The Pat McAfee Show Live | Friday April 19th, 2024

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teams make what decisions on what the

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uh for the good of a generation yeah

yeah there you go a for the good of a

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there at the top okay so next Thursday

should be epic so is today M Paul Biz

nasty bizette will join us about 8

minutes you know talking about the NHL

big hockey news hockey is awesome and

hockey is getting shaken up a little bit

right now A team in Phoenix that wasn't

able to fill an arena with 5,000 people

for like the last 10 years trying to

find a location to kind of agree upon

with the community with the town on

where they can build an arena for this

team that is awesome this Phoenix coyote

Squad that has legends that have run

through that barn and a fan base that

you would hope would be great but just

inevitably thought that they were never

going to have a fair shake with the

ownership in which they had in the

agreement with the town in which they

had the arena was a minor league type

Arena it was a college Arena actually so

now that team just gets bought sent to

Utah yep with friend of the program Ryan

Smith and his entire Sports Group who

are also the owners of the Utah Jazz

Ryan Smith this morning we got a chance

to catch up with he had a backpack on

and he was loading his kids into his car

to drive them to school is a self-made

billionaire who dropped out of high

school turned his stuff around sold his

first company for a billion another

company for a billion and he is nowhere

near Old this man is a young American

Dream story who now has a team in the

NHL and the NBA hey good on you

Ry good on you Ryo and that's tweet

right there says 11,000 in counting uh

people registering for season tickets

for the Utah hockey team that does not

have a name yet Quakers maybe they

that's I'm not saying soers that's what

I'm not saying it but there's a lot of

other names that are phenomenal like

there's phenomenal names that could come

out of Utah and there's already people

talking about you know I old team Grizz

you know they used to have big bear logo

was awesome and there's people I think

they said like maybe the yeti you know

yeah the yeti is an awesome thing

there's there's a lot of different

potential names that they're going to

have to figure out and deal with he said

20,000 as of this morning damn sorry

what 20,000 people 20,000 people have

tried to register to get season tickets

over there in Utah they couldn't fill an

arena with 5,000 people 5,000 person

arena is the smallest arena in any

professional sport that there is in the

United States of America that is

considered a good League they couldn't

fill it up every single night they got

2,000 people in Utah saying hey yeah we

want we'd like to be in there and that's

kind of what Ryan Smith was selling

whenever we chatt

whenever we went out there he was like

these people love sport we hosted an

Olympic they show up it is a massive

thing hospitality is a real deal they

love hockey out here it's like if we

were to get a team out there we think

we'd be a good host and within 12 hours

of it being announced they basically

already sold out the entire thing with

season tickets yeah absurd so I think

the current uh Arena has

16,240 seats will be available for

hockey and they debuted what it could

look like no nowhere near a finished

project uh but them saying hey this is

what it could be I think they're going

to remodel to get it to 17,000 so with

20,000 and then 177,000 obviously

there's a little bit of a disparity

there uh they're going to reach out find

like partial SE I mean Place could to be

packed yeah PA is going to be packed out

there the NHL has to be incredibly

pumped I believe next week There's a I

think there's a press conference

happening today and the next week a like

hey good on you Ryan good for hockey

good for hockey cuz that Barn's going to

be a loud one we were at the Utah Jazz

game place is electrifying packed out

and Ryan Smith is an owner who's like

yeah we're not bored either you know

everybody talks about Balmer toilets and

like on a sideline and we want people to

go bananas in the NBA for the Clippers

it's like Smith's the same thing there

is not a single moment where it's like

you're not being we understand this is a

show we understand you're coming out for

a night I'm excited to see what he does

I think we'll be talking to him on

Monday nice nice yeah I think he'll be

coming on a show on Monday perfect yeah

but we'll have biz on in about five

minutes or so to chitchat because he's

Phoenix Legend obviously Coyote's Legend

I do believe he got a little bit of

emotional whenever he was addressing it

for the first time after the team was

sold and uh I think there was a lot of

fans you know their loyal fans are

obviously bummed out about it there was

a a skater uh an ice uh coyote member

course who was waving a flag crying then

you got sales people front office people

ticketing people I mean you just there's

there's so many people that go into that

sad company's been very sad Biz will

talk about that and also hockey set up

for its playoffs you need to watch

playoffs hockey is awesome can't wait

for that we Paul here

what the flamethrower today

Paulk pitcher pitcher with the mustache

yeah and and the host yeah the rocket

arm the host he's got that one

mhm yeah I forget what the stat was last

night but it was like some percentage of

his pitches are all over 100 miles an

hour and it's highing but yep there it

is Boom most 100 Mil pitches this guy's

just throwing absolute gas here in

Indianapolis for the tripa affiliate for

the Pittsburgh Pirates he's a national

champion with LSU obviously we know his

story he's going to be in here and last

night he saw it down just like the

entire yeah I mean it's just boom boom

boom he's going to be a Pittsburgh

Pirate soon he's part of the hundo boys

we had Randy Johnson on yesterday y we

had jet passing on we had CC Sabathia on

now we got a AAA pitcher on yeah we're a

baseball program baseball yeah love the

conversations it's Bas yeah we do we

enjoy we've enjoyed the uh community and

also it feels like baseball and this is

me speaking not from experience long

season lot of travel I think a lot of

potential baseball people do watch our

program for sure even though we don't

talk because they're on the road a lot

on their phones on their iPads I think

there is a big baseball community and we

would like say hey I don't know how

people watch full games but I love

watching you guys do your thing when you

do it I love watching it hour 49 minutes

so you're starting to scratch me where I

at I know baseball purists don't love it

but we'll ask Paul skes his thought on

all of it cuz he's a pitcher that throws

hard yeah we got the elbow stuff going

on in baseball we got the pitch clock

stuff going on in baseball we got the

baseballs going on in baseball right now

can't wait to chitat with him and see

where he's headed then we'll also have

mad Mel Kyper on today okay and Donnie

Don Don will be live from the room

obviously AJ Hawk and also the whole

time the toxic table at Boston Connor

and at Ty Schmidt a nice little Montage

of all the greats there on your chest

today yeah this is actually the kin Ur a

shirt yes I didn't know this is what it

looked like cuz when I got the gift like

I said I was pissed off I just kind of

threw it in my L nurse is the owner of

the Indianapolis Colts who was on our

program whenever we were down the annual

meetings obviously we know her from

being in Indie she sent a gift to New

England Patriot Super Fan an

outright rude man yeah for sure about

the Indianapolis CT sometime oh yeah a

rude boy if you will she sent you a

birthday gift and it was a that's a

great shirt great shirt yeah yeah very

pleased with it I mean I love the

Montage shirts I think those are the

best shirts so this does kind of jump

into the power rankings pretty quickly

here but uh no it's a very nice thing

I'm glad to be able to wear it on a

Feelgood Friday that's stacked to the

gills yeah it is stacked to the gills

just like that shirt yeah a little bit

team you can kind of see see how much

ink is on that particular one what

normally is on there's levels to this

yeah sure Ty mad Mel Kyper is on the

show you guys going to be able to keep

it civil or what I mean we'll see I'm

going to try hey it's never me true you

know it's never me who has issue with

anything it's usually him so uh yeah you

know I'm looking forward to see hey

we're getting close to the draft here I

mean we've been talking about this for

how long we get all these big boards

coming out like it it's unbelievable

that the draft is a less less than a

week away six days until we'll see some

dreams come true we'll see some fans get

pumped and some fans boo yeah but it

should be a blast for me and you now one

half of the hammer done Cowboys tone

digs is here tone great fit today you

know that got cowboy boots on I mean the

guy's really doing it I mean the guy is

absolutely doing it right now

uh big news in the sports gambling Road

no not the guy getting banned no not The

Interpreter stealing 16 million thato

with 24 million more on way not any of

that no no no what we're talking about

is odds moving quickly drastically one

week out from the NFL draft for the

number two overall pick this comes after

the 20 person top 30 visit to the

Washington commanders with Top Golf and

hangouts and meetings and sessions and

Jaden daniels's agent going

H whenever it was announced about this

is not how it normally goes how much

one-on-one time the guys get and then

the books react in this fashion who's

talking to them what do they know and

what does this mean toone normally

whenever something like this happens in

the past I think it was earlier this

week when we did the Jaden Daniels and

Drake May odd movement and it was the

other way where it was like Oh Daniels

guaranteed to two and we we could see

why because it was shf said hey you

could you could get that Jaden Daniels

Jersey and it was also shrs put out his

Mock and he had Daniels going at number

number two so you kind of understood why

that movement went for Daniels at number

two but last night late last night Drake

may like those odds that's not a small

move that's a that's over a$2 move for

Drake May potentially going in number

two now Jane Daniel still the favorite

but Drake May basically the same odds

and that then you look at the te leaves

you got to find the scuttlebutt on why

and there's some there's some

scuttlebutt out there going around where

cuz cuz stres kind of dropped a little

bit yesterday that said hey maybe Jaden

Daniels doesn't want to go to commanders

and then floral I think the morning kind

of said the same thing so I don't know

if that's the reason why they're Mo or

the the the agent and but the the only

reason I can think of right now that's

out there cuz we know the same as Sports

books or people say they know the same

as the sports books is that Jane Daniels

potentially doesn't want to go to

commanders that could be all [ __ ]

it's probably all [ __ ] a lot of the

stuff is all [ __ ] right before the

draft happens but told us the closer you

get the more real it feels yeah but if

and if you're playing on the [ __ ]

your OD just got a lot better just to

take Jane Daniels at number two well and

also Gumpy I I saw you tweet last night

about a safe bet right now as these

books are moving on the draft P yeah I'm

all in on Drake May at 3 I mean Sher

sher's pretty dialed in with the

commanders so if Jaden Daniels is

allegedly with all the potential

[ __ ] that's being spewed right now

is telling the commanders that they

don't want it they don't want it then

you would assume that Drake May going to

you would think or somebody else I guess

that only is the only thing that kind of

throws a wrench in the entire thing yeah

you either it's either a big swing and

you miss or a big swing and you hit cuz

two and three like you're getting Drake

May and jie Daniels either way what

happens

if Michael penics oh yeah I've been

gassing penic up I don't know he's minus

130 to go in the first round that is

free money how does penck get out of

what did he run what did he run like a 4

four 48 four and the thing is while his

injuries it's like injuries are cool

dude just ran four four he ran his his

leges are better than a lot of people's

actually the surgeries might have made

him faster stronger and everything in it

and then the amount of football he's

played the accuracy that he has and the

pro style of like building that kayin

dor runs it's like that guy feels like

he's ready made but I'm not saying he

should be getting drafted above anybody

but if that was to happen that would be

like just like the trance M Jones

situation a couple years back where

things come out of nowhere and that's

why the draft is so beautiful

legitimately because we have no idea all

you need is one billionaire to be like n

that's what I want to and we have seen

so many cases of that in the past and

there was a chance it could take place

on Thursday and if this is the case for

like Jaden Daniels is saying hey I don't

want to go to the commies I'm not

playing for him you you got to love that

got to respect it but also you know that

might open the door again for the number

two pick being traded like the talk

before from Daniel Jeremiah I mean this

is last month in in March he said yeah

you know if I'm looking at a team to

trade probably not at three Patriots are

probably going to stay but the

commanders are the team you could look

at as a possible trade candidate so if

Jaden Daniels is their guy and they

don't love anybody else does that open

the door for hey you know Antonio Pierce

everyone knows you need a quarterback

and you love Jaden Daniels why don't you

just send over Devonte Adams and three

first round picks and you can come up to

two and take your guy and have your

quarterback of the future could you

imagine that trade taking place on

Thursday night with Bill there sitting

there it would be Devonte on the Move

would be a huge swing nuts and then

anytime people have leveraged the future

of their team on a draft pick has it

worked do we remember any of those

working uh in recent memory no that's

what I'm saying yeah recent history

definitely not so if somebody was to do

that I would assume the analytics and

stats and a lot of people would be

telling them this is not necessarily the

best move for the future but Josh Josh

Allen situation with Brandon Bean

Brandon Bean said to combine yeah we

traded up to get Josh Allen and some

people said we gave up too much but if

Josh Allen goes on to be what we think

he's going to be nobody will care and if

he's not we'll get fired so that is that

is how this whole thing goes and that's

the type of investment that you could

potentially risk on the first round of

the draft and with the Raiders you could

almost argue like all that stuff is kind

of a moot point because you're in the

division with Patrick Mahomes so if you

think Jaden Daniels could be your your

franchise quarterback for the next 15

years then like is it really that big of

a deal if you have to give up three

first round draft picks like if you're

going to get a guy that can actually

maybe get you eye level with the Chiefs

then you do what you got to do because

otherwise you're kind of just in this

limbo where it's like hey we're we're if

we have our a great season we're

probably still playing for second place

in the division and then we still have

to go through the Chiefs in the playoffs

anyway I'll be excited to see how it

changes over the weekend you know more

people chitchatting with each other more

happy hours potentially taking place you

know more text messages more emails more

scratch my back I'll scratch your back

uh quid proquo yeah is going to be

taking place with information over the

next few days excited how the draft odds

change but remember the draft books

don't have an advantage on us with the

draft no they don't the sports books

don't have an advantage on us with the

draft they know just as much as we know

and if they know something more it's

illegal yeah go and it can't take them

to jail forever immediately like the CT

stormers that's right that was back in

yep sure that was back in uh before

March man his college basketball

remember that guy broke his yeah

filipowski still played in the

tournament somehow it was weird yeah but

a week later he did the thing that's why

if you're a bucks fan Yannis could come

back you never know exactly we watch

Phil posy take a freight train mhm a

knee get carried off a court and then

one week later windmill Duncan

basketball players are both different we

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all time one of the greatest hockey

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what we like to talk about I saw you get

a little bit emotional the other night

let's dive right into it this didn't

feel like something that was you know

known by a lot of people uh as it was

happening and then it gets dropped

overnight it had been rumored and

lingered about potentially Utah getting

involved with an NHL team and when Ryan

Smith was out here he was like there is

a lot that has to happen before that

didn't know if it was going to be

expansion like when's the next time they

expand because NHL expansion always does

well seemingly for the team and the city

with the way they set it up with the

draft and everything this is just an

outright purchase see you later you're

out of town emotional last evening

obviously we watched with the ticketing

and sales and coaches and players and

everything like that but alumni assume

how are you feeling with the relocation

of the Phoenix Coyotes and what does

this mean for the future of the NHL you

think how how does this work out uh

brutal for for Phoenix and Arizona area

for all hockey fans you know I've been

there for for a long time and not only

on the playing side but the media side

so to say that it kind of happened

overnight uh I guess that would be a

true statement in the sense that I

didn't think it was going to happen this

soon I think that people were aware that

at the deadline this summer if they

weren't going to win the land auction as

far as building a new Arena it just

wasn't going to be sustainable and

playing out of the mullet uh in Tempe

which is a it's a it's a college rank

right there's 5,000 people so um as far

as it going to Ryan Smith I think he's

going to be an incredible owner um I

think the reason it was kept Hush Hush

is Gary doesn't really like a lot of

this stuff uh becoming public knowledge

he wants it all under wraps all

controlled until eventually a decision

is going to be going to be made so um

Ryan Smith obviously uh the classy guy

that he is wasn't speaking very publicly

about this but ultimately wanted to

bring a team to Utah he's an incredible

Sports owner in the NBA and I think he's

got a lot of bright Amazing Ideas is and

how to also grow it from a hockey

Community sense and uh I know people are

maybe a little bit critical of the size

of the market and everybody gets very uh

numbers uh focused when it comes to

markets but I think he's insured us and

even even with the amount of season

tickets already sold or people with the

deposits down ensures that there is

going to be local support there but just

going back to to the coyote situation it

just sucks because of all the amazing

people that I got to be around and work

with there

I do feel like they were blindsided in