Will Dolphins Fans Root For Mike McDaniel? | Local Hour

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Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Will Dolphins Fans Root For Mike McDaniel? | Local Hour
Date: May 29, 2026

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Episode Overview

Broadcast live from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, this Local Hour episode gathers Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and their usual crew (Chris Cody, Juju, Tony, Dave Damashek, Roy, Jeremy, Trista) for a freewheeling Friday discussion. The central sports theme revolves around Miami Dolphins fans’ feelings toward former head coach Mike McDaniel’s new role with the Chargers, and whether fans will feel regret or frustration should he succeed with Justin Herbert—the very QB Miami passed on for Tua Tagovailoa.

Along the way, the conversation veers, true to the show’s style, through topics about surprise romantic gestures, concert ticket woes, Mario Chalmers’ delusional confidence, and the latest NBA/Heat controversies. Notably, the crew examines Miami sports grievances, the psychology of moving on from ex-coaches/players, and the impact of personality quirks among sports figures.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Friday Vibes & Surprise Gestures

[01:38–09:00]

• Dan ponders a spontaneous Dave Matthews Band concert surprise for his wife, fearing it could backfire if she just wants downtime after a long week:
  • “Normally on a Friday...you come home...can’t wait to crawl into bed and watch my shows...and I say, ‘No, we’re getting in the car...’ The worst-case scenario is...she’s tired and doesn’t want to do it.” —Dan [08:10]
• Dave Damashek and others share their takes on surprises and the faulty nature of “prescribed romance” (Valentine’s Day, etc.), suggesting a gesture should come from the heart.
• Tony recounts his own over-the-top Valentine’s surprise (a rooftop blindfolded dinner as teens), sparking debate about the risks and rewards of such plans.

Summer Sports Landscape

[04:45–05:42]

• The group jokes about sports’ “summer abyss,” with strong pushback on dismissing the WNBA, thanks to increased interest due to stars like Caitlin Clark:
  • “The WNBA is as interesting as it's ever been. Caitlin Clark is flopping her ass all up and down the court.” —Juju [05:03]
• Dave admits his focus is shifting to football and baseball, but acknowledges the need to tune in to broader sports coverage.

Miami Heat & NBA Scandal Fallout

[12:01–13:20], [21:18–25:50]

• Recap of audience reactions to prior show banter and the “cuck” meme stemming from Dan’s embarrassing dream (Billy Crystal as a rival lover):
  • “I had a dream that my wife was in bed with another man…I didn’t like it, and that man…was Billy Crystal.” —Dan [17:05]
• Major update: Charges against Terry Rozier for allegedly throwing a Hornets game for gamblers. Dan and Chris argue Heat deserves their first-round pick back after being penalized in a pick-swap with the Hornets while unaware of an FBI probe:
  • “There is still a month to go until the draft for Adam Silver…to do the right thing. The Hornets knew there was an FBI investigation…and gave up a first round pick.” —Dan [22:41]
• Calls for fairness, skepticism Adam Silver will intervene, and Juju likens the Hornets’ concealment to “date with undisclosed STD” behavior.

Mario Chalmers’ Delusion (and Role-players’ Psyches)

[26:12–28:40]

• Mario Chalmers sincerely believes the Heat Big Three was “built around him” because he was the only player under contract before LeBron and Bosh signed. Panel good-naturedly ridicules his take, but credits his confidence:
  • “To Rio’s credit, he is factually correct…if he wants to say the team was built around him…” —Dan [27:16]
  • “You kind of need that delusional confidence if you’re a guy who’s six-three…not a super athletic guy.” —Tony [27:40]
• Stugotz draws parallels to less-glamorous champions who become afterthoughts.

Miami Dolphins, Mike McDaniel, and Fan Reactions to Success Elsewhere

[31:31–41:27]

• Central Theme: Will Dolphins fans regret letting Mike McDaniel go if the Chargers’ offense booms under him/Herbert?
  • “If the Chargers offense takes a massive leap this year…Are Dolphins fans going to care? I think…the frustrating part is it’s not only your former coach, but…the QB you passed on.” —Dan [32:09]
• Juju and Chris Cody agree the emotional sting is all about Justin Herbert’s success vis-à-vis Tua.
• Reflections on McDaniel’s quirky persona: Initially charming in a coordinator, but became “less cute” when the team struggled under him as head coach.
  • “Once you’re the man on the tippy, tippy top, we don’t really want weirdos that much.” —Chris Cody [35:52]
  • “We really liked McDaniel...when the offense hums, it’s cute; when you lose, it’s Adam Gase goofball territory.” —Tony [36:15–36:38]
• Discussion moves to Tua’s decline—whether due to injuries (concussions) or changed personality—and whether resentment will be greater if Tua thrives in Atlanta vs. if McDaniel succeeds in LA:
  • “My number one feeling about Tua from a distance is, man…they gave you all that money, McDaniel basically gave up his gig for you, and you’re sort of glib.” —Dave Damashek [40:51]
  • “Isn’t it gonna be super Dolphins fan and super Falcons fan when…he gets hurt and nukes both of their seasons?” —Tony [41:08]
• The segment underscores how sports fandom’s pain points often focus less on coaches and more on “the one who got away” at QB.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Surprise Gestures gone wrong

  • “The worst case scenario is I do that and she’s just like, she’s tired and she doesn’t want to do it.” —Dan [08:10]

• On WNBA Summer

  • “Caitlin Clark is flopping her ass all up and down the court. It’s time to tune in this summer.” —Juju [05:03]

• On Delusion & Chalmers

  • “He believes he was the best player on those champion Miami Heat teams.… if he wants to say that, all right.” —Dan [27:16]

• Heat / Rozier NBA Scandal

  • “You want to know what the bullshit is? The Hornets knew and they still decided it’s okay for us to take a first round pick for a player who is under federal investigation and not tell anyone.” —Dan [25:25]

• On McDaniel’s Weirdness

  • “Once you’re the man on the tippy, tippy top, we don’t really want weirdos that much. I feel like coordinators can be weirdos. Head coaches… not so much.” —Chris Cody [35:52]

• On Tua’s Troubles

  • “My number one feeling about Tua from a distance is, man, you…they gave you all that money, McDaniel gave up his gig for you, and you’re sort of glib.” —Dave Damashek [40:51]

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Important Segment Timestamps

• [01:38]: Show kicks off, Friday crew intro, surprise concert discussion
• [05:03]: WNBA’s growing profile and Caitlin Clark’s impact
• [12:01]: “Cuck” meme and embarrassing dreams (Billy Crystal story)
• [22:41]: Terry Rozier scandal update & Heat’s lost draft pick
• [26:12]: Mario Chalmers claims he was the centerpiece of the Heat Big Three
• [32:09]: Will Dolphins fans root for (or resent) Mike McDaniel if Chargers thrive?
• [35:52]: Mike McDaniel’s quirky reputation loses luster when losing
• [39:02]: Tua’s changed personality and Miami fan emotions
• [41:08]: Dolphins/Falcons doomsday scenario: both fanbases lose

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Tone & Style

Lighthearted, sardonic banter is the norm, with frequent self-effacement and meta-commentary about Miami sports, media cycles, and the quirks of both sports figures and fandom. The show is fast-moving, irreverent, and deeply plugged into both local Miami and national sports narratives, mixing deep-dive analysis with off-the-cuff asides and “inside baseball” among the hosts.

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TL;DR

This Local Hour burrows into whether Miami Dolphins fans will feel betrayed if Mike McDaniel—once hailed for his eccentric genius but dismissed after failing to win big—finds glory as the Chargers’ offensive coordinator with Justin Herbert. Crew consensus: it’ll sting more if Herbert (the one that got away) thrives, but nobody’s truly angry with McDaniel. Along the way, they critique NBA scandals, debate the risks of surprise romance, celebrate WNBA buzz, and roast Mario Chalmers’ delusions. The most Miami-centric sports talk with all the usual irreverence and insight.

Transcript

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[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, we did it, everyone. We made it to Friday. Give it up for Friday. Give it up for Friday. Look at this crew we have here today. We have Roy and Jeremy and Tony and Trista and Juju. I don't know if this crew's worked together before. And out west, of course, we have Dave Damashek. Hello, Dave. How are you this morning?

[Stugats]

What's happening, Miami? What's happening, America? I'm ready to roll. We only have at Most, I think 16 total games left between the NBA playoffs and the Stanley Cup. Then we enter the abyss of just baseball season. But I in the pre show little discussion there, I'm picking up that you guys are not getting bogged down with those playoffs so much as you are the eternal chase for Miami and the Heat to get a little bit better. Can they add Giannis? Can they add Lebron? Can they add both? Look at you this morning.

[Dan Le Batard]

Look at you tuned in to what

[Stugats]

you guys are talking about.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's right. Before we get to all that good stuff. And of course, last night you had the San Antonio spurs force a game seven. We're getting a game seven. Has this even been a good series? I don't even know for sure. But I do. I do want to start asking you here. So tonight, Tonight, here, locally. All right. In Palm beach, is the first of two nights that Dave Matthews Band is playing tonight here in West Palm. And I know, I think we talked about this like a week ago, right? My wife. They are my wife's favorite, and we used to go every year to go see Dave Matthews Band. We haven't gone in, I don't know, maybe like two or three years at this point. And while they're still her favorite, it's not like a must see for her every year anymore. But I'm wondering, I'm considering. Do I surprise her? Do I surprise her where I buy tickets and she gets home from work today, and I'm like, get in the car. We're. Because it takes an hour to get there. All right, get in the car. I'm taking you to Dave Matthews Band tonight. And there's part of me that's like, my God, she'll be so excited. That's an amazing surprise, you know? But then there's another part of me. It's like, I never done anything like that before where I already got your bags packed. We're surprised. We're going to New York this weekend. Like, I've never done anything like that. Like a surprise trip. Dave, have you ever done anything like that where you're surprising your wife? We're. We're going away for the next two nights or something. She has no idea. I've never done anything like that before.

[Stugats]

Yeah, maybe nothing so grand as pack your bags or, I packed them for you, we're headed to paradise. But, yes, you're on to something. Philosophically. I call it amateur hour, like people do New Year's Eve. That's what I consider Valentine's Day. Listen, the man has prescribed for you when it's time to be romantic. Fat and double fat is what I say. I say buy the flowers when they aren't expected. Buy them when all the amateurs out there ain't doing it because. Because it's required by the man. Do it because it's in your heart, because it. It makes your lady feel special. That's how you stand out. I like where your head's at here, Zaslow.

[Chris Cody]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, we would have heard from you earlier.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, I would have Slapped you down earlier. The abyss of the summer, Dave, is actually not just Major league Baseball, it's the wnba. Is the WNBA as well?

[Dan Le Batard]

How dare you, Dave.

[Chris Cody]

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[Juju]

Exactly so fast, brother. Dave, the WNBA is as interesting as it's ever been. Caitlin Clark is flopping her ass all up and down the court. It's time to tune in this, this summer.

[Dan Le Batard]

Dave, tell everyone where they could tune in. Of course. Alley Oop. Go ahead. Go ahead. Do it.

[Chris Cody]

Ali Oop. Show.com. we're also on the Lebatar Network on YouTube on Fridays, Tuesdays and Fridays. We also have good follow every Thursday. We're talking about all the basketball, women's and men's. Dave, can you just clue in for a second? Okay. Just clue in a little bit.

[Stugats]

Listen, I love it. It's like we say we have a lot of real estate in front of us. As soon as these two.

[Chris Cody]

There was no real estate.

[Stugats]

You said it was. I know, but you know what, like the late great Jerry Orbach says at the end of Dirty Dancing, when I'm wrong, I say I'm wrong. And I am amending my previous remarks.

[Dan Le Batard]

He was right though.

[Stugats]

I'm with you. Also on Football America, if we're, if we're talking about this sort of thing, here's what my focus is going to be on. Sure, WNBA and World cup and all the rest of it, but also baseball. Bert Brer. Yeah, I, I, I, I mentioned baseball. Good sport top there, Tash, but right, listen, Football America, we're talking with Bert Brer illustrated and we go back and forth on. And he leads me to believe that Miles Garrett is not going to be a Cleveland Brown. That's all I'm gonna say. Okay, that's a good Football America coming up today.

[Dan Le Batard]

Tony, have you ever done anything like that before for the wife?

[Tony]

Hey, let's, I'm sure I've done a lot of great things. Incredible things. Just ask her so many right off the top. Oh, you know. No, I would know.

[Dan Le Batard]

I just remembered gave us the old neck scratch.

[Tony]

Our second Valentine's Day where me and my wife are high school sweethearts. So we've been together for 17 years. So it's been a long time of things that I've done. Incredible things.

[Dan Le Batard]

So what sets is you like 14? 15.

[Stugats]

15.

[Tony]

We started, we started dating. I think she was 16. I was 17.

[Stugats]

Careful.

[Juju]

Wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

Good for you.

[Tony]

Yeah, we were both juniors in high schools.

[Dan Le Batard]

Good for you.

[Tony]

Birthday. That had happened already. Whatever Long story short, second, second Valentine's Day, my parents had this like little flat roof, like a little terrace outside of the house. And I put a table up there, right. And I think I've told the story on the show before. I put a table up there and then I blindfolded her and, and I drove around town, we picked up food, we went back to my parents house. She doesn't know, Dave, listen, it's going to get better. She doesn't know where she is, right? She's blindfolded. She's like, oh my God. I don't know what's happening. Whatever. We get off my parents house, I have her climb a ladder, blindfold, and then I have her climb the pitch of the roof. And a pitch of the roof up and down. Obviously me holding her. We did. We had recently done the roof, so the grip was good. Dave, I don't know if you're, you know.

[Stugats]

Okay, okay.

[Tony]

Just making sure because I get. So you gave me a face there. So I brought her back up, brought her back down. We sit on the thing overlooking like the, the neighborhood and everything. The stars and the moon and everything on, you know, under the blindfold. And she started crying and I was like, aren't I the greatest person ever?

[Dan Le Batard]

Wow. How about that?

[Juju]

I thought she was crying because she thought she was going to be in Paris or something

[Stugats]

or she's petrified. What did you bring me to the, to the edge of death for?

[Tony]

Yeah, well, she didn't know. She had no idea. She just knew that we were going up and down on a ladder. So she had no idea.

[Dan Le Batard]

So I don't know, like, should I do this? Because it could, it could also backfire. Where. What if I do and I explain like, it's Friday. It's the end of the week. Normally on a Friday end of the week, you come home from the long work week. She works hard. You come home from the long work week, it's like, I can't wait to just crawl into bed and watch my shows and relax. And I say to her, no, no, we're getting in the car and we're driving to West Palm beach and we're going to a concert. Like, the worst case scenario is I do that and she's just like, she's tired and she doesn't want to do it, you know, like. So that part worries me a little bit, Tony.

[Tony]

That's why you got to go and kind of like plant the seeds a little bit ahead, right? Have you planted the seeds yet? Like, hey, babe.

[Dave Damashek]

Dave.

[Dan Le Batard]

Matthew A little bit. A little bit.

[Chris Cody]

This could backfire. And we work hard. We were workshopping behind and Jeremy didn't think so. And he's like, in what scenario for you?

[Dan Le Batard]

Because Jeremy's like. Jeremy comes off as like, he loves romance.

[Stugats]

He does.

[Dan Le Batard]

He doesn't believe that it could backfire in any way.

[Chris Cody]

And I said. And I said, it could be absolutely backfired. He goes, when could it backfire to you? And I go, I'm on my period.

[Stugats]

Yep.

[Chris Cody]

I'm got cramps.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right.

[Dave Damashek]

That was my one concern.

[Chris Cody]

I've got a headache. I don't want to leave. I want a heat pack on my.

[Dan Le Batard]

Like, here's also thing.

[Chris Cody]

I don't want to leave anywhere.

[Dan Le Batard]

Here's also a thing. At our age, okay. I'm 45 years old. My wife is several years older than me. I would never give out her exact age. Good for you.

[Tony]

Good for you.

[Dan Le Batard]

And here's the thing, like, at our age. And Dave, you can understand this, right? If you're going to a concert, you have to mentally prepare that, like, at the start of your day when you wake up, you have to mentally prepare for what this day is about, Right?

[Stugats]

Yeah, you do. And I wonder if you then have to figure out what. What stuff you're going to bring along with it to enhance the potential experience. Like, do you have to bring mushrooms? Well, I mean, yes, it is, Dave. Matthew, I was thinking. Yeah. I mean, you do want to take. To get her in the mood a little bit. But listen, the big picture is it wasn't even last year, but the year before I went to both of my sons. And this is just. This isn't meant to be sexist. It's just about.

[Dan Le Batard]

Go on.

[Stugats]

Their interests are my two sons, like baseball. And the girls do not. And so I went to their respective schools. I picked them up. I said, I got to talk to you. Oh, your dad's here. They come out. Yeah. What's going on? Like, we're going to Chavez Ravine. I mean, they flip for it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugats]

Greatest to pull them out of school. Yeah, I get you. It's a little bit different. Different station in life. And there is a chance that she is exhausted.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right.

[Stugats]

By toiling for the man all week. I hear you. I like the spirit of it. I think she'll appreciate it. I think it's worth it to take the shot.

[Dave Damashek]

How much are the tickets?

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay. Concert tickets are super expensive.

[Dave Damashek]

Like, what are the cheapest tickets?

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, that's not what we would be doing. I understand that cheap tickets are talking about you know, if we go, we're going to sit right up front. Like we're going to sit close. So if I want to do that, we're talking probably something like 4 or

[Dave Damashek]

500 is expensive because I was going to say you get the cheapest ticket. No, you enjoy it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hold on.

[Dave Damashek]

You get, you get a cheaper ticket. You enjoy a little night out on the lawn.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right.

[Dave Damashek]

And at an amphitheater. And. And if the answer is, oh, I don't know, I don't. You know, honey, it's okay. Let me curate a night for us at home. You got a backup plan? And now the romantic gesture of. I wanted to treat you to something that was yours a lot, but I've also. Right.

[Dan Le Batard]

So the backup plan is I watch Canadians and hurricanes. That's. That's the backup plan tonight.

[Dave Damashek]

Cool. Good.

[Stugats]

Or a powerful lovemaking. What about that? Powerful.

[Tony]

Don't think of Cody though.

[Chris Cody]

That sounds like pound town.

[Stugats]

A vigorous. A vigorous lovemaking session.

[Dan Le Batard]

Jeremy, you were not here yesterday.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah, it's probably a no day not to be here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Jeremy, you weren't here yesterday. So you know what? You have some observations from yesterday?

[Dave Damashek]

I do. I was listening to the show and thinking of some stuff. So just from the top.

[Dan Le Batard]

Cool.

[Dave Damashek]

To find out how Dan feels about Stu.

[Dan Le Batard]

That was all right. Yeah.

[Dave Damashek]

That was fun.

[Dan Le Batard]

Did the audience appreciate that? I think, sure.

[Dave Damashek]

Seemed like.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think from what I saw because I, I see. I see some stuff. I think from what I saw that a lot of the audience appreciated a little bit of what's going on there.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah. I think it was nice to have a little bit of information. Nice. For me personally.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. By the way. Any of that. Yeah, by the way, like when we say something like that, it's not that. Hey, you know, nice. You're now tuned in a little bit to the things that we know. I don't think that's the case at all.

[Dave Damashek]

Didn't know any of it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right.

[Dave Damashek]

Really liked Greg's follow ups, by the way. Cool that he's a journalist.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh. I mean he's well done, Pepper and

[Dave Damashek]

him also, you know, Dan's tone might have sucked, but it was, you know, his, his overall point on the Jackson dark stuff was interesting. I think everyone that I know that watches our show considers Greg the star.

[Tony]

Yeah.

[Dave Damashek]

I was very surprised by your wife's opinion there.

[Dan Le Batard]

Really?

[Tony]

We need an update on that.

[Dave Damashek]

By the way, we said, we said the word cuck 14 times.

[Dan Le Batard]

A lot, by the way. For everyone out there. Yes, I. Who's. Who keeps tweeting me the picture. Yes, I have seen the picture of, of the bat, the shower cuck.

[Dave Damashek]

I was going, why did they send that?

[Dan Le Batard]

I was going to say to you zaz the quarium.

[Dave Damashek]

Apparently I was going to send it to you and then saw your tweet saying that you'd seen it before I could even see it.

[Dan Le Batard]

I've seen it, everyone. I've seen the ca areaum. All right.

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[Tony]

at a party or a tailgate where everything just sort of clicks?

[Stugats]

I know it well.

[Tony]

It's usually when I show up, everybody goes crazy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, you usually take all the credit for it, but it's because Tony usually

[Dave Damashek]

walks in with Cuervo.

[Stugats]

Walking like this.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cuervo is a thing that turns hanging

[Dan Le Batard]

out into this is the night.

[Tony]

It has that effect on people.

[Stugats]

It does.

[Dan Le Batard]

You usually take the credit for it, but again, it's the Cuervo effect.

[Stugats]

It's like that moment in a big

[Dan Le Batard]

game where everyone in the crowd just

[Dave Damashek]

starts standing up, hootin and hollerin', keep it Cuervo.

[Stugats]

Keep it Cuervo, baby.

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[Juju]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Juju]

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[Dan Le Batard]

It's a good algorithm.

[Juju]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.

[Dan Le Batard]

Dave, why are they sending it to me? I mean.

[Stugats]

Yeah, why are you a cuck, though?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, he's a no. Everybody, listen. Everybody knows I'm not a cuck.

[Chris Cody]

Listen, I'm going to tell you this right now. I know for sure that any man who is as obsessed about not being a cuck as you has a secret cuck kink that may be inside. Very. Pause. But it's there.

[Stugats]

If you're dreaming about it, Dave, it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, so that. That was where it originated from. A few months ago, I had a dream that mine was different from, you know, the. The really big important. I had a dream. I had a dream that my wife was in bed with another man. I was in the room. Okay. I was in the room. I didn't like it. And that man I revealed was Billy Crystal.

[Stugats]

Now, you know, I'm. I thought I was up to speed, and I was just trying to refresh it for maybe new listeners. I did not know that Billy Crystal was the lover.

[Tony]

Yeah.

[Stugats]

In your dream.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Juju]

A city slicker.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's so stupid.

[Stugats]

That's humiliating.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes, yes. It's so stupid.

[Chris Cody]

Slick, that is.

[Stugats]

It better if it's Billy Crystal or what's his name? Aquaman or Joe Manganiello or somebody like someone manly. You're saying some strapping dreamboat, right? No, I think it's better to be like, I could probably beat that guy up if it came.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, I think it's worse. I think it's Worse that it's Billy Crystal. Yeah. Because it's like Jason Momoa. I mean that's. That's a very attractive man. Billy Crystal. I never understood that way. Like all, you know, in all these movies, it could be, you know, in Forget Paris or it's When Harry Met Sally. Like Billy Crystal is. He's pulling in some really good looking women. And like Billy Crystal, he's funny.

[Dave Damashek]

Being funny.

[Juju]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right.

[Dave Damashek]

Nice.

[Stugats]

I guess.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Throw. Oh, throw. Mama from the train. What a movie.

[Dave Damashek]

Speaking of all of this, Chris, when I come home drunk, the last thing I'm thinking about is imaging. Hey, happy belated birthday, Trissa.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thanks.

[Dave Damashek]

I didn't know about that. Scheduled texts, they kind of rock. But the way David does.

[Dan Le Batard]

I didn't even know that like a thing.

[Dave Damashek]

It's crazy behavior. Schedule an entire conversation out because you think you can predict what the other person is going to say because you can't take the time to read their text messages. Is the behavior of a psychopath.

[Chris Cody]

And that's his girlfriend that he's doing that to.

[Dave Damashek]

Crazy. I can't believe he admitted that out loud. And Tony, your observation that that would be a George Costanza plotline.

[Dan Le Batard]

Good.

[Dave Damashek]

Is one of the like most observant things we've ever said on this show. I thought that was amazing.

[Dan Le Batard]

That was good.

[Dave Damashek]

Speaking Juju floperation. Oh my God. Floppy was right there. And a tremendous observation there. You really loved Operations as. And that's because Operation was aspirational for young Jewish kids.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is that learning how to be doctors? You're right.

[Dave Damashek]

It was put right in front of us.

[Tony]

What happened to both of you guys?

[Dave Damashek]

Well, wasn't smart enough. We were talking more upsetting.

[Stugats]

Zaz. More upsetting Billy Crystal or Tashay.

[Dan Le Batard]

What would be.

[Stugats]

In fact, what about the everybody there right now? What would be more upsetting to you?

[Dan Le Batard]

No, it'd be Crystal or you pick.

[Stugats]

Or a random selection of somebody you're looking at right now.

[Dan Le Batard]

It'd be far more upsetting if it was Tashay. Why? Because I have to see you every day.

[Dave Damashek]

Okay, just making sure for the reasoning. So a no hitter versus a no hit game. I think that's how we can create the distinction here. Someone throws a no hitter, that's the individual accomplishment. But as a team, you can complete a no hit game.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think you could just say the

[Dave Damashek]

way to do it.

[Dan Le Batard]

You just say the team the Astros pitched. A no hitter. Yeah, like what's wrong with.

[Dave Damashek]

But I get. I get why Greg Cody has a gripe with that. And I'm just trying to help create a distinction for him. So if it's a no hit game, maybe that's the team effort. Trista at one point said the Barack ofication of something and just careful. I love that Zaz identified Robert Pattinson as the Twilight guy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Dave Damashek]

Just considering all the different things he's done since, it just made me very happy.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mentioned Batman.

[Dave Damashek]

I also am really a huge fan of the fact that Pablo and Amin and Samson and that entire crew won a Pulitzer and has done really amazing work. And they are still three Emmys short of me. Out of bounds, Amin. But I mean, thank you for saying that. Pitch clock is not something that we needed to go to reluctantly or segregated or annoyingly or calling it. I appreciate that. And also Munataka Murakami, we brought him up on the pitch clock as someone who was one home run shy of tying the rookie record. He now has the rookie record from home runs before June. He broke Mark McGuire's record. He has 20 home runs before June. Guy's amazing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Anything else?

[Stugats]

That's it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Very good, Jeremy, with some observations from yesterday. So did you guys see this? And of course Pablo Torre finds out has been all over. This is Terry Rozier. Who knew he was such a bad apple. Terry Rozier yesterday. So federal prosecutors filed new charges against Terry Rozier. Prosecutors say Rozier took a roughly $100,000 bribe to exit early from a 3-20-23 Hornets game. It wasn't with the Heat, but a March 2023 Hornets game so that a group of sports gamblers could win Betsy on his props. It's in the Athletic New York Times. All the details there. And I think the biggest takeaway from this new information is we still have a month until the NBA draft, which is more than enough time for Adam Silver to give the Miami Heat their first round pick back. It's more than enough time. You know, you heard Pat Riley last month at his State of the Union address where he made it very clear the Heat did not agree to that second round pick that Adam Silver has given them. That is not what the Heat would have done. The Heat are not okay with the whole situation, but also they're not putting up a stink, at least publicly, because they're not. There's nothing they could do. That was a lot of words were jumbled together there. But I hope you understood what I mean publicly.

[Tony]

You fought through.

[Dave Damashek]

I liked it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Thank you. And there is still a month to go until the draft or Adam Silver, who we all know is a nothing, your classic nothing. Adam Silver has a month to decide to do the right thing. The Hornets knew there was an FBI investigation, the league knew there was an FBI investigation and they still allowed the Heat to not know any of this info and give up a first round pick. You got a month. You got a month until you could do the right thing.

[Chris Cody]

Do you think that the Heat should actually get the Hornets first round pick for taking somebody off their hands in the middle of an investigation?

[Dan Le Batard]

So the Heat should get their own pick back.

[Chris Cody]

Yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

And then also get the Hornets pick because you did us a favor.

[Chris Cody]

Correct.

[Dan Le Batard]

By taking this.

[Chris Cody]

You're interesting.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's an interesting way to look at it. I'm not going to be. I'm not going to be a greedy pig. Okay. I'm not saying that you're wrong, but I'm not going to be a greedy pick here. And I'm just going to say, you know what, Give the Heat back their first round pick. I'm still keeping that second round pick. All right, so. Going to keep that. That you gave us a few weeks ago. But the Heat, you get your first round pick back. We wipe our hands clean, we call it a day. Do the right thing. Do the right thing. That's it.

[Dave Damashek]

You now have the ability from the board of Governors to intervene and take away picks from people.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, that's right. He gave himself all this. Yeah. He has all of this extra.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah, he has all this extra power that's. Now exercise it at the right time.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's right.

[Stugats]

Is the public silence from the Heat an indication that maybe.

[Dan Le Batard]

No.

[Stugats]

Quietly. That they're. That they're trying to. No, it's Silver. No.

[Dan Le Batard]

The public silence is they're a classy organization and that's not how they do business. They don't fight these things in public.

[Stugats]

That's what I'm asking. Do you think that they're back channeling right now to Silver? And I think that. Right, right.

[Dan Le Batard]

My guess would be that they probably tried that, you know, like over a year ago. You know, I think they probably tried or it was the beginning of this season that he got taken away. Right. I think they probably tried that, you know, months ago and they realized it's going nowhere. And I guess you're asking with this new information, you know, do they try again? My guess is no.

[Tony]

The question is going to be. You're a man.

[Stugats]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugats]

You're coming at it as a man of justice and also a Heat fan. But as a man of justice, primarily. There's not. This isn't plausible in the Real world, though, over the next four weeks, right? They're not going to do it.

[Dan Le Batard]

No. They're not going to.

[Stugats]

The right thing to do.

[Dan Le Batard]

No. I mean, just like. Just like the Canadiens are knocking, going to beat the Hurricanes tonight. They could. They're not going to. It's the same thing here. Like, the commissioner is not going to give the Heat their pick. He could. It's allowed, but he's not just trying

[Stugats]

to talk it into existence. That's all. Yeah, I got you.

[Dan Le Batard]

I just want to remind everyone how. How much bullshit it is that the Hornets knew and they still decided it's okay for us to take a first round pick for a player who is under federal investigation and not tell anyone and that the league knew and they saw it happening and was okay with all of it. I just want to remind everyone that that's if. If you want to know what the bullshit is, that's the bullshit. That's all. I want to let everybody know that if that was.

[Juju]

If that was a criminal law, they would definitely be indicted on the rico, because either theft by receiving or you coordinated this. You pulled up to the house that

[Tony]

you were in the car.

[Juju]

You feel me? So, yeah, I agree with you.

[Chris Cody]

It's like going on a date and someone doesn't disclose their STD just like that.

[Dave Damashek]

That's exactly what I was thinking. Trista, spot on.

[Dan Le Batard]

Now, if we could laugh about something real quick. On a less serious note, you guys know Mario Chalmers in champion guard for the Miami Heat believes. Believes he was the best player on that team. All right. He really does. Believes he was the best player on those champion Miami Heat teams. And here's. Here's rio on the OG's show. You know, that's. That's Mike Miller and Udonis Haslam and Mario Chalmers actually speaking fact here. He believes that he. That the Big Three was actually built around him. Give us a listen. I was the only person signed on the Heat.

[Juju]

Like there was nobody else on there.

[Stugats]

Yeah. So they built the team around me.

[Dan Le Batard]

This mother crazy.

[Stugats]

I told you, I got. That's clear.

[Juju]

He heard that, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

He done heard that, right.

[Dave Damashek]

He did it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hey, Rio said he had a conversation

[Juju]

with Riles and he said, we're building

[Dan Le Batard]

this team around you.

[Juju]

That what you said?

[Stugats]

Yeah. I told Pat, like, yeah, I need Braun and Eud

[Tony]

ass.

[Dave Damashek]

Serious dog.

[Juju]

He is not lying.

[Dan Le Batard]

He believes he was the best player on the floor anytime he was out there. But to Rio's credit, he is factually correct. He was the only player under contract in that 2010 off season. He was the only player who was on the heat going into that offseason. So if he wants to say that he believes that the team was built around him. All right, you know, who might have disagree, right?

[Tony]

You kind of need that delusional confidence if you're a guy who's six three, a little bit slow, did have a massive shot in the NCAA tournament, but

[Dan Le Batard]

one of the all time great tournament, you know, game winners.

[Tony]

But you're not a super athletic guy. You're not all these super, you know, high tier athlete kind of guys. And then all of a sudden you have the confidence, you hit a couple big shots.

[Stugats]

You got it.

[Dan Le Batard]

I wanna, I wanna play something.

[Stugats]

It would leave you with a weird chip on the shoulder though, right? If you're, I mean, think back when the Ravens won that Super Bowl 47 against the Niners. And it was very quickly despite Joe Flacco having the, you know, that six week stretch and everything. It was all about Ray Lewis. It was, that was the whole thing. And then Tom Brady wins that super bowl in Tampa Bay. And it really is almost hard to summon anyone else who was relevant on that team besides Tom Brady. It would put it would, it would establish a weird chip on your shoulder. Right. You're a multimillionaire high end athlete, but nobody ever discusses you. It's all about the Big three. It's as though no one else was even on that team outside of Miami. That's how we proceed.

[Dan Le Batard]

And they were always, they were always yelling at him. They were always yelling at him in front of everyone. It wasn't like when you yell at one of your teammates in practice, you know. No, they were always yelling at him on the court during the game for everyone to see.

[Stugats]

It would kind of suck. Yes, I'm sure every question that Mario Chalmers or 90% of them had to do with what's it like playing with the big three? You know, what's LeBron? Everything is about other people. And it's a weird thing if you have spent the preceding decade and a half as a high end athlete being recruited and drafted and all that. Everything's about you. Suddenly you are like I say you would have a weird sense of self esteem at some point when. Only when the only questions you're getting are about your teammates.

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[Juju]

Don LeBatard I ain't never met nobody in the world that's gonna hate on great nomination like who don't like Blues Clues?

[Tony]

Bruh.

[Juju]

If you don't like Blues Clues, you're a loser. Stugarts look, you get one paw print. That's the first clue. You put it in a notebook. Now what do you do? Blues Clues. Blues Clues.

[Stugats]

Sit on the chair and think about it.

[Juju]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stug.

[Dan Le Batard]

Dave, Are you paying attention at all? Of course. Football America. New episode today. Are you paying attention much to OTAs minicamp, all that going new old faces and new places. Are you paying attention to all that?

[Tony]

Hey, that's my gimmick.

[Stugats]

Of course I am. I'm fascinated. One of the more interesting new arrangements is Mike McDaniel ditching out or I think he was shown the door from from your neck of the woods and moving across Football America and landing in Los Angeles to coach up the Los Angeles Chargers offense helmed by Justin Herbert. Yes. Fascinating.

[Dan Le Batard]

How is the Dolphin fan? Like, if the Chargers offense takes this massive leap this year, which I think Mike McDaniel is going to be a really successful offensive coordinator. I, I think they're. I don't think he was a head coach. I think that there are some coaches who aren't head coaches but can be great coordinators. You've guys like North Turner, guys like Wade Phillips. You've seen this Steve Spagnolo. Like, these guys are out there. All right. I think Mike McDaniel is going to wind up being one of those guys. He's not a head coach, but even though he had some modicum of success, but he's going to be a great coordinator. Are Dolphin fans going to be angry if. Because I want to have the two of conversation as well, but. Because that's a little bit easier to answer, I think. But are Dolphin fans going to care if the Chargers offense takes this huge step forward and. Oh, that. That was your coach and you fired him. Like our Dolphin fans gonna care? Because my guess is I, I don't think it's gonna matter. I, I think the part that's going to be frustrating about that is not only is it the Dolphins former coach, but more importantly, he's doing it with the quarterback they passed on for Tua. That's the combination there, right, Juju? That's the part that, not the McDaniel part, but it's that McDaniel. Oh, look at what he's doing with Herbert. That's the guy the Dolphins should have

[Juju]

drafted 1000% because that was the big debate shoe to Herbert. And that first year, everything they was doing was side by side in comparison. So if Mike McDaniel and goes to the west coast and has success, it's

[Dan Le Batard]

going to sting because otherwise, like, I don't know. I, I'm not upset at Mike McDaniel. I'm mad at Mike. Like, it didn't work out. Okay, time to move on.

[Stugats]

Maybe it's because of the guy in the helmet versus the guy on the sideline in the headset. And, and Mike McDaniel is idiosyncratic. And so you know how much you're going to care if the Chargers go to the Super Bowl. By the way, Super Bowl 61. Dave's initial pick for Super Bowl 61, Chargers v. Ramsey Camps. Once Upon a time in Hollywood. I think that's going to actually happen. It's in sofi. Two home teams playing in.

[Dan Le Batard]

That would be wild.

[Stugats]

That'd be awesome. Yes. That's what I I'm trying to talk it into, into being in the meantime. Yeah, I mean, you know, Roy knows what's going on with, with the Vegas Knights and Mitch Marner, who was, you know, a, a critical figure to the Toronto Maple Leafs and their pursuit of the cup. And he was. You. He was circled more than anyone else on that Leafs team during the era for being the, the cause of their failures in the playoffs. Now he goes to Vegas and is. And is playing lights out. Now they're in the final. Leafs fans are very upset right now. And I think it's not angry at Marner so much as it is what's going on in, in our house that this was such a colossal failure and now he goes to Vegas and is a superstar once again. It's. I think you are going to have some feelings about that and what it says about your, about your favorite pro football team.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm totally good. I won't be upset at all if McDaniel has success. I won't be upset that Stephen Ross fired him and he's having success there. I won't be upset that McDaniel personally is having success. As if I, you know, don't like him. You know, I look at Tua and that one, I feel differently.

[Chris Cody]

Well, that's what I was gonna ask about Mike McDaniel is it feels like the idiosyncratic, idiosyncratic nature of him was, like, cool and cute when he was a coordinator. You've got, like, the joy.

[Dan Le Batard]

We liked it the first couple years when he was head coach too, and

[Chris Cody]

the Capris and all of these, like, different things that he has to say. And then like, is he on drugs? Is he recovered from drugs? Like, because he sounds kind of nuts, but once you're the man on the tippy, tippy top, we don't really want weirdos that much. I feel like coordinators can be weirdos. Head coaches, like, Harbaugh is the only weirdo head coach that I think is acceptable.

[Stugats]

Right.

[Tony]

But he wins. When you win, you can do whatever you want. Like, you could almost do literally whatever you want.

[Dan Le Batard]

We really liked McDaniel those first couple days.

[Tony]

That's the thing. When he's got the best offense in football, when two is thrown for 5,000 yards and Tyreek Hill's running up and down the field and everybody's great. HN's, oh, my God, he's amazing. Yeah, it's really cool when he's quirky and weird, but Chris Cody said it, it's going to stop getting weird. It's going to start getting weird when you start losing. And that's what happened.

[Juju]

And yeah, when you lose your Adam Gase, the goofball.

[Stugats]

That's exactly right. And I don't remember, but obviously I wasn't in Miami at the time. Did anybody raise an eyebrow when Mike McDaniel was acting like Mike McDaniel at the height of that Dolphins when you thought that when they were hanging 60 on the bills and otherwise guys. Did. Did anybody say he's a little bit of a weirdo, though? Everybody. Oh, everybody was in love with him.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugats]

Right. Everyone felt that way across football America. Like, look at this guy. All. All these type A personalities, Hardos, Mike Vrabel types. And look at this nerd doing it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Everyone was saying that, but we liked it. Everyone was good with it. And then it wasn't so cute when they weren't winning games after that. You know that then. And I'm. I felt guilty of that as well. I didn't like it anymore. I like him.

[Dave Damashek]

No, I. I still really like Mike McDaniel and I. I'm rooting for him to have success because I felt like Tua was the primary reason that that didn't work out.

[Dan Le Batard]

Two is a different story.

[Dave Damashek]

Like, Mike McDaniel masked the issues that Tua had as a quarterback, built something around a guy and his specific skill set that he was able to tap into for a year there. But we talked about it like. Like two is sort of show me the money. I'm the guy I think around with after.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't know if to a changed.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Or if he had us fooled either way. But either one, that he is not the guy that I thought he was.

[Dave Damashek]

Yeah, that's right. And so to watch Mike McDaniel have a level of success elsewhere, like, I never. Yeah, we got tired of the shtick toward the end.

[Dan Le Batard]

It would not bother me.

[Dave Damashek]

It wouldn't bother me at all.

[Dan Le Batard]

I was.

[Dave Damashek]

I. I wished that they would have kept him and just changed the quarterback out. Like, I wish he was still. And they had Malik Willis.

[Juju]

How much of Tua's inability or ineffectiveness, though, can we actually just attribute to what we saw on live television? Him getting concussed, him throwing up west side. Like, I feel like that made.

[Dan Le Batard]

But personality wise, you're laughing at him throwing up west side. Obviously, I've never heard salute to the west side, by the way. But personality. Personality wise, if you want to attribute the play to the concussions, okay. But personality wise bothered a lot of us as well the last couple of Years.

[Chris Cody]

But that could be CTE also.

[Dan Le Batard]

Could be. But you know what? I can't. I can't attribute everything we don't like about someone to maybe he has the thing that we cannot prove until if we study his brain after he dies.

[Chris Cody]

But. But his personality changed. It was like a complete 180. And maybe that's money, but he was a gentle, kind. Even people who had worked with him on the agency side went from loving TUA to being like, he's a real pain in the ass.

[Dan Le Batard]

And, and the stuff that I heard behind the scenes as well with him and McDaniel, like, I feel like Tua should be like eternally grateful to Mike McDaniel, like have nothing but incredibly positive things. Dave. To say about Mike McDaniel.

[Stugats]

I agree. And especially because the reason Mike McDaniel primarily. There are many things that are faulty about the Dolphins operation, but number one is Mike McDaniel decided to marry himself to Tua and that's why Mike McDaniel got fired ultimately. But if Tua goes up to Atlanta and for all these concerns that you have, if, if the situation proves better in Atlanta, you guys are going to be sick about it. I can assure you of that. Yeah, if Tua, oh, has the Falcons. Has the Falcons at 7 and 3 and that's the discussion we're having in November. And boy, they're going to win the division and boy, renew a resurrected an all new two and now he got out of that bad situation. You guys are going to be red in the face and angry about to even more than you are now, which I think is absolutely justified. And I do wonder, maybe it is the concussions, but otherwise he does now play to me as just an ingrate that, that my, my number one feeling about Tua from a distance is, man, you, you really. They gave you all that money. Mike McDaniel, you know, basically gave up his head coaching gig in support of you and your sort of glib.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, I don't know.

[Stugats]

It'd be cool to go somewhere else for me.

[Dan Le Batard]

It'd be dope. It'd be dope.

[Stugats]

Weird. Yes. Dope. That's what it was. I'm sorry. Yes.

[Tony]

Isn't it gonna be super Dolphins fan and super Falcons fan when the Falcons do start? Like 6 and 2 and 2 is having an incredible season. Dolphins fans are like, oh my God, I can't believe this is happening. But then he gets hurt and completely nukes the Falcons season as well. So you've got both of the fan bases eating it

[Chris Cody]

past.