Jordan Schultz (3:59)
Bravado, gusto. All right, so I want to start with this because at the end of our show yesterday, we touched on it. So yesterday, Aaron Rodgers on ESPN, Pat McAfee Show. They go for like a 20, 30 minute interview. They've been doing this for a couple years now. And I had two big takeaways on it because it was the end of the jets relationship. My two big takeaways are number one, the jets are a second class operation. Aaron Rodgers, his own dime, flies cross country on his, you know, citation or jet stream or Gulf Stream. Probably plays about $50,000 there and back, maybe 60. And they give him five minutes. They could have told him they didn't want him on the phone. I don't care how much Aaron makes. I don't care what you think about Aaron. You can't treat employees that way. That's not how you treat people. Rams aren't treating people that way. Come on now. Niners aren't treating people that way. Dodgers aren't treating people that way. Baltimore's not treating people like that. That's a second class move. And by the way, we have report cards to back that up. Remember when the players in the NFL had player polls? NFLPA player polls. Jets ranked 29th owner got an F by the jets players. An F. They also have the longest playoff drought in North American sports, longer than the Washington Wizards. It's not a well run organization at all. They fired Joe Douglas, who I thought was really Good. They fired Robert Salah in week five when the next game he was going to be if they won in first place. And they treat Aaron Rogers like a door to door salesman. Give me a break. And when Woody Allen, by the way, fired Robert Salah. Woody Johnson, sorry. When Woody Johnson fired Robert Sala, he said his quote was, this is one of the most talented teams that's ever been assembled by the New York Jets. Six weeks later he fired the GM that assembled the roster. You just said it was the best jets roster. The guy who assembled it you fired. So just this organization's not well run. Joe Douglas was bitter. Should be Robert Sala, probably a little bitter. Should be Aaron, sounded a little bitter. Should be my second takeaway on the Aaron Rodgers discussion yesterday. I'm going to read you his several of his quotes from the interview. And remember, he's a franchise quarterback, right? Most important position in American sports. Quote, retirement could still be a possibility, but right now my focus is on my personal life. He later said, I got a lot of things that are taking my attention away from football. That's where I've been focusing most of my attention on. He also said, you know, I'm trying to be open to anything and not specifically attached to anything. He also said, this entire time I haven't felt like I've owed anybody any sort of decision at any point. Bro. All in or all out. It's like being a surgeon at a hospital. They need to know if you're available when they call tomorrow for a 7 hour surgery to an 11 year old girl to save her life. It's not that serious, but it's serious. People depend on the top surgeon or the pilot or the CEO or the coach or the quarterback. They're depending on you. So you can't be like indifferent in casual. In California. Cool. At one point he talked about people in his inner circle are struggling and I can have sympathy for that. But the NFL bench is not a therapy couch. Nobody cares. That's your problem. Nobody cares about your inner circle. Tom Brady was going through personal stuff. We didn't hear about it. Tom was about football. The minute Tom was in the facility. It's all football, all the time. And he didn't talk about it. He was never distracting. Same with Peyton Manning. Didn't have a perfect life. So in closing, here's why I never bought into the New York Jets. And I always saw this relationship as more Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman than Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. Why say it out loud? You know that's one of my rules in life. Whenever you're not sure if something's going to work, just say it out loud. Second class football operation and a quarterback that's old, past his prime, and, you know, mostly committed. Does that sound like the Ravens? Does that sound like the Rams or the Lions or the Eagles or the Chiefs? No. And that's why you're the Jets. I think the way they treated him is bush league. You don't have to. And I went on the Internet yesterday, people. Well, Aaron makes a lot of money. You either treat people right in life or you don't. Even if they're leaving the company, you don't treat them like that. And I talked to a GM in the league yesterday. Aaron Glenn was very rogue and weird how he treated Aaron. And a general manager told me yesterday, he said, coaches, sometimes you get lucky. And they're not only CEOs, but they're like scheme wizards like Andy Reid or Kyle Shanahan. But it's really a CEO job. You're dealing with personalities. You got to know what the budgets are. You're dealing with egos. You're managing coaches, you're managing units, players, the media. It's a CEO job. Aaron Glenn right now is not a CEO. He doesn't know what he's doing because that's not how you treat people. That's just not how you do it. And Aaron, you're in or you're out, bro. Indifferent. California cool is not a vibe. It doesn't work. So the whole thing was like, I mean, this is Rodman, Carmen Electra, kind of attractive, briefly, but this is not going to work. Okay, so Steph Curry and the Warriors, I'm picking. The Rockets are favored. The warriors and Steph are favored to beat Houston. And that series starts Sunday. And so let's say they win because they're favored. And most people like the fact they have the best player, Steph Curry, the best coach, Steve Kerr, and they've got tons of playoff experience. That's why they're favored. I just, I. I think there's reasons they won't win it, but they could. But it's really interesting. As great as Michael Jordan was, he only won titles with Pippen. And as great as Kobe was, he won with Shaq and he won with Gasol. Perennial all stars. So if the warriors win this series, that means they're one series away from another Western Conference final. And think about this. Clay has won with Steph as one, with Clay as his best teammate, with Kevin Durant as his best Teammate in the finals with Andrew Wiggins being a key cog. And now with Jimmy Butler. Fourth iteration. We were joking this morning. Steph Curry is like the black T shirt of a wardrobe. It works with everything. You can put a sports coat over it, you can wear it with jeans, you can wear it working out or you can wear it with shorts. Steph works with everything. And I think there's two things that are a key to Steph Curry and that's why they're favored. They're favored in the series because of Steph Curry. Because when a superstar either works really hard on defense or without the ball, it sends a message. And nobody works harder without the ball in the NBA in my lifetime than Steph Curry. And that message is one that a lot of other stars like Amelo, I don't play defense. Don't really work too hard unless the ball's in your hands. That sends a message too, because they really, I don't think Golden State should win this series. I think the only reason they're favorite is one player. First of all, they are a two man offense and both guys are past their prime. Butler and Steph. Number two, rebounding and size matter in the playoffs because extra possessions matter. When people are really playing intentional basketball, Houston's going to own the glass. Number three, the Rockets have home court advantage. That's substantial. And number four is the warriors have something right now that's actually a disaster, is that they've got this group, but what they really need is size and length and they thought they were going to get that from Jonathan Kaminga, jk and it doesn't work. And Steve Kerr wants it to work, but it doesn't work and they're not playing him. And it's a coach's decision. It's a mess. In fact, a story came out yesterday from a respected writer in the Bay Area. They're going to move off him. So Rockets have home court advantage. Rockets will dominate the glass. Rockets best players are in their prime or young, twitchy and moving into their prime. And the Rockets know what the rotation is right now. The warriors are struggling with it. And Steve Kerr talked about that. The puzzle has to fit.
