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Bull Durham Writer Ron Shelton

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July 29, 2022 3:30 pm

Bull Durham writer Ron Shelton joined the show as the movie turns 34 years old. Ron talks about working with Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins, and others, and how the studio originally pushed back at his ideas of the movie.

Also, Adam & Dennis talk about the latest from Carolina Panthers training camp, the rotation of reps between Sam Darnold & Baker Mayfield at quarterback, and the latest on Arizona Cardinals QB Kyler Murray's contract regarding his 'independent study.'

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This is that the Adam goals you have financial advisory through capital financial USA.com will show really engaged believe that personal growth will leverage the going on up there whole will is going on. Well, his eyelids are jamming we live life first you live restricted herself of love and nobody seems to know to get Millie or Jimmy for her wedding present to functions registered with the placement of the child classic absolute classic director of that movie Ron Shelton the window sin 30 minutes. Man, what a movie. I Dennis Cox is the producer of the show company that owns us close the durables and brought shelves actually to be in Durham signing a book is a book about like behind-the-scenes the making of bull Durham. I'll just ask this question of you.

Dennis Cox get in the particulars of today show is it a baseball movie or is it a movie. Yes baseball movie is a movie right okay I would but I mean obviously the underlying theme of the movie revolves around baseball yeah but it is II would not put that as a baseball movie. I would put that as a relationship movie is a romantic comedy, and it is a phenomenal movie phenomenal at both people can be about. If you're a baseball fan, you probably like Boulder right, you probably like Boulder.

Also, I'm fascinated by just how good Kevin Costner looked as crash Davis like he was convincing that more convincing for me. Then Tim Robbins was as Ebbie Calvin Luke louche to great way to Calvin love after love all of I just phenomenal movie. Can't wait to talk to Ron Shelton about a little bit. No yellow working at we get more bumps, more than ever hear a lot of durables more bull Durham sentiment.

Very nice. All good you know there was a local flavor to some of the opponents.

Yeah, one of my wife is is a salon owner here in Raleigh and one of her clients. I think was the guy who was with the Pirates. The Pirates farm club left-handed hitter hit a home run. I think it button fatal generals or maybe whatever crib I was at the first one was. It was at a lefty or righty that is at home or a lefty. Okay, so in that when they had the bull on the wrong side of the stadium right because the balls in left field. Now I think I think the bows in left field and it wasn't. I don't know I don't. I was her I wasn't. I didn't go to Bulls games at Durham at the old Durham athletic Park. I've been at play games in the Durham athletic Park, but I'm not getting to Bulls games so I I thought that the bull was in left field, just as it is in left field the new place, but I think one of the one of the players. One of the hitters who would home run is a local guy is a local got around is not an actor you just happen to be an action movie and is good athlete, so he got a chance, hit a home run off of Ebbie Calvin Nichols. So with all that said, we got things to do today run TV Roku fire Apple android 34.1 on an antenna at your local to Raleigh 1257 spectrum cable channel we are here for you. It's.it's WR ale sports plus let's have some congratulations for making it the Friday yeah man, some of the work extra today are you doing the miniature to. I am not try to goes easy on his bus. That's fine to get it today. Is it Sam day is it Baker day Tuesday Wednesday Thursday training camp. Sam Donald. He was with the ones yesterday. It was Baker Mayfield with the ones early signs today.

It was going to be Sam Donald day what is meant. Rules say about quarterback reps saw the competition adjust the plan right now. I will not know we were nowhere near like evaluating whose where like a Baker's second facts ever with us and I can reevaluate that yet. So to me was just a first two days is also good start to make some decisions, not about the competition but about a how do we want to divide the reps up. It's not an easy thing to divide the reps up but we will make sure we do this were to calculate output. I would expect to see things pretty much 50-50 for the no future and then some point as I symbol makes decisions, but I think it's a long unacceptable on I need to know today who's who's leading I need to know today what does Merrill think this is felt. I need to know now I can't DJ Moore was the entire thing yesterday many touchdowns.

Highlight reel grabs creative celebrations good for DJ Moore Vicki quanto also one of the stars that was presented to the unwashed yesterday 636 pick overall out of NC State.

Where's he been playing think it's been mostly left tackle, if not all left tackle. Here's a quanto on the QB's behind, and where he fits about the leadership qualities all all we know. There was also getting excited to have a left tackle pretty much solitaire college, high school, as well as off topic but always gets window saw the light play somewhere about this on nice nice coachable. He's very coachable and he's apparently doing well at the spot he was drafted to play us good well look, which is important I get the Carolina Panthers if the best version of them has icky a quanto@left tackle not being terrible as a rookie. I am not asking him to step in and be a problem but icky quanto at least being able to be a an outstanding run blocker, then you have Brady Christiansen slide in the left guard.

You've got bread Bozeman at center. You've got Corbett at right guard and you've got Tyler Mouton at right tackle the best version of their offense of line is that and then use slide guys in who were expected to start last year.

The Pat F lines of the world, maybe even a camera.

Irving, who was a left tackle but now you have available to to provide depth either at either tackle spot can also come inside and play a little guard because what they need is probably five or six more quality offense of lineman to just to fill out that unit.

I still think I said this before they have the makings if it quanto can play and they stay healthy. They have the makings for a top third of the NFL offensive line and the makings of and that is the most important thing they did in the off-season was really address that and will see how good Christiansen can be will see a good aquatic Moore football golden studio with my friend Coach Pete the router with the capital financial advisory group. We are talking retirement hotels longevity risk figure into our retirement and income plan. This is the best of times and the worst of times and longevity risk me to get a lift to all to me everyday lives not too long after we want to money to outlive us and unfortunately many people have seen you out there listening. Maybe one of them. Your money is not designed to outlive you. You might outlive your money and that's not what we want to have happen as we get to that day after you run out of money not to be a fun time with design a plan that guarantees will never run out of money. We call it the GPI plant growth protection lifetime income for the next 10 people is a golden ticket out of the snow that even at no cost or obligation, and all you have to do is call we make it so easy. Would you like financial independence into your retirement and beyond it. 800-661-7383 that golden ticket is a $1000 value or you could text Adam to 21000 for Coach Pete to root the Arizona Cardinals is a again, why bother the you've heard the phrase you can unring the bell. You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. Yeah, the Arizona Cardinals are trying their trying for the unaware they signed quarterback Kyler Murray to a five year contract extension and in that contract. There was a clause that demanded that Kyler Murray do homework at least one hour. I'm sorry, at least four hours of home film study. They called independent study, a week, four hours a week, which as many people have said who know more about this than I that's probably what he needs to do a day.

Now this is not Kyler needs to do this today. This is what quarterbacks generally need to do per day, and a lot of that is always done at home because you want to be in the in the football facility anymore than you have to be in the football facility so you can accomplish some of this in the comfort of your own home. You're going to do it.

The problem is, it was pretty clear that the Arizona Cardinals didn't trust Kyler Murray to do it so they put the clause in and then every body lost their mind.

Here's Kyler Murray on the doubters I can accomplish everything that comes from a career and not be a student of the game not not not have the passion not not take this serious as is almost as disrespectful and this is also this is almost a joke to me at some I'm flattered, almost flattered that you will think that my size I can go after not prepare for the game and not deal not to series this is as disrespectful floods my peers thought of all the great athletes and great players are in this league stands to hoard to play the position that I played in this lead.

It's it's it's too hard. Okay, I wonder why he's talking to us about this. We did not put the clause yet the Arizona Cardinals put the clause and the clause was included in the contract for a reason and the clause was eerily specific about things such as while you're watching film. You cannot also be doing things that would otherwise distract you from watching film your you could not have video games on it could be due to a main browse the web like God couldn't go on twitter like the Cardinals wrote the language purposefully.

Jeff Darlington on the contract, it does draw too much attention. It did draw way too much attention to polymers contract and the second point is, as we just saw with them removing it probably wasn't the type of thing that was very enforceable anyway so you know II think that we've looked at every step of this from the clause itself to Kyler's reaction to it yesterday to the social media team for the Arizona Cardinals and eating out titles – and always put in his contract by the organization, then taking out the clause altogether. It's just been handled so poorly is complete.

I'm only getting is the first part of the phrase it's a cluster, a I said this as soon as we talk started talking about it. This is something that should have never been anything other than a private conversation, Cardinals Murray hey here's what we need from you. Of course it's unenforceable David Scott to entirely unenforceable.

What I think they were doing was putting that closet because you don't knows whether or not you are ultimately prepared. Whether you have done the necessary work at home or wherever your teammates know your coaches know the opposition knows and it all comes out in the wash during game day. So what the Cardinals were doing were essentially protecting themselves because they know if you did the work or not and if they could tell that you didn't. That's when you were jeopardizing the contract.

It's clear that they don't trust Kyler Murray. I love their statement read every row quick.

After seeing the distraction it created.

We remove the addendum from the contract was clearly perceived in ways that were never intended our confidence in Kyler Murray is as high as it's ever been. And nothing demonstrates our belief in his ability to lead this team more than the commitment reflected in this contract, like stooges when you look like a bunch of stooges said why you point out statements we made, always perceived the waves ever dated. That was my favorite part of that. I'm glad you read I'm glad to read that a second time because I am curious. This is my question. How was it supposed to be intended exactly I don't get it. How was it supposed to be. How are we supposed to process that which is why when Murray says I can't believe you guys would disrespect like doing.

They did.

Your agent did your agent agree to it. So he's okay right you guys allow data to be written like stop it. Just stop like like I said at the beginning of this you can't on ring the bell.

It's it's already there. Everybody screwed up, make the best of one thing that he did as well live and play this out yet, but he went in there to start listing all the stuff that he's accomplishing his career. Oh okay, I'll give it to you but since there was a comments of a woman that will make a list and I will do is also myself but to have to is on the list actually sealed to go 43 know in high school, Texas summative sales high school. The school, but no wheels done on go to college. When the Heisman address and the one arose that a photograph number nine overall to nobody but you know is overdone it. There's multiple different ways washroom and of course we all watch film clips not on the question of home but it is the art I refused to let my work ethics more preparation be on being question you didn't refuse you allow it.

Yeah, but those are II have total respect for 43 know is a high school quarterback Texas Heisman Trophy winner to me. We do get one every year.

But I'm not arguing Baker Mayfield also Heisman Trophy winner yeah yeah number one overall number nine overall look amazing. I am not arguing with his resume, but you Kyler Murray allowed your work ethic to be in class.

Also why you come up you list your resume. I just don't get is a good sound but always great soundbites and would like to come in there like a little these things I've done while you quite like posing a contract.

If it wasn't there. This would be a top I said yeah it's kind of Murray EU allowed a couple of other NFL notes Ryan Jensen star center for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers carted off the field yesterday with a knee injury. He will apparently miss months.

Yeah, how many to be determined by an MRI. Don't know without Jensen. Here's what this means for the Buccaneers thereto starting guards from a year ago Alex Capa signed a free-agent deal with Cincinnati Alley market retired so the entire interior of their offensive line will be different than it was a year ago that is going to test number number 12 that is good to test Tom Brady and his 97 quarterback rating for Matt as you know is the best quarterback in the league. Yes is the highest rated I'm telling you, I think Brady owns Madden. I think he has ownership stake in Madden. One other one other note, Lamar Jackson continues to practice football people keep like the surprised that this he has a contract.

Yeah, he went to minicamp. He never he always said he was going to practice. Lamar Jackson is less worried about Lamar Jackson's contract than everybody else. It is obvious, I think he's okay playing on the franchise tag for a year. Although Jamison Hensley, who covers the ravens for ESPN thinks that progress is being made.

More than ever right now that a deal could get dumped for this. Even if you asked me if Mark was going to get dumped out or delayed. Larger the very interested in getting a deal gone yummy ravens tried to reach out there.

Let's get a contract on and he just didn't have the raincoat that he did have the to get a deal done. I think the fact that the talking now. I think the culinary contract does help. Yet Lamar Jackson.

I said, Lamar Jackson appears okay playing on the franchise tag he's fine with it. He understands the long game and I'm not worried about Lamar Jackson is just the whole thing spun.

I do believe that if you're the ravens you want to get this done sooner because the sooner you get it done. I think the more manageable the number will be for you right one final thing, the first in my opinion, swing and miss our live golf.

This is not the first missed opportunity for live golf because they obviously went after Tiger Woods with nearly $1 billion off they went after Rory McElroy. They went after John Ron. They went after a lot of top players and some of those top players will ultimately go to live after the FedEx cup playoffs are over, but Charles Barkley turned turned lived down or if he just ultimately didn't want to wake me more backed away decided to go back to TNT, but to me this is the first failure of live golf when it comes to an obviously available and interested party Charles Barkley made no bones about the fact that he was interested in what live was selling know he made it obvious that he could be bought.

He had a price and it was significantly more than what he earns this year from Turner and endorsements and he's got some big endorsements. But Barkley was a thing is Dick's Sporting Goods subway and capital one pay Barkley a lot of money to do commercials for the and Barkley wanted to be made whole and then some. And I am here to tell you that live not doing it is probably the first mistake that live golf is made. Charles and the broadcasters involved here, so is not just Charles Barkley. David Verdi also went they don't face the kind of blowback that the athletes face to golfers face legitimate career and image consequences. They have to make a decision about their careers. If you are Dustin Johnson, if you are Justin Thomas right you have to make a decision based on your career, you have to make a decision based on access to major championships based on loss of sponsors diminished competitive skills.

I'm not saying that this is a definite I'm just saying that it's a possibility.

When you're playing 48 player fields with no caught shotgun starts and 54 hole events with guaranteed money. I'm not saying that you will lose some competitive metal, but I do think it's a possibility. If you don't think it's a possibility that you don't understand competition again.

I think these guys are trying to win but the format of these events is way different than the format of the other events the Pete the traditional PGA tour event and the players also have to think about a tarnished legacy again some of them don't care and I'm not saying that all of these things are automatic and damaging. I'm just saying all of these things are factors.

Barkley would have dealt with some pushback. He would've lost all the sponsors he would not have done to Turner anymore, but Barkley saying that this is not media speculation. This is Barkley saying this he wasn't going to do both, which is why if live was going to make an offer that Barkley would've accepted they would've essentially bought his allegiance. Much like live has done with all those players and here's what I think live made a mistake by not going after this, that is, you're not really golf not really casual right right and that's part of your perfect example here how many players on the live tour, move the needle done for me. I would say maybe three. Move the needle doesn't mean they're not good players. Phil Mickelson moves the needle Bryson to Jimbo moves the needle DJ. Maybe at this stage of his career moves the needle. That's it. I'm not sure the most significant signing in the last month and 1/2. Isn't David Verdi for live golf Charles Barkley would have been significant and they decided not to because Charles was ready.

Charles was ripe to be picked and I guess they chose not to. And that's fine. It's a win for TNT. It's a win for basketball and it made its loss control. Barkley goes he could worked a lot less and made a lot more and we are world were all interested in that manner. I want to make the most amount of money I can by doing the least amount of work I did were on board with that. June 19, 2006, but it all started May 6, 1997 with the announcement that the Hartford whalers were coming to North Carolina transition of heartbreak of figuring it out on the fly became 25th anniversary of the move presented by the Carolina listen not 34 years ago, 1988. One of the all time movies motto insulted by calling it one of the all-time baseball movies insurance baseball movie. It's a love story. It's a romantic comedy.

It is one of the most quoted movies ever bull Durham Ron Shelton writer director.

Not only that, but others like God. White men can't jump tin cup joins us on the Adam go to hell be in Durham on Saturday, the Lehigh Valley iron pigs are the opponent, but will be thrown out the first pitch and signing copies in doing a book signing of his book the church of baseball. The making bull Durham home runs, bad calls, crazy fights, big swings and I hit first of all, Sir, thank you so much for the movie and thank you for the time well looking forward to getting back to Durham. I looked down there on, no question about that right so how much of this book that you put out is like behind-the-scenes stuff all of it. All that is behind-the-scenes up so crazy fights is is is what what what were some of the crazy fights but with everybody about everything every day like cartoon problems with drug Barbie like that will love it so subway but it took a while to get there now what didn't they like about Tim Robbins. Unlike Kevin Costner Robbins didn't look like a fluid athlete collect Costner look like an athlete like I believed he was crash Davis.

I didn't really believe that Ebbie Calvin nuclear louche was this bonus baby picture. Well (you if I have picture your deliverer. When Clayton Kershaw was, it was not convincing right or good on the mound like Greg Kimbrough 100 vultures say stupid, but the pictures are likely to you.

I disagree with a lot of lot of room for interpretation among our picture picture picture that had to learn the mechanics of pitching in the characters goofy about that. We have to allow it. Interpretation of Ron Shelton is the director, writer, bull Durham joins us on the Adam go to. I think that your explanation is obviously one of a supreme baseball fan and it makes a lot of sense. So if you live in my mind I was flipping on, if you were left-handed. Would I buy it and I guess the answer is absolutely yes when you made this movie did you have any idea what this was going to turn out to be absolutely required qualified fights with Crew right But we didn't know. We are critically love to nominate her for everything I had no clue for your letter.

Durham with a book I'd written about it, which is getting better reviews of the work everyday. Ron Shelton is joining us here on the Adam go to the director and writer for bull Durham was Kevin Costner a better player than you imagined capturing what you will park for real drink during shooting is also rugged offered very almost impossible after a good athlete.

After a good-quality phase a one-off missed it would be hard to argue that mean the only thing I could come up. Maybe Mark Harmon who was a football player at UCLA. Mike Warren was a basketball player at UCLA and they became very successful actors. Robert Redford wasn't as convincing in the natural to me and he was probably a little too old to be good to be in the minor leagues, even in 1988 was anybody else considered for that role will corrupt from all of my core. Mark Mark Harmon, Mark Harmon and all of the real rule. Most actors went directly to not many left out just you lucked out in tin cup to mean incredible golf swing is a pro golf swing and think up where during their world that every time you get a golf ball I would just tell me it got very clear is that's where you just start to take his also.

I just printed. I would think that they thought of working.

Ron Shelton is with us here on the Adam gold show Robert wall is the pitching coach how much of that was just on script and how much of that is wall being wall a lot of low-grade walk to part with it. It had a really bad anyway so large a large and funny incredible baseball Joe everyday knows everybody in baseball. I could start to do I just turn the camera to let them go is just a tremendous he's he's he's so smart to our member, an HBO special that he did basically taking like in our history class and making it a comedy show.

It was absolutely tremendous. Did you ever have more fun doing anything else in your career than you did during this movie I've never read the book everybody celebrates his movie for open melancholy everything I was fighting my life. They get the job section likely Susan look good for I am the Godfather of the firstborn just up but he was wrong about everything and everyone there work every day are told you're doing a terrible job disparity so I did this the focus and keep the troops rally the Unaware of what we want, but I think people will judge a book if they like the movie know what really goes on to try to make a move.

Susan's baseball since it my wife will litter the doctor from real screening here we go to Q&A shivered in the courtroom talk to him tonight you go so in fact Q&A after a book signing and he kept reporting on his phone to the ground. Yankees scored during the dark and silent Tim Robbins on that's meant to say they would Susan Sarandon. Alright, so you'll be out there.

Durham Bulls athletic Park between five and six on Saturday, signing copies of the church of baseball, the making, the bull Durham home runs, bad calls, crazy fights, bad swings and he hit the studio is wrong. You have bent over on them for ever and I appreciate your time. Ron Shelton, have fun and Durham will talk again down the road. Regular. This is the Adam gold shell June 19, 2006, but it all started May 6, 1997 with the announcement that the Hartford whalers were coming to North Carolina transition of heartbreak of figuring it out on the fly became 25th anniversary of the presented by the Carolina listen