Connor McDavid? Connor McOverrated! | Local Hour

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Connor McDavid? Connor McOverrated! | Local Hour
Date: May 1, 2026

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Overview

Broadcasting from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, this “Local Hour” assembles Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Mike Ryan, Roy, and West Coast guest Dave Damashek for a lively, freewheeling Friday. Main themes blend playful banter about sports uniforms and nostalgia acts, in-depth reaction to the Edmonton Oilers’ first-round collapse (and the “Connor McOverrated” angle), and local South Florida sports controversies including the Miami Hurricanes’ athletic director search. Notable for its irreverent tone, quick pivots between topics, and the regulars’ charged, comedic debate.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Friday Vibes, High-Low Silliness, and Uniform Analysis

• The crew celebrates making it to Friday with high energy (00:38).

• Dave Damashek humorously analyzes the athletic practicality of various sports uniforms:

  “The sport whose uniform is most tailored to help the athletes... is basketball. Shorts and tank top—liberating.” (Dave, 01:12)

  • Banter follows about hockey gear:
    • Hockey uniforms are deemed “a massive pain in the ass” to put on and take off in comparison to the simplicity of basketball attire.
    • The panel marvels at hockey’s unique athletic demands:

      "Does it occur to you at least once every hockey viewing... wow, this is a fantastic athletic activity? By the way, they're doing it all on skates.” (Dave, 02:34)

2. South Florida’s Hockey Scene and Early Tension

• Recognition of Florida’s unlikely status as a hot hockey market (03:07).
• Playful argument over local sports fandom and “checking the ratings” escalates, ending with:

  “Up yours, buddy.” (Dave, 03:39)

  • The banter is self-aware (“That was so aggressive for Friday morning.” - Dan, 03:42).

3. Battle Court Updates and Ticket Ninja Feats

• Brief plug for Battle Court semifinals in Miami (04:04).
• Tangent into Dan’s self-declared “Ticket Ninja” prowess:
  • Dan brags about guessing concert presale passwords, referencing his former use of “Glenn Rice” as a password (07:00).

4. Review: Guns N’ Roses Concert Experience

• Dan attended Guns N’ Roses at Hard Rock Live:
  • Loved the proximity and nostalgia, but found the 3+ hour set “a little too long” and Axl Rose’s voice underwhelming.

  “Axl Rose… looked really good. Looked much better than he did 10 years ago… But [he] did not sound great." (Dan, 08:44–08:54)

  • Bandmates Slash and Duff McKagan praised for endurance and appearance.
  • Discussion about whether long concerts (e.g., Bruce Springsteen’s 3.5 hours) are actually a virtue.
  • GNR concert crowd described as sitting for most of the show, highlighting its nostalgia-heavy vibe.
  • Wonders at the setlist and opener:

    “Wait, they play for three and a half hours and they open with Welcome to the Jungle?...You’re in the jungle, baby, you’re going to die!” (Dan & Mike, 12:20–12:25)

5. Connor McDavid and Edmonton Oilers: “McOverrated”

• [16:05+] Introduction of the topic: Dave argues that, despite the hype, Connor McDavid’s Oilers have “not translated to making Edmonton a powerhouse.” Nicknames like “McJesus” are trotted out—Dave dubs him “Overrated.”

  • Mike and Roy push back, noting playoff appearances.
  • Dave offers a satirical, melancholy song for McDavid:

  “Connor McDavid, where have you gone? You’ve been pissing in the wind out on the ice. How fast you have skated without having won…” (Dave Sings, 19:12)

• The hosts debate whether the Florida Panthers “broke” the Oilers or if Edmonton simply failed themselves.

  • Goalie struggles and ineffective management moves are spotlighted.

  “There was one issue with this team… you don’t have a goalie that’s good enough.” (Mike, 22:09)

• Dave likens the Oilers’ stars to MLB’s Ohtani-Trout failures, questions whether McDavid should seek a new team, paralleling Kevin Durant's controversial NBA move (23:44+).

  “If [McDavid] wants to do this with a Stanley Cup, he better get out of Edmonton.” (Dave, 25:04)

• Statistical indictment of McDavid:

  • Despite five assists, McDavid ends series -8, sparking questions about his true playoff greatness (25:07–25:37).

• They rib each other over past injuries, “man-games lost,” and local fans’ legitimacy as hockey “Title Town.”

6. Miami Hurricanes AD Search & “Keep Michael Yormark Away” Movement

• [29:13+] Ongoing and unusually passionate fan/insider campaign to keep Michael Yormark from becoming Miami’s next AD.
  • Mike calls Yormark a “terrible, terrible man” with a history of self-dealing and toxic workplace behavior during his Panthers presidency.

  “The dealmaker at the door doesn’t exist… He wasn’t a good businessman.” (Mike, 32:17)

  • Emphasizes strong community pushback and how even prominent local figures are mobilizing.

7. Marlins/Phillies Series and Nepotism in Baseball

• [34:51+] Miami Marlins host Phillies, now managed by Don Mattingly—under his son Preston (the GM).
  • Banter about “reverse nepotism” (son hiring father), but group settles that nepotism is just nepotism regardless of direction.
  • Quick note on the Phillies’ hot streak since the change.

8. Yacht Rock and Unusual Baby Names

• Roy pitches “Yacht Rock Night” at the ballpark (36:53).
  • Banter about the genre, its Gen Z resurgence, and which names (Preston, Don, Jeremy) are weirdest for babies or adults.
  • Extended riff on the name “Jeremy” as influenced by the Pearl Jam song (38:00+).

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On hockey’s weirdness:

  “What a weird thing to devote my time to watching… it’s a fringe combination of requirements: do all that, but wear blades on your feet.”
  (Dave Damashek, 02:34)

• On Connor McDavid’s legacy:

  “Connor McDavid, where have you gone? You’ve been pissing in the wind out on the ice… so your stomach overrated in my eyes.”
  (Dave Damashek, song parody, 19:12)

• On band nostalgia:

  “Ninety percent of the crowd is sitting the whole show… That’s why it felt a little bit like a nostalgia act.”
  (Dan, 12:06)

• On GNR’s long setlist:

  “Did I need the four or five cover songs they mixed in? Probably not.”
  (Dan, 08:23)

• On South Florida’s anti-Yormark movement:

  “No one wants you back in South Florida.”
  (Dan, 34:34)

• On Marlins’ “reverse nepotism”:

  “It’s just nepotism, even if you go up the chain.”
  (Mike Ryan, 35:19)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• [00:38] – Opening, Friday celebration, sports uniform banter
• [04:04] – Battle Court update and Dan’s “Ticket Ninja” bit
• [07:48] – Guns N’ Roses concert review & nostalgia acts discussion
• [16:05] – Connor McDavid’s legacy debated, “overrated?” narrative begins
• [19:12] – Dave delivers his satirical “Connor McDavid, where have you gone?” song
• [21:00–23:44] – Breakdown: Did the Panthers/Oilers break each other, goalie issues, management failures
• [29:13] – "Keep Michael Yormark Away" campaign; Miami Hurricanes AD search
• [34:51] – Marlins-Phillies, Mattingly nepotism discussion
• [36:53] – Yacht Rock Night, Gen Z pop culture, baby names riff

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Tone

Playful, irreverent, and rapid-fire. The crew maintains their trademark mixture of genuine sports knowledge, performative argument, and absurd comedic tangents. Multidirectional mockery and one-upmanship are constants, as are pop-culture and local South Florida references.

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Useful For:

• Catching up on the South Florida sports scene with irreverent, inside-baseball commentary
• Understanding the latest developments with the Miami Hurricanes athletic director search
• Gauging national and local sports media perspectives on Connor McDavid’s current standing
• Enjoying rich banter about nostalgia acts and music culture as connected to sports
• Getting a feel for the unique community and tone of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Transcript

[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan LeBatard]

We did it, everybody. Give it up for Friday. Yeah, we did it. We did it. We made it. We got through the week. That's how it's done. The weekend starts for everybody. That's right. All right, we got a good crew today. I don't know if this crew's worked together yet. We have Dave, who's out there on the west coast. Dave Damek. Hello, Dave. Give it up for Dave joining us. Hello.

[Dave Damashek]

Hey, what's happening, everybody? You know, high lie outfits. Now, out of context, when I look at them, they're the only sport that involves slacks besides golf. Am I right?

[Dan LeBatard]

It could be right.

[Mike Ryan]

They're wearing baseball pants.

[Dan LeBatard]

Could be right.

[Dave Damashek]

Is that what they are? Baseball pants are not like a bet. You know, again, out of context. Who says baseball pants are inherently more athletic than slacks? Who. Who came up with baseball pants and football pants for that? Really, when you think about it, the sport whose uniform is most tailored to. To help the athletes wearing them is basketball. Like that said, that makes sense. Like shorts and tank top liberating so you can make the. The movements required to. To perform at your very best.

[Dan LeBatard]

Sometimes I don't know, you know, based on what Dave is saying, sometimes I'll be watching hockey, which, which I've given a try. This Stanley cup playoffs a good sport.

[Mike Ryan]

What'd you think last night?

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, look, Ducks and Oilers. I got to catch a little bit when I got home last night. I'll get to that in a second. But based on what Dave is talking about there, sometimes I'll be watching hockey and I look at, you know, the uniform, and I remember what a massive pain in the ass it is for these guys to get dressed. There's so much going on. They're taping the leggings like they're actually using tape. Okay. There's so much happening. What a huge pain in the ass to get dressed. Basketball. Throw on a tank top and some shorts. Let's get out there and play anyway. Battle Court today.

[Roy]

Yes, but. And the hockey gear is so heavy that in between periods they take it all off.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

And then they got to do it all again. Yeah. It's crazy.

[Dave Damashek]

How often. How often does it occur to you.

[Dan LeBatard]

What?

[Dave Damashek]

Does it occur to you at least once every hockey viewing that, wow, this is a fantastic athletic activity? And by the way, they're doing it all on skates. That happens to me like once every three games or so. I am a fly up on the wall watching myself watching these people do this. Like, what a weird thing to devote my time to watching. This is such a fringe combination of. Of requirements to do this thing. Like, you know, basketball, like do all that. But. But also you have to wear blades on your feet the whole time you're doing it.

[Mike Ryan]

It is curious to be the fourth major of the four major sports here because it is kind of wild. And you would think it would be regional specific, but no, down here, State of Florida, one of the best hockey there is.

[Dan LeBatard]

I don't know what you mean by that.

[Dave Damashek]

Let's see the ratings. Let. Well, let's see what the ratings are. Yeah. I mean, do people. Are people watching it? It's not an indictment, by the way. It's not your obligation. Sounds like one hockey. If the Panthers are. Why not just. All right.

[Mike Ryan]

What a losers. La. Check the ratings. Dave, have you checked fingers around here?

[Dan LeBatard]

You got two of them, right?

[Dave Damashek]

Up yours, buddy.

[Dan LeBatard]

That was so aggressive for Friday morning.

[Mike Ryan]

My bad.

[Dan LeBatard]

I just woke up.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, Tony gets defensive about.

[Dave Damashek]

Thank you.

[Roy]

With the rings on, too.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's. I mean, put the rings.

[Dave Damashek]

You know, the Begums have won five of what you're talking about. I didn't know that. I have no recollection of that.

[Mike Ryan]

We're actually breaking that news to Tony.

[Dave Damashek]

Literally.

[Dan LeBatard]

Mike, Battle Courts. What do we got going on?

[Mike Ryan]

We have the Battle Court semifinals going down today at Casino Miami. Now it's closed doors for the cyclones. 3 o' clock matinee showdown with the Fireballs. But you can follow along on YouTube and the ESPN app. The ownership and brain trust of the Cyclones will be in attendance, rooting their boys on trying to make it to a second consecutive Battle Court final. Trying to be the first team in Battle Court history to repeat. Zaz, this is a big deal. And tonight is a pretty good match too. This. I know there's big. A big slate in the NBA and hockey. Some teams can be packing their bags to Cabo tonight, but Renegades vs. Charger kids, the bed. That's a doozy. That one's probably getting the sound on the nights as I saw a big show on my.

[Dan LeBatard]

On my drive here this morning, I saw the billboard big show coming to magic city casino.

[Mike Ryan]

Keith Sweat. Oh, yeah, well, we play casino Miami now.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, those are not the same things. All right, well, there you go. Give him a little plug. Speaking of which, last night I did pull the trigger. All right, I was wondering yesterday. I am the ticket ninja, you know, which means I know how to get the best prices, the best deals. I know all the pre sale passwords. I swear to God. Yesterday there was a WWE pre sale that went on. Went on sale yesterday. I swear my right hand to God, I guessed the password correct.

[Mike Ryan]

What was it?

[Dan LeBatard]

Where to God it was for SummerSlam. Okay, I tried one password.

[Dave Damashek]

Beware.

[Dan LeBatard]

I tried. I tried one password. It didn't work. My second attempt. All right, it was like getting wordle on your first attempt. All right, I guessed it straight up. Unlocked it. Summer. I couldn't believe it. Straight up. Guess it could be any world in any word in the world.

[Mike Ryan]

I guess the word that was your second attempt.

[Dan LeBatard]

Second attempt. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

What was your first one? Slam.

[Dan LeBatard]

WWE live. You always got to try WWE live first.

[Dave Damashek]

Zaz, how do you figure out a password? Is it a reference to something in your personal history? Is it an acknowledge?

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, like how do I choose a password when I'm setting something?

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, I don't want to.

[Dave Damashek]

I don't want you to betray, you know, your. Your bank account or anything, but no one's going to try to access it. Probably. But let's see if we can figure out how zaz comes up with his password. Yeah, I'm going to say reference.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm going to go. Let's not try and have a session where we figure out my password.

[Mike Ryan]

Roman reigns the best, too.

[Dan LeBatard]

Roman reigns best.

[Dave Damashek]

So is it a reference to an athlete that you.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm not doing this. I don't want people to know my password. We're not doing this.

[Mike Ryan]

We're not gonna do that. What are your favorite numbers? Just give me the last four. Your social.

[Dan LeBatard]

Anyway, what was your childhood address? Anyway, we're not going to be able to guess.

[Dave Damashek]

Is it a reference to your. To your family or is it a reference to sports? I think that's what.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm not doing this.

[Mike Ryan]

G money, dollar sign 41.

[Dan LeBatard]

You know what? I will be honest for a very long time. My passw Glenn rice specific. For a very long time. It's not anymore. So I could say that to you now, but for a very long time. Yes, you could. Have figured out everything in my life. If you know a little bit about that's. Yes. That's not a secret anymore. Sarah Palin. Good for. Good for you, Glenn. Good for you. So anyway, last night, I pulled the trigger, all right? I bought the tickets. I went to Guns N Roses last night. It was expensive. Went at the Hard Rock Live. It's my third time seeing them. I hadn't seen him in, like, 10 years. I. I love Guns N Roses, man. And I took my wife. We had really good seats. It was at Hard Rock Live, which is literally one street for me. That's the key. I mean, is there a better scenario than when? Because if you're going to get me out of the house at my age on a weeknight, you asking a lot.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

You got to have at least the intercontinental title on the line, so there's

[Dan LeBatard]

got to be, like, some juice to it. And if the concert is literally on the street that I live on and it's eight minutes away from the home, I mean, come on, That's. That's enticing. And so, yes, we bought tickets yesterday for Guns N Roses, my wife and I. Axel's out there. He's doing the move still. You know, he's got the microphone. He's got all the axle moves out there. And they played for about three hours. They. They played close to 30 songs.

[Roy]

Too long.

[Dan LeBatard]

They played.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm a. Be honest. I'm gonna be honest here. It was a long show. It was long. It didn't need to be that long. Like, did I need the four or five cover songs that they mixed him? Probably not. All right. It was long. And I'll tell you, Mike Ryan, because you warned me, Axl Rose, he looked really good.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Looked much better than he looked, I would say, 10 years ago. He's been in better shape.

[Mike Ryan]

I agree. He's in better shape, and he's had better work done. Corrective measures.

[Dan LeBatard]

Looks good. Looks good.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. How did he sound?

[Dan LeBatard]

Not great.

[Mike Ryan]

I saw some. I saw some videos from the show. Someone put the caption, welcome to Parrot Jungle.

[Dan LeBatard]

He. He did not sound great. Musically. They. They sound fantastic. I mean, there's, like, Slash is going to be able to play guitar. Duff McKagan's gonna be able to play the bass until they die.

[Mike Ryan]

How great does he look?

[Dan LeBatard]

Slash?

[Dave Damashek]

No.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, Duff looks amazing. Looks amazing. He's definitely in his 60s. Looks amazing. Slash a little bit of a belly these days, but look, he slashed. What are you gonna do? And like I said, Axel, I love seeing him out There. I love him running around, doing his moves. Didn't sound great, but still, I had a really good time. Dave, do they.

[Dave Damashek]

First of all, is it, is it sort of the vibe of a nostalgia tour like I have gone out to? I went to see Cal Ripken play during the streak, even though he would buy the tail end of it. Wasn't at his best anymore, but I felt I needed to witness it, basically, that vibe. And the second question I have is, is it really a virtue? These three hour shows we hear all the time. Just last week ago, Tashay was talking about having got or two weeks ago seeing Springsteen. People always tell you I do this thing.

[Mike Ryan]

Like he gets out there. He's.

[Dave Damashek]

He's 87 years of age or whatever Springsteen is now 87 years young. Gets out there.

[Mike Ryan]

Three and a half hours.

[Dave Damashek]

Like, who needs three and a half hours? Me.

[Roy]

Just about me and everyone in the, in the building. Yeah, I could have, I could have taken another hour. I would have been grateful to have 15 more songs.

[Dan LeBatard]

I would say that the latter question depends on your love for who you're

[Roy]

seeing and if they're any good.

[Dan LeBatard]

Like Pearl Jam used to play. It's been a little bit, a little while, but they used to play three hour shows and it's like, oh my God. The only thing wrong with the three hour show is that it's not a four hour show.

[Dave Damashek]

But do they have the songs to support three hours? I mean, I would say the same thing about Guns and Roses and no disrespect to Pearl Jam because I know they're faithful, are hardcore, but I mean, after. What about the year 2000? How many, how many?

[Dan LeBatard]

I think it's 10 albums have been how.

[Dave Damashek]

Okay, but how many of the songs within those albums would you add to the catalog rightly to say, like, yes, they belong in the high, in the top 10 of the Pearl Jam songs of all time. I mean, if somebody who's watched from a distance, who's lost interest over the years, I like Pearl Jam a lot in the 90s and whatever. All right. I mean they're better bands, but.

[Dan LeBatard]

But okay, all right. Like I feel like this head in a direction where I get aggravated and I'm not trying to get on a Friday morning. All right, so you know, we're going to go back to the Guns N Rose as part of this conversation, asking questions.

[Dave Damashek]

That's all. I just, I'm just asking questions.

[Dan LeBatard]

I do think it felt a little bit like a nostalgia act. And I will say this for, for

[Mike Ryan]

this reason, because they haven't released an album in 20 years yet.

[Dan LeBatard]

18 years, actually. That is true. I will. I will say this.

[Mike Ryan]

Has it been 18 years since Chinese democracy?

[Dan LeBatard]

Wow. Everyone in the crowd. And we had good seats. We were sitting in the orchestra. Okay. Unless you were on the floor. Like, they had the pit, you know, which. Holy crap. Can you imagine standing for three hours? Give me a break.

[Mike Ryan]

I've done that. I've done the pit for GNR at that venue. It's a lot.

[Dave Damashek]

It is.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's a lot.

[Mike Ryan]

And half the time, I'm shazaming because I didn't think they had three and a half hours worth of music.

[Dan LeBatard]

Here's why. It felt a little bit like a nostalgia act, what you're describing there, Dave, because I would say 90% of the crowd is sitting the whole show.

[Mike Ryan]

Tough, Tough. They got up for welcome to the Jungle, though, right?

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, that was the opener. So everyone gets up when the lights.

[Mike Ryan]

That's what they open with?

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Wait, they play for three and a half hours and they open with welcome to the jungle.

[Dan LeBatard]

You got to let everybody know where you are. You're in the jungle, baby. You're going to die.

[Mike Ryan]

Does he. Does he scream like you're not going to die?

[Dan LeBatard]

Tries. Yeah, he tries.

[Dave Damashek]

Is the journey of November Rain. Is that like a. Is that like they start out sitting down and then they rise up. No. At the appropriate time. No, no, no.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's not acoustic performance.

[Mike Ryan]

No, it starts with the piano.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, I understand. But not all of them are.

[Mike Ryan]

November Rain is an epic song.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yes, of course. Of course.

[Dave Damashek]

I'm not denouncing this.

[Mike Ryan]

No, I'm co signing and an incredible music video. I mean, that. That song takes you on a journey.

[Dan LeBatard]

That was back when music videos were music videos. All right, give me a movie here. Give me a story. You're getting married in a church at the end of a cliff, and Slash is playing on the very edge. Be careful, Slash. Don't slip. Incredible.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[Dave Damashek]

This guy comes in as the next Wayne Gretzky. His nicknames include the chosen1 and McJesus. Okay, he's a great player. He scores a lot of goals. He scores a ton of assists. But it hasn't translated to making Edmonton a powerhouse in the league.

[Mike Ryan]

They're in the final stugats.

[Roy]

What's your nickname for him?

[Dave Damashek]

Look. Overrated.

[Dan LeBatard]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugach.

[Mike Ryan]

Hold on.

[Dan LeBatard]

We gotta do something for the first 10 minutes here. I don't know.

[Mike Ryan]

To America.

[Dan LeBatard]

You don't know?

[Mike Ryan]

No, Slash is kind of like a little ambiguous.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right. Had a great time. Jewish, is he?

[Roy]

Yeah, of course.

[Mike Ryan]

He's got quite the tan.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's my dog right there. I knew it.

[Mike Ryan]

Guns N Roses, Pearl Jam, Springsteen.

[Roy]

Who else did we mention that was incredibly white? Dude, Slash's name is Saul Hudson.

[Dave Damashek]

Huh?

[Mike Ryan]

He's a Saul. Wow.

[Roy]

Better call him.

[Mike Ryan]

Is he only Jewish?

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah, but his father is Jewish. Right.

[Dan LeBatard]

So when I got to the Hard.

[Dave Damashek]

That's legal. Everybody, though, I feel some.

[Roy]

He has refuted the claims.

[Mike Ryan]

Semitic warriors on the case. He. Okay, thank you. Semitic warrior. I. I'm a little tinge of Sicilian. That's what I'm hoping for.

[Dan LeBatard]

So when I got to the Hard Rock last night, right before I went into the building, into the Hard Rock Live, you know, there's the sports bar next to it. My wife and I, we order a drink, and I look up at the screen there, and I see the score of the Knicks Hawks game. And it says it was like 61 to 19. What the hell? Like, how could that even be a real. How many points were they ahead by at one point?

[Mike Ryan]

Like, what was Slash? Black parent.

[Roy]

Dad is English, mom is African American.

[Dan LeBatard]

We got a Jew mixed in there.

[Roy]

No, he was named. Named after the cartoonist, Saul Steinberg, a New Yorker.

[Mike Ryan]

Racially ambiguous.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right, there you have it.

[Mike Ryan]

Play on.

[Dan LeBatard]

I couldn't believe the score.

[Dave Damashek]

So he's not a bar mitzvah?

[Dan LeBatard]

No. All right, that was a falsehood right there. So, you know, look, if you had the Hawks plus 50 last night, you were a loser. You know, maybe you should have bought the hook. Maybe a little bit more, you'd have come out a winner. But we'll get to all the basketball shocking stuff. But I do want to actually mention the hockey here. And the Anaheim Ducks advanced last night. They knock out Conor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers. And this is very appropriate because you may know, you know, one of the, one of the few things, sometimes you got to take a stance. Sometimes you gotta. You gotta push in the opposite direction. And that's what Greg Cody did a couple of years ago. All right, so Connor McDavid, who now loses in the first round to the lower seated Anaheim Ducks. Greg Cody's got some bragging rights.

[Dave Damashek]

Connor McDavid, where have you gone? You've been pissing in the wind out on the ice. How fast you have skated without having won. But after all these years, it's no surprise you, you didn't face construction and you couldn't beat the dust, so your stomach overrated in my eyes. Connor McDavid, where did you go? The extension wasn't what you hoped it'd be. You didn't face the chuck and you couldn't beat the dust, so your stomach overrated to me. Yeah, you did as well face Kachuk. Then you couldn't beat the Ducks. Yeah, you're still.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's a catchy song. Let's give it up for Greg. We could actually.

[Dave Damashek]

Let's.

[Dan LeBatard]

Let's give a toast to Greg Cody. What a great job.

[Roy]

Toast to Greg Cody getting it right

[Dave Damashek]

three years in a row.

[Roy]

It's worth a toast thanks to Cuervo. Greg Cody.

[Dan LeBatard]

What a guy. Did the Florida Panthers break the Edmonton Oilers two years in a row? The Panthers took that ass. And then you get the whole conversation this past off season about McDavid and is he going to remain in Edmonton and gives like. It's like a show me short little extension that he signs. And then the result of that is to lose in the fir. Have a really frustrating regular season and then to lose in the first round to the lower seated Anaheim ducks. So Connor McDavid's now a very big story. Mike, did the Panthers break the Oilers?

[Mike Ryan]

I think you can argue that they broke each other. Those were physical series, back to back years, both those teams making it all the way. In one instance, playing the last possible game available. Dude, I think you could make an argument that that takes a lot out of you. And we saw that the Panthers kind of crumbled under it. I mean, the very first second Barkov stepped on the ice, his knee gave out. So I think you can make the argument for both. However, the Oilers actually made the playoffs. They did not have the same kind of injury problems during the regular season. Hell, nobody really had them compared to the Florida Panthers. This is a tough look for the Edmonton Oilers because while Coach Q has been there before and there are some veterans on this Anaheim team and we do like them, that's still the Anaheim Ducks. Right? That's their first try in the playoffs in several years. That is quite embarrassing, Roy. You can probably say they broke themselves. I mean, goaltenders getting worse. And they made a trade. They traded Stuart Skinner to Pittsburgh for Tristan Jari. They gave up the eighth most goals in the league this season.

[Roy]

That is the wildest thing to me how bad their goal is situation has been the last few years.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes. And it's been an issue the entire year. So look, we tee off on Pat Riley. How could you not get a star to paragraph next to Jimmy Butler for the Oilers? There was one issue with this team. It was the most obvious thing. You don't have a goalie. That's good enough. This year they really took some swings and it felt like they didn't have confidence in anybody. They kept doing this yo yo thing with the position. Real bad window to be wasted when we're Talking about Connor McDavid as a generational player. And Draisaitl is not bad in his own right. Bouchard leads all defensemen in points. This is a disaster. Dave Damaschek, not bad.

[Dave Damashek]

Leon Draisaitl is considered one of the top five hockey players on the planet earth right now, just behind his pal Connor McJesus. And yet they haven't paired up to win a single Stanley Cup. And it's funny that it would happen against Anaheim because that used to be the home of the one A answer to what pair of superstars have never won a title together? And that would be Shoehe Ohtani and Mike Trout way back when that era is over with. This persists up in Edmonton and now McJesus, in my opinion, has an important decision to make. Sincerely. Do you want to do you like your neighborhood in Edmonton so much? Your teammates, the uniforms or otherwise? That will keep you there out of some sense of loyalty. And if I'm going to win a Stanley Cup, I want it to be as an Edmonton Oiler or shame the devil or are you more in line with. I don't think there's a. It's disgraceful if you're. You were Kevin Durant 10 or 15 years ago whenever it was to say I need that ring to validate everything else and so therefore I need to move on. I'm.

[Dan LeBatard]

But it would be like. But you know, what with the, with the Durant comparison, Dave, it would be like if McDavid left this. You know, he's on a free agent, but like, if he wore a free agent, he went and he joined the Avalanche.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah, kind of. I do, I mean, I don't want to get in the way back about that debate about kd, but I do think for a minute there he was, with all due respect to Steph Curry, the best player on at least one of those dubs title winners. But either way, yes, I, I, I'm picking up what you're laying down. But you know, I do think that are you really, if you're, I mean, you can transcend just the sport of hockey to make it more compelling to everybody out there. By the way, I'm feeling the same pain as McJesus is as a Crosby fan. We both lost to teams wearing way too much orange. But, but at least I, Sidney Crosby and I can look back at the three Stanley Cups we won. McJesus is the one who should be incented to try to move this, this discussion, Zaz said before the show started, is it, Has Crosby played his last game in Pittsburgh? Like, no. Why would, why would he have played his last?

[Dan LeBatard]

I don't have a crystal ball.

[Dave Damashek]

Who needs the why? Okay. I don't need one. Sidney Crosby has no reason to want out of Pittsburgh. What, what about his career requires the gilding of the lily for him?

[Mike Ryan]

I would argue the losing.

[Dave Damashek]

Jesus, if he wants to do this with a Stanley cup, he better get out of Edmonton.

[Mike Ryan]

Perhaps the losing. Just throwing a possible reason is the losing and the no appearances in the second round for a while. And keep in mind, Connor McDavid was not great this series either. I mean, he had a going five assist, but he was a minus eight on the ice for 13 goals and. Excellent. That's an excellent point by Roy is. I think the story here is it's been some time since Connor McDavid has been consistently good in the playoffs. Like, we're talking about several games here. Now, you can understand him go back

[Dan LeBatard]

to his last two playoff series, this one and the last one last year.

[Mike Ryan]

You can, yeah, you can understand going up against the Florida Panthers, a team that is uniquely equipped with how great their forecheck was and, and arguably. Okay, again, you have two rings that are presently up your butt.

[Dan LeBatard]

Up yours and around the corner.

[Dave Damashek]

I also heard you say, Mike Ryan say about three or four minutes ago, nobody had the injuries this year. And then he said, like the Florida Panthers, which I feel like from the word like on was was all a bunch of jive because the Florida Panthers didn't have the injuries that the Florida Panthers allegedly. That they, that they had. Yes, I get Sasha Barkov got hurt at some point, but the rest of it was not a small thing.

[Mike Ryan]

At some point. At some point he got hurt.

[Dave Damashek]

I'm talking about that they did the same gamesmanship crap with Tony when you're allowed with injuries. And all of that kind of basically goes into back end of the season. They had no Dave Damachek.

[Mike Ryan]

How about the last two right up here. Shove him so far up them that it clogs his throat a little bit because his points are just that of a hating ass hater. What the hell are you talking about? They're the most hurt team in the league. And, and it wasn't like Evan Rodriguez. It was even though he got hurt too. It was like they're super.

[Dave Damashek]

Hand out of my face, Mike Ryan, get your hand out of my face.

[Mike Ryan]

They had over 500 man games lost, David. I mean, don't, don't, you know, you don't need energy.

[Dave Damashek]

I'm not telling you.

[Dan LeBatard]

You're.

[Dave Damashek]

You're looking back at the injury report and saying, well, look, they didn't play. They didn't dress so they were injured. Doesn't mean they were actually injured. They decided like, well, we're not playing.

[Mike Ryan]

No, it does mean.

[Dan LeBatard]

It actually does mean they were actually embarrassing yourself, Dave.

[Mike Ryan]

We're an original seven franchise and you're jealous.

[Dave Damashek]

Wait, so everybody. There was just a plague that swept through south Florida.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes.

[Dave Damashek]

Resulted in the injuries of all the.

[Mike Ryan]

You want to know what the plague was? Reaching the Stanley cup final three straight

[Dan LeBatard]

seasons and winning it twice.

[Dave Damashek]

Okay.

[Dan LeBatard]

You know, doing this now, the cup, doing this.

[Dave Damashek]

Oh, I've done this.

[Mike Ryan]

Common misnomer.

[Dave Damashek]

I've done this.

[Mike Ryan]

No, no, common repeated that. They only went to two straight. They actually went to three straight. Remember Matthew Tkachuk cracked his sternum and came back and had a game winning assist against the biggest Golden.

[Dave Damashek]

Of course I do. It's Gretzky's favorite team. I know all about the Florida Panthers. You understand I've done this, right? Well, I mean I've physically done this with, with the silver up over my head. Then I put some city beer in it, then I drank it down.

[Dan LeBatard]

Can we get an update here?

[Dave Damashek]

Stanley Cups, people in Miami telling, telling.

[Mike Ryan]

What was the last time you did that? When was the last time you put

[Dave Damashek]

the cup over your head that they know about that they know what it is to, to Be a champion over and over again.

[Dan LeBatard]

Look at this. Put that down. Title town.

[Mike Ryan]

What are you talking about?

[Dave Damashek]

That's right.

[Dan LeBatard]

You know about that parade on the beach?

[Mike Ryan]

I high fived Ryan Lomberg after he went up a stripper pole. They dipped the Stanley cup in the ocean.

[Dan LeBatard]

He poured a beer on me. I told Paul Morris I love him. And he said it back.

[Roy]

Stood behind Sam Bennett in the bathroom

[Dave Damashek]

at Liv Iron City from a Stanley Cup. The end.

[Dan LeBatard]

Don Libertard.

[Roy]

You have some hot takes today, Joe Chestnuts.

[Dave Damashek]

Oh, he's on fire. He calls Connor McDavid overrated before the show.

[Mike Ryan]

What the hell was that, Greg?

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah. No, I love it.

[Mike Ryan]

Stugats.

[Dave Damashek]

Roy, let me explain it to you. And not that you need, you know, more about hockey. And this is coming from a guy

[Roy]

that's watched Conor play six times, right?

[Dave Damashek]

If that.

[Dan LeBatard]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugach. Can we get an update here on day five of keep Michael your mark the hell away from the University of Miami. I feel like it's actually going pretty strong. I get lots of messages, like, on social media with. With fans who are. Are very upset at the prospect of him even being a candidate to be the next athletic director at the University of Miami. And I'll get people, hey, Zazlo, why is he so bad? And then I explain it very simply. He's a terrible, terrible man. And everyone's like, okay, great. Well, you know, I don't want that snake oil anywhere near the Miami Hurricanes. Thank you for. For enlightening us, Zaslow. And the people who do know Mike Ryan, they're very pleased as well that there seems to be this wave of negativity surrounding the idea, just the idea right now, that Michael Yormark is even a candidate for athletic director as Dan Radakovich stepped up.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, when has anybody ever really worked up this much emotion around administrator? This is not what they had envisioned, and it's certainly not what Michael Yormark envisioned several months ago when he started posturing for this job. As you mentioned, the reaction to this has been toxic.

[Dan LeBatard]

I don't think I've seen anyone support the idea that he would be a good candidate.

[Mike Ryan]

No, I mean, yeah, actually, Gary Fuhrman wrote, like, a very glowing article about Michael Yormark. I think he called it the deal maker at the door and did come

[Dan LeBatard]

out right after Gruden was formulating his staff.

[Mike Ryan]

That is something in the past there. But the dealmaker at the door doesn't exist. At least when he had the opportunity to make all the deals down here. Twenty years ago, he was famously bad at making deals. A lot of self dealing, giving people, as David Sampson mentioned, his contemporaries in the market that were also team presidents were left in a lurch because they would go to potential sponsors and be like, why would I pay you for the signage when I can get it for free? From Michael your mark in the Florida panel.

[Dan LeBatard]

I was stunned hearing that yesterday. I did not even know that.

[Mike Ryan]

Very bad reputation. But you remember what Vince McMahon said after Survivor series 1997. Oh, yeah, Brett screwed Brett.

[Dan LeBatard]

He was right, actually.

[Mike Ryan]

And I think what happened here was Michael Yormark was counting on this being done and dusted in shady back rooms and never being brought to light.

[Dan LeBatard]

And then just one day they were going to announce, hey, he's new ad.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, like a thief in the night. And the fact that Miami is doing a proper search and his name was out there gave Miami and those unfamiliar with Michael your mark. Because let's be real, University of Miami administrators probably weren't familiar with Florida Panthers hockey 20 years ago.

[Dan LeBatard]

Right.

[Mike Ryan]

And this gave people an opportunity to say, no, no, no, this suit is about as bad as it gets in this market. And you are making a terrible mistake because there's actually a lot of people familiar with the Florida Panthers who also happen to love the Miami Hurricanes athletic department. And this would be a bad personality clash, not just from like a business failings thing, because maybe he can learn from his failures of 20 years. I don't know how much he can change. And the person that I worked under for two years during an NHL lockout seems to be a bad personality.

[Dan LeBatard]

I saw the way he treated people. Absolutely awful.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't see how that meshes with Mario Cristobal. I don't see how that meshes with Joe Echeverria. These people. I'm sure he's charmed them and that's what he does.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, that's how you become a good snake oil salesman.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. But trust me, when BLEEP starts hitting the fan and it comes time to, you know, let your real personality show, that is not a personality that I think fits with the Miami Hurricane. So, Zaz, I would say keep it up. If you're against Michael Jormurk being the athletic director at the University of Miami, people have not been shy. Really reputable people in the market like Will Manto comes out and says stuff. That stuff matters. Dan's voice matters. And these things are reaching the University of Miami.

[Dan LeBatard]

So if I could just mention our great guys with the tv, they put up a couple of pictures of your mark, but it was actually Brett, your mark, because it was standing next to the Big 12 Champions Trophy.

[Mike Ryan]

Twin brothers.

[Dan LeBatard]

But they're identical twins. But here's the thing. Like, I'm pointing that out, but, like, does it even matter? They lit. They're totally identical. It's like. Like, does it even matter if you put up Brett York? They're the same.

[Mike Ryan]

There is a. There. Yeah, there's an example. Like, Brett, your mark. I think, like, two weeks ago, the Texas Tech head football coach came out publicly and, like, I don't want to be playing these Friday night games. I mean. And Bret, your mark came out as a yormark does and belittled Texas Tech's head coach, saying he's not in charge here.

[Dan LeBatard]

And the boosters, too. I think he mentioned, yeah, he's done

[Mike Ryan]

this, and that's the big personality. And maybe that draws. I do think people often confuse alpha behavior with guys that can just end up being jerks. And when I was at the Florida Panthers for two years, again, this was 20 years ago. Michael Yormorck was a jerk to people, and he wasn't a good businessman. So I don't really know what we're

[Dan LeBatard]

doing here, and I'll. I'll just say it. And we could put a nice bow on this today, and then we could reconvene on Monday, which will be day eight of keep Michael d' ormark the hell away from the University of Miami. But he should just take his name out of the running. Like, Michael, you're Mark. You should take your name out of the running. No one wants you here. No one wants you back in south Florida.

[Dave Damashek]

He also looks very much like he would be well suited to play an adversary of Murton Rick. Yeah, doesn't he?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dave Damashek]

Looks like somebody they would have crossed paths with at some point.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. You wear a mock turtleneck that often, you fit that bill.

[Dan LeBatard]

Jeremy, I'm gonna give you a chance here to shine, all right?

[Dave Damashek]

Ooh.

[Dan LeBatard]

You must be excited for this weekend because the Marlins are hosting the Phillies this weekend. Marlins coming off of a series victory over the Dodgers.

[Roy]

That's right.

[Dan LeBatard]

But the Marlins hosting the Phillies this weekend, who are now managed by Don Mattingly.

[Roy]

Yeah, Donnie. Baseball. A little bit of nepo daddy. Reverse nepotism, I'd call it.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, verse nepotism.

[Roy]

He hired his dad, Preston Mattingly, not Don Mattingly's dad.

[Mike Ryan]

That's just nepotism, I believe. I don't think there's. I don't think. I don't think that's reverse nepotism. I think, I think nepotism is a catch all. It doesn't. Even though you go up the chain.

[Roy]

I think it's reverse.

[Mike Ryan]

No, I mean we've seen this with Lane Kiffin and Monty Kiffin. I don't think it's reverse nepotism. It's just nepotism. It's up the chain, huh?

[Roy]

Hey, you're up there.

[Dave Damashek]

I'm hiring you. Reverse down.

[Dan LeBatard]

Dave, is that reverse or is that just nepotism? That's interesting. I've thought.

[Roy]

Donnie, baseball works hard for the record

[Dave Damashek]

when you go back into the family lineage, right? Is that reverse?

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know.

[Dave Damashek]

Let's just get. I'm with Mike Ryan. We have enough to. It's all just nepotism these days. Well, either way, just go with nepa.

[Roy]

Preston Mattingly is the general manager. That's Don Mattingly son. And so Don Mattingly was, was one of the like a bench coach with Philadelphia. When they fired Rob Thompson, he becomes the manager, thus his son hiring him. Either way, they had offered the job to Alex Cora before they had Don Mattingly step in anyway. But they're three and oh, in the Donnie baseball era in Philadelphia, they were nine.

[Dan LeBatard]

And I always liked Mattingly. I was always a big fan.

[Roy]

Awesome guy, awesome guy. And really, like I said it on the pitch clock yesterday, but the perfect type of manager for a veteran team like Philly that just needed someone to go, hey, long season ahead of us. But they're, they're playing good baseball. They walked off twice yesterday. First team in 22 years to walk off twice in the same day on both games of their doubleheader against the Giants. And now they come in playing pretty good ball. It's a four game set start of a 10 game home stand for the Marlins, who are four over 500 down here thus far this season. Tonight, Star Wars Day, Yacht rock Sunday.

[Dave Damashek]

Huh?

[Roy]

Can I entice any of you to come out?

[Dan LeBatard]

I love yacht.

[Mike Ryan]

They're not doing a boat. They don't have a game on May, May 4th.

[Roy]

They do, but it's Monday and I don't know. I don't know. They're doing it today.

[Dan LeBatard]

When do you think is the last time someone said yacht rock, huh?

[Roy]

Hey man, if you don't like yacht rock, that's your loss.

[Mike Ryan]

It did have a huge resurgence. Yacht rock.

[Roy]

No, Gen Z loves yacht.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, there's yacht rock. You love all this other bad rock.

[Dave Damashek]

Why don't you like y' all Rock.

[Dan LeBatard]

Rock. The hell is yacht rock?

[Mike Ryan]

Stuff you listen to on the yacht.

[Dan LeBatard]

Is that like Matchbox 20? Is that

[Dave Damashek]

once they fold it in, they got a big win by getting to claim Steely Dan did the yacht rock community. Either way, what's the weirdest name for a baby out of the little conversation that Jeremy just had there? Is it Preston? That's a weird name for a Wolverine. He's a grown man. You can get away with it.

[Dan LeBatard]

It.

[Dave Damashek]

But. Or. Or is it Don?

[Dan LeBatard]

Don?

[Dave Damashek]

What's it. What's that little sweetie's name? Don. Donald? Don. Donnie. Weird.

[Dan LeBatard]

Or.

[Dave Damashek]

Or is it Jeremy? Jeremy is like. Jeremy is kind of not. You know, I'm not.

[Mike Ryan]

No, go on. We're gonna lock in our abs.

[Dave Damashek]

It's weird name for a baby and for a grown up and for a grown up. Am I right? Like, if you were. If you were. If you were a baby named Jeremy, would you be. Would you be like, hey, Dave, Jay and Stephen. Stephen A. Stephen A Does like, no, no, I'm not Steve. Please. It's Stephen A. So if somebody were to meet, like, oh, hi, Jerry. How are you? Like, no, no, I'm not Jerry. I'm Jeremy. Is that. Is that the way everybody else in the room would go or Jerome.

[Roy]

What the is happening right now?

[Mike Ryan]

I. I was gonna say Preston, but he did make a compelling case. I now think it's a weird name.

[Dave Damashek]

Pearl Jam.

[Roy]

Them songs as.

[Dave Damashek]

Back me up, dude.

[Mike Ryan]

Hey, you don't want to be that Jeremy. Yeah, you don't want to be that Jeremy. What do you say? You don't want to know what that Jeremy said.

[Dan LeBatard]

He spoke in class.

[Mike Ryan]

He's spoken class.

[Roy]

I'm speaking on the show with Dave. Relax, bro.

[Dave Damashek]

Did that put a stake back up? That put a stink on you, Tashay. When you were growing up, the. The Pearl Jam song, did people invoke that around you?

[Roy]

No, it came out before I was born, so I didn't have kids bullying me for a Pearl Jam song.

[Mike Ryan]

That's always a good counter punch. Remind somebody.

[Dave Damashek]

Would you go with Jerry if you were. If you were Tach Mike Ryan, would you be like, no, no, please call me Jerry.

[Mike Ryan]

I like the name Jeremy. If I had a son, Jeremy would be in the running. Prior to. That was. Prior to meeting. You'd name him after Jeremy, Tashay. No, I would name him after Jeremy Shockey. Touche. That's shocking.

[Dan LeBatard]

I would go with Jeeves. Just destined to be a butler.

[Mike Ryan]

I haven't met a Preston. I haven't met a Preston.

[Roy]

Preston Wilson.

[Mike Ryan]

I haven't met a Preston. Hey, it's Mike Ryan, and I want to talk to you about the random midweek hang that you have with your friends. May, it's an NBA game. You get a text, hey, come over. You wanna watch the game? And maybe you're like, ah, I don't know, I kinda just wanted to stay home. And then you think about it after your buddy hits you up and you know, just the thing that'll make that regular hang, that regular midweek hang around the basketball game into a special time, into a Miller time. That's right. This happened to me just last week. I grabbed a six pack of Miller Lite, said I was on my way, and next thing you know, we're arguing about rotations like we're on the coaching staff yelling about a missed call, and the game's coming down in the final possession. It was one of those nights that you look around, you take a sip and you think, yeah, this was the right call and my friendship's stronger for it. Cheers to legendary moments with Miller Lite. Great taste. 96 calories. Go to millerlight.com dan to find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. It's Miller time. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces.