Brent and Painey discussed the Macquarie Point Stadium concept designs that were released, the Boomers and Opals' Olympic teams and the TSL results from over the weekend.
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Around The State (08/07/24)
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The government called it the world's largest timber roof stadium and said it could host the first ever indoor test match, which will be exciting. Timmy, what do you think from a cricket perspective? It'll be fascinating with this dome-shaped roof. I love it. I love it. It's a great concept. It's a great sell, too, to say we've got the first ever indoor test match, Bren. I imagine that being played in Hobart, wouldn't that just be something? But I am interested, and I did hear him say about the shadowing, saying that the roof is at such a height that it won't have an impact on the grass. I'd be interested in how that actually looks and if that is the case. Does the lighting side, too, though, overpower the shadows? Because even if it's a day game, the lights might come on inside. Maybe on all the time, would they? I don't know, maybe 50% or whatever. Yeah, maybe that overpowers the shadow. I don't know. Apparently, it won't be an issue. Did you like the concept, though, Bren? It looks good. I know there's always going to be people that are going to knock it. And those people have knocked it from the start. But I thought it looked pretty good. Yep. Fits in nicely with the area, I think, and not too overpowering. So, no, I think it's good. Just back on the cricket. It is a chance for us to leave the way, isn't it? Because you'd think the ICC would get frustrated by rain delays. You know, you could lose a lot of money by not playing for five days of test cricket. So, if this is a way forward, it'll be magnificent. It is. It's an opportunity. But I'm not sure if it's, again, has it been thought through completely? And maybe it has, and they just haven't said that. If we are playing under a roof and you need to have lights on, is it a pink ball test match or is it real? Because there's no way they're going to play a red ball test match with lights on inside. So, if the roof affects the light at all, it's going to be an issue. Or we just say, again, it's not a bad sales pitch to say, we want to have the world's first indoor test match. And we want it to be a pink ball underlight. Yep. We're going to ask you how you can have lights on and the red ball. It just wouldn't quite work. Don Baker and David Boone are facing the media later this morning to talk about it all. So, looking forward to having that chat. Hey, take us through the boomers, Tim. Can you ask them that question on my behalf, please, Tim from CNN. Tazzy Breakfast would like to know, are you going to play all test matches there? Or do the lights turn off and the light is fine for test cricket? Tim, Boone is the man to ask, isn't he? What was that? He was a match official. Bruno, some terrific news around the top basketball fans with Jack McVay and Will Magnate officially being named in the boomers 12 man Olympic team? The 20. That's their first time both go to the Olympic Games. Bays expected to take on a heavy shooting role while Will Magnate could see, could see, limited court time with George and Jock Longdale playing in similar position to him. Tasmanian born Chris Galing was one of the surprise omissions from the 17 man squad in Australia will play against Greece, Canada and Spain as part of Group A. And for people that haven't seen this going around social media, here's some reaction of both Jack and Will hearing the news that there will be a boomer going to the Olympics. Come on in. You're in. Congratulations. You Jack McVay? Yeah. Okay, let's go. Okay. Ahh. [inaudible] Now, that's a feel good moment. Magnificent stuff. Be great if you're actually here at Hamish, who would have pulled that off. You know there's something on line hammer. It's called clip to MP3 converter. So you don't have to hold your phone up to the speaker on your computer. You actually download the audio as it is. Do you know that, mate? Oh, right. Hang on. So on. I did use clip 10p for our converted in audition. I will say my defense and you heard the original clip. It did sound like it was recorded in a tin. Goodness, mate. Oh, I thought it was a little better than that. That's okay. We'll get better. It was better than last effort. Sure. Yes, it was. He's doing a good job out, man. You're just sorting out me. What a clip and what a social media. I mean, we start to see a lot of that stuff now with the AFL teams, but it's almost overdone. I reckon now in the AFL and that league. And it's not that heartfelt and it doesn't. I mean, this is hard thing to say, but it feels like the AFL stuff doesn't mean that much compared to making in Olympic games. Is that kind of fair? That was real emotion. That actually gives me tingles. And sometimes I've listened to it about 15 times and sometimes it gives me tingles and I find it really inspiring. And then the next time I listen to it, I almost want to cry. But cry for him with happiness, particularly for Jack because of how emotional he was. And then for one of his mates and his teammates to get such amazing news and within 10 seconds just want to know if he's mate mate and then have an even bigger reaction because he made it rather than himself just shows I think that the culture that's been built down here at the jack jumpers. But Jack McVay in particular, like Brian Gordon said, is a self-made man. He has worked incredibly hard and he tells that story himself where he was as a junior being told. He was too slow. He wasn't good enough. He wasn't big enough. He wasn't strong enough. And he's just worked and worked and worked. And it's a great lesson for any young kids out there playing any sport or doing anything in life. But if you work hard enough at it, you can't make it happen. What about this? You wouldn't have seen this to him. This is on his Instagram. He posted it yesterday. And it's a letter he wrote to himself in 2022. It says, "I, Jack McVay, am extremely happy and grateful to be an Olympian. My growth, mindset, discipline, selflessness, and self-belief has led me to exactly where I'm meant to be." That was from 2022. And here he is again after winning a championship finals MVP. Mate. Other stuff he's written there. Exactly. What a story he is. He's a star. Jack McVay, I think you've got to introduce him differently next year. He can't be the Smiling Assassin anymore. What are we going to do? He's the Lord of the Rings. He likes the Smiling Assassin, though. I don't know if I'd feel comfortable changing it up on him. He's very superstitious, I reckon. Anyway, good news, too. With Alana Smith heading to her second straight Olympics, she's enjoying a standout season with Minnesota in the WNBA, averaging career hires with 12.1 points, 5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 2 blocks. She also ranks second in a league in 3 points shooting at 47.7% and fourth overall in blocks. And of course, the daughter of our man Darren Smith, the COO of the Jack Jumper. So what on to Alana as well? Doing what I think. We want to mark Radford, too, Timmy, who's heading over to the U.S. Coaching with the San Antonio Spurs as part of the NBA Summer League, which is great to see as well. Does that make...will he be up close with the Spurs coach, or does he not come back? I think he was actually...I think he's meeting up with him. I don't know how close he'd be on a game day, but he was definitely catching up with the envelope. Can he be in the league, Summer League that much, or he'd be there looking for not coaching per se? The boys had him on Saturday. I haven't had a chance to catch up in the interview yet, but it is there on our platform. If you want to hear from Mark Radford, who was on Saturday's in Tassie over the weekend, that's there for your e-balls to have a listen to. Tell yourself, Timmy, take us through it. Pleasure to be right across this, being on the other side of the world. Yes, I was. I was. I was. Brenna Clarence had a big 72-point win over the North Hobart demons, who's pretty ordinary years. Got to be said. Brenna continues. Jack Briewell kicked two goals in his second game. Back for the year with the ruse. Gunnarkey recorded a two-point win over Launceston on the road, which was a great win. And Kingborough secured an important 37-point win over Lauderdale, which was a huge game to sew up that third spot. Brent O. So there was the TSL results of the weekend. And how about this for a text from David and Kingston? All our David's getting involved in the show this morning, which we love. A great weekend for the King Bresporting Precinct gents. Kingston blows with their netball elimination final, which we'll get two later. Kingborough Lions knock off the undefeated Devon port in the soccer, which we'll get two later. And the Kingborough Tigers beat Lauderdale in the footy. And also, Kingborough's own Will McNane, Jack McVay, named in the Boomer's squad. It wasn't a bad weekend if you lived down in the Kingborough municipality. Absolutely outstanding. Another text in here from David of Launceston. All of our David's have texted in this morning, which I love, with the potential three games in four days in the Intercontinental Cup just prior to the MBL season. Should the Jack Jumpers just skip the MBL Blitz on the Gold Coast? I don't know if they'll be able to do that, David. I'll take your point, but I don't think they're playing every game at the Blitz anyway. That's my male. They might play one less than the other teams or something like that. But it is going to be a heavy schedule. We know that. Absolutely. It is, Brent. It is. But guess what? What, Tim? That's the job of a professional athlete. And that's why they've got strength and conditioning. That's why they've got sport science staff. I don't think there'll be too many guys playing every minute of the MBL Blitz in the Intercontinental Cup. I think they will share the load and make sure that all the players are fit, firing and fresh for the first MBL game. But luckily we've got the coach coming on very shortly. It's going to be him about how they're going to manage those competitions and make sure all the boys are as fresh as anything for their title defense. That's right. Exactly. There's so much stuff we need to get through in around the state, but Hammers giving me the wind up. I wanted to talk about Jalen Haywood kicking 30 goals in a game on the weekend. Can someone kick 30 snags? Well, David Ingram from AFL Tasmania says he's only the fourth Tasmanian to kick 30 goals in a senior match. You can imagine one shy of the old time state record, which was 31 held by Jamie Orton. How many? Can you look up for me? How many did my man Trent Stan and kick proHA a couple of years ago? That's right. He didn't have a day out, didn't he? Old Speedy? Don't like 27. Well, hang on. Why would I have to look that up? You've got a computer as well, Tim. Do it yourself. Do it yourself. I'm using use at the moment because I have to look at your ugly melon on it. I haven't got anything else to maneuver and because we had some Wi-Fi issues which we thought might have been my phone taking. Anyway, can you shut up so he can get to the news? Because, hey, just for calling to on the show today, you can win a double pass to Fremantle versus Hawthorne on Saturday. Let's hear it for footy fans. Thanks to Bankwest. Let's hear it for Bankwest. Of course, we are off to the news headlines. And coming back soon, talk racing with Mattie Reed from Taz Racing. It's breakfast, power bike, a boat, a take on any job with Kubota's range of tractors, miles and utility vehicles. Get us on the Hackworts Open The One. Hackworts results for you. 0-4-3-7. Double 5-2-5-3-5.