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Like forever stips. Yeah, they're like stamps, Mike. Forever stamps. Forever stamps. Yeah, they can last forever.
Sometimes you just, you know, put them in a drawer and forget about them. Price of stamps fluctuate. Tough, it's great. Joining us here on the Rich Eisen Show, ladies and gentlemen, fresh off of calling a de facto playoff game because it puts somebody in the playoffs, the result of the Falcons and the Saints back here on the Rich Eyes and Show, our friend Mark Schlarth. Good to see you, Mark.
How are you, sir? I am doing great. Good to be back with you. Happy New Year and all those great things. When you were going through, right back at you.
When you were going through your broadcast meetings with the Falcons, did you get a sense of a coach that was wondering if he was. Coaching his team for the last time? Mark? No, I did not. I was really shocked.
Really, I mean, I was really shocked. And, you know, I told this story on the Stinky Truth podcast. Like, I come into the building. And I bump into the offensive line coach. And so we have about a 15-minute conversation.
He's like, man, I can't tell you how much. My guys respect you. We use your film with you and Tommy Nalen as a kind of, and the Broncos from the late 80s, of this is how it's done in the wide zone. And so, like, we end up having this 10-minute conversation. Then I walk out of the practice field, and I was like, it was like a papal blessing.
I was putting my helmet on my head on top of offensive lineman's helmets, like, go and send no more. And I was sending them on their way, right? Because I was like this, this folk hero because they show so much of that film from the 98 Broncos in their meeting rooms. And then, you know, it was one of those things: hey, would you come and consult me into the season or in the offseason and do this stuff? And like the respect that people had for Raheem Morris in that building, from his players, and the way that the energy they played with, I thought for sure he's coming back.
There's a. Like to me, there's a process in learning. How to win. And I had said this, Rich, during the broadcast: I was like, you can learn more from the desert about water than you can from the ocean. And you've got to learn how to win, and you've got to learn how to execute when execution is required, right?
You've got to be at your best and learn how to be at your best when your best is required. And that's a process that you go through. And I thought they were on point. Of growing within that process. And they ended up winning four straight games at the end of the season.
And then, you know, the whole staff gets fired.
So I got, I like literally on the airplane, just before I got on the airplane, leaving Sunday night from Atlanta. To the time I landed in Denver, I not only got hired, but I essentially got fired within a two and a half hour plane ride.
So, like, there goes your consultancy out the door. Yeah, right out the door. Like, I'm one of the only people that can get hired and fired without ever actually doing the job. But it's just like, it's amazing. Uh Oh my God.
But you know, when you're looking in retrospect as to what Arthur Blank did, Mark, it looks like when they were five and nine, or right around then, he made a decision to organizationally shift the whole damn thing. All of them, you know? It's not like he kept everything in place except for the GM and the coach. He reorganized his entire world. And then I guess it didn't matter how many games in a row they were going to win.
But wins do show what a team can do. And that's what kind of surprised me because normally, take a look at the Panthers. They finished strong last year. They are the ones who the Falcons wind up sending to the playoffs as opposed to themselves, which has got to hurt Arthur Blank as well. And next year, you can take a look at the Falcons with their new coach and maybe point to these last four games as that's the moment.
You know, like that's where everything turned. The Lions the few years ago, we can go on and on and on about that, that sort of. Storyline, you know? Yeah, there's no question. I'm 100% with you.
I think Arthur Blank made a decision. And honestly, as I was studying the film and kind of looking forward to this game and looking at the Atlanta Falcons, I was like, man, this is, you know, and I've done, I mean, I'm the official broadcaster of the NFC South anyhow. I've done more NFC South games than anybody on the planet. And I'm like, this is by far the most talented team in the NFC South. And so to sit there and finish in a three-way tie, but to be eliminated in early December, I understand the disappointment.
And then the other thing is the news of Matt Ryan going to be a part of that organization, you know, the grand poo-ball of all things football, whatever it is he's going to do. You want to start with a clean slate. You don't want to have, hey, we're hiring you to reorganize and restructure what we do as an organization, but, you know, you've got to retain this coaching staff.
So they get rid of the GM. They get rid of the K coach, you know, and the coaching staff in general. And, you know, which is, I think, the right, if you're going to do it, it's the right way to do it to restructure an organization. Yeah. Did you uh pardon me for not knowing off the top of my head, did you do the first Rams Panthers game or you did not?
You did not call that game? I did not call that game. Obviously, I studied it because I did a Carolina Panther game right after that. And what are your thoughts about the rematch here? Market.
I just think that the LA Rams are a much, much better football team. But, you know, it was interesting having studied that game and watched that game.
Some lack of execution. You know, Matthew Stafford threw a pick six in that game to Michael Jackson, and that kind of gave them a boost. And then, you know, it was a game where. Where the one thing you can say, whatever you want, and I think there's a lot of question marks about Bryce Young and is he the future quarterback of the Carolina Panthers. I think inside the building, they feel pretty good about it.
I think everywhere else, people would have a lot of questions about can that guy be a truly be a franchise quarterback? But he played well in that game and gave them an opportunity to win at the end of that game. Listen, the Carolina Panthers are structured in such a way that you got to run the ball, you got to take pressure off the quarterback, you've got to give him an opportunity, find his one-on-ones to Tederoa, McMillan, the rest of those guys. But the bottom line is, I think the Rams are a much better football team and probably went into that game. Kind of taking the Carolina Panthers a little bit lightly.
And I think that's ultimately what happened. Yeah, maybe so. And before we dive into the rest of the wild card weekend with you, Mark, you would be perfectly positioned to. To give an opinion, you mentioned Tederola McMillan, you just saw Tyler Shuck. Who's the offensive rookie of the year?
Who'd you choose? Yeah, you know what? One, I would never vote a quarterback because quarterbacks don't play football, they play quarterbacks.
So, like, I instantly eliminate quarterbacks. Although, Shuck has been amazing in the eight stars or nine stars that he had.
So, he was really incredible. Tederoa has been very good as well. You know, I look at a guy like a Gray Zabel with Seattle. The Seattle City Hawks dominated the San Francisco 49ers. I mean, that was a butt whipping that they put on them at every level of that game.
But, yeah, Tederoa has been good. Chuck has been really good. There's been a lot of guys. Chuck's the guy. Let me just stop you there then.
Instead of asking you that question, Chuck, he's the guy sticking with him. He's definitely. For sure. Right. He's a pro quarterback.
You and Kellen Morris found his guy? Yeah, I think you look at the Saints, and this is the one beautiful thing that has happened to the Saints coming out of this thing. I mean, they lined up, and that was like. That was like going door to door, knocking on doors as a kid. You know, you're like a 12-year-old in your neighborhood, and you want to get together a nice game of tackle or touch nerf football.
And you went around and knocked on doors to see if they had any kids at the house that were willing to play because you just didn't have it was you and your buddy, and you needed eight more kids. You know, you wanted to have, you wanted to have a five-on-five, you know, nerf football game. That's what they started on offense with the Saints.
So he has been exceptional, smart kid, unbelievably talented, both athletically gifted, arm talent-wise, but from the neck up, just maturity rich and doesn't really fall for the same mistake twice. They found their quarterback, and he played better than any quarterback drafted in this year's draft. He was the number one quarterback from a draft standpoint of this year's class.
So they've got their. Guy, they've got a lot of work to do from a roster construction standpoint, but they've got their guy going forward to play quarterback. Mark Slerith here on the Rich Eisen Show. Normally, I would ask a man in your position going in a wild card weekend, which road team? Has the best chance to win this time?
I could ask you that question, and you could say all of them, and I would not bat an eye, no disrespect to all the home teams. Um, so I will ask you, give me the number. If I set it at three and a half. For road winds this weekend. And I'll just say it again.
It's um Texans at Steelers, Bills at Jaguars. The Jaguars have been a wagon, man. They've won all their games in a row by an average of 19 in their winning streak. They have crushed teams. The Niners, the Chargers, you could see the Rams and the Packers.
They're all. They're all stout, double-digit, with the exception of the Packers. Um. How many? I said it three and a half.
You put the over or the under. What do you take? I'm going to go with the. I'm going to go with the under, but I think it's going to be three.
Okay. I think the Texans are going to win. I think that the Rams will definitely win. And then I think it's one of two. Either Green Bay or San Francisco is going to come away with a victory.
The Bills, I have like the Bills are interesting because I think the Bills, this is probably the worst team they've had in recent years of their last three years. But obviously, the quarterback is an unbelievable X Factor.
So I could see them going in. But Jacksonville, as you mentioned, Jacksonville's probably going into this thing. I think Jacksonville is probably playing better football than any other team in the NFC, probably any other team in the league right now. They're playing there, and they happen to be, to me, the most complete team, or they've played the most complete football over the last probably four or five weeks.
Okay. So you think half of the wild card games are going to be road. Victories Coming up this weekend, which by the way means perfect time to have the buy because you don't want any piece of this fray. You just want to sit back, let everybody beat the crap out of each other. You put your feet up on the barker lounger and off you go.
I'll give you the floor on Seattle. You mentioned about how they whipped the Niners. What do you make of Seattle as the one seat in the NFC and how far they can go? Mark Schlutter. Yeah, I think they have a front row seat all the way to the Super Bowl.
And Um You know, I was, I was, they drive it down. They missed a fourth down and two, right? And like their fourth and one, whatever it was, um, down by the goal line. And I'm like, what is the aversion to kicking field goals in this league? Like, how have we gotten to this point where it's just almost like it's disrespectful to even kick a field goal?
And I'm like, why would you do that? And then I watched that defense just line up. It reminded, it really did remind me of the way they played when they won a championship under Pete Carroll with the Legion of Poom. It was like, come get a taste defense. They were like, hey man, this is what we play.
We're not complicated. We are just going to physically wear you out. I felt sorry for Brock Purdy. He got the living snot beat out of him. But every time they had a dude that they dumped the ball off to, that defensive back or that linebacker were there just punishing that pass catcher and putting him on the ground.
There was no leaky yardage. There was no yards after catch. It was bam, hit two or three guys round of the football. And then it was all of a sudden where you thought you'd be in, you know, second down and And Four, you're all of a sudden you're in second down and eight, and you're like, Yeah, we didn't get anything out of that play. That was the Seattle Seahawks defense, they were phenomenal and.
I'll give Sam Darnold credit. You know, people will say, well, they only scored whatever it was, 13 points or whatever. But understanding and having the maturity to know, hey, our defense, they're not getting a sniff on our defense.
So, you know what? I'm going to be judicious with the football. I'm going to find Smith and Jigba. We're going to create enough plays. We're going to run enough plays.
We're going to run the ball enough to be successful. But I'm not putting us in harm's way because that's the only way that San Francisco is going to be able to beat us tonight on the road. And that shows a level of maturity that I think a lot of people just don't have.
So I think the Seattle Seahawks right now are playing the best football in the NFC without question. They and Jacksonville are, to me, going into this playoffs, the team that is the two teams that are playing their best football. Yeah, Jacksonville's terrific, man. We had Liam Cohen on yesterday. I had a little bit of fun with him.
I said, when you talk about the Bills this week, would you mind referring to them as a small market team? That would be great. Um you know what I mean? Like he be The coach is saying it with his chest. Trevor Lawrence is buying all of what Liam Cohen is selling defensively.
Only the Bears take the ball away more from them, and nobody gives up. Um Yards on the ground as stingily as Jackson. And that's what James Cook, that's the engine of the Bills, right? They're kind of going into that grinder. But the Broncos are still the one seed.
Um, are you concerned about them? Do you think Jacksonville is the hot team that's going to be the one that takes the AFC down? Mark, at the end of the day, yeah, I'm concerned about it. Yeah, I'm concerned about the Broncos from the standpoint of just level of execution. I think it's I think it's legit.
You know, everybody says, Hey, the Broncos, you know, they haven't beat anybody or a lot of one-score game wins and all that stuff. And there's value in saying, Hey, man, we've been able to be at our best when our best is required and we're down. And, you know, it's a fourth quarter, we had to put two drives together. And we've done that on a consistent basis throughout the season. The thing that concerns me is the lack of attention to detail, the missed assignments, and just the lack of being able to consistently execute on the all, especially on the offensive side of the ball.
So, you know, three quarters, you know, we said this about Tebow back when Tebow was playing. You can't be, you know, you can't be a hero for putting out a fire that you started. Right. You can't have three quarters of rec and all of a sudden you execute in the fourth quarter and say, oh, yeah, we solved our problems. It's the lack of execution for three quarters concerns me.
And you can beat teams that are maybe not up to your level from a talent standpoint or can't produce against your defense. But we're talking about playoff football. And the last time Jacksonville rolled in here as a quote-unquote small market team, as you just mentioned, they hung 34 on that defense and waxed the Broncos, gave them an at-home spank in the only game they lost at home this year.
So, yeah, there's a concern there.
Okay. So you're saying it's okay if the quarterbacks, the. Fire Department unless he's also the arsonist. It's basically what you're just saying. That's exactly where they picked that one up.
You can't light the fire and then put it out and be a hero.
Okay. The best offensive line in the playoffs belongs to Oh, that's a great, that's a great question. Like A lot of people would tell you, you know, based on grades and pro football focus, it's the Broncos, but the Broncos make more mistakes than just about anybody. I think when their offense is right, They're not in it anymore. I was just going to say Baltimore when their offense is right, but they just got bounced because they can't kick a field goal.
Um, I like what's I like what Seattle did last week. I like where they're at right now. I think the Rams, if healthy, I would give it to the Rams as being the best, you know, just grinded out, best offensive line going into these playoffs, if they're right, if they're healthy. Bears don't have a bad one either, Mark. You know what I mean?
Bears have been good as well. Yeah, they've run the ball exceptionally well. Um, so they've been good at they've been good also. Yeah, I know. And you, before I let you go, you want to chime in on the MVP race?
I mean, obviously, they're going to give it to, I think they're going to give it to Stafford. And Well deserved. I mean, Stafford is is Great. Again. Like quarterbacks, they get all the girls, they get all the accolades, they get everything else, right?
They wear pink jerseys at practice, they don't have to hit anybody. Like, I would never, uh, same thing with a Heisman. I would just not, I'd give it to football players, not the quarterbacks. But, you know, again, I used to protect them for a living. You L Way, Elway's not a piece of Tiffany, you're not a piece of China.
Come on, no, no, no. Elway is as tough as they come, but like you, you get your rewards, you get to play quarterback. Like, that's your reward. All right, so then let's go offensive player of the year. Who would you choose?
There's a ton of them. You know, JSN had a great first two-thirds of the season. Puka Nakua was. Had the most catches. And you saw Bijan front row center this past weekend, McCaffrey.
I mean, who do you choose? What do you choose, Mark? Yeah, I think I would probably choose. And Bijan was unbelievable. I love Puka because he does everything and he makes some of the most circus, the toughest catches there are.
But I would probably go with all the injuries, multiple quarterbacks playing. I would probably go with McCaffrey. Just unbelievable season. And he plays football. He's not a quarterback.
So that would be. Yeah, that would be where I would go. Wow. Plays football. You're the best, Mark.
The Sneaking Truth podcast. Everybody, check it out. And I can't wait to hear what you have to say about wild card weekend, sir. Always appreciate your two cents, and happy new year to you. And likewise, my friend, thank you for having me by.
That's Mark Schlerith, everybody. NFL on Fox, Thinking Truth Podcast, as well, wherever you get your podcasts. Right there. I mean, the man protects quarterbacks for a living, but apparently didn't like it. Guess I never played football because I was a quarterback.
Oh. Normally that's all you do. Oh well. Did you get the women? Let's see.
No, see, that's an answer. Normally he would just spit that out. He did now, though.
Now I did. But he's not a quarterback. I know. All right. 844-204-Rich.
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Um, where do you want to go with this, Chris? What do you want to do here?
Well, I mean, we had a Molly in Utah. You want to go with a Holly in Utah? Sure. Holly in Utah. What's going on, Holly?
Sure. I'm just calling. I'm a former athlete at University of Utah. I'm in my sixties now.
Okay. But I just want to say I don't understand the transfer portal and all the kind of excitement about it. I would have played for free. Um, I just love playing and I just feel like the portal and NIL it sort of ruin college sports. There's no loyalty, nobody stays.
And the whole reason I went to college was to get an education. And I felt so lucky that it was paid for. Plus, I got to play basketball.
So I just I feel like it's just um I'm not even a fan anymore. I used to watch a lot more college sports, but I don't know, I just I feel like it's kind of ruined it. And my question, I guess, is How does the transfer portal, how does The paying the players, how does that satisfy the Title IX requirements? Because If you have one athlete that's a quarterback, he's paid higher, how do you align that with the law that says women should be exactly treated exactly like great question, Holly. I I wish I had the answer off the top of my head at my fingertips.
I'm not a lawyer. I don't play one on T V.
So I wish I had that answer for you. I don't. But one thing I would say is, I hear you. I totally understand what you're saying, that you would have played for free and things of that nature. Which sport did you play?
Holly? I played basketball for the University of Utah.
Okay, so perfect example then.
So look at how women's basketball has absolutely exploded, right? Yes. And the reason for that, I would have to say, is because we are watching the players go and crush it.
Some of the personalities that we are seeing have been magnetic. We can go on and on and on about how they've moved on to the WNBA, which is now kind of splashed back onto college basketball, and now college basketball has gotten so big it's splashed onto the WNBA to make that even more successful. That's a lot of money going around. How much did you get? You know, if the money was exploding back then, the way it is now, and you stroll into the University of Utah stores and see your jersey being sold, and you get $0.00 from that, you'd say, What the hell?
And then and then your coach. Leaves because he or she gets a better opportunity, but you can't. That's not cool. You know what I mean? And it's all being built off of your sweat and blood and tears.
And I understand you wanting to do it for free. It's awesome. I just think that there has to be some sort of opportunity for the players. To rake in the cash in the same way. It's just not the.
The day and age of the way it used to be for us anymore, Holly. It's the truth. I agree, and I liked what you said that there needs to be some kind of contract because and I think they should be paid something. Yes, I think NCAA was just. totally benefiting and collecting all this money.
Um, I think there should be something you can't just go every year. I mean, there's three thousand people in the football uh transfer pool right now. I mean, that that's crazy. Who wants to coach that and worry about all that plus recruiting high school kids? I just I just think it's um, I don't know, I just don't agree with that.
I think you go to college to get an education. How many of those? football players that are in the portal are worried about graduating and how do their credits transfer from one school to another? I mean, you're supposed to get an education.
So I don't know, that was more important to me to have an education. And it was paid for and I couldn't believe it. That it was paid for, and I still got to play. Thanks for calling in, Holly. Greatly appreciated.
Call back. That's Molly in Utah, Holly in Utah. How can we complete the triple play in hour number three. Polly maybe Polly, and you and Paul. We have seen a lot of women athletes break the bank financially with the NIL deals.
Olivia Dunn was up near $4 million. Of course, Caitlin Clark and Paige Beckers. Angel Reese was up there. We just saw the first million-dollar college softball athlete, Najari Kennedy from Stanford.
So the money is there on the women's side as well. And they should reap the benefits. Absolutely. Absolutely. College athletics exploding in revenue, but the players see none of it.
Really? Really? Come on. Rich, they're getting a free education. I understand that, and that is valuable.
It is. Holly's point was back in those days, right? That was the win right there. Of course, I understand that. But that was, you know, three meals a day, TJ.
I understand. I understand there is a value in it. And trust me, I can't wait for my kids to get a college education. Not to get too deep, but I'm downright frightened of what AI is going to be for them when they get out of college. And so, in this day and age, you're eighteen.
You're 19, you're 20, you're 21, and you have the benefit of. performing in an era when you can get paid Go get paid. Yep. I totally understand it. But at the end of the day We need to have a system.
where they can get paid. They can get what they deserve. And you could still build a team. without having to do that every year. I mean, even in professional sports, the first contract is for four to five years for an NFL player.
depending on when you're drafted. That you have to have some sort of ability to team build. Otherwise, you know, how can you root for a team if you're a fan? How can you build a team if you're in management? And also, how can you expect if you are a player every single year?
To, you know, you still love being on the campus, you love being in the school, you love being in the program, you don't want to leave. But suddenly, all your colleagues leave, and now you have to because you want to win. It's kind of crazy. Like if we we need the guardrails. Get Sankey back here so he can tell me I don't know what I'm talking about.
844-204-RICH, NOW to DALL. It's a Monday program that we always do overreaction Monday for on a podcast. And every Tuesday we have this segment, hit it. That was terrible. That was crap.
That was garbage. This place sucks. Overreaction. Mondays. Mondays.
All right. Everybody. And you're on a good streak, too. Overreaction. Monday on a Tuesday.
What's going on over there, Chris? Guys, you know, it's that time of year, week 18. Monday, Black Monday, coaches unfortunately losing their gigs. Not in Cincinnati. They're running it all back, guys.
Did you see that? They're running it all back. Everybody's coming back. All the coaching staff. With the Bengals making zero changes, expect the same results as the last two seasons in 2026.
Can I ask you a question? Will Joe Burrow play all 17 games? He played all 17 the year before. Will he play all 17 games? You've got to call next to you, Rich.
Ask him. He played all 17 in 2024. Will Joe Burrow play all three games? The Magic Eight Ball says. You may rely on it.
Oh, hey, isn't that great news for Bengals fans? All right, great. Changes things. The eight ball ain't never wrong. Check.
I will just say this. If Burrow and Chase said there needs to be some changes and those changes aren't made, you're right. If there may be other changes that they're referring to that don't mean the coaching staff, I understand that sounds. Um absurd. Uh all I know is that uh they started 2-0.
And um and then Joe Barrow got hurt and everything went sideways.
So Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, Rich. I understand what you're saying. That's not, all said, that's not an overreaction. That's a reasonable reaction to what's happening in Cincinnati. I'm not saying it's going to happen, but that's not an overreaction.
That's a reasonable... reaction what else you got over there Something special is going on in Pittsburgh, TJ. That's your neck of the woods. Please believe it. Eight looked like twelve.
And you know what they were really missing though? Who? Four. Four is back. Four is back.
DK Metcalf is going to have the most receiving yards and multiple touchdowns of the wild card round. Dude, that is an overreaction. I know if still. He's got something to prove. I got it.
I understand. And the only way they win this game is with a big DK Metcalf. Christopher. With my own two eyes. And my voice in the booth in SoFi Stadium, I saw that Houston Texans' defense.
I understand. Riley Leonard and the Colts went into Houston and gave the Texans a bit of a scare. At the end of the day. I see. Not one.
Not two, not three. But four. Defensive backs. For the Houston Texans to have four interceptions at least. Derek Stingley Jr.
is an all pro and one of the best in the business. They are going to put him on four. And if it's not him, there's Lasseter, there's also some hard-hitting safeties. The Steelers are going to have their hands full. I'm not saying they won't win.
I love Bill Cower's comment. In hour number one, saying that the Steelers haven't lost in Monday Night Football since 1991, and that wasn't me, that was Chuck Noll. It wasn't me, he said. He threw that one on Chuck Noll. May he rest.
It's true, Dad. You know? Um Mm-hmm. And But multiple touchdowns in most respects. If that happens, I am happy for Steelers fans to eat my words here.
Look at his muscles up. I understand that, brother. That's a good idea. And I know he's got something to prove. He's got a chip and all that sort of business.
But the Houston Texans are no Washington generals, sir. Overreaction. What else? You see all these teams getting rid of their head coach, but they're keeping the GM. Huh.
These teams are crazy for firing their coaches but keeping the general manager. You clean house, you clean the whole house. You don't just clean the kitchen and leave the bathroom a mess. You know what I'm saying, Rich Eisen? Mm-hmm.
This is madness. Uh on behalf of RES Uh consultant. Which never gets a call this time of year. We could save ownership a ton of money hiring this firm to say, find me some candidates for general manager, or hiring that firm. Find me some candidates for head coach as if.
You don't have chat GPT to do that. You need you need some other people who This is what you need to do, sir. You need to hire this person or that person. Or in the case of the cults or the Saying to the Seahawks, madam, listen. This is a proper reaction.
It's a proper reaction. You're gonna have a coach, and then the GM's hired. And if they don't win, the GM will absolutely go to ownership and say, I was never my guy. Give me my guy. Ranna have my guy?
You don't want to be the coach in that situation either. It's not great. Not great. But We'll see. This, on behalf of Arius Consulting, is a proper reaction.
Did you find? I know we locked eyes. I know we have the poltergeist drop. I did not have that one readily available right now.
Okay. This house is clean. I was going to play it.
So you need to. Clear that with Mike beforehand. You understand? The Power of Drops, which is, by the way, is a great Huey Lewis song. That never made it.
Hour of drops. Alt title. Yeah. Alt title, I think. That would have been great in Back to the Future.
Hour of Drops. Yeah, that would have been great. You know, I have just one rule when I think about overreaction Monday on a Tuesday. What rule is that? Whenever there's a two-time coach of the year on the market, You hire them and you say this.
Kevin Stefanski is going to be coaching in the playoffs next year. For hope. Which one of the six? Doesn't matter. What does that mean doesn't matter?
Of course it matters. Oh, it doesn't? Of course it matters. He's that good of a head coach. He's going to come in, resurrect, quarterback, whisper, boom, playoffs.
Well, I know one of the six teams he won't be coaching because they're the ones who fired him.
So give me the name. I want to hear it. I want to hear it. It's the Giants, Titans, Falcons, Raiders, Cardinals. Giants or Falcons?
Well, Falcons almost made it this year. They were ruled. They were eliminated officially a month ago and still tied for the division. I know. Which caused the Bucks to be out.
Because if the Bucks Didn't have that pesky third team in, they'd be the one hosting the Rams this weekend. I'll buy this. Sure. Okay. Okay.
What else? Okay, great. You know, I'm listening to all the uh And end of the year, post-mortem sound. And I heard this from our good friend and guest last week. I do think.
As humbly as I can say it, that I could coach at this level. And I know enough about the game and about the guys, and from a leadership standpoint, camaraderie all that comes with it. But again, that's not something that I'm sitting here pursuing. I'm just, I really, like I said, if anything I learned the last four weeks, you take it one day at a time. With a lack of star head coaching candidates, someone should hire Phil Rivers to be their head coach next year.
Well, if I'm not mistaken, what he told us last Friday at this very moment that we're having this conversation, he could be an eighth-period PE doing the lift with his players that he said he'd be doing on Tuesday. Um But he also did say that his one son is going to be a senior quarterback, and another son is a freshman quarterback. That would be, you'd have to really come correct with Philip and say, we want you to be. We want you to move from Alabama to Cleveland, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Atlanta's closest. Tennessee, not too far off.
Um or New York City. Or Arizona. You know, they go into the coach. And say, we would like you to coach our kid rather than you coach your kids. And it would have to be a significant offer to turn down.
Now But I don't blame him for saying Keep my number, folks, because at some point I will run out of children to coach. And I, of course, he can coach at that level, one would think.
Now, I'm sure a lot of other things, that's why he says he says it humbly, because there's a lot of people beating the sticks right now. Knowing that They've been told, beat the sticks before you can come back here and have a Zoom with us. Uh with your PowerPoints. Um But why not kick the tires? Sure.
For sure. I liked it.
Okay. You got one more over there? Gets no, yes? Mike, I told you why. I need one more.
Oh, my gosh. All right, we'll get one more. Don't bother him while he's doing his banking during overreaction money on his Tuesday. I'm looking for the house that's clean still.
Okay, great. It's over. We're way past that. We're way past that. The house is already clean.
You know, TJ, I'm watching the thunder. I don't know about the Thunder anymore.
Someone other than OKC is going to win the NBA title this way. All right. Six and six. I know that. Victor Wembanyama, in particular, giving them fits.
What's going on? Hey, sure, I'll buy this for you. I'll buy this on behalf of the National Basketball Association that must be glad that nobody's running away with it like this. I really thought they were going 80-2 to 60.
Okay. Very good. The 30-7, guys. All right. It's over.
Sure. Yeah. There you go. That's it. I don't blame you.
That's not an overreaction right now. That's a reaction. That you're giving me 29 other teams, other franchises?
Well, I'm giving you like four, maybe. I don't know. It's probably more than that. I don't know. Jason Tatum's coming back soon, TJ.
That was.
Okay, now we get to the core of that. Hey, your Clippers took care of business last night against the Warriors. Yeah. Snoop on the mic, talking about Steve Kerr getting ejected. Steve Kerr was losing his.
Steve Kerr is having a season. By the way, when you see, and that great overreaction Monday and a Tuesday, when you see Snoop doing what he's doing with a headset on and a microphone in his hand, Do you remember who was the one who gave him his first press pass for a big sporting event? He wanted to do this. The Rich Eisen Show at Super Bowl 50 10 years ago. What did he call it?
It wasn't journalism. It was. Analyst. Which I'm glad he said it that way. I want to get into analysts.
Yeah. Instead of the other way where you put the emphasis on. Oh, God. I've said enough. I was subtle enough.
You don't need to take the hammer out and hit it on the head, sir.
Some people don't get it. All right. Let's take a break here before we get any more trouble on Disney Plus. And ESPN radio. The Rich Eisen Show, the podcast.
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Terms and conditions. Apply. We just were having a conversation at TV only about how long until. It's no longer appropriate to say Happy New Year to somebody. I say a week.
Um Chris said you get all month. Which I think is psychotic. I said, waiting till like January 28th to say somebody happy new year. It's like. asking somebody the name uh your name again that you've been golfing with uh For the first three holes.
By the fourth T-box, you have to know there's this person's name, otherwise, you're now. You're now spending 45 minutes with somebody who's already told you your name, and like, tell me your name again. That's disrespectful. Like you need to you cannot once you hit the fourth T-box, ask somebody their name again.
So you're going to go 14 more holes of golf and right. I would I would wait to try and pick up on somebody else using their name. Or steal a look at their scorecard to see their name written down on it. Maybe they got their name on their bag or something. Or something like that.
Yes. It's easier to say. You cannot answer three holes of golf, which in some places is like 45 minutes long. Certainly, if you're waiting on the par three, the inevitable par three, there's an inevitable backup.
Now you're asking somebody waiting after hanging with them, conversations on the fourth T-box. What's your name again? Swear. That's unacceptable. Hi, my name is Tag.
I learned that the hard way as well back when I was in Bristol, Connecticut. I played at a. A place called Tungxus. Golf club called Tungxus, T-U-N-X-I-S. I think it's still there.
Um This is before my second contract, and I joined a golf club. Yeah, Tungstas Country Club. Yeah. And so I played with, and I. I was putting.
I got hooked up with this nice couple. I'm putting, and I. I wound up about a foot shy of a birdie putt, and I said, damn it, hit it, Sally. And the female in the other part of my group says, pardon me? Her name was Sal.
And then along came Sally way down. And now I'm in a really tough spot because A, I didn't know her name. B, I have to tell her, no, I'm not referring to you. I'm just making a misogynistic joke about my putting ability. Sure.
You know what I mean? Like, that was terrible. That did not go well for me. Does it mean they were adults who had never heard Sally that same before? And she goes, What?
Huh? Do you refer to me? It's pretty good. It wasn't not for me, because I missed the putt too.
Okay. Sorry, what were you saying? No, I was just saying there were adults who had never heard that saying before, like that. I thought everybody had heard. She might have been, but she might have also thought I was now insulting her because she thought I knew her name because she told it to me probably over and over again.
Well, then that's on you for not paying it. I'm aware of that. I'm not that good. When I meet a ton of people, I need to take better mental notes of what somebody says their name is. I bet you that's why.
Kilbourne called everyone Sparky. You know? What's up, Spark? It's a way to just not even remember somebody's name. It's that Tiger Woods jip from recently, the meme.
Big dog. It's like, what's up, Big Dog? Let's go get this. Yeah, I mean, that's a way to do it. They're covering it.
Yeah, like you asked me once, I called you Joe, and you like, did you call me Joe? And I'm like, yeah, that was like a DC thing my friend did. He would just call everybody Joe. Like, what up, Joe?
So we wouldn't have to remember anyone's name.
Okay. Very good. So, okay. There he is. Just say happy new year and get over it.
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