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Dan LeBatard
Okay.
Stugatz
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Jessica
Well, Dan, I'm not sure if you're familiar with the story of Bill Ackman, the 59 year old hedge fund billionaire who played in a challenger event in Rhode island this past weekend, which went about as well as you would expect for a non professional tennis player in a professional tennis event. Playing against professional tennis players would go. And it's been quite a controversy. Andy Roddick said on his podcast that it's one of the most embarrassing things he's ever seen in professional tennis. And quite a storm erupted around all of this. He then proceeded to try to make a $10 million donation to the Tennis hall of Fame. And they were like, no, we don't want this. This looks like you bribed your way into this event, which you totally didn't do. Bill Ackman. And amidst all of this, Dan, he's been just posting these like 5 billion word tweets about it. Anyways, long story short, his doubles partner in this event was Jack Sock. And so Stu Gotz and I were collaborating on athletes whose names connote laundry.
Tony
Oh wow, that's very exciting. At Lebatard show. Let's make sure not to leave this segment without getting to that top five list you got served with. Andy Roddick is an actual podcast. It's a good podcast. Andy Roddick is very good. Weren't you talking about putting together a podcast with Andy Roddick and Marty Fish?
Dan LeBatard
I wanted to, yeah, but you know, Andy's busy.
Tony
But it had like. I don't think it was Fish Dick. Even though I think you were saying it had fishing rod. Fishing rod is what it was. Fishing rod.
Mike Ryan
I think they should have gone with Dan.
Tony
Better name for a podcast. Fishing Dick or Fishing Rod or Fish Stick at Lebiton Show. Can we play for Jessica here? An assortment of video and sound. I want to start with Xander Shafley because I don't know what stug his opinion is on this. We will go to him first because he's our golf expert. But Xander Schoffley alleges something and I don't know how Stugats feels about this. You don't have any trophies? No. Where are they?
Billy
My parents house. Probably in a bank vault. I think that's where some of the like one of the trophies was, you know, when they travel.
Tony
Including the gold medal.
Billy
I actually have no idea where that is, to be completely honest.
Dan LeBatard
It's great to know.
Tony
Yeah. Why don't you.
Billy
What am I going to do with it? I don't really invite people over my house. So what am I just like go look at it myself? Like oh yeah, you know what I mean? That's just my, like that's how I feel about it. You know, it's like, I don't want to, like, walk into a trophy room and be like, oh, like, look how great I am. You know what I mean?
Dan LeBatard
I get that's what you're supposed to say. Like, hey, I'm not going to celebrate myself. I don't need reminders of all my accomplishments. I am focused. I am focused on winning the next tournament, the next round, the next major. I get it. He knows where the trophies are. I don't care what anyone tells me. He knows exactly where the gold medal is. He knows exactly where all the trophies are. He has worked his entire life to get those trophies. He knows where they are. Dan, I won the sachems coup in 1982 at Camp Winnockee, okay? For best athlete in the camp, they called it the Sachems coup. I know exactly where it is. It's a feather, and it has red on it, it has black on it, it has yellow on it, it has green on it, it has blue on it. I know exactly where that thing is because I worked my entire life to win the Sachems Coup back in 1982. So he knows where the trophy.
Greg Cody
Where is it?
Dan LeBatard
It's in my dad's office. It is.
Stugatz
Does your dad pretend he won it?
Dan LeBatard
I mean, that's up to my dad. He can, you know, say whatever he wants, right? And he's my dad. He's free. You don't have on the sauerkraut.
Tony
You're saying it'd be weird to have.
Dan LeBatard
A guy who was 45 years old at the time away camp.
Stugatz
But, you know, he'd probably win, though. At 45, you would think you would have to beating 12 year olds or whatever it was.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah. 12.
Stugatz
Yeah.
Tony
Jessica, do you believe that Shoffley is lying?
Jessica
No, I just think he's like the most Cali person. He's probably the most Cali guy on the tour, right? Stugats. He's just like, yeah, whatever his name is. Xander San Diego.
Dan LeBatard
Yes, If.
Tony
But if I. If. If you won those trophies. He's not wrong. Right. You don't assume that the people who are winning all their trophies are making giant trophy rooms and then often when they're by themselves, walking into trophy room, standing there and being like, wow, I really am great.
Jessica
That's what Brooks Koepka has, right? In the first season of full swing, I remember he had like a full trophy room and there were empty shelves for future tour wins or. Well, not tour wins, I guess. Now future majors wins. Dan he just had like this big.
Dan LeBatard
Room in his house, left some slots open. Right.
Tony
Oh, but I, I the, the best, the best sort of intimate view of an athlete's excellent excellence regarding a trophy room that I've seen was some inside look at ser Williams where she was going through her trophy room and she really had like some of the stuff was dusty and stuff because she'd won so many of them. Like going like to have her in the middle of her excellence sort of bored by her own excellence was an inside look. I believe Shockley though Ricky Williams is Heisman was in my father's garage for 12 years.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, but didn't Ricky know that?
Dan LeBatard
Ricky knew where it was. I understand not celebrating yourself while you're inside your career, but you know where the trophy.
Tony
I don't know if he knew where it was. I don't actually know. I can't say that for sure. Let's play some sound here of one of Jess favorites because this one's gonna be tough to explain to people later in life. Joe Missoula. If they had lost and been swept when down 3 0, there's a good chance Joe Missoula would have been fired against the Miami Heat. A better than average chance that Missoula would have been fired. Instead, he wins a championship. And we don't know what to make of Missoula because he's a little out there there. He's different than most of the championship coaches, especially in Boston. But let's, let's listen to the Joe Missoula sound here because nobody in the NBA, there's not a coach in the NBA now that talks like this person. And I don't know if there's ever been one.
Dan LeBatard
You know how they have escape rooms?
Tony
Yeah.
Dan LeBatard
We should start a business where you have like situation rooms. You can sign up and go in and reenact different things. You know, like, hey, what are you doing tonight? We're going to grab dinner and then we're going to go reenact the bin Laden raid. That'd be a sick first date idea. I think the escape room's just the beginning.
Mike Ryan
They have those you go out to.
Dan LeBatard
Like the west coast.
Mike Ryan
The John Wick guy that teaches you gun.
Dan LeBatard
But I'm talking like down here on the main road. I'm saying like you can find an escape room anywhere at a billiard spot. Yeah. Like tonight we're going to reenact Saw four. No. Maybe I mean talk about morality. But tonight we're going to reenact like negotiation tactics. After dinner you're going to be kidnapped and I got to use my negotiation.
Billy
Tactics to like get you back fun Friday night.
Dan LeBatard
I mean, escape rooms are just the beginning. Oh, yeah, that's child's play. That's boring.
Billy
Trying to go PF Changs and maybe a little waterboarding afterwards.
Tony
Have you guys seen Joe Missoula?
Billy
LAUGHTER it's about as close as I've seen it.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah.
Tony
He doesn't do a lot of laughing, does he?
Jessica
Can I just say one thing? The Joe Missoula wanting to reenact the bin Laden raid is one thing, but the guy who said that that's a great first date idea should be on some sort of list.
Tony
I agree. At Lebatard show like a to date list.
Billy
That's a good gummy conversation right there though.
Dan LeBatard
Sure is.
Tony
What are we going to do with the way that we appraise Joe Missoula? Because I don't have this wrong.
Dan LeBatard
Right.
Tony
This is going to be. Over the last three years, there has been a bit of a conundrum on whatever it is the genius leadership is of that franchise because that franchise has been well run and he's gone. You do understand that while he was learning on the biggest stage, we watched him come very close to failing and damaging his career in a way that wouldn't have made anything like what he did last year close to possible.
Billy
I think there's a chance that he's viewed like Buden Holzer, guy that has a championship but is not necessarily high regarded.
Tony
Budenholzer won a coach of the year, though. He won 61 games in Atlanta.
Billy
Like, no, I know, I know his resume and he's still viewed as a joke.
Greg Cody
I think things are going to take a turn now and we have no Jason Tatum this year. How is he going to be able to navigate around Jaylen Brown, around the core that they have at the moment with knowing that their ownership group wants to sell off, you know, players wants to get a little bit more under the cap. The thing that I look at is Brad Stevens, I feel like is a better GM that he's been a coach.
Tony
Right.
Greg Cody
Is that fair to say, better GM than coach?
Billy
I mean, it's irrefutable. He's been more successful, been more successful.
Greg Cody
He handpicked this guy, Joe Missoula and I feel like I trust Brad Stevens on, hey, he's a good coach. I'm going to listen to what Brad Stevens has to say because he handpicked.
Billy
Udoka prior to and Udoka, he's a.
Tony
Great coach, but you guys just said that Missoula is in joke territory.
Billy
I think there's a chance that it could happen and some of that's not his fault. With this injury, they could take a step back this year. Most people expect them to with Jayson Tatum being injured and they've gotten rid of players. And if there's a sacrificial lamb, he might be it.
Stugatz
But you think he's a joke just because he's weird?
Billy
Yeah, I think that adds to it, honestly. He's very kooky.
Tony
Public voices for a team don't usually do what he just did there. He does not seem to have come.
Billy
Up with a potentially billion dollar idea. Great business idea.
Dan LeBatard
Give it a free game.
Stugatz
Isn't this what you guys want from coaches? You're like, don't say anything. And then they say something like, whoa, don't say that.
Billy
That's weird.
Greg Cody
No, I like what he says.
Billy
I dig it.
Greg Cody
Bin Laden think would be cool.
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Jessica
My point about Jimbo Fisher is that Nick Saban, he's been trying to cancel me for saying that Mrs. Met has cake and Bobby Bowden would have said Mrs. Met, she is snatched. Stugats I never pay for a player. Now I would pay for Mrs. Met to give me a lap dance.
Dan LeBatard
This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats.
Tony
I'm doing more. The appraisal of a champion and how it is that we assign traits to winners, whether they are weird or whether they're careful. Like, I really don't know what to make of this person. When I ask if you guys have seen him laugh, it's because I see an uncommon intensity in every conversation that he has.
Mike Ryan
There's a Mike McDaniel element to this, where right now it's fine. Nice.
Stugatz
Yeah. But this guy's won something.
Mike Ryan
But I'm just saying.
Dan LeBatard
That's right.
Mike Ryan
Right now he's riding off of that. Where it's like, we're good with it.
Dan LeBatard
Right.
Mike Ryan
If they struggle this year and then the next year, this is not going to be as cute.
Billy
I'm with you. Crazy eyes land different. If you're in the play.
Dan LeBatard
In. Is there a coach that has won a championship and then years later turned into a punchline, like a joke?
Billy
Mike Moudenholzer, I guess.
Tony
Well, years later, let's. I mean, Ed Orgeron.
Billy
Yeah, there's a. There's a few. Les Miles.
Tony
Well, but Les Miles went on to Kansas and then had the worst program. Like, he had a punctuation that wasn't the championship. Wasn't terribly fresh. Once we got to the punctuation. Right.
Billy
The final act was Edward Wrong getting fired.
Jessica
How about Bill Belichick?
Billy
That's a great one, Jess. Excellent story's still being written. But right now, if it came to an end right now, and it's not even on the field, it's crazy.
Tony
The thing that I would say to you, though, about, in general, the appraisal on Missoula, usually the guy that is the eccentric personality isn't also young enough to be the whiz kid. Like, it's not the most common thing to have somebody have, you know, championship pedigree and also. Well, but the stuff he's doing, he's in his early 30s, and usually, especially in Boston, that looks like Brad Stevens or it looks like, you know, Theo Epstein.
Billy
Couple comps like Dick Vermeil. Early, early days with the Eagles.
Tony
But if it. But if it looks like Brad Stevens and looks like Theo Epstein, it usually talks like Brad Stevens and Theo Epstein. Not like this person. Not. Not like Joe Missoula talks where Dick.
Billy
Vermeil was a shock to the system in terms of his approach. Player friendly.
Tony
I waited for a long time.
Billy
Good one.
Tony
Too long. Yeah. But, yes, McVeigh's a good one, but McVeigh's not out here saying things that make us think he's strange. He's got a memory. He's got a photographic Memory and does things that we think are amazing.
Greg Cody
He's also super intense.
Tony
Right.
Greg Cody
Whenever he gets on the mic, he's like, what's up, guys? All right, everybody, let's do this.
Billy
You. Sue's got a great one.
Dan LeBatard
Sirianni, perfect.
Stugatz
What about Lane Kiffin?
Billy
That's. That was another one, and it's a mixed bag, but Sirianni is perfect. The. The initial press conference, he's won a Super bowl and still is not able to shake that.
Stugatz
Lane Kiffin also kind of like. I mean, not with the championship, but he was also viewed as, like, a whiz kid. And a lot of people view him in a jokey manner now.
Tony
Do they? Right now?
Billy
I think he maybe he sort of.
Jessica
Does that to himself, too.
Billy
That's it.
Jessica
He's kind of in on the joke, I think.
Tony
Okay, if we're doing those spectrum of. Because this is a big spectrum Joke champion. If I'm going to the midpoint and I go, lane Kiffin, which way are you going? Are you going closer to joke. Are you going closer to champions?
Stugatz
He hasn't won a championship, so he's close to.
Tony
Or excellence. Excellence. Whatever it is that I'm talking about pedigree or reputation that people have. And I'm doing it through the prism of Missoula, who I don't know how to appraise. Like, I. As recently as two years ago, I saw that man failing in a way that suggested to me he, at the time didn't know how to coach very well. And then he's allowed to learn on the stage, because he's a young person, how to coach better than that.
Billy
I guess Lane Kiffin's right in the middle.
Tony
Yeah.
Stugatz
Yeah.
Greg Cody
Middle's good for Lane.
Billy
As you're figuring out this spectrum, I think that that's a good, like, zero right there.
Tony
Let's play the Sirianni press conference and see if it's aged any better. That I will say that whatever it is that is about to be said here, and I don't remember the details, I do remember that we mocked it. It's a lot easier for whatever it is that this is to become genius leadership when you have 22 Pro Bowlers at every position on the field. Next thing that's very important to me is that we build a smart football team, that we have a smart football team here, and I know we have the people in place to do that. The first part of that, the first part of being smart is knowing what to do. We're going to know. We're going to have systems in place that are easier to learn. All right. Complicated to the defense or offense that they're going against, but easy for us to learn. Because when we can put that. Because we. When we can learn our system and we can get good at our system, then our talent can take over. Less thinking equals talent take over. But we need to have systems in place, and we will have systems in place to do so.
Greg Cody
Kind of nailed it.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah.
Tony
We thought it was dumb and he.
Dan LeBatard
Should sound good now.
Tony
I'm have the best 22 guys, and they're going to be better than your 22 guys.
Stugatz
But, like, he was also viewed as a joke even this season until he won the super bowl. And then he's a champion also. Lane technically is a champion as well. An assistant coach.
Billy
Yeah, true.
Stugatz
Not technically.
Dan LeBatard
Do it as a head coach.
Tony
Yeah. With Nick Saban, I wonder who would. I wonder who would classify as somebody that you guys would be willing to assign. Went from joke to no, I remember him now totally. As a champion or somebody who was a great leader. Because if Missoula makes that track, like, there will not have been very many coaches that have started with, oh, I saw that. Almost get fired in a way with a. With a team I knew was talented enough to win. I saw where that derailed because the coach was a failure. Anyways, I've waited.
Stugatz
I mean, Andy Reid.
Tony
Yeah, well, but Andy Reid was getting questioned when he was making super bowl after super bowl, like.
Billy
Yeah, but no, I think that's a perfect one.
Dan LeBatard
It's a great one.
Stugatz
He's going to be remembered as one of the greatest coaches of all time. Now with all of those questions, like.
Dan LeBatard
A top five head coach of all time.
Billy
And he's shaken the. The clock management thing. It's. It hasn't been.
Dan LeBatard
Well, Mahomes has done that.
Billy
Yeah, but. Yes, but Andy Reid was there for the ride, and that's how he gets to erase it. Paul Maurice in hockey, losing his head coach.
Jessica
Careful, Stu. You're not allowed to talk about that team.
Dan LeBatard
I know.
Tony
Oh, wait, I forgot. Thank you. Good. I said Mahomes did that. That's all I said. Wait a minute. Thank you. It's not working. You got saved.
Dan LeBatard
Two minutes.
Tony
No, you can stay here. The button's not working. I meant to get to this video before, and I wasn't able to get to it. I should have. So, Mr. Met, we played this earlier this week. He's at a Lumineers concert.
Jessica
What's that bastard up to?
Tony
And he. He falls off the stage here and it's just. It's good comedy because mascots make everything better. And the head is a cushion that would protect him.
Jessica
Find yourself a real man. What's he doing at Illumineers concert? Falling off a stage. Now Mrs. Met fell off that stage. She's bounced right back up.
Billy
Hey, that's actually a pretty good nominee for a guy that has a championship and is considered a joke.
Jessica
Going to the Lumineers concert. Stove for Stove Top man.
Billy
Jimbo's up there.
Tony
Yeah, that's a good one.
Jessica
What did I do?
Billy
You're. You're a good nominee for our game. Person that has success but is considered.
Jessica
A person who's very sexy and is gonna have a new baseball wife soon.
Tony
Where is Jimbo gonna make his way back? Is that. Is that over? Is that. Is he gonna make Jimbo?
Dan LeBatard
Yeah, there's always a problem.
Billy
Why would he ever work again? I just. I. I'd have a house in the Keys.
Stugatz
They always work again.
Jessica
You and Mrs. Metz always welcome at that house?
Greg Cody
Boys, let me tell you what. There's nothing like taking the boat through some of the canals and the Keys, and all of a sudden, you see. Oh, that's for sure. An ex football coach's house right there. Look at the double. Look at the double wide lot. Look at the stilts above it. He's got the 26 footer. He's got the 45 footer.
Mike Ryan
Who do you see out there?
Billy
That's Dana Holgerson's.
Tony
There it is, Coach O for sure.
Greg Cody
Down there somewhere causing a ruckus.
Tony
All right.
Greg Cody
Or at Hogs heaven.
Tony
Where is Holgerson now? Where?
Billy
The cream turtle in the boat? He's at the cream turtle in Jimmy at the Big chill in low.
Mike Ryan
93.
Dan LeBatard
They'll be back.
Tony
Jimmy is the one that lured them all over there, right? Mike Leach riding his bike.
Greg Cody
They had no idea. And then Jimmy's like, guys, you know there's rules if you have money, right? And they're like, oh, we have a ton of money because we got fired.
Billy
And what do we do?
Tony
But where? New old faces, new places. Where is Holgerson next?
Jessica
Nebraska.
Tony
Dan.
Jessica
He is the offensive coordinator.
Tony
Amazing.
Dan LeBatard
One step away from being a head coach.
Tony
You guys are telling me that Jimbo is nowhere next season, that he's not going to go from champion with the best freshman quarterback I've ever seen, the highest paid coach in the entire sport to now just punctuation is as a joke and not going to work again.
Jessica
A joke. Dan Lerd got me a hot baseball wife she's going to come give me a lap dance.
Stugatz
I mean, his final payment is in 2031. So look for him on TV for a little bit. And then 2032 we're going to have a hot commodity couple of years off.
Dan LeBatard
Some college football pregame show in 2020, head coaching again in 2032.
Stugatz
He's selling the Portnoy rubbing elbows together on Big Moon kickoff. And then all of a sudden Jimbo's back.
Billy
He's telling some bartender somewhere hold the.
Tony
Umbrella, Gilbert's Mike, can you give me the specifics? I don't know everything happening at Fox Sports. I know that we haven't talked at all about the firing of Craig Carton and Joy Taylor and Emmanuel Acho and that now they've got a makeover there. Fox has been having trouble since Jamie Horowitz left there and they are now making over the entire thing. And what are they doing with their Big Noon kickoff that is now legitimately rivaling one of the biggest sports studio shows there's ever been, ESPN College Game.
Billy
Day, all according to media reports. It doesn't seem like it's finalized, but headed to that direction where Dave Portnoy joins the cast of Big Noon Saturday. And it's a part of an overarching deal where FS1 would rely on barstool for a lot of its daily content as a cable sports network.
Tony
So that is a giant, giant achievement for barstool. And it's where the country has shifted in terms of and the business has shifted. Where these giant companies have to go outside of themselves in order to find something that reaches young people because they don't know how to do it on their own.
Billy
Also expensive to create your own content. And I think as some of these networks are finding, even if you commit a lot of money in salary to a Pat McAfee, if you have a licensing agreement, the overhead is actually more cost effective on their books than planning out budgets for original is the report.
Tony
That Portnoy is just going to be on the show.
Billy
That's a report that he's going to be a part of Big Noon Saturday.
Mike Ryan
We don't and then they might create a show I saw with him and Big catfs one.
Billy
Yeah. Because they have a popular barstool college football kickoff program that's been exclusively on social media and online. And if FS1 does a CO branded thing, they can it's kind of like the McAfee model. This exists already and we're just gonna put some fs1 that's a great idea.
Tony
I am legitimately surprised in 2025 to see these giant entities like Fox and Disney have to figure out a way to go outside of their own talent pools in order to rent the audiences of others.
Dan LeBatard
But why are you surprised? Mike's saying it's easier, it's more affordable.
Stugatz
Tried to do it like 10 years ago. Fired them after an episode.
Tony
No doubt. That is correct. And I'm still legitimately surprised to see the proliferation of having to do it outside because you can't do it for yourself. Fox. Fox has had a long time to build what they've built over there. Not just inside sports, but outside of sports as well. And Fox's initial foray into this environment was to go get Skip Bayless and to go get Colin Cowherd because they don't actually know how to build their own young thing that reaches young people. It's not just them.
Billy
Nick Wright is responsible for, I think the highest rated show on their network. And he was a star that was cultivated and developed by, by FS1. He's a legacy talent over there. But this is not a new concept. And I don't know why people don't think this. Maybe it's because it's not an outrageous personality like Pat McAfee or even Barcelona. What's the biggest daytime block in the history of ESPN daytime? It's Pardon the Interruption. That was a licensed show. They, they outsourced that to Eric Reinholm. That that entire 4 o' clock hour around the horn, first 20 plus years being a staple that wasn't created by ESPN. They trusted Eric Reinholm to do it. So it's not a new concept.
Tony
Oh, but wait a minute. What you're describing there isn't something that was already built and you have to go get the audience that's hiring somebody to build something for you.
Billy
Fair enough. But it's a similar concept, but it's.
Dan LeBatard
Still not their idea. I mean they start to outsource it.
Billy
It'S them punting on. We've taken several shots at trying to create something. Let someone else do it for us.
Tony
Still surprising to me that content companies would have to farm out the content. It's allowed to be surprising to me. These are giant content. Disney's pretty big. They're pretty good at making content.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah, but a lot of young people getting into this business, into this industry now, Dan, they're doing it on their own like they're. And if they become successful and have a huge following like Barstool and like Portnoy, there's an opportunity for them to partner with someone like Fox. I mean, that's just the way it is.
Tony
I'm not, but it sounds like I'm complaining about it. I'm allowed to be surprised that content companies need the help of Giant mainstream content companies need the help to reach young people because of how much everyone's habits have changed and how much the culture has shifted.
Stugatz
But like FS1 did that years ago when they hired Katie Nolan. She was popular on the Internet, and then they tried to bring her in and put her on a show with Regis, and then she went over to ESPN when ESPN tried to do the same thing with her. Like, it's not new.
Tony
Oh, but it's sort of my point. Katie Nolan did it where she was. They tried to do it with her and they failed. Now people will accuse them of trying to do it with McAfee and all the others you mentioned. Barstool yourself lasted one day there because they didn't know how to deal with it because Skipper didn't know how to deal with the conundrums that come with going outside and all of a sudden having to rent your voices as opposed to owning them, you know.
Mike Ryan
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Jessica
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Tony
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Jessica
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Tony
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Jessica
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Chris Cody
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Jessica
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Tony
1-800-Contacts. Don Le Batard. Did you watch me at NC State? I was all acc.
Billy
I don't have necessarily the mobility, but no one can see over the line like me.
Tony
Michael, the ACC Network job is a good job.
Billy
It's a stable job. I'm ready to pack it in.
Tony
I've got a lot of good football left in me.
Mike Ryan
My footwork is underrated.
Billy
I can step up in the pocket with the best of them.
Tony
No one can skate in the field like me. But wouldn't it be nice to be around the family more often and not have to worry about any injuries? Babe, just give me one more season.
Billy
Stugats.
Tony
Tell you what.
Billy
I'm not going to therapy. I'm not. Therapy is not happening. Sorry. You need to work on you. There's one person pulling the rope for this family right here, and it's Mike Lennon.
Dan LeBatard
This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.
Stugatz
Is your list just people? Because, like, the white socks and the red socks.
Dan LeBatard
That's very good. Let me be clear. Well, Jack Sock is where it started, but let me be clear. This is Jess's list. I was just helping her out.
Tony
All right, let's do this, then. Top five. Top five. And in honor of Bill Ackman and Jack Sock, in honor of Andy Roddick's podcast, you got served. We have top five athletes who connote laundry. Names that connote laundry. Do we have an Oli or we just have the top five?
Jessica
Well, let's say top five sports entities. Sports names. Dan, because Oli. Billy Black. Sorry. White Sox and Red Sox. And there may be one other non person in the top five.
Tony
All right, so that's very exciting. Let's see. Let's go.
Stugatz
Okay.
Jessica
Number five, Ben Sheets.
Tony
Very good.
Jessica
Number four, the Crimson Tide. Number three, James Washington. Get it?
Tony
Because Wash. Yeah, we got it. Come on.
Jessica
Number two, Jack Sock. Jack Sock. Also on the top five list for athletes whose name connotes jerking off. Jack Sock.
Tony
Wait a minute. Is that another list? I think we need to produce that list. I think that might be a better list than this.
Jessica
I'm getting to it. Number one, Dan. Fred Dryer.
Tony
Wow.
Dan LeBatard
No, Hank. Basket. I mean.
Tony
Oh, right. Jab. Jessica, thank you for being on with us. We will talk to you later.
Dan LeBatard
Bye.
Tony
I want that list. I want the list. I want to see if we could get the. The Jack Sock list going.
Stugatz
Probably Fingers.
Tony
Do you guys have any. That was quick. Billy, do you guys.
Billy
Oral Roberts.
Dan LeBatard
Tug McGraw.
Mike Ryan
Matt Hardy.
Tony
You guys wanted this Game more.
Billy
Do you Bill Pool man.
Stugatz
Oh, Dick Poll's too easy.
Billy
Come on.
Tony
An old standard. Look, you cannot live so many years that you get hardened to Dick Pole. Dick Poll always has to be funny as a name. Dick Poll. If there. There has to be somebody in our audience hearing for the first time that there was a race car driver named Dick Pole. Correct. There has to be. There is a person listening to this who does not know that. Correct.
Billy
Reggie Tongue.
Dan LeBatard
Ooh.
Tony
Lewis Lips.
Greg Cody
Mo cheeks.
Tony
It's a good game.
Dan LeBatard
Fred Dildo.
Billy
Where do you play?
Stugatz
Dick Paul was also not a race car driver. He was a baseball coach.
Billy
Dick Trickle was a race car driver.
Tony
My bad. You know what? That's an egregious defense. That is.
Mike Ryan
Dick Paul was the pitching coach for the Phillies.
Dan LeBatard
Cannot believe he did that.
Tony
That is an egregious.
Dan LeBatard
Freddie Dildo was a driver.
Billy
Xfinity series, though. Barely counts.
Tony
Yeah, I really wish we had let the silence sit a little more on Fred Dildo.
Dan LeBatard
Freddy.
Tony
He changed his name. He went and got his name legally changed.
Billy
Yeah, he was called Freddy. He was so embarrassed by his name that he changed it from Fred to Freddy. It's like how we're not making Freds anymore. That's what they always say on the Levitar Joe.
Tony
So you think, just to be clear, that Fred Dildo went into the offices to get his name changed because he was so embarrassed by everyone calling him Fred Dildo.
Dan LeBatard
It was Frederick at the time.
Billy
That's actually one of Roy's check in names at a hotel.
Dan LeBatard
Ooh, really?
Tony
Is he still doing that?
Mike Ryan
Jack Spade? I don't believe so.
Tony
I learned things around here. Do you know how shocking it was to learn? And I know you guys have talked about it before, that Jeremy's now wife thought that he was talking to LeBron James when he told her for the first time that he loved her. It's a shocking thing to learn. It doesn't even make sense. Roy checking into a hotel with the name Jack Spade to protect his anonymity seems to be.
Stugatz
Is he cheating on his wife? Like, what's that about? I think there's a lot of people going around. I wonder where Roy, Corey Bellamy is staying today.
Tony
Thank you for bringing up cheating. Do you guys have the video of the Coldplay concert that people. This has to.
Mike Ryan
This is rough.
Tony
This has to be a mortification to any of you cheaters out there who have. Who have seen others on the Internet cheating. And then you get to see when they're put up on the screen that they shouldn't be together. Yeah.
Mike Ryan
This has never happened to me, but I feel like I would try to play it cooler than this couple did.
Greg Cody
Yeah, you got to play cooler than that.
Dan LeBatard
Let's stay in trash.
Mike Ryan
I think this guy, he did my elevator move. Like, let's replay it. This guy's like, I'm just gonna go down here. I'm gonna.
Tony
All right. For the audio audience. So on a big screen at a concert, a couple is holding each other. The man behind the woman holding her around the waist, and she is holding his arms as they are around her waist. And as soon as the camera catches them and they realize they're on camera, she turns one way, turns her back to the camera, and then he slips from the screen as if he's done it a thousand times. He immediately disappears from the.
Mike Ryan
As if there was a stairwell, but goes.
Tony
But goes down. Even though the floor hasn't moved. He totally disappears down. It's an odd choice. I would have been surprised more only if he had disappeared by going straight up into the air and never reemerging down is.
Mike Ryan
Where does he go? He's just like, I'm gonna go hide down here.
Billy
Pumps his arms up afterwards, like Daniel Bryan does. The yes motion.
Tony
No, That's a different arm. Different arms.
Dan LeBatard
Like, Dan.
Greg Cody
There's something here that you guys have seen, though, yet obviously, this is a situation of infidelity. Please look to your left where the lady who is there with them, obviously knowing that something is up here. Look at her shade of red and look at her face. She knows something's up. She knows she's with the infidelity.
Tony
Oh, my God.
Mike Ryan
She knows.
Greg Cody
Yep.
Tony
Huh?
Greg Cody
She was there. She's a part of it.
Tony
You are correct, Tony. This is.
Billy
I love the guy.
Mike Ryan
Just going down so good.
Stugatz
Well, like it was. Also, we're not playing with sound, but, like, she does, too, in a portion of the show where, like, I guess they go to the crowd and Chris Martin serenades people. So he's starting to serenade them. And then he saw the reaction. He goes, oh, that might have been an affair. And then that's when the lady on.
Mike Ryan
The side is like, oh, all right.
Tony
Let me chronicle a number of different things here, because this is funny for a number of reasons. Hearing in your ears while you're looking at your friend talking out of the side of your face, trying not to look at the camera. The lead singer saying, oh, that might have been an affair.
Mike Ryan
Like, the last thing I think you'd want him to.
Tony
It's a nightmare, this whole thing. Is a nightmare for these people that we are laughing at. And how should I feel about this?
Mike Ryan
Because I feel bad for them.
Tony
Freeze frame it. There it is. That right there is the realization, the.
Mike Ryan
Life flashing before your eyes right there.
Stugatz
It gets worse though, because the Internet has found out who these people are. So now we know exactly who they are.
Mike Ryan
We know where they work, their roles. Okay, Same company.
Tony
Lest you think that we underestimate some of the decisions we make around here when laughing, we have ruined the lives of those people.
Mike Ryan
They did it first. The Internet got it first.
Dan LeBatard
They did it to themselves.
Mike Ryan
We broke this story. I would feel responsible.
Tony
That is the rationalization that we use when we feel comfort at laughing at people.
Stugatz
We didn't discover this.
Tony
No, no, no. I'm just saying that their lives will be ruined by this or they will feel like their lives are ruined by.
Mike Ryan
This or they were in a dark place and now they'll be free.
Tony
Let's go back to laughing at it.
Dan LeBatard
I like that.
Tony
And let's go back to examining because there are two things here I want to point out to you guys. Okay? The first thing I want to point out to you is not just what Billy was pointing out. The woman who is ashamed turns her back to us. But you could see how red her face is. Even though you can't see her face.
Mike Ryan
Like you, her shoulders get red.
Tony
You can't see the entirety of her face.
Dan LeBatard
You can feel the redness.
Tony
But you can tell that she is at the height of mortification, embarrassment, banner. Her face could not be any redder. And her friend is covering her own face. So keep rolling the video now I'll tell you when to stop it. But you will see them red faced as well. Both of them red faced from the side.
Mike Ryan
Oh, that friend. Yes, she knows the friend. She knows. She just like. She didn't like what was happening. She doesn't like.
Dan LeBatard
She seems to be enjoying it though.
Mike Ryan
Well, she's just like, oh my God.
Stugatz
Oh wait, is lifted off her shoulder for sure. Now she doesn't have to be the one to tell anyone about anything. She's gonna have answers.
Greg Cody
She's gotta have a lot of questions coming her way though, from the wife and the husband.
Mike Ryan
She knows the husband, so it's still awkward. Like she feel I'm. She's weight has been lifted. But she's still like, oh no.
Greg Cody
A lot of tough answers.
Tony
Yeah, now. But when you pull back from the horror of this, the thing that I want to keep watching here is the thing that has already been pointed out that fooled Mike. Let's keep rolling this. And you see the people who take the opportunity to get on camera and no clue. No, but now they're a part of a giant viral and celebrating it as if they're a part of a giant viral video.
Dan LeBatard
Where'd he go?
Mike Ryan
I don't know.
Tony
No, but the other guy appearing. The other guy appearing in a way that it made it look to Mike like that guy had gone from profound shame to disappearing and re emerging.
Mike Ryan
I'm going to make it look like I was just in the background. And then he's just like, yeah, woo.
Stugatz
It's going to be a weird board meeting.
Tony
What is going to happen to the lives of these people now that the Internet is laughing at them?
Greg Cody
You know the answer to that, Dan.
Tony
It's always a bad thing when the Internet is laughing.
Stugatz
Well, had they not reacted that way too, they probably gotten away with infidelity of it.
Mike Ryan
You know, just like start kissing.
Stugatz
This would not be on the Internet. We wouldn't have seen these people. No one would have found out who they were. And you just kind of hope, hey, I hope no one that knows this was at that concert. And if they were and they're like, hey, were you with the chief?
Mike Ryan
People like, no, I think that guy like burns his blue shirt after.
Tony
Like, I don't have a blue shirt.
Mike Ryan
No, wasn't me.
Greg Cody
That hand placement was.
Mike Ryan
That was good. That was like a knock. That wasn't like a first date. No, this was like, we've been around. We finally have a moment together.
Billy
If they were playing the scientist, though, you kind of understand that right there.
Tony
Is gonna be very difficult to explain away with. It's not what it looked like.
Stugatz
Coo is salivating at this situation though. He's like, opportunity.
Mike Ryan
The guy does worse. Like the woman at least just turns around down. She's like, let me get my back out of here. Like, I still. What? Like I wish we already seen him awkwardly just get back.
Tony
Well, the better camera angle. We now want better camera angles on this would be to check in with him as he's on his hands and knees on the floor. And you just ask him, how's your dignity doing right now? Pretty good.
Mike Ryan
We in the clear.
Tony
They have like a sideline reporter doing this. We're good, right? Him on his hands and knees. Unlike. His hands are on asphalt peanut shell shelves. It's dirty. And he's looking up at coke spilled. It's sticky. He's like. And he's looking up and he's saying to himself, oh, My God. My instantaneous reaction was to admit to the crime by disappearing down.
Mike Ryan
This could have been explained away of just. We just dancing.
Greg Cody
Let's play.
Billy
Let's play that handbook.
Mike Ryan
Oh, that's swaying. She fell back. But then when you.
Dan LeBatard
The reaction is too much.
Mike Ryan
When you immediately go down an escalator.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah.
Mike Ryan
It's never a good time.
Dan LeBatard
Never come back.
Billy
What if it was clock?
Tony
These people would do very poorly, the two of them in an interrogation. Because Billy is so right on. Do you know how many jumbotron affairs have gone unnoticed by everyone because people had the sense to react slightly better.
Greg Cody
Than that and shout out to Greg Cody, we used to be a proper country. These things could have happened and nobody knew. You didn't say anything. There won't be nothing. That's it. Put my hand around the girl.
Tony
I'm out. I'm in. I'm out.
Chris Cody
Bam.
Mike Ryan
Bam, bam.
Tony
And now you can't.
Greg Cody
Now I can't even do anything.
Tony
I can't even please without being on the floor and your hands and knees in the sticky stuff.
Mike Ryan
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Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz – Hour 1: The Jack Sock List (feat. Jessica Smetana)
Release Date: July 17, 2025
In this episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, hosts Dan LeBatard and Stugotz, alongside guest Jessica Smetana, delve into a mix of sports anecdotes, humorous collaborations, and insightful discussions about coaching dynamics in professional sports. The episode, recorded at the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, emphasizes the hosts' signature blend of sports commentary and pop-culture banter.
[02:29] Jessica Smetana introduces the episode with an intriguing story about Bill Ackman, a hedge fund billionaire, who recently participated in a Challenger tennis event in Rhode Island. Despite Ackman's lack of professional tennis experience, his participation stirred significant controversy. Jessica explains:
"Bill Ackman... played in a Challenger event... went about as well as you would expect for a non-professional tennis player in a professional event."
This event not only raised eyebrows but also led to discussions about Jack Sock, a professional tennis player who partnered with Ackman in the doubles event. The collaboration between Stugotz and Jessica centers around creating humorous lists of athletes whose names connote laundry, with Jack Sock being a standout example.
[33:30] Jessica unveils their "Top Five Athletes Who Connote Laundry," highlighting names like Ben Sheets, the Crimson Tide, and Jack Sock, each chosen for their play on words related to laundry terms.
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to analyzing Joe Missoula, an NBA coach renowned for his unconventional and eccentric coaching methods. Tony initiates the conversation by questioning Missoula's reputation:
"He does not seem to have come up with a potentially billion-dollar idea. Great business idea."
The hosts dissect Missoula's coaching philosophy, comparing him to other notable coaches like Brad Stevens and Theo Epstein. They discuss how Missoula’s intense demeanor and unique communication style set him apart in the coaching landscape.
[10:17] Tony remarks:
"Missoula is in joke territory. What does that mean for his future if his current season struggles?"
The discussion further explores the precarious balance between eccentricity and effectiveness in coaching, pondering whether Missoula's unconventional approach may hinder or enhance his career trajectory.
The hosts draw parallels between Joe Missoula and other coaching figures such as Mike Budenholzer and Andy Reid. Billy notes Budenholzer's mixed reputation despite championship success:
"Buden Holzer... he's viewed as a joke despite winning coaches of the year."
Greg Cody contrasts this with the consistent success of coaches like Andy Reid, emphasizing the difficulty of maintaining a stellar reputation over time.
In an unexpected turn, the hosts discuss a viral video capturing an alleged act of infidelity during a Coldplay concert. They analyze the reactions of the individuals involved, highlighting the embarrassment and the internet's role in magnifying such incidents. Although this segment deviates from the main sports-centric discussions, it underscores the podcast's blend of humor and cultural commentary.
[37:06] Tony summarizes the situation:
"This is a nightmare for these people that we are laughing at. How should I feel about this?"
The hosts debate the ethical implications of publicizing personal mishaps, reflecting on the balance between entertainment and respect for individual privacy.
Returning to their earlier collaboration, Jessica and the hosts finalize their humorous list:
The segment showcases the hosts' lighthearted side, blending sports with wordplay to entertain listeners.
As the episode wraps up, the hosts reflect on the intertwining of sports, personal narratives, and pop culture. They emphasize the importance of understanding and appreciating the diverse personalities that contribute to the sports world, whether through their on-field performance or off-field antics.
Dan LeBatard concludes:
"It's great to see how these athletes, despite their humorous name associations, bring unique talents and stories to the table."
Jessica Smetana [02:29]: "Bill Ackman... played in a Challenger event... went about as well as you would expect for a non-professional tennis player in a professional event."
Tony [10:17]: "Missoula is in joke territory. What does that mean for his future if his current season struggles?"
Billy [10:25]: "Buden Holzer... he's viewed as a joke despite winning coaches of the year."
Tony [37:06]: "This is a nightmare for these people that we are laughing at. How should I feel about this?"
This episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz offers a rich tapestry of sports discussions, from analyzing high-profile coaching strategies to engaging in playful wordplay about athlete names. Through insightful commentary and humorous exchanges, the hosts provide listeners with both entertainment and thoughtful perspectives on the ever-evolving sports landscape.