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Have financial capital financial USA.com. This is the Adam gold show Joe how are you I am out of gold. It feels like a throwback Tuesday you know why Cox is here. I don't know that is that is God's who I hold on one second let let me correctly identify okay see your produce senior producer most most notably with the OG on a Raleigh affiliate Jovi is an Joe Julia like that switch was made like 10 days ago yeah and you been back here twice already. Yeah I'm actually here tomorrow. Tomorrow and I'm here Friday. Just what we just admit that all these things are fluid. What this is a two-minute drill all the time. Basically a two minute drill all the time. Well, welcome back. You get to place bets you left on a hot streak.

Yeah, I don't know if you're still on a hot streak or not. I'm kinda cold.

We had some some wins sprinkled here and there in so will will do that again coming up at 145 got a lot of things to do lead to the Victoria is on assignment did you hear the story before he started you'd story that she was nonetheless going watch the Panthers win over with the printer just like to say thanks on Sunday because she was at a baby shower yes Jesse told me this right to doing this yesterday and then she's a wife that's the good luck thing than then so be it. I said well you know what, that's a sacrifice.

What were going to make so tell all your friends are willing to make it well. She is currently willing to make it well.

I believe Babs Webb I say just all your friends.

You know, come springtime, get busy, it's possible that she's in a baby shower today. For all we know tomorrow's baby she's already doing double-barreled baby sorry try to get the canes away that could be could very well be. So if you have if you have a baby shower coming up on Sunday at 1 o'clock and you want to guarantee Panthers win then let Victorian yeah know you got the notes along. She was so mad I know like doing this outside the baby shower inside the TV so I can watch the game good for why we have a lot of things to do so.

Let's go the ice Friendly's or here preseason hurricanes hockey right before Ian shows up.

In fact, Ian has already made its presence felt. Hurricanes were supposed to play three games in a row to start the preseason. It all six games in eight days. Don't know if the game tomorrow will be made up. I just spoiled the fun. There tomorrow's game at Tampa already wiped out the Buccaneers. By the way, are not even practicing in Tampa this week.

They are moving their home base. The South Florida because it looks like Ian is coming right up the golf is going to slam right into Tampa, Florida where it goes from there will have a lot to say about the impact at Clemson for states top 10 matchup with type so it might already be through there by Saturday, but this thing is not a fast moving storm right now. It is not flying up the up the southeastern part of the United States.

Anyway, right now Thursday's game with Florida is still I will talk to trip Tracy in about 10 minutes about tonight's game. And if you're in Raleigh storm watch 630 tonight, we are back my God it's wild thinking hockey is being played professionally on Friday.

It will be exactly 4 months since their last while Friday, four months since their last game. I can't decide if it feels like four weeks or like a full year. It's one of the two silk us to depending on no. What you're really into could feel like it's been forever as we are one of the season last little bit longer all right be Dallas Cowboys get back to beat the New Jersey Giants on the road in East Rutherford, 23 to 16. The easiest thing to do would be to call this the Cooper Rush show as some people want is good okay brush pretty good. 215 yards passing late TD strike for the game-winning score to see the Lamb, but this was about running the football for Dallas 100% about running the football over hundred and 75 yards on the ground.

That's a lot for an NFL team, especially in this day and age. Tony Pollard went over hundred yards. Ezekiel Elliott was solid as well. 70 some odd yards on the ground almost 5 yards per carry. Now DAC is yakking about coming back next week.

I wish DAC would not do that.

Look, Jara was joking when the owner of the team after their win last week was asked about what would've Cooper Rush goes on a hot streak that a quarterback controversy. First of all know it's not second, you want your team to win so Jerry was like okay I would love that that conversation would wait. It would be good for talk radio, but it could happen right Keyshawn Johnson of ESPN. We only know about Tom Brady because Drew Bledsoe actually because of a Lewis Mo Lewis hit Drew Bledsoe incorrect whatever sternum, whatever was it.

All of a sudden Tom Brady was born knowing the patriots and Bill Belichick about a friend, pick your draft guide is your anyway we have to have a God all of a sudden did a little more would you Bledsoe $150 million guaranteed money will be different. Rush's a nice clear for you and could be a starter.

It seems like in the league based on what were seen look DAC Prescott is being paid a gazillion billion $4 million to play quarterback. The Cowboys Cooper Rush is doing a good job at what he is being asked to do.

There is nobody on this earth that thinks that Cooper Rush is a better quarterback then DAC Prescott side for maybe Mrs. Rush may be Cooper does, but it's good to know that your backup can when you a couple of football games. I noticed Bussell weird Dallas still hadn't played anybody would imagine that Cincinnati is not great, just not great and the Giants. I think the Giants good though I arrived I said after the game it went to like the giant everybody is excited because Judge pseudo-think the Giants are bad, they just happen to be to know yet it barely squeaked by the Panthers and we all know are not very good easily lost about the game last night and everybody's going crazy about Dallas right now right like a cowboy on the Cowboys just got Mike Cowboys just be a bad team on the road. That's all the Cowboys are good. Their defense is really good there offense has challenges can't pass block but they can run block. So as long as they can get out in front or stay close with a team like the Giants Cowboys can win those games. But when the cowboy step up in class and you play the likes of the Eagles or some of the other, better teams in either the NFC or the AFC Dallas better have a lead and be able to lean on the running game otherwise they would Mrs. that's the way the Cowboys appear to me to be built but that was a good win last night because it was a division game.

It was on the road and was it was with your number two quarterback are to college yesterday. We played a flute few clips of flu a few clips from backgrounds postgame press conference where he was talking about recruiting. Notre Dame is great… Yes Notre Dame has recruited well slightly better over the last four years, the North Carolina, but not enough for UNC to be humiliated at home by an offense that was at best mediocre that you made look like the late 80s late 70s Pittsburgh Steelers, not the defensive style Pittsburgh Steelers the that barely could score but didn't give up any points but I'm talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers of back to back servos at the end of the 70s when Terry Bradshaw had it going with Lynn Swan and John Stallworth and they still at Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier that team that offense could kill you and always, but also admitted upon his return for that since his return, Carolinas defense has been inconsistent. I would argue that it's been very consistent just consistently bad. That's I think they been very consistent. We pretty much know working to get with North Carolina but is the die cast. Let's hear from Mack Brown on two fronts defensively were very disappointed we have good players we have good coaches are not sure the disconnect is there. It's real you can't have drama we are playing good at times we played a good first quarter. All suddenly we have a blitz we should be sacking the quarterback and he scrambles 8 yards for herself and that it seems like we get down start given a place we gave up 24 points in the last five minutes. I have to first I went to the second half the change that you yeah I agree. Can it be fixed.

Mack everything that's talked about on our defenses is talking about how bad their and these kids are fine and that's a positive thing that I really believe it would be good for the years over the steps can be good not worried statistically work will be one of the worst things in the country only events of the year, but can they get better. Do they show signs yeah is a great first quarter had a great fourth quarter Georgia state had a great second third quarter after. Why don't we play a whole figure 9 why plaintiff great first quarter against Notre Dame and then got squashed because your team is they haven't gotten better there not deep enough defensively. Why was your fourth quarter at Georgia State good defensively because they don't have the personnel that you do so at the end of that game you guys had more left in the tank than they did like this. This is really about developing plaintiffs. That's what it's about and I sent this I said this yesterday and I was talking to somebody today about it.

Notre Dame's running back who went for hundred and 70 yards whatever number seven did she looked bigger.

I know he's not but he looked bigger then everybody on Carolinas defensive line did. That's a problem that's where you see the difference in Carolinas front seven. Defensively, that's where you see the difference.

They don't have it doesn't seem to me they don't have anybody really that looks like Notre Dame's front Notre Dame's offense of line. Notre Dame's running back or what if they play Clemson so any of the good. Looks like that we left. What's I'm sure they'd anyway. By the way, statistically speaking, these are the schools that rank below UNC's 495.2 yards per game allowed, and remember the heels open up the season by playing Florida A&M, Nebraska worse than Carolina Bowling Green Florida international Ohio and Charlotte. The hills are.

I think hundred and 26 in the nation in yards allowed per game but Carolinas, only 98th on third down conversion defense okay much improved. Yes, 42% conversion rate allowed on third down. That ain't good either, but hopefully will get better. But yes, Mack is right to die is cast in terms of where they're going to be ranked to stay near the bottom, although maybe getting into conference play, it'll be easier not Easier, can't be easy. I finally Brooklyn Nets media day yesterday, which means we get to hear from two of the most complicated and talented players in the history of the NBA. I don't think that's a stretch to say that Kevin Durant and Tyree Irving are both incredibly talented and incredibly complicated. Remember Kevin Durant's trade request. Well, that's tried. They absolutely tried but once DeAndre eight and was taken out of play for them. There really wasn't a good fit. We know that the warriors discussed internally bringing Kevin Durant back any and there might've been a deal there knows James Wiseman might've been part of that part of that deal. But I know that anybody believes a James Wiseman is going to be good enough to be included in a Kevin Durant trade anyway. Durrant starts the season in Brooklyn.

First, are you surprised you're still here on the lawn that good that she's not going give me away so is one thing I do appreciate her pulse on Jody's leg too great for us to get you away just that easy do something so I get that on the lawyer minutes facts only manage these hundred percent right words wrong is 100% right.

If you're going to move Kevin Durrant you got a get all whole bunch back and again once DeAndre was off the board.

There really wasn't a good trade.

Now Tyree Irving member he and Durrant did this whole Brooklyn thing together and he nearly sought all blowup. It was is a lot like Karen carried one tree request. I often awkward, very awkward thing that only I don't know.

Think of it, but because there's a trust that we have with each other is ultimately want to see him do will be happy.

I think those guys genuinely do have a great relationship with each other, even though it had to be strained year ago with all that said, with Ben Simmons and Joe Harris and their death pieces.

I mean, it might be completely dysfunctional, but I'm not sure that there is a more talented team in the NBA, let alone the Eastern conference than the Brooklyn Nets they might be at the very very top hockey Dennis Shelley, a featured guest on the just-released gains quarter podcast the latest one knew the only like normal one time in the last two months my friend tripped Tracy analyst Carolina hurricanes were here it's here the book the preseason Friendly's have begun. Are you ready decided for sure will be getting tonight AG to bad thinking about everybody on the West Coast of Florida with game being postponed tomorrow but I bring that up because I think there's going to be a dark different how we look at home preseason games, three at home and three on the road because I think some of the younger players trying to make the team. The jack for the world to veteran forward and then who would be on the subject lot with regards your third defensive pairing are not to say that that will be evaluated here at home, but it'll be starting tonight primarily National Hockey League lineup so you're really looking at where those players are actors. I think Bill played primarily at not as many new faces this year as there were a year ago but last year the changes were mostly mate made on the fringes of the team this season's big chunk of the top 93 of the top six point producers from a year ago no longer hear two of the top five goal scores from a year ago no longer here. That's a big chunk to replace it is no question about it. You and I spoke before the young core is still intact, but you along those lines, you can't help but look beginning tonight at yes very coke and the ME was the plan aligned with Andre Tressa Cochran Marty HS holiday gel how they are yes very Marty nature talk individually and collectively so I don't think it's too early to start to get a gauge granted preseason hockey. I know the biggest thing Rod is looking for for this NHL group. He was a patient that I think specifically with coke and the ME that something that we want to want to get a barometer on early. I hope that even in the preseason.

I think you pick naturopathic death after top your last year that could bode very well for him all statically does he look comfortable on the wing where he'll be tonight. I and then on the back and I think you think about who players you think about Brett Byrne.

Far from being his first rodeo.

But starting to get adjusted. The biggest adjustment systematically when you come to you my Carolina is on the defendant.

So to be able to get get to a point where you're not thinking about where you should be in the adjustment you have to make Cochran coming over from Vegas Yoplait tonight. He's one of the players. That certainly is centrally in the mix with regard your third at the Paris of the those are just a couple guys that you know I think about on an NHL roster primarily that will pay particular attention to tonight. Don't answer all my questions before I asked them to Tracy let's I want to go back to our use. Kilkenny and he's get a step in essentially the Vincent project role that those are big shoes to fill.

And he's the center and there was a noticeable difference for him early in the season when he shifted over and played the middle he started the season playing the wing that he shifted over based on covariate and injuries he had to play the middle and it was a different, it really was a different player at that point the end of the season, though, is is game kind of vanished after release. It started before the injury, I guess, but is game kind of vanishing. He really didn't have a good postseason.

What kind of pressure is on him to become the player who was drafted third overall one right behind Andres Muchnick off Adam.

I think that there is a very healthy competitive pressure that makes sense from the standpoint that first of all for him to be successful and you notice that both pocket within the season. I remember distinctly. He was shifted to the melody. I start a road trip in November and you saw instantaneously that he's a center and we we knew that but I think it only solidified and then he had stretches I think about a couple games after you lost so many forward due to the covert covert protocols. The two games right before Christmas against Detroit. Los Angeles where he really went from being a support player to impact player and then for a long stretch of games he played with real fire in his you could you could reach out and touch his compete, and I think about a game in St. Louis right before the trade deadline where he fought.

Not that that's the part of his game, but I thought that that embodied the fact that he was playing with consistent compete told her him we know is a sentiment. The two biggest things on a regular basis that he is going to have to illustrate is pay because you move up the lineup you know and and matchups become tougher game gets quicker. Even with a National Hockey League game and he has a big print. He does look stronger to me. Just watch in the morning. It was good to see a major thorn escape but everything seemed to go on the back of that shot look happy though Kenny play with patient Kenny play with consistent compete. The last thing is that that healthy competition, albeit patient is you have a pulse – please that is plotted on the wing right now, but you have to option whatever reason you go, 10, 15, 20 games and yes very you have to be more patient with the progress you hope you don't get to that point and you hope that he answers all those questions you have some other options in the middle of the ice. You and I spoke about Jack. You will play tonight, but I think Donnie Waddell has done an excellent job at first of all, you know, that would be the long-term extension happen. That should give yes very major confidence but if for whatever reason, it could take time to grow into being able to handle that pay and that compete. That is there for a true professional and every day or National Hockey League that you have some guy that could shift into the middle or you have guys like Jack Curry coming that create that healthy type of competition might we hopefully will have 115 at least of these conversations over the course of the next however many months through through June.

I'm looking forward to this trip. Tracy, this is going to be a regular for us. I appreciate your time and see very soon. I can't wait. It all starts tonight.

The first preseason friendly against Tampa Bay Lightning hurricanes with mostly an NHL lineup, except for the defense. I don't know if it's in an NHL looking defense, but it does have Shea and Pesci yeah it seems like the second group there with Coghlan and Conklin, and Chaffee was mostly auditioning for her bear. I know well yes one of those two might be on 1/3 pair and I still think that it's probably going to be Ethan bear barring preseason grade so I think there auditioning for the seventh spot. My own feeling. There, this is the atom gold shell