Line calls we got to Carl you’re on 97 oh Huntington Bank can I help you I don’t
Know Carl put us on hold uh okay I’m gonna say this and I’m gonna duck for cover yes Pistons have lost 25 in a row yes it’s basically a third of a season I refuse to believe that this is a hopeless situation and what I mean by that
Is what they have is a ton of young Talent that’s too young to win in this league I feel like what the Pistons have done I mean it’s like the 76ers who were the worst team in basketball for four or five years in a row it drafted Joel and
Be and he got hurt the first two years they kept Drafting and they had some hits and Miss they had Ben Simmons and who was the kid out of Washington the guard that sucked Marquel folz thank you they had some guys right they had some hits and
Misses but they went all in with a young roster and and stunk for five four or five years and now they’re a decent team and Detroit’s kind of done the same thing now the problem is we are in year four here and I mean you’re three with Cade and it’s
Not showing much chance of improvement but I think what the Pistons have done is like saying we’re gonna go out we’re going to recruit really well in college football and we’re gonna play them all we’re gonna we’re gonna play them all and they got their they’re getting their butts
Kicked you a bunch of five-star freshman playing against men and I’m not I’m not debating how good or bad they they are right here right now I’m just saying I’ve seen teams that are bad that had veterans and having a team that’s bad that’s still this
Young I mean if we look at this differently and what I mean by that is year one of a rebuild it just sucks because it’s year three or year four but it’s it’s why teams want to sprinkle in veterans because veterans help you win now and K cunning
Had some said something after the game last night he said look we’re not trying to win one game and they might want to change that philosophy to win the one game because I see what he’s saying I mean philosophically they’re playing when you’re when you’re rebuilding and you’re really young
You’re trying to create some habits and do some things that make you better long term you’re not putting everything into winning one game although I think they might have last night um but long story short I’m not debating that they’re bad okay they’re bad that’s clear but they’re not bad at the Finish
Line they’re bad at the starting block they haven’t gotten out of the block yet now should they be out of the block by now sure but I mean there was some moments last night where Cade for stretches was really good so yep sell a team chance got it fans are
Going to protest bags over their heads got it I just feel like they’re at they’re still in the starting block but they’re not Doug that’s the issue I mean I guess Monty Williams just got here okay yep but you this is four years in you know they’re worse than they were when this
Whole thing started and that’s the frustrating part and yes you want to do something sustainability cuz ultimately you want to win a championship so you do things towards that but they’re to a point now during this year you sell out to win a game you just do you who’s the
Next opponent do everything you can to beat that team they should have done it last night with Utah I mean Utah was laid out for them please beat us the NBA is almost like please here take this team and beat them they’re not playing with starters back second night of a
Back to back you’re at home Detroit beat this team so we can stop talking about this misery this is bad yep it is but but you see when they’re healthy right they have bogey three 22 year olds and a 19yearold in their starting lineup when they’re healthy and they’re bringing Off the
Bench a 21y old and assur Thompson is 20 Alec Burks what holds he Burks is 32 he’s he’s a he’s an inconsequential veteran and that sounds terrible but I mean like like they need a consequential veteran yeah they don’t have one and that’s Troy Weaver’s fault agree like I
Understand everything you said is true with the exception of I look at it as they’re still mostly puppies and they don’t have a consequential veteran and that’s why people are pissed at Troy Weaver yeah no I get it you know like you I’m not defending Troy Weaver
And I’m not defending Tom gors I’m just saying when I look at the makeup of the roster you kind of should we should have kind of expected no I think people knew they would be bad and look at the the over under on Vegas right and I’m not
Yelling at you Doug I’m just saying this is voicing frustration for all piston fans the the Vegas knew they weren’t going to be good already we knew they weren’t going to be good they weren’t going to they weren’t supposed to even sniff the playoffs this is historically
Bad and that’s why people are so frustrated they’ve turned into a worse version of people don’t remember this probably but the warriors were terrible Sacramento was terrible where you just ACC accumulated lottery picks and then they’ ship them off in three or four years and you just kept doing this over
And over this is where the Pistons are right now they just have a bunch of lottery picks what does it mean they haven’t built a team tro Weaver did a terrible job in the off job in the offseason bringing in consequential veterans like you said veterans that are
Good they don’t people are like oh they need a veteran no they need guys that can play veterans yeah good veterans they didn’t get any of those look Troy Weaver should be under Fire I I’m I’m I’m not making any other statement than I’ve seen worst situations not maybe not a worst team
But worse situations if that makes sense it’s just a amazing they didn’t like accidentally fall into one win during the stretch yep and last night was like I said I think you sell out for a win at this point do you know I’m I’m trying to do the math on
This hold on for a second they have 54 games left and I’ll get to it in a sec two 485 3997 97 let’s get back to your open Line calls we got to Carl here on 971 ticket hi Carl hey what’s going on D how you doing
Sir all right so we used to have this uh mantr Detroit versus everybody my new Mont for the Lions is either you with Detroit or not I want to tell fans man stop with the whining man just watch them and let them do their work stand
Behind Detroit and you know let’s get on with so are you hearing a ton of whining everybody’s whining oh you know we play the Rams then you know it’s got to beic it ain’t got to be anything just play the games man play the games well look you’re
You’re the way you’re approaching this is very healthy I brought up something that I don’t want to do professionally which is Stafford radio and and the the drama that comes with a Detroit Rams matchup I just want to do a football show so that’s that’s me being very
Selfish about my job uh but Carl I mean you’re more right than wrong enjoy the ride and especially the first time like this is the first time if they if we’re right and this Lions team’s around and the expectations change and they compete for a bunch of years the authenticity
And and unfamiliarity of your first chase after a title is to me it’s always the most fun so I hear you all right thanks Doug have a good day thank you for the phone call Merry Christmas all right I did the math do you know what the Pistons have to do for
The over in Vegas to hit no idea this is pretty funny the over under going into the season was 28 and a half because of the 2 and 26 start for the over to hit the Pistons have to go 27 and 27 the rest of the
Way cash your tickets now for the under crowd this might be one of the earliest cash tickets for an over under ever right that’s what Detroit the Pistons do they’re just breaking records left and right not good records God they’re bad I mean that was
The team to beat last night and and like the kill shot came from Kelly o Lin I know of course of course that script sucks man and that’s it’s probably one of the reasons why you don’t want to see Stafford no I don’t know sorry I know it’s the drama it’s
The drama not the team but the thing with the Pistons is Monty Williams he he looks like he’s out of answers I know I know it’s just what we see at the podium but you he took he’s the highest paid coach in the league get a win get a win
I do I know you’re trying to teach something longevity wise but they look defeated and you mentioned how young they are because they are really young they’re very impressionable right now too Doug so this losing is affecting them because of how young they are you know what’s funny too is there was a
Shot of Cade walking off the floor late the game wasn’t over yet the look on his face was the the are you effing kidding me Blank Stare off into the Horizon that I thought speaks to how tough this is starting to get I mean it’s been it’s been tough but I thought
Last night felt like a bit of a Breaking Point 28539 9797 more your phone calls and feedback coming up I will say the the there might be something that the the selda team chance last night I got a take on that uh we’ll get to that today at 11:31 Carson Anderson 971
Doug car skater out today although we might see him for day is done 2485 39 9797 back to your phone calls in a moment I’ll just say this I heard the sell the team chance last night and I I I I don’t suspect he’s going to sell the
Team but the one thing that I will say is I wouldn’t be surprised if it leads to a reaction of some kind either addressing of the media or a change and look it’s not it’s not going great for Troy Weaver that would be the most obvious change but
Um I I feel like you get to moments in time you be around you’re around long enough and you can see something coming and I think last night might be a bit of a Tipping Point where we could see a change was stated at 11:29 on December 22nd obviously those are yeah you’re
Right Tom goris is not selling the team but the fans are letting him know their frustration and to be honest with you the fact that there’s fans being frustrated is a good thing still that there’s a pulse because the the last thing you want is nothing you know no
Reaction from the fans and you’re going to get to that point if you continue down this path Y and so the thing is do you let Troy Weaver that’s the big elephant in the room cuz Tom lorus is not sell on the team but he can let go
Of Tory Weaver if he wants yep there is going to be a trade deadline at some point during this year I don’t know when it is exactly I look it up but do you let Troy Weaver make a move or not because to me you either trust the guy
Or you don’t right if you don’t trust a guy move on because you don’t want to keep there and say hey you can’t make any moves what’s the point yep so we’ll see what happens cuz I in my opinion I think Troy Weaver is going to make a big
Move for somebody and it’s kind of to to try to save his job now P fans may not like that because he’s the one who’s assembled this roster so far but like I said you either trust them or you don’t if you don’t want to make him a move let
Them go 2485 3997 97 let’s get back to your open Line calls we go to James you’re next hi James hey I’m I’m kind of with you I don’t I wouldn’t want to play the Rams either for the same reason but on the other hand I’d rather play the
Rams and try to have to beat the Vikings three times if we beat the Vikings twice Joe difficult it is to beat the same t Team three times in one season I’ve always heard that and I’ve never quite understood it um just because I feel like if if you beat a
Team twice you you’re pretty pretty confident you know how to get it done and with the Vikings with the thing about the Vikings is if you beat them twice I think it’ll have a large part to do with who’s their quarterback yeah and the Rams do the
Rams do match up well against us let’s I mean they have they a bunch of guys that can be their secondary yeah I I mean I part of me too and then this is James I I don’t know when you get to the playoffs there’s going to be teams that
Give you problems and the great thing about what the Lions have done this season and their schedule some people like to take shots at their schedule but you look at teams they could play that are in that area they’ve beaten Tampa they’ve beaten New Orleans they’ve beaten Atlanta they’ve beaten Green Bay
I suspect that they will beat Minnesota one of these two games they they not beaten Seattle nor the Rams and those two teams you know the Rams they haven’t beaten Seattle should scare us uh because Seattle the Lions seem to have a Gino Smith problem yeah well right now the the
Seahawks have a goo Smith problem too yeah yeah that’s true good point um hey Merry Christmas Merry Christmas 24853 99797 Jake you’re next hi Jake hey fellas happy holidays what’s up almost I’m oh take J speaker I’m calling uh just a talking note on the Pistons I
Think they’re not going to win a game for a long time now because they’ve got a Target on the back because you do not want to be the team that breaks their streak now yeah I mean look is there’s if you’re looking for something other than just the basketball matchup like because every
Match Up’s going to favor the opponent but now you’re adding in the motivation is that motivation not wanting to the team that loses to the Pistons greater than the Pistons motivation to win a game I don’t know that it is yeah I think it’s going to be tough
You’re an opponent I mean they’re that’s not going to be a coaching point but you know those players are thinking that they’re not they do not want to come come into that game coming up with a loss no but Detroit doesn’t want the streak to keep going so yeah of course
Not I hope not yeah I mean to me this is the intrinsic motivation of not wanting to lose to Detroit I don’t think is any greater than Detroit’s motivation not wanting to continue to lose in fact it should be less the Piston’s motivation to win should be should be greater the issue is
The talent isn’t greater except for you thought maybe last night so right see that’s why I don’t believe in that necessarily if the Jazz were like we don’t want to be the team that loses them they sat four their top uh six leading scorers last night and still won the
Game last night was the night and watching that game for a large portion of it although even like the first quarter when the Pistons were scoring a will so was Utah they were playing a game that was going to be 180 to 180 uh and then everything slowed down but so
If like the Bucks were to play the Pistons they wouldn’t they wouldn’t be like well Giannis and Dame are like hey we got to beat them we can’t be the team that loses them no they’re probably going to rest cuz that’s the game you rest that’s the game where you that’s
The load management game where is the Pistons yeah I think the opposite of what my man said is actually true they are the load management opponent yes when they are looking at the schedule and they say say all right we can sit our guys against Boston on national TV
On Sunday afternoon or Detroit on a Tuesday on cable no that’s a scheduled rest day Pistons yep very good point by you uh okay something went down yesterday that created quite a stir it started with a tweet and that tweet led to some response the first tweet came from Josina Anderson NFL
Insider who tweeted out I’m told around the league I’m told Personnel around the league are discussing their awareness that some owners have been told Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson’s asking price as at least or around 15 million a year for a head coaching job per
Source and so we’re on the air when this happens and we’re like wow 15 million a year it seemed rather crazy for a guy that’s never been a head coach that I think would put him as the fourth highest paid coach in the league tied with Pete
Carroll and I’m like okay is anybody going to match that asking price is that a product of how flipping happy he is in Detroit because you can’t dismiss if you’ve ever had a job that you absolutely loved and somebody said what would it take for me to get you to leave
That job and you throw a number out there I did that once in my career I threw a number out there thinking there’s no way I’m going to get that but I’ll throw it out there because I I love my job and I don’t know that I’ll love that
Job so I’m I’m thinking oh my biggest takeaway from that was Ben Johnson loves it here and he’s he’s not in any rush to leave so he’s going to ask for an astronomical amount of money well later in the day people started to tweet it out including Dove
Kimman who tweets a lot of stuff by other people and we’ll get to why that’s significant in a minute but then Richmond flowers who I looked it up is the agent for Ben Johnson he represents a lot of coaches in the league tweets out and again this is josa Anderson’s
Tweet I’m told Personnel around the league are discussing their awareness that some owners have been told Lions offense coordinator Ben Johnson’s asking price is at least or around 15 million a year for a head coaching job per Source Richmond flowers agent for Ben Johnson tweets back I’m told Personnel
Around the league are discussing their awareness that there is no asking price or demand and this tweet is 100% false and irresponsible reporting per source wow now I’m also thinking why would an agent do that if an agent some it gets floated out there that is client wants 15
Million what if somebody offers it now maybe he thinks no offers will come in if that’s the asking price so Josina Anderson she’s not done she tweets out now that public sentiment has weighed in changing the tune on was said so she is speculating that her first tweet led to ridicule the agent
Said that’s BS now she’s saying oh now the ridicules come in people are saying it’s not true then she tweets again and tags Dove climan this NFL reporter if you’re going to use a reporter’s content in your Tweet for your own engagement SL money please don’t bury the reporter’s name at
The bottom of an extended link that has to be clicked in order to discover who the report actually belongs to that’s not the same form seen on your recent tweets it’s your timeline but that’s basically courtesy in my opinion and the least you could do which is kind of funny maybe only to
Us in the media she’s basically saying to stop stealing my content what do you make of all this back and forth Kang well I agree with the dove climbing thing that josena put out there but josa Anderson is a she’s a very reputable reporter she’s broken a
Lot of news and things like that no no Carissa Thompson I guess some people would say but wow wow look at you Carissa catching as stray over here anyways but so what I get with that is first of all the Ben Johnson’s agent put out the word demand and then joa
Anderson didn’t use the word demand in her you know in her tweet it was um that what the um that the asking right is at least around 50 million per um she didn’t have to get that directly from his agent it could have been someone in
His team or his Circle so this report could still be true that what he was hearing and now the agent maybe I don’t even think there was backlash do you I mean maybe I didn’t see it all I don’t know I don’t I spend as little time on
Once once two o’clock hits Twitter is not part of my world so if it was there I didn’t see it this morning when I relogged on to Twitter so does David terer the owner of Carolina Panthers go okay so it’s not 15 million right I don’t know it’s less than what do we
Thinking 8 million 10 million and we talked about Harbaugh earlier being linked to the Chargers there continues to be a Ben Johnson link to the to the Panthers yeah because uh from what we know he might have almost got that job last year right yeah it sound like he
Pulled his name out of consideration he being Ben Johnson pulled his name out of consideration but yeah I don’t know what to make of this I will say it sounds like the agent’s trying to create a market and I don’t know if Justina Anderson’s information is accurate or
Not she seems like she’s GNA stand by it instead of backing down or or tweeting a correction she she goes into speculation that now that public sentiment got out there stories changed huh and I also will say this it’s hard for me and I think a lot of the public to just take
An agent’s word on things should I mean you know right they’re agents they they were concerned about one guy and that’s their client agents the crazy thing is I can tell you about being in this business agents will talk to the media and they will tell you everything now
When I say everything I don’t I’m not trying to imply that everything they say is true because they have a very vested interest in and and agendas all over the place agents are considered great sources but they’re also sources with motivation to not always be truthful I
Mean didn’t we just watch a special on Drew rosenhouse and how he tried to manipulate teams in the draft in jayen Carter or and i’ we’ve read reports where teams uh presidents and GMS have said if I get a call from this agent I just know I’m going to regret it and
They just want to deal with these agents because I don’t know what to believe with the agents so I mean I understand Ben Johnson’s agent trying to stand up for his client but also you’re an agent 28539 9797 we get your phone calls and feedback coming up next hour we’ll hear
From Ben Johnson as it was brought up with him his response well you’ll hear it for yourself next hour here on Carson Anderson 971 the ticket D car Gator out today it’s the Carson Anderson radio program here on 971 the ticket you can stream it with the
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Ticket and participate in the streaming chat on Twitch and Merry Christmas to all of you 248-537-9033 2008 lions and now the 23 Pistons might not even get nine wins I don’t know what they can do honestly I think watching them I think they’re it’s all mental with them now because it’s like some of these games they be in and it’s like the last seven minutes it’s like they got
Something’s going to go wrong something’s going to go wrong and I don’t know what they can do man I mean you’re not gonna get rid of the coach you owe him $70 million the GM I don’t know that’s like the only to keep people interested you probably have to make a
Move and even then it might have to be like a PR move like hire like Isaiah Tomas or somebody to be GM just to keep the fans interested because this is I never thought they could get this bad man I’m real disappointed they’ve been downtown for about seven years now and
We got nothing yep yep I mean it’s kind of like the Lions moving downtown and doing nothing and now they’ve actually done something which is awesome but yeah man I I suspect okay that something’s going to happen here I feel like last night was a Tipping
Point and could be wrong could be wrong call it a hunch we got show rules about hunches but I feel like last night was a Tipping Point 248 539 9797 okay I said I have a solution for something that I don’t know how big of a problem it
Is but we are in the time of year where we always hear about who is opting out of bulls and the thing about a bull opt out is it benefits the player that’s opting out and that’s it and I’m not mad at the players for doing it it’s the real world
And they’ve got you know the the resume has been essentially submitted and they don’t need to boost their resume they don’t feel the need to boost their resume and so they opt out of the bowl game and I mean there’s other ways to look at it like hey you can make a
Living outside of football and there’s no I mean is it almost insulting to imply that you can’t however uh as I look at this thing I think there’s a solution that everybody wins and let’s start with this I’m in charge of a bowl game or I’m in charge
Of paying a player an nil deal if I’m in charge of a bowl game the first thing I do is I ensure every player against career ending injury free of charge I buy insurance for every player to come play in my game against a career- ending
Injury one two is I let it be known that if you come to our bow game your nil platform gets TV time and this might get mocked a little bit but here’s something to keep in mind these bowl games get good ratings they get good ratings and which might surprise you but it’s
True so for eyeballs on your game I’m not selling every single advertising space to advertisers I’m going to give it to these kids to boost their product I might even say you know this is whomever Marvin Harrison brought to you by you know quick lube whatever whatever it is going
To be I might include their that in their graphic and then when they when they when I put their picture up I announced the starting lineup I put their nil who their who their nil deals are with and if I’m an nil if I sign a kid to an
Nil deal I hope to get some return on my investment so this is a bowl game where I’ll get extra exposure so and the player might be able to sell that as part of the nil deal hey I’m not opting out of a bowl game in
Fact in the New World Order I will negotiate that I get some air time for you in a ball game so who wins here well it feels like in this scenario everybody wins the player gets a guaranteed insurance policy against career- ending injury the school coaching staff program
And fans get to see that player play the ball game gets to play a game where there’s not a lot of opt outs the nil provider gets the platform the drawback of course is the cost because the bull has to offer up or the TV partner has to offer up
Some some advertising free of charge to the player of the nil deal but that what they get back you hope is every player playing in their game so you know I thinking these things through how we make this work in the New World Order that’s what I’m going with and I feel
Like it’s a win-win for everybody now maybe the bull will look at and say we’re not giving away or the TV network we’re not giving away free advertising time okay well that doesn’t doesn’t come without a cost now is this a critical issue facing the world of college football I I don’t
Know I’d rather watch a game with everybody opted in then everybody opted out so just something to think about do you worry about open up Pandora’s box with all this advertising because you know it won’t stop there well why why are we only doing this during bowl
Games why why can’t we do this all season long I don’t I mean we haven’t seen we I guess the only case one of the boses right got hurt early in the year and shut it down um it it was Nick Bose I think yeah who might have been able to
Come back he shut it down early too it seem he announced early in the year I’m done he was projected to be a high draft pick and was um I think that’s the rare case scenario where kids will opt out of regular season games I mean I I’ll tell
You an example um like this year people started to speculate that Caleb Williams would opt out do you remember that yeah and he didn’t during the r i don’t think I don’t think you’re I mean Pandora’s Box has been opened but will they opt out during the regular season
I don’t know but if you’re signing someone to an nil deal you know what you that’s the best players who you want that’s the other side of this there’s a bit of an obligation on the players part to be out there representing the school that they’re getting paid the name image
And likeness deal to to be there well that’s the Pandora’s Box I’m talking about though like if you want them you let them advertise during bowl games why can’t they advertise during week two against Maryland you know because the player’s not opting out week two against Maryland that’s why just a thought I
Know but you know how this works with money would you stop I’m just saying like oh we found a way to make money how can we find a way to make more money and the other question is how we can find way more money off that money K Kang’s
In favorite players opting out in week two no I’m not is Kang a bad person 248 539 college football is so not the same anymore dude I know it’s wild so that’s why I’m just I mean I’m trying to navigate the new world where it’s doesn’t change for me as a
Fan because I want to see Ohio State play Missouri with everybody I want to see Florida State play Georgia with everybody sure when that’s what I I I I’m speaking for what I want of course and you know it’s not going to happen and you’re
Trying to find ways I guess to make it more more feasible I’m trying to make it a win-win mhm I don’t know if it’s working but I’m trying 24853 99797 all right Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson and Dave fit special teams coach they talk to the media about
Things like why they made the change of kicker what it’s like to hear your name bandied about out there as a head coaching job and what do you do actually more uh Aaron Glenn talked about a young player who’s on the upswing on defense not named
Melon we’ll get to all that next hour here on Carson Anderson 971 the ticket e the car skater out today merry Christmas everybody hope your shopping’s done tonight’s going to be a big uh rapping night for me I did get the movie pretty much done last
Night by the way it comes in at a clean 70 minutes 70 minutes this year so not as long as some of the ones in the past um but yes our Christmas tradition will continue was it tough to make some of those cuts I mean did you did you trim
It down to 70 minutes because of you know us giving you a hard time or was this uh organ organic naturally no it’s organic uh don’t have quite as much video this year because we don’t I mean look it’s basically the kids year in review and two of the three kids don’t
Live in the house anymore did you ask them to wear GoPros for the uh the next semester I have and so so I have this great um we need more content guys need you at school okay so here’s the deal I’m going to give you some advice here is a parent
And it’s not at all crazy okay I don’t want anyone to interpret this as me being crazy but you know when your kids have the school concert and they’re up on the stage and the music teacher there and they’re singing whatever yeah Joy to the World
Yeah exactly um the one I have in particular particular is What a Wonderful World uh that my daughter was young enough that she would listen to Dad not old enough that anything really embarrassed her okay she was just an innocent little second grader whatever she was and they were singing and so I
Being the guy that documents everything when we went to the school concert I put a wireless mic on her so that when I everybody was videotaping and they’ve got these Great Wide shots where you can hear the whole class I had my daughter’s voice isolated where we could just hear her singing and
It’s it’s it’s a it’s actually really cool to just hear her sing and she’s kind of got the anonymity of sitting in the middle of the group and and really like putting everything into it as a second grader and so my advice to you is
To get a wireless mic set up and see see if you can get your daughter it’s not going to happen cuz you’re she’s six or five she just turned five yeah she’s she’s she already doesn’t like you which is yeah insanely early um yeah so the
Last thing she’s gonna let me do is put a wire tap on her dog excuse me honey listen I know we’re not talking right now most because you’re not talking to me but I need to put this uh you mind if I put this wire tap on you
Doug it’s it’s an awesome video though I will tell you so anyway um and that particular year when I did the Family Video I had her singing What a Wonderful World and then I’d put highlights from the year over it so it wasn’t just o only her but that was my uh there
You go that’s my Clark Griswald Christmas stuff and while you’re at it can we get you to get a confession out of this drug dealer we think that’s a pedaling uh meth down the street who’s the kid that’s pushing Tic Tac on kids in class uh anyway Merry Christmas 2485
3997 97 let’s get back to your open Line calls we go to Ned you’re on 971 a ticket hi Ned hey Doug uh Merry Christmas christ see you unfortunately Gator is not there I would tell him if he’s listening Merry Christmas Gator uh K you too um so I’m
Calling you guys we’re having a conversation um about the college football and you know my opinion is college football is dead it’s Lo it’s lost it’s loster for me it’s more of a like a business now very transactional yep um but I think that did you I don’t know if you heard what
Brian Kelly was saying with UCLA about you know putting a guard his idea of a was it trip Kelly yeah trip Kelly um so my idea for to to kind of fix and um not necessarily fixed but make the sport kind of go back to the you know the the
Tradition and and the school like your your what do you say what am I saying like the like college football the tradition the the glory this you know rivalry stuff like that I think these guys need to be on contracts I think that um if if they can say okay we’re
Gonna we’re going to give you this nil money we’re going to give you these things but you’re going to sign a deal and you’re going to say you know I’m going to be there for two years I’m going to be there for three years I’m not going to opt out and within that
Contract you know they it’s similar to what the pros do but it’s it’s basically saying I’m gonna be here and I’m G to make money so that you know like you were saying like if you get injured in a ball game you’re going to be covered you’re gonna have
Your money you know who talked about this was Mike Gundy the head coach at or Oklahoma State and he said look when we’re recruiting these kids out of high school we all have a vested interest and we can talk we should be able to negotiate whether or not this contract
Is one year or four years and it’s up to the kid to decide how long they want to commit to the school it’s up to the school to decide how long they want to commit to the kid I I like the idea I think it’s a bit of
A win-win I think one of the bigger challenges is roster construction now these coaches are paid a lot of money and that’s part of their job but I don’t have any issue with there being binding contracts for players it’s it’s moving towards the pro model anyway so why
Not well and I think I I haven’t heard that I’d like I’ll have to go and look for that on YouTube um but I I think that it’s a great idea and I think it’s a way to also ensure that these kids aren’t just enter entering the transfer
Portal aren’t going you know what I mean like 1400 kids in the transfer portal this year is absolutely nuts and and there has to be something that keeps it from going into this basically minor league football system compared to I had college football tradition you hit on a
Key a key word there Ned um and that and thank you for the phone call minor league if essentially college football is moving towards a minor league designation then I’m officially worried nobody gives a crap about g-league basketball or doublea baseball I mean if you live in Fort Wayne you
Might but if we are going to officially Des I think there’s two things that college football the people that run college football need to be careful of one is slowly disassociating with the schools and the other is is is basically turning into a minor league what drives the passion for
College football is the association with the schools I mean when you go go back a hundred years it was for a lot of people about school pride now I love the game and the sport kind of as as a broader thing but I think you will lose people if it
Officially becomes a minor league and starts to dis disassociated with the schools like people have talked about just going with the quote unquote Club model like they have in in in European soccer if they start to disassociate with the schools I think you’re looking at that to me is uh
Oh you’re you’re you’re going to lose the people then you’ve already lost some people and I’ve argued that the Sunday through Friday of college football is making it more and more difficult to be a fan but the Saturdays are still great but I don’t have a problem with
Them looking at some sort of contract system 28539 9797 let’s get back to your phone calls we go to Brian you’re next on 971 ticket hi Brian hey Doug how you doing hey Brian Merry Christmas Merry Christmas you ain’t getting all y’all up man I love 97.1 thank you but that last
Caller you a special kind of idiot it’s school not putting up no money how much money is the school giv to the players none that that’s outside money know you all these people Doug didn’t have a problem with college sports when the players wern’t getting nothing they
Didn’t they got education cuz I I listen to you over the years Doug education is valuable but they wern’t getting no money they wern’t getting none all the tradition in the world guess what I learned um Doug you can’t take tradition and take it to the bank you can’t put it
In there Chip Kelly was right the players deserve to get paid harval speak on it the the product is these players they deserve to get paid and I don’t care how much they the system is messed up until they get it right where the players get paid all these people that
Got a problem with it look at something else find something else to look at I don’t care about you talking about I’m not a fan so what if you’re not a fan do something else these players deserve to get money from the school the and that’s
Just the way I feel so I don’t want to hear about all this crying about n Saturdays ain’t the same it’s professional it was fine and dandy when the players were just getting a scholarship and that was wrong happy holidays Brian 248 539
9797 look I mean it is what it is it’s a it’s a model that is they’re growing out of it they’re growing more towards what what Brian and you want so you don’t have to be so angry it’s there’s clearly a movement to compensate players and it
Is coming from outside money now I would argue if I wanted to pay to train my kid to be a professional athlete and I could pay for the right for him or her to be a scholarship player and I don’t mean actually get money I mean get everything
They get that ain’t free from the coaching to the Gear to the practice facilities to the weight rooms to the the food they get to the travel they get paid for to the rooms they get paid for that’s a ton of money I’d be spending on
That so it it wasn’t coming in cash it was coming in support and that was a pretty penny a pretty penny if you put a price tag on that 248 539 9797 phone calls feedback Carson Anderson hey during the winter the last thing you need need is a
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Johnson spoke to the media 12:30 will start to replay what they had to say happy holidays everybody let’s also Dave FIP spoke to the media and then the special teams coach first of all he’s a funny guy he’s real interesting when he talks but they had some news this week replacing Riley
Patterson with Michael Badgley in the Denver game and he gets into the reasons why I mean kind of be what you expect but it’s just interesting to hear him talk about it let’s get back to your open Line calls as we go to Greg next on
971 hi Greg hey Doug Merry Christmas man Merry Christmas to you uh so the fipper spoke I’m really excited to hear what the fipper said you know fipper is awesome uh and then uh so I was calling about what will fix the nil thing um but
Real quick will Michigan be able to run the ball in Alabama will they do it it’s great question um Alabama’s defense is legit it’s the strength of their football team they’re tough up front I’m having a hard time Greg figuring out who Alabama is as a run defense because they
Got gashed by Auburn but shut down Georgia which doesn’t make a ton of sense to me so I think it’s I think there’s you know it kind of depends who shows up for Alabama on a given day um Michigan I’ve talked to the Michigan people a little bit about what games
They’ve watched of Bama that helped and they might try and do a lot of what Auburn did in that game but I mean Alabama’s going to hear that and they’re they’re also they also after the Auburn game responded and played much better in the Georgia game so uh you know what I
Just said you asked me a question I just said I don’t know it’s hard to know I’ve looked at it and I can’t can’t quite call that shot but it’s it’s a big part of the game because if they can you know Michigan obviously playing without Zack zenner
But I’m also in the back of my mind and I’ll talk a little bit with Blake about this when we get out there I think the month off is going to really help Blake km I think we’re going to see the best Blake korm can be which is what he was
Running at at the end of last year before he had that that injury yeah I’m in total agreement with that I’m really excited for what he’s going to do and really try to make a statement after you know what happened to him at the end of last year so y yep
Uh so nil uh I totally agree with you with the uh contracts uh but they need they need to be binding and they also on a year basis and then they also have to have the coach the coach needs to be part of it too because you
Can’t have a guy like just happen like Jonathan Smith leaves but then all those players are forced to stay and play in that year yep so that I think that needs to happen and I think it can happen with some kind of legislation because I mean
These are you know our tax dollars are kind of at work with um some of these you know schools a little bit right so there there could be something involved in that I don’t know how binding it could be but I think I think college football yeah I think college football
We could all agree needs to revamp the calendar like there you should be allowed to fire a coach but not hire a coach until after the season is completely done to take the pressure off guys that that have committed to their team but have to take a job in the midst
Of recruiting it’s why the signing day should be pushed back to like people say push it back to February the way it used to be I say push it back to like after spring practice because you know you’ve got transfer portal guys moving around you got coach is moving around after
Spring practice nobody’s leaving so let’s have signing day then and I realize that’s hyper late but it doesn’t really matter all that much so I would revamp the calendar which included a hiring period for College athletics would which would be in January after The Season’s done then you’d get into
The portal like I’d say the portals exclusive to February um you know spring practice in March and Signing Day in April or May and and just roll with it that way because right now we’re running a postseason and a offseason at the same time this is
Dumb and they’re getting in the way of each other I mean I feel bad and and look I realize this isn’t everybody but there are kids at Texas Washington Michigan and Alabama that want to finish out the season with their team and then explore the portal well in the portal right now
There’s 1400 players who are taking up available spots so it’s not benefiting those kids that want to seek out portal opportunities that are still playing meaningful games we should create a system that helps those kids doesn’t hurt them but I’m talking about a major overhaul here 248 539
9797 let’s go to Tom next on 971 a ticket hi Tom hey how you doing Happy Holidays everybody you too uh I’ll probably be the most controversial guest you got today but here goes uh I got about 1 150k in my education and I didn’t get it for free
So these guys that are recruited they know what’s going on you play ball for me and you get an education well guess what a lot of times they fall short of their education so now they’re relying on monetary compensation but the tradition is I do something for you you
Do something for me and I really take offense to I guess his name was Brian calling anybody’s opinion knucklehead so I mean you did uh wish him well and I do too Bri look Brian and I have had this debate forever I know Brian he’s he’s a
Longtime caller and I he and I he he has stood out because he yells at me a lot and a lot of it is as it pertains to the debate over College athletics and I am paying right now for two kids in college
I got a third on my way and and a four like I I I’m not going to say I take offense but I kind of roll my eyes when somebody says and the kids get nothing because I’m not writing a check for nothing every three months right absolutely so here here it
Is so I’m a season ticket holder uh I won’t mention what alumni and I’m a a professional uh football season ticket holder so I’m paying for these kids all right for a fair deal I want to see fairness I don’t want to see somebody that’s going to do this for that on the
Back end you know I just want it to be fair and square let the chips I I love tradition I’m a lions fan there you go I’ll I’ll say it so if I’m still a lions fan from you know Gary Danielson days till now you know i’ I’ve suffered a lot
But I’m still there still wearing a hat still wearing a jersey and more importantly still going to those eight games a year well so you know some point that convolutes everything is is anybody just need to be very careful I I think they need to be very
Careful because right now the goose is laying golden eggs but be very careful I’ve given the things that I think could ruin fans interest uh and I think they need to stay I think in college football they need to stay deeply tied to the universities otherwise it’s just Minor
League Sports people don’t go in tailgate before Lancing Lugnut games I think there’s a line you don’t cross but the problem is they’re going to walk right up to that line and find out where that line is Doug so until they get there they’re not going to
They’re not going to pull back you know as much as they getting closer and closer to the line course yes of course and people like you who have these ideas and you know you don’t want like where college football is necessarily headed and things like that and I totally
Understand it guess what you’re still doing every weekend I make it clear yeah I love The Saturdays until that part stops from people there’s nothing really going to change it’s going to keep moving forward and like I said they’re going to press this all the way up to
The line and see where they can take this and it’s like the the caller said it is it’s money I can’t claim that it’s impacted me when last night I’m watching the roofclaim.com bowl and I don’t like where it’s headed either because but but I’m I’m proud of
The problem if I continue to watch and the money keeps pouring in for all the advertising and the TV deals they’re not going to stop and and I think it was when people say they get nothing Doug that bother you so they just changed their phrase though they’re not getting
Enough would that bother you cuz that’s what basically they’re not getting enough is what they’re saying I like I said I didn’t get I didn’t take offense I rolled my eyes but it’s um it’s it’s a rapidly changing Paradigm and I don’t know that any fan base of any sport has been
Asked to accept change as much as the college football fan the last five years uh let’s go to Nolan y 971 the ticket hi Nolan hey can you hear me what’s going on Merry Christmas Merry Christmas to you so I wanted to bring up the Chip Kelly situation because uh I
Think we’re missing a point on it affecting the other sports uh at that school not missing it but I I want to bring that up because the other sports are really important and then the second point I want to bring to that point is like tradition so I’m 24 years old and
My music sucks right but the music my old man showed me it stood the test of time I’m the wrestling coach at a school high school and we listened to the music my old man showed me and it’s just it gets passed down it gets passed down and
It it’s just different whereas like some of the artists these days I’m not going to be showing my kid that [ __ ] or that stuff and oh boy you really can’t see him coming 24853 99797 all right Ben Johnson asked about his name surfacing for other head coaching positions Aon Glenn talks about
A young player who’s on the upswing here what they had to say starting at 12:31 here on 971 the ticket happy holidays everybody Doug car Gator out today 248 539 9797 all right let’s get back to some lion stuff thanks for all your phone calls on a variety of topics today as we
Have discussed the Pistons Jim Harbaugh nil transfer portal bull opt outs amongst other things uh the Rams freaking Rams uh but let’s get back to some lion stuff here Aaron Glenn Aaron Glenn defensive coordinator uh I’ll tell you a couple things of what he said before we play some of what he
Said uh as far as melaan Wu and his emergence he said look he’s always been a big fan of safeties that have a cornerback background they can cover but they also have to be tough enough and this is where the line gets drawn is are
You tough enough to go down in the box and make some plays and in the case of melu he is exactly that and when CJ Gardner Johnson is trying to integrate back in and Dan Campbell said today he’s kind of skeptical that he’s going to play this weekend which just tells me
That CJ Gardner Johnson will use that as fuel to prove that he’s ready to play but um Dan Campbell I’m sorry uh Aon Glenn made the comment that he’s got to be confident to go tackle And when they see evidence that he’s confident enough to go tackle that’s when CJ Gardner
Johnson will get back on the field so we’ll see what happens over the next couple days it’s it’s not critical to have him on the field this weekend uh it’s it’s in but it’s incredibly important to have him ready to go for the postseason but what happens when that happens when you’ve
Got Kirby Joseph CJ Gardner Johnson and Fatu Mamu all Manning safety spots and in particular Mamu playing for CJ Gardner Johnson he said the best guys play the best guys play now don’t be surprised if somebody gets moved out I mean if aatu Mamu has Corner skills and
Can play Corner they’re going to play him at corner and they’ll get them all on the field and in fact CJ Gunner Johnson when he signed a caller made the point yesterday and it was right that the Lions talked about the versatility of CJ Gardner Johnson being able to
Cover guys so he might get moved out the corner but this could be a great development to solidify the secondary which might slowly becoming a strength of this defense which has gotten better in recent weeks all right so Aaron Glenn did bring up a young guy he said is on
The UPS swing defensively and that is Josh Pascal he’s been talking about him for weeks and you know we’re starting to see it on the field little bit more a little bit more a little bit more is is Josh Pascal potentially going to be an answer
To a screaming need and if he is coming on a you know and he he made that sack out of the middle of the defensive line if I recall correctly this past week does he line up next to Al mcneel when they get healthy um they can move him around that’s one
Of the great things great things about him but they’re seeing more and more out of Josh Pascal in in recent weeks and he likes him a lot so continue to monitor that progress as they try to find some answers in house defensively all right so Aaron Glenn was asked a question I’ve
Made the comment that I think Aaron Glenn already sounds like a head coach and he was asked what it would mean to win this division you know he’s been part of the rebild he’s been here since day one with Dan Campbell what would it mean to be a Division champion
Given where they started here’s what Aon Glenn had to say good job iion everything we can make Su I don’t know I heard him talking I’m like that’s a head co I swear he sounds like a head coach to me sounds like a head coach to me and
And um you know everything he said about you know with all the doubters just keeping it in house and Dan and Brad you believe in what you’re doing keep doing it and uh I also like they said he’s learned a lot you know came in didn’t think he
Knew it all soak everything up get better and I’m telling you the last four weeks the defensive lines have been playing has been better saying it’s great it’s been better we had a conversation with Jansen off the air and I don’t know if he brought it on the
Air about how if necessary at some point the rest of the way can the defense win you a game and I think early in the season we could say unequivocally no I’m not going to say unequivocally no anymore I’m not predicting it but I don’t think we’re asking the impossible we might be
Asking too much for this team to win the Super Bowl because if they have a defense that can win them a game then they are a legit Super Bowl Contender and I don’t think that’s who their defense is I just think it’s improved I don’t know if the defense can
Ultimately just outright win you a game this defense but I know they can make a stop to cementa win and I think that’s going to they’re going to be asked to do that at some point in the playoffs I believe whether it’s you know a fourth down stop
Or a third you know a third and goal stand or whatever it is because that’s this offense is good and this is an offensive team they’re they’re built around the offensive line and Jared G and that’s how they win games but at some point you need that defense to
Complement you and I that’s going to they’re going to be asked of that and I think um you’re right Doug I think they’ve quietly gotten a lot better and I think they’re capable of I think there was a point where you were like I’m not sure they’re good enough right the
Defense is good enough for this team for this offense but I think they are and they they’ll have opportunities to prove themselves 248 539 9797 all right Ben Johnson we saw his name floated out there yesterday that Josina Anderson report that we mentioned earlier that it was a $15 million asking
Price for Ben Johnson that has led to some back and forth on social media including from Ben Johnson’s agent kind of rolling his eyes at that but his name has come up Johnson the reporters have asked about before he hasn’t said anything they said look your name has come up
Again you know is it difficult they triy to find another way to ask the same question you know can you can you explain what it’s like to hear your name out there and not you got a job to do here’s what he said there you go not a huge surprise kind of
Predictable Dave FIP talked a little bit about why they made the change at kicker hear what he had to say also I’ve got my my my Heisman Trophy vote for 2024 and 2025 the comedic versions The comedic versions of my Heisman vote next year and the year after coming up today at
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Withdrawable bonus bets that expire 7 days after receipt see terms at sports book. fanduel.com gambling problems call 1 180027 7117 for confidential help dou car Gator out today 24853 99797 last night I was watching the roofclaim.com bowl as I’m sure most of you were and it
Just crossed my mind and I think I’m ready to make my next two Heisman votes we’ll get to that coming up today at 1255 it’s Carson Anderson all right I mentioned Dave FIP the special teams coach he addressed the media yesterday along with the offensive coordinator and the defensive coordinator that we heard
About and of course it was news this week in special teams as they moved on from Riley Patterson to Michael Badgley and here’s the fipper talking about what led to that change C okay so interesting competition and practice 12 kicks putting the pressure on them there’s a lot that’s going on
That we don’t see but it’s funny that FIP mentioned that nobody asked him about it all right so what specifically do you like about Michael Badgley and what leads to him his ability to be consistent here’s what he said okay Kang I want to ask you a question right here right
Now right here right now do you have more faith in the Lions making a field goal an important field goal than you did before yes awesome he hasn’t even tried one and I didn’t even give you a distance and I wanted to see what your answer was
Because the bar is low Doug yeah now the funny thing is Riley Patterson didn’t he make a uh important field goal for the Jags last year in the playoffs the the one that beat the Chargers I think that was him last year I remember last year
When he was kicking for them people were complaining here in Detroit about look at him look at him did he kick the that was the game that came from behind like I’m going based on the Lions of course here they were they were playing with kind of short-handed
Against other teams yep Riley patteron made a walk-off 36 yard field goal to beat the charger there you go was only 36 yards but I mean that’s a situational kick that’s pressure and that’s the things you kind of worry about too it’s not just distance all right clearly R
Riley Patterson did not have the distance that the line wanted him to have that seemingly every other team in the league had but the Lions I’m watching routinely guys go out there and attempt 55 yarders plus Lions fourth and 13 we’re going for it okay so maybe they
Don’t want maybe they still go for it Doug but guess what at least they have the option now we’re like all right in this in this situation we’re going to kick it I mean the end of the half if we miss it they’re they’re not getting the
Ball back at Midfield the clocks going run out fine okay so Dan Campbell I think felt like he was playing golf without a driver yeah and even though his driver can spray a little bit it’s hard to play the game without a driver 2485 3997 97 let’s get back to
Your open Line calls we go to Tommy you’re next on 971 hi Tommy hey what’s up Doug and King hey Tommy well you know what hey just ask Jean vanderville if he would just use a putter off that 18t he would he would have won the British Open all right
Anyway most people don’t know what the hell I’m talking about there you’re right you’re right about that but um you know I do not want to see Matt Stafford I mean this has just got implicate like you said Doug it’ll be the worst couple days of radio that
You will have to end I just don’t I don’t want to do like here we finally like the idea I think the Rams will I think the Rams will beat us why why because of Matthew Stafford where were you on Stafford when he was here why did he hang
Up he said what he had to say I I I I have no fear of any team in the playoffs what I mean by that when you go to the playoffs I expect to play a team that can beat you it’s the playoffs when you go to the
Playoffs you are probably going to play stop me if I’m wrong a good football team a playoff team some would say some might even call it that so the idea that you’re going to play a team there’s no layups you shouldn’t be looking for a layup
Shouldn’t ask for a layup and the Lions don’t need a layup they’ve played and beaten some good football teams this year with that said my not wanting to play the Rams has nothing to do with not thinking the Lions can beat him it has everything to
Do with the weak of radio I don’t want to do Holmes Versus Sneed gof versus McVey Stafford back in Detroit I’m not Andy Cohen I don’t want to most Real Housewives of the NFL just want to have a football game just want to have a football game I’m
Tired of a storyline that hasn’t even happened yet and regretfully we pointed it out two weeks ago you know what might be aligning and the rest of the world is catching up and holy crap it could be St and Kang you made the joke it’s in the
Script it absolutely would be in the NFL script they have a camera crew following Kelly Stafford to her seats walking the streets of Birmingham again right oh I remember this coffee shop I used to go here all the time with Matthew and and the girls and yeah it’s
Gonna be a drama show big drama show Doug you know what the first I just saw this the NFL is actually goingon to simoc cast it on Bravo it makes sense it makes sense Lions Rams also on Bravo half the show will be about OIC I get it
Like I know exactly what we have coming and you don’t want that want I just want yeah we can we just have if we make the playoffs if we make the playoff if we win the division if we get the host have a normal playoff week and
People are going to say they’re going to lose to Stafford because of Stafford or because of lions just give us football reasons right because guess what on paper guess who’s goingon to be favored in that game DG the lions are going to be favored and and the because they should win that game
Yes I want somebody to compensate I always thought Stafford was a quarterback who win in the playoffs and I always believed it and now he’s going to do it here and 248 539 9797 Darren you’re next on 971 a ticket hi Darren hey forget about the Stafford stuff it’s actually in the
Bible he shall not returneth to Detroit after winning a Super Bowl and winth a playoff game so forget that but um let’s just can we I just can’t help but imagine this team with a healthy Mosley Sutton on the other side CJ Gardner Johnson Houston healthy but that aside
If yatu meaan Wu must play cornerback for this team they were successful blitzing last week you know you can’t live and die each week with that because teams are going to work their hops they’re going to uh really go over the pre- snap reads this week the benefit
Though is it’s Nick Mullen a third string guy maybe we can get away with it one more week but don’t you guys think that they just got to put iffy over at corner and and see how this goes because God bless Jerry Jacobs Merry Christmas to him but that’s a failed exper KH
Dorsy Jerry Jacobs didn’t play a snap on defense last week khil dorsy played 40 something and kindall vildor who sounds like a fake name he played a bunch of snaps at corner the bottom line is I think he was in Harry Potter D what you just brought up Darren is something that
I think they Absolut you said they have to play him I think they have to see if he can do it and by that I mean practice him there whether it’s him or CJ gner Johnson somebody’s got to get a look at the CU cam Sutton has quietly
Had an outstanding season for Detroit and who’s the other Corner they’ve got safety with cover SK safeties with cover skills and they have an abundance of them so yeah I think they need to take a look hey real quick that brings up that brings up another great question I
Actually traveled to Chicago for that game why is Jacobs on DJ Moore why is Jacobs covering more often than not when he was on the field why was he on the ones I mean I is that just flawed schematics or are they can they not Flip
Or they you canel Corners is a right corner yeah you could travel but sometimes you get caught in a defense where a player can’t um it’s a great question for for Aaron Glenn and he’d probably have the exact number of times they were matched up but I mean some
People would argue one is too many I know that a lot of people are in favor of Corners traveling with the best receiver all the time your best corner goes where their best receiver goes not every defense works like that uh all right so watching the roofclaim.com ball last
Night you know cuz and a big storyline in that game was Kyle McCord going to Syracuse and it occurred to me that next year’s Heisman front runner might be Quinn ures transfer quarterback from Ohio State two years from now how about Kyle McCord for the Heisman transfer quarterback from Ohio
State so that the Buckeyes will have three of the last six Heisman Trophy winners having all transferred out of their program that’s a future I’m rooting for 248 539 9797 it’s Carson Anderson 97 won the ticket e in about 48 Hours the Lions could be celebrating their first division title
In 30 years Detroit can clinch the NFC North with a win at Minnesota on Christmas Eve Vegas has the Lions as a three-point favorite down half a point since the opened over the weekend 61% of the public bets and 68% of the money are on Minnesota though per Action Network
The lions taking the north would be the first division title for any Detroit pro team in nearly a decade the last team to do it here the Tigers in 2014 and speaking of the Tigers they’re adding a right-handed reliever signing Shelby Miller to a one-year deal with an option
For 2025 the contract pending a physical later today in Detroit Miller is going into his 12th season he spent last year with the Dodgers and more drastic conference realignment could be on the horizon in college sports Florida State officially suing the ACC challenging the legality of the conferences bylaws that
Lock member schools in through 2036 with a $130 million exit fee FSU is unhappy with the acc’s revenue sharing structure which pays each of its 14 members about 36 million the Big 10 and SEC pay their schools nearly double 59 and 56 million respectively and the wings looked in
Their four game losing streak tonight at home versus the Flyers you can hear it here on 97 1 pregame coverage at 645 at the ticket update desk I’m beanie Howell for more go to 971 theticket.com thank you beanie Carson Anderson 971 the ticket open lines 248 539
9797 let’s get back to your open Line calls who do we got next here uh let’s go to Dennis here on 971 the ticket hi Dennis how you doing doing good uh I was I was talking to the screen caller there and uh I was just saying that I’m afraid
That uh if that does happen with the Rams and the Lions you can always talk about the Tigers because I think that Matt’s gonna pick pick aart our secondary I just don’t like our secondary at all we’re giving up too many long passes I I I don’t even embargo is back
In place okay we’re not talking about Stafford no more Stafford calls Craig we have an embargo i’ I’ve asked for this by speaking my paranoia publicly over what I don’t want to do it’s caused it to happen 248 539 9797 Jake you’re next hi Jake hey Doug how are you doing I’m okay
So um I just had a call in I got a pretty funny story it’s it’s it was too ironic I had to share it so I have been looking for Jameson Williams jersey lately and um I couldn’t find one anywhere on Detroit Lions like NFL shop
Or anything like that so I went on eBay and bought one and I got it in the mail three weeks later opened it up today yeah number nine on the front looks beautiful flip it over Matthew Stafford I was like are you kidding me I shook my head I was like Matthew
Safford is just haunting us and just lurking and we do not need him to come to fortfield I I they sent you a they sent you the wrong Jersey well I is it was a replica Jersey like you know from like some sketch like website or anything I just wanted to ask
King like why can’t I buy a legit Jameson Williams jersey like on the NFL Pro Shop or anything like that oh I haven’t checked that you can’t you can’t do it I you can’t find like any sizes you can find like women’s jerseys or or and things like that but I can’t find
Like a legit J Mo Jersey you know like in a men siiz large So you you’re you mentioned the replica um because the replicas they only make certain ones available correct yes but custom make you can custom make a real one I believe yeah well like a you know like a
Fake I wouldn’t say replica but like on on the eBay post it says Jameson Williams number nine has a picture of it and everything and I order it and it’s a freaking Matthew staffer Jersey did you get your money back I I’m in talks with eBay right now it’s gonna be a process
Great he said the word process too with the lines I don’t like that that’s not going to work out well in your favor yeah um I am on the an.com scrolling scrolling scrolling I’m reaching out to my peeps too as we speak yeah Kang’s dialed in with the Collectibles and paraphernalia
Community Sports paraphernal Community he’s right I’m not seeing any Jameson Williams I mean you can do the authentic for 385 bucks any name any number I guess that’s what you got to do huh yeah there is a women’s Jameson Williams Jersey god you’d think there’d be a
Men there’s a you can get a Jonah Jackson Jersey there there I what about Ford Field their shop has to have Jameson Williams jerseys like the replicas the $130 ones right one would think 248 539 9797 Dave you’re next on 971 hi Dave how you doing
Okay good uh I was going to touch on the Stafford thing but I think I’ll skip that one for now thank you much appreciated back to the nil I know you it’s been off topic for a little bit why don’t they cap it or you know maybe some
Of the people that are porking out the money for nil say hey we’re not going to pay you if you don’t play all your games well if I were if I again you know I don’t know how much these guys are concerned about the return on investment
Uh I suspect that they have some concerns about their return on investment um you can get it I don’t see why you can’t get it written into a contract that I want you to play in the bowl game and I mean this is in spite of the
The the Eye rolles of all the bowl games they get decent ratings and if you’re paying for somebody’s name image and likeness you’re paying for their visibility and yeah playing out the entire season including the postseason would be something I’d be looking for from my client somebody that I’m in a
Business relationship with so I don’t know I’ve never heard of this happening it doesn’t mean it’s not out there but I wouldn’t be shocked if some some people have opted to do that and we just haven’t heard of it yet that a player’s been told hey we’re signing you to this
Deal it includes the entire season all the regular season games and the postseason games as long as you’re healthy 248 539 9796 Justin you’re next on 971 a ticket what’s up Justin hey what’s up guys sir so I’m kind of excited for obviously the Lions the end of the year playoffs but what
This is going to do leading up to the NFL draft coming here and um obviously that’s a you know months away but I just think that excitement’s going to carry over and um you know we know economically what that does to a city and I think with the Lions being where
They are now however the year might finish and carrying it over into next year I just think that’s that’s just going to give us something to talk about even longer with with what’s going to happen with the uh with the draft coming so Justin I’ve thought about this from
Every every angle it’s been very refreshing to have this NFL season just from a a job perspective I’m enjoying the hell out of this it’s completely different I think I suspect that the listeners are liking this way more than bitching about losses Monday Tuesday Wednesday of week and then preparing for
The next one on Thursday and Friday um but we have the NFL off seon is is really good for everybody when you’re a bad team hope you know you have hope based upon the draft usually bad teams are picking near the top of the draft etc etc but I can’t even
Imagine what this is going to be like from the top what’s this going to be like from the top I think it could be W wildly fun free agents um the draft I mean we got now a draft ninja who I expect to get draft get players useful players out of any
Round you know well yeah and I think I mean I think that’s going to be part of that excitement is there are players that are going to want to come here right and uh they’re going to want to be in Detroit they’re going to want to be a
Part of you know what’s to come with relatively a young team that we’ve got you know and and some of these highflying you know offensive players we’ve got buttoning up that defense and people wanting to be a part of it and I think you know I think that’s just going
To do a lot for the organization and clearly us as a fan base too it’s it’s it’s exciting so Justin think about this think about this past year Brad Holmes and look he’s not going to bat a thousand but this past year he got Sam leapor and Brian branch in the second
Round no matter what they’re going to have a first round pick that’s better I mean they could trade it but they’re going to have a first round pick that’s better than those two picks and they’re going to have some very specific needs and you know can he find the defensive
End version of Branch or leaport think about that possibility of adding that player with a pick better than he used to get those guys and and and really what it is is he seems to do a really good job at finding value all over the draft board and they’re going to have
Very specific needs I wouldn’t be surprised if this is one of those drafts where you feel like there’s a whole bunch like there’s multiple players taken at at positions of need because they’re going to try to address some stuff but they’ve been very smart about the way they’ve draft which is drafted
Which gives me and should give everybody a ton of Hope about the future and and you’re right the off the excitement of leading into a draft that’s going to be hosted here I mean I don’t know what’s going to happen this postseason it could be a wild disappointment and it could be
Successful beyond our wildest imagination but the buildup to the draft in Detroit is it’s going to be a ton of fun ton of fun 248 539 9797 Carson Anderson 971 the ticket all right guys Michigan is a one and a half Point favorite against Alabama Texas is a four and a
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Pool as to which day I was going to show up or how long I would spend in the studio with you we did not we did not we had a taco bar though don’t joke you cross the line my man hey hey hey which by the way two things are of
Interest because you got both said that a uh last night I picked up fixing to make tacos so I did that at the house awesome and uh and two semipro was on yesterday and I watched a good portion of it because it’s that movie is hysteric you always have to a little bit
Right that movie is so great I did see the scene Drive Turkey heyri hey JT JT nobody called anybody a JT okay no he called fantastic movie great scene I’ve seen very little of that movie but I did see that scene so how you been I’m good good
Good yeah um I’m assuming things were easier for you this week than what they were at the beginning of last week you know vacation times are funny I did the end of last week I was out all this week yep so you got the you know post
Bears debacle yep you had to deal with that um we kind of joked that you were pulling whatever was left up there out yep um and and I get it I totally understood it tried to calm people down a little bit I I may have lost for a
Little bit not much I had a I had a rough day yeah I had a day where I was driving home feeling guilty for yelling um but then hey look what happens they go out and win yes and they look great doing it um sure did you know
It’s funny because I wonder how much they can instill confidence back in the the people that were rattled by the four or five week stretch before the postseason they can obvious viously do it I mean two wins over Minnesota and a game against Dallas they are in a
Position right now where they control their own fate for the number two seed which is amazing it’s just amazing uh and there’s a lot of fun discussions that come with that Jimmy came in today and was trying to map out the schedule for various playoff possibilities just like when the games
Might be and all that because we for don’t forget that is it both the first two weekends of the playoffs there’s a Monday night game uh I will check that um it’s interesting because I’m pretty sure both of the first two weekends of the playoffs there is a Monday night
Football game which could be so Wild Card Weekend um two games Saturday three Sunday one Monday is that sound right two three and one y okay what about the next weekend is it also divisional round is two on Saturday two on Sunday okay thought there might have been a Monday
Night game there but if it has an opportunity well the probability of lions being a part of the postseason is one the probability of them hosting a game is strong as well but it was an awfully impressive performance last weekend and I think there’s some stuff that is
Trending in such a good direction the whole team didn’t play well but the defense playing better the last four games some of the people that are coming back um you know it’s been a it’s been a more fun week to do the show that’s for
Sure well it has been it has been we talked at the end of last week about how the team needed to find ways to get the pass rush going right because they the front four wasn’t getting it done okay you know it’s obvious that they were only getting extra pressure if they brought
Linebackers anzalone was typically the one and I said let’s bring some defensive backs let’s go with a safety or Corner get something from the outside coming in and what we saw was welcome to the team melan fonu you know I mean he he had a fantastic game just made play
After play it was it was a lot it was a lot of fun to watch and you know the defense kind of grew up a little bit in that game and it’s good to see because the offense was Unstoppable for what five straight drives or five straight
Touchdowns or whatever it was that was great to see they came out of the gate they were throwing the ball they were aggressive even though they had three and outs or they would punt the ball um you felt like it was just a matter of time before it started to click and
Seeing this team play the way that they played against the Broncos and Denver being a they’re playing very good football right now you know it’s still the team that give the 70 points to to Miami but they’re a much better team now they’re the lions from last year with
The streak that they were on so to see them do that was great offensively this team this is who they are right and I know Jared G probably said the same thing to you on Tuesday because Dan Campbell was preaching it after the game on on Sunday or after game on Saturday
We’re the same team we’re the same guys that started off the Year we’re the same guys are together right now we this is what we’re capable of when we’re all on the same page and doing what we’re supposed to do and that’s what you know they expect from themselves and
Franklins with the F he tried he tried to make it sound like this we’re not surprised yeah we’re not surprised 24853 99797 hey Gator sto by Fun uh let’s get back to the phones we go to Tim you’re next on 971 hi Tim hi guys Merry Christmas can’t believe I’m lucky enough
To get gatored today this nice me too you are so fortunate I am I am so you know I I also have to say why I like Doug too but k k is awesome too just to spread the love around a little bit we agree um all
Right but uh you know Doug was talking about the off season and a different type of things we get to talk about right one of the things that’s really starting to fascinate me is this you know we H you know our draft ninja picked up all these young guys right and
Then we got rookies we got seconde players what is their top end I mean we sit there and think about the next year how much better can these guys get you know where is leor going to be he’s like holy crap he’s good now can he really
Get better I mean Milan Fu I mean is he all of a sudden the guy I you know Joseph Branch where where do you see these guys top end hitting or poten I don’t know it’s a great question it’s hard to answer you assume and it’s not
Always a safe assumption but you assume that your good players in their first year get better in year two and better in year three and and you don’t know where it’s going to go from here but the possibility is I mean I I don’t know that Sam leapor already doesn’t fully
Belong firmly belong in the conversation for the best tight ends in the NFL which is insane I mean is there can he get how much better can he get he’s so good now already and then you you listen in the morning with Jing the guy’s blocking like he’s supposed to for
The most part I me Christ all around and then some of the moves he went he got that touchdown he put moves like he was running back he duked that guy like where the hell that come from He’s Got Talent man leaport is a lot of
Fun to watch and yes he he is among that conversation among the best tight ends in football because he’s playing like a top five tight end right now I mean statistically he’s there it’s weird he’s he’s on the verge of of tying or passing NFL records for rookie tight end you
Have to go back to the days of Mike di to to find when tight end was this prolific to start off their career and you know what does he do to get better it’s consistency be this right if you can be better great but be at least this
For the next 6 seven years fantastic by the way I have made a recommitment today oh recommitment just a reminder I’ll kale all the time no no but we have we have kind of slipped here a little bit and based upon recent events mean meaning calls the last couple of days and specifically
Today we are re-upping our commitment to the [Laughter] Embargo oh because the potential playoff match up is ated the the Embargo is still in place and and I fully expect to honor the commitment throughout the rest of the regular season and the postseason regardless of matchup well you can’t do that damn it
Gator I’m gonna try Doug you can’t do it here’s the good news if that scenario takes place you and I will be here together okay that’s true we can you know what this might be the first radio host to opt out of the postseason are you gonna self-impose a
Ban suspension I’m just gonna opt out you’re you’re GNA pull a uh Have you listened to Have you listened to the show at all today very little okay just when I was driving around hurts well no I’m sorry no no I get it I completely get it I completely get it I unplugged
Too but it’s not I just don’t want to do real housewise radio I understand I understand it makes all the sense in the world I get it you know you don’t want to hey let’s Aaron Andrews sitting down with Kelly Stafford and Bingo and and Jared Go’s fiance um you know
Yep i i i Envision Andy con with les Sneed and Brad Holmes sure yeah those Sim casting on Bravo Gator I don’t if you heard that yeah no I did hear that line it was good line or Jarod gof and Shawn McVey yeah you know I mean
Nobody how about just have a normal football playoff with Dan orlovski making drinks in the background right he’s the GU bartender of the day Gator like we’ll just both these guys we’ll have Doug just refer to it the Rams quarterback and we’ll just talk football and you you just say Rams
Quarterback needs to you need we’re going to go like that school up north is that what we’re going to do well dog for dog he can’t stand this he is dreading this exactly what I’m gonna do I’m gonna call the Rams that school up North I’m
In favor of that that team out west nope that school up north they do wear blue and yellow 248 539 9797 I I I I do I you don’t have you’re not obligated to stay I kind of want to do uh because I saw what my record was over the weekend
With my if I bet it picks oh I bet it was good it’s kind of funny so I I wanted to participate and if I bet it so we’re going to do picks and I I got to each a additional gift gave you something earlier last week so you stick
Around for next segment yes okay and at 148 a five star strongly considering Michigan State football we’ll get to that I’m in 97 W the ticket DG ksh Scott Anderson has shown up spreading holiday cheer let’s get back to your phone calls we go to Lawrence here on 971 a ticket hi
Lawrence hey Doug how’s it going what’s going on uh not too much just uh driving around I wanted to make a comment on that um on the n and the college football thing that you were talking about earlier yep uh my question to you is what what
Happens when all that extra money is generated when the when the um the ESPN deal is up and they start uh go to 12 team playoffs and you got multiple networks involved in the TV deals will there be extra money going around like what happens with that if if you don’t pay the
Players I I guess I don’t understand your question what do you mean what happens to it if you don’t the schools get it well that’s what I’m saying the schools are are already getting more money than they know what to do with like even after they pay for all of the
Support services that they that they provide to the players a lot of these bigger universities are still turning a profit now there’s going to be even more money coming in so I I think the players will have to get some of that money I think well I think it’s a misnomer
Lawrence one of the misnomers is that athletic departments make money the big ones do for sure in the power five there’s plenty that lose money so um because they’re supporting remember for every scholarship that goes to a man there the title 9 requirements you have
To give one to a woman sport as well and there’s 85 that are dedicated to football so there’s a lot of sports that they are funding I’d have to see the numbers exactly but I think it I think across the board college athletics loses money now
Inherently it can help you when it comes to just simply the recruitment of students um it’s been called the front door of the University as College athletics and it can help you bring in you know tuition but at the end of the day uh you know some of the big boys
Will make money hand over fist but plenty lose money as well well that’s what that’s primarily what I’m talking about the bigger schools the michigans Ohio States Texas Alabama Georgia of the world you know they they they already got more money they know what to do with
How many facilities can you build well how many waterfalls can you build yeah I hear you and I guess I guess the question is if you’re River yeah Ian how can you have a football program without a lazy river can’t that goes past the barber shop right yeah wave pool and the
Billiard’s room but Taco Bar which is what they’re yeah a grotto taco bar a taco in the bar in The Grotto oh man Barbecue Pit yeah are you supposed to stop people on third down if there’s not a barbecue the football I I don’t know how you can
So if you make a rule that the players get money you’re asking a whole bunch of schools that don’t make money to also pay player like it’s I’d have to see the numbers to see where we’re at now in terms of but there was a while there where most athletic departments were
Losing money well that probably is changing Nick Sabin was on with McAfee yesterday and and was I know what you were doing between 10 and two weekly thing well they replay in ESP like every 20 minutes I watched it at night um but he was talking about there’s a
Thunderbolt that’s going to hit college sports because things are just out of hand with with with no guard rails in place right yep and I know some people are going to complain well that’s just Nick’s just complaining and whining because he’s no longer getting the top class every year and he’s not guaranteed
To win it every year well guess who’s back in a final four it’s throw that out of your mind and understand what he’s saying is is true there are no guard rails right now with nil and any of this stuff that has to change the NCAA has to figure out a way
To make it Equitable for everybody and that’s that’s I mean that’s what it means they yeah I don’t know how I I don’t know that I don’t know what the guard rails should be that’s a big question that that’s a big because it’s basically some people think there’s essentially should be a salary
Cap in college football and I don’t know that that’s something that’s necessary either but I mean people are calling up saying you should cap nil should you I I don’t know who was the quarterback that just signed for with Arch Manning got $3 million this past year to not play
Yeah he made over $3 million to not play basically all season right you hear are my next two Heisman picks by the way I did like that thank you 248 539 9797 Ariel you’re next what’s up Ariel what’s up what’s up what’s up what’s up what’s
Up uh you know what this upcoming Rose Bowl reminds me a lot of the 2021 Ohio State Michigan game where no one gave Michigan chance but Michigan has quiet confidence you know what I see the same thing with this team they have quiet they have quiet confidence
And it’s possible they’re going to shock the world and if they do people are it’s going to reveal a a lot about people outside of Michigan I know what you’re I know what you’re gonna say Gator yeah I know what you’re gonna say I think we need regardless of of of how you
Feel we have to give this team the prop especially with these players you may not like the coach but uh but this team is not only very good but they have High um High High character um it’s time to let the payis hatred go go ahead um can
You shock the world if you’re favored so here’s the crazy thing I think I think this is the one case where you can I was watching an ESPN college football show everybody picked Bama I was listening to I’m gonna admit this publicly I was listening to the pregame show for the
Roofclaim.com game last night of course you were and want to get the skin on South Florida yeah well if you had hopefully you put your money where your mouth was my dollar was with South Florida but but it was all about can Michigan hang with
Bama and and it’s it’s fine like I none of this stuff really matters but it is the strangest thing Kang what was your stat about the the money in Vegas yeah like uh it’s moved a lot now but I think it’s between 75% and 80% of bets are on
Alabama and and like most Mone too yeah which is weird well here’s what’s weird that people are betting it before the before we’re even on game day I never understood that I mean I get I guess if you think that you want to get the line
Where it is because you think it’s going to move dramatically by the time you get to game time so be it but I would never make a bet 10 days in advance of the game given that seems like a lot can happen and and yeah I I typically
Wouldn’t either but I guess my point is 100% they’re favored and I think it’s a legitimate question can they upset Alabama well and I know what doesn’t make sense to me going to shock the world if the number is is if the if the more of the money’s
On Bama than Michigan how come the number is staying on Michigan wouldn’t that inherently move the number but I guess I don’t completely understand how it works because it it’s it’s a weird deal but yeah and by the way of course they’re playing it up in the building it
Won’t be as much of a stretch as the Georgia player last year when they won the National Championship when he said people picked us to go six and six no they didn’t What in in in the in the spring [Laughter] Game all right before we get to if I bet it you wanted to do this on the air so let’s do it on the air yeah so I I I got go to Twitch and YouTube quickly yes because apparently this is a visual medium visual I want Kang to hold off
Okay I got each a T-shirt and Doug’s isn’t Kang’s is more funny yeah yours is I think more something I think you would enjoy G based on what’s on it so go ahead and okay if for for Christmas we I’m opening this Christmas gift now I like the wrapping gator thank you thank
You a lot wait are you going to need this back before you go to the airport I do it’s my carryon I need my carryon bag it’s not where it’s not where I got it from I just happened to leave the house and needed to throw in the bag we opened
The show talking about gift bags and about how gift bags are the greatest thing in the world but you’re not supposed to just put a gift in the gift bag and hand it over there’s the tissue paper and how you arrange the tissue paper and I’ve made that mistake and my
Wife schooled on how to properly put the tissue paper in the back well I’m going to need to take that class on how to properly put the tissue people obviously everybody can’t see Gator’s gift bag is a CVS bag well for you Kang’s got the
Target bag I think oh does he oh he uses the good stuff on me well first of all again neither was purchased at either either place at had to sitting in a house so okay oh that is awesome so I figur you’d like that very much let’s see it what is that oh
Just the old the old Red Barn for Olympia that is he got me a t-shirt people seeing I I think people could see on Twitch as I’m holding it up with the an image of Olympia on the front which is as I’m looking at it may end up being
A belly shirt I’m not sure it’s going to be long enough for you but uh what what is he like Bosworth a college football player from the 80s I got him an XL that is awesome all right now kangs is fantastic I think all right here we go I think this is
Pretty great so I don’t know if uh Ben can get the camera on King this target bag still has um TSA sticker on it I’ll give it back to you used a plastic bag as this carry on and this is awesome it is a t-shirt as
Well and it says giant slide Bell Isle it’s the it’s the big ass giant slide from B I love the third stick figure look at the third figure going down the slide fantastic he didn’t make it yeah or if he did he’s hurt lawsuit right there uh these are
Great thank you my man you’re welcome yes you’re welcome what we got you what I got you was not worthy of opening on the air although it would have been interesting uh right good guess I do like tequila uh all right let’s pick some games we don’t bet
All right so last week we just picked some NFL games here last week tell the people what you did last week last week Doug in the three games I picked the NFL games I went one zero and two which brings his season record to 3730 and
Five my man has had five pushes this year uh two weeks ago I went 02 and one I don’t do well with the NFL 3535 and two on the year my locks are seven- six are you ready NFL three games I’m going to start with Green Bay going on the
Road to Carolina Green Bay battling for its life I’m going to take the pack minus five on the road to Carolina first game I’m looking at is Cincinnati giving up three points at Pittsburgh now when I look at this game I hearken back to my
Days in college and uh my B my good buddy Jason Ward who lives on the East Coast now and he and I used to refer to Pittsburgh as pit Bay because Pittsburgh was terrible at the time much like at that time Green Bay and Tampa Bay were
Bad we thought Pittsburgh was the third Bay pit Bay because the Steelers are where they’re at right now they’re not playing good football they’re starting Mason Rudolph for crying out loud Cincinnati minus three at pit Bay it’s my shoot the boot lock of the week next up I’m going to Tennessee playing host
To Seattle coming off a surprise win I do have some belief in the up down Theory I’ll take Tennessee plus three at home home against Seattle Indianapolis is at Atlanta the Colts are getting two and a half points in this one this is strange tough for me in this one because
I love both of these quarterbacks as backup quarterbacks for any team in the league but as starting quarterback’s not so much Taylor hinek gets the nod for the Falcons and of course we got minu Mania and Indianapolis but I like the Colts they’re playing really well with
Mchu I’ll take the Colts plus two and a half at Atlanta like that uh my final game is my car car house lock of the week Tampa playing host to Jacksonville on certainty about Trevor Lawrence I’ll take Tampa minus the two and a half at
Home my car car house lock at a week see we had all three Bay teams in there Tampa green and pit uh lastly Washington is on the road at the Jets the uh the commanders are getting three points in this one Simeon is going to start because Zack Wilson is still in
Concussion protocol I’m not sure why the Jets are favored in this game but I’ll take Wasing and getting the three points on the road all right every week Kang you love on a pick and you hate on a pick which one one do you like the most
This week Gator I’m with you the commanders man I think the commanders win that outright but they’re getting points so give me the love that pick commanders against the Jets which one do you hate Doug Seattle Seattle’s going to win you got Tennessee plus three I think
It’s your love of Mike Vel their season’s been done I’m taking Seattle there you go uh do appreciate everybody listening do with them what you will that is if I bet it here on 971 the ticket I seriously didn’t expect you to stick around the rest of the show we to find
Out who that five star is oh I made that up completely what yeah uh yes Scott the gator Anderson stopped by had to do some holiday gift exchange stuff so it was great to see you started watching a new show it’s not it’s actually it’s they have a season
Two just came out I started watching season one uh two nights ago so I caught I’ve got the first couple episodes in it’s great the show is I well I shouldn’t say Show’s great it’s it’s great action and I’m interested to see uh what happens here what’s the show Kang you got a
Guess did you say how many seasons there are there they just started season two it’s it’s on you know one of the uh streaming services I want to say it’s like wrestling related am I wrong it’s not wrestling related but great action I have no idea oh Reacher or yeah
There it is there you go is it good I don’t know if it’s good but you watch the entire first season no no I watched first two episodes of sorry I thought you said you watch the entire first season and you still don’t know if it’s good the action’s Fantastic like the guy
Who plays Jack Reacher looks like a monster in this thing but it’s Hollywood so he’s probably not really six foot five and you know but um but he’s big enough and it’s he’s just a badass and he’s also smart if you watch any any of the Jack Reacher movies with Tom Cruz
Which is kind of funny because Tom Cruz definitely not big is not but the movies are great and he’s a badass in those movies and he actually sells it I buy it but when you find out that in the in in the books that Jack Reacher is supposed
To be you know 65 250 they like well is not what do you mean when you find out in the books did you read a book no I’ve I’ve seen interviews done with people that talk about the Jack Reacher books about to say you’ve changed the
Characters oh no dude how much time have you had off let’s relax here all right I’m still illiterate okay functionally no uh I just don’t like to read a lot uh outside of reading online I don’t I don’t like to read books but yeah so anyway it’s it’s a it’s
Action-packed so far the I mean because it’s just fight scenes and he’s a badass fighter but I’m not so sure the dialogue the story Line’s interesting the acting is all right you know we we’ll see where it goes but I do enjoy it to this point
So I watched a movie what Y and it is on a streaming service uh um is it uh it come out recently yep um did you watch with the family or the wife I watch it Solo solo yep wow mhm takes a whole different direction well it’s not like an it’s not
Rated X oh okay well BTN after dark what is in Joe tiller’s mouth oh no come on hey uh you washed it by yourself is it an action movie not really is it sports related nope wow yep crazy huh it’s not action and it’s not Sports this is this
Is is it a documentary nope wow it’s just a movie man I just watched a movie wow ah I’m confused it was great cuz I got on the pelaton started watching it and I had a long ride because I was didn’t want to stop watching and I just the ride went
Quickly very interesting I how long was it it’s like a full regular movie like 90 minutes something like that all it’s not terribly long but long enough yeah whatever it was a real was a full length feature film Hollywood style was the uh headline actor an actor or an
Actress um I would argue an actress but did you watch Barbie no I did not do you want me to give you the streaming service I don’t know if it’s gonna help but go ahead Netflix Netflix Kang did I tell you I’m trying to remember yeah it’s been a long week how
Has been I’ll just tell you because we’re grinding to a Hal Leave the World Behind on Netflix jul mention this jul Roberts Ethan Hawk although I had no idea it’s fun because like I watched the movie I think I have that in my queue the I watched the movie and when I got
Done later I was like oh so that’s who Ethan Hawk is I’d heard the name but I had no idea who he was and I watched the movie and I’m like I wonder who that dude is oh that’s Ethan Hawk oh now I know who Ethan Hawk is he’s aged anyway
Um so yeah I watch Leave the World Behind and you finished squid game three days I mean it took no I loved it I thought it was great so when I first told you about it I was halfway through episode two when I first brought it up
On the air last night I finished episode three so I’ve been watching it for about a month and I’m through three episodes I’m hoping to all right did you get cut up in in hearing about the spoilers for it I have not heard any spoiler okay
Good yeah so come on man pick it up well I I’ll try but it’s I mean I I was riveted I wanted to see every I I couldn’t wait to see the next episode it’s they’ve done a heck of a job of mimicking the television series the
Fical television series with a a a game show nobody dies uh 28539 9797 Josh you’re on 97 w a ticket what’s up Josh hey gentlemen happy holidays you too so I got a p Pistons question for you last night’s game to me felt like the worst loss
Since the team mutinied against John CER like tennish years ago nice call and that that had me thinking um is the current like Weaver rebuild is it worse than when Dumar tried to pair Monroe and Drummond in that team or worse than when Stan Van Gundy and gors blew up a
Developing roster for Blake Griffin it’s a great question like worse of the three it I don’t think it is and the reason is I feel like this is what the Pistons are the equivalent of a a college that recruits and starts all their freshman that’s the way I see this thing
That they’re just you think this is salable uh not this year not no not this year but long term do I think they have a couple of guys that might be able to play in this league yes they do but it’s um I don’t know how
They’re going to how they’re going to do this because it’s like what we said with the Red Wings what they did to get better each the last couple years is they put more and more adults in the room MH they need some adults they need adults that can play not just guys that
Are veterans of the league that are that are a you know a drag on the salary cap but the good luck finding it you’re not going to lure a free agent here you got to find a way to trade and good luck with that too hi Mike hi by the way I’m
Glad you’re on the reacher train good for you I just started yeah got two episodes in alen richson is the name of the actor you know he was on American Idol yeah he was a contestant on American Idol he serated uh Paula Abdul I saw this all like over the weekend I
Was I was like what show Blue Mountain State too yes oh that’s where I recognize him from yes wow yeah that’s a deep cut that’s where he’s from damn it thank you Rico meanwhile I just figured out talk is okay then that’s what did we’re going to do G reset
Coming up in I just found out who Ethan Hawk was I watched Leave the World Behind and I didn’t know who the dad was in is it is it good yeah I really liked it I really enjoyed it is it like the uh that the other one that came out when
The comet uh oh uh look up yeah he I mean in some ways yeah look up was good too but give it a spin I I I like Leave the World Behind better than look up okay but I like them both I finished them which says a lot but our our our
Listeners are going to want to look up at 2 pm oh boy are you about to we’re raising a banner you’re raising a banner after last night’s effort by the Pistons we have to put a banner in the rafters of LCA oh no here we go and
We’ve got local celebs who are back uh it is a Gala event we’re going to raise a banner all right so we’re going to do that yes we’re going to do the Airing of the Grievances that way people can just enjoy yes I got a lot of problems with
Doesn’t matter the team the sports the coach whatever may be you won’t be convinced otherwise you won’t be told you’re wrong it is the end of year airing of the Grievances so you can enjoy your holiday with a a clean Spirit get it all out and then uh I’m going to
Give an unemotional because we’re all too emotional about the Lions I’m giving an unemotional data- driven breakdown of why I’m paralyzed with fear about the Lions and Vikings o okay I thought you were going to say the lions in somebody else and I’m glad you didn’t with that
Said it’s a great great weekend for football you got the gas Barilla bow tonight kicking it off and we also need to stop playing ball games they’re awful but the ratings are good I know uh we leave you with the gator rant merry Christmas everybody it’s Carson Anderson 971
Brought to you by Grand Traverse Resort and Spa the Red Wings look to end their four-game losing streak tonight at home versus Philadelphia they’re getting David prawn back after he served a six game banned for crosschecking Ottawa arum Zub following that nasty hit on Detroit Captain Dylan Lin back on
December 9th prawn said the NHL’s discipline went overboard excuse me I’m sorry boys wings versus Flyers you can hear it right here on 971 the ticket pregame coverage starting at 6:45 the tigers are adding relief pitcher right-hander relief pitcher I should say signing uh Shelby Miller to a one-year deal with an option
For 2025 the 33-year-old spent last season with the Dodgers and put up a 1.71 ra with 42 strikeouts and 19 walks over 36 relief appearances and more drastic conference realignment could be on the horizon in college sports Florida state is officially suing no kidding nothing makes sense anymore Florida
State is suing the ACC challenging the legality of the conference’s bylaws that lock member schools in through 2036 with a $130 million early exit pin y FSU unhappy with the acc’s revenue sharing structure which pays each of its 14 members 36 million the Big 10 and SEC
Offer about double that at the ticket update desk I’m beanie Howell from more go to 971 the ticketor odyssey.com ah welcome in on a Friday we have got a lot to talk about football will wait till 3:00 though because people we did it you did it this
Community did it and in honor of last night’s absolute flaming clown car loss to the carcass of what was the Utah Jazz down four of their top six players people you know it the Detroit Pistons are the Detroit Pickens as commissioner silver likes to say are are
Proud to announce they are muing the community we are muing a banner to the rafters shout out o abaji you know what honestly no I will learn his name he is no longer Uchi kabuchi your man destroyed the Pistons last night uh we are raising a banner to
The rafters and and people I’m telling you I have a view of the Arena right now we have lum Aries uh in our midst David if you would can we start the the the banner raising please people tonight the Pistons organization is proud or in the words of Kade Cunningham
Sick to announce that after last night’s loss to the Utah Jazz 25 straight losses in a row we’re raising a banner to the rafters and wait a minute is that my God Allan Iverson has come back to town oh my God yeah we Allan we did but you’re
Still a winner and we’ll see you at the casino later I I want to I want to just set the scene for this Banner going up as the franchise has hit All Time Rock Bottom oh we we have Eminem a rare public appearance I’d throw a chair too outrageous I
There’s more Rico I can’t believe it is that my God is that AA my God Wella listen your finances are not our concern the ghost of ARA’s Courtside tonight of course you have Mr George Blaha not M seeing tonight’s event because that’s my job the the broadcasting Legend Mr George
Blaha George enjoy the spread we’re glad you’re here tonight to celebrate this momentous Banner race there’s a lot of people here uh Tom G Tom gors oh my God I sound like Susan Waldman rog’s box Tom gors has left the Beverly Hills estate he is Courtside
Tonight you may want to get brief by everybody we’re not happy with you I Rico I hearken back to the great years of the Pistons before we bring this Banner to the sky rashed Wallace has graced us with his presence she’s back ball don’t lie you’re back Isaiah
Thomas we see you drinking some of that champagne Lord Isaiah’s back that’s right people it’s hard in the streets and now you can see the fans are filtering in first of all let’s bring the banner to the sky alltime franchise lowo Banner it’s beautiful thank you you know what DJ callor DJ is
Courtside the banners going up to the ceiling the fan David di the fans are getting involved just bringing it the team oh sell the team indeed everyone is here and look at where they’re parking the all-time franchise lowpoint Banner right next to Kelly tra’s number this is
Unbelievable people I mean it in a serious manner you were incredible last night and you know what this humble little show feels like we played a role yeah because I begged you over a week ago the only thing you could do is # sell the
Team I do need you and Rico and David and I and Evan Kenny doesn’t watch basketball I want to say thank you for 97 won the ticket thank you Kenny never thought this show would be able to bring AA out but last night I we we also answered the question that what
Would happen if a really bad NBA team played a g-league team played a g-league team the g-league team would win would and everybody would always say ah the NBA team would hammer the g-league team no no we now have data the it happened the Detroit pikon never LED last night
And while the banner raising is factious I want to tell you something last night represents the all-time low point for this franchise a franchise that began I believe in 1941 a franchise with a history of almost 90 years the Fort Wayne yeah uh they may as well bring back that stupid
Robot logo because he starts power forward for this team that was Rock Bottom in the history of this franchise it’s not the teal it’s not dick vital era it it’s it’s none of it it has been the stewardship of Tom Gores and last night in a game that was
Set up for you to win you never LED but you know what guys you did it because this morning if you wake up front page of ESPN sell the team CBS sports sell the team local outlets at least acknowledging your work last night sell the team you were heard it
Was loud on TV Bill Simmons podcast which isn’t very good but is very popular the lead on his podcast the Detroit Pickton and sell the team and bombing Tom gors right guys it’s happening but see the work can’t be done and I don’t know that I can pull off
Children’s night at LCA brought to you by Greater Life Church where we do find a 100 impoverished children and give them a free sell the te sell the team t-shirt but you guys did it and I don’t care if George and Greg won’t acknowledge it hell Mickey York was
Throwing haym makers in the post game Mickey’s fed up I think he was done I think you know what I’ll got broken I’m going to do it one better I want to thank Rico beard the man to my left because I think Mickey York was listening to this show yesterday as Rico
Said the best version of Mickey would be a spinning empty chair with a sign that says I quit I want to hear from you because guys it’s happening MH and now the only thing I can ask of you is turn the effing heat up MH it’d be my dream to
Hear Sell the team the entire game why because this owner must be held accountable it was loud the Utah broadcast heard it they talked about it George and Greg want to live in space they can yeah Cameron’s even caught a couple guys with paper bags over their head saying sell the
Team oh yeah love it that Banner alltime franchise low point the spot lights are on it it’s beautiful yeah but Rico what’s next Mike I know we wanted to take the children out there but that that requires a lot of effort but for you know what we can do let this team
Get the record because I think that they will but the game that I have circled maybe Mike we all head down to the arena January 9th they’re taking on the Kings is that game in sacr I thought they were on a West Coast trip in the new year they are they’re coming back
January 9th okay January 9th they’re here they’re going to be yeah the Rockets then they’re at the Jazz they at the Warriors nuggets but then they’re back here Kings January 9th we buy out the place not just kids everybody shows up because imagine you heard sell the team with the smattering
In the crowd it wasn’t a lot imagine if it’s packed imagine you got 20,000 people all saying sell the team here’s part two of that imagine eight minutes to go in the second quarter second period everybody gets up and leaves oh An Empty Arena everybody walks out oh I like this
Rico’s going like 1960s walk outs just flat cam everybody’s going to see this everybody’s going to see the you leave they they’d see a hundred poor kids and sell the teen t-shirts too you can leave the kids no no you can that’s quite a visual no no you can leave the but
Imagine it looks like a bomb threat just went through the building and everybody’s walking out and Rico’s not advocating for anything of that sort he’s simulating what it would look like if everyone were told to please leave the building right yes the opinions of Rico beard are expressed are his and his
Alone and do not represent those of 97 won the ticket correct um I want to throw the number up but could you imagine visually what that would look like it’s amazing it’s like if everybody’s leaving to go home but it’s say eight minutes to go in the second
Quarter where are they leaving for halftime no they’re just leaving no they’ve had enough uh 2485 39 9797 guys we did it the record is Within Reach we get closer to Tom gors being forced to talk we get closer to the league stepping in on gors
The way that they stepped in on the Sixers do you know that in Tom Gore’s stewardship since 2011 do you know how many allst stars this team has had two Andre Drummond and whatever was left of Blake Griffin do you know who’s lost more games than you since Tom gors bought
This team let me help you no one you haven’t won a playoff game and for all the drafting can I ask a question is Troy Weaver even in the building when these games are taking place cameras can’t find him he hasn’t spoken like look Celtics in good and in
Bad I could always find Danny a he’d be in there in the seats sitting there yeah it I’m being serious I know the answer is Tom Gore’s watching these games let me help you is Troy Weaver even in the building I mean Monty Williams it’s on me it’s on me as
Rico and his man Mickey York said you keep saying it’s on you eventually we’re going to start believing you Mickey was throwing hay makers he had had enough cuz Mickey sees it how about Special K though I I can’t take anymore well you know at some point someone’s
Going to address it hey Greg at what point would that be lost 50 what about when he said the Silver Lining is they only gave up 119 points he’s trying to find the positive Mickey Mickey’s turned to the dark side and and next up you’re going to see a spinning chair where’s
Mickey a he just left I want to hear from you guys he left with the crowd the record the record’s Within Reach this is getting National publicity National and I told you there are no Illusions Rico and I can only do so much but when you have ESPN’s front page and
The second story is fans Channing sell the team Pistons guarantee you PTI is going to feature it today I guarantee you shows like first take are Undisputed guys you got to keep up the good work because last night I tell you this the other thing we’re going to have to talk
About in the new year I got to trade Kade I don’t have a choice you can’t sign him how could you pay a young man a Max contract in a year that you won seven games yeah so I’m just shooting you straight Kade last night looks broken
Yeah I mean you have that one you have his uh any of his audio from the podium David oh it’s still going in the system he basically was like look I’m sick and then he looked at the sheet of paper and he goes we’re not two and 26
Bad there’s no way let me help you you are yeah but no I think your boy Simonson in that podcast put it best I don’t know if M’s going to make a million dollars a game million dollars a win right 13 million bucks will they win 13 games yeah probably not last night
Was the one guys the Jazz had 62.4 points a game sitting out yeah I think silver I’m going to look the other way I’m not going to address the fact that the jazz is putting out a bad team cuz Detroit is for the great are good you
Have to win this game and listen you need to keep the heat up on the media hey Rico’s Guy s Kofa he’s off my bleep list he actually wrote a piece Sunday bet as they say in an arbor bet Mickey York may as well show up shirtless oiled up with a bullet chain
On like Rambo in the post game Mickey was throwing Haymakers no more of this but you know what I don’t need I don’t need articles well fans deserve better something’s got a chance change and then you don’t say what needs to change you know what I don’t need the
Local broadcast not admitting what’s happening baby step mik no no no I’m being serious George Blaha is Teflon rightfully so Legend George just say it straight up acknowledge what the fans are doing behind you it’s okay what are they going to do chase you out of the building there’d be riots in the
Street someone have to go find Willie Horton and open flip over a police cruiser come on call it like it is keep the pressure up I love it earlier in the week Rico was trending for the first time ever Rico # sell the team they chanted it last night the
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Phones man I was hoping for Darko and bford finish Dio at this party oh oh my gosh these people I haven’t been this excited about the Pistons game since game five of the ECF against Boston my buddies and I will be going to the next two home games with
Sell the team t-shirts Eric in Oakland Township wa Eric you’re doing you’re doing a service to the community good for you just be classy you don’t need to cuss you don’t need to attack anyone just communicate your message someone says Weaver needs to go gors isn’t the
Problem he’s just you know not paying attention Okay that’s a problem that is the problem be a problem when you own the team you know your other problem I’ll just call it I I like Bonnie Williams I think B’s a very good coach I will tell you what Monty looks and
Sounds like can’t prove it this is my opinion he looks like a guy whose heart is not in this he looks like a guy who goes what the hell did I just do I could be making 6.5 in Scottdale doing nothing you got a real problem on your
Hands here he took over a roster that was almost designed as the antithesis of what he would need to win Rico I love the idea of buying out the arena I think I’ve been to two games in my life and don’t follow them closely enough but I love this idea of walking
Out halfway through yeah don’t don’t walk out like at halftime because it looks like you’re going to get a snack the first quarter not even the end of the first quarter looks like you’re going to the bathroom wait four minutes in at the 8 Minute Mark everybody just
Gets up tremendous soon as the clock hits 800 you grab your coat you grab your jacket you grab your wife and your kids we’re out of here and you know what make sure you tip the vendor in your section so they can make a little bit of
Money yes we don’t want to hurt nobody yeah yeah every yeah be nice and just as you’re don’t David you’ll understand this it’s kind of like lot don’t look back just keep walking straight out the arena chanting sell the team don’t look back at the action if you do you’ll turn
Into a pillar of salt someone else someone else is saying let Hooper turn on the team and make the announcement that it’s time to leave the building Hooper just takes the head off you know what nope I’m out I can’t do this can’t do it guys I got some stuff
To say I’m Hooper let’s go Courtside with kelzer and it’s a microphone laying on the hardwood to wait you just said it’s our halftime act it’s Hooper and he’s just sitting there smoking a cigarette through the mask nope I’m out to the people take me to
The glue factory let’s go to jym 971 Jimmy what’s going on buddy hello Jim you’re on the radio hey um I had an idea and Rico pretty much hit on it but he sold it a little bit short can you imagine 20,000 fans all with paper bags on their heads and sell the
Team t-shirts in the stands that walk out with eight minutes to go oh it it’s it’s a Fant it’s a fantasy yeah it’d be a fantasy to cheer like it’s something it’s something out of the spite store you’d love to see but you can’t get five people to agree that pizza’s good how
You going to get 10,000 people to all do the same thing uh because the Piston sucks so bad they’d like to see it get better Jim wins sounds good to me but yeah I mean Jim it was it was jarring last night and you know what America’s noticing and
That’s all we can do that’s all we can do to try to get change is to have the national Spotlight on our local embarrassment this is so beyond the pale it’s so rotten and you know what last night cemented to me this is the worst basketball team I’ve ever watched this
Is worse than the process piston the process Pistons the process Sixers they were intentionally trying to lose with a collection of Fringe players this is a this is 10 guys taken in the top 12 you have a legitimate player in bogdanovich you got the number one overall pick in Kate Cunningham you have
Pieces you’re trying to win and they’re horrendous they can’t win and now I think what’s happening is the is the most Twisted thing of all teams know these goofballs have lost how many in a row they ain’t beating us tonight see you would think that but then Utah was
Willing to be the sacrificial lamb and said you know what yeah and then my cousin Bobby Fontano was out there banging threes home yeah we’re just going to go ahead and sit our guys we we’ll we’ll take the L for the league wait no aaji for another one and another one Uchi kabuchi
For three 24853 99797 let’s go over to Steve 971 what’s up Stevie what’s up guys Merry Christmas same to you hey first up I owe you guys an apology last time I was on air talking about the Pistons I got my emotions a little bit better the
Best of me so won’t happen this time um it’s okay it happens anyways uh guys uh not a stop story here I got laid off at the end of September and it’s Christmas you know there’s not much to do around everybody’s pretty much out holiday shopping I live here in Detroit I live
Here in Midtown you know what am I going to do during this break I’m so bored I’m so fed up I live about a f minute walk from the Pistons practice facility if anybody wants to meet me out there next Tuesday at noon I’ll be sitting out
There with my camper chair and a book and a little sign that says sell the team and if they throw me out they throw me out but you know what I haven’t spent I haven’t spent more than 20 bucks in five years on this team I’m on game time
Right now it’s 20 bucks to go to that game on the ninth I’ll go I will go and I will walk out I am just so embarrassed about this I haven’t watched basketball outside of maybe the first couple of games with Cade the first couple of games with Blake Griffin I haven’t
Watched basketball of interest in over a decade Steve week time Steve I’ll tell you what I’ll do for you I’ll tell you what I’ll do for you all right I I want to put you on hold let me let me check during the break and see if we got
Tickets at the station for that game you don’t need to spend your money you got laid off oh hey you know what I got more enough money I’ll tell you this I’ve been cleaning out beer lines with my old man under the table at Ford Field during
This time and I I’ll tell you what I went to the I went to field I’ve been doing it’s great I’ve been going to the games went to T it was awesome I told my old man this I said you know what this stadium looks completely different it
Feels different since Sheila took over that’s right and to all of you people out there the paint my old man was saying that during season they were painting he said I’ve never seen that they they actually care about the season that’s right you have to you have to knuckle has out there
That are saying that this is not gor’s fault put a sock in it man ridiculous you’re a loser ridiculous I I appreciate Mike you trying to give me the game I I don’t need that give that to someone who needs it take another kid buy another
Section of kids that’s right go to that game we’re gonna get David’s Church at that game man I’m telling you Greater Life Church presents kids night at LCA a 100 kids and sell the team t-shirts and I want to see the Pistons have the unmitigated balls to throw a 100 kids
Out of a basketball game no they won’t but the cameras won’t get them that’s why I want the walk out think about the audio as David is there coaching the kids sell the team you can have the kids wear little clown masks right I like it we got a lot of people
Who want to talk about this last night was the breaking point I think for most now they recognize how bad it is historic night the banner is in the ceiling it’s in the rafters franchise alltime Rock Bottom yeah they answered the question what happens if a professional team played a
G-league team G League one Pros zero correct people you have spoken I’m excited we’re punting the prop B Casino into next hour why you nut cases want to talk about it I’m down let’s do it hash selda team no I’m proud of the fans yeah they’re fed
Up they’re fed up you know after all Rico and I aren’t on the front lines every day but I can tell you you the fans are good for you they’re fed up and you know what it is is people sat in their living rooms they’re watching the
Game and they thought they were the only one they were the only one that was disgusted with this product and now they’re saying there’s more people like me did you see the thing in Crane’s business I have not told me I Tom gors has that prison phone company thing
There’s like a billion doll debt that’s got to get I got something that can make him a billion real quick hashtag sell the team just leave us alone man man I’m just to the point now it’s half time hashtag show up how Troy this is my thing since you
Know what why don’t we talk to some of the people who are there every day I’m sure they could tell us if Troy Weaver’s in the effing building yeah give me a second I’ll send a text out well hold on let’s just take a how about we just get a clip from The
Morning Show when he comes on right he’ll be coming on the same time artha is let’s go to derell not 71 what’s up D hey guys how are yall good good first of all Merry Christmas and second of all oh my goodness last night was something out of WWE I was so
Hyped I went there to see the game that was my first Pistons game since 2010 and I’m 27 and I just had to come see it for myself and say they can’t be that bad they are they look like me trying trying to talk to a girl in class horrible and
Yeah the streak like the Undertaker man the streak keeps on living man ain’t no Brock Lesnar team and sight to put an end to it I love it keep it going they need to settle this team that was the that was the early Christmas present and I’m just looking forward to my German
Shepherd puppy in a couple weeks man that was awesome I mean and you know the best part is how uncomfortable it was to watch it and how bad Greg and George wanted no part of acknowledging what was going on it was it was theater it was the best sports television maybe outside
Of the Lions and Chiefs this fall this was as good as it got for me you know what it actually it it felt like Mickey at the end of one of David’s sermons decided to walk down the middle aisle and give his life and say you know what
I’ve seen the light I’ve seen it I’ve changed my life Mickey was having none of it done hey makers for Mickey York meanwhile the other guy on with them telling stories about the Nets in ‘ 89 I’m like where’s the Pink Panther the hook and just get him off stage exit stage
Right get out of [Laughter] here let’s continue along what a what a blessed day I’m in the holiday spirit the Pistons did it the people did it let’s go to Isaac 971 hey guys so I just wanted to give a stat out here so since uh Tom gor’s
Bought the team Pistons have the second most losses in the NBA behind the Orlando Magic there’s a considerable gap between second and third and the Orlando Magic currently have you know a good young core and are like fourth or fifth in in the uh Eastern Conference um you know you can forget
The the streak all the losses all that the at the end of the day the problem is Tom gors he’s been the only Conant throughout his tenure as uh as the owner of the Pistons and it’s really really disappointing I think that s the team is
Actually too good for him I think we need to be Channing bring us scores but I know that s the team is working right now well it’s working and understand you know for the people I always love this one too and you’ll see it occasionally on ticket text or one angry caller will
Call in and it’s like people it’s not about actually selling the team it’s about the league stepping in like they did with the process Sixers and saying we’re not going to make you sell this thing right now but these people are no longer allowed to run this thing it’s
What are you doing it’s the phone call hey I’m tired of people calling about your team what’s going on in Detroit Tom fix that Tom you don’t have to sell it fix it that’s what the commissioner is going to say that’s right sell the team is just the vehicle to to get everything
To happen so yes I would just love for him to say something at least like even one word would bring me so much happiness to like just bad that’s it that is why we keep saying sell the team because that’s going to put the pressure on we can’t do it as as
As nobodies but when it gets to the higher when ESPN and National people start talking that’s when the other owners and the other general managers start saying what what’s going on in Detroit do we need to have a a heart tohe heart do do we need to have an
Intervention with Detroit because that’s what you’re hoping for see and they just talked about the Pistons on ESPN right now that’s why I didn’t want them to win yesterday cuz now it’s such a national story hopefully you’re right Rico get their attention out say what’s going on
With your team David if they won last night they would have been forgotten about and things would have been business as usual now you’re going into the holiday season and this this is what people are talking about NBA y if there’s a God in the sky they lose in
Brooklyn and then they come back the day after Christmas here I I tell you a lot of people on break lot of people Christmas presents were a pair of tickets lot of people will show up to that game against Brooklyn on the 26 would that be for the record that would
Be for the that would be 27 tie the record no 26 ties it the record yeah I believe 27’s all time isn’t it no 28 is all time 28 sorry David I’ve lost count cheer him into that last one make sure they don’t trip up and you know you know what you don’t
Even have to cheer every Miss shot you don’t have to you don’t even have to denigrate the players on the court because it’s not like they’re not trying they’re just not good right oh cage trying that’s what I’m saying you don’t have to turn on the team this isn’t a
You hate the Pistons this is you hate the people who are running the team I I I really would like to know if Troy Weaver is even in that Arena on a daily basis it is no it’s impossible for a general manager to go unseen and unheard a lot
Of doors in that building Roo come on there a lot of doors in the building it’s a lot of places you can park all around there that you make sure nobody sees you all right we’ll get more to people I want to make I mean he’s in that loading dock
Right give me the Bobby Valentine special mustache hat aren’t you Troy Weaver uhuh no you know it is something though I almost would love to see someone you know somebody on the front lines I’d love to see them ask you know Monty do you think it’s fair that you’re left to explain
This on a nightly basis with no support from the front office or from ownership answer the question when’s the last time you talk to Tom gors what did he say is Tom awake does Tom know the season started does he realize we’re not tanking for wmy does Tom know how many games we’ve
Lost in a row let’s just start with the simple stuff you wanted to be like a war manual tunnel situation all of a sudden he shows up I’ll just I’ll just let Troy speak or I’ll just let Gore speak he just walks in and says you know what you
Know what this isn’t fair guys talk to me that question to Monty is very fair you know Monty you’re not getting the support in a forward-facing manner are you getting it behind the scenes what do you think it is appropriate that you are the only person speaking in an authority role
With this franchise like Roger Goodell gets paid to be the mouthpiece of the league yes Monty’s not the mouthpiece he’s the coach of the team he shouldn’t have to coach his team and every day answer these same questions when we all know he didn’t he didn’t put this team together
He is just trying to do the best with what he has he’s trying to make chicken salad out of chicken bleep all right you knew what I was exciting uh we’ll get back to the people on the board uh is TJ joining us today great he’ll join even he’s on the sell
The team bandwagon break down Eastern Michigan’s bowl game well that’s part of the Airing of the Grievances we’re going to do later okay CU that honestly Eastern is the worst team to ever make a bowl full stop he didn’t what TJ he sent me a text
What’ he say I got to go see where he parked okay then uh listen he did didn’t he David God okay then uh listen mix up your beers a little bit as you head to the holidays uh football parties holiday parties maybe Pistons viewing parties Old Nation Brewing has got you covered
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E all right David give me a couple of ticket texts we got full lines people are pissed they got every right I actually think in the spirit of the holidays it’s a blessing the Pistons losing last night has now cemented them as a national embarrassment and maybe
Gor’s Butler could wake him up in Beverly Hills and he could come on home and and talk and I’m not asking you to feel bad for Monty Williams I’m not he took the money but you know what Rico just nailed it it is not his job to
Answer for this on a nightly basis he just got here he didn’t build this roster and he doesn’t own this team what do you got on tick Tex David Weaver must be sleeping somewhere in the building cuz I haven’t heard from him in a while
I want to hear from him too not just Tom Gore no that’s my point then again here’s what it would sound like Pistons are tanking for bronnie with the number one pick they want the kid who averages three points a game to sell tickets that’s why they’re losing
I’ll tell you right now do you know the thing you have to worry about if Tom Gores is left to his own designs this will be Blake Griffin 2.0 he’ll go trade for Draymond Green yeah oh you already know that’s happening I’m I’m telling no and David you know what comes with
Bronny it’s boogo I’m not I’m good it’s boogo if if you draft bronnie but wait we’ll throw in the steak knives no LeBron will retire no he won’t even this is bridge too far no Bron refus to trade to the alliance he’s like played one year with my son that I’ve really hung
Around way too long in the NBA or just retire because I’m G be a Picton retirement no no he’ll bring in Lebron he’ll bring in Draymond and say this is what the people want right no they want wins what we all witnessed was not the Pistons versus the Jazz that was
Actually the Detroit pikon versus the Salt Lake City Stars please delete this franchise woo Rico isn’t the LCA already empty when the Pistons play somehow the Pistons are like 17th in attendance I don’t know a single soul who goes but they’re there they they have season ticket holders so those seats all
Count but my thing is it’ll really look empty when everybody’s leaving to go to The Concourse all at once where they it’s it’s it looks like Christmas Eve shopping where everybody is just no I’m out of here I’m leaving no no stay no I’m leaving someone says put the entire
Team that played in ‘ 04 on the court right now and you’ll get a better product right I’m not so sure about that old rashed being you could put the the bad boys on the court Mahorn with the bad back he’s baiting me into a joke and I’m
Not going to say it why don’t we just keep moving let’s go on the board shall I didn’t even know I was baiting you you’re baiting me really yeah I’ll tell you later go ahead David all right brief recap system not a system split the board I owna won by a
Thousand Marshall didn’t show up five- two on the year and of course we lost with the Pistons and I’m sorry to everybody I have I have I have cost the community I can’t I still can’t believe they lost it’s unbelievable the system that out of system was working the Pistons see you
Bet you did your heart thing that’s how you lose your money that’s how Vegas stay Rich I just VI it I paid for Content you did no no no no you did and the people followed I don’t I don’t really love a play tonight if you want
To bet something in Georgia Tech and UCF maybe you give a look to the over even though it’s at 67 there’s just a game I like tomorrow cash the ticket we got our complete Bowl preview Jim and I in a sad State of Affairs previewed every single
Bowl game I’ll just give you one over 52 and a half Arkansas State NIU I’m not getting into the reasons why it’s pathetic but it’s an it’s an actual over I really like leave it there shout out Thomas hammock you’re a terrible football coach NIU Mike you should have
Blinked twice if you were being held against your will no we just we had to do it I walked past the room you should have said help me I’m doing Bowl previews help me I spent half the episode with who wasn’t playing what do you got for the people really nothing
Nothing going on tonight um leave it alone yeah yeah I don’t have a I don’t have a line for you on that Pistons Nets game yet I want to give him something so you know what I do I do okay what do you got uh we got Illinois taking on
Missouri big rivalry game huge people don’t know about it but it is they hate each other give me Illinois on the money line and uh Terence Shannon Illinois star player to score at least 20 points at plus 120 he’s still there he’s still there good Lord all right Hatchet what
Do you got for me oh I have James Madison say no I don’t have anything don’t I don’t have James Madison six of the front seven are in the portal the quarterback’s in the portal the the left tackle gone for the year Jaylen green NFL player probably isn’t playing somehow favored by one
Over Air Force who starting quarterback may not play in Zack larer H you how do you bet it you don’t so I don’t know if I’m trying to do my best Kenny impression here what’s that not showering and here comes the Kenny text but I know the money line is at um minus
134 for the wings tonight nope so that’s a stay away David they’ve lost seven of eight I know you know how many you know how many games they’ve won when they don’t score three or more goals this year zero they’re ice cold right now and
Yes are they quote do that’s no way to bet games I couldn’t advise It wings at plus odds only right now the way they’re playing then I’ll just stay away I’ll stay away from anything today I don’t see anything exciting other than that all ought to be very careful with the
Lions this weekend I would not be betting that game if I were you guys you do what you want you’re grown ass adults I wouldn’t mess with that well you can also go Eastern Michigan plus 680 to win their ball game Eastern Michigan should be disbanded as a program and with that
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Excuse me at the ticket update desk I’m beanie Howell for more go to 971 the ticket.com and we’re off and running all right 3:00 TJ has joined us as he has now parked six inches from Rico’s car absolutely tremendous great spot out there right parking lot it’s a reason
Why right there to fit in somewhere so look you’ve walked into a little bit of a mess um this show really started the the sell the team movement and now last night oh man yeah I um I honestly have no emotional attach attachment to this
Team and it’s been like that for a long long time I don’t know why I and it’s probably unfair for me to give an opinion on this because I haven’t watched them at least in the past probably 20 games um but yeah I mean dumpster fire right and look but people
No I know and I know there are still a lot of people kind of Defending Monty Williams and no it’s probably not all his fault but this to me is clearly a coaching issue as well something’s not sticking there’s a message somewhere that this is becoming not acceptable but
We’re not being hard enough on it and nothing’s changed and it’s just like man it’s a dumpster fire right but to put it in perspective for you let’s just say Mon’s this guy who likes to come in and he has an offense that passes the ball
But you have no quarterback you have no wide receiver you don’t have an offensive line who can pass block so it’s Rich Rod yeah and it’s going to be a disaster is your quarterback the players that he has on the team does not fit the type of
Offense that he ran when he was successful with the Sun so like why did you bring him in here because okay here’s your point all of you are right no one’s wrong you’re right because Monty your system isn’t going to work you don’t have any Shooters but here’s the problem Monty’s
The least of my worries because that’s how much vitri all I have for Weaver and for gorus I don’t think Weaver wanted him here gorus went over to top and goes well I’m going to get us the best coach in the planet and you’re like one problem we don’t have any players yeah
And does he even want a coach I mean after he got fired last year wasn’t he supposed to take some time off and they made him an offer that he couldn’t ref he said he’s not he’s not all the way in on this thing no he said no the whenever
They say no the first time that tells you if I paid you enough if I offered you Aaron Donald’s contract you’d be playing Sunday in Minnesota now you’d end up in a wheelchair but you’d play all right I mean it’s but your heart wouldn’t you know yeah you’ll be
Lawrence Taylor at the end of any G of a Sunday I’m worth a million dollars give me another shot doc human nature I mean hey if they paid you guys $10 million a year you’d probably be a little bit more comfortable and like I know you take
Pride in what you do but I ain’t staying up late to watch these games no more I’m not watching the B I’m not breaking breaking down the peach bow like a crew they gave us $10 million a piece we’d be doing broadcasting a Rose Bowl are you
Kidding me i’ be treating everybody with respect right I be you know this harball thing he’s getting railroaded and here’s the thing and I like I said that it’s a nothing Burger come on now go BL who’s your sources they weren’t this bad last year though right without
Cade you know so I I don’t know enough about basketball like I said to have a opinion that anybody should care about but no it’s uh TJ honestly I have no feeling though anymore I have no emotion I used to love this team but they haven’t had a playoff one in 15 years
That’s probably part of had two Allstars in Tom Gore’s entire stewardship of this team since 2011 no one has lost more games than they have since 2011 TJ you are the walking embodiment of the community it’s not wrong like basketball here is like hockey in other markets if
You’re not good you don’t exist yeah the point we make is we look I I started in January of 04 I’ve seen what it’s supposed to look like but this thing is so ridiculous Tom gors is the worst owner in all the sports all we want is you got to show up
You got to talk you got to do something and the sad reality is this we thought that this team could challenge for a playin spot and instead we’re hoping you can win 10 games don’t hope we can win eight games it’s it’s mindblowing when you you think to yourself in an 17 Game
Season the Lions may win more games than the Pistons in an 82 Game season I I was you know even thinking about that the other day I mean if you have a 50 game stretch and let’s say you’re 20 and 30 that’s not like fireable terrible but
That’s bad yeah if you’re 15 and 35 pretty bad 10 and 40 awful everybody sure 4 and 46 no TJ T if they were 20 over a 50 game stretch though it’s like what how is that possible it’s not if they were 20 and 30 we’d be sitting
Up and saying hey you know they went a couple games maybe they can get in the play in tournament you know what losing 25 games in a row in basketball the equivalent is in baseball if if the Tigers went on a 49 game losing streak double yeah yeah that’s that’s TJ it’s a
Third of the Season it feels impossible it is impossible wait and to make it worse last night last night the asz didn’t play six of their starts their top six scores all sat down they brought up the G league and in the two-way players and they beat the Pistons and that’s where I
Look at it on the road in Detroit and that’s why you know I tend to say that it’s a coaching issue um you know the message clearly isn’t sticking uh any professional sport all right but here’s your problem if you’re going against backups you know you should take
Advantage of hey we ow the guy $78 million they’re not okay so here’s how do we fix they’re not going to get rid of him that where’s Troy Weaver does he like let me ask you a question it’s a former athlete whether it’s the pack
Here and I know the pack have a weird construct Lions whatever just draw on your experience with all your boys who played in the league is there any situation where you seemingly go months without seeing the general manager not that I can remember no I
Mean have you ever heard of it even in hockey you you get these guys at least once every two months Troy Weaver now now again all I’m saying is we have not seen Visual Evidence of Troy Weaver being a real person since last season he might be a cardboard covid cutout so you
Haven’t seen the owner you don’t see the gym all you have is like a cardboard cutout of maybe that’s the problem he’s stuck in the basement some’s he’s stuck in a closet somewhere down there nobody’s found him so when you see these phone lines understand what people I mean it’s
Just enough is enough yeah and that’s I I hit that breaking point Y a couple years ago where I said I’m just done I’m not going to watch anymore no we watch curiosity it’s amazing um you want to watch just to see how bad it can possibly get so here was my question
Rico wanted to extend this invite to you are you busy uh what was the night January 9th it is January January 9th if you’re free would you like to join your community uh we’d like to make you the MC of the event uh we’re doing kids
Night at LCA oh David’s going to find 100 impoverished children and we’re putting sell the t-shirts uh sell the team t-shirts on them and we’re also ask and we’re also asking people to go out and buy all the uh $8 seats now we supp joint we’ll supply all the dip you need
That feels wrong no it’s not wrong I want to see the people at LCA have the balls to escort 100 children out yelling s the team well hopefully the hopefully the lions are playing that night hopefully they Flex it oh is that a Saturday it’s Saturday they they don’t flex those
Until the week before but okay I hope the Lions play so I don’t have to go to to join us we can now we’ll includ or maybe the Lions play early in the day and then you could just come straight from for field wo the ninth is a Tuesday
He can go oh I’m looking at December that’s you want to go D get trying to get out of it would you join us I don’t think I would go no I wouldn’t go you would have to really entice me what if I pay for your bartab
You come on probably what if I send a car you’d have to really enti me to go down all right here we go I’ll send a car and I’ll pay for your B Tab and Lord knows we’ve been together a lot I know what what going cost me I’m so
Disappointed in you we’re getting closer TJ what what else am I it’s not against you personally you know what how about you just go hang out in kasa’s ctio how about that oh my God that’s insulting um that’s for parking next to my car before we and we will get to the
People oh my can I ask can I ask one selfish question and then we’ll get to the Lions and stuff you no I just know it’s the funniest thing I read all bull prep oh boy you got a Eastern joke coming somewhere don’t you quarterback for Eastern Michigan Austin Smith is in
The transfer portal I go where’s he got offers from McDonald’s Burger King and low good luck he was the worst quarterback I watched all long not good what’s the scoop no idea is he is he leaving football no idea what D3 schools are calling that’s what you know it’s probably going to be
A okay depal not depal dep with a W right little small school in Indiana I think southern New Hampshire online uh or it could be a situation where you know maybe the coaches told him hey we’ve seen enough you ain’t going to play here if you want a chance
To go play somewhere else you know I tell you who’s seen enough the me honestly Easter might be the wor hat for that man because he doesn’t win bpas and yet somehow he’s this sacred cow at Eastern my whole point is they’re the worst of all the Bowl teams you’re dead
Last you’re the you are horrendous and I think the biggest points sprad too thought Minnesota was laugh maybe Liberty they’re catching 17 not from Oregon yeah they’re catching 17 from South Alabama who might be down there starting quarterback running back wide out and left tackle but they’re the go cash the
Ticket if you want such b going you did not break that down full what’s the hotline get us what what’s the slogan you guys break through the brick wall going to work that was the P break through the brick wall going to work okay I even we take them all trying to
Use them I swear to God TJ’s got a guy who looks like his little brother on the team this Bobby spach or whatever what’s what’s that line spio spio he looks like mini TJ good player he’s a linebacker he makes eight million tackles because the rest of the team sucks but it’s almost
Like if you shrunk TJ down it’s like mini Hooper version Joey spio he’s a good kid good player too good got a chance to look great at M next year um all right I want to talk to you about the Lions we have to get to the phone
Calls we got a lot going on we’re keeping it Loose today there’s no reason to be stressed people we’re coming to you next TJ on Hoops TJ has big thoughts about bogdanovich we’re going to talk about it perfect is LeBron and LeBron coming here next year TJ TJ will answer
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Could you he was going to reinvent the sport um all right we’ll get some calls and you want to get into lions in the back half of the hour does that work for everybody that works for me awesome cuz I’m very scared about that game so LeBron is he coming
To my God TJ is going to break down ween yama’s rookie year coming up and what is his Achilles heel uh let’s go to Gary 971 what’s up gar hey what’s going on how are you um I got an idea pretty good good listening to y’all uh GNA talk about a Pistons
Idea for y’all uh why don’t we take that bad boys t-shirt and turn it into sad boys okay and put Tom gor with crossbones on it you do whatever you like and put yeah yeah that’d be cool um I’m not a t-shirt store I I do radio I
Want I want your opinion I mean this isn’t Etsy my opinion is is that this team right now is a bunch of cool looking puzzle pieces that don’t fit together 100% 100 no that’s the best way to put it is that individually you look
At it and you go well this guy could be all right or this guy could be all right the problem is yeah they’re built in 2023 like a team from 1990 they can’t shoot the three exact EX exactly and when I saw Kate Cunningham speak last night I mean somebody should do a
Wellness check on him listen here I’m going to tell Gary lose lose 25 games in a row you’re not happy no Gary Gary I’ll help you with it I’ll help you with it the Cade thing is really really simple here ready Detroit you’re not going to like this you have to trade
Him he’s extension eligible this summer you cannot pay someone2 $300 million when you win six games and if I’m Cade’s agent here TJ let’s play the player game if you played for a team that went 6 and 76 my my if I’m kade’s Representatives I’m going here’s how this is going to
Work I will lay down in your driveway before I allow you to resign here I’m getting you out of here yeah no chance he’s not staying either that you resign but I’m working on a deal somewhere else that’s it I’ll do the Ben Simmons I
Don’t care if we have to say you lost your mind even though you didn’t right I’m getting you out of here hey K just stop missing layups just start missing layups you’re going to go full Ben Simmons route go ahead go go punch somebody in the face on camera do
Something we we call that the Alvin kamaro make them Force you out yeah go online and just start giving all your political views all right Kade here’s the way we’re getting out of here you’re going to go out and Crush one of the political parties and then next home game body
Slam mini Hooper yeah just start talking about stuff overseas you have no idea just start start start talking let go to Chris 971 what’s up Chris how’s it going fellas thanks for taking my call yes sir what’s going on buddy uh just wanted to make a public service announcement to all Detroit
Pistons fans listening um I’m planning on going to the uh the Nets game on Tuesday okay um with a stack of paper bags ready to hand them out to anybody that wants them okay I don’t have a problem with that in fact I think you’re doing the Lord’s work but
My guess is LCA people are going to have an issue with that so be ready well even if I can get out 20 of them before I get shut down yeah I mean the camera panting around and seeing 20 different people and in in paper bags on
Their heads well they c three Force somebody to talk about it no no no you’re right they caught three people yesterday Chris uh one of the broadcasts yeah the Utah broadcast did because Lord knows B couldn’t bring themselves to do it but yes I mean it it
You could Chris I mean am I allowed to give this guy a tip on how to make this work ah who cares the point iseal make sure it’s just hypothetically in a hypothetical world if I wanted to bring in 20 paper bags yeah you got to slide those underneath your sweatshirt nice
And flat get like a compression shirt like a Nike Pro Combat deal throw that over the top and then at the opportune moment you got to tell the people around you what you got under your shirt slip them out slide them on and get moving
Sell the team raah Rah raah and then you know be ready because they’re probably going to round you guys up hypothetically of course yeah right hey by the way Rico really quick that Hooper line going to the glue factory I had to pull over I almost I would have
Crashed my car we all know Rico is very very anti-horse it’s it’s really unbelievable Chris I’m going to be looking for Chris on Tuesday are you sure you don’t want to partake in this I’m pretty sure what if we put the paper bag over your head no one would know it’s you they’
Just be like wow that’s a big Angry fan’ be a good way to get out of there real fast B bag huh big bag oh yeah oh yeah yeah I think I’m fit one of those have to be a grocery bag that yeah I’m talking a full grocery bag with the
Handles I don’t know man this is exciting are you okay yeah I’m actually excited to see how much worse it can possibly get to be honest I think we’re at a flash point where like TJ we were talking about it we you turned the corner last night we can do so much like
Do I think we’ve played a role in getting the selda team movement yes um we cover it in a way no one else does but you need National spot light on local embarrassment if you’re going to get the league involved or get goris to do something yeah ESPN it was the Second
Story on the website and Bol their morning shows talked about it I guarantee you PTI will talk about it CBS had it media Outlets Across America we’re at a flasho where it’s only going to happen so long before Gores has to do something like all we’re looking for is
Are you a real person can you speak to the this embarrassment please I don’t know and that’s if the you know I haven’t been to a Pistons game in a while but we’re offering a way for you to be there no I know but how how what
Percentage of the attendees at games do you think are these DieHard Pistons fans because last time I was at a Pistons game this kind of seems like most sports in general it’s almost like a social event social event nightclub let’s go have some drinks let’s dress up and like
A fashion show type of type of deal you know what I mean like it doesn’t seem like what it used to be the Rowdy die hards you know going nuts in the stadium it’s just hey yeah date night right hey club night let’s go let’s go to LCA
That’s kind of what the vibe feels like at the stadium for me wait a minute between David and TJ they got 38 kids we would only need 62 more for kids night what if you brought the kids I thought you were talking about other kids no no we’ll bring the
Impoverished kids but we listen 100 Kids yeah you say it aund a 100 Kids regardless of socioeconomic background is the point would you bring your kids and then you get Dad points at home all right how much are you planning on spending because that’s going to cost you a couple Grand buy 100
Tickets no we’re not buying tickets for all the kids the church is what do you think the general fund is I didn’t know that that’s news to me I didn’t know David offered that up let me tell you something David’s used the church money for a lot more unscrupulous things than
In this so don’t turn into a prud now my statements do not uh I do not agree with any of these stat Hallelujah listen would you bring your three children it’s a night out in town probably not why it’s a night with Dad they got better things to do yeah my
Kids would be pissed at me if I made him go watch that going to ruin their holiday TJ TJ to the F5 vertebrae D what did we do begging me to leave do not like your father’s day gift come on you know what always like Mom
Better she would never make us do this here I’m thinking it be like well you know he could he could give his Ms a little time alone which I know she values because she’s got to deal with him all day D David we could get at least think about this TJ’s kids your
Kids that alone tactically placed in sell the team t-shirts kids night I can only get one of my kids to go no no at that point you could officially spell out sell the the team if you gave each of them a letter different letter on each shirt different letter on each shirt I’m
Willing Uncle Mike will pay for everybody and think about it you’re bringing together the community you got little black kids little white kids all together say sell the team I like the sad boys man Martin Luther King is rolling over his grave saying yes sell the
Team just s with the sad boys call little bit ago could you’ve been more disinterested let’s go to oh let’s go to Julian on that note Julian how are you what’s going on guys I appreciate you taking my call yes sir um I hate gors man like 04
To 010 shaped my love for Detroit sports and Detroit basketball my dad was courts side for Pistons Spurs finals like you know I loved it growing up and now I literally used to say this as a joke but you can’t pay me to go to a game my
Grandpa called me last night and had three free tick tickets to the game plus a ride and he was going to buy me dinner and I made a fake excuse I stay at home and watched Sports Center and played a little bit of video games before work
This morning like I didn’t even want to go out and give this team any bit of my my time my interest anything what about Grandpa oh no that’s how bad it’s gotten that’s why I decided to call my favorite radio station that I can barely get on I
Love talking lions and I’m here talking about basketball because because this team has dropped so low like I loved basketball I love Detroit basketball growing up and now I’m not even getting out the house to go sell the team chance man no and and to spend quality time
With your your grandpa yeah and I’m blaming it on gors you know what gor this is on you this is why I didn’t go hang out with my grandpa my God how old’s your grandpa say it again how old is your grandpa he is 75 oh my God man you just
Got to go to the game jul hey hold on let me defend myself I wasn’t the first phone call first off so I wasn’t even Choice One and secondly there was people that took the tickets so he still went out one my uncles and a couple of their
Friends so they were still screaming sell the team and they were out there doing it I just didn’t want to be a part of it man yeah Julian but this is how you move elevation in the wheel you should have went to the game what Julian Julian day after Christmas you pop pop
You get your grandpa he won’t even know what’s going on you get your grandpa dressed up in a sell the team t-shirt day after Christmas yeah you’re not escorting old man out because then jul all the little ones all the little cousins they’re all coming as well
That’s right Jules Dan you know what I want I want to see the people at LCA has scored an 80-year-old man out wearing a selda team t-shirt first we first we’re exploiting po kids now we’re exploting Christmas who else can we get now poor kids we got the old get you and
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Alabama I’m beanie Howell more at four or at 971 thee ti.com that’s B all right David couple ticket texts people want to rap about the Pistons what oh the Coulson sound yeah good point great Point bet yeah I don’t care if you know we’re passing the ball still cover
Me yeah yeah probably don’t probably don’t want to tell Alabama maybe they’re scared care if you know the tou push is coming stop me right David ticket text then we’ll go to the calls Weaver is one of Kevin McAllister’s cardboard cutouts for Christmas this year Jesus won’t be
Hard to capture 20 people when there’s 30 in the building no here’s the thing I think as this thing builds you’ll get more people there I think that’s why there was a lot of people there yesterday they thought it was going to be plus Tuesday night if they lose in
Brooklyn next and they come home and it’s day after Christmas kids are home on break people hey I got I’m bored I want something to do they’ll have a good crowd Tuesday night oh man if they lose I I can’t wait cannot wait go ahead EV oh Jim from Harrison Township sh says
Hey guys I’m not the biggest basketball fan I’ve never enjoyed watching the Pistons this much though with the stress of the holiday season it’s nice to turn them on and get a good laugh yeah that’s listen it’s become a national story and that’s how we’re going to get TJ down to
LCA uh let’s go to maybe they could wear throwback jerseys this says Washington generals across the front and that all right Jasper 971 what’s up Jasper how you doing gentlemen how we doing okay what’s on your mind listen I uh TJ kind of stole my thunder here but I really think
Monty Williams is very culpable in all of this as well I mean I’ve heard a a lot of people on the station today defend him say how good of a coach he is I Don’t Care What offense he runs I mean he’s got to take a lot of this blame as
Well I mean it’s just I can’t listen to people defend this guy anymore I know the front office is a mess but I’m just done with it the guy he doesn’t even want to be here and it correct me if I’m wrong I think he is the highest paid
Coach in all of professional sports other than football I mean that’s it’s embarrassing it’s totally embarrassing I mean Jasper I’ve been saying it now for over a month he clearly looks like a guy with buyers remorse he don’t look like his heart’s in it and I mean you you
Want to blame him blame him but if you think they’re going to eat 78 million they’re not doing it so I don’t know what to do yeah no I mean I I think I think you guys are right it’s just I just I can’t listen to anyone defend the guy
It’s when you lose 25 in a row no one deserves to be defended no one I think the other thing is this and Jasper maybe it doesn’t matter to you I will at least give him Credit in this regard he has to go Le Podium every night he is the only
Forward-facing voice in this franchise whereas Weaver I don’t even know if he’s alive and gorus may not even be awake that that’s part of my issue like at least he’s got to answer for this crap on a nightly basis but you’re right they’re all a problem all of it
Yeah I mean no you’re right you’re right it’s just I I I don’t know I I think it was buyer’s remorse is probably right I know his wife’s got some health issues as well and I I feel for the guy but I just I mean he’s he’s the worst coach in
The NBA hands down right now I I I don’t think enough people talk about it you’re you’re right any guys happy holidays I won’t uh keep you’re good you’re good relax happy holidays man I mean again he’s but this is the whole point guys no one is avoiding
Criticism and I understand okay he has a lot going on you took the money I can’t change that yeah if you don’t want to be here don’t be here if you made a mistake get out of the mistake I mean it’s not a hostage situation life is bigger than the
Paycheck you were infinitely wealthy before you took this job do you really need the money he said he took the job for the money well I figure it out I don’t know what to tell you half pretty clear pretty clear this might be an ignorant uh amateur opinion from me because I I
Don’t know a lot about basketball but that’s not true at all how many how many systems can you really run in basketball you know what I mean like I hear I keep hearing say like oh the players don’t fit his system basketball to me is you
Dribble you pass you shoot okay that now you’re there’s multiple systems I mean think of like football where you have you know the pre- snap motion offense and then you have just the ground and pound like the Steelers like how they play out in the uh AFC North like you have different
Types of offenses where we’re going to pass the ball we’re just going to pay 500 out there and there’s others who just we’re going to control the clock we’re going to run the ball play action so it’s different so if you don’t have players that fit that system why not
Adjust your system problem especially at this point you got nothing I will try I’m I’m not being insulting explaining this the way I am do not take it that way all right oh and I said it probably today’s NBA the only thing that matters is shooting the three it’s an
Analytics driven sport right so in football you jobs to score points in today’s NBA there aren’t multiple ways to score points whether you have a team that’s good at posting up it doesn’t matter the mid-range jumper it doesn’t exist remember the old Sons with Steve Nash 7 seconds or less we’re going to
Move we’re going to fly up and down the floor the Pistons we’re going to hold you under 80 points play great defense we’re going to rebound it’s all gone there’s one way you either have shooters or you do not it’s like the NFL you either have a quarterback or you don’t
So he could change systems it won’t change their result right they don’t have anyone who could shoot they don’t have anyone right or you have a combination where you have Joker and you have three-point Shooters and now pick your pois and I don’t think it matters what system you’re running if like you
Said you don’t know anybody can shoot TJ wins well that’s what kind of led me back to the question like oh his system his system his system it’s like you don’t have Shooters okay then your first round this year no system is going to work I did a breakdown and said this guy
Can’t shoot threes just so you know if you draft him he can rebound can’t shoot thre he’s shooting 14% And what did they do they drafted yeah I just don’t see it as much on the offensive side obviously the defensive side hey we’re going man
On man or hey we’re going the two three or the 131 right I I get that it’s also two-year strategy do we switch do we not are are are we how do how do you do you play a drop defense how do you take on screens screen and replace all these
Different things yeah I get the defensive side the offensive side though and I know you have set plays hey pick and roll hey find the open shooter but basketball to me is more it’s more black and white like you just shoot you got to shoot you got to make the shots it
Doesn’t matter what system you’re running as they say it’s a maker Miss league and you just last night you know why you lost the game you went one for 10 down the stretch from good night now that’s a lot of Misses uh pix your phone
Calls lots more to do we’re GNA ask TJ about I’ve got a stat I think Sunday is a little scary for me uh hungry hows folks over at hungry hows always trying new things the Kenny cot pizza maybe Kenny’s sitting at home eating pizza now I don’t is Kenny Kenny’s on vacation
Where is Kenny you know where Kenny’s at he’s getting prepared for the big night tonight okay then mac and cheese pizza $10.99 $2 more for buffalo chicken or jalapeno bacon if you’re more of a traditionalist I am uh stick to the regular stuff the mix and match $6.99
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Cheese pizza limited time only head over to hungry hoes and get yours today all right we do it every week very excited a very difficult card of games it is time for the picks I’d give you the standings but they’re not provided David what’s the issue here the issue is Kenny is away
And he texted me cuz he’s busy he did text me and say that Kenny won the week Rico was second best and I am still in first place overall okay no no recount I’m starting I demand to rec I’m starting to question it Bengals laying three they travel to Pittsburgh we go to
Rico beard Mike before I get to that I I’m going to need your help a little bit later on with this Lions game but Steelers are done they’re Toast Man David I I supported your team last week they let me down give me the Bengals
David they also let me down do you know who my starting quarterback will be on Saturday Mason Rudolph as Mike would say don’t care Jake Browning is better let’s go with the Bengals TJ yeah I’m taking the Bengals too um Pittsburgh there’s a lot of weird things going on there guys
Not blocking guys not hustling very I think tomlin’s done unlike Pittsburgh I mean when did that start becoming acceptable for them I think there’s a lot of players on that team looks like they’re just getting ready to pack the golf bags and book some flights here in
A couple week I’m going to take the Bengals yeah I know they messed up Jake Browning when he it was his first start he played Pittsburgh and Cincy and they messed him up all kinds of ways with that defense but I’m with you that Steelers look like a mess I think
Tomlin’s done I gotta be honest with you I’ll take the Bengals Cowboys Dolphins were coining at the fraud Bowl one team can’t win on the road the other team can’t beat anybody with a pulse Dolphins laying one Rico and you know what I’m going to take the team that can’t beat
Anybody with a pulse because the Cowboys on the road looking at when they play teams with a good record oh they get destroyed Dolphins oh they’ll cover the one give me the Dolphins and we’re going to do the over under now too yeah do it give me the over all
Right David uh I am also going to go with the dolphins here because the Cowboys just can’t win on the road until I see it can’t pick them so I’ll go dolphins and I’ll go under for the same reason TJ uh I’m going to take the Cowboys here I think they’re a better
Team I think they’ve probably addressed the frustrations and the lack of execution they’ve had on the road I think this is the week that they get it right I think it’s going to be a low-scoring game uh so I’m going to take the under as well I’m worried about the Dolphins
Offensive line uh Center’s gone for the year three other linemen have not practiced this entire week and you’re going to face a Dallas front taid pick but I’ll go Dallas I’m going under I think it’ll be more of a defensive game than shootout Browns Texans Browns laying three don’t think st’s GNA play
At least I don’t have word on that yet yeah I don’t know if he’s exited concussion protocol which if that’s the case you got the Browns defense going up against a backup QB give me the Browns all day David yeah the word I’m seeing is he will be out now not a concussion
Protocol for CJ Stout so I have to go the dreaded Browns TJ I’m going with you no CJ stoud no tank Dell uh they did really not looked good last week against Tennessee that was an ugly game I think it continues for the Texans a little bit
Of a downslide give me Joe Flaco and the Browns Browns defense will be the best unit on the field Texans shouldn’t have won last week that Browns defense is nasty go Cleveland Jags bucks you ready for this one Bucks are favored by two and a half doesn’t that make it seem like
Trevor Lawrence may not play how are they favored in that game well Trevor Lawrence even when he does play ain’t nothing special well didn’t didn’t he yeah he’s in concussion protocol too which will be the first time that he’s missed a start Mike this I file this
Under the whole if it doesn’t make sense just kind of go with it and if that’s the case I go with Baker Mayfield in the Bucks hey David here are your instructions this holiday season that’s what B Mayfield may be saying this weekend uh by the way Trevor
Lawrence did practice but he’s still not cleared so we’ll see but I’m with TJ it may not matter if he plays or not so Buccaneers you going bucks I’m going bucks yeah I’m going bucks Trevor Lawrence doesn’t impress me I there was a stat that in the first 45 games Trevor
Lawrence you know who he’s almost identical to through their first 4 45 games uh just guy Daniel Jones don’t say that I’m not kidding you know what you’re it’s like the PC thing like you’re supposed to say Trevor Lawrence is this great quarterback but every week I’m like you break it down nothing
Special man I don’t you the problem I I TJ agree with this they have no offensive line no and their run game is atrocious awful um I’ll take the Bucks uh Giants Eagles oh God Eagles laying 13 and a half Merry Christmas Rico beard yeah but the uh underdogs on Monday
Night they’re phenomenal uh give me I was about to say give me Dan cutlets in the points I think the Eagles win but I don’t think they’re going to win by much David I’m with you Rico I also agree that Danny or Danny deito like I like to call him will keep itose
Tommy I know what his name is like Danny Cutler um I just don’t believe in the Eagles they’ll they’ll keep it close though Giants TJ Giants quarterbacks are getting sacked at an alarming rate I think Tommy cutlets is like 18% of the place he’s getting seven times last week
Just got awful with that being said no 13 and a half points against this Philly team right now G I can’t do it better than that give me the Gman that was really good one give it to me and I hope they pull off a win too that would be amazing that
Would be amazing it will kill my draft position you don’t already you’re not getting the top pick anyways come on all I need to do is get to five for Jaden Daniels look at the history of the Giants Eagles especially in Philly over the last 15 years they destroy the
Giants I think I don’t know that Tommy cutlets Danny whatever Danny meatballs or whatever you want to call them he he may be leaving on a stretcher give me the Eagles slay the 13 and A2 Larry lasagna Larry lasagna you must have ch Tony um Alie Alfredo all that’s sufficient that is
Sufficient shy spaghetti H honestly that’s I view his agent like that that that him and his Party City outfit all right Ravens ners Niners laying five Rico beard well fortunately it moved [Laughter] to Ronnie rotini it the line Mo at five and a half I was a little worry but I’m going to
Take the ners I think that at home they’re going to uh they’re going to give the uh Ravens the business give me the ners you know what I understand what you’re saying but I just can’t see you happy I need the Ravens to win Christmas
Day and you don’t want me happy I have to go for the black guy unbelievable Christmas day and I’m not allowed to be Happ I got you uh hey let’s go to Tommy two times all right go ahead uh Niners is going to win this game but I think the
Ravens defense is good enough to kind of limit at least one of the playmakers that the 49ers have they’re probably going to sell out try to stop the run and and just say hey look Brock py beat us with your arm I don’t know if he’s capable of doing that he’s probably
Going to make some plays they’re going to score some points but I think the Ravens are going to cover when you get Lamar in a big spot he’s got as many turnovers as he does touchdowns and the Niners have speed at every level of that D they’re linebackers with green law and
With worner that bothers Lamar I I I’m enamored with him I make fun of Rico cuz I could dream of rooting for a team this good but I can’t go against them Niners lay the points man but we don’t have a celebrity quarterback you don’t need it
That’s how good the rest of the team is hey uh Lions three-point favorites at Minnesota you know what I’m gonna a Lifeline Mike I really want to know ready yeah all right here we go a you played the game of your life last week
And now you got to go on the road in the division B this is everything to the Vikings back against the the wall and they blew the game last week see when you don’t Blitz goof he’s a top five QB when you do Blitz him he ranks
30th in the NFL in qbr and Brian Flores he coaches like a kid playing Madden on G fuel Blitz Blitz Blitz Blitz Blitz Blitz I’m terrified well Mike thank you so much you Mike choli you help me out Mikey Master choli my pick for the game is
Is give me David what do you got uh it’s going to be a Merry Christmas in Detroit I know I’m not a lions fan but I enjoy my city I love my city I’m gonna go Lions here just not a merry Christmas for me sorry who will be on the
Sidelines Vikings I think are going to keep it close the defense is just that good uh but the Lions healthy up front I tell we saw we all saw the stat that birie put out earlier in the week and they gain and they’re going to be good
Enough I think to defend against a lot of those pressures that Minnesota sends and Minnesota they rush they Blitz more than any other team in the league they also drop eight more than any other team in the league by far you never know what you’re going to get but this offensive
Line they’re good enough to beat anybody I think it starts with running the ball you’re going to take Minnesota out of a lot of those pressures don’t put yourself in third and Longs and and you’ll be fine I think the lions come home on Christmas Eve with some new hats
Some new t-shirts for the first time ever that say NFC North Champs do they bring back do they bring back the ski mask I oh God I hope not um come on I hope not I’m going to take the points doesn’t this like a 2321 final one of those weird close scary
Games Lions win but you get the cover maybe I don’t know I’m just scared about it give me the Vikings oh man I don’t want them to lose I know I’m sorry shout out Tommy cutlets all right those are the picks 971 brought to you by Mother Waddles CJ
Gardner Johnson isn’t ready to play yet despite returning to practice for the Lions a couple of days ago head coach Dan Campbell said today his safety looks good after tearing a peck back in week two an injury doctors originally said would require a six-month rehab but Detroit is taking care not to rush
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Of whom pay about double that at the ticket update desk I’m beanie Howell for more go to 971 the ticketor odyssey.com all right before we get to the callers I want to just in a longer form ask TJ about this so some of the things we
Talked about look this this is all a game clearly we want the Lions to win if I mean I don’t you’d have to be a real cold soul to not want them to win this game but I also respect the opponent more than most I think winning in
December is really really hard winning on the road in the division in December is really really hard the Lions played the best game I think they’re capable of playing last week you know what’s really difficult doing it again you’re taking on a Vikings team that is desperate they
Blew that game against the Bengals how do I know I watch the whole thing I’m a loser the point is this game when when you look at it TJ it is as if they are designed designed for for beating Jared Goff if you don’t Blitz gof he’s Elite if you
Blitz him he falls apart Brian Flores is a maniac that defense is going to have an axe to grind they collapsed in the fourth quarter I just am I wrong to be concerned I’m not saying they’re not going to win but I’ve had people call in
All week Rico and I have taken these calls and You’ think you’d think the lions are playing the Chargers this weekend like is it wrong I give Minnesota enough respect like you better bring your A game yeah no I think they know that too I think they’re starting
To realize that you know you are the top dogs you are going to get everybody’s best shot every single week right and I think there were a couple weeks there where they probably did feel like you know we’re just going to roll out against Chicago we’ll be fine right
We’re going to roll out against the Packers we’ll be fine you start to learn that that’s not the case man all these teams are coming for your throat and you got to be prepared for it um Minnesota’s defense look one of the best defenses I’ve seen on tape this year it’s amazing
What Flores did just their style and the youth and the inexperience but Flores still finding ways to put those guys in positions to have great success you know denil Hunter still a menace off the edge and then the next snap you’ll see him playing outside linebacker and then he’s
Dropping into cover you know what I mean like you it’s hard to predict what you’re going to get from this team um so certainly I could say yeah I think there the areas of concern are the pressure Jared gof at times this year especially when you get on the road when
Communication is limited has struggled to find you know the the nickel coming off the edge or or seeing a safety you know blitzing on the backside of a play action pass that is going to kill you right that’s the one call against a play like that that you’re in big time
Trouble he struggled at times uh to see those pressures um and also look last week the Cincy game they they took a lot of shots downfield if you’re blitzing eight guys we got a lot of one-on ones we’re going to tr I’m going to trust my
Guys to go make a play and Cincinnati did that they made him pay a a you know a number of times and even late in the overtime G the last touchdown I think they scored T Higgins kind of swung the right that’s a deep shot one-on-one
That’s not really an identity or or a strength of this line offense they don’t take a lot of shots downfield they need the time to let some of these routes develop and give it time to let you know the guy cross the you know the hash mark
On the opposite side right it’s a very timing based offense that doesn’t call for a lot of hey we got one-on-one in the outside run a fade and I’m going to give you a shot don’t do that a lot so I think that does kind of play into
Minnesota’s hands they want to get you they want to get on you fast they want to make you make a split second decision we’ve seen times where Jared G has struggled with that this year face Flores twice and I know stats are not good not one touchdown five turnovers
Yeah not good and that’s that’s the style of defense that they play that’s why I kind of said in the picks you know I trust this offensive line to give him time I trust the offensive line to dissect some of the stunts and the pressures and the blitzes and the
Rotation of the defensive backs to kind of uh you know guess or at least be ready for hey we we’re probably getting pressure from this side right I I trust those guys that they can get themselves in the right spot to pick up those blitzes and give Jared GF extra time
Because if you do pick up these blitzes there’s a whole lot of grass on that defense that you can make him pay I always find it weird too fellas like when you watch Flores in Minnesota like when you have players bailing out so late that their back is to the
Quarterback as the ball’s being snapped like he’ll have eight guys at the line of scrimmage and all of a sudden as the ball snap you’ll see a guy bailing out and his job is to Sprint like dead center field and you’re like all right I get we’re playing some games
Here but you saw it a couple times in the Bengal game yeah where it was like third and 21 and boom you know Browning hit him for like a 25 y because he’s got all this stuff happening I’m going it’s third and 25 just line up four people at
The first down Mark and they do what they do dud you’re playing a percentage thinking I’m going to confuse you or you got to get a perfect throw out in order to hit that guy cuz if it’s slightly off it’s going to be a pick yeah and they
They stick with what they do like even the first play of the ciny game they brought eight guys it was empty pressure and Browning just threw one up I think it was Jamar chase down the sideline made a big catch normally for some defensive coordinators they’d be like
All right we got to tilt it back a little bit is this where the fans get what they want finally is this going to be the J Mo deep bomb game they’re going to catch him in a pressure hope so it’s going to be him
One onone and all Go’s got to do is just not hit the Jumbo Tron with a flutter ball yeah I hope so and you know that’s been an issue this year that connection I know it’s gotten better but as far as some of the deep shots go seven made me
Keenly aware seven targets last week something like that it was J Mo’s best game now I know G over threw him once and under threw him once the first quarter he he he he has to hit that ball I know that but overall J Mo was in the
Flow of the offense what I’m saying is the way Flores is going to call this defense for all the fans that have been fantasizing about J Mo hitting a deep bomb th this is the type of game yeah you got to get speed on the edges versus
This defense I think you can’t just try to pack up the middle that’s where you can get confused where you’re thinking it’s a pressure and then like you said Mike three of the guys that are lined up over the you know Center and guards all
Bail out of there and you’re like oh boy I don’t know where to go by that time you got a free runner com one last week fellas there might have been seven guys lined up in the Box only three rushed it’s insane it was the drop eight cover
You were talking about I’m going how are you asking these big people people to turn around run backwards and cover someone it’s wild but they’re good they’re damn good at it be they’re damn good at it I think he’s eared coaching yeah I think he’s done a good a sign for
Me of a good coach is doing more with less and there’s been coaches here at time I think Aaron Glenn kind of fits into that category where doing more probably with not you know enough Talent let’s say is a definition of that I think he’s a professional coordinator I
Think that this is what he does some guys just are right you put him at a head coach and he’s just not going to be the same but as a d-coordinator oh you’ll be awesome he he’s Jim Schwarz don’t take another head coaching gig stay exactly where this is your lane
Your D coordinator be the best at it you think he’s going to demand $20 million a year like Ben hold on hold on you know we didn’t get to that story yesterday josine Anderson reporting Ben Johnson wants at least 20 million his agent was
Quick to come out and go I think it was like 16 it was 15 Milli 15 yeah what do you making it I I mean I don’t believe it I think I think in order to coach the Carolina Panthers that’s what I said I would need 15 mil and I think it got
Taken out of context like no no if they call 15 million anybody El I could see that Carolina Johnson’s from he’s from Carolina no I know that that would be a smart hire for them because they’ve got to get Bryce young right the problem is they have no future they no draft pick
You and David temper is a maniac so if I’m doing this I will sit my family down and go look we are going to get fired probably in 18 months but I have 50 million reasons we’re taking this I could see when that report came out
Maybe maybe now I think that’s even a stretch where I know but it’s Carolina called his agent he’s like it’s going to take a lot for him to get get get him down there yeah like other people are like really is it no no no not for you yeah
You yeah we we we can talk like 7even eight million a year first year Chargers you want to call yeah we can work on this no no no no no you double yeah but don’t you Vegas hey let’s talk don’t tell charte we talked yeah don’t tell
Charlotte that we had this talk okay 28539 9797 we can get to the people we got who said it is who said it a who said it is back all right to hell with it we got what do you got going on you got a brisket on the smoker what’s the
Story no we’re doing it next yeah we do it next yeah we’re doing it next take the call I’ll do whatever you guys want segid I’ll give you I’ll give you 15 more minutes since I’ll be out next week how about that what an effing gentleman
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All right straight to the oh actually no who said it here correct all right let’s do it correct it is time for who said it let me let you know who is eligible that would be the morning show the midday show the afternoon show Jeff and Wojo and podcast
What logo is the hardest to draw I’m just going to start reading here is everyone ready with Greg in the morning got to be the Tigers though right probably the wings you got to get all the little feathers shut all righty now feathers all right let’s go uh these
Were the most loyal fans ever like they stuck through the this team through Decades of bad years the fans stuck with this team and now that you’ve just started off really good you’re just going to G gauge them gouge gouge them like this I knew I was going to do that
Too and Dexter Manley producing the show I knew was gonna do that got you I would ask you to read it again but that’s okay David yeah too many big words what a blessing you know what I I think I think I may have said that uh when we were talking about the
Ticket prices you were a bit of a bleeding heart when we brought that topic up you were like this is this is terrible for the public I’m like it’s a business I know it’s a business still wrong okay he’s saying it’s him now that’s a strong opinion I’m not going to disagree with
You if you you think it was yourself I have a bigger opinion than that I basically said you’re an idiot if you didn’t think they were raising because I think that I I think that I said they were gauging the public so G yeah ging for gauging they didn’t gauge anything they
Just made that decision David I you a pastor cannot make that hand gesture okay it that’s two are we all locked in have you ever have you ever done that during a sermon have we we all locked in I think it’s Rico all right bam one for one baby I
Feel good now we’re off the schneid we can play we can play loose start all right number two the weight list goes down to zero and they don’t sell out the markets telling the Lions you went too far one more time the weight list goes down to zero they don’t sell out then
The Market’s telling the Lions you went too far I got a hunch please take the Le I got kism with the market and yeah I I just I heard the market that particular word see in a very raspy sort of way I think D I think David is going to go
Back to our show I think that was Mike talking about the balance of power when it comes to the season tickets like Gotham needs a hero stop continue Reco continue please I I’m just going to go Mike Harvey you still pounding that D wheel David one more time pleas the
Weight list goes down do it in that voice I can’t do that the weight list goes down to zero and they don’t sell out then the markets telling the Lions you went too far God man would David be so Brazen to go you and then
Me I know I did similar stuff to that I just don’t know that I said that yeah but everybody probably did similar stuff that’s why I’m trying to key on like Doug word yeah one word he the Mark I don’t know that new lion logo is difficult to draw Harvey was the
Best of us okay um damn all right I’ll go with TJ on this one I don’t think he’d go back to back later dang you know what oh man what Costa was in all week too oh SMS a lot oh man baby Mike damn I’m going to do a last minute
Change I forgot Costa was in I’m going with Costa all right David we’re all locked in who said it damn it and I end up being right never do the last second switch TJ I know that dumb idea there’s always time to change stupid stupid
Stupid I told you y ready for the next one are we good we’re going to be done here please continue commissioner all right here we go he can’t cover five players at once but he can make one play on a drive or one play in a
Game the hell is they talking he can’t cover five players at once but he can make one one more time he can’t cover five players at once but he can make one play on a drive or one play in a game I don’t even have a hunch of who
They’re talking about can’t cover five players at once it’s like a Brian Branch topic I you want to hint on what they were talking about is that Kade yeah I got no idea CJ Gardner Johnson can’t cover we didn’t bring him up other than his comment to the media
Which we agreed with like I I liked his answer to that question yeah maybe I’ll just go with Jansen any reason they don’t ask me why just I just hear Jansen when I hear yeah wjo wasn’t in so does wjo work at the station anymore uh guys in pen him
Forever TJ your thought Wednesday mornings I’m kind of getting a Jansen feel too like hey if he comes back right guys one player is not going to make a huge type thing you’re expecting him to do all of this stuff he can’t do that yeah that sounds like a that sounds your
Experience I’m pigy back I’m gonna go with Janson as well not a hell with it I’ve got I’m two for two it’s a free roll all right I’ll go with you guys on it you’re just coattail riding though come on hurtful here we go damn it one too early could you get one
Haircut a month Dam did you see his mop no he looked like he was at the end of a 4-day Vegas Bender I go Jim what the hell you know what hey maybe Mrs cookies likes it like that oh all right okay I’ll stay away from
That he wants some of your free tickets to the Pistons games DAV I’m just going to start reading the next one here please but at some point they’re different or not we can’t keep telling you they’re different 15 times throughout the course of the year and
Then the 16th you’ll say well I need to be convinced again some point acknowledge what we’re watching we have a w 10- win football team now see I feel like that’s angry John could be and remember Gator is out all week oh wait one more time David but
At some point they’re different or not we can’t keep telling you they’re different 15 times throughout the course of the year and then the 16th you’ll say well I need to be convinced again at some point acknowledge what we’re watching we have a 10- win football team
That’s either John is that John in your podcast or we doing pods again or it’s K oh see you count and with no Gator that means Kang talked two3 of the time mhm wow and reads wow coming up in the world um I
Got a king I I I do not think John said that on the podcast uh maybe it was on Kang’s Collex I don’t think he was it on busting balls is that eligible I don’t know I don’t make the rules whatever you want you kind of I
Think you kind of gave me an idea when you said Gator was out which means Kang’s going to blabber a lot more Angry K yeah I’m gonna go with Kang on that one and you’re going with K God John give me John I we haven’t used John yet we haven’t give me
John wow back to back Costas look at d David telling us to eat the pizza yeah that was angry Costa right Jimmy had wait was that off the Pod no it was no it was just him yelling into into the abyss wow all right Jimmy stumped us
David nice one little taste of what the morning Show’s gonna be like soon we got to think about this next one hard okay we got to give one all right here’s the last one the fans I feel bad for the ones that been there through the terrible teams the Terrible GMS the
Terrible organization where’s the discount definitely a meing the discount come on um would Jon say that I don’t think so I think JN was a more of a realist like us that guys yeah ticket prices are going up so hang on hold on is he really going to go hat trick
Costa see I think I said oh he circled all the way back to you where’s the discount did you say something like that well I was saying what was it again David read you want me to read this again the fans I feel bad for the ones that been there through the
Terrible teams the terrible GMS the terrible organization where is their discount I got no feel on that no I think I may have but could have been Costa three times in a row discount see that would I would be stunned I’ll I’ll say me again I’m going to Limb and just say W
Maybe a Wednesday your could be yeah I mean we could do this all day we could name everybody and talk ourselves into all you’re going with yourself TJ’s going has he been here all week I think he’s been here damn not sure I’m gonna
Go with I’m I’m gon go with wge I’m go with W did w do Wednesdays with W good question I don’t think he did anything this week not sure I’d have to listen to no um I don’t know you got me thinking about this Kang thing I’m going to go
Kang you really sold me on this let’s give it a shot we Lo yeah who said it D okay okay that’s enough all right TJ hell of a job this week you did the Lord’s work happy holiday bunch of winners Merry Christmas to you Christmas
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Detroit will be Miller’s ninth team including his fifth in Four Seasons and the wings looked in their four-game losing streak tonight at home versus the Flyers they’re getting David Brun back after he served a six-game ban for crosschecking ottawa’s artum Zub following that nasty hit that hurt Dylan
Lin back on December 9th prawn said the NHL’s discipline probably went a little overboard wings versus Flyers you can hear it here on 971 the ticket tonight coverage starting at 6 45 I’m beanie Howell more at 5 or at 971 thee ti.com all right David a few ticket Texs we get
To the callers uh we have talked everything today the Pistons I mean you guys are unbelievable last night sell the team chance it’s made national news it’s all over ESPN Pistons lose their 25th game in a row so we’ve talked about it we talking about
The Lions as well chance to get the hats and t-shirts this weekend I’m I’m nervous I mean if it yeah you gave some sobering numbers yeah I look from an unemotional standpoint and I can reset it at 5 no emotion no hope no fandom just data it’s a really bad match up for
Jared gof and oh by the way I mean I know you’re not used to being in big games in December but ask Rico or ask me December football in the division on the road the hardest brand a game to win oh and then factor in the team you’re
Playing knows they let one get away last week and you’re riding in all back rubs and bubble bats you played your best game of the year and the team you’re playing knows that you’re also going to play a gigantic game against Dallas the week after so you may not have your full
Attention on that game but they’re ready they need this thing you are just hoping to win to lock things up on your own David ticket text what do you got someone says I’m Comfortably Numb on this game on Sunday probably the most comfortable I’ve been all season rich in
Ohio I’ve been saying this for weeks but the Vikings run that six on defensive line stuff on the line of scrimmage drop or Blitz this is a nightmare May for golf on Sunday now Goff has every right to get better he’s got every right to make adjustments of his own and you can
Weigh out data of your own that says when our offensive line is healthy and together we’re awesome hell I hope you win by 30 but I I am nervous they have to do something they haven’t done in a while put two really impressive games together let me know last time we’ve seen
That it’s probably the week before the boy Tampa Bay yeah Tampa Bay and the week after the Buy chargers yeah that’s two months ago yeah Dark Knight was good I root for the Joker that somebody says I don’t even know where that came from he was he was doing his Doug
Imitation so I helped him oh someone says I already bought my tickets for the Sacramento game I am in with Rico’s idea okay I mean what better way you heard sell the team but imagine and here’s the thing Mike being there when MSU played Baylor when it was more of a crowd it’s
Louder think lions and Ford Field you get 15,000 people in there screaming chanting sell the team and then a massive walk out just all at once everybody leaves I love the idea but in my lifetime I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a really well executed look the closest thing we’ve seen
Locally would be what when everybody wore orange when the Bengals were here Ford Field getting fans on a Grassroots level to actually unite you can’t get five people on the street to agree that pizza’s good it’s just really hard to do I’ve never seen it done your your that’s
A dream state what you’re describing and you didn’t think we can get sell the team to Trend and we did we did and then we then I believe in these people okay let’s go to Mike 971 Mikey what’s going on buddy Mike Rico how you guys doing good brother what’s on your
Mind nothing if you guys would just giv me about 30 seconds I really just want to explain how bad really Troy Weaver has been okay so in my opinion he’s made two good moves in his whole tenure and that’s signing Jeremy Grant and trading him for Duren and then trading for buan
But I don’t even count that because he fumbled the bag by not trading for the picks last year okay that’s one okay next we should have never traded for Isaiah Stewart I mean he was undersized and couldn’t shoot when we traded for him we’ve also handcuffed our organization because if a good player
Becomes available we can’t even trade our own pick until 2027 unless it conveys which it won’t unless we make the playoffs before then and to tap it all off we paid Isaiah Stewart after realizing this guy’s no big deal I don’t know what Troy Weaver’s obsession is
With him we did nothing this off season except collect dead bodies and draft a player at number five overall who literally does not know how to shoot a basketball and all he’s done is ADD useless centers including trading four second round picks for Marvin Bagley when no one
Wanted him and then we paid him when no one would give him $10 yep so think about this think about this because I think your your spot on Mike you have paid together Marvin baggley and Isaiah Stewart account for 28 million a year that’s ridiculous
Okay and you held on to a 34y old Wing because you thought you were ready to win you’re 2 and 26 and yet here’s my thing Mike when’s the last time anybody saw Weaver at a restaurant in the arena at a car wash in a picture anything is Troy Weaver even a real
Person he’s not there’s nowhere to be found and you know what you called it this off season I’ve been listening to you all summer you said what are we doing this off season why aren’t we going and getting any adults to play with this young core we lost Kade for
Last year the the first thing that should have been on Troy Weaver’s mind this offseason is hey how can I expedite this rebuild after my star player just lost a year we should be putting pieces around him to make it an easier transition and make sure that we’re
Going to win games this year yeah and and you know what’s interesting too Mike is look at Sacramento when they recognized hey I don’t think we’re ever going to be able to have Fox and halberton play together it’s probably not going to work they traded halberton now they got donat sabonis halberton is
Worked for both parties the point I’m making is the rare winwin it was always going to be hard for Ivy and Cade to play together but it was never a discussion Point never so now you had all summer where you had an idea you hired Monty Williams the first decision
They should have made is Monty can this work if Monty said yes he lost his mind but the problem again is I don’t even know that Weaver was Weaver even consulted on Monty Williams because it was Tom Gore’s meeting with him right no that’s just the part of the
Dysfunction that’s going on in the whole organization is like you don’t even know that Weaver wanted Monty Williams which it sounds like he really didn’t but I I mean the whole organization is dysfunctional you’re right the whole team just doesn’t fit Ivy really isn’t a knockdown shooter assar doesn’t know how
To shoot the ball Isaiah Stewart shoots two or three know where assor Thompson belongs assor Thompson belongs on a good team all of the things assur is good at are the things that aren’t obvious to most fans but they aid in winning the hustle the steals the blocks the
Rebounds open floor finisher he needs to be on a good team Mike he’s a kid on a horrible team who shoots 14% from Deep he’s got no rle right he’s that that that gritty player think Draymond without the fights and suspensions like if DayDay were in in Charlotte in his
Prime he never would have had the impact he had with golden state I agree totally but it it’s seriously when is the last time anyone saw Troy Weaver anywhere what’s the last interview he did I don’t even care if the interview was in print has anyone seen him at the arena
He sure as hell hasn’t talked because that’s what needs to happen next the media needs ask I want hear Monty anymore media needs to ask Monty Monty with all due respect um why are you the only forward-facing voice of this franchise Troy Gore Mr Gores you know
What M the media Needs to Go full caring Monty I need to talk to your manager just go full Ken we need to talk to the manager I did reach out the general manager does attend games so it may be worse that he’s not speaking where is he
Is he in a bunker Suite is he at the gorist nightclub in the arena like what there are many doors to the Little Caesar arena is he like Kevin mallister when he’s riding in the the the trunk of the Central Park carriage to get away from Joe pesy under the stadium in the
Bat cave no maybe it’s like maybe he’s the dancing Usher where’s he being see you haven’t seen him in see see 248 539 9797 this holiday season lots of sports hopefully a little less work FanDuel $150 in bonus Bets with any winning $5 money line bet that’s $150 if your team wins and
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Facts and I want to know if it makes you nervous about the Lions on Sunday David go ahead someone says as a Packers fan which is strange for me to say this but I am saying Go Lions I hate the Vikings so go Lions all right thank you for your
Support Lions win by 21 points this week oh that’s from Frankie fetuccini from Allen Park thank you so much it’s an indoor game at Minnesota so golf should be just fine I’m not worried about him that’s that’s okay I’ll save it for five raising prices that much is the
Front office showing the meaning of o people uh someone is answering your question uh Rico you said about the uh ski mask Tony from leavon saying that uh cidd Duce tweeted out the other day that he thinks the ski mask are cursed so they’re gone yeah that was one undone
Yeah it one undone that is it you won the game it would have taken on a life of its own you didn’t oh wait what maybe you wear the ski mask to the Pistons game okay we’re done here let’s go to Bob 971 Bob what’s going on
Buddy hey guys you’re forcing me to go to literature it is the best of times Lions it is the worst of times pistons and my suggestion is the next time GES takes that pop gun and shoots piston t-shirts into the crowd we should sabotage the shirts and write in I see
You but I don’t hear you I mean what let me ask you a question how many more losses until goris speaks or Weaver that’s a million doll question right there no I’m being serious with you though how many more yeah look let’s let’s look at let’s look at the facts
The team every player everyone is flaw and they’re young but you know there are younger teams that are doing much better than us that were on a par with us about two three years ago so you tell me oh listen I I I for me I always said
If it got anywhere near the record I thought it was time now clearly Bob nothing’s going to get this guy to wake up if they set the record and this go and they go two full months without winning a basketball game I’m telling you he’ll get a call from the league and
See I thought look it’s the perfect time to come out now because you could give a you know a holiday greeting and yes happy holidays and I see what’s going on with the team and trust me we’re not happy either you can kill two birds with
One stone just show that you care give the illusion that you care the problem is you want him to talk to you and when he does talk I can’t understand a word he says no you know not to insult him but no it’s a lot of word soup I
I’ve said it since the day he got here and I remember I got static for management the opening press conference I go we’re in a lot of trouble dude showed up dressed like he was headed to live nightclub in Miami and I’m like oh
God here we go and he had the he had the platinum equity henchmen with them The Bobs as I called them I knew right away I’m going yeah I I wasn’t I I don’t feel great about that everything he’s done since whether it’s his behavior at games
His lack of attendance his lack of Engagement being too patient with some people not patient enough with others I mean think about this he went out didn’t he drop a bomb on mooches who’s one of the ultimate gentlemen in the sport Dropped a Bomb on that cat yet why is AR
Tellum still employed why is Troy Weaver still here why did Stan get all day then he then he doesn’t do enough at certain times and then he steps in and does Zippity doah look at me goes out and wrecks the team’s future getting Blake Griffin how’d that work or goes out and
Does the man thing without follow through and buying from his basketball people he’s a disaster he’s the worst owner in professional sports argue it he’s been here since 2011 zero playoff wins two Allstar what do we have no one’s lost more games in in the NBA in that time frame
Nothing to look forward to nothing and by the way Troy Weaver had four years to assemble this roster there’s no war chest yeah cuz for anybody saying well look at the Spurs they and they got wimy and they have something to look forward to you will take this bad season knowing
Things will get better I don’t see how things get better here as a matter of fact you may be without Kade the guy that everybody was so excited when David prayed for him to get here now you want to pray for him to leave here let me do
This let’s have some fun so here’s Detroit right now all right this is what you consider your War chest okay 2024 you have your own pick if it’s 1 through 18 it goes to the Knicks if it’s 19 to3 well I guess you’re keeping it yeah 25
You have your own if it’s 1 to 13 or it goes to the Knicks 14 to 30 still keeping it notice what you don’t have you don’t have anyone else’s picks 26 your own pick 27 your own 28 you don’t have extra picks right want to have some
Fun here what’ you just bring up the Spurs yeah is that what you did here hold on oh here here here’s the Oklahoma City Thunder if you want me to do that I mean they got they got like a 500 picks oh they they’ve got literally like 501 they
Can’t draft all the players and keep the current players on the team no they have no shot no shot um they they’ve got I I I can’t even they have 17 first- round picks the next five years MH I’m making a point you can go look at draft capital
And future assets there are grids they’re widely available go do it I know we’re up against it the point I’m making is Troy Weaver’s assembled a roster that is broken does not have a ton of talent does not have a ton of tradeable last sets and you don’t have anything beyond
Your own and even if this team got semi decent this year that pick’s going to the Knicks get better next year it goes to the Knicks get better the year after it goes to the niick you’re down a pick you’re down a pick you are Jaylen Duran yeah you’re minus one other teams
Are plus 17 so what have we accomplished still works yeah that’s why but I think that’s why K becomes valuable because he’s he’s going to help start the reboot you can go out and trade him to a team and get a couple first round picks well also look
I don’t say it lightly um I don’t want to trade Kade Cunningham but bottom line you don’t have a choice he’s eligible extension eligible this summer right can you really pay him a Max contract seriously can you pay him a Max when you win nine games
How same reason well I mean you’re right on in in theory but I mean you gave beef stew the four-year deal Oh you mean you’re paying Marvin baggley and beef stew a combined $28 million and neither of them is a starter on a playoff team want to help me with that you
Sure there was no answer for that yet Monty Williams as of last Saturday was going to or Monty Williams uh was going to be in the market for a wing Troy Weaver so your Pistons by the way you gave a first and 21 for Isaiah Stewart you paid him 60 million
Bucks um you got the rerouted pick you have what a bunch of second rounders although one of those is going to go yeah you have no swaps you have no one else’s pick it’s un it’s unbelievable of the bad teams in the league right not like the Lakers who don’t have any
Capital they’re good uh Warriors they don’t care FM picks of the bad teams you have the worst war chest this just got depressing I’m sorry how about we just talk some Lions no no no look look at what hold on hold on ready look at what people are calling in
About uh they’re passionate we’ll keep you know what we’ll do you know you’re right we’ll do both thank you we’ll do both thank you 971 gu brought to you by Apple bomb and stone nobody likes working on a holiday it can definitely present some unique challenges Dan Campbell said it’s no
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Howell for more go to 971 the ticketor odyssey.com all right five o’clock we’re going to get to your phone calls in a minute I promised you this an unemotional stat driven breakdown of why I’m nervous about lions and Vikings your Pistons calls oh we’re getting new people are
Passionate about it last night was beyond the Beyond uh by the way Fox 2 shout out you’re doing the Lord’s work they just had a reporter interviewing fans while wearing a bag over his head the word is getting out people aren’t happy man it you’re about to set
The record last night was your best chance you lost to a g-league team there’s really no way to sugarcoat this sure there is just watch B Utah didn’t try I and you know what Mickey York is off our naughty list Mickey was throwing haym makers in the post game good on you
He’s back in the spinning chair I don’t quit wait a minute I have something else to say so here’s the deal with the Lions before we get back to the Pistons a when gof is not blitzed he’s a top five quarterback by QB rating do you know what goof is against the blitz
30th Brian Flores Vikings defensive coordinator Blitz is more than any other coordinator in the sport 55% rate is I believe what they so 55% your snaps mhm then you have to factor in the Vikings relish the role of being an underdog they’re five one and one last week being
A push plus three I mean they are dogs then you have to factor in this Goff has two games against Brian Flores mhm one touchdown five turnovers I am I am I am nervous just based on those things now here’s the non-stat driven thing it’s just situational and Rico strike it down if
You think it’s garbage December Road divisional games in the NFL are brutal they’re really hard to win doesn’t mean you can’t do it but you know what makes it harder when you played the best game of your season last week and now Minnesota’s coming home they have to have this they blew
That game against the Bengals they have to have it they’re at home it’s like the Alamo mhm I just I will be very impressed if you go and win the game and you need to and we want you to but am I crazy with those numbers allowing it to no you’re not
Crazy and and before we get people calling up saying well one of those in the Super Bowl and he was with the Rams and that doesn’t count uh blah blah blah you know New England that team was bellich fine but the thing that worries me is you played such a great game
Against the Broncos you got the Cowboys you’re staring them down because you want to sit where they sit in that two seed Dan Campbell has to refocus his team and says guys Minnesota doesn’t care about any of this they don’t care about how well you played last week they
Don’t care that you got to play the Cowboys on the road next week yeah Minnesota’s desperate Minnesota knows we get we can improve our our playoff stock cuz we get Detroit twice in three weeks we get them at home first let’s handle business there and then we could try to
Do something two weeks later but those numbers very scary numbers because yeah when you Blitz golf he’s not the same quarterback he stands in the pocket clean like he did last Saturday oh my God he he looked like they should have been screaming MVP at for field but can
I ask you something can I raise your stat with a stat see if this changes a little bit for people uh because what also happens with the Vikings defense is they they Blitz at a higher rate with defensive backs and golf right now is the third highest completion percentage
And yards per attempt when defenses send a defensive back on BL so maybe that helped you a little bit they were I think they Blitz at a 24% rate with defensive backs so okay good and we have the data about you with your line being totally healthy you’re
Awesome I I want them to get it done I’m just saying all week I’ve been uncomfortable that people think it’s a layup that just scares me so you want to call in about it we can do it the Pistons are red hot too because it’s a national story uh it’s on every ESPN
Show it was number two story on their website uh Bill Simmons like I don’t particularly enjoy the podcast anymore but it led his pod um it you guys were amazing and if you don’t know what I’m talking about well here David can play the audio for you uh it’s been what 10
Day well eight or nine days since I started the sell the team movement where I’m like look you want to know what you can do you can voice your opinion when you’re at the game and boy did you last night as the Pistons lost 25 games in a
Row no one knows where the owner is no one knows where the general manager is and Monty Williams the highest paid coach in the league just gets up to the podium and says it’s on me every night and as Mickey York said good on Mick you know you say it’s on you enough
Eventually we’re going to believe you you I can’t fix everybody over there at B but good on Mickey yeah and S Kofa with the freep good on you about time you wrote a damn piece the rest of y’all figure your lives out it’s a damn embarrassment right because you would
Think at this Point nobody’s going to criticize you nobody’s going to yell at you for stating the obvious this is a bad this is not just bad because it’s an opinion this is bad because it’s history making right in front of your eyes for a team that was supposed to win they’re
Over under to start the year was 26 and a half and David thought it was low yeah when Vegas is like no we’re just going to take this off the books Let’s go to John 971 Johnny what’s going on buddy what’s up Mike what’s up R how are
You guys good man what’s going on good good um well last night I was at the game and I sat right behind the Pistons bench and one thing I did notice like hear me out too hear me out like I am blaming Tom Gars I am blaming uh Troy
Weaver but you know mty he’s not putting any effort in the team and I say that because you know when the Pistons were basically up there with the Utah Jazz during the fourth quarter I think it was within three to four minutes there was a offensive foul and uh everybody in the
Crowd went nuts you know me being included because uh he could easily challenge that and he decided not to and even he was somebody in the bench once talking to him I’m pretty sure they were telling him hey challenge that and he decided not to challenge it and you know that
Right there showed me I all right this guy doesn’t really care about coaching the team right now and my going back to what you you know originally said um earlier in the show you said hey you know if it’s not a if you got a lot of
Uh personal problems going on forget the money and just step down you know so it’s getting pretty ridiculous too I mean if you don’t you don’t want to coach the team no hard feelings man John John understand something like I’m not saying that’s what he should do I’m
Making a point you know you don’t get to have it both ways you admitted you only took the job because of the money I I think everybody in the NBA thought Monty was taking a year off you decide to pursue him I said great if you can get
Him here super but he can’t be the biggest acquisition and then you had a disastrous summer and now look at it he looks like a guy who really knows in his heart he made the wrong choice choice and he’s not where he belongs I should have just yeah I should have just stayed
Uh unemployed and just collect the son’s money for a while and regroup and no and wait for a better job and that’s not unfair for me to say that’s how it looks to me not reporting it but I think we can all see what’s going on here no
One’s blameless and the guy who continues to skate who I still can’t figure out it’s like AR tm’s here he hires his kid as the head of player Personnel you’ve brought nine of his former players here in his time here he’s got to go too the league has to step in just like
They did with the process Sixers where all right I can’t force you to sell the team you know a lot of owners have dirt we’re not going to set a bad precedent and vote you out which they could the bylaws they can 75% voters boom they
Could they could force you out of the league they don’t want to do that my point is they could say straight up you can’t have these people run your team anymore you did this cannot continue right so by losing and by they need to make history they need to keep losing I
Hope this thing gets so bad goris has to come here has to talk but what’s the breaking point what’s the game I don’t know 30 you lose 30 in a row and now you show up I said to you it would be unfathomable I’ll own it if I’m wrong
That if they got to New Year’s Day against the rockets at 2 and3 it would just be impossible for him not to talk it would be it would be obs but now I’m not so sure but last night was so critical because it’s a national
Story and now if they go to Brooklyn and lose that’s fine it’s a road game but if they come back the day after Christmas and there are bags on people’s heads and more sell the team stuff and they lose and they’re about to set the record well
Then Rico I I just feel like we’re at that crossroads right that you’re looking at going o for November and December he’d have to talk you would think but if he hasn’t talked now like what’s the breaking point like think about this too like everyone’s mad at Monty and rightfully
So highest pay coach in the league and like I don’t feel like he’s getting much out of anything out of these guys as bad as the roster is he’s the only guy who has to stand up there and take the bullets where’s Weaver where’s where’s gors you know no disrespect I don’t care
How much you get paid mty didn’t get paid to be a pinata no no he got paid to coach a team you watch that post game dude he he looks he looks done but this is where maybe you just maybe if the reporters and I I don’t know how to do
I’m not saying do your job or how you do your job but when are we going to just no no Monty we’ve heard from you when are we going to hear from your manager or just ask him Monty why are you the only one talking
And and when he goes look I don’t speak for them when is the last time you spoke to them when is the last time Tom gors was here mhm what what what is can you as the forward face of management can you speak to what’s going on look at a c
You pass the message for us we like to speak to him yeah I don’t need people asking about ball rotation there there is none you know what I’m saying don’t get cute asking these basketball questions trying to impress Monty Williams no one cares you lost 25 in a row cuz man’s not
In man’s mentally like if you could see his thought bubbles he’s probably any place but right here like when can I get this over with in his mind he’s like I’m answering six questions okay and that’s question six all right gotta go guys see you 248 539 9797
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Oh by the way if you missed us raising a banner to the rafter to start the show odyssey.com rewind a lot of Detroit luminaries came out we even dug up artha everybody was there thank you artha shade from the grave that’s all indeed um let’s get to the people Lions
Calls Pistons calls it’s all there for you uh let’s go to Tobias 971 what’s up Tobias how are you pretty good Mike how’s it going good man what’s on your mind I’m talking pistons and here’s why I already bought my tickets I got two tickets my brother and I going on the
Ninth for the Kings I’m with Rico and and here’s why like you said and like Stephen A says it’s a horror show in Detroit horror absolute horror show I’m 20 years old Mike the last time the pisses won a playoff game I was dang near in
Diapers yeah I can’t remember I was five years old four years old Mike I mean Tobias here’s the deal and you have every right you have every right I mean this is where look every other owner in this town whether whether it’s Chris whether it’s been Sheila the Fords they
Get hammered Tom gors has been arguably worse than all of them in a 15-year period Well 13 years owning the team no playoff wins no one’s lost more games than this franchise two Allstars one of which was fake because it was Blake on one leg and this guy is presiding over the
Biggest disaster arguably in professional sports right now yeah I Tobias to me I’m glad it’s becom a national story because it’s our only chance for it to change yeah and the saddest part is Mike I thought we’d be this is year four of Troy right we should be on the up and
Coming and this might be the lowest point yeah I no there’s no there’s no sign of light at the end of the tunnel we’re just getting started I did shows last year yeah oh 100% I mean Tobias and please I don’t take it lightly and I
Don’t say it to it’s not hyperbole I mean it we’ll end up doing a show in February where I in a serious manner talk about trading Kate Cunningham you have to I’m with you my my buddies my buddies think I’m insane for agreeing with you there but what are you supposed
To do we’re gonna have five wins we got to resign a guy if I’m his agent I’m out of here what am I gonna sign with the Pistons will we going five games are you kidding me yeah and again I don’t have any way to put people around him I’m
Going to have to give him the max extension and there’s a very good chance that kad’s people have already sat him down and said Son we’re getting you out of here yeah how do you convince him to stay what are you going to say Kade no
No no we’re going to be on the seven-year plan but in year seven it’s going to work out right at that point yeah at that point you may have kissed away half your NBA career right and it’s and again guys we like living here you know but this isn’t Miami it’s not
Houston it’s not La it’s not New York it is not one of the desirable places NBA players gravitate towards if I’m Kate gunningham I’ll tell you right now he’s the only chip you have that’s going to get you something mhm you know you you don’t think the Spurs would be
Interested in paren Cade with wemi they’ve got the draft Capital they have the need I mean I ain’t telling you San Antonio’s Paradise the bottom line is if I’m Kate Cunningham the money’s only going to go so far before I look like Monty Williams I don’t want to be
Here yeah but you can’t you can’t stick around you got to trade him because there’s there is no hope and it’s sad to say that but I I don’t see anything when when you start looking at other numbers and it it started off being a joke but
Yeah the Lions could finish the season their season 17 games they can finish with more wins than you will have in 82 games you let that sink in when you say can manty even average a million dollars a win this year and just get to 13 wins
Can I ask a question I’m being serious how much like right now how much could you pay Bob Meyers to come here and fix this thing former Warriors the architect of the Warriors he exited out in August he’s doing a little bit of Studio work I think for
ESPN what could you pay Bob Myers Bob it’s your show complete control the money clearly doesn’t matter do you know gor’s net worth has crossed $1 billion the money doesn’t mean anything I mean at that point I was going to say offer him like 5 million can you come in and
Just straight keep going 50 I don’t know no I’m making a point like on a legitimate level I I I no I pay him 20 million bucks a year okay well see I I didn’t you mean like he’s permanently here or just coming in to fix this I
Would sign him to an illegal Joe Smith contract I would give him a piece of the team he’s running the basketball operation okay no no see I didn’t know if it was one of those we needed to kind of come in here no and fire people and and restructure this I’m legitimately
Saying I will hand you the Reigns of this entire franchise I’ll buy you a house I’ll I’ll give you a piece of the team on the side I’ll do whatever it takes I don’t have another idea I don’t give him my house out in Lake Orchard okay all
Right no I mean yeah I thought maybe you were like okay fix it kind of Mentor tell I’m a point to you that the basketball people have failed Tom Gores and equally he has failed them by stepping in at the wrong time who else is out there that could change the
Perception of this team and who would be a better trade architect than a guy like Bob Myers and look if Myers doesn’t want to come here I can’t force him we just saw how that worked out with Monty Williams I’m making a point to you this Kate Cunningham thing it’s going to become
Real you watch you’ll see reports in the spring it won’t come from Cade kade’s a good soldier I don’t think he’s a bad kid no but his people are already angling we got to get him up out of here and in the spring you I think you
Already know you hinted about it later earlier in the show Mike and odyssey rewind if you missed it’s gonna be more and more rumors about bringing Draymond here oh oh because that’ll be gorus is you know that’s what the people want no no one’s asking for that signed Allen Iverson in
The last years sign sign Blake Griffin yeah the Griffin thing damaged this team’s future and really kicked off off the the hyperdrive of where we’re at now go look go look at how that all worked out hope you enjoyed your four game sweep against the Bucks Gregory wow you know what that’s called
Now Mike the good old days oh my God oh my God can I go to Bryson please 971 Bryon what’s going on buddy not a much how you two doing today what’s on your mind I wanted to spin the idea came in listening today I knew you’d already
Done your rant on the Pistons a couple weeks ago so I was like what’s Mike got on the table for us today raising the banner was a great start I’m glad you enjoy uh but to keep on the joke and theme uh this wasn’t the Christmas miracle that we all wanted
It’s the one that we needed okay so everybody wants their gray hair back after all the time at work some of us want 20 pounds lost the body that we wanted or that we had back in high school and stuff no we got the one that we needed Christmas miracle the
Pons are still in town and it’s now the countdown count those days of Christmas countdown until the Pistons have that record yeah well tomorrow the spread has just come out you’re 10 and a half Point underdogs in Brooklyn and and just for comparative sake like Brooklyn’s a 500 team they’re
Not good they’re not bad they’re just what they are you’re a 10 and a half Point Underdog I I said to these guys off the air Bryson if you haven’t won by then and you go to Boston you might see something you never see in the NBA and I don’t
Know if I’ve ever seen it you might see the Pistons be a 20o underdog in Boston I mean that that’s real Uncharted Territory if you were a 17 a half 18-point dog in Milwaukee I it is it’s possible but again you you want the Christmas miracle I’m offering it to you this is
The type of stuff that needs to happen you don’t think Boston would take that time to rest players as well they might that’s why I said if they play everyone no you’re right if they play everyone because here’s what happened Utah just show people yeah that’s tonight you we’ll give you your league
Night guys where you could just tend to take it off but I think teams now are saying you know what you we’re not going to be the ones to lose these idiots in some ways it’s almost like the Lakers are in town we have to play well tonight we can’t we
Can’t go home to our woman like this no because you’re right you’re probably be the lead on all the national shows you’re the team that lost to the Pistons right someone’s going to lose to him I just I’m telling you if the Nets take care of business the day after Christmas
Is going to be theater downtown Detroit that’ll be a big crowd plenty of people home from Christmas break or not working taking the kids whatever it is you show me little kids with bags on their heads yelling sell the team I I’ll I’ll bleep down my
Leg you imagine they do the they do the Courtside with Special K and someone they cut to him and Kel’s got a bag on his head I I I I would stand an applaud like Morgan Freeman I would just this is the most amazing thing ever right g go to Mickey bag on
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We won and yall were scared ! Go lions Forever