Jim Rome

I'm a basketball elitist and I never watched the All-Star game except that one time I had to coach it.

Oh, that two times.

Those two times I had to coach it.

Had to coach it.

Can't put my finger on it, Dan.

Two times I was forced at gunpoint to coach because I had the best record in the East.

I'm wondering if Stan tried to avoid having the best record in the East.

I told Eric this year he should have avoided it.

There were a couple games there he could have thrown and possibly gotten out of that and then still been the top seed at the All-Star break.

I mean, it's really hard for a coach.

It really is.

I mean, you want to make sure you're fair to everybody with the minutes.

You don't do any coaching.

It's just...

I don't know.

It's very hard.

It's a very hard thing to do.

I haven't talked to Eric since Sunday.

I'd love to see what he thought of it, but it's a hard game to coach, and it's a hard game to enjoy.

Dan, think about that, because I'm not certain if I were a coach, I wouldn't throw games to avoid it.