The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

The Big Suey: Mike Throws a Knife at Pat Riley (feat. Ros Gold-Onwude)

Date: September 25, 2025
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

Episode Overview

This jam-packed "Big Suey" episode delivers classic Le Batard crew energy: part sports deep-dive, part offbeat banter, part pop culture, and all-around lively chaos. Special guest Roz Gold-Onwude joins to dissect WNBA coaching drama, social media stardom, and Coachella lineups. Meanwhile, the usual suspects spiral into knife-throwing debates, mock demonstrations, and escalating in-studio antics—culminating in (fake) peril for a cardboard Pat Riley. The crew also unleashes hot takes on Bill Belichick’s personal life, viral TikTok memes, and the unique ways they greet people from afar.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Great Knife-Throwing Debate

Timestamps: [02:02–05:05]; [22:23–24:44]

• The crew fixates on the proper technique for throwing a knife: blade or handle first?
  • Billy Gil (03:22): “You want to be throwing this from the handle. So if you have an actual throwing knife, you want to be throwing from the handle. It's balanced in weight. So for every step you take away, that’s about one rotation."
  • Mike Ryan pushes back (04:02): “He said throwing knife. I don’t care about throwing—no. If you’re talking about a kitchen knife or hunting knife... you lower your hand on the handle.”
  • Roz (02:28): "It comes from the stomach. It's a gut thing."
  • Multiple crew members attempt demo throws—first with plastic knives, then scissors, in increasingly absurd and chaotic fashion.
  • Dan Le Batard (27:00): "Dan, you are crazy. This is a liability."
  • Stugotz (27:05), after a hit gone awry: “...I’m worried that they definitely hit him in the dick. There are so many knives being thrown.”

Notable Moment

• Mike allegedly throws a knife at “Pat Riley” (a stand-in; no real danger), which incites collective panic and laughter.

2. WNBA Coaching Carousel – The Sandy Brondello Firing

Timestamps: [05:08–09:55]

• Roz Gold-Onwude reflects on the abrupt firing of Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello just months after bringing NYC its first WNBA championship.
• Roz (06:05): “She also had a lot of adversity... injuries to Liberty starters... surprising… but this happens all the time in sports. You might think, ‘good coach,’ but maybe they're thinking this isn't the coach that takes us to the next level.”
• Stugotz notes American sports context (07:38): Rare to see champs dismissed so quickly, unlike international soccer.
• Crew rattles off historic quick firings (Larry Brown, Budenholzer) but agree Brondello’s leash was especially short.
• Roz: “It really puts a lot of pressure on them too, to get this right. That New York Liberty job is a cushy job.”

3. WNBA Physicality & Officiating

Timestamps: [09:55–10:56]

• Roz (09:55): “It is more physical than usual in the WNBA this season... critique of reffing... so many skirmishes... Speaking of physical, it’s the Phoenix Mercury who bring the pain in these playoffs... bully ball.”

4. Why Isn't Asia Wilson the Biggest Star?

Timestamps: [10:56–16:25]

• Asia Wilson, a four-time MVP, isn’t the W's most-followed or pop-culturally transcendent star.
• Roz (11:28): “Asia’s on the way to a resume that will put her as the greatest of all time... being the best is not correlating with being the most recognized yet.”
• Social media following stats: Angel Reese leads with 5.1M, then Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers—Wilson is fifth.
• Roz expands (15:36): Women’s popularity is shaped by more than greatness: “...who’s the coolest, who’s the funniest, who’s the most intriguing... That’s why the WNBA is so important—just the diversity of women that can shine.”

5. Angel Reese Drama in Chicago

Timestamps: [19:39–22:16]

• Chris Cote (19:39): “What do we make of what's going on with Angel Reese in Chicago right now?... She comes out, she says a lot of things… after just two seasons, if an NBA player did this, we'd be giving it a side eye.”
• Suspended for half a game for “conduct detrimental.” Roz and Dan discuss the oddity of WNBA fines ($200 for Caitlin Clark), the league’s personality-based drama, and how stories and relationships (Bam Adebayo presenting Asia Wilson’s MVP award) add to the league’s charm.

6. Coachella Lineup Reactions

Timestamps: [24:24–26:13]

• Mike Ryan (24:36): "Coachella lineup is very confusing... Strokes, Nine Inch Nails... but the headliners are Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Carol G. It doesn't make any sense."
• Dan and the crew reminisce about festival-going, appreciating the genre collisions, and Roz recalls big Stanford crew weekends at Coachella.

7. Bill Belichick’s Relationship and Media Backlash

Timestamps: [32:05–36:41]

• Chris Cote (32:17): “Is there a bigger hypocrite in sports than Bill Belichick?”
• Crew debates how the legendary coach, once obsessed with limiting distractions, is now seen “kissing his much-younger girlfriend on the sideline” while his team struggles.
• Chris (34:58): “They got their butts kicked and he’s on the cover of Us Weekly. Belichick again.”
• Mike Ryan (35:40): “You think the odd thing about Bill Belichick right now is that he's on the cover of Us Weekly and not that he’s there with someone that he met when they were probably a teenager?”

8. The Viral “Six Seven” Meme

Timestamps: [38:34–39:56]

• The show puzzles over the “Six, Seven” phrase their kids keep saying.
• Billy explains: Origin is a Lamelo Ball clip (“I don’t know, 6’7”), got sampled in a song, became memeified on TikTok. Now it’s just a catchall number joke—“doesn’t necessarily mean anything.”
• Quick riff on how the Ball family became cultural icons for young people.

9. Daily Ray Hudson Dance & Call of the Day

Timestamps: [40:13–42:42]

• The crew erupts into rhythmic chanting of “Ray Hudson” in honor of the legendary South Florida broadcaster.
• Hudson’s signature call is shared and celebrated:
  • Ray Hudson (42:51): “This is a match just aerial goal of the highest order... finished with the coolness of a greyhound’s nose.”

10. How Do You Greet People from Afar?

Timestamps: [43:02–45:17]

• The crew confesses self-consciousness about greetings—do you head nod? Two-finger wave? Peace sign? The “shaka”?
• Billy (44:49) claims pointing gets the best reciprocation, tested across Miami’s metro rail system.
• Mike Ryan (44:31): "You will not throw that by the blade."
• The bit devolves, as always, back into challenging Billy to prove his knife-throwing honesty.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Roz Gold-Onwude (06:05):
  “First and foremost, respect to Sandy Brondello. Gratitude. Thank you, Flowers. She also had a lot of adversity that was outside of her control this season... I think it's surprising. But this happens all the time in sports.”

• Dan Le Batard (13:31):
  “Asia has transcended culture in a way I don’t think any player in the WNBA has—even Caitlin Clark.”

• Stugotz (27:05):
  “...I’m worried that they definitely hit him in the dick. There are so many knives being thrown. I think it was a bit pathetic right there.”

• Mike Ryan (35:40):
  “You think the odd thing about Bill Belichick right now is that he's on the cover of Us Weekly and not that he’s there with someone that he met when they were probably a teenager?”

Segment Timestamps

• Knife-throwing debacle: 02:02–05:05; returns 22:23–24:44
• Roz Gold-Onwude & Liberty coach firing: 05:08–09:55
• WNBA offseason, physicality, personalities: 09:55–16:25
• Angel Reese in Chicago: 19:39–22:16
• Coachella lineup: 24:24–26:13
• Belichick, media, and Us Weekly: 32:05–36:41
• Six Seven meme: 38:34–39:56
• Ray Hudson Dance: 40:13–42:42
• Long-distance greeting rituals: 43:02–45:17

Tone & Language

• Signature irreverence and self-deprecation
• Segues veer from sports wisdom to sheer, joyful chaos
• Roz Gold-Onwude brings measured, informed analysis with warmth and humor
• Healthy balance of running bits and honest insight

Summary

This episode showcases everything “The Big Suey” delivers at its best: expert sports discussion (especially on the state of the WNBA and its stars), unfiltered opinions, and the sort of spontaneous group-chaos (plastic) knife-throwing that’s made the show an institution. Whether you came for Roz Gold-Onwude’s basketball brain or to find out who’s getting called a habitual liar for knife-throwing methods, it’s a uniquely satisfying ride. If you missed the live show: Asia Wilson still runs the W, the only answer to knife physics is “check YouTube,” and never let this crew anywhere near sharp objects—or Pat Riley.