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Now.

Now.

Who his backup will be yet to be determined. I don't think this move changes anything for the draft. I do think when you don't control I still think Schidor Sanders is going to be drafted number three overall by the New York Giants, but something crazy could happen, someone could trade above them. They don't control their own destiny, so as you sit here right now, and you have the opportunity to sign a guy that you know can be your starter and you know you can function with if you have to, because, let's face it, well, Jamis has i would say improved over the course of his career, is still a guy that once upon a time through thirty interceptions. Let me repeat that, thirty interceptions, not in a career.

Who his backup will be yet to be determined. I don't think this move changes anything for the draft. I do think when you don't control I still think Schidor Sanders is going to be drafted number three overall by the New York Giants, but something crazy could happen, someone could trade above them. They don't control their own destiny, so as you sit here right now, and you have the opportunity to sign a guy that you know can be your starter and you know you can function with if you have to, because, let's face it, well, Jamis has i would say improved over the course of his career, is still a guy that once upon a time through thirty interceptions. Let me repeat that, thirty interceptions, not in a career.

In a season.

In a season.

So when your job's on the line like it is for Brian Daball and Joe Shane, and your quarterback situation is playing out like it is now, you gotta cut Daniel Jones. Aaron Rodgers essentially tells you know you're not drafting number one overall to pick cam Ward, not that he would be your savior either as a rookie, but you're in a really, really tough situation. Here's the other problem. You play in a division with the defending Super Bowl champs who have a loaded team, with the Washington Commanders who have what looks sure looks like a superstar quarterback and a team that might not win as many games as last year, but it's gonna be better on paper and should be a playoff team. And let's face it, the Cowboys, when when healthy, are just better than the Giants. So now we'll see Brian Schottenheimer new coach transition there. I think the Giants are just in a tough spot and this is just a desperate move. But I hear some people that believe the Giants have a better roster than the casual guy thinks. I don't know about that. I really don't. I just think that Russell Wilson is not fixing much. And I think the same thing with the Pittsburgh steel was with Aaron Rodgers. Like is Aaron Rodgers an upgrade over their quarterback situation of Russell Wilson and the Rudolphs and that crew of guys Kenny Picketts the last couple years. Maybe a little, but I don't think he changes the outlook of your team. Winning nine or ten games like that would be the same thing. And when I look at the Giants, I go, yeah, maybe you win a game or two more and you're not drafting third overall or six overall, but okay, you're drafting eleventh overall, Like you're not going to be very good with this player. And I feel for Shane and day Ball. Sometimes the cookie crumbles from a quarterbacks point, and you're in this situation where you don't have any options, and when Russell Wilson is your best option in twenty twenty five, this face is let's not beat around the bush.

So when your job's on the line like it is for Brian Daball and Joe Shane, and your quarterback situation is playing out like it is now, you gotta cut Daniel Jones. Aaron Rodgers essentially tells you know you're not drafting number one overall to pick cam Ward, not that he would be your savior either as a rookie, but you're in a really, really tough situation. Here's the other problem. You play in a division with the defending Super Bowl champs who have a loaded team, with the Washington Commanders who have what looks sure looks like a superstar quarterback and a team that might not win as many games as last year, but it's gonna be better on paper and should be a playoff team. And let's face it, the Cowboys, when when healthy, are just better than the Giants. So now we'll see Brian Schottenheimer new coach transition there. I think the Giants are just in a tough spot and this is just a desperate move. But I hear some people that believe the Giants have a better roster than the casual guy thinks. I don't know about that. I really don't. I just think that Russell Wilson is not fixing much. And I think the same thing with the Pittsburgh steel was with Aaron Rodgers. Like is Aaron Rodgers an upgrade over their quarterback situation of Russell Wilson and the Rudolphs and that crew of guys Kenny Picketts the last couple years. Maybe a little, but I don't think he changes the outlook of your team. Winning nine or ten games like that would be the same thing. And when I look at the Giants, I go, yeah, maybe you win a game or two more and you're not drafting third overall or six overall, but okay, you're drafting eleventh overall, Like you're not going to be very good with this player. And I feel for Shane and day Ball. Sometimes the cookie crumbles from a quarterbacks point, and you're in this situation where you don't have any options, and when Russell Wilson is your best option in twenty twenty five, this face is let's not beat around the bush.

Are fucked?

Are fucked?

I mean, you really are. The Pittsburgh Steelers who have a way better team and a much more established head coach. We saw what happened last year. They started getting their ass kicked down the stretch and they got worked in the playoffs and they were one and done. But Steelers always win nine or ten games, and they go to the playoffs every year now either the seventh seed or the sixth seed, but they're always there. Like the Giants over the last ten years have been really, really bad, and I just don't think much change is here now. One of Russell's attributes that still works really well is the deep ball, and they do have Malik Neighbors, who is a special talent. But when I look at this team doing this, like you're going into this draft with Russell Wilson and Jamis Winston like welcome to the in a back room, shador uh. But I still expect if he's on the board, the New York Giants to draft.

I mean, you really are. The Pittsburgh Steelers who have a way better team and a much more established head coach. We saw what happened last year. They started getting their ass kicked down the stretch and they got worked in the playoffs and they were one and done. But Steelers always win nine or ten games, and they go to the playoffs every year now either the seventh seed or the sixth seed, but they're always there. Like the Giants over the last ten years have been really, really bad, and I just don't think much change is here now. One of Russell's attributes that still works really well is the deep ball, and they do have Malik Neighbors, who is a special talent. But when I look at this team doing this, like you're going into this draft with Russell Wilson and Jamis Winston like welcome to the in a back room, shador uh. But I still expect if he's on the board, the New York Giants to draft.

Shador Sanders with the number three overall pick.

Shador Sanders with the number three overall pick.

Now, maybe the coaching staff, who is desperate to win to save their job, thinks, hey, why don't we take if Shador doesn't go to and it goes cam Ward abdual Carter, why don't we take Travis Hunter at pick three? And then all of a sudden have Elak neighbors and Travis Hunter to.

Now, maybe the coaching staff, who is desperate to win to save their job, thinks, hey, why don't we take if Shador doesn't go to and it goes cam Ward abdual Carter, why don't we take Travis Hunter at pick three? And then all of a sudden have Elak neighbors and Travis Hunter to.

Go with Russell Wilson.

Go with Russell Wilson.

Maybe the coach pushes for that. I wouldn't blame him if he did, because clearly, like it's not like Shadur is gonna beat out Russell in training camp, So you might as well try to build up your team as well as possible and hope your defense can be better because in theory they should have a solid defense. But I've always thought Cavon's a little overrated. Uh you know, Brian Burns as solid, but I don't exactly think their past rush is like.

Maybe the coach pushes for that. I wouldn't blame him if he did, because clearly, like it's not like Shadur is gonna beat out Russell in training camp, So you might as well try to build up your team as well as possible and hope your defense can be better because in theory they should have a solid defense. But I've always thought Cavon's a little overrated. Uh you know, Brian Burns as solid, but I don't exactly think their past rush is like.

Miles Garrett meets TJ. Watt here.

Miles Garrett meets TJ. Watt here.

Uh So I don't know, man, I think the headline and this is going to be a major talking point, Russell Wilson. Russell Wilson, he is much more famous than he is a good player now and while it looked really good early when Tomlin went to the bullpen for him. I'll never unsea that December as the weather got cold, as they started playing better teams, and they had no shot, and I mean they had no shot. And I just think he's very average at best football player. And when you play in this division, you know they're not playing in warm weather. So New York obviously gets really cold, Philly gets really cold, Washington gets really cold, like this is a cold weather division, and we just had a front row seat for what happened when the weather changed with Russell. He looked dramatic. He fell off a cliff for even a guy that had just looked okay, nowhere near what he once was. So I just think that this is what happens when you get a coach and a GM holding on for dear life, because that's what they're doing. And I don't blame them that you're the head coach and the general manager of the New York Giants. Pretty good gig if it works out. Last I checked made some pretty legendary individuals holding those positions when they won. But this team is not going to win, and I don't think signing Jamis Winston and clearly signing Russell Wilson changes much of anything. I'm not trying to hate on the Giants or being negative Nelly here, but I think we have to acknowledge what we have seen, and what we have seen is one, this team is that talented, and two Russell Wilson is no longer really that good. And if let's just give the hypothetical that chadore because I guess Chador is a hypothetical to go there as well, let's say he doesn't go there.

Uh So I don't know, man, I think the headline and this is going to be a major talking point, Russell Wilson. Russell Wilson, he is much more famous than he is a good player now and while it looked really good early when Tomlin went to the bullpen for him. I'll never unsea that December as the weather got cold, as they started playing better teams, and they had no shot, and I mean they had no shot. And I just think he's very average at best football player. And when you play in this division, you know they're not playing in warm weather. So New York obviously gets really cold, Philly gets really cold, Washington gets really cold, like this is a cold weather division, and we just had a front row seat for what happened when the weather changed with Russell. He looked dramatic. He fell off a cliff for even a guy that had just looked okay, nowhere near what he once was. So I just think that this is what happens when you get a coach and a GM holding on for dear life, because that's what they're doing. And I don't blame them that you're the head coach and the general manager of the New York Giants. Pretty good gig if it works out. Last I checked made some pretty legendary individuals holding those positions when they won. But this team is not going to win, and I don't think signing Jamis Winston and clearly signing Russell Wilson changes much of anything. I'm not trying to hate on the Giants or being negative Nelly here, but I think we have to acknowledge what we have seen, and what we have seen is one, this team is that talented, and two Russell Wilson is no longer really that good. And if let's just give the hypothetical that chadore because I guess Chador is a hypothetical to go there as well, let's say he doesn't go there.

If you told.

If you told.

Me what month do people start going, should we go to Jamis, I'd say late October early November like that would be a conversation. And if you tell me Chador's on the team, when do fans start going, Let's go to Shador Sanders, I would say the exact same time, so you can see what's coming from a mile away. Though I understand why they made this move, if I was in their shoes, probably would make this move too. I'm desperate. I have no other options. What else am I supposed to do? I can't just go Well, even if we feel like one confident that Chador is going to be there, three and we plan on drafting them. Well, like if Chador can't beat out Jamis in training camp, and Jamis is my starting quarterback going into the season with you know, and I'm desperately trying to like compete for the seventh seed in a conference that while it doesn't have Mahomes and Burrow and Lamar, it's still got Like I don't know, Jalen Hurts, Jayden Daniels, Jared Goff, I mean, Matt Stafford, Jordan Loves been a playoff quarterback two years in a row. Brock Perties won some playoff games, like Jamis Baker Mayfield, Like it ain't gonna work. This ain't gonna work now, Dak Prescott, We're at a huge advantage in all of our divisional games if that's the case. So, like I said, big Headline, I don't know if there's much substance to this move when it comes to college basketball in March Mania, one thing is for sure. Nothing's for sure. Upsets, buzzer beaters, Cinderella's top seeds going home early, It's all gonna happen. Bet the unexpected, every upset, every day with DraftKings sportsbook with live betting, exclusive content, promos and parlays. Draft King is the ultimate college basketball destination for March. Ready to make your first bet, check out matchups and pick a team to win. It's that simple first time. Here's something special just for you. New DraftKings customers. Bet five to get two hundred in bonus bets. Instantly bet the unexpected with DraftKings Sportsbook. Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app. Use the code John that's Joagen, That's code Jawn for new customers to get two hundred and bonus bets when you bet just five bucks only on DraftKings. The Crown is yours.

Me what month do people start going, should we go to Jamis, I'd say late October early November like that would be a conversation. And if you tell me Chador's on the team, when do fans start going, Let's go to Shador Sanders, I would say the exact same time, so you can see what's coming from a mile away. Though I understand why they made this move, if I was in their shoes, probably would make this move too. I'm desperate. I have no other options. What else am I supposed to do? I can't just go Well, even if we feel like one confident that Chador is going to be there, three and we plan on drafting them. Well, like if Chador can't beat out Jamis in training camp, and Jamis is my starting quarterback going into the season with you know, and I'm desperately trying to like compete for the seventh seed in a conference that while it doesn't have Mahomes and Burrow and Lamar, it's still got Like I don't know, Jalen Hurts, Jayden Daniels, Jared Goff, I mean, Matt Stafford, Jordan Loves been a playoff quarterback two years in a row. Brock Perties won some playoff games, like Jamis Baker Mayfield, Like it ain't gonna work. This ain't gonna work now, Dak Prescott, We're at a huge advantage in all of our divisional games if that's the case. So, like I said, big Headline, I don't know if there's much substance to this move when it comes to college basketball in March Mania, one thing is for sure. Nothing's for sure. Upsets, buzzer beaters, Cinderella's top seeds going home early, It's all gonna happen. Bet the unexpected, every upset, every day with DraftKings sportsbook with live betting, exclusive content, promos and parlays. Draft King is the ultimate college basketball destination for March. Ready to make your first bet, check out matchups and pick a team to win. It's that simple first time. Here's something special just for you. New DraftKings customers. Bet five to get two hundred in bonus bets. Instantly bet the unexpected with DraftKings Sportsbook. Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app. Use the code John that's Joagen, That's code Jawn for new customers to get two hundred and bonus bets when you bet just five bucks only on DraftKings. The Crown is yours.

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You know, I thought about going to hit some golf ball and go outside today, but it was like ninety two degrees. So it's a hot one in Arizona. But I do come from the Andy Reid School, where the hotter it is outside, the lower yr air conditioning goes, and my office is cranking at about sixty five degrees. I'm actually kind of chilly. I had to put on a pullover to stay warm.

I was like, God, it's cold in here.

I was like, God, it's cold in here.

But it got me thinking because I think I'm gonna bet on Scotty Scheffler to win this week. And it's not because I'm confident in the guy, and I think if he cannot get it done, we have to go. Something is seriously off relative to the guy that we saw last week and last year at this tournament. Heading into the Masters, Scottie Scheffler finished second, and he missed under a ten foot putt on eighteen to force a playoff. He was playing at an extremely high level. He had won at Arnold Palmer, he had won the Players, he had just been a major factor. It was clear like this guy is playing at just a complete elite level and he deserves to be talked about like the best player in the world, and he started being treated like that, like Tiger in his heyday. From a gambling standpoint, in a golf tournament, it's you are playing so well if you are ten to one favorite against one hundred and fifty people. Rory right now, having won twice this year, hovers between seven to nine to one, which is insane. It is hard to pull the trigger when you are getting those odds. Hel Rory to win the Masters, something he's never accomplished, is currently six and a half to one. Scotti Scheffler hovers between three and three and a half to one, which I had no problem with last year, and there were times where it's like, yeah, this is nuts, but it's actually the right thing to do. And then there's right now, like, to me, he should fall back and if he can't win this weekend or at least be a major factor, I think it's time to like just we got to acknowledge that whatever happened with that wineglass and the ravioli has really thrown them off. I mean when you watched him at the Players. From just a personality standpoint, listen, it's golf. I lost one hundred bucks last Saturday, and I threw a hat on twelve and started screaming a f bombs.

But it got me thinking because I think I'm gonna bet on Scotty Scheffler to win this week. And it's not because I'm confident in the guy, and I think if he cannot get it done, we have to go. Something is seriously off relative to the guy that we saw last week and last year at this tournament. Heading into the Masters, Scottie Scheffler finished second, and he missed under a ten foot putt on eighteen to force a playoff. He was playing at an extremely high level. He had won at Arnold Palmer, he had won the Players, he had just been a major factor. It was clear like this guy is playing at just a complete elite level and he deserves to be talked about like the best player in the world, and he started being treated like that, like Tiger in his heyday. From a gambling standpoint, in a golf tournament, it's you are playing so well if you are ten to one favorite against one hundred and fifty people. Rory right now, having won twice this year, hovers between seven to nine to one, which is insane. It is hard to pull the trigger when you are getting those odds. Hel Rory to win the Masters, something he's never accomplished, is currently six and a half to one. Scotti Scheffler hovers between three and three and a half to one, which I had no problem with last year, and there were times where it's like, yeah, this is nuts, but it's actually the right thing to do. And then there's right now, like, to me, he should fall back and if he can't win this weekend or at least be a major factor, I think it's time to like just we got to acknowledge that whatever happened with that wineglass and the ravioli has really thrown them off. I mean when you watched him at the Players. From just a personality standpoint, listen, it's golf. I lost one hundred bucks last Saturday, and I threw a hat on twelve and started screaming a f bombs.

I lost.

I lost.

It happens to us all. It is a frustrating sport. Hell Gordon Sargent, who look like the number one prospect in all of college golf, who look like a lock, like the next Ludwig, the next Victor Hovlin, the next Colin Morikawa. I just someone forward it to me. Last week he got benched on his college team. He hadn't finished within the top fifty of any event so far in twenty twenty five, and I guess they qualify every single week at Vanderbilt, and their last tournament he did not represent the team.

It happens to us all. It is a frustrating sport. Hell Gordon Sargent, who look like the number one prospect in all of college golf, who look like a lock, like the next Ludwig, the next Victor Hovlin, the next Colin Morikawa. I just someone forward it to me. Last week he got benched on his college team. He hadn't finished within the top fifty of any event so far in twenty twenty five, and I guess they qualify every single week at Vanderbilt, and their last tournament he did not represent the team.

They didn't even bring.

They didn't even bring.

Them, which shows you in golf, it can come and go really fast. Now, usually when you're at the peak of your game, it takes something weird to happen. I mean, I saw Brandal SHAMBLEI said yesterday to Dan Rappaport that he thought Tiger Woods changing his swing in the four to h five range when he was at the peak of his powers, kicking the living You know what, out of everybody is the most insane thing that's ever happened in sports. And at first time I thought when he said that, I was like, Ah, is that kind of a Stephen a curveball here from Brandal and they start thinking about it, it's pretty insane. It's like you are annihilating everybody. You are winning majors at a historic clip, and it's like, yeah, just change your swing. But that's part of golf and we'll dive into Victor Hovlin. Unlike all these other sports, like you have a ton of time to think. How even when you are playing, the walk between each shot is a lot of time in your head. It's not like us driving golf carts, where you got thirty seconds, I mean, depending on how far you hit it between each shot. In golf, like you're taking slow walks. You're playing with other people, so it's like you have a lot of time to think. And as Brandal mentioned as well, the worst place and the stuff that ruins players happens more often than not, not on the course, not in the weight room, not at home with their family, on the driving range. And there was a clip at the players of Scotti Scheffler working with his coach like getting really frustrated. I don't blame him because last year he had to feel like indestructible, and this year it's not like he's even playing that bad. He's played in five events, he's made all five cuts. His worst finish of the five events is the Waste Management where he finished twenty fifth. Now he was the two time defending champion, or I guess Nick Taylor had won it last year.

Them, which shows you in golf, it can come and go really fast. Now, usually when you're at the peak of your game, it takes something weird to happen. I mean, I saw Brandal SHAMBLEI said yesterday to Dan Rappaport that he thought Tiger Woods changing his swing in the four to h five range when he was at the peak of his powers, kicking the living You know what, out of everybody is the most insane thing that's ever happened in sports. And at first time I thought when he said that, I was like, Ah, is that kind of a Stephen a curveball here from Brandal and they start thinking about it, it's pretty insane. It's like you are annihilating everybody. You are winning majors at a historic clip, and it's like, yeah, just change your swing. But that's part of golf and we'll dive into Victor Hovlin. Unlike all these other sports, like you have a ton of time to think. How even when you are playing, the walk between each shot is a lot of time in your head. It's not like us driving golf carts, where you got thirty seconds, I mean, depending on how far you hit it between each shot. In golf, like you're taking slow walks. You're playing with other people, so it's like you have a lot of time to think. And as Brandal mentioned as well, the worst place and the stuff that ruins players happens more often than not, not on the course, not in the weight room, not at home with their family, on the driving range. And there was a clip at the players of Scotti Scheffler working with his coach like getting really frustrated. I don't blame him because last year he had to feel like indestructible, and this year it's not like he's even playing that bad. He's played in five events, he's made all five cuts. His worst finish of the five events is the Waste Management where he finished twenty fifth. Now he was the two time defending champion, or I guess Nick Taylor had won it last year.

He had won it multiple times.

He had won it multiple times.

But he shot seventy two on Sunday, So if Scotty had just shot a couple shots better, he probably finished like fifteenth or twelfth, T nine, T three, T eleven, T twenty. It's not like he's bad. And again he's being held now to the standard of like last year was a Tiger Woods like season. Is that who you are? And the thing that made Tiger such a great player is he maintained it for such a long period of time.

But he shot seventy two on Sunday, So if Scotty had just shot a couple shots better, he probably finished like fifteenth or twelfth, T nine, T three, T eleven, T twenty. It's not like he's bad. And again he's being held now to the standard of like last year was a Tiger Woods like season. Is that who you are? And the thing that made Tiger such a great player is he maintained it for such a long period of time.

We have seen a.

We have seen a.

Lot of players, Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, I mean, certain guys have like incredible eighteen month stretches. It's very rare that you just see a guy dominate. And this sport, and this is what makes golf so great. It's an individual sport, and ideally you get a guy that's everyone's chasing. Tiger was like that for the majority of you know, my youth before I was born, you know, Jack Nicholas, Arnold Palmer, when I was really young, before Tiger came on the scene, Greg Norman and.

Lot of players, Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, I mean, certain guys have like incredible eighteen month stretches. It's very rare that you just see a guy dominate. And this sport, and this is what makes golf so great. It's an individual sport, and ideally you get a guy that's everyone's chasing. Tiger was like that for the majority of you know, my youth before I was born, you know, Jack Nicholas, Arnold Palmer, when I was really young, before Tiger came on the scene, Greg Norman and.

Nick Faldo were right there.

Nick Faldo were right there.

You know, Rory's had his moments, but not winning a major in over a decade takes it away a little bit. Kopka in the majors was unreal, but he didn't do much outside of those. You know, DJ was winning a tournament or two a year, but it wasn't like it felt like he was.

You know, Rory's had his moments, but not winning a major in over a decade takes it away a little bit. Kopka in the majors was unreal, but he didn't do much outside of those. You know, DJ was winning a tournament or two a year, but it wasn't like it felt like he was.

Tiger or Phil.

Tiger or Phil.

Phil had a little stretch in the late two thousands.

Phil had a little stretch in the late two thousands.

But it's like the sport is better off.

But it's like the sport is better off.

It's like this guy is the clearcut dominant person I think sports is in general, like it is so much better when you like, everyone's chasing Shaq and Kobe and the Lakers. Everyone is chasing the late nineties Yankees, everyone's chasing the New England Patriots for twenty years. Like I'm sorry, we've all seen that sports benefit from parody is very, very overrated. I mean you're hearing this a lot. With the NCAA tournaments like our Cinderella is dead. Yeah, have they really ever been that alive? We have had individual moments, but for the most part, the best programs consistently dominate. Now with nil, it's not gonna be a fair fight. It was never really a fair fight. There were just some upsets here and there. Now those days are probably, I don't want to say long gone. It's still basketball. It's still a one game situation. But given the power of individual players in that sport, and given that the top programs are gonna have all the money, yeah, it's gonna and the moment you get a good player at a smaller school, they can steal him from you. It's gonna be difficult. But I think the one thing you see with golf and listen, I'm going through it in my own game right now. I'm like, I'm struggling to break eighty five.

It's like this guy is the clearcut dominant person I think sports is in general, like it is so much better when you like, everyone's chasing Shaq and Kobe and the Lakers. Everyone is chasing the late nineties Yankees, everyone's chasing the New England Patriots for twenty years. Like I'm sorry, we've all seen that sports benefit from parody is very, very overrated. I mean you're hearing this a lot. With the NCAA tournaments like our Cinderella is dead. Yeah, have they really ever been that alive? We have had individual moments, but for the most part, the best programs consistently dominate. Now with nil, it's not gonna be a fair fight. It was never really a fair fight. There were just some upsets here and there. Now those days are probably, I don't want to say long gone. It's still basketball. It's still a one game situation. But given the power of individual players in that sport, and given that the top programs are gonna have all the money, yeah, it's gonna and the moment you get a good player at a smaller school, they can steal him from you. It's gonna be difficult. But I think the one thing you see with golf and listen, I'm going through it in my own game right now. I'm like, I'm struggling to break eighty five.

A couple of years ago, I was.

A couple of years ago, I was.

Like a three handicap, and it's like, I don't know what to do. And listen, I can't even imagine being a pro having all these people look at you, having all these people talk about you. Scotty in these press conference is getting edgy. He's you know, got a new kid he's probably not sleeping like he used to when he was younger. There's a lot going on in his life, and obviously the injury kind of derailed some of the momentum. But like, I'm sorry, like for a guy that you just chalking in like he's gonna win the Masters. He's gonna win the Masters, which it felt like the last couple of years, like it's hard to bet against Scotty, even those odds are really shitty, Like to me, if he just comes in like t eleven in this tournament, which again his floor at this event I would say would be like fifteenth, but like last year, he probably should have won because he makes the putt on eighteen forces extra holes, like who's betting against Scotty Scheffler in a playoff against Steven Yeger, which I've heard Steven Yeager on a podcast.

Like a three handicap, and it's like, I don't know what to do. And listen, I can't even imagine being a pro having all these people look at you, having all these people talk about you. Scotty in these press conference is getting edgy. He's you know, got a new kid he's probably not sleeping like he used to when he was younger. There's a lot going on in his life, and obviously the injury kind of derailed some of the momentum. But like, I'm sorry, like for a guy that you just chalking in like he's gonna win the Masters. He's gonna win the Masters, which it felt like the last couple of years, like it's hard to bet against Scotty, even those odds are really shitty, Like to me, if he just comes in like t eleven in this tournament, which again his floor at this event I would say would be like fifteenth, but like last year, he probably should have won because he makes the putt on eighteen forces extra holes, like who's betting against Scotty Scheffler in a playoff against Steven Yeger, which I've heard Steven Yeager on a podcast.

He's actually a pretty likable guy.

He's actually a pretty likable guy.

But like, I'm just sorry you're not winning that event, right, I mean, we saw JJ spond they had a night to think Rory JJ spahd like not a fair fight, and I think I'm just fascinated.

But like, I'm just sorry you're not winning that event, right, I mean, we saw JJ spond they had a night to think Rory JJ spahd like not a fair fight, and I think I'm just fascinated.

To watch it.

To watch it.

I like watching greatness, and last year it felt like Scotty was just so much better than everybody else. I'll never forget. Like a moron, I was, and I kind of plan on doing it again. You gotta be crazy unless you're just like super rich to put large individual bets on people to win PGA and majors like I mean, for the most part, I rarely get above like a hundred bucks betting it out right, because the odds of you picking the winner is slim the nut.

I like watching greatness, and last year it felt like Scotty was just so much better than everybody else. I'll never forget. Like a moron, I was, and I kind of plan on doing it again. You gotta be crazy unless you're just like super rich to put large individual bets on people to win PGA and majors like I mean, for the most part, I rarely get above like a hundred bucks betting it out right, because the odds of you picking the winner is slim the nut.

It's extremely hard.

It's extremely hard.

I've done it a couple times, I would say, over the last like three years. But I'm also betting literally every week, and it's very, very difficult to do. But I was like kind of Cocky's the wrong word, but I was. I was weirdly confident last year in Rory McElroy going in to Augusta. I put a thousand dollars on him, which is by far the biggest individual bet I've ever placed on someone to win the golf s turn. I've done large bets on top twenties in top tens, and but you got way more leeway there. And I remember after I think it was round one, it might have been two now it was one because the wind was up and it was like Rory and Scotty are playing a different game and I don't feel like that right now, and I think part of that is, you know, clearly over I feel like the offseason, which is kind of weird in golf, but it's a couple of months. But Rory doesn't play that much in the fall relative to some you know, of the lower tier players. It feels like he's much better with a sandwich in his hand. Still not great. I'm not comparing him to like Tiger or Phil here, but like if if you gave Rory like Tiger or Phil's short game, he would have fifty plus wins right now, right because actually now he's a pretty good putter, but his short game and really he's just his wedge game from like ninety yards for an all time great player, you don't have that much confidence in him yet, Like Scotty or Xander when they're playing well, you have a lot of confidence in them with that club in their hand. Like most human beings, if I gave you a ninety yard shot, even if you're a single digit handicap, it's gonna be very hit or miss, depending on the flag position, depending on the green. Like but you give Scotty Scheffler when he's playing, well, a short club in his hand, like it's gonna be relatively tight, and I don't know what we've got to see.

I've done it a couple times, I would say, over the last like three years. But I'm also betting literally every week, and it's very, very difficult to do. But I was like kind of Cocky's the wrong word, but I was. I was weirdly confident last year in Rory McElroy going in to Augusta. I put a thousand dollars on him, which is by far the biggest individual bet I've ever placed on someone to win the golf s turn. I've done large bets on top twenties in top tens, and but you got way more leeway there. And I remember after I think it was round one, it might have been two now it was one because the wind was up and it was like Rory and Scotty are playing a different game and I don't feel like that right now, and I think part of that is, you know, clearly over I feel like the offseason, which is kind of weird in golf, but it's a couple of months. But Rory doesn't play that much in the fall relative to some you know, of the lower tier players. It feels like he's much better with a sandwich in his hand. Still not great. I'm not comparing him to like Tiger or Phil here, but like if if you gave Rory like Tiger or Phil's short game, he would have fifty plus wins right now, right because actually now he's a pretty good putter, but his short game and really he's just his wedge game from like ninety yards for an all time great player, you don't have that much confidence in him yet, Like Scotty or Xander when they're playing well, you have a lot of confidence in them with that club in their hand. Like most human beings, if I gave you a ninety yard shot, even if you're a single digit handicap, it's gonna be very hit or miss, depending on the flag position, depending on the green. Like but you give Scotty Scheffler when he's playing, well, a short club in his hand, like it's gonna be relatively tight, and I don't know what we've got to see.

I don't know if.

I don't know if.

Scotty's losing his mojo a little bit. Putting definitely can relate to that as well. But I think that the tour, you know, I think they need two guys. They either need Scotty to get it back or they need Roorer to keep kicking ass. Because I respect Xander and he's an awesome player. Obviously he got hurt as well with the rib injury, but like he can't carry the sport and the reality is for as great as Bryson is, and he is one of the rare needle movers. He only shows up four times a year. So Rory's playing this week. I really don't think this week really matters to him at all. Like if you told me he was just working on one specific thing that he wanted to carry over to Augusta, didn't even care about making the cut. I'm not saying he's gonna do that. I'd be like, yeah, it doesn't matter. I mean, he's already won twice and he looks fantastic, so I think it's a big week for Scotty. I'm actually betting on him to win, because if Scotty's gonna kind of get back to where he's been, I think he wins this week and a couple other guys. You know, I like Jason Day this week. I mean I like Jason Day most weeks to top twenty. Davis Riley is a guy that when he first came out on tour from Alabama, I used to gamble on and then he kind of fell off a cliff. Well, he finished seventh at Puerto Rico. Like a month ago, he finished I think top ten. Last week he made the cut at the Players. He just got a little momentum. And sometimes I just like fighting guys when they're hot and you get them in like three to one to top twenty. So this feels a little weird because you get a lot of guys that you know, just wait until the Masters to play, which which is fine depending on who you are. But I don't think, you know, I know Scotty, this is a Texas event means something to him, but I think on the course, playing well means a lot to him. Okay, last week, Vals Bar, you know one of the things with the PGA Tour that Live is just I was in the car today and I was flipping around radio stations and Webb Simpson was who's part of like the player pack was calling in and doing an interview with PGA Tour Radio, and clearly one thing that they are butting heads with. I think why this negotiation is taking longer is because the Saudis and Live and I don't know if it's Yaser, I don't know if it's the players on Live pushing back whatever is going down, is like they're adamant of having like a legit team element to when this merge happens. And at the end of the day, golf is an individual sport, just like tennis. It doesn't mean we can't have a couple team events, which golf does. It's called the Ryder Cup and the President's Cup. But I don't think the consumer gives a shit about team golf. Throughout the season, it does not matter. So the problem is is the financial situation and I don't want to say desperation, but the tour needs some of those guys back that you know, It's not like you can just tell them to kick rock. So you have to negotiate with them. But you know, watching Hoveland and watching Justin Thomas, who essentially turned into kind of like a duel down the back nine last week in Florida. And part of what the tour brings the table when you get bigger names is there is such a built up star to them with these human beings, right like when you turn on the Lakers playing the Warriors, you just get Steph Curry, Draymond Green, Lebron James Luca, Jimmy Butler. Like you have so much history with these players. You know, you have watched the ebb and flow of their careers. Right with the Yankees this year, if they make another push try to win a World Series, like you have been following Aaron Judges' career now for a long period of time. The good and the bad and part of these two guys, And this is the nature of golf for basically every player in the history of the sport is you're gonna go through the mud. You're gonna have really, really shitty times. Even when you're a player like Justin Thomas, who you know, probably for his generation his age group, is easily one of the most accomplished players of his generation, probably one of the better Americans right one, fifteen times on tour one a couple of majors, is probably, if not the best top two or three writer player of all time. You know, is now kind of synonymous with Tiger Woods. They're best friends, obviously, his relationship with Jordan Spieth. He's just a very very important part of American golf. And Victor Hoveland, who several years ago, you know, if golf was football, he would have been viewed as like an Abdual Carter, a Jamar Chase, you know, a Miles Garrett.

Scotty's losing his mojo a little bit. Putting definitely can relate to that as well. But I think that the tour, you know, I think they need two guys. They either need Scotty to get it back or they need Roorer to keep kicking ass. Because I respect Xander and he's an awesome player. Obviously he got hurt as well with the rib injury, but like he can't carry the sport and the reality is for as great as Bryson is, and he is one of the rare needle movers. He only shows up four times a year. So Rory's playing this week. I really don't think this week really matters to him at all. Like if you told me he was just working on one specific thing that he wanted to carry over to Augusta, didn't even care about making the cut. I'm not saying he's gonna do that. I'd be like, yeah, it doesn't matter. I mean, he's already won twice and he looks fantastic, so I think it's a big week for Scotty. I'm actually betting on him to win, because if Scotty's gonna kind of get back to where he's been, I think he wins this week and a couple other guys. You know, I like Jason Day this week. I mean I like Jason Day most weeks to top twenty. Davis Riley is a guy that when he first came out on tour from Alabama, I used to gamble on and then he kind of fell off a cliff. Well, he finished seventh at Puerto Rico. Like a month ago, he finished I think top ten. Last week he made the cut at the Players. He just got a little momentum. And sometimes I just like fighting guys when they're hot and you get them in like three to one to top twenty. So this feels a little weird because you get a lot of guys that you know, just wait until the Masters to play, which which is fine depending on who you are. But I don't think, you know, I know Scotty, this is a Texas event means something to him, but I think on the course, playing well means a lot to him. Okay, last week, Vals Bar, you know one of the things with the PGA Tour that Live is just I was in the car today and I was flipping around radio stations and Webb Simpson was who's part of like the player pack was calling in and doing an interview with PGA Tour Radio, and clearly one thing that they are butting heads with. I think why this negotiation is taking longer is because the Saudis and Live and I don't know if it's Yaser, I don't know if it's the players on Live pushing back whatever is going down, is like they're adamant of having like a legit team element to when this merge happens. And at the end of the day, golf is an individual sport, just like tennis. It doesn't mean we can't have a couple team events, which golf does. It's called the Ryder Cup and the President's Cup. But I don't think the consumer gives a shit about team golf. Throughout the season, it does not matter. So the problem is is the financial situation and I don't want to say desperation, but the tour needs some of those guys back that you know, It's not like you can just tell them to kick rock. So you have to negotiate with them. But you know, watching Hoveland and watching Justin Thomas, who essentially turned into kind of like a duel down the back nine last week in Florida. And part of what the tour brings the table when you get bigger names is there is such a built up star to them with these human beings, right like when you turn on the Lakers playing the Warriors, you just get Steph Curry, Draymond Green, Lebron James Luca, Jimmy Butler. Like you have so much history with these players. You know, you have watched the ebb and flow of their careers. Right with the Yankees this year, if they make another push try to win a World Series, like you have been following Aaron Judges' career now for a long period of time. The good and the bad and part of these two guys, And this is the nature of golf for basically every player in the history of the sport is you're gonna go through the mud. You're gonna have really, really shitty times. Even when you're a player like Justin Thomas, who you know, probably for his generation his age group, is easily one of the most accomplished players of his generation, probably one of the better Americans right one, fifteen times on tour one a couple of majors, is probably, if not the best top two or three writer player of all time. You know, is now kind of synonymous with Tiger Woods. They're best friends, obviously, his relationship with Jordan Spieth. He's just a very very important part of American golf. And Victor Hoveland, who several years ago, you know, if golf was football, he would have been viewed as like an Abdual Carter, a Jamar Chase, you know, a Miles Garrett.

Like he was a.

Like he was a.

Blue chip number one overall pick, and then he got to the PGA Tour and within like a year, You're like, holy shit, if this guy can figure out how to chip, watch out. And then guess what, he figured out how to chip. And in twenty twenty three, a couple of years after he turned pro, he had three wins and nine top tens and won thirty million dollars. At the end of twenty twenty three, I would say most people that fall golf pretty closely would have made the argument this guy right now, not by the rankings, but just right now is the best player in the world. And then a year later it's like he's in the wilderness. He's changed his swing, he's a tinkerer, and he just looked like a shell of himself. He was missing cuts. He only had two top tens in twenty twenty four, and then this season got even worse. I mean, two weeks ago at the Players he shot eighty, which for most of us feel pretty good leaving the course. Shooting eighty for a pro golfer like that number is a pretty eye opening experience. But held the week before at the Arnold, Palmer shot seventy seven and he was giving quotes like, I suck, I don't know where the ball is going. My shots are disgusting. These were quotes last week at the vaalst Bar when he won. So it's very relatable now when you're at the highest level, like a guy like this, once you can kind of figure out where your miss is, like you can kind of I don't even want to say fake it, but you can figure it out. And then if you watched him on Sunday coming down the stretch, he looked like the twenty twenty three version, especially with his irons from the middle of the fairway. It's like this guy is pin hunting. But like, one thing that was cool about those two guys decking it out was like, these are two of the better players when they're playing well in the world, but we have history with them now of really struggling, and it makes them very relatable. It's why, like Victor Hovelin, who came out in Colin Morikawa's class. You look at Colin's quotes from a couple weeks ago, I don't owe anyone anything. And then you got Victor Hovelin, who probably felt a couple weeks ago like I'm at the lowest point of my career. I bet he hadn't felt that way in his golfing career potentially, Ever, like high school, college, the pros, like I would imagine he is never in anything that is mattered, ever played this shitty, and never felt that lost, and yet he is giving these eloquent answers, these eloquent press conferences of just like wearing it, and it's like God, that makes him more relatable. Justin Thomas had a two shot lead on the back nine. This is a guy that's won. I mean, he's five wins away from having twenty plus wins on tour. And when he blew the lead in Victor Hoblin, Now did he blow it? Did Victor Hobblin take it? Kind of a combination of him both. Justin Thomas gave multiple press conferences. He talked, I think, to Smiley before he even signed his card, and then he just gave a normal press conference after and it actually and listen, he's older and more cowa. It like made him and Justin's a guy. I think that some people who's turned off over the years. To me, it made him more likable, more relatable and just kind of more real, Like, yeah, I'm a guy. I've made a lot of money playing golf. You know, no one feels sorry for any of us. It's viewed as you know, this saw activity that you know, people get labeled as country club guys. And I have felt like one of the leaders in that clubhouse. Yet like I can wear this and take this on the chin and be and not act like a sore loser and storm off and be a good partner for people I'm in business with, aka NBC. So I give a lot of credit to JT because even before he I mean, he probably should have won that tournament. He's playing well I mean, that's his third top ten this year. Like, I think you could bet the farm of Justin Thomas winning a golf tournament this year. I feel pretty confident. But I also watch a guy that feels a lot more mature.

Blue chip number one overall pick, and then he got to the PGA Tour and within like a year, You're like, holy shit, if this guy can figure out how to chip, watch out. And then guess what, he figured out how to chip. And in twenty twenty three, a couple of years after he turned pro, he had three wins and nine top tens and won thirty million dollars. At the end of twenty twenty three, I would say most people that fall golf pretty closely would have made the argument this guy right now, not by the rankings, but just right now is the best player in the world. And then a year later it's like he's in the wilderness. He's changed his swing, he's a tinkerer, and he just looked like a shell of himself. He was missing cuts. He only had two top tens in twenty twenty four, and then this season got even worse. I mean, two weeks ago at the Players he shot eighty, which for most of us feel pretty good leaving the course. Shooting eighty for a pro golfer like that number is a pretty eye opening experience. But held the week before at the Arnold, Palmer shot seventy seven and he was giving quotes like, I suck, I don't know where the ball is going. My shots are disgusting. These were quotes last week at the vaalst Bar when he won. So it's very relatable now when you're at the highest level, like a guy like this, once you can kind of figure out where your miss is, like you can kind of I don't even want to say fake it, but you can figure it out. And then if you watched him on Sunday coming down the stretch, he looked like the twenty twenty three version, especially with his irons from the middle of the fairway. It's like this guy is pin hunting. But like, one thing that was cool about those two guys decking it out was like, these are two of the better players when they're playing well in the world, but we have history with them now of really struggling, and it makes them very relatable. It's why, like Victor Hovelin, who came out in Colin Morikawa's class. You look at Colin's quotes from a couple weeks ago, I don't owe anyone anything. And then you got Victor Hovelin, who probably felt a couple weeks ago like I'm at the lowest point of my career. I bet he hadn't felt that way in his golfing career potentially, Ever, like high school, college, the pros, like I would imagine he is never in anything that is mattered, ever played this shitty, and never felt that lost, and yet he is giving these eloquent answers, these eloquent press conferences of just like wearing it, and it's like God, that makes him more relatable. Justin Thomas had a two shot lead on the back nine. This is a guy that's won. I mean, he's five wins away from having twenty plus wins on tour. And when he blew the lead in Victor Hoblin, Now did he blow it? Did Victor Hobblin take it? Kind of a combination of him both. Justin Thomas gave multiple press conferences. He talked, I think, to Smiley before he even signed his card, and then he just gave a normal press conference after and it actually and listen, he's older and more cowa. It like made him and Justin's a guy. I think that some people who's turned off over the years. To me, it made him more likable, more relatable and just kind of more real, Like, yeah, I'm a guy. I've made a lot of money playing golf. You know, no one feels sorry for any of us. It's viewed as you know, this saw activity that you know, people get labeled as country club guys. And I have felt like one of the leaders in that clubhouse. Yet like I can wear this and take this on the chin and be and not act like a sore loser and storm off and be a good partner for people I'm in business with, aka NBC. So I give a lot of credit to JT because even before he I mean, he probably should have won that tournament. He's playing well I mean, that's his third top ten this year. Like, I think you could bet the farm of Justin Thomas winning a golf tournament this year. I feel pretty confident. But I also watch a guy that feels a lot more mature.

I saw this clip go viral of.

I saw this clip go viral of.

Baker Mayfield, and when you watch Baker Mayfield talk now, I don't think he's quite thirty yet late twenties. He just comes off and sounds like a different human being than the guy five or six years ago when he first got to Cleveland. That's part of you get Mary's You have kids, you kind of grow, you mature, and that's kind of what I feel like just and Thomas has become. We know, like these guys, and I'd say the same thing about Victor Hovland is that they are not gonna.

Baker Mayfield, and when you watch Baker Mayfield talk now, I don't think he's quite thirty yet late twenties. He just comes off and sounds like a different human being than the guy five or six years ago when he first got to Cleveland. That's part of you get Mary's You have kids, you kind of grow, you mature, and that's kind of what I feel like just and Thomas has become. We know, like these guys, and I'd say the same thing about Victor Hovland is that they are not gonna.

Not figure it out.

Not figure it out.

I think it would be stunning if a guy like that in kind of this era just disappears forever. I think it used to happen more, but with technology, with the resources they have, they're just gonna figure it out.

I think it would be stunning if a guy like that in kind of this era just disappears forever. I think it used to happen more, but with technology, with the resources they have, they're just gonna figure it out.

Now.

Now.

One thing that Hoveland says that I do think a lot of people push back, like why are you tinkering? Why are you changing your swing. You're in your mid to late twenties, you're in the peak of your powers. You just won thirty million dollars on the PGA Tour, you won the FedEx Cup, you won multiple times on the PGA Tour. Why would you mess with anything? And I do, And I've noticed this in myself, is like as you age, maybe you lift a little bit differently and muscles change. I do think your natural swing path and your flexibility can change. Jordan Speeth has been talking about this for year. There are ways that he swung in the peak of his powers in like fourteen fifteen sixteen era that he's like, I can't make that swing. My body does not allow me to do it. So I have to figure out a way to still try to play like that, but with a different swing, and it can be very frustrating. And I don't think I hear many people that cover golf ever discuss that element, like bodies dramatically change now overnight, Like does Victor Hoblin have to do it overnight?

One thing that Hoveland says that I do think a lot of people push back, like why are you tinkering? Why are you changing your swing. You're in your mid to late twenties, you're in the peak of your powers. You just won thirty million dollars on the PGA Tour, you won the FedEx Cup, you won multiple times on the PGA Tour. Why would you mess with anything? And I do, And I've noticed this in myself, is like as you age, maybe you lift a little bit differently and muscles change. I do think your natural swing path and your flexibility can change. Jordan Speeth has been talking about this for year. There are ways that he swung in the peak of his powers in like fourteen fifteen sixteen era that he's like, I can't make that swing. My body does not allow me to do it. So I have to figure out a way to still try to play like that, but with a different swing, and it can be very frustrating. And I don't think I hear many people that cover golf ever discuss that element, like bodies dramatically change now overnight, Like does Victor Hoblin have to do it overnight?

I think we can question that.

I think we can question that.

You know, did Justin Thomas do something similar when he was playing pretty well a couple of years ago and then not like his swing very possible, because the other thing that's different now than probably even twenty years ago, let alone in the seventies, eighties, nineties, is the power of video, the phones, the being able to text stuff to coaches, the being able to overstudy clearly the numbers. I mean, you can overthink I mean what I do, the analytics of what works, what doesn't. You know, what I should never do again, what you should stay away from Sometimes like you just had a bad show. It just wasn't an interesting topic. That doesn't mean to never talk about that again. You just took a bad angle. And I think with the amount of metrics that I have access to that most people listening have access to in whatever profession you're in, you can over quantify anything in your head. And it's easy, especially if you kind of like numbers. It's easy to throw yourself off by diving too deep into them. There has to be some sort I don't care what you do, of a gut feel of like, yeah, this might not be the right thing to do now. And you know, Victor Hoblin talked to Depth about that after he won, because they asked him if he was a perfectionist, and he said, isn't part of being a pro athlete doing everything humanly possible to get better. And I think he's not wrong with that statement. But when you win the FedEx Cup and you win three times on the PGA Tour, like you're about as good as it gets. So can you just maintain that for a while, Because if you just maintain that level of play doesn't mean you're gonna win at the same cliff, but you are gonna be in the mix more often than not when you're as good as you are. So and that's the difference between like, you know, in football, like the Lions aren't gonna do a deep dive and change a lot of things, but the forty nine Ers, because they went six and eleven, like not only look in the mirror, but it feels like they're throwing a nuclear bomb on everything. If the forty nine ers, instead of going six and eleven, had gone eleven and six and lost to the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game, they're probably not doing as big of a knee jerk reaction. So like the Warriors, part of the reason they traded for Jimmy Butler because they had a couple of years of realizing like this is not working, so we got to make a change. You do not really making changes the Boston Celtics. Why don't really need to? Right, So when you're doing things well, you can ride it out for a while. Now when there's a light at the end of the tunnel of like, we're going to be able to stream everything. These DVDs are going to be irrelevant pretty soon. Yeah, maybe there's a time to slowly start to pivot. But like I do think golfers probably tends. It has a lot of parallels to kicking. Look at guys that can fall off a cliff. Baseball a lot of time to think.

You know, did Justin Thomas do something similar when he was playing pretty well a couple of years ago and then not like his swing very possible, because the other thing that's different now than probably even twenty years ago, let alone in the seventies, eighties, nineties, is the power of video, the phones, the being able to text stuff to coaches, the being able to overstudy clearly the numbers. I mean, you can overthink I mean what I do, the analytics of what works, what doesn't. You know, what I should never do again, what you should stay away from Sometimes like you just had a bad show. It just wasn't an interesting topic. That doesn't mean to never talk about that again. You just took a bad angle. And I think with the amount of metrics that I have access to that most people listening have access to in whatever profession you're in, you can over quantify anything in your head. And it's easy, especially if you kind of like numbers. It's easy to throw yourself off by diving too deep into them. There has to be some sort I don't care what you do, of a gut feel of like, yeah, this might not be the right thing to do now. And you know, Victor Hoblin talked to Depth about that after he won, because they asked him if he was a perfectionist, and he said, isn't part of being a pro athlete doing everything humanly possible to get better. And I think he's not wrong with that statement. But when you win the FedEx Cup and you win three times on the PGA Tour, like you're about as good as it gets. So can you just maintain that for a while, Because if you just maintain that level of play doesn't mean you're gonna win at the same cliff, but you are gonna be in the mix more often than not when you're as good as you are. So and that's the difference between like, you know, in football, like the Lions aren't gonna do a deep dive and change a lot of things, but the forty nine Ers, because they went six and eleven, like not only look in the mirror, but it feels like they're throwing a nuclear bomb on everything. If the forty nine ers, instead of going six and eleven, had gone eleven and six and lost to the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game, they're probably not doing as big of a knee jerk reaction. So like the Warriors, part of the reason they traded for Jimmy Butler because they had a couple of years of realizing like this is not working, so we got to make a change. You do not really making changes the Boston Celtics. Why don't really need to? Right, So when you're doing things well, you can ride it out for a while. Now when there's a light at the end of the tunnel of like, we're going to be able to stream everything. These DVDs are going to be irrelevant pretty soon. Yeah, maybe there's a time to slowly start to pivot. But like I do think golfers probably tends. It has a lot of parallels to kicking. Look at guys that can fall off a cliff. Baseball a lot of time to think.

You know, in.

You know, in.

Basketball, you just play, take more shots, just run, get to the hoop.

Basketball, you just play, take more shots, just run, get to the hoop.

You know.

You know.

In football it's like, just just make a play full speed, just hit someone hard, just do something full speed and good things will happen. And Coffee just spends so much time thinking, and I think it gets in the way of some of these great players, because I don't think it's just random that Justin Thomas and Victor Hovlin played bad golf for a longer period of time after they had just dominated. I think get in your own head.

In football it's like, just just make a play full speed, just hit someone hard, just do something full speed and good things will happen. And Coffee just spends so much time thinking, and I think it gets in the way of some of these great players, because I don't think it's just random that Justin Thomas and Victor Hovlin played bad golf for a longer period of time after they had just dominated. I think get in your own head.

Let's end on this.

Let's end on this.

We will do a little at Golo Mailbag, So it's at Golo Pod. At Golo Pod is the Instagram. Fire in those dms and get your questions answered here on the show.

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This is from Bobby.

This is from Bobby.

Question for the mail bag. If you could pick one player who's never won a major before to win a major this year, who would it be, Which major?

Question for the mail bag. If you could pick one player who's never won a major before to win a major this year, who would it be, Which major?

And why?

And why?

For me, It'd be Tony Fenaw to win the Masters, as it feels like a major victory. It would take him from a solid PGA pro to a household name. And for the fact that he's such an incredible ambassador of the sport. He's great off the tee which is paramount out Augusta and has been in the mix of the Masters in the past. I e twenty nineteen against Tiger. Curious to hear your thoughts, Well, I do it on this one. I do have five hundred dollars. After I had a big win on Tony few month ago, I spread some of it out on Ludvig Aidberg to win the Masters at like sixteen to one, so it would win me like eighty five hundred dollars. So and that's the only bet I have on the Masters. I think I'm gonna place another one on Rory, so it would be Ludvig. But if it was a non Ludwig player, that's a pretty good question. Like I I don't have like I I root for the guys that already have majors that there's probably not a guy on the PGA Tour right now that does not have a major that I'm like in the bag for Like if Patrick Cantlay never wins a Major, I'd have no issue with it. I don't hate your Tony Finow. Like if Tony Fenow were to win a Major, I think that would be really cool. I would imagine that Tony is. I know he's played well at the Masters before, but it does feel like he'd be more likely to win. I don't know the PGA Championship. He actually played well last year at Pinehurst. If I was a betting man right now, I doubt Tony Finale ever wins the Masters. Now over under like how many majors is Tony ultimately gonna win? I think the over under right now would be like point five. Probably feels like a one major guy like Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia and they he'd have an incredible career if he wins the Major. But yeah, I don't know if I have a guy like I think there are guys with huge droughts, like Speith. When's the last time he wons? I'm like sixteen or seventeen. I think Jordan Speith winning a major would be just legendary. I think if Rory could win the Masters, it would be great for golf. I think Bryson. I think if Bryson could win the Masters, I mean, how incredible would that be? So I you know, I like Tommy Fleet would but like if he doesn't win a major, I don't really care. Most of the guys I feel like I root for are already major champion, and it would have to be someone specific that I'm gambling on, because there aren't.