Local Hour: Asterisk Man's Thoughts On The Tribute Video

Summary

Podcast Summary: Local Hour: Asterisk Man's Thoughts On The Tribute Video

Podcast Information:

• Title: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
• Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz
• Episode: Local Hour: Asterisk Man's Thoughts On The Tribute Video
• Release Date: January 30, 2025

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Introduction

In this episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, hosts Dan Le Batard and Stugotz delve into the nuanced topic of "Asterisk Man" and its implications in sports records and tributes. The discussion spans various sports, highlighting historical contexts, modern-day implications, and local sports commentary, especially focusing on the Jacksonville Jaguars and the University of Miami basketball program.

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1. Understanding the "Asterisk Man" Concept

Key Discussion: The hosts define and dissect the term "Asterisk Man," exploring its origins and current relevance in sports.

• Dan Le Batard (00:01 - 07:21): Introduces the concept of "Asterisk Man," referencing Roger Maris's home run record and how it was historically perceived with an asterisk due to playing more games than Babe Ruth.

  "I think that's the spot that everyone points to and says that's the first time the asterisk was used to diminish someone's accomplishment." (07:34)

• Greg Cody (06:36 - 07:34): Elaborates on historical instances where records were met with skepticism and how the asterisk became a societal tool rather than an official record-keeping measure.

  "But Saquon Barkley merely. They said, hey, this is a season. Go out and rush however many yards or whatever. Obviously he didn't break it. So it's kind of a moot point right now." (07:34)

Notable Quote:

"Barry Bonds, he did it with performance enhancers, as did McGwire, as did Sosa. Do we put asterisks next to them for their accomplishments? We don't." – Greg Cody (07:34)

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2. The Impact of Rule Changes on Sports Statistics

Key Discussion: The conversation shifts to how evolving game rules, particularly in basketball, have distorted traditional statistics and player evaluations.

• Dan Le Batard (23:09 - 27:00): Discusses Magic Johnson's evolving three-point shooting stats as an example of how players adapt to rule changes over their careers.

  "On the fourth down or throw the ball in the post for an inefficient shot... he was 7 for 31 from three as a rookie... By the end of his career, he shot 38% from three." (27:00)

• Chris Cody (23:24 - 27:50): Compares different eras in basketball, highlighting the shift towards three-point shooting and its implications for evaluating players from past generations.

  "Players like Magic Johnson in the modern era would be a better three-point shooter as would Isaiah Thomas... because it would be emphasized to them." (26:28)

Notable Quote:

"Doing transactions that make that team Halliburtons now instead of playoff Peas." – Dan Le Batard (21:13)

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3. Local Sports Spotlight: Jacksonville Jaguars and Coaching Critique

Key Discussion: The hosts critique the Jacksonville Jaguars' performance under the new coach, Liam Cohen, using humor and sharp analysis.

• Dan Le Batard (31:00 - 39:09): Expresses frustration over the Jaguars' lackluster performance since Tony Kornheiser's endorsement and questions the coaching strategies employed by Liam Cohen.

  "Ever since Tony alleged that Jacksonville Jags were a good football team, they have basically not been." (31:06)

• Stugotz (32:00 - 38:49): Uses props and humorous skits to mock the constant losses ("L's") and the coach's attempts to embed positivity within the team's culture.

  "It's not an army that would try to defeat anybody. It would just be an army that would try to accrue funds by illicit means." (09:55)

Notable Quote:

"He didn't even know he messed up until after he got off the press conference podium was like, I killed it. Let me see what Twitter. Oh, my God." – Chris Cody (38:09)

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4. University of Miami Basketball: Celebrating Jim Laranega Amidst Decline

Key Discussion: The episode shifts focus to collegiate sports, specifically addressing the University of Miami basketball program's downturn despite past successes.

• Dan Le Batard (39:09 - 45:10): Apologizes for previously overlooking the discussion about Jim Laranega's departure and critically analyzes the current state of the University of Miami's basketball team.

  "They have not talked beyond a one sentence mention of Jim Laraniaga leaving the job at the University of Miami and the total state of disrepair..." (39:09)

• Greg Cody (41:37 - 44:47): Attributes the team's decline to evolving sports dynamics like the transfer portal, suggesting that traditional coaching methods are now obsolete.

  "The transfer portal, that a guy can be like, I don't want to be here. I leave and I'm going to play somewhere else tomorrow or next season." (43:13)

• Amin Elhassan (42:22 - 45:10): Emphasizes the challenges coaches face with the modern college basketball landscape, including constant communication demands and player autonomy.

  "The communication is constant between you and your collective. And it's easy to understand why he would burn out at that stage of his career." (42:22)

Notable Quote:

"A lot of talent that was made that made deep runs consecutively in the tournament and with new talent that's now in the NBA and George, who's in the rising stars game." – Amin Elhassan (44:47)

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5. The Evolution of Sports Metrics and Player Comparisons

Key Discussion: The hosts tackle the complexities of comparing players across different eras due to changing game dynamics and statistical measures.

• Dan Le Batard (24:58 - 28:11): Criticizes the obsession with numbers in sports, arguing that rule changes distort player evaluations and historical comparisons.

  "If we keep making these adjustments for television, we're really going to distort all of these numbers even more." (24:58)

• Chris Cody (27:50 - 28:30): Highlights the pitfalls of Hall of Fame inductions during a player's active career, using Kobe Bryant as an example.

  "They want the video to be complete. What if you have an amazing, like Kobe Bryant, he had that 60 point game at the last game of his career." (18:33)

Notable Quote:

"How do we do this together?" – Chris Cody (31:57)

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6. Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Key Discussion: The episode concludes with reflections on the discussed topics, emphasizing the need for honest conversations in sports management and the challenges posed by modern sports dynamics.

• Dan Le Batard (45:10 - 46:01): Calls for transparency and honesty in coaching, especially regarding the pressures of managing young athletes' careers in the current sports environment.

  "It's not old coaches. It's not just old coaches. Sure, I want my coaches to connect across generations and cultures and everything else, but that has to be something that's hard for anyone who's in management right now trying to govern something that can't be governed." (45:10)

Closing Remarks:

Dan Le Batard acknowledges the complexity of the issues discussed and underscores the importance of adapting to the evolving landscape of sports, both at the professional and collegiate levels.

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Notable Advertisements Skipped:

• Venmo Promotion (00:42 - 01:17)
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Conclusion

This episode provides an in-depth exploration of how societal perceptions, rule changes, and modern challenges impact sports records and management. From dissecting the historical use of asterisks in baseball to critiquing current coaching strategies in football and basketball, Dan Le Batard and his team offer listeners a nuanced perspective on the evolving dynamics of sports.

Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

You're listening to Giraffe Kings Network.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, sure thing.

[Chris Cody]

Hey, you sold that car yet?

[Stugotz]

Yeah, sold it to Carvana.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, I thought you were selling to that guy.

[Greg Cody]

The guy who wanted to pay me in foreign currency.

[Stugotz]

No interest over 36 months.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, no.

[Stugotz]

Carvana gave me an offer in minutes, picked it up and paid me on the spot. It was so convenient. Just like that? Yep. No hassle?

[Amin Elhassan]

None.

[Stugotz]

That is super convenient.

[Chris Cody]

Sell your car to Carvana and swap. Hassle for convenience. Pickup fees may apply.

[Tony Kornheiser]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Shadow Show.

[Greg Cody]

Shadow Show.

[Dan Le Batard]

Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show.

[Greg Cody]

Shadow Show.

[Dan Le Batard]

Shadow Show.

[Greg Cody]

Shadowing it. Shadowing it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Chris, does a mean have stomach problems?

[Stugotz]

From our chat, I can tell you he's very regular, so I don't know if that's a problem, but he goes almost every morning.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yeah, he's over a dump a day.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, but that doesn't really answer my question because he keeps leaving here. He's supposed to be here. We brought in the biggest of reinforcements wearing one of his finest shirts.

[Greg Cody]

Wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

Amin will be back from the bathroom shortly, but at the moment, Greg Cody is holding up his book even though we have no video at the moment. He still doesn't understand. He still doesn't understand that there is not video to this show.

[Amin Elhassan]

A couple people in that chat have a DiMaggio streak going in 2025. There's a. There's a few people in there that have pooped every day in 2025 so far.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, but I never go a day without pooping. There's no such thing.

[Amin Elhassan]

Really. I mean, I'm sure, like, there might be a day that you go to two for one.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes, correct. But there's never a day. Put it on the poll at Lebatard show. Do you go an entire day without pooping? Yes or no?

[Amin Elhassan]

I do quite often. My GI issues are well chronicled here. But also now it's just I'm not eating as much. My diet has changed.

[Dan Le Batard]

You've lost weight. You've leaned out a little bit.

[Amin Elhassan]

Thank you for noticing. But also, I got mass. I take, you know, creatine as well.

[Stugotz]

Mike just flexed. For the people only listening.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's right. He did just. He did just put up his biceps and flex.

[Greg Cody]

You said thank you for noticing. He mentioned it, for crying out loud. No, he does look good.

[Amin Elhassan]

Thank you.

[Greg Cody]

I would be a threat to that DiMaggio crap streak because I'm the kind of guy who can crap on demand. Like, even if I don't have to go, I can do that. And I've learned over the past few years, battling my chronic cough, I've learned that coughing really brings it on.

[Dan Le Batard]

It.

[Amin Elhassan]

Does it relax the anus?

[Greg Cody]

Yes, it sure does. And I enjoy that.

[Stugotz]

Guy wants to learn.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, guy wants to learn. Guy wants to earn. And, you know, so I crap on demand. So my stats would be illegitimate, I think, because I may. If I want to average three craps a day for a month, I can do that, you know.

[Dan Le Batard]

On the poll, please. Juju, does coughing relax the anus at Lebitard show?

[Greg Cody]

Sure does. Opens it up.

[Amin Elhassan]

There's the initial tense. But, you know, after you. After you tense up, it'll just.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, you can't.

[Greg Cody]

It's like magic.

[Dan Le Batard]

I wouldn't call that magic. I'd call that the opposite of magic.

[Greg Cody]

No, if you're stuffed up and you gotta go. A little fake cough. Oh, there it is.

[Dan Le Batard]

You can't sneeze and pee at the same time. Correct. That's not something that any human being can do that a human being cannot sneeze and urinate.

[Stugotz]

Doesn't our. Doesn't your heart stop when you sneeze? Like, it's like everything is a brief.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yeah, everything in the body pauses.

[Stugotz]

Glenn Howerton of the of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia said on. On their podcast about a year ago that when he really needs to poop, he closes his eyes and pictures a dog pooping. And that for whatever reason, it really changes his brain chemistry and helps him go. And I'm not gonna lie, guys, I've used this trick, and it works.

[Greg Cody]

Inspiration.

[Stugotz]

Just the visual of Jeremy using that take, like, closing his eyes and being like, now I see it.

[Amin Elhassan]

Golden retriever. It makes sense, though.

[Chris Cody]

Glenn Howerton, method actor Put it on the poll, please.

[Dan Le Batard]

Juju at LeBatard show. Does your heart stop? Does the human heart stop when you sneeze? Because I don't believe that that is acc. I believe Chris Cody just made that up.

[Tony Kornheiser]

This is the Dan Levatar show with.

[Greg Cody]

The Stu Guts podcast.

[Dan Le Batard]

I have some sound that I want to play for you of Stephen a. Smith lecturing LeBron James in a way that you would. If somebody, if a father were making a decision about his son that was sending him off to certain death. Like, whatever that decision was, you know, that he was adamantly against. We'll get to that sound in a second, but I erred in not giving Amin enough room a couple of places yesterday, and one of them in his ask, his accusation that I am asterisk man, that I. Because you made one. You made. You volunteered one example of me being asterisk man, which is me saying that Saquon Barkley can't have Eric Dickerson Simpson's record or O.J. simpson's record if it takes him more games to do it. If he's playing in more games. You accuse me of being asterisk Man. How else am I asterisk man?

[Chris Cody]

Well, no. So it starts with, do you believe the term asterisk man to be a pejorative?

[Dan Le Batard]

I think an asterisk is neutral. I don't think it's negative.

[Chris Cody]

I'm saying the calling of you as Dan Levittard is an asterisk man. Is that a pejorative to you?

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm fine with arriving in a. I think it's a pretty good description for me to be the guy who shows up and is like, well, hold on a second, Chris.

[Amin Elhassan]

Do you think it's a pejorative?

[Stugotz]

Super pejorative.

[Chris Cody]

All right, so then number two is prior to Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds, who was the all time home run leader in a single.

[Dan Le Batard]

Season, it was Roger Maris. Right.

[Chris Cody]

Well, was it. Was it? Because he did it in more games than Babe Ruth did. So 61/ensis is how they had it.

[Amin Elhassan]

That was the HBO movie.

[Chris Cody]

It was Barry Pepper.

[Amin Elhassan]

Barry Pepper, Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

That's my guy.

[Stugotz]

One of the grossest things I've ever seen in a movie, when he shows what's happening to his leg lately in his career, it's like, just like, ugh, gross.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. But the point being is there was, you know, Roger Maris broke this record that anyone thought would be broken, and for the longest time, they would not allow Roger Maris, who they thought was beneath the honor of holding this record that the Great Bambino held. Right? So they had an asterisk on that for the longest time.

[Dan Le Batard]

And then I think that's where the asterisk in sports was invented for its usage. Like, I think it's. It's the spot that everyone points to and says that's the first time the asterisk was used to diminish someone's accomplishment.

[Chris Cody]

Right? And then eventually baseball came to its senses, like, look, this is the record. The seasons are this. We don't need an asterisk. We don't need a footnote. And then obviously, other people came along and hit more than 61. And we don't put any asterisks on that. Barry Bonds, he did it with performance enhancers, as did McGwire, as did Sosa. Do we put asterisks next to them for their accomplishments? We don't. So Saquon Barkley merely. They said, hey, this is a season. Go out and rush however many yards or whatever. Obviously he didn't break it. So it's kind of a moot point right now. But the point is, had he done it, he does not deserve an asterisk or I don't think, or whatever, because these are the rules of engagement.

[Dan Le Batard]

But wait a minute. We've got it on Roger Maris. Roger Maris was your example. Roger Maris does have the asterisk.

[Chris Cody]

No, he doesn't.

[Amin Elhassan]

No, it's not.

[Chris Cody]

They took it off.

[Amin Elhassan]

It's actually never been in the record books. It was just a societal thing. Also, I took a tour at Churchill Downs, and In the early 1900s, I believe, there was a Kentucky Derby that had very few horses in it that everyone was actually trying to lose.

[Chris Cody]

Why?

[Amin Elhassan]

I don't recall. We'll get on that.

[Dan Le Batard]

Greg Cody of the Miami Herald is in with us on a Thursday. Stu Gotz is feeling beat up but confident as he heads into Radio Row. I'm enthusiastic about whatever he produces on Radio Row, but I thought it was super instructive yesterday, the different ways that Stugatz and Billy interpret the same experience at Radio Row, where Stu Gotz thinks he's the most reliable version of himself on Radio Row. And Billy says, no, that's an appearance by Lieutenant Full of Shit, Captain of the lieutenant of the Stugot's Army. Like, there's. He's not reliable. He's just at the Super Bowl. We've seen it before. He's just at the super bowl to shake hands, to slap people on the back, and to feel important about being Stugats.

[Chris Cody]

It's his army. He's not even a general in it.

[Dan Le Batard]

He is not. It wouldn't make any sense for him to be the general of his own army. He can't be in charge of anything. What, are you kidding me?

[Greg Cody]

You got to delegate.

[Dan Le Batard]

The army would march straight into a corner with its bayonet and stab itself in the face while trying to grab more money. It's not an army that would try to. To defeat anybody. It would just be an army that would try to accrue funds by illicit means.

[Greg Cody]

By the way, you're a little behind the times. Because. Because of my instigation, about five, six or seven years ago, the NFL officially changed the name of it to sad, sad radio row with a comma between the two sads.

[Dan Le Batard]

That. Is that what I remember about that. Some of you may not remember that song on this show and song in general in sports media. Twenty years ago, Greg Cody was the singing sportswriter on ESPN radio. He had that lane to himself. It was not everyone else at that trough. He ran out of songs about a dozen songs in, and everything became row, row, row your boat. So sad, sad radio row, like everything, every song, he just ran out of songs. After about a dozen songs, he stopped trying, not unlike with his back. In my day.

[Greg Cody]

Right. Yeah. You run out of ideas. You know, I want to play the sad, sad radio row song and I don't care. Like me. Perhaps the song hasn't aged well.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's not very good.

[Greg Cody]

Well, but. But it's a classic.

[Dan Le Batard]

I. Well, I recall it as you stopped trying the moment that you descended into an assortment of song that were Row, row, row your boat. That made it clear that you weren't doing any prep on the songs for Sunday morning.

[Greg Cody]

I think you're maligning me.

[Amin Elhassan]

The 1891 Kentucky Derby was the slowest Kentucky Derby of all time. Each rider was under orders to stay off the lead until the final stretch. There were only four horses.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you.

[Greg Cody]

Four horsemen.

[Dan Le Batard]

I knew that was coming. He's fairly useless in that regard. Anytime, anyone, he's got a Tourette's now. It is Roy. You're laughing at it, but it's. It is Cornheim. Look, Kornheiser's sense of humor for 20 years, okay, is someone says they vacationed in Rome, and he goes, jim Rome. And that's it. It's all he's got.

[Greg Cody]

Valuable information.

[Dan Le Batard]

Jeremy, can you help me with something since we're correcting things and adding nuance and asterisks. I said the other day that there was a position in royalty in which a person would stand next to the royal and absorb criticism and blame for their farts. You were unable to find this job, or what it was called, because you were searching the intern for English royalty. My error was in telling you, or not telling you that it's Japanese royalty. That. This is. Yes, this is a. This was in Japanese history. So if you can find for me whatever that job was called. The fart. The fart absorber.

[Chris Cody]

Eurocentrism strikes again.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, I. You know what? Ichiro used to have one of those. His interpreter was also paid to pretend like he farted when Ichiro let a pass.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's not true.

[Greg Cody]

No, it is true.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's not true. You're making.

[Greg Cody]

I witnessed it in the Marlins clubhouse. It's real, like it happened.

[Chris Cody]

He's a royalty then. I don't know if you know this.

[Dan Le Batard]

He is. I didn't know he is.

[Amin Elhassan]

In Jet. In Japan's historical court culture, there is no well documented official position where someone was designated to take credit for another person's flatulence. However, the concept aligns with historical practices in some royal courts worldwide. That's just off the top of my dome.

[Dan Le Batard]

Go ahead and retain.

[Amin Elhassan]

But it appears to be more of a legend than truth.

[Dan Le Batard]

Go ahead and play it, Chris.

[Greg Cody]

Sad Radio Row, row, row your beat Opining about your team merrily, merrily Talk up the game enough to make listeners scream at the super bowl site, local radio stations pontificate and preen. Will Manning get sacked?

[Dan Le Batard]

Hey.

[Greg Cody]

Both coaches are black Till somebody ruptures a spleen along Radio Row. Many wonderful sights may be witnessed behind the scene. Like Tony Saragusa stealing pastry and eating so much that witnesses vomit and scream. Airtime is scarce and so scheduling guests is not as smooth as it seems. That's why the singing sportswriter from the Herald gets bumped by Larry Fitzgerald. Get that set. Radio Road grabbing guests to join in the fun. Hey, there's Hank Goldberg with weird Charlie Bricker. Somebody hand me faded out there.

[Stugotz]

I thought that it was like couldn't.

[Amin Elhassan]

Tell what was coming.

[Dan Le Batard]

Good job.

[Amin Elhassan]

It's a great fade out.

[Dan Le Batard]

It was clearly a bun. Someone hand me a bun. We were eating at the Super Bowl.

[Amin Elhassan]

Different times, you know.

[Stugotz]

Let me fade that out a little.

[Amin Elhassan]

There wasn't gun violence way back in the early 2000s.

[Chris Cody]

I thought he was a hand me my son.

[Greg Cody]

There you go.

[Dan Le Batard]

Paul George is saying he is wondering why it is that Indiana is so salty about him leaving for the right reasons. And he's saying he hasn't even got gotten a tribute video. And I'm wondering what the line is on tribute video and is it Paul George? I'm asking. I'm not. I'm not condemning Paul George as a player. I'm just simply asking what's the line on returning tribute video where you're like, you know what? I don't think that requires an honor.

[Chris Cody]

I just the idea that that would be a complaint. A complaint. I mean, maybe at the time, his first time coming back with Oklahoma City, back to Indiana, say, hey, I did a lot for this franchise. You say, hey, man, I think I deserve it. I earned it. It's all right. Like, you know, that's okay.

[Amin Elhassan]

But wasn't it a situation where he kind of, like, he forced his way out?

[Chris Cody]

Forced his way out. Okay, so then at that point, you just have to basically say, you know what? We gotta wait until the end of my career, and then I'll come back and I'll have a hero's welcome.

[Amin Elhassan]

But you'll have his jersey retired, right?

[Chris Cody]

I believe so. I think he did a lot for that organization, and especially an organization. It's not like it's got a rich history of championships outside of the aba, so he definitely deserves to be honored. But to bring it up midway through his career, like as is, actively playing is just such an odd thing. But then again, he has a podcast. Sometimes you got. You need the fill, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, he says it sucks that he's never gotten a tribute video. And he clearly feels he's the one making this a topic because literally no one but him is thinking about it. It's not something that anyone is giving any consideration. He's noticing it. He's volunteering it. And I'm asking, what. What's the line on this? I know Miami's gonna get made fun of when they celebrate Udonis Haslam this way. Like, however it is that they decide to celebrate Udonis Haslam because it's something they've been trafficking on for about 10 years.

[Chris Cody]

They already did, right? They retired his jersey.

[Dan Le Batard]

They're just gonna keep doing it, though.

[Amin Elhassan]

He's gonna get a statue. I think people get it with UD just because of the culture stuff and all, all that. But I also think there's a generational divide. We're all predisposed to laugh at Paul George, and it was mean, actually. I believe who explained to us that that for an entire generation that was rooting for not LeBron for a long stretch of time, for like two and a half years, he was like the chief, not LeBron guy. At least in the Eastern Conference. You had KD doing his thing in the West. But the guy that was routinely going into battle against LeBron was Paul George, which is why the perception of him with a younger generation is probably outsized.

[Stugotz]

He was Josh Allen, pretty much.

[Chris Cody]

He was our Josh Allen, our shining prince of a, Josh Allen. Good, but not good enough.

[Greg Cody]

I think he deserves a video, you know, not a statue. But the basketball hall of Fame door is very wide. Everybody gets in. So he's a Hall of Famer, right? We agree on that. He's a future hall of Famer. If we agree. And if he is associated with Indiana, if that's the franchise you think of when you think of Paul George, then that certifies him as deserving, not a statue.

[Dan Le Batard]

But I mean, he's now three teams removed.

[Chris Cody]

I think the bigger thing for me is like he'll get whatever honoring. It's just not going to happen while you're active, my man. Like Mike said, those active memorials that we get is typically beloved player who finally moves on gracefully to another place. Not get me the hell out of here. This place isn't good enough. That guy doesn't get the memorial service or the remembering fondly while they're still actively playing.

[Greg Cody]

But that's an artificial rule, right? I mean, I agree that that's the modus operandi, but I think, for example, I think you should be letting the hall of Fame as an active player if you're going to make it five years after retirement. That's another artificial rule. If you're a Peyton Manning at the end of his career, why not let an active player get that hall of Fame honor while he's still playing?

[Chris Cody]

Because when we play the video at the hall of Fame, they want the video to be complete. What if you have an amazing, like, think about Kobe Bryant, he had that 60 point game at the last game of his career. You don't want to have a Hall of Fame enshrinement for him and then leave off amazing things that happen after the enshrinement. The idea is that this is supposed to encapsulate your entire career.

[Greg Cody]

I think the opposite is more of a danger there. I think if, if you induct somebody into the hall of Fame while they're still playing and then they throw 40 interceptions or get into some off field, you know, nightmare, then that is something that makes you go, wow, maybe we should wait five years, you know.

[Chris Cody]

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[Stugotz]

I'm sorry I just said in his headset. Haven't you been to all of them too?

[Greg Cody]

It sounded like you were speaking aloud. My bad. Totally on me. That's 100% on me.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, Stugats.

[Greg Cody]

But that goes without saying, right? That it couldn't.

[Amin Elhassan]

Well, now he said it, didn't.

[Stugotz]

He didn't say it again.

[Dan Le Batard]

Greg.

[Greg Cody]

My apologies.

[Dan Le Batard]

Greg. Why Greg? Yeah, Greg.

[Chris Cody]

He apologized.

[Dan Le Batard]

Craig. Sincerely.

[Tony Kornheiser]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats.

[Amin Elhassan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Playoff P. Playoff P eventually became Halliburton, right? However it is that you arrive at doing all of the transactions that make that team Halliburtons now instead of playoff Peas.

[Chris Cody]

I forgot all about the catfishing thing.

[Stugotz]

Paul Dream Paul George was traded for Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis. And later on Sabonis ended up being traded in exchange for Tyrese Halliburton and Buddy Heald in a multiplayer trade. So they kind of ended up working out okay in the long run.

[Chris Cody]

It's kind of crazy if you think about it like at the height of their careers, would you rather have Paul George at his best or Sabonis and Oladipo? I think I'd rather have Sabonis and Oladipo.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think that Paul George is right about at the line of where it is. We'll find the tribute video. I don't know where the line is I'm asking you guys. I'm telling you. It's gonna be whatever Yudonis Haslam gets next. That nationally everyone's gonna wonder if it's indeed if it's a statue. If it's a statue for Udonis Haslam. That's gonna be something that people in Miami understand and no one else understands. No one else.

[Amin Elhassan]

Nobody healed is higher on the three pointers made list than Dirk Nowitzki.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, man. That's what happens when every shot you take is a three pointer.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, I want to ask you guys about this because Adam Silver's now talking about making the. The quarters 10 minutes instead of 12 minutes. And if we keep making these adjustments for television, we're really going to distort all of these numbers even more. I don't know if the numbers matter to anyone listening to this anymore. We tend to obsess with the numbers in sports pretty frequently. But Asterisk man is telling you that they need to matter, that you got to respect. Asterisk man is here. Asterisk man is here to tell you that you guys are bleeping with the numbers in a way that's not okay. I know you hate Matt and I know that you occasionally, if you're Greg Cody, you don't want any more new information with your sports.

[Greg Cody]

Correct.

[Dan Le Batard]

None at all. You don't want to. You don't want to add any learning to your sports experience.

[Amin Elhassan]

I'm looking at the top 50 and three pointers made right now. They're all guys that played in the 21st century. There's an inherent asterisk with the eras.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, like I think that's the thing. Unlike baseball, a sport that's very married to certain numbers. Basketball, just basketball, like Mike just pointed out, a great example is three point shooting. Another one that I bring up is offensive rating. Did you know that like 45 of the top 50 best offenses of all time have happened since COVID Like that's insane.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

Where average teams in the. In these last few years are among the top 50 of greatest all time.

[Dan Le Batard]

One of the great things about watching sports today is seeing how it distorts how dumb all the coaches were previously doing all of the math the incorrect way. Like where it all on fourth down or throw the ball in the post for an inefficient shot. One of my favorite stats. I don't know where it is that you guys. What you guys have for favorite stats, but I'm pretty sure that Magic Johnson, his rookie season when he won the championship, I think that year he was either over 16 from 3 or 1 for 16 from 3. Something, something totally absurd that he was able to play the game the way that we're no longer playing it. That I'm not going to say that that player would be Ben Simmons now. But not having a three point shot would make it very difficult for someone like that to thrive today, would it not? Like not, not as a basketball player. Obviously he would figure other things out. But I don't know if you can be the way that he used to play, I mean which is, it was all packed into the paint. It wasn't something he was doing around the three point line.

[Chris Cody]

I think when you're six nine you can play with however you want to play. Like you're a 6, 9 point guard. You can play any, any way you want to play. But yes, it is harder, it would be harder for a smaller player. So the example a lot of people bring up a lot is Isaiah Thomas, the original Isaiah Thomas that like hey, this is a guy who shot, what is it, 29% from 3 for his career. Never shot higher than 31%. That was like 33.8% which is awful by modern standards. He attempted less than a three pointer a game for much of his career. Yes and no. Because empirically I can look at Isaiah Thomas and say this is a guy who has all of the characteristics of someone who can shoot. Right. The only reason he couldn't shoot threes was a part of it is he didn't shoot threes. So many of those attempts that you're seeing are heaves and end of shot clock and not like true, I lined up and took this shot. And B, you got to understand players like Magic, like Isaiah Thomas, that whole era they didn't see a three point line until they got to the NBA. There was no three point line in high school, there was no three point line in college. They got to the NBA like here's this line and then every coach tells you, ah, don't worry about it, that's only, only in special situations. So I don't, I don't use it as kind of a judgment on like oh, you're garbage, you could never play like that. I think Magic Johnson in the modern era would be a better three point shooter as would Isaiah Thomas as with all these guys because it would be emphasized to them, to Amin's point, if.

[Stugotz]

You look at the stats for Magic Johnson, Dan, the rookie season you mentioned, he was 7 for 31 from 3 as a rookie, finished second in rookie of the Year. What's funny is that in his fourth season, he was 0 for 21 from 3 and finished third in MVP voting. But by near the end of his career, in the 198990 season, he shot 38% from three on 276 attempts. So it completely changed just over the course of like, you know, seven or eight years.

[Chris Cody]

And that's. And again, that's, that's mid-90s where we're still, it's still. I think that's, that's late 80s. Oh, late 80s. Muffled. But that's still not a widespread kind of adoption of this. Right? You think about even the 90s, the first time we get a spike is when they move the three point line in. And then there's a bunch of guys who are like, oh, I already shoot this shot, but now it's a three pointer. Let me go ahead and take a three. But that's why, you know, Dan, you texted me the other day about what do you think of Jokic versus Jordan? And I said, I don't like these conversations because they're kind of inherently flawed in that we're trying to compare things that are not of the same time in the same way that I said, who's smarter, Chris Cody or Isaac Newton? Isaac Newton couldn't work an iPad. Isaac Newton could work a soundboard. He could do all those things. So clearly, is Chris Cody smarter than Isaac Newton? I don't think so.

[Stugotz]

That was very pejorative.

[Dan Le Batard]

Can you look up for me, Jeremy, what it is that Magic Johnson did? Like, what did the team do while Magic Johnson was going 0, 21. So the next time I get, I say that this is one of my favorite stats. I actually use it correctly and have 7 for 31.

[Stugotz]

Doesn't slap like over 60.

[Dan Le Batard]

But the rookie year wasn't the one that I'm thinking of. I got pretty much everything wrong in it. It was the fourth year and it was over 21. And that. That is kind of amazing. And it is also kind of amazing to see that immediately go to 38% as soon as, you know, survival of the fittest evolution makes an appearance.

[Amin Elhassan]

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[Tony Kornheiser]

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[Greg Cody]

To address Tony and all men who would wear that shirt in public. Stugats don't do it this is the.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Dan Levatar show with the Stugats.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want to ask all of you and if you get me an expert on this, I'd appreciate it because we need our renowned Jacksonville expert. Even if he's on paternity leave. And even if he's busy, you know, fathering a baby and taking care of parental duties to explain what it is that's happened with his beloved new coach. Ever since Tony alleged that Jacksonville Jags were a good football team, they have basically not been. And now I think Liam Cohen is going to have a hard time since they're not playing games anytime soon, living all of this down, including the sensual caterpillar of eyebrows that run across his forehead.

[Amin Elhassan]

That's what this is about. Jacksonville, the community. Duvall.

[Chris Cody]

How do we do this together?

[Dan Le Batard]

Tony, what is the correct way to say that? Do you want to help Cohen and welcome as Jacksonville's biggest supporter in the national media?

[Stugotz]

Thank you, Dan. Yes. They have been not great since we took the mantle of the bandwagon for Jacksonville. I actually brought a couple of props here. Number one is a little bit of an explanation here for Coach Cohen and for what Duval county does, right? So Coach Cohen hit us with the Duvall, right, Which got a lot. A lot of Ls in it. A lot of Ls, which we don't like.

[Dan Le Batard]

As Jacksonville does.

[Stugotz]

As Jacksonville does. I couldn't fit all the L's they had this season on the paper, as you can see, which I wanted to. I should have made it smaller. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Only six Ls here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Could have.

[Stugotz]

There was a lot more.

[Dan Le Batard]

You really could have. You could have done it. To have all the Ls in their schedule by just making Duvall a little smaller. Yeah, but. Yeah, you.

[Stugotz]

That L. Right. I've been. There it is. I've been in the linguistics lab. And that L. That trailing L is something we don't like in Duval. It's more. Right do the. You is very important here in the Duval County. By the way, I brought another prop that I've been absolutely persecuted for having in my possession. I feel like I've almost been hiding it since the. The day of its inception. But, Dan, I brought out the.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wow. The bi. Candle.

[Stugotz]

Nice candle. Dan, this has been. Do you remember in the first scene in Inglorious Bastards where Kristoff Waltz asks if. If they are harboring people under the floorboards? I was asked, are you harboring this when I moved it to my new place. Are you harboring a Sambo Selli vintage candle? And I said, absolutely not. I don't know what you're talking about, but here I am to say the Sambo Sally candle is alive and well. Dan, Coach Cohen is an interesting. An interesting situation.

[Amin Elhassan]

Duvall.

[Dan Le Batard]

That sounds like a ghost. Like if I told you, if I. If I told you you were sleeping. If I told you right now.

[Amin Elhassan]

Who was once considered the second best golfer on the planet? Duval.

[Stugotz]

I don't sleep. By the way, who did Charlotte. That's another story for another day.

[Amin Elhassan]

Duvall.

[Dan Le Batard]

Who did I love Starring opposite Sean Penn in Cops, the 1980 movie?

[Amin Elhassan]

Duval.

[Stugotz]

Which outfielder played for both the Braves and the Marlins?

[Amin Elhassan]

Duvall.

[Dan Le Batard]

That is a ghost.

[Amin Elhassan]

This ghost is amazing at trivia. Taking them to trivia now. All right, whoever you are, spirit, all.

[Dan Le Batard]

Of us together are having a good time. We're out, we're drinking beers, we're having fun. Miller Lights. And it's midnight. And now we're walking into a dark cornfield.

[Amin Elhassan]

Duvall.

[Stugotz]

Horrifying.

[Greg Cody]

Who played the wife in the Shining?

[Amin Elhassan]

Duval.

[Dan Le Batard]

Tony. How is he going to live this down? What is going to happen? Like he can't live this down until he's played a game. Sirianni was wearing that terrible press conference until he coached a game.

[Stugotz]

That's the thing, right? We've seen coaches have really weird press conferences. Be really weird on camera. And then all of a sudden the game start and you're like, oh, I kind of forgot. Nick Sirianni. I heard Sugatse the other day. Is he the best Eagles coach of all time? Maybe if he wins a Super bowl here, like possibly. Right? I think the thing with Cohen is this. He's been around cool people for a long time, but when he says the lingo of cool people, it sounds weird, dude.

[Greg Cody]

Right?

[Stugotz]

I don't wanna. I don't want to throw Chris Cody under the bus, but Chris is somebody who has the lingo. But then when says the lingo, you're like, oh, that kind of doesn't sound what's good. It doesn't connect what's good, bro?

[Chris Cody]

Tony, let me ask Chris, let me ask a question. Is it possible cuz I didn't catch the feeling that he's just awkward saying the cool lingo? I caught the feeling that Right. Moments before the press conference. And you want me say it loud. Okay, got it. Like he learned about it moments before coming on stage, he's repeating something that he was told to say or maybe even he incorporated in his research for the press conference. Not anything. He's never heard of it before that day for sure. Like when he was in Tampa, he had never heard that call.

[Dan Le Batard]

I have a different appraisal of this. This is what I think happened. The head coach, and especially the first time head coach In a press conference has to be some version that is him, but repressed. And so he's like, watch this. I'm going to show them personality outside of my repressions, but I'm not confident about what I'm doing, and I'm a little scared. And showing these people big personality might not be something that I should do. And so now I'm leaking confidence as soon as I've started. I didn't think that that was confident. I thought he was leaking confidence as he did this. I see in his eyebrows the fact that he doesn't know if he's saying it right.

[Chris Cody]

Duvall, there's pride in those eyebrows. What are you talking about?

[Dan Le Batard]

Let's play it again. Let's. Let's. You guys tell me if there's pride in these eyebrows. Play it again for the people and watch again. I will tell you, the audio of this is funny, but the video is funnier because of what his eyebrows are doing during the Duvall.

[Amin Elhassan]

That's what this is about. Jacksonville, the community Duvall.

[Chris Cody]

See that little sway side aside? He's like, oh, I'm about to get him.

[Stugotz]

He's crushing it.

[Chris Cody]

I'm about to get him with this one.

[Dan Le Batard]

They not ready.

[Chris Cody]

First eyebrow is like, oh, yeah, I'm going there. Second eyebrow went there. You came with me.

[Stugotz]

Look at that smirk.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, Dan nailed it.

[Amin Elhassan]

Confidence.

[Stugotz]

That got him the job, dude.

[Chris Cody]

He.

[Stugotz]

Dan's point, though, there's a bit of a lip quiver when he says it. Watch his mouth and watch the lip quiver a little bit. Like, am I about to nail this or am I not about to nail this? Watch the mouth. Let's play it again. And watch the mouth really quick.

[Amin Elhassan]

That's what this is about. Jacksonville, the community du ball.

[Stugotz]

That's not how do we do this together.

[Chris Cody]

That I guarantee. Not only is it confident Tony, he didn't even know he messed up until after he got off the press conference podium was like, I killed it. Let me see what Twitter. Oh, my God.

[Stugotz]

He's like, you see? You hear my Duval? I crushed it. Like, that's how he walked off that stage.

[Dan Le Batard]

One last refresher, Tony, on the correct way to do this with your helpful video aid, please.

[Stugotz]

Absolutely. So again, coach Cone Duvall. Yeah, a lot of L's there. Hopefully not this season, but a lot of L's. L's you need Duvall. I didn't add the, you know, as many A's and L's, but the U's are the most important here. You got to get the U'S in boys. That's it right there.

[Chris Cody]

And you, you made it right in that. You said multiple A's, one L. If there's one letter that's going to get sacrificed here, it's going to be the L at the end.

[Stugotz]

We don't take L's, baby. No L's in Duval.

[Dan Le Batard]

Excellent analysis. Worth you coming back from paternity leave. Thank you, Tony. Appreciate that. You are forever a jag off. Thank you, sir.

[Stugotz]

The segment was fire.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want to, I want to backtrack a couple of weeks here. This has been a glaring omission by our show and I'm embarrassed by it, especially here in the local hour. We have not talked beyond a one sentence mention of Jim Laraniaga leaving the job at the University of Miami and the total state of disrepair that is the University of Miami basketball program where completely squandered is a Final four appearance from a couple of years ago in a way that is jarring to see a program not only not be able to capitalize off of a Final four appearance, but to do the very worst of the opposite of whatever capitalizing is where you're losing games at home to Charleston Southern by 25 points because the program is completely broken. But I do want to celebrate instead of the fleeing at the end, the fact that that was a monumentally successful career at the University of Miami for a coach like one one of the best runs across the sport that you will see. The greatest coaches in the University of Miami's history are him and Leonard Hamilton. Correct. Like those are that, that like Jim Laranega retires as not only the best University of Miami basketball coach that there has ever been, but where on the list of best coaches, period with Jim Morris, with Jimmie Johnson, like where does he go on the Mount Rushmore of, you know, Katie Meyer on the, on University of Miami coaches.

[Greg Cody]

Well, I think you have to start with championship winning coaches. But Larryga's distinction is always going to be that he was the first to get the them to a final Four. A major deal that we thought would be the beginning of the greatness of um, hoops. And it went downhill fast. But I think Laryn Yeager was a victim of a sport cannibalizing older coaches. I think Laryn Yeager and coaches of his generation, they're, they're running as hard as they can, but they're losing ground to nil to transfer portal. They just, they, they're not suited to that. They grew up in a different age of college basketball and the spirit sport changed around them. And I don't think Larren Yeager wanted to or was equipped to reinvent himself. And he pretty much said that in his parting comments.

[Amin Elhassan]

I don't disagree at all, Greg, but it's weird to understand that. Take agree with it, hear the man say it himself and reconcile that with, he just had his greatest recruiting class in program history and they did very well early on in the nil space. Look, this team was a half away from consecutive back to back final four appearances. Yeah, it's very confusing what happened here. I know he struggled, as did Katie, and they articulated it. There's an energy associated with talent acquisition now that goes beyond just normal. On life on the road, recruiting high school kids. It is perpetual. The communication is constant between you and your collective. And it's easy to understand why he would burn out at that stage of his career.

[Chris Cody]

I think, you know, it's easy when it's at the end, right? Like, I don't need this. It's the. I'm the Danny Glover. I'm too old for this shit. So I don't. It's not an indictment on the new rules of engagement. It's just who has the patience and what stage of career are they at where they're going to tolerate learning a new language, right? Like, hey, your job just moved you to. To Russia. Am I really going to learn Russian at like 62 years old? Nah, it's all right. We're good. I retire, right? Number two. I think the. I keep saying this. I don't think nil is the thing that has ruined the game, because again, most of these big programs, we're offering incentives, let's put it that way. I think it's a transfer portal, that a guy can be like, I don't.

[Stugotz]

Want to be here.

[Chris Cody]

I'm leaving and I'm going to play somewhere else tomorrow or next season, whatever. That's the part that I think made it harder for many of these older coaches to kind of come to grips with that.

[Amin Elhassan]

That is 100% accurate. I know from what Katie said, she really struggled with. You invest yourself so much in a relationship, and no matter how well it seems to be going, the college basketball players in particular are always going to test the market. It is very strange. Look, we retained a lot of talent that entered the transfer portal. We talked, talked him away from it. We lost some guys, like Wuka Poplar in particular, has kind of reinvented himself over at Villanova. Bensley Joseph is doing well. Norchad O'Mear is still rebounding like a beast over at Baylor. It's just really confusing to me as you kept wondering, wow, this is happening in Miami. Jim Laraniga is showing you what the ceiling at this program can be. And for them to not only do nothing with that momentum, but become one of the worst Division 1P4 programs we have ever seen during a 16 game losing streak, not being close historically being one of the worst against the spread teams in the history of college athletics. It's crazy what's happened so quickly. Like the talent does not compute because they have a fair amount of talent. When you look at recruiting, star rating ratings and whatnot, it does not compete with what you're seeing on the court.

[Greg Cody]

The against the spread record sort of explains itself because when you make a final four that recently, there's the assumption, all right, this is a good program that's going to start being good at again and therefore I think they're always going to be favored by more or, or an underdog by less than they should be because of that.

[Amin Elhassan]

Guys, just stop listening to. They were not playing Jim Lar style defense. They were not active hands at the top of the key. It was just a little unrecognizable. And it was really confusing because I would argue entering last season that's one of the more talented Miami basketball teams we've ever had. A lot of talent that was made that made deep runs consecutively in the tournament and with new talent that's now in the NBA and George, who's in the rising stars game.

[Dan Le Batard]

I would love to have an honest conversation, like a truly honest conversation with these coaches on what it is that they're dealing with, with families and with teenagers now that they're more powerless than they've actually been because of the stuff that you're talking about. Like a truly honest conversation about what happens when it's teenagers and their families fighting over your money and you have no control over making anybody listen because there's nothing that you can do to exert power over somebody who's unhappy they don't have to eat it anymore. It's not old coaches. It's not just old coaches. Sure, I want my coaches to connect across generations and cultures and everything else, but that has to be something that's hard for anyone who's in management right now trying to govern something that can't be governed.

[Amin Elhassan]

Guys, I just wanna close this segment with an investigation that I've had pending. I'm here to argue that Liam Cohen's always been crazy and we're just catching on to it because this is the first time that you've seen him speak. But I recall a video, because I'm a big Baker Mayfield guy of them being reintroduced after Liam Cohen was named offensive coordinator. By the way, it's very interesting. People are so confused and at the back of their mind still doubt Baker Mayfield that we've hired two of his offensive coordinators as head coaches because we're struggling to explain this. But watch this video. I submit this as evidence. Liam Cohen reuniting with Baker Mayfield field.

[Dan Le Batard]

Baker just pulled up. Ah, let's go. What up, though?

[Amin Elhassan]

Hey, had to do something like, you know.

[Dan Le Batard]

What up, though?

[Chris Cody]

I got. I had to do something like.

[Amin Elhassan]

He's like Kyle Mooney.

[Stugotz]

I'm seeing so much of myself in this guy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Let me see. While the red hair's not helping him here, I don't know if you can pull any of this off as a ginger. Let me see that again because he is again going with sensual shoulders and the head mana.

[Amin Elhassan]

Ah, let's go. What up, though? Hey, I had to do something light, you know?

[Tony Kornheiser]

Hey there, wellness warriors. If you're like me, you've given a lot of thought to how to improve your health and wellness routine. This year, I've started stretching more. Do a little mindfulness and meditation every day. Try to clear my mind, make my body feel right. Take your health routine to the next level with the magic of contrast therapy. Meet our new amazing sponsor, Redwood Outdoors. They're making it easy to bring the benefits of saunas and cold plunges right to your backyard. A Redwood Outdoors backyard sauna seats two to eight people, where you can relax, unwind, and enjoy all the benefits like reduced muscle tension, improved sleep, and glowing skin. And it doesn't stop there. Redwood Outdoors Invigorating cold plunge helps to boost circulation, sharpen your focus, and leave you feeling absolutely revitalized. Whether it's detoxing deeper, reducing inflammation, or connecting with loved ones in moments of piece, Redwood Outdoors has you covered. Enhance your physical and mental wellness routines with Redwood Outdoors. Take advantage of special Savings today. Visit redwoodoutdoors.com use code DAN to save $175. That's redwoodoutdoors.com code D A N. Save $175 on your order. Redwoodoutdoors.com code DAN hey, howdy, listener.

[Amin Elhassan]

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