Kap & J. Hood

7/30 7 AM: Alex Maragos

Hour 1: The MLB Trade deadline is today, both the White Sox and Cubs made moves. Most White Sox fans believe the Sox didn't get much in the 3-player trade due to the inexperience of new GM Chris Getz. Will Garrett Crochet be traded today? Anchor/Reporter Alex Maragos for NBC 5 Chicago joined Kap & J. Hood with an update form the 2024 Olympics live from France.

Duration:: 46m
Broadcast on:: 30 Jul 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

Chicago This is your morning routine. Listen to respect our name. Cap and G hood. That's right. That's right. We're bad. Uh uh uh. Watch the show on Twitch. Follow ESPN 1000 Chicago. Stream the show on the ESPN Chicago app. And on insta 100.3 HD2. And on ESPN 1000 Chicago. No, no, no, no. David Kaplan and Jonathan Hood. Good morning everyone. Bring him out. Bring him out. Bring him out. Bring him out. Bring him out. Bring him out. Bring him out. Bring him out. Bring him out. Bring him out. Bring him out. Oh God. Welcome in to the cap and J. Good morning show on ESPN 1000. And we're streaming on the ESPN Chicago app with David Kaplan. Jonathan Hood with you. We've got Shane. We've got Jaymore. We've got you for a three hour ride here on this Tuesday morning with open phone lines for you at 312-332-ESPN-3323776 is our telephone number. And cap today is the official day for the trade deadline. You've got to be able to get your deals in as much as possible. But we've already got some smoke and some fire on both sides of town. Cubs and of course the White Sox trading off more of their assets. So the White Sox made a three team seven player deal yesterday afternoon. Copac to the Dodgers, fam and Fettie to the Cardinals who somehow someway added a starting pitcher who's, you know, be so young, but he's solid. And Tommy fam who's a very average bat 102 weighted runs created plus 100 is league average. So basically an average hitter who did not have a gig until April when the Sox signed him out of his house. Didn't even go to spring trading. And then copac to the Dodgers and the Sox get back three prospects. I think one came into the White Sox system. It was slotted now at 14. Another one at 15 and a lot another one who's injured. Here's a stress reaction. I think in his tibia, he's out for the year. Boy, I hope your doctors are accurate that he's going to recover from such an injury. It doesn't sound good, but I assume their doctors have signed off on it. So the big question is Chris gets in over his head in this gig because I would have thought again, I don't think you gave up as much in the deal as others do. This team's 27 and what 80? What are they 27 and 83 now after one of the most ridiculous losses I've seen. I'm going to need you to stop chuckling. Go ahead. I won money. Sorry. I took your advice. Good night, Mindy. That was it. Well, he texted me. Good night, Mindy. Every time a White Sox bet he makes catches. So she went up the stairs. I said, good night, Mindy. When Bobby with junior hit went deep into the guaranteed rate night. Again, copac is one of the biggest disappointments in White Sox history. He came in. You remember, Peter Gammons on this station said he's going to win multiple Cy Youngs. No, he's very pedestrian throws hard. But for whatever reason, it's never worked out. We'll see if Mark Pryor, the pitching coach in LA can fix him. That's one. Tommy family just said, very average player. But Eric Fettie, you would have thought who will go into the Cardinal rotation. And he's pretty solid. He's not spectacular. He was in Korea a year ago for a reason. He would have thought they could have got more for him. And then Chris. He didn't lose his cool, but he was very direct how disappointed he is in Garrett Crochet. And I said yesterday, you may disagree, hoodie. I would love your perspective. I said to Nick and Deshais into J Moore. This is business, man. Garrett Crochet makes $800,000 this year. Garrett Crochet is one of the top 10 pitchers in the sport. He's got a family to think about and his life to think about. He blows out again. And as another Tommy John, he's not getting a payday. You want me to pitch for you when I've gone way above my innings limit? Guess what? I'm getting paid or I'm shutting it down. He's right. As a white Sox fan cap, I understand that this rebuild will take a long time to build. When I first told you that the Sox would not be a contender this decade, you looked at me and thought I was doing a bit or ribbing you. It's not a rib cap. It's not. But there's certain reasons why I'm not joking with you and Sox fans when I say that the white Sox are not going to win this decade. And it will be into the next decade for the Sox to even think about contending or trying to contend. You see, when you are bereft of minor league talent, when you are bereft of Major League Baseball talent, when you don't have a manager in place, when you don't have a style of play, when you have an owner that won't spend like like you see at Clark and Addison. And when you have a general manager that is in his first years at the job, you have to understand until the Sox can master these facets, the Sox will be looking up at everybody else. That trade yesterday in which Eric Fettie goes and Tommy Fam, God bless him. He got himself in a position where he can be traded. He was complaining on the AJ Przinski podcast that there was no movement. There was no communication about where he's going to go. And now he's gone to the Cardinals and cash, by the way, lovely cash considerations because God knows the Sox need money. And then Michael Copec, now with the Dodgers. You know what he's become? Not a closer, not a starter for the Dodgers. A good seventh inning guy. That's what he's going to be, Cap. Not a closer, he's a seventh inning guy, something safe. Get your six innings in from your starter. Here you go, Michael, can I get three outs? Okay, you can leave now because anything more than that, we know that you can't handle the pressure. We already saw that with the White Sox. So you'd be a nice seventh inning guy, nice little piece for the Dodgers. What the Sox received in Miguel Vargas. Let me ask you a question. Miguel Vargas Dodgers, right? Miguel Vargas is a guy that isn't every man. He could play first, second, and third for you. He could play the outfield. Cap, if he's no longer in the Dodgers in the vaunted Dodgers organization in the system, then what's wrong with Miguel Vargas? If he's expendable with the Dodgers, then what's the problem? It's the dance, be squats in question. It's a Jeff Blouser question. If the Atlanta Braves can't use you, then what's wrong with you? Same thing with Vargas. He's a placeholder, Cap. Understand that that tender foot at 35th and Vek and Chris gets, he's learning on the job too. So don't think that he was going to come in there and be like, "Oh, I'm going to pull up my big boy pants now. I'm going to fleece the Dodgers in the car. I'm going to get in there. I'm going to get the best prospects." Cap, he doesn't know either. It's like the manager doesn't know. Everyone's young and everyone's inexperienced at the job. Did you think he was going to be Trader Jack today or yesterday with those deals? No. So I didn't expect a lot. I knew that the Sox were going to get rid of some players. There's no question about that. And he got to take a step further. It's Robert and Crochet too, because Cap, everyone is learning at the same plane. We talked about this with the Bears. You recall this, right? The polls, Uber flues. Everyone learning at the same plane, where it's like, year after year, you get better and better and get more and more experience. Chris gets a neophyte at the position. People say, "Oh, he got fleas. He got fleas." What do you expect? It's Chris gets kind of pretty much stronger than the position. No more Kenny, no more Rick. Could you please help me, Chris, if you're Jerry Reiser, because I don't want to learn anyone else new. So if he was kind of average, as far as handling the minor league system, what do you expect in the major league system? What do you expect? He has to learn at the job. So if people think that the Sox got less than because you got a number 23 prospect, a number 17 prospect, well, no up. No surprise. They're not going anywhere anyway. Those players and Vargas, those are placeholders for the next decade. That's all it is. So that's where they're going right now. You don't have the major league talent, you don't have the minor league talent, you don't have a manager, you don't have a style of play, you don't have money, you don't have a GM. That's why the Sox are in this position. That's why they're going to make history. That's why they're going to lose over 110 games this year. It's because there's no hope right now. None. So I mean, you got to keep going here with crochet and rubber and just keep going. They got to continue to keep doing this because they're not winning with them. So why are they on the ball club? Fair fair. I asked somebody, Paul the young, can they get any room and the guy left in the game? He said, Paul the young for what? You think a contending team's playing him every day? No. And he strikes out far too much to be a guy who's taken one of your bench spots. He's pretty much wedded to one position. Yeah. And he's not great at that. So they said, there's less than zero interest. I said, brevia, he goes, brevia, you giving him the ball at high leverage into playoffs? I'm not. Okay. I got it. In the old days, you would have traded for a guy like that because he'd be on your bench, plug him in there for defense and be a pinch hitter, if you need it, right? They don't do that anymore. In the old days, you could have used a guy like him, like a de-young on your roster for the playoff push for your 40 man roster. So but but just the understand the point, Cap, all the all the experiences that so when people say, Oh my God, I can't believe it. Well, you know what? It's fine because that going anywhere anyway. I've been asking this question a lot on the show. So what's your building black? Yeah, start someplace. Where do you start? They have nobody. Nobody. When crochet is gone, and when Robert's gone, they don't have anybody. They're going to clear the decks. And for what? They're not going to continue. They're going to be looking up at everybody for a while here. 2032, cap. That's what we're shooting for. So you have on your board there still, I'm sure, or Jay Morton put it back up there. When I talked to Jim Bowden last week, and I asked him, because you sitting on my shoulder as I did the interview, Jim, what about the White Sox? When will they contend? What did he say? He said 2031, 2032, he said, minimum seven or eight years. Yeah, seven or eight years. That's a GM saying that. And what did I say? You just think it's just fandom for me. Right. It's not fandom. It's not because because look at where the organization is. And here's the other thing, Cap. This is the same organization before gets got the job as GM that was poor in developing and drafting. For all the great Joe Crete's and the Frank Thomas's and the Ray Durham's and the Bobby Thigpens and the Robin Ventura's. What do you get for it now? The Madrigals, the Andrew Vaughan's, the Carson Fulmers. Bobby Whit Jr. went second in the draft. The Lance Broadway's. That's the point, Cap. Like for all the stuff that you used to see in the past when the Sox were sound when it came to drafting and developing. What about now? Tell me about that development now. Go ahead. Tell me about the Sox development. Not good. That's the point. Crochet. That was good development. Tim Anderson. Sure. The sales. But those few and far in between. And that's my point. Different administration too. Yeah. So Jim Bowden, let's talk about the Sox. I wrote an article on this at the Athletic yesterday saying that they needed to trade Garrett Crochet. And it's painful to say that because one of the things that you want as a GM is to build a team around an ace, a 27 year old lefty that can win a Cy Young Award. But here's the problem with the new CBA. You can't tank and get the first pick. You can't go get Chris Bryant like the Cubs did or Bryce Harper and Steven Strasburg like the Nationals did or Carlos Correa like Houston did or Adley Rochman like Baltimore did. You can't do that. In fact, the White Sox are going to finish with a historic bad record. They're going to pick 10. You're not going to get the superstar there. So the only way you're going to get that is a trade crochet. And if you trade crochet, it's not the four or five guys you're getting back. It's that top star that you're going to get back that's playing in A ball or double A that's got a chance to be that number one overall pick. And you're not going to trade them unless Baltimore says I'll give you Samuel Bassio or I'll give you Jackson holiday. That's where crochet's got to go. You can't trade crochet to trade crochet. But if you get that number one pick that you can build around plus other pieces. For example, if the Orioles were to offer the White Sox, Heston Kirstat who you could put in right field, Kobe Mayo could play third and Bassio could catch. There's three everyday players. You just rebuilt your team in one trade. That's what you got to try to do here because you're picking 10. So that's why they have to trade them. You know, I think Chris gets is going about the right way. He's telling my GM friends, I'll trade everybody on the Major League roster. Make proposals to me. Bring them to me. I'm going to look at them. I don't have to trade anybody, but I'm building for the future. And the best way to do it is to trade players trade my assets. So there I am. You can trade them. But what are you getting back in return and how do you start planting those seeds to say this is going to be the next generation of White Sox baseball? Who is that? That's the problem. So I brought up the trade grades from CBS and figured out look somebody different than ESPN Dodgers grade A Cardinals grade A White Sox grade D give Chris get some credit. Yes, he's the architect of the most dreadful team MLB has seen in decades, but he nailed the Fettie signing. Did he do the same with the Fettie trade? We're not so sure about that. I like the Sox fan that was at guarantee rate that had the t-shirt with the gets quote on it. I don't like our team. Guess what? I don't either. And I don't like the way the direction it's going in. But this is who they are right now. Speaking of the organization, Chris gets got to come to Jesus moment, huh? Face to face with Gary crochet. What's going to happen? Who's going to blink first? We'll hear from Chris gets coming up next. 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But when I was there, just as a normal like tourist, that was super cool. Citizen. It's a normal citizen. Yeah, just as a tourist. Yeah, just as a American visiting. It was super cool. So this man here, Cap, Chris gets the general manager of the Chicago White Sox is in a pickle because he's trying to figure out how who can be the partner he can work with to trade Garrett crochet, the left hander. I was surprised to see him Sunday against Seattle quite frankly, but he was out there. And I think that will be all for a crochet in a White Sox uniform. I know that there are listeners of ours that say hand, do you have to trade them? Why do you have to trade them? Because we've been through this before. Now we went through the names last week, Captain Lopez's and the ceases and the sales and how they were going to Florida someplace else. Well, keep in mind, if you sign crochet, if you came up with a deal, he'd be part of the losing. He'd be the face of the losing. That's why he has to go. So Sylvie said yesterday with Tommy, he doesn't understand why you can't build around crochet 25 year old top of the rotation starter. And you know, a week ago before I talked to Jim Bowden, I was right there with them. Why can't you sign this guy? Open up the, let the moths fly out of the wallet and give him whatever it is, five for 125 or whatever the numbers are. And after talking to Jim, he said, you can't keep him under any scenario. I said, why? Because by the time you're ready to win, he will be in his thirties. There's nothing in the system where you go, oh, there's this guy, there's Correa. And there's, what's his name? Alex Bragman and Al Tuvay, and Jordan Alvarez, and this guy and Fran Berman, none of it. He said, he there is no scenario. I don't care if Jerry opened up the vault and said how much in? You cannot keep him. He's the best trade ship you have. Okay, to your point, Bob Nightingale just tweeted this. The Chicago White Sox believe that starter Garrett crochet likely will be moved today. But that center fielder Luis Robert Jr, who has drawn little interest will be staying to the Sox fan listening, or the baseball fan listening, or saying, well, I don't understand how come you can't be able to kind of build this thing in three years, because things move slowly at 35th and Vek. That's why you're not going to pay him the money that I think that he could be owed. I mean, any other franchise would say, yeah, we got to pay your crochet because this guy could really be a cornerstone for our franchise. Not the White Sox. Oh, no, no, no. No, no. That's not how they do business over there, Cap. So why why have him on the ball club when you're not going to be a serious contender until you get into the 2030s? Correct. That's just a point. Yeah. Now, if you if Steve Cohen bought the White Sox today and said, here you go, there's my bank books, take anything you need out of my $40 billion net worth. Well, that's different because you could go out and sign Juan Soto and Santander and get this guy, Braggman, and whoever else and go, all right, we're back. Yeah, at least you're a contender, you're competitive. Not the Sox, though. They're not going to do that. No, and that's why. And I understand why people would say why, but we just laid out why is because they move slowly over there. Correct. So that's the whole thing. And by the way, if you had some kids, Cap, if you had some young players, you go, you sprinkle these guys in into it three years, we're right back in the mix again. You're not. That's the point. You are not. And for anybody over there that thinks that's a joke, just watch what happens. Watch what happens. Chris gets the general manager for the Chicago White Sox, talking about crochet and how crochet's representative has affected the market. The communication had been very strong between Garrett and I and his agency. And I was a little surprised and taken back by how they went about it. And considering that I had a conversation with his agent the night before, that's not exactly the tactic that I would have taken, even being a former player, quite honestly, just because the dialogue had been so honest and real and careful and mindful of his career, because I've known him since we got him. So I was a little surprised by it. I was. I think most people, most fans and even players, without knowing everything, it makes sense. I think we understand why a stance would be taken like that. Now how you go about expressing that is what was a bit hurtful, quite honestly, considering I felt like we could have handled it a little bit differently and still I think everyone accomplished what they wanted to accomplish. So, you know, but I, you know, Garrett's a very talented arm and he's just getting his starting career going. And, you know, he's looking out for his long-term well-being. We fully understand and support that and we'll continue to do so. But the belief that we didn't have his best intentions in mind, I think, was what I was a little surprised by with how it was handled. But, you know, Garrett and I are fine. We are good. I'll continue to be one of his top supporters and, you know, in regards to how it affects his, you know, the coming days. Yeah, ain't no fun when the rabbits got the gun Chris gets. Ain't no fun because the idea that the player and the representative are saying, "Hey, we're going to play hardball here." And again, it's their demand. Point is, though, is that Chris has taken it back. I'm surprised he said as much as he did, by the way. I didn't know Rick Hahn was still in the organization. Okay, let me ask you a question. That was pretty gli-, that was pretty forthcoming, wasn't it? It was. Yeah. Do you su-, do you agree with crochet, say it? You want me to go pitch somewhere else and go, "I've already doubled my career high in innings." You want me to go all the way through to October and put my health at risk? You're extending me or I'm not doing it. I support him. I support the player. And did you hear Paul Deung after the game? 100% supports Garret Crochet. It's a business. This is a business. Chris says that as a player, I would have done that. Well, Chris, I saw you play. You're a crochet. Just be honest. Hey, he was a utility man. Just be honest. All right, so he says, "I would have done that." Well, you are not a position to do that. He's speaking within a-, and I like Chris. Good guy. Yes. He's speaking within a gender. I understand. The agenda is the White Sox, and he's trying to rebuild this thing as best he can without getting the benefit of a checkbook. Here's Paul Deung. I think what he said about his demands is fair for a person in his situation who hasn't done a lot of innings. He's trying to protect his health in his career and we support him. Yeah, we support him. I mean, the ball club. Correct. I'm on his teammates. The player, and Shea said to me, "Yes, we were debating this. We had a good debate where you think Mookie Betts and Freddy, they got their money. They were 100% support Garret Crochet because they all know it's a business, man. That's it. Maybe, but hoodie, the point I made is Mookie Betts and Freddy Freeman played through arbitration in the playoffs with their teams and waited for free agency. Freddy Freeman waited for free agency to get his money in LA. Mookie Betts got traded after winning an MVP and a World Series in Boston because they didn't want to pay him the arbitration money. These guys went through what Crochet's going through right now and played in playoff games doing it. I have a hard time buying this Crochet's going to go to another clubhouse and everybody's just going to be like, "Yeah, dude, sit it out. All good with us." They are because not one of those guys is going to ride up when he blows his elbow out in October and go, "Here's 10 million. Take that." Right, but my point is, did all those guys not assume the same risk when they were prior to free agency, when they were working through their years of service? Well, let's just look at Mookie Betts because I guarantee you he got more money to Garret Crochet, guaranteed. And I'll see, did he won an MVP and was in an arb here? It was like a $24 million arbitration. What do you think Crochet's going to get an arbitration? It's not going to be $800,000. Well, Shane, not to necessarily get into Crochet's feelings, but I would imagine for a guy that came off of Tommy John, he's just trying to get the bag up front as quickly as possible because I don't know if he feels something that arm. It's not like he's been throwing a million innings this year, but it's almost like, "You know what? I know it was like to try to battle back. I need the bag up front. I need some assurances because even though I'm a lefty and I have a rubber arm, I can get hurt again." It might be a confidence thing too, but also just making sure that the bag is secured. Yeah. And to be clear, I'm not saying he's wrong to ask for it. You're never wrong to ask. Like, this is the only leverage a player has. And we've never really seen a player use this as leverage. I'm not going to play for you in the postseason unless you extend me. It's not really ever been done. I'm just saying, whatever clubhouse he goes to, I think you're, I think you're wrong if you think it's just going to be rosy when he walks in and he's not pitching in the playoffs. They'll put all the heat on the team. We want that guy. Pay him his money. It's a business. When Mookie Betz was traded, he had already made 30 million dollars from the Red Sox. Yeah, 24 of that was in one year when he got an ARB deal after winning MVP. Crochet could win a Cy Young. Crochet could, he's going to be one of the best pitchers in the American League if he stays in the American League. Mookie Betz made 10-5. Then he made 20 million. Then he made 27-and-a-half million. So sorry, he had already made over 50 million dollars. Was the 27-and-a-half in LA because the final year of that deal was in LA. And then he got extended. 2020, he agreed to arbitration with the Boston Red Sox. I remember a salary. 27 million. And then he signed a monster deal with a bunch of deferred money with the Dodgers, where he signed for, I don't even remember how big the deal was. It was a monster. It was 365 million. What are we talking about? This guy's making the 800 grand. Good for him, man. Don't pitch till they pay you. It's a business. This isn't little league for crying out loud. I said he's right to ask for it, didn't I? Yeah, you did. I'm just saying, I don't think it's going to be a rosy atmosphere in a clubhouse that's trying to win a World Series. If he tells him I'm not going to pitch. And it will all be the heat on the team, not on him. His teammates all will support him 100% because they all got their bag. The one thing we have to know, again, it's a union. It's a player's union. The player's unit, what are they for? Get as much of the bag as you can. 100% well said. Because it's always players versus owners. It's just the way it is. Correct. And just so just why that's why you have a veteran like Paul DeYoung that's going to back crochet. It's not one of those things like, Oh, this guy won't pitch for us. No, they are going to tell the organization if it's a Dodgers. Take care of them. This is a guy here that could be with us long term. Well, I went over to him. He's going to see a is based out there. They have offices everywhere, but they're based out there. I guarantee you they have made it clear to Andrew Friedman. He's he's in. He wants to come. We're getting a deal done. And he will get some type of whether they keep it quiet. We're not going to do it. Not here's the handshake. He's going to have his money guaranteed. Especially if it's the Dodgers. They will do it. 100%. Don't take care of it. That's the Dodgers will. But also on the topic of the union, the union collectively bargained the arbitration and the arbitration's performance based. So my point again, crochet is not going to be making 800,000 next year when he settles arbitration based on performance this year, he's going to be making 10 to 15 million. There's a big difference 10 to 15 and getting a five year extension like I'm not denying that. I'm just all of these players that we're talking about went through that process. All of them. If I'm Gary Koshay, I'm doing the same damn thing. And I think again, I understand Chris has an agenda to fix the white side. That's his job. Gary Koshay is correct. This is a businessman. You want me to put my health at risk, my family's future at risk for you. And you've got billions of dollars in TV money, let alone everything else. Pay me my money. Price went up. Yesterday's price is not today's price. Caleb Williams was taken aback by a question by the press yesterday. Did you miss it? We'll hear it next. On the home of the Bears and the White Sox. ESPN 1000. Here's to days headline headline with Captain Jay Hood. Well, the White Sox finally made a deal yesterday as they trade away. Michael Kopeck, Tommy Pham, Eric Fettie, Fettie, and Pham to the Cardinals. Part of the deal since Kopeck to the Dodgers Sox get three prospects from Los Angeles. The trade is getting mixed reviews. My friend Jim Bowden just texted back and thought they could have done and should have done better in the deal. Yes. And you know why they should have it with a more experienced GM. Maybe that would have taken place. But when you have a tender foot in the chair, that's what happens. Cap. There you go. Well said. The White Sox had a historic loss last night. They said a franchise record 15th consecutive loss. They blew a 5-2 eighth inning lead. Back to back. Home runs made at 5-4. Next thing you know, the bases are loaded. Bobby Whit Jr. Oh, Bobby Whit Jr. out of here. That will be all. White Sox lose a five cubs, whereas infinite as an 80 year old man. They got a solo home run from Michael Bush in the ninth, one of three hits against that vaunted reds pitching staff. Cubs lose seven to one. Jayburn. Welcome back to Captain Jayhood. You're officially locked in. On Chicago's home for sports. ESPN Chicago. It's a Captain Jayhood morning show on ESPN 1000. And we are streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. We're with you till 10 o'clock. And my green bird comes in at 10 followed by Carmen and Yurco at noon, one of them. So the 236 30 into White Sox baseballs that take on the Kansas City Royals. That's a 630 free game right here on the home of the White Sox ESPN 1000 Black Nubdala on their YouTube YouTube.com. Look for Black Nubdala there or on the ESPN Chicago app. Could have you in today. We're going to take you to Paris, France coming up this half hour. We will hear from our guy Alex Miragos from NBC 5 Chicago, give it us the latest and the greatest one there. You know, um, Captain was interesting to hear from Caleb Williams yesterday, the quarterback for the Chicago Bears as it's the first time that he was kind of taken aback by a question that was posed to him. No, that was interesting. Yeah, I was listening to it live and he said, Oh, good question. I'm like, Oh, Black Nubdala. Are they going to score that? And then as you put it, you could drive a pace bus through the delay it took for him to come up with an answer. What part of his game is furthest away right now furthest away? It's a good question. I would say I would say right now working on my, um, got me without my stomach. I would say working on my, my blitz looks, my blitz and coverage looks and and feeling the, you know, the umbrella of the defense and feeling that out to adjust, you know, to adjust protection, to adjust, you know, whether it's a run, flip the run, flip the, you know, run into it, flip the protection, get to a quick game, get to a, you know, a cover zero check. However, however, the structure of it works out, just, just progressing. Um, and a lot of that comes with seeing it, um, and reps. Um, and so that's why I also, you know, preseason, you know, those things are, are so important. As an opposing coach, you put that on the dry erase board. I think that's interesting because he gave us some thought. So maybe it's actually truth. Yeah. I mean, take your, take your bears heart out of it and just be on the other side because you broke that down intricately, I thought he did. But again, it's, I think it's a pretty basic thing. It would be like me coaching my team and you asked my point guard, you're a rookie point guard. What is, you know, probably the biggest adjustment or Harvard, the question was phase and my point guard going, yeah, handling when I, you know, have to dissect the zone defense when they try to trap me just across half court. And I, I know what to do. It's just a process. Okay. It's, it's, that's, that's a basic thing. Basic. So it's more cleaved in a Caleb. Yeah, that's more cleaved in Caleb, for sure. That's the hope. I hope we see all the cleaved. We want in the, uh, an exhibition season, but I want to see Caleb against Tennessee. And I will tell you, I don't see any scenario that Caleb Williams sees the field on Thursday. Understood. Tyson Beighton. That's who I think we'll get to start. Understood. Uh, as long as, as long as Caleb gets his time, second, third, and fourth, preseason games, we're conditioned, by the way, that the fourth preseason game doesn't mean much. But I guess because of how it's laid out, you've got the game coming up on Thursday. We can't wait. We got football. How about that? At least we see somewhat of anger and pads on Thursday. But game two, game three, game four, first quarters, totally fine with that. Yeah, I, I'll be, in fact, I'm pretty confident that it'll be agent getting this, the, uh, start. And did you hear him the other day? They said, you know, did you think they were going to bring in a veteran quarterback? And he goes, uh, no, I, whatever they do, they do. I can't control that. I was too busy grinding my face off. Yeah. Yeah. He did get this. He did burpee, broad jump burpee, broad jump burpee, broad jump for a mile. Took him an hour and I think 17 minutes or a four hour and 14 minutes to complete it. And he said, shout out to my friend Derek, whatever his name was. They did it together. And then they went to some restaurant. He goes, shout out to this restaurant in West Virginia, where he ate like six eggs, a whole mess of bacon. Yes. So I love that kid. That's amazing. Grinding his face off. Where you thinking that they might go, the bear's might go out and get a real established veteran quarterback versus, you know, they basically tell the confidence in you. Um, yeah, you know, I didn't really think too much about it. I was too busy grinding my absolute face off in the off season. Um, but whatever they were going to do, you know, that's completely up to them. I can't control that. But, um, yeah, I was just excited to come back. Whoever was going to be in the QB room was going to be in the QB room. I was nothing was going to change on my end though. Um, but yeah, I mean, like you said, it feels good to know that they have some, you know, they have confidence in me and, uh, that, you know, that they like what I was able to do last year and hopefully they're being able to see the strides that I've made in the off season and going into year two. Kevin, I've got friends everywhere all over the world, including Paris, France. We're going to hear from one from the Olympics. Coming up next on the Captain Jayhood morning show. Welcome back. Welcome. Welcome back to Captain Jayhood on Chicago's on for sports. ESPN Chicago. Uh, yes, the patent tree of the Olympics, 2024 in Paris, France. Captain Jayhood weekday morning seven to 10 here on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago admin. Catholic, go to the hotline. That'd be the car. It's tired and I don't have rattle, rattle, thunder, batter, boom, boom, boom. Don't worry about the car. It's going to Paris. NBC five Chicago's Alex Miragos is there and he joins us here on Captain Jayhood. Uh, Alex, can you hear us? Hello. I got you loud and clear guys. Good morning from Paris. Are you wearing a beret right now? Smoking a cigarette and eating a baguette all at the same time. Isn't that amazing? Absolutely. Love it. So paint the picture for us because, you know, you can't trust all the media. You can trust Alex Miragos and NBC five. What is going on over there? What is the scene like? Is the city able to handle this? Okay. They're doing a great job of handling it guys. And they knew there was going to be a lot of people coming back in a massive way after two games in the pandemic. So just like we all witnessed an experience revenge travel in our own vacations in our lives, this is that on steroids. There's expecting 10 million people strewn out across 29 arenas all over the city and all over France. I think they've done a great job. I've been here for over a week now watching the crowds and watching the arenas. Your penis are packed. It's just great to hear the roar of a crowd. And if I love it so much, I can't even imagine what these athletes are feeling when they've been missing that for the last two games. Alex, the reason why that I like the Olympics is because it's a story. I think all of us that are in journalism or sports fans love a great story and all across the landscape of the Olympics are great stories. Which one story you could share with us that you found compelling? Wow, there are so many. That's a great question. I would say one of the most compelling stories out of these games has to be Kennedy Blades. You're going to get to know her a little bit later. She's a wrestler from Chicago. Her mother is a Chicago police officer. Her father's a state prison corrections officer. So I asked her, I said, that sounds like a tough upbringing. She goes, yep, it was tough, but it was all out of love. She went to the trials guys and she beat who many consider the best female wrestler in American history. Kennedy beat her and she's 20 years old. And now she's coming into these games ready to get a medal here in Paris. One more quick story. BMX racing, it's not a sport. I spend a lot of time watching, but I got to know Felicia Stancel, who's from Grey's Lake. Her mother passed away when she was three years old. And her father, who was a BMX racer himself professionally, put Felicia on a bike one year to the day after her mother's death. That is how they bonded. Felicia said, that's how he showed he cared. And that's how he raised her. Now she chose to race, of course, all over the world. Once she got a little bit older, she didn't feel compelled to do it. She went to Tokyo. She finished fourth, 10th of a second off the podium, guys. Can you imagine? But now she's back in Paris, and she's ready to medal this time again. In terms of the, is it the Senn? Is that how you pronounce it? The Senn River. Nailed it, Cap. Okay, they spent a billion five, 1.5 billion to overcome the river's high levels of E. coli bacteria. And now they had to cancel some of the training sessions. What is going on with the river? Because it is, I've been on that river. It's gorgeous when you go down it and go by Notre Dame. It's incredible. It provides a great backdrop, but I'll put it in plain terms. Would you want to swim in the Chicago River? No, no, no, no. And yeah, the Senn is the same way, if not dirtier. And you know, it was ambitious. They knew it was, it was a gamble. It was a risk. And they needed a little bit of luck from Mother Nature. They needed cool, dry weather. And you guys saw the rain in the opening ceremony. Oh my God. It poured. And then it's been hot. So it wasn't the combo they needed. They tried. They went for it. And there's a backup plan. They'll make it work. But you know, it was ambitious to try to do, but it would have been cool if we got to see some swimming in the set. Alex Marigos from NBC 5 Chicago from Paris, France at the Olympics on the Captain Jhood Morning Show. Alex, you know, and Cap and I have talked about the 92 dream team was extra special. We'll never see this again. We understand that the younger generation wants to shoehorn in today's basketball players thinking that they're great. But listen, already there's controversy. You can't play all the great players. So what is your take on what's happening with this team? I think it's good enough. But even Jason Tatum can't find a way on this team because it's so. So what do you think of that whole story? You know, it's so funny. I don't think there's a comparison between 92 and today. It's nice to think about, but and they're great teams. But think this team is great. What we could argue over 10 Hall of Famers may be on this squad. It is a very stacked roster. But it just makes me laugh to think Jason Tatum can't can't find it early on. You know, can't find a way in early on. That just shows you how good this roster is, especially with Joe LMB choosing to play for the United States. He could have played for France. He could have played for Cameroon. So that was an extra little boost. And if you only need Anthony Davis to score seven points and eight rebounds in the opening game and still win by a lot over Serbia with Nicole Yokoch on that squad, that shows you you're getting off on the right foot. So day to day as you walk down the streets there, what is it like? And is the city just alive with Olympic stuff or no, the Olympics are here, but everyone's going about their day. It's alive with Olympic stuff. If you're in the heart of Paris cap, there is no missing it. First of all, between the police officers, there's a police officer. I am not exaggerating on every single block. And then you'll find, of course, some fences, some decals, but you know, where we've been in the heart of the city near the Eiffel Tower, near the Trocadero, there is no mistaking, no missing the fact that there is the Olympics here. Start with all the people decked out in all the flags, all the gear, all the swag. It's so fun to see here. Of course, all the languages, Paris already a global city, but you get even more of that feel. And then if you get anywhere near an event venue, that's when you know, oh, my gosh, this is so special. We're at the event of 2024. There's a lot of stuff going on in 2024. This is the event everybody cares about. And let me just throw in one more thing. If you haven't seen video of pictures of beach volleyball under the Eiffel Tower, I want you to look me in the eye and tell me that's not the best venue in sports. It is magnificent. I saw it myself. I want people to watch it on TV. Of course, it's better in person. There is no beating it. Yeah, that's fine. But I heard through the grapevine that you like your assignment in Paris, but you kind of want to hang with Colin Jost covering the surfing in Tahiti. Is that true? And you can confirm or deny that you'd rather be with Colin Jost at the surfing in Tahiti. It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do the Tahiti surfing commentary out there, guys. You know, I feel bad for Colin. It's a really rough gig out there. By the way, that is a record. That is the longest distance a Olympic event has ever been held from the whole city. I think it's literally 10,000 miles. But yeah, they put that out there. Maybe next time I'll get this Tahiti assignment. You know, Paris, thank you. By the way, the cost for this great hit here, you got to bring back some of the French dark chocolate. Oh my God, those candy stores are insane there. Do you shoot me a percentage? Which one you want, Cap? Because I got all those different percentages on there with the dark stuff. So let me know. I will 100%. You're the best. We appreciate you taking time. Best to your parents. And we'll see you when you get back safely. Thank you both. Anytime. Yeah, that's America goes from NBC five Chicago from Paris, France on the hotline. He car X tire. And I don't have that rattle, rattle, thunder, batter, boom, boom, boom. Yeah, so the other thing to cap is that Alice has to know when it comes back, just bring us the Illinois Bell bill. Bring the bill and we'll take care of the charges. That was not around. We will take care of it. Don't worry about it. Alex will take care of the charges. Bring the bill in from Illinois Bell. We'll take care of it. ESPN. Chicago's bells are all gone. By the way, as I was doing the bit to introduce them, similar wireless. I was doing the bit before when we introduced him. That was the old school of someone calling a long distance and they can't hear you. So you talked a little louder, especially in Europe, like we like a delay. Yes. Alex, get your hear us. Oh, guys. Hello. How are you? It's like, like, but you still got the problem in TV, but here on a telephone call sharp right there on top of it right on itself. That's how technology is today. And let me tell you, I am going to text him. Please bring me back some of the candy. The chocolate there is insane, different than here. We got you out of no shot. That's in two minutes on Captain Jay Hood. Bring it on.