00:05I think we could best describe
00:07the start of Lions Free Agency
00:09as
00:12on a budget
00:15does that change Jerry Goff
00:17restructure 32 million dollars
00:19of additional cap space how do you
00:21spend it how do they make you happy
00:23win you over if you're feeling restless we'll get to it
00:25at 850 end of the hour
00:27John you had a funny moment the other day I did
00:29and I mean some of these
00:31can be funny some of them can be a little bit
00:34unprofessional
00:35where
00:37obviously getting names right
00:39especially if you're on a game broadcast
00:42and
00:43you want to make sure
00:45in college football
00:47especially if it's one of the early games
00:49right when they empty the bench
00:51and everyone gets a chance to play
00:53you want to make sure if it's the only
00:55time that this player's name is going to be talked about
00:57that you get the name right
00:59and I was doing a podcast the other day
01:02and I had Michigan's freshman
01:05goalie on who's had a tremendous freshman season
01:07and part of why there is
01:09this year having the season they're having
01:12and his
01:15name is
01:16Jack
01:19Ivan Kovic
01:20I had to actually sit there and think about it for a second
01:22because I want to make sure I said it right the first time
01:23Ivan Kovic
01:24Ivan Kovic
01:25and so
01:26the way it's spelled
01:27I would think it's
01:28it was
01:29Ivan Kovic
01:31and so I asked him
01:33before we got on the podcast
01:35I said hey Jack
01:36you know I just want to make sure I say your name right
01:38how do you say your last name
01:40and he goes
01:40Ivan Kovic
01:41okay
01:42got it
01:43we open up the podcast
01:45and I introduce him as
01:46Jack Ivan Kovic
01:48immediately
01:49like literally 30 seconds
01:51after he told it to me
01:52and I sat there a couple times
01:53I said it out loud
01:54I'm like okay do I got it
01:55he goes yeah
01:55and so I open up
01:57and I'm like okay here
01:58and instantly
01:59I butchered his name
02:00so I had to make sure
02:02that I said it later in the podcast
02:04and I said it again
02:05when I said thank you
02:06I said it in the intro
02:07the outro
02:08and then I said
02:09Brian Bush does all the editing
02:10so I sent him a bunch of
02:12you know
02:13little clips
02:14of hey
02:14can you possibly
02:15with your editing magic
02:18edit out my moronic
02:20you know
02:20Jack Ivankovic
02:22with Ivan Kovic
02:25and so he was able to do that
02:27and it came across
02:28just fine
02:29that's the beauty
02:30of being able to edit
02:32and those
02:32you know
02:33the one I was doing
02:33there was some of them
02:34you do live
02:34and you can't do anything about it
02:36yeah
02:36got to sit there
02:37and deal with it
02:38and I was thinking about it
02:39because of a news story
02:40you had earlier
02:41in terms of
02:42Yaxo Lindeborg
02:43oh yeah
02:43I had you guys say it for me
02:45I just wanted to hear it
02:46one more time
02:46to make sure
02:48that I was kind of
02:49saying it properly
02:49but I do that all the time
02:51because a lot of names
02:51don't look
02:52on paper
02:53the way they sound
02:55the beautiful part
02:56is a lot of times
02:56for athletes
02:57and for other people
02:59that are in the public domain
03:01you can YouTube it
03:03sure
03:03and you get
03:04a bunch of people
03:06saying their names
03:07sometimes it's even them
03:08and you make sure
03:10that you rehearse it
03:10you rehearse it
03:11you rehearse it
03:11and then hopefully
03:12when you do it
03:13you get it right
03:14yeah
03:14but even then
03:15like Grant Hill
03:16butchered Yaxo's name
03:17on the broadcast this week
03:18so that's my point
03:19when you're doing a broadcast
03:20like if you butcher it
03:21like there's no going back
03:23you can make up for it
03:24next time
03:25but you butcher it
03:27and it
03:27it happens to everyone
03:29sure
03:30for sure
03:31and so I'm curious
03:33because there are some people
03:35that are
03:35close to us
03:38that have names
03:39that
03:40for whatever reason
03:42and it can even be
03:43a simple name
03:43when I started here
03:44Stoney kept calling me
03:46Jensen
03:46always
03:47always
03:48that was so bizarre
03:49which is weird
03:50very weird
03:52nobody butchers John
03:53like you can't butcher that
03:54I did have a coach
03:55I did have a coach
03:57Kim Helton
03:58who was the dad
03:59of Clay Helton
03:59the former USC coach
04:01he was our offensive line coach
04:03first of all
04:03his first name was Kim
04:04which I thought was hilarious
04:05that shouldn't be
04:06no
04:06but he was
04:08a southern dude
04:10and he couldn't say
04:11his J's
04:12he would just say
04:13Jan Jensen
04:15and every time
04:16he would say it
04:16I'd be like
04:16hey coach
04:17it's John
04:19and we would get
04:20this back and forth
04:21and he would try
04:21and slowly say it
04:22but he could not
04:23say the letter
04:24J
04:25Jan Jensen
04:25every single time
04:27what was
04:28one of Stoney's
04:28most famous ones
04:29that quarterback
04:30from the Dolphins
04:31Tunga Viola
04:34Tunga Viola
04:37Tunga Viola
04:37and so there are some
04:38and I'm just curious
04:39for our listeners
04:40like if you have
04:40somebody in your life
04:41where you know
04:42what their name is
04:43and you've said it
04:44a thousand times
04:45but you just
04:46can't get it right
04:47maybe it's just
04:48so embedded
04:49that you just
04:49don't care anymore
04:51but what are
04:52some of those names
04:52and who are they
04:53in your life
04:54where you just
04:55can't get it right
04:55or sports people
04:57that you just
04:57butcher repeatedly
04:58yeah
04:58we've had local ones
05:00Nick Lindstrom
05:01oh that's a huge one
05:02like
05:02there's no N
05:04yeah
05:04right
05:04stop
05:05what about Al Avila
05:07that was a thing
05:08for a while
05:08yeah
05:08at one point
05:10you had Alex Avila
05:11and Al Avila
05:12within the tie
05:12and I'm like
05:13okay
05:13I mean
05:14one is like the other
05:16a local one recently
05:18and people still do it
05:19is Dennis Schroeder
05:21not Schroeder
05:22it's Schroeder
05:23he's got the two little
05:24dots over the O
05:25the umlau
05:26is that what that's called
05:27I don't know what it is
05:28I was gonna ask
05:28not a tilde
05:29wow
05:29look at you
05:30it's German
05:32but it
05:33so
05:34when
05:34and we've all had
05:36a lot of us
05:36have had friends
05:37in our life
05:37with the last name
05:38of Schroeder
05:39and that's what
05:40it looks like
05:41so that's why
05:41you keep saying it
05:42that way
05:42well you gotta have
05:43two little dots
05:43and then you say
05:44wait a minute
05:45something's up here
05:45yes
05:46but it's not always
05:46printed that way
05:48mine's Medano
05:50let's get to the phone
05:51you go Canadian mode
05:52hockey snob mode
05:53the organization
05:54Josh and Warren
05:55you're on 97.1
05:57hey guys
05:58yeah
05:58I know
05:59Gub said this
06:00a while ago
06:00how like
06:01Stoney like
06:02puts himself
06:02into your life
06:03and you can't
06:05get away from it
06:05it's just like
06:06his power
06:07and to me
06:08the word
06:09Malachi
06:10is ruined forever
06:11with Malachi
06:12every time I see
06:14that word
06:15that name
06:15I always think
06:16of Stoney
06:17and say
06:17why did he say
06:18Malachi
06:19and I just
06:20don't understand it
06:21but it's stuck
06:22with me forever
06:23and it'll forever
06:24be Malachi
06:25until the day I die
06:26oh yeah
06:26you and everyone else
06:28every time I see it
06:29the first thing I say
06:30is Malachi
06:31just because
06:32well first of all
06:32that's what it looks like
06:34but when you hear
06:35Stoney's voice
06:36and it sticks with you
06:37you can't get away
06:38from it
06:38you can't
06:39it like embeds
06:40into your brain
06:41and it's like
06:42it's like
06:42just Stoney's a part
06:43of you forever
06:44when he messes stuff up
06:45yeah
06:45Harbaugh was
06:47was one that would
06:48always do that
06:49and the most famous
06:49one for me was
06:50he would
06:51because I always
06:52would
06:52I always interview
06:53the coaches
06:53on National Signing Day
06:54yeah
06:55and so
06:55Josh
06:57Metellus
06:57is how you say it
06:59sure
06:59what the hell
07:00did he say
07:01he would flip
07:02back and forth
07:02but he kept
07:03going with
07:04Metellus
07:06Metellus
07:06and and so
07:08we would you know
07:08we'd get done
07:09with an interview
07:10I'd be like
07:10coach I think
07:10it's Metellus
07:11oh okay
07:12all right
07:13he didn't care
07:14no
07:14and and but
07:16it was always
07:17that way
07:17every single time
07:19and especially
07:19when like Stoney
07:20saying Malachi
07:22versus Malachi
07:23and then all of a sudden
07:24it's in your brain
07:25that it's
07:26it's Metellus
07:27not Metellus
07:28you're like well
07:29then you get
07:30confused like
07:30which one is
07:31actually correct
07:32I don't mess it up
07:34but I do think
07:35of it because
07:35of the radio
07:36that city in Iowa
07:38yeah
07:38well you know
07:39it as Des Moines
07:40Des Moines
07:41every time I see
07:43it now
07:43I always say
07:45Des Moines
07:45and my wife
07:46is like
07:47what are you
07:48doing
07:50okay
07:50this is fun
07:51we got some calls
07:52we'll read some texts
07:53get a few laughs in
07:55we'll talk Lions
07:55free agency as well
07:56wrap up the hour
07:57with it
07:57it's 97-1
07:58fun
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