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Dan LeBatard
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Stugotz
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Dan LeBatard
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Chris Cody
Oh, right this way.
Dan LeBatard
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Chris Cody
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Greg Cody
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Chris Cody
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Greg Cody
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Billy
Show with the Stugats podcast.
Mike Ryan
This episode of the Dan LeBatard show with Stugats is presented by Venmo.
Chris Cody
We really appreciate our sponsors around here, especially over the last four years because they have, in the podcast industry a pretty crappy space. So many people and involved so many people not knowing how to make a business of it. Our sponsors have made us a hugely vibrant thing in the industry. So I will thank Venmo for its support and I will ask again, Cody and Stugot, in a way meant to shame them if they have Venmo on their phone and if they're ready to pay fines. Because Venmo, a sponsor that supports us. Right, has been added to this segment and the return of the fine bucket. Because you guys are to respect the sponsors, because the sponsors respect us by supporting us with an audience that appreciates the amount of content we make every day. So I know I'm not Iron Fist guy. I can't get anyone to wear a costume, wear a grid of death punishment. I'm going to cancel Grit of Death and you guys are going to be happy. And we're not going to be able to have the sponsor because we're just going to get rewarded for people not doing things.
Greg Cody
I'm all caught up. I mean.
Billy
Yeah, me too.
Stugotz
I think so too.
Chris Cody
So the general rebellion around here, it needs to stop in the face of sponsors that are more supportive than any we have ever had. And you you still don't have your Venmo, you've said.
Billy
Yeah, it's installed in my phone.
Chris Cody
You know how to do it?
Billy
Of course.
Mike Ryan
I got them set up.
Stugotz
No, no, Greg knows how to do it.
Billy
All taken care of.
Chris Cody
Can you? While you owe money from previous fines, you have not paid and it is still owed.
Billy
But the thing is that those aren't legally retroactive.
Stugotz
Yeah. I think it only starts once you've downloaded Venmo.
Greg Cody
That is fair, right?
Billy
It all starts when you. You install Venmo in your machine.
Stugotz
Yeah, in your machine.
Greg Cody
You're getting to it, huh?
Billy
It's done.
Stugotz
It's done. Moving forward, they all count, you know.
Billy
It was a loose end that I tied up.
Stugotz
Yeah. Coming out day. You know what I mean?
Billy
Exactly, Zagaki.
Greg Cody
I mean, are you doubting whether or not we paid our Venmo fines? I paid one yesterday. $2. I labeled it London Fletcher. I mean, you did.
Chris Cody
You gave it.
Mike Ryan
Because Venmo makes it easy. You can label every transaction right there.
Greg Cody
Two bucks.
Chris Cody
So I. I want to offer by way of apology. It's one of the dangers of doing this live.
Greg Cody
I'll.
Chris Cody
We had a good joke set up at the end of the last segment. It was right there. All it required was a clean edit.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Chris Cody
And we stumbled and fell down on our face. I want to say we will do better, but we will not.
Greg Cody
Huh?
Chris Cody
It could have been a good joke, though, right? It was right there for us.
Greg Cody
We should strive for better, though.
Chris Cody
The Jet. The jets make it very easy. Stu got these losers giving press conferences. Make it very easy. We look believe this show is now officially jaded enough that no matter how much coaching carousel talk you want to do, we're all going to find it funny. Wait, people want Mike McCarthy, the guy who won once with what was then Josh Allen?
Mike Ryan
I'm telling you, that's a weird 1. Mike McCarthy. I have not noticed the difference between the media perception and the perception in the league. He's not thought of as this bumbling joke that we think of him as the.
Greg Cody
Oh, the players love him. That's what I mean. Yes.
Mike Ryan
Usually I feel like the league and the media are general on the same page with coaches. There's a disconnect with Mike McCarthy and I'm not sure what it is.
Stugotz
What's left with him? Like New Orleans, Right.
Chris Cody
Well, they said Chicago, too. They said somehow Chicago, which I imagine packers fans would welcome. I know.
Stugotz
So it's just New Orleans. Right. That could be the only place for now he doesn't look like someone that would go to Mardi Gras, but looks like everyone that's at Mardi Gras once you get there.
Mike Ryan
Now he looks like Key West.
Billy
Good point.
Dan LeBatard
Dan, which coaching hires do you like? I feel like no matter who gets hired, you make fun of, like, Dan Campbell. We made fun of Liam Cohen. We're making fun of Aaron Glenn, who I feel like he. There's not a huge difference between buckle up and fasten your seatbelt, if you ask me. I guess there's maybe some nuance I'm missing there. Who do you like?
Chris Cody
Okay, so I will answer that question in a second, but Mike McCarthy just going back here at LeBatard Show. Put it on the poll, please. Juju. Does he look more like Mardi Gras or Key West? Because I got Mardi Gras and these are two very different looks.
Stugotz
But he doesn't like. Okay. Unless you've been to Mardi Gras, you don't understand because he doesn't look like Mardi Gras from what you think Mardi Gras is. But once you get to Mardi Gras, it's all Mike McCarthy.
Chris Cody
Yes, that is correct.
Stugotz
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Mike Ryan
Billy's been to Mardi Gras.
Stugotz
Yeah, College, Right.
Greg Cody
You think it's a bunch of young people having a blast, and when you get there, you realize it's all Mike.
Chris Cody
It's a million Mike McCarthy's. They've all got hurricanes in their hands.
Billy
Yeah. He's building a keg.
Chris Cody
A pink, fleshy keg.
Billy
Right.
Chris Cody
And I think Mardi Gras runs away with this because he's got beads around his neck and he is careening from pub to pub.
Mike Ryan
Everything you guys are describing is also Key West.
Chris Cody
That's correct. That is. That you are different.
Greg Cody
Look.
Stugotz
But I don't think there's any, like, pretenses when you go to Key west like Mardi Gras, you're tricked into going thinking it's something else. Listen, if you're a teenage boy growing up, you say, oh, my God, Mardi Gras, the promised land. I know what goes on there. Doesn't go on there. Does not go on there. Doesn't happen at Mardi Gras.
Chris Cody
I disagree. I disagree because I was there with Greg Cody once and he woke up in a hotel room and he had mashed potatoes in his hair after his friend Tom Jordan had dragged him out of a dungeon where he had rip roaring fun that he can't remember.
Stugotz
That's the thing is, as a teenager, I didn't grow up thinking I'd run into Greg Cody and Tom Jordan with mashed potatoes in their hair.
Chris Cody
Tom Jordan looks Exactly like Mike McCarthy. Just thick. Thick. A thick human being. But. But can. Can we talk for a second? Because Jessica's criticism is fair. Because I yawn through all of the coaching hires. Yes. I assume that Ben Johnson will be very good as a coach because the game has been overrun by the. The McDaniels and the. And the McVeighs. And so if you tell me that that's what he is. Okay. And if you tell me that somebody else has hired a 28 year old offensive coordinator now, because that's how we're doing it, I'm like, yeah, we're probably making them younger than we ever have and they're a lot different than Mike McCarthy. But my whole thing about coaching hires over the last 20 years is we've seen enough of them in this town with the Dolphins and Hurricanes, where guys win the press conference, crush the press conference. Al golden crushed the press conference and has spent the rest of his life trying to get back. And now he's a defensive coordinator. Because largely these guys come in. Leadership is difficult. And I don't happen to believe that many of them can bring just some sort of culture of I can do this better than the other guy can. And now we're where the nerds are on. No, this is all computers now and taking advantage of tight windows. And it's gonna be 30 year olds thrown to Puka Nakua in space. You know what I mean? That. That's what the fight's gonna be. Not Mike McCarthy, not Saquon Barkley running the ball all over the place.
Dan LeBatard
I'm just saying the jets are a dumpster fire and everything they do is prob, but we're being very preemptively mean about a coach who was a great player, had a good track record as a coordinator, and now is being promoted to a head coach who Stugatz like, already is. Like, he wants to retire. He's only 52. He's not like some ancient old man. He might be a good coach. I don't know.
Mike Ryan
The best proof that these press conferences mean nothing. Nick Sirianni famously had a terrible introduction.
Chris Cody
Oh, my God, it was so bad. Oh, my God.
Greg Cody
Yes.
Mike Ryan
And look at him now.
Dan LeBatard
You didn't stop mocking him until literally weeks ago, though.
Greg Cody
But it's a crapshoot, right? Like we yawned at Dan Quinn. We yawned when Kevin O'Connell was. Was hired as the Vikings head coach. He's now one of the best head coaches of the NFL. I mean, it's all a crapshoot. We have no idea if any of these guys are going to be good, including Ben Johnson.
Billy
Right. I mean, Dan Campbell, who turned out to be pretty good, was an interim coach with the Dolphins. They didn't even hire.
Mike Ryan
That was an epic press conference, though. Eat your kneecaps.
Billy
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Chris Cody
But all. But all of this stuff is interesting to me. Right. We love leadership so much. And I believe most people listening to this do believe that Pete Carroll has a thing.
Greg Cody
Well, he does.
Chris Cody
That he can bring to the Raiders. And in his case, it might just be infectious energy and something that feels a little more positive than whatever the bleak darkness is of losing or winning no playoff games for 22 years in that sport. So maybe Tom Brady and Pete Carroll can concoct something that resembles leadership. But so many of these people, like Urban Meyer, come in with a plan and the assumption that they can do something that will impact an environment. And then there are professional problems everywhere. And you need Mike McCarthy to be your trusty veteran janitor. Cuz he's been there before and he could probably. He could probably put a staff together that won't be filled with idiots and can work with everyone from Jerry Jones to the public that funds that team in Green Bay and only wins one championship with Aaron Rodgers.
Dan LeBatard
Ben Johnson also closer in age to Aaron Glenn than Aaron Glenn is to Pete Carroll.
Greg Cody
Wow. Huh? I like the idea of McCarthy showing up to his next job with a mop.
Chris Cody
I mean, you guys do think it's funny, right? That at the top of the food chain and leadership in the most valuable business that there is in American sports that McCarthy would turn down Jerry Jones. What did you see from the Cowboys this year that made you think they belonged in the game? We just saw with two of their division rivals that are better and younger. Like what. What proof did you not see that they are galaxies away?
Greg Cody
I mean, they had three 12 win seasons before this season.
Chris Cody
And on McCarthy's watch, he fails. And Jerry Jones wasn't going to let him go. When the American public had fired him before Thanksgiving, they were losing home games by 20 points in the most expensive stadium in America.
Greg Cody
I think it's ridiculous for you guys to think that Jerry Jones doesn't have a plan here. This is a brilliant guy, a very smart business guy, and yes, he wants and probably has too much control over the football team that he owns. But Jerry Jones, I think, probably has a plan because this hire is so outlandish and so out of left field. This is not Mike McCarthy. This is not, you know, Bill Parcells. This is a guy who has no head coaching experience, and it leads me to believe he's a bridge. He's a bridge that leads to either Deion Sanders or Bill Belichick, who told him, hey, I need to at least coach one year at Carolina. And in Dion's case, he said, hey, Jerry, listen, hire Schottenheimer. I'll be ready in a year. I can't leave Colorado the second my son leaves.
Chris Cody
Bad luck, North Carolina. Oh. Oh, Deion, you've still got Dion in the game.
Greg Cody
I have Dion and Belichick. I think Schottenheimer is a bridge coach, and I think he's okay with being a bridge coach.
Billy
Good point.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Dan LeBatard
As a conspiracy theory. You know what? Fine. I'll take it.
Greg Cody
Thank you.
Dan LeBatard
Hate it. I hate it so much. But why not?
Billy
I think you're right.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Billy
I also think this has to have been a mutual parting. I can't believe that Jerry Jones is going. No, Mike, please, please stay.
Chris Cody
Well, they seem to have been surprised. And Diana. I do trust her reporting. Like Diana is not being flippant about these things. She's. She proves it all the time that her information's good. Billy, why are you making.
Stugotz
Making ask about Spain?
Greg Cody
Yeah, that's right.
Chris Cody
You should have reach out to her. She probably knows. She could probably just find out for you.
Billy
Well, you could ask Sarah Spain as well.
Stugotz
Oh, that's a good idea, Greg.
Chris Cody
Are you just going to do the Tony Kornheiser thing? I hope your life where it's just a Tourette's, where any name, any word that's a name will allow that. You're going to do that?
Billy
Yeah, I promise.
Chris Cody
Okay. Thank you. I. I want to notice it from now on, add it to your collection of wonderful idiosyncrasies that. But it is the laziest wa. That's the laziest way to age. Comedic?
Billy
I don't think so. It's my exercise. Metal gymnastics.
Chris Cody
Somebody says Spain, and you just say Sarah Spain.
Billy
Yeah, you have to.
Greg Cody
If there was a game in Rome, you would ask Jim.
Billy
Jim.
Greg Cody
Right.
Billy
Yeah. You have to. Why deny the obvious?
Dan LeBatard
Was this more awkward than when Al Duncan called? Chris.
Mike Ryan
Greg, let's relive it.
Greg Cody
This.
Mike Ryan
This was awkward with Diana right here.
Dan LeBatard
Say hi to Riley Leonard for me, Diana.
Billy
Oh.
Mike Ryan
All her thoughts on Riley Leonard.
Dan LeBatard
Say hi to Riley Leonard for me, Diana.
Chris Cody
Oh, it's a magical chemistry you two have.
Greg Cody
There's only six quarterbacks.
Stugotz
Did you shorten that? Because it felt a Lot longer in real time.
Dan LeBatard
She was gonna say, see him tell. Say hi to Riley Leonard for me, Diana.
Chris Cody
Yep. It's important that that that be in the middle of our interview.
Dan LeBatard
And there was dead silence. Because I don't know if you guys have heard of the Senior Bowl. I would have said, actually the Senior bowl was Sunday when Poppy and Greg were both here doing the watch along. But then I felt like that was a cheap shot at Greg. Sorry, Greg.
Billy
That's okay.
Chris Cody
Would have been a good joke.
Billy
I got broad shoulders. That sounds like a crow cawing. That sound that Diana made.
Chris Cody
Does it?
Billy
Oh.
Chris Cody
We failed in doing too much football with her. Instead of talking about some of the things going on in her life because that always has some funny spillage around it. But. But when we talk about these ridiculous things, when Stugat says. And this one, this one's super interesting to me and also a bit baffling. But even Dominique Foxworth, who is, you know, really smart, he went to a table with Jerry Jones, sat down to negotiate with him, and when sitting at that table, presumed for a good amount of time, oh, this person knows what they're doing and got to this position because they're brilliant. And then negotiations started and he was like, oh no he's not. No, he's not. Why do we do this thing where if you have billions of dollars cuz you knew how to do something with oil, you are then a brilliant businessman.
Greg Cody
In fairness to Jerry Jones, when Dominique sits down at a table, he's usually the smartest guy sitting down at the table.
Chris Cody
I know, but Dominique sat at that table presuming that that wealth bought him some intellect or leadership or palpable ability to make things that a genius that other people don't have. They're just people. They're people with money, sometimes often inherited money, often money not earned or money earned illicitly.
Greg Cody
I mean, I'm rich, but this person.
Chris Cody
Rich you are not.
Greg Cody
Oh no, I'm not.
Chris Cody
Like no one would assume of you. Oh, he's more brilliant than anyone.
Mike Ryan
But even Stugatz does have a good amount of money. So you do the math of. Wow.
Stugotz
Stugatz is someone else changes my tires for me. Rich.
Greg Cody
Ah, Frankie Tires.
Chris Cody
Well, can you guys get that video up now? Can you guys get that video up now? Because Stugots was caught in the parking lot. Frankie Tires, he works security for us. He is. He is someone who keeps the premises safe. And yesterday we caught Stugots in the wild in the parking garage trying to fix his tire. And he couldn't it was a bit of an exercise. Frankie Tires also struggled with it. Correct.
Greg Cody
He did. The problem for Frankie, Frankie Tires. Frankie Tires is probably the greatest changer of tires in the history of the world.
Chris Cody
Okay, Come on.
Greg Cody
No, Dan, I am serious. No one is better or more efficient at changing a tire than Frankie Tires. It's why I call him Frankie Tires. What happened yesterday to Frankie was I was trying to help because I felt so bad asking Frankie to do this. I was trying to help. And at one point, you were the light guy.
Mike Ryan
I see. I can see in this video here you have your phone out with the light on.
Chris Cody
Yeah.
Greg Cody
And at one point, Frankie said, hey, do me a favor. Get the bleep out of my way. You're making it worse. This is taking longer because you're trying to help. So I got out of his way, and, oh, was I ready to go 14 seconds later. It's amazing.
Stugotz
I mean, I see you have your whole set of golf clubs set up behind the car.
Greg Cody
Always got to have them in the car, Bill.
Stugotz
Well, the thing is, is that's. That's another one of your loaners, is it not? So, like.
Greg Cody
No, that's my actual car. I had that car back for a single day, and I got a flat tire. Now, here's the thing. I parked in the parking lot. All four tires were fine. They were fine. There's only one person who parks next to me, and that is Dan. And I'm wondering if Dan somehow bumped into me, maybe slashed my tire. I don't know. Because the tire was fine when I walked in and flat when I walked in.
Mike Ryan
The old accidental slashing of tires.
Chris Cody
I did see Dan with an ice pick on purpose. Like what?
Greg Cody
Oh, not on purpose.
Chris Cody
Well, so what do you have me doing? You have me scraping your car.
Greg Cody
Yeah. Sideswipe something. Something you did something just of the tire? Yeah. Maybe you threw a nail. I don't know.
Billy
Check the security cameras, right?
Stugotz
Yeah.
Billy
I think Dan has ordered the security cameras whitewashed for all of yesterday. I wonder why. Ice pick over here, they used to.
Stugotz
Call him Frankie Tires and Ice Pick.
Greg Cody
Yeah, Danny. Ice picks.
Billy
Yes.
Stugotz
Is that true? Did you slash his tires, Dan?
Greg Cody
Did you?
Billy
I thought about it, didn't deny it.
Chris Cody
How would I slash a tire? What. What weapon do you have me having in my car to slash a tire?
Greg Cody
You're D. Tires.
Chris Cody
I mean, what. But what. What do you have?
Stugotz
He's not. He's Daniel.
Chris Cody
So an ice pick. An ice pick you have. Okay.
Mike Ryan
It is cold out there.
Dan LeBatard
Your cigar cutter.
Stugotz
Yeah, I don't Think, oh, yeah. Could you put out your, like, cigar butt in the. The tire and, like, melt it?
Billy
Yeah.
Chris Cody
I think you guys underestimate. First of all, Stu Gotz has a good car, and his loaners are good, and his tires are good.
Greg Cody
They're not great.
Chris Cody
There are no cheap tires on what it is that Stugatz is driving around. And no, put it on the pole. Juju, can you flatten a tire with a cigar?
Greg Cody
I think you can.
Mike Ryan
Maybe you had at least do it.
Chris Cody
You think I can flatten a car tire with a cigar?
Billy
Sounds like you've tried it before.
Stugotz
Yeah. Have you tried it?
Mike Ryan
The visual of Elise out there, like, doing it for you is funny.
Stugotz
Wouldn't you on Wednesdays?
Chris Cody
Wouldn't you guys imagine that the weapon to take out a tire to flatten a tire, that isn't just, you know, letting the air out of the tire?
Greg Cody
Rambo's machete.
Chris Cody
Yeah, but what. What is the weapon that you imagine I would have to have in my car to do that? I think this is harder than you guys believe it is. If you're accusing me of shaving Stu Gas's tire in an act of rage or whatever the act is. I don't know what the act is. Just to make his life even more difficult than it already is.
Stugotz
Let the air out. Then what? Ha. What was the. What was the damage to the tires, you guys? You got it fixed?
Greg Cody
I mean. Yeah, I brought it in. I have a loaner.
Stugotz
I'll pick up the again for a spare tire.
Greg Cody
You have a loaner, Billy, I said, I just picked up my car. It was being serviced, and I got a flat on the way down here. I mean, not on the way down here. Somehow, magically, I got a flat because of Dan while we were doing the show yesterday.
Mike Ryan
I just imagine you show up there and they're like, all right, we'll be, like an hour. And you're like, no, no, no, give me a loaner.
Billy
I'll be back tomorrow.
Stugotz
I'm starting to think you did this to your own tire just to get a loaner again. Because, like, you've had your car for one day the past, like, six months, right?
Greg Cody
I missed a loaner.
Billy
Do you know why?
Greg Cody
Nice loaner.
Billy
Why did it get flat? Did you see a nail in.
Stugotz
That's what I'm asking. What was the damage?
Greg Cody
Nothing mysterious. We couldn't find it. Yeah.
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What's up? I just bought and financed a car.
Dan LeBatard
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Chris Cody
You, the person who agonized four weeks.
Mike Ryan
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Chris Cody
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Dan LeBatard
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Chris Cody
Didn't even have to do any paperwork.
Billy
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Billy
Don LeBatard what do we got here? I got A Magnum condom. We won't get that out.
Chris Cody
That's shocking. Stugats.
Billy
Here's a picture of Christopher when He was, like, 3 years old right now.
Chris Cody
Next to the condo.
Billy
Yeah.
Chris Cody
Reminder.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Stugotz
Never forget, this is the D. Ler show with the st.
Chris Cody
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Greg Cody
Oh, wow.
Chris Cody
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Greg Cody
Right. You could slash someone's tires.
Chris Cody
That's just starting, though, Right? Like this. That's the early rounds of. Of threatening. Right. Like, I think that you know where this is going to escalate to.
Mike Ryan
More heat talk.
Chris Cody
Yes. No more politics. No more politics.
Greg Cody
Yes, buy flowers.
Chris Cody
That's what's going to happen. Yes. What is going to happen is it will escalate in. I'm just doing a political show for three months.
Mike Ryan
Please. Nobody wants this audience.
Chris Cody
I know. Please know.
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Chris Cody
I'm just telling you that we're just getting started. And help us with the slash, Dan, there, because we want to show 1-800-FLOWERS, and we want to show all our sponsors that when you listen to this show, you're uncommonly loyal. And also, I've got an assortment of threats that I'm going to unleash upon you and your family.
Greg Cody
You love a good slash.
Chris Cody
I mean, it's just getting started with the ice pick to the tires. I tried the cigar. It went out.
Greg Cody
So buy the flowers. Not for your wife, your significant other. Buy them for us.
Chris Cody
No. No. Yeah. Well, yes.
Greg Cody
Well, just to avoid these conversations, yes.
Chris Cody
Buy them for us, but don't send them here. You don't have to. But. But support 1-800-FLowers because they're back as a sponsor, and we are grateful for the people who sponsor us. As I go back on Mike McCarthy, though, because what Chris Cody is Saying is I think pretty interesting. Like if we're most valuable franchise in sports, we overvalue these general people who are managers. And in that case, Mike McCarthy was bringing championship pedigree while being what we all think is an administrative assistant to Jerry Jones. And then embarrassing home losses like by 20 points all the time. Didn't just didn't play a meaningful game. Dak Prescott got hurt, obviously that's part of it. But Mike McCarthy doesn't want to work there anymore. When we do this stuff with the leaders and we all saw in Dan Campbell when he was here, we all spent time laughing at that.
Greg Cody
Yep.
Chris Cody
Is the leader's job to bring the rah rah and then just the coordinators who are outsmarting you. Because one of the interesting things that came from the reporting after Bill's Chiefs is that they were talking in the reporting they were talking to the Bill's center. And I want to read this to you because it's the difference between the super bowl and not so Osiris Torrance, it's a great name. It is Osiris for a center. He's talking about the blitz. He's talking about the Last play on 4th and 5 for the Bills and what it is they were disguising. Mike Ryan called it satanic yesterday. He's like, they set it up is what Torrance says. They set it up. It was like they were waiting to get in that situation all game to bring that one pressure that the whole game they were dropping out of that and they were showing it and dropping out of it and the Bills made the call. It's like the best strategists would bait you in on a fishing line to try and get you in. Just like I'm going to keep doing this and doing this and doing this. And when the game, it gets unpredictable and it becomes they've won 17 straight by this much more than any team in the history of the sport. Field goal here and there. Yes, they've got the best quarterback, but things like that where Josh Allen on 4th and 5 in that situation, you're hopeful if you're the Chiefs. But fourth and five for the Bills is a good situation for the Bills like that. That their ability to get 5 year 45 yards there with Josh Allen in their offense. That's what was happening in that game where you couldn't make one mistake and then at the very end, surprise.
Greg Cody
Yeah. Set up the entire game. That's attention to detail. I mean it is Dan.
Chris Cody
Of course it is. But. But I would also Say to you that when we analyze these coaching hires, they've all tried to get that kind of attention to detail. They all try to be prepared for all of the permutations. And then Eberfluss is doing the game management at the end where you're like, what are they doing? Like, how can it be that incompetent when of course it's gonna look like that sometimes with a rookie quarterback. It's the way it used to look all the time with the rookie quarterbacks. Jaden Daniels is gonna spoil us now. Now we're going to end up in a place where, oh, there's no learning curve anymore. Like, it's not. Can you guys look for me? How many interceptions Peyton Manning threw his first year?
Greg Cody
20 something. I'll look it up. But it was 20 something. 30 maybe. 30, 30, yeah.
Chris Cody
Like it's what it used to be. And we're making the hardest position in sports harder than it's ever been. We're making it for people we're asking to play younger than they have or quicker than they have. And then we entrust their futures to a Dan Campbell who the media can't decide whether he knows what he's doing. Not until he's 14 and 3.
Greg Cody
Right. But I think the important thing for the head coach as it relates to attention to detail is having great coordinators around him. Guys who could potentially be head coaches or have been head coaches. Andy Reid has had that his entire time in Kansas City. He has spags and spags could just focus on what he does best and that's being a defensive coordinator. Dan Campbell had it in Detroit. It's gone. It's going to be interesting to see what it turns into now.
Chris Cody
But you say that, that Andy Reid had it, he had Eric B. Enemy, and now Eric Biennami is going to have trouble finding a job. Like he was a hot coaching candidate cuz he was supposed to be whatever this thing is and then no one hires him to be that thing and then he flames out at UCLA very quickly after falling down the ladder. My larger point is most of the people talking about this don't know what they're talking about when it comes to. Was that a good, good defensive coordinator higher like we saw Fangs down here? He was plenty good. Everybody knows he's good. That's why he gets paid higher than everybody else.
Greg Cody
Right. Like if your name is Fangs or Spags, you could feel pretty good about that hire. I mean you can.
Billy
It is some. A lot of it's the name.
Greg Cody
Yeah. You need a Nickname, Apparently Wink Martindale. Yeah.
Billy
Frankly, Mike McCarthy is a football head coach name.
Greg Cody
You're right.
Billy
You know the new Jackson McCarthy. Yeah. The new Jacksonville coach. Not so much.
Greg Cody
Not a name.
Billy
Yeah.
Greg Cody
I can't get behind that name.
Billy
No, wait a minute.
Chris Cody
Names.
Greg Cody
Oh, names matter.
Billy
Names matter.
Greg Cody
Names matter.
Chris Cody
Liam Cohen. You can't get behind that.
Billy
Is like a physicist.
Greg Cody
Yeah. Not as my football coach.
Chris Cody
Dan Campbell. You can get behind. Of course. Yeah.
Greg Cody
But we mocked it anyway.
Billy
And the man, that guy.
Mike Ryan
But Dan Campbell, if he looks different, doesn't hit his like. That's actually not a great name. We just think it is because of how he looks.
Billy
Yeah. He's a Bill Cower. He's a young Bill Cower.
Dan LeBatard
In appearance, Bowen looks like Mardi Gras.
Greg Cody
Right.
Chris Cody
Billy.
Dan LeBatard
He looks like the South Alabama student that goes down there for the weekend.
Stugotz
Yeah. And out of town or in town for a good time.
Greg Cody
Butter cop.
Chris Cody
What is the best of the coaching names? Because I think there's a thing.
Mike Ryan
Martindale is great.
Chris Cody
Lombardi. I think there's a three syllable count here. McCarthy. Like, I think what we're doing here, you guys are saying Dan Campbell. I think. I think it's a three syllable count. That what you need on the name.
Greg Cody
I'm not certain. Chuck Noel is a great coaching name.
Chris Cody
Yeah, pretty good. But I think it's great because it's two syllables.
Billy
Don Shula, pretty good name.
Stugotz
The cobbler.
Billy
Yeah, the cobbler. Exactly.
Chris Cody
All three. All three syllables.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Chris Cody
McCarthy.
Greg Cody
McCarthy's good.
Billy
And that's what I'm telling you. That's why he keeps.
Chris Cody
What are the bad names? What are the bad names and what are the good names?
Greg Cody
Eber Flu. That's the worst of all time.
Chris Cody
Terrible.
Billy
No matter what you do for a living, you don't want to be named Eber. Fl.
Chris Cody
Put it on the poll at LeBatard show. No matter what you do for a living, do you want to be named Eber Flutes?
Stugotz
I think I'd go to an ENT named Eberfluss.
Greg Cody
Yeah. Dr. Eberfluss. Absolutely.
Chris Cody
Absolutely. That's my nose, ear, nose and throat podiatrist.
Stugotz
I don't know.
Chris Cody
Right.
Greg Cody
Ent. Yes.
Chris Cody
Wait a minute.
Dan LeBatard
Monstad, on the other hand, great name.
Chris Cody
Is it a great coaching name?
Billy
Wonstadt. I think it is pretty good.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Billy
Yeah, I think good, not great. By the way, Eberfluss also sounds like the name of a car, but only an oddball. Volkswagen. A Volkswagen. Eberfluss.
Greg Cody
Nice.
Billy
You know, because they get golf. You know, they. They're the company that Comes up with.
Stugotz
Weird garden one that you couldn't get here, though. It's only available like in Europe.
Billy
Yeah, yeah. And Eberfluss. Mike McDaniel. Good coach's name.
Greg Cody
No, not a.
Billy
Not a good coach's appearance.
Mike Ryan
What are you doing with the name?
Billy
No, Mike McDaniel is a. Is a solid head coach's name. You got to back it up though, with the appearance.
Dan LeBatard
No, Lovey Smith is a solid coach.
Mike Ryan
That's a good one. One decent Lovey.
Billy
No, Lovey.
Dan LeBatard
Lovey Smith.
Greg Cody
Lovey. No, it's decent.
Mike Ryan
Dan Quinn just does nothing for me.
Stugotz
Lovey Smith, a good high school football coach, like in Texas. Lovey Smith could go on to win like 10 out of 12 state championships. You know Dr. McDaniel could touch my feet, right?
Billy
I don't. My head coach named Lovey.
Greg Cody
Really? He can. How about Chuck Knox?
Chris Cody
I don't know what you're doing. The Eber flu. As a podiatrist, why won't you let. You're keeping him above your waist? Like what?
Greg Cody
Just eat.
Chris Cody
Why is Eber flus not allowed near your feet?
Stugotz
I don't understand a podiatrist. He's an ENT.
Billy
Dr. Bendova.
Stugotz
That's my proctologist.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Billy
That was always an old Johnny Carson line. Yeah, I never forgot it. Carson was so good.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Stugotz
What do you think you meant by that?
Billy
You know, it was his proctologist, Dr. Bendova.
Stugotz
Really?
Billy
Yeah. Use your imagination.
Stugotz
The glory hole thing or.
Chris Cody
No, he spelled it B, E, N, D, O, V, A. He was. It was a. He was a foreigner.
Mike Ryan
Cliff Kingsbury. Good coach's name.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Billy
I don't know about that.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Billy
Not Cliff with a K. You can't. You know that's.
Mike Ryan
His last name starts.
Billy
I know, but you don't need that.
Chris Cody
Cliff's a good name. I think.
Greg Cody
Not with a K. Not with a kid. Dan, you questioned a Cliff with a.
Stugotz
K. It's a Greg with a double G situation.
Mike Ryan
Some can't have it. Some coaches with good names never work out. Nathaniel Hackett. Good name.
Billy
No, I don't think so.
Mike Ryan
I mean, what are we doing?
Chris Cody
That is a good name.
Stugotz
Thank you.
Billy
Dan Hacket. No, he's a hack.
Chris Cody
No, nothing. No, you guys are doing this thing.
Greg Cody
Where you just hack it.
Stugotz
He's right.
Billy
Yeah.
Chris Cody
So let's just recap here.
Stugotz
Is he wrong about that?
Greg Cody
I took a hack.
Chris Cody
Well, flute after Dr. Bendova. You guys are just playing the hits. Like, look at the two of you.
Billy
He did take a hack.
Chris Cody
Just the lowest common denominator.
Billy
Humor Hacking it.
Mike Ryan
Pat Shermer.
Greg Cody
That's a terrible name, Rich.
Chris Cody
No, Shermer. That M in there. The M so close to the R. I don't trust any of it.
Billy
Abe Gibbs Gibbon.
Chris Cody
What is that?
Billy
He was the 500 pound Bears coach.
Greg Cody
What decade?
Chris Cody
What year was it?
Billy
70S maybe.
Chris Cody
Okay, Abe Gibbon. Well, the 500 pound. How can you get me the weight in that day. Get me, get me the weight, please, of Abe Gibbon. A truly terrible football coach's name. I'm telling you, we could have spent a month here and I wouldn't have landed there. I would have named all sorts of college coaches, pro coaches, coaches from all sports before I arrived. A 1970s Bears coach who was fat, named Abe.
Stugotz
I'm seeing 5 foot 11, 243.
Billy
Oh, that can't be right.
Greg Cody
No, that's like my size. I have pictures of a Billy. He's way bigger than that.
Billy
Yeah, he was a big man.
Dan LeBatard
1950S, by the way.
Billy
1950S, wow. Good for him.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah, he, he played at Valparaiso in 1948.
Greg Cody
Valpo.
Billy
I don't mean to disparage him, God rest his soul. You know, pretty good head coach. I don't know if he was or not.
Greg Cody
Right.
Billy
He was known for eating.
Chris Cody
Was he in a plane crash?
Greg Cody
42 and 11.
Dan LeBatard
No, hold on. 11 and 30. Oh, that's, that's in one tie.
Billy
It's 11:30.
Chris Cody
If he was in a plane crash, we'd have to say he's a good coach.
Billy
No, a good man.
Greg Cody
Good man.
Billy
Yeah.
Chris Cody
No, I'm willing to extend it to good coach. I'm willing to do this for sports. Figures. As part of your one time Adam.
Greg Cody
Gase gets in a plane crash and survive. Is survives the crash.
Chris Cody
He's a good coach because it's so many years ago that nobody's going to care.
Greg Cody
So is a plane crash away.
Chris Cody
It's Abe Gibson. It's Gabe Gibson in the, in the 50s.
Billy
Gibson.
Greg Cody
Gibson.
Billy
If Abe Gibbon is in a plane crash, you know why?
Dan LeBatard
He died of a brain tumor.
Billy
Oh, I'm sorry.
Greg Cody
Why, Greg?
Billy
Well, you know, heavy. If I'm in a plane, this is. There's no way I can say this without pissing some people off. But, but if I'm in a plane and you're.
Greg Cody
Please don't.
Mike Ryan
No, no, please stop. I know where you're going.
Greg Cody
Let's hear him out.
Chris Cody
No, you know what? Hold on a second. Hold on. I've got an. With Cody here. Hold on. Everybody.
Billy
I know.
Chris Cody
Not surprised that billions do gots Would push everybody. Hold on a second. This is a loving son taking care of his dad.
Mike Ryan
We all know where he's going with this. Come on, we get it.
Chris Cody
Who are you going to piss off, Greg?
Billy
I'm not. I have nothing against people who some would say are overweight.
Greg Cody
Right.
Chris Cody
That's a fine.
Billy
I know. I'm getting right on. Zenmo.
Chris Cody
Venmo.
Billy
Venmo.
Greg Cody
Right. He'll pay his when you pay yours.
Chris Cody
I'm paying it right now. I'm paying it right now.
Billy
So let's see.
Chris Cody
No, I'm paying mine. So go ahead. Let's say. Let's say you pay right now. I'm paying right now. Get yours right now.
Billy
My phone is turned off.
Chris Cody
Here it is. Well, no again.
Greg Cody
And you're in mid thought. Yeah, right.
Billy
No, I don't want to make fun of anybody, but it's a fact that if a 500 pound man is walking down my aisle in a plane.
Dan LeBatard
Nope.
Billy
Followed by another couple of really heavy people, it worries me.
Mike Ryan
Only on Southwest.
Chris Cody
That's a fact that it worries you?
Billy
Yeah. Because you know, you do have to even the weight out left and right. Absolutely true.
Mike Ryan
I've never heard an announcement of like we're going to have to move a few heavy people to the other side.
Greg Cody
They are balancing. Seen the plane the entire time. You guys just don't know it.
Billy
Yes.
Greg Cody
They are moving luggage left and right.
Mike Ryan
Down there, you guys.
Billy
100%.
Greg Cody
Are they 100%?
Mike Ryan
Is that 100%?
Billy
No, it's absolutely true. If there's 40 people on the right side of a plane and 18 on the left, you better believe they're asking some people to move over.
Stugotz
But what happens if they don't?
Billy
Well, you know, you got to do what you got to do.
Chris Cody
Put it on the pole.
Billy
Jude, disobeying a flight attendant is a federal something.
Stugotz
Yeah.
Mike Ryan
Crime.
Chris Cody
Good. I'm glad I waited for you to really close this out there.
Billy
Crime may be a hard one.
Chris Cody
Okay. At Lebatard show. Please, Juju. When there are 40 people on one side of the plane, are they going to allow 18 others to be on the other side?
Greg Cody
No.
Mike Ryan
Chris is right.
Dan LeBatard
We should have quit while we.
Chris Cody
I will, I will allow. I've paid my fine. Get your phone. Figure like I'm not going to keep asking you guys. Okay. On behalf of the sponsors. To respect the sponsors.
Greg Cody
I'm in Fletcher.
Chris Cody
The idea that that happens on small, small planes is true. The smallest of planes is true. That they have to be careful with what weighs what. It is not something that Is true of larger planes.
Dan LeBatard
It's happened on a flight I've been on before. They made a switch side.
Greg Cody
Like, have you ever been on an empty flight?
Dan LeBatard
Barcelona, actually, Billy.
Chris Cody
Right.
Greg Cody
If there's only like 40 people on the flight, they're all on the right side. They will insist that 20 go to the left side.
Dan LeBatard
It happened to me. And then they, like precaution, tape along a bunch of the other side of the plane so people couldn't switch back over. Yeah, it was a scary flight. Yeah, there was a storm.
Stugotz
He can't be fined for that. You made him turn it off.
Chris Cody
You made him do it.
Billy
You're the one who asked me to turn it on.
Greg Cody
That is true.
Chris Cody
That's more fines for you for your phone going off.
Billy
You asked me to turn it on to pay my Venmo.
Stugotz
This is entrapment.
Chris Cody
You baited him. You can turn it on.
Billy
It's impossible.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah, sure thing. Hey, you sell that car yet?
Mike Ryan
Yeah, sold it to Carvana.
Dan LeBatard
Oh, I thought you were selling to that guy.
Billy
The guy who wanted to pay me.
Mike Ryan
In foreign currency, no interest, over 36 months.
Chris Cody
Months?
Billy
Yeah. No.
Mike Ryan
Carvana gave me an offer in minutes, picked it up and paid me on the spot.
Billy
It was so convenient.
Dan LeBatard
Just like that?
Chris Cody
Yeah.
Dan LeBatard
No hassle?
Chris Cody
None.
Dan LeBatard
That is super convenient. Sell your car to Carvana and swap. Hassle for convenience. Pickup fees may apply.
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Podcast Summary: The Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz – Hour 1: Frankie Tires and Danny Ice Picks
Release Date: January 28, 2025
Introduction
In the inaugural hour of "Frankie Tires and Danny Ice Picks" on The Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz, hosts Dan LeBatard and Stugotz delve into a dynamic mix of sports analysis, pop culture commentary, and entertaining anecdotes. Recorded from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, the episode offers listeners a blend of humor, insightful discussions, and engaging interactions with co-hosts Greg Cody, Chris Cody, Mike Ryan, and Billy. Below is a detailed breakdown of the key segments covered in this episode.
Timestamp: 01:22 – 04:00
The show kicks off with Chris Cody emphasizing the importance of their sponsor, Venmo, and introducing the "fine bucket" segment. Chris humorously urges guests to respect sponsors by using Venmo, hinting at fines for non-compliance.
Notable Quote:
This segment sets a playful tone, blending sponsorship promotion with light-hearted ribbing among hosts.
Timestamp: 04:00 – 12:30
The conversation shifts to NFL coaching hires, with a particular focus on Mike McCarthy, head coach of the Jets. The hosts debate McCarthy's image versus his actual performance, scrutinizing his effectiveness and relationship with the team owner, Jerry Jones.
Notable Quotes:
The discussion highlights the unpredictability of coaching hires, citing examples like Ben Johnson and Dan Campbell, while questioning the criteria teams use to select head coaches.
Timestamp: 16:00 – 20:50
A humorous and somewhat chaotic segment unfolds as the hosts recount an incident involving Frankie Tires, the show's security, and Danny Ice Pick. Greg Cody narrates how Frankie struggled to change a tire, with playful accusations flying about potential tire slashing.
Notable Quotes:
The segment is filled with banter, slapstick humor, and light-hearted accusations, showcasing the camaraderie and playful teasing among the hosts.
Timestamp: 30:00 – 35:00
Transitioning to lighter topics, the hosts engage in a comedic discussion about the significance of names in coaching roles. They mock and analyze the names of various coaches, debating which names are befitting for a football head coach and which are not.
Notable Quotes:
This segment serves as a humorous interlude, poking fun at the often peculiar and memorable names in the sports coaching world.
Timestamp: 37:00 – 40:30
As the episode wraps up, the hosts return to sponsor mentions, reinforcing their relationship with Venmo and humorously threatening to "slash tires" if listeners don't engage with sponsors' services. Additionally, they discuss personal anecdotes related to car sales with Carvana, blending promotional content with personal stories.
Notable Quotes:
These closing segments maintain the show's signature blend of humor, sponsor promotions, and relatable stories, leaving listeners entertained and informed.
Conclusion
Hour 1 of The Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz successfully combines sports commentary, humorous anecdotes, and engaging host interactions to create an entertaining listening experience. From dissecting NFL coaching hires to playful segments like "Frankie Tires and Danny Ice Picks," the show offers a well-rounded mix of content that appeals to sports enthusiasts and casual listeners alike. With a strong emphasis on sponsor appreciation and a lively host dynamic, this episode sets a promising tone for future installments.
Notable Quotes Compilation:
These quotes capture the essence of the hosts' humor, critical analysis, and camaraderie throughout the episode.