Chris Cote

I understand that you want to make it weak, but you made it sound like... I think weak is the way to go.

That, I understood.

Is Hockey Backjack, or is the season over, Stover?

Like, is it back?

The teams ahead of them are not losing.

That's an important factor.

So when you say really hard, this brings me to another subject.

And I'll tie Giannis in, even though I'm watching Djokovic and Sinner right now, and we rarely have this kind of sporting event going on during the show.

So please keep me updated on this, because I'm actually interested.

Fading champions, dying champions, watching them fight desperately is always interesting to me.

And I was just asking during the Shadow Show, do you think that Djokovic knows that Sinner is better than him?

And I don't think that's a concession that Djokovic would make while still playing tennis.

I don't think that you can win if you lack confidence that way.

You almost always have to think you're able to win.

But when it comes to the playoffs, making the playoffs being hard,

I loved part of the conversation that we were having yesterday, and I don't remember even the specifics of what it's about, but the idea of when critiquing sports or franchises or anything, the acknowledgement somewhere in there that...

A certain thing is really hard to do offers some nuance that might balance perspective on things.

And I bring it up as it relates to the heat.

Mike Ryan has checked out on the Miami heat largely over the last few years of frustration because his standard is what the Miami hurricanes did this year, what the Panthers have done the last couple of years, the things that are incredibly hard to do.

And so, not unlike you saying the Panthers bleeping are terrible, Mike Ryan has been wandering around for several years now saying the Heat stink.