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00:00A blessed day. On this day in 1956, Rico Lamar Beard was born. Happy birthday. Proud graduate of Southwestern Corner
00:14Store Lutheran High.
00:16A Founders member and celebrating his, I don't know, 66th year on the planet. How are you?
00:25Can I ask you a favor? Yes. Please don't ever write. Don't do my obit. Just don't. Don't. Don't. Don't
00:31do anything where you sit up and talk about what I mean. Just. Guys, I just want you to hold
00:41up this. Lies. Just pull the plug. Go get Mike. Go get Mike. Now, is there. Now, tell me this.
00:49No. Yeah. Now, is there a special like Founders Lounge for the birthday celebration tonight?
00:54Yes. The basement. That's not appropriate. But, and I, listen, I do want to tell the general public something. Now,
01:04I'm not going to say where, but Rico knows. And it's nothing salacious. Let me, that was a bad lead.
01:09That was almost like at 530 where it's like, I didn't mean to patronize you, but I sure did.
01:17I want to say, you have the most reserved Founders gear I've ever seen. Also inappropriate. I was witness to
01:29what high level Founders gear looks like.
01:33As you and I encountered a gentleman out and about. And, I mean, it bordered on looking like one of
01:41the fly girls from In Living Color. I mean, there were sequins, bedazzlings.
01:46I mean, it just depends on what you do.
01:47There were pieces of flair, like an office space.
01:50It depends on what you want to have.
01:53But you're a classy founder.
01:55When I was younger, I had a bunch of those jackets, man. It's like, hey, you're cool. You just, you
02:00know, you were Neo. You're in there.
02:03As you grow older.
02:05Again, these are not, I understand it's his birthday. These are not appropriate.
02:09Forget what Mike is doing on your birthday and saying, it's Kenny over here. He has to go.
02:17It's not me. See, not me. Not me.
02:20Mike brings up your Founders gear and he wants to play adult toys. What are we doing?
02:26Well, I'm just, I'd just like to thank Kenny for the hot sauce he got me for my birthday.
02:32Live from the hot dog drawer.
02:34All right. So, I guess we can, look, we're not opening. There's nothing to talk about with the Lions.
02:42All right. They signed a bum-ass corner. We're not doing this again.
02:46And I'm not doing plan B and then plan C.
02:48They can sign someone anyone cares about and maybe we'll talk about it.
02:53So, we need to start with something a little more pressing. Is that fair?
02:55Yeah.
02:57Wings play the lightning tonight.
02:59And look, we knew. We knew they wouldn't have Larkin or Kopp.
03:02But the update today, Kenny may be right about something.
03:07I don't want to do this.
03:09But the problem is, Kenny, can I ask you a question without you feeling ambushed?
03:14Go ahead.
03:15Can you even name the three corpses they brought up from Grand Rapids?
03:18I know the names of them.
03:21The hesitation tells me everything.
03:23I know their names.
03:24Normally, you'd be like, oh, yeah, Jakob Johnson.
03:27Guy's got a great smile.
03:29He's a right-handed shot defenseman.
03:31He's been hungry for a shot.
03:32He's going to be the third-line center.
03:34He's going to be this.
03:35They're bringing up nobodies.
03:37Because even their top two down in Grand Rapids, they're hurt.
03:41So no Kopp, no Larkin, and they'll be re-evaluated in two weeks.
03:46That's not returning in two weeks.
03:48They'll be re-evaluated.
03:50They play the lightning tonight.
03:52They play Dallas on Saturday night.
03:53I said I needed the two games before I panicked.
03:56Kenny, with this news that they will miss the next two plus the critical homestand,
04:02are you now Jim Costa?
04:05Not that you're a cat enthusiast who has no say in their own household.
04:08No, no, no, no, no.
04:08Now, you said they're done.
04:12Jim Costa said they are done, burnt toast.
04:16And this is from the king of the discotheque.
04:19Are you at Costa Land?
04:21You are officially writing the wings off.
04:23I was the OG in Costa Land.
04:25I said they were done yesterday.
04:26I said they were done the second they lost to Florida in the fashion that they did.
04:29Yes, I'm there.
04:30I'm already there.
04:32Wow.
04:34Wow.
04:35Wow.
04:37See, I thought it was just emotion.
04:38You're not even going to give it a chance.
04:40You're not going to give love a chance.
04:41You think lark and cop being toast.
04:44It's over.
04:45I thought it was over based on the gutless performance at the end of that game.
04:49Do you want to play fourth liner or foreign diplomat?
04:52Because we could do that if you like.
04:55That's fantastic by you.
04:56It's not your birthday, but that's a really nice.
04:59That was well put.
05:02All right.
05:02So then here's my question.
05:04Let's distill this down.
05:05Fourth liner or foreign diplomat?
05:07I like it.
05:09It's just look.
05:11If they don't make it.
05:15Does Steve get a mulligan because of these injuries?
05:19Or are we just seven years into we will have reached full apathy?
05:23You want the truth or you want to hear what you want to hear?
05:26I want.
05:27Because I'll give you the truth.
05:28No, I want your version of truth.
05:30Like, I know the truth is he has a lifetime deal, but I choose to live in a world we
05:34talk
05:35sports and say what we want.
05:36No, no.
05:37Should he be here if they miss the playoffs?
05:39The answer is no, but he will because the injuries are the perfect well.
05:43They're a foil.
05:44If we would have had everything, we were all set to have a positive march and then we had
05:49injuries.
05:50The problem is the Penguins don't have Malkin or Crosby.
05:54Are they crying?
05:56No.
05:57I'm just making a point.
06:00I mean, there are teams and like, I'm not making light of this, but like Columbus's best
06:06player died and they've gone on to like, be right on your ass.
06:13So like, I just, I don't understand at what point would there be accountability?
06:19Cause you're not wrong.
06:21There's not, there is no accountability.
06:22Well, there it is.
06:23So to just right now it's just fill in the blank.
06:27Well, we didn't make it because of this.
06:29He stubbed his toe.
06:30He was late for lunch.
06:31It was whatever.
06:32You'll always find a reason.
06:33Yes.
06:34You'll always find an excuse why you didn't get it done.
06:36Because if there was accountability, it would be, you know what?
06:40Ultimatums make it or you're fired.
06:42Well, that was my year seven ultimatum.
06:44You have to make the playoffs or Steve Iserman should be gone.
06:48Now these injuries provide, I think a very convenient alibi.
06:52It's the perfect cover.
06:54But if, if, if, if Larkin and cop getting hurt are the deciding factor in you making
06:59the playoffs in year seven, I'm sorry.
07:03I kind of, maybe I'm, I'm, I'm mean, I'm just, I'm tired.
07:06I'm ready to just be done with all of this.
07:09At that point, you're at the Charles Ramsey stage.
07:12Something is wrong here.
07:14I mean, Kenny, I'm not making light of it.
07:16You take anybody's captain off the roster.
07:18They're going to be worse for it, but there are plenty of teams around the league suffering,
07:21plenty of injuries who have battled their way through, who have managed to be in a position
07:26to make the playoffs and will, you know, I brought a Pittsburgh for an example, but like
07:32I just, I guess for me, am I wrong in saying you get to ask an Iserman question here?
07:37If, if this really is the end, I mean, if, if Larkin goes down, your team should be able to
07:43survive a little bit.
07:44If cop goes down, I get it.
07:46He's having a nice year for Andrew cop standards, but let's talk about that for a second.
07:50And that, you know, if you're like, I said it yesterday, if you're an Andrew cop away from a
07:55playoff push or meaningful playoff push, there's bigger issues than just Andrew cop being gone.
08:01Right.
08:01Then you're trash.
08:02Right.
08:02But that's part of my issue is year seven.
08:06You, you, you have to be able to acquire talent.
08:08You have to be able to have levels of insulation and no offense to Larkin.
08:14He's not Connor McDavid.
08:16You know, he doesn't have that cap number.
08:19He doesn't have that impact.
08:20Even if you, even if you told me Connor McDavid got hurt, I don't think you could let the rest
08:25of a locker room off the hook, but okay.
08:27Now, you know, Larker Larkin is gone for at least two more weeks and cop has gone for
08:33at least two more weeks.
08:34I said, these two games tonight and Saturday were me walking the plank.
08:40They needed to give me two points somehow in these next two games to have hope.
08:45If they get aced out the next two in regulation, then I would go to Kenny side.
08:49The report today makes me feel like Larkin and cop are going to be gone longer than two
08:56weeks being reevaluated is not back.
09:00Point of order.
09:01I like to challenge the Senator from your birthday.
09:04You challenge all the time is yours.
09:06No, no, no.
09:06Well, it was cute.
09:08I have a cute question for you.
09:10So are you changing your stance on the next two games?
09:13Do you have you lowered the bar because there's no Larkin?
09:17There's no cop.
09:18I don't know, man.
09:19Because I think how you know is how a lot of people are feeling of do I give him a
09:25pass?
09:25No.
09:26You know what?
09:26Not after the gutless performances against Florida.
09:29Not not after what went down against Vegas.
09:31No.
09:32You know what?
09:33Eff it.
09:33No.
09:35I'm I'm tired of no accountability in this town.
09:38I'm tired.
09:40And I mean, we talked about this.
09:41We're going to do anger or apathy with the Lions.
09:43I'm apathetic.
09:44I just don't care anymore.
09:45Do whatever you want, guys.
09:47You guys, smartest guys in the room.
09:49Do whatever you want.
09:50See, but here's the here.
09:51Like, that's that's where I've just reached where it's like, you know what?
09:54You have all the answers.
09:55You're right, man.
09:56Let's commission a big dong statue outside of Ford Field.
09:59Let's just bronze Brad's dong.
10:03I don't care anymore.
10:04He's got all the answers.
10:05You're not allowed to talk about the team and you're ungrateful.
10:08And is that next to the Barry statue?
10:10Yeah.
10:11Yeah.
10:12In fact, they should put it on the roof.
10:14It'd be like a big old lighthouse up there.
10:16So the LED roof?
10:18No.
10:19Yeah.
10:20Is that the helicopter?
10:21You know what?
10:22Is that what I think?
10:23Oh, boy.
10:24Cut the camera, too.
10:25Cut the camera, too.
10:26It's the Brad's genius statue.
10:29And on top, we should make like a radio transmitter.
10:31We'll put a Rudolph red light bulb on top of the thing.
10:34So it's now part of the Detroit skyline.
10:36Yep.
10:36That's where I'm at.
10:37I don't care.
10:40Don't care.
10:41And honestly, on the side of it, you should write genius.
10:46I'm laying my sword down.
10:48I'm just going to kick back, relax, and wait for the three Lombardi trophies to descend from the sky.
10:54Because we signed Frank Izzy.
10:56Okay, stinks.
11:01Get a local artist.
11:02It'll be like the Guggenheim Project or whatever the hell they got downtown.
11:05What the hell is that thing called?
11:06They painted the house.
11:07It's got all the dolls on it.
11:09Why don't we do that?
11:11That's what we could do.
11:12It could be like the Virgin Mary at the Festival of San Gennaro in New York.
11:16You could actually parade Brad's genius right down Woodward, and people could put dollar bills on it.
11:21Whatever you like.
11:22I'm just imagining the skyline.
11:24Want to build one for Steve, too?
11:26Do it.
11:28Do it.
11:28And on the LCA.
11:29Yep.
11:30Whatever you want.
11:31Do it.
11:32Because that's where I – and I say it tongue-in-cheek because I'm just so effing done.
11:38I don't care.
11:39Like, if we can't sit here and go, if you miss the playoffs for a seventh straight year, you are
11:45fired.
11:45I don't want to hear about Andrew Kopp.
11:48And with respect to Dylan Larkin, how effing special is he?
11:52You're the captain.
11:54You've been an architect of some of these collapses, too.
11:57He's an Olympian.
11:58I don't care.
11:59You will show some respect.
12:00I do.
12:01I think he's a good player, but this is part of my issue.
12:04If you're two players from surviving and you're blowing a nine-point lead, like, I don't want to do this
12:12anymore.
12:12See, and that's the problem I have because injuries happen, right?
12:18Okay, I thought I was told that we have stuff in Grand Rapids, yet we're bringing up third-liners?
12:24Where are the reinforcements that Steve Eisenman drafted, that he brought here?
12:29Where's that?
12:32Words of Morgan Freeman, he's right, you know.
12:35I know.
12:39He's right, you know.
12:40I just, look, it's tough because I don't want to do a show to talk about something that hasn't happened
12:47yet.
12:47But you can almost feel what the discourse is going to be.
12:51Have you lowered the bar for the next two games?
12:54Because you came out saying, yeah, you got to show me something.
12:56No, because if they lose the next two games, it does feel like it's over.
13:00It does feel like it's March again.
13:03And I just, I don't want to give Eisenman any excuses.
13:08All right?
13:09I'm done.
13:10Now, who am I?
13:11I'm no one.
13:12Let me be very clear.
13:13I'm nothing.
13:15I just, I give you my opinion.
13:17I don't expect anyone to care.
13:19But I just, I don't know how as a Red Wing fan, you could be starting the copium phase of
13:27another March collapse by saying, well, there were injuries, you know.
13:31At a certain point, you have to pass the bar exam.
13:35Well, I wasn't feeling good.
13:37Well, my day job cut into my study time.
13:39Well, the questions were hard.
13:41No.
13:41At a certain point, do you want to be a lawyer?
13:44Pass the bar.
13:46They don't care about your excuses.
13:48Do you want to get into med school?
13:50I don't care that you had the poops.
13:52Wear a diaper.
13:53You've got to pass the LSATs.
13:55Like, you have to do these things.
13:58It's year seven.
13:59And you know what I don't want to do?
14:01I don't want to listen.
14:02Hell, I don't want to listen to people on this station apologize for it.
14:06Okay, so you're down a couple people.
14:09You know, aren't hockey players supposed to be the toughest tryhards on the planet?
14:13Then you know what?
14:14Lucas Raymond's got to step up.
14:16DeBrinckitt's got to step up.
14:17Casper's got to step up.
14:19Mo Sider's got to step up.
14:20You need people to rise to the occasion.
14:23I'm not asking you to win the Stanley Cup.
14:25To make the playoff.
14:27Yeah.
14:27I'm asking you not to trip on your phallus and fall down the stairs for the fourth straight march.
14:35That's all.
14:36You can read something.
14:37Let me make a call.
14:38I'm going to get that statue commissioned.
14:39Please don't.
14:43Imagine all that could happen in five years.
14:45Jobs will change.
14:46Kids will grow.
14:46Not making the playoffs with the wings.
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