Chapter 1: What is Milan Momchilovic Day and why is it significant?
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Chapter 2: What are the challenges facing Kentucky Sports Radio regarding KS Bar?
I am Matt Jones. Wednesday, May the 27th. I am after a late night last night in New York after returning from Montreal. We've got Drew Franklin and Billy are in Lexington. You can give us a shout on the Clark's Puppet Shop phone line, 859-280-2287. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-774-5254. And this edition is sponsored by the T.J. Smith Law Office. If you call TJ, he'll make them pay.
Guys, it's a big day. You have Milan. Momchilovic is making his decision as to whether or not he will enter the NBA draft today. Don't know if he will make his college decision today, but at least the NBA draft decision is due by midnight. Mark Pope kind of did one of his first extensive interviews since the offseason. And there's a lot of other stuff, including some personal news.
Guys, how are you doing this morning? We are excellent. You sound great today. Good to have you back stateside. Not on the phone, you know. We got connected. A lot easier when you're in the continental United States to get connected. But we're going to start with a little personal news that we just announced this morning that I just wanted to explain to fans what was going on.
Those of you that have listened to this show, Well, you've listened to the show for over 15 years, but at least in the last eight and a half, nine years, you've heard us talk about we've many times done the show from KS Bar, which we began, yeah, a little over eight years ago.
Unfortunately, we've had to make the decision that as a full-time daily bar, we're going to have to close, and we're going to close Rail Bird weekend. We're going to go through Rail Bird, which is June 6th and 7th, and then close on the 7th. The decision has unfortunately been coming for a little while, but one we had hoped to avoid, but is kind of inevitable in the market as it is.
We just financially can't kind of keep it going on a daily pace as we have done. It's a combination of a
was great and then covid hit and you know we we thanks to you all that listen we we kind of survived covid okay but you know people change their their processes i would say the combination of three things one food price cost which starting three to three and a half four years ago have just completely risen and you know there comes a point that that becomes very difficult recently real economic issues in the last six six to eight months
And then, quite frankly, you know, I mean, the bar is built on the premise of Kentucky sports and, you know, some struggles in that area in the last few years, all kind of combined to where we just couldn't consistently make it work. And it stinks because we've done it for a long time, and I love it. It's one of the things I was most proud about. We have a staff. that has been amazing.
Monique at the start who ran it and has been great, become a good friend, but also like you couldn't ask for a better person to run a place like that. Crutch who's been with us almost from the beginning. And then there are a million people over the years who've come in and worked there in and out that I could name.
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Chapter 3: How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected local businesses like KS Bar?
And I hate it for them. You know, we probably kept this going a year longer than it made sense just because we wanted to try to make it work. But, you know, it just didn't happen. But, so that's, it stinks. And one of the things we're going to do today is Drew and I are going to talk about some of the really good memories over the last eight years of things that have happened. But I will say...
that the thing that always worked at the place was on game days. And we are going to have a game day experience where we partner with another restaurant. But I can't really announce that today. It's not my restaurant, so I have to wait for them. And I think people will love it. But, I mean, it's kind of like when we did the thing with KSR and On3.
Like, I'm not going to be kind of one of the couple people running it like we did for a long time. And that's, you know, it's both ā well, it's not happy. It's sad because that was something that has been a great experience for for everybody.
I do want to take a second to thank not only the folks that we work there, as I mentioned, they are the reason it existed, but also the literally tens of thousands of you that have walked through the doors at some point. It has been such a great meeting space for everybody. And part of why I'm glad we're doing the thing in the future is that can still happen in those game day atmospheres.
But one of the things we're going to miss is getting to do the show out there every day. We will still do pregame shows out there. But we did the show out there, you know, a ton. I hate that. That's when you really get to have conversations with people that come in the morning. And so that's disappointing. But thank you to everybody who made it go as long as you can.
Being an independent restaurant, is really hard financially. And I would say to you, if there's one piece of advice I'd give, find the one in your community. Support more than one. Support it. It's hard when you have one place. It's really hard, especially today. It's harder today probably than it's been in who knows how long. Go see them. Make it a point to do that because, you know,
It's a tough road to, to hope. So with all that said, Drew, you've, you were a part of it and been with it from the beginning. And you know, I know you're bummed like I am. Yeah.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of Milan Momchilovic's NBA draft decision?
Very sad. Had to happen, but very sad that it had to happen, but all at the same time, we were very lucky for the run we had, as you said, the staff was amazing and so many great memories and experiences that can't take away from us from game watch parties, where Ron ends up on the bar and, your trivia nights or just little things like when friends and family come to town.
How about putting Ryan in jail? Yeah, Ryan in jail, of course. But even just little, those are the big ones that stand out. But little things like when friends and family come to town and they just kind of want to go support it, kind of make you proud of it. So, yeah, it stinks we're having to change the format up and it won't be a daily restaurant. But, man, what a great run we had.
Going to miss all the times. Yeah, when we opened, I mean, a lot of people said, well, most people told me I was crazy to think about doing it. And because they said that, you know, that's not going to work. Sorry, that location won't work, blah, blah, blah.
You know, you guys really this show and the people listening like you're the reason it worked as long as it did, along with the people who made the food and staff like they you guys made it happen. And it was wonderful. And it was a great ride. And like I said, I am looking forward to, I think there will be advantages to what it's going to be going forward.
But I just wanted to announce it to you all. Give everybody some context beyond just the statement. And thank everyone. Now, we're going to be open through June 7th. We're going to be there for a couple shows next week. And then especially Railbird Weekend, if you're going to it, I hope people will come in. You know, have our wings and cheese logs.
I think in the new entity, we are going to keep our wings going. But a lot of the other stuff will probably change. So it gives you, Drew, a last chance to come by and say hello. And we're going to keep ā if you gave us memorabilia and stuff to put on the walls, we're going to keep it up for the new thing. But, you know, obviously if you want your stuff back, you can come get it.
But we're going to keep it ā keep the things up. So you don't have to do that immediately if you don't want to. Drew, I can speak for Ryan and everybody else involved, Hubby, Jamie, you know, all the folks that have. Thank you for the last eight years of being so supportive. We really do appreciate it. So with that, go ahead. I was going to say, you mentioned the wings and cheese logs.
I still got a little more in me. This dad bod's already out of control. I was going to try to dial it back, but I am going to eat my weight. Are you gaining weight? You had gotten yourself kind of trim recently. Are you gaining weight? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. But I've found the baby balance as well on a nice gut. So I'm going to leave the belly a little bit.
And now that we have just a little time left with KS Bar, I'm going to work in as many nights as I can there to say my goodbyes. Yeah, I do feel like it doesn't count towards whatever your weight goal is. If you have a restaurant and it's closing, I think, Billy, you should be able to eat whatever you want during that period. Don't you?
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Chapter 5: What personal memories do the hosts share about KS Bar?
What ended up happening is the game days just with the except oddly football, it kind of doesn't matter whether you're good in football on the home games because people go either way. the road games, maybe a little bit basketball though. We learned very quickly, like how good we are at basketball is a huge part of whether or not it works through.
I mean, we learned that like our basketball fan base is rabid, but like, you know, when we would lose, we'd have like three days in a row where people don't want to come. Cause I get it. Cause they don't want to be reminded of the loss. We really felt that didn't we? Oh, definitely. You know, it'd be empty after a bad loss.
And then little things like, I don't even know, did we have an SEC tournament weekend? I don't think we had one the whole time it was open. Yeah, I mean, one of the things that was a huge hit is, go back to the COVID year. Like, we were good that year. And Billy, you have to order the food. In advance, right? So we ordered food not only for a big SEC tournament, but for a big NCAA tournament run.
And then COVID comes, and we can't use any of it. Oh, yeah. Because that happened during the SEC tournament. So that was like a big hit. We donated all of it, and we're glad to do it. But, like, that was a big hit. And then, you know, every year you basically have to guess, right? You have to guess how good is the team going to be when you order your food.
And I will tell you the year that the guess went wrong, Drew. Cows last year. That guess was not a great guess. It's a lot of chicken. You know, when Jack Golke went off. Billy, it wasn't just the end of the Cal era in some ways.
Well, Drew can only eat so many cheese logs and chicken wings, too.
Well, there's only so much food you can take home. And so, again, Lexington got a lot of donations that month. But I'm joking around. There were a lot of great times with it. And, you know, that's one of the things about U.K. athletics, especially U.K. basketball, but really U.K. athletics as a whole. The city's economic fortunes.
To some extent, Drew, go back and forth based on the sporting events. And that's part of why it's like, you know, obviously it's the passion and the goal to want to win. But for the city of Lexington, you ask anybody that's in leadership or business, they'll tell you the city rises and falls sometimes about how good we are. Oh, yeah, we always figured that was the case and heard it.
Even like Nashville, they'd write a story if Kentucky had an early exit from the SEC. But then when we got involved in the industry, we really felt it and realized how it works. Yeah, that's why it was always so dumb to me over the years when people would say, you KSR guys, you just hate Cal, you hate Pope, you want us to lose, you're Duke, Duke infiltrator, Duke infiltrator.
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Chapter 6: How does the performance of the Kentucky basketball team impact local businesses?
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Chapter 7: What are the future plans for the Kentucky basketball program?
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Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Text machine is 772-774-5254. Thank you to all the people writing with very nice comments. I always enjoy reading those and everybody who comes by. Let's talk a little basketball here. Today is Milan Momchilovic Day, Drew Franklin. First of all, he's going to decide whether he's going to go to the draft.
You feel pretty confident he's coming back to college, yes? Yeah, I'd be surprised if he stays in the draft with where he's projected and what he could make if he goes back to school. I don't really know, Billy, why he would go to the draft. I mean, I haven't seen anywhere he's been consistently even mocked a first-rounder.
And even if he were to be picked at the end of the first round, he'll make more money next year in college. Now, he would get a longer deal in the draft, but if he comes back, as long as he's decent in college, next year's draft is even worse. one would presume that it could work out for him. So I would think coming back is a no-brainer.
Yeah, not only are you going to be able to make money in college now, but is it fun to go to the G League, to go to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants and go on a charter bus across the country? A lot more opportunities here at Kentucky.
Well, you know, that's an underrated part of it. I don't know how much guys consider that, but there's a big decline in lifestyle from playing in a major college program and playing in the G League. But, Drew, let's talk about, you know, what amount of money we're talking. There were some reports yesterday, and, again, I'm going to say this until I'm blue in the face.
I don't necessarily believe any money reports, but I also don't think this is wrong. that maybe because he's waited so long and a couple of the schools, Kentucky and St. John's specifically, need him so much that he could be commanding up to $6 million to $8 million.
And just to give you a sense of let's say that was correct, then he probably would be the second, third, maybe fourth highest paid college player of all time. Now, he's good, but, Drew, he's not that good. But if he's got the chance to get that, he's got to do it, doesn't he? Oh, definitely.
And he's kind of lucky with the way he's gone through the process, being one of the last available as it stands now. You know, big-time targets, some schools that are in desperation mode, maybe even our own here in Lexington. Well, are we in desperation mode? Let's put it like that. Like, how big is it now? I mean, I feel like we've set up like five of these this year.
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Chapter 8: What are the fans' reactions to the changes at KS Bar?
And Kentucky needs shooters, and he brings that value. And to Drew's point, he played this process perfectly, being one of the last guys involved where somebody that has leftover money can give them that money. And didn't that reporter in Israel already call Kentucky desperate? So, I mean...
They did. Desperate university. A very desperate university. I think, for me, this is just Matt Jones talking. I think this is a huge. It is hard for me to see, Drew, the team that we have next year being the real contender to matter without one of two things happening. Either Brayden Hawthorne is really good and we just didn't know, right? So, like, he's a surprise, a surprise star.
Or you get Mom Chilovich. I don't know about Brayden Hawthorne, and we probably won't know until the season starts. So I'd love to have Mom Chilovich so that that's extra and, to me, not what the season, like, hinges on. Does that make sense? Does. We got a little bit of hope in Hawthorne and Williams having big years. And, you know, the team they have now could go out and be good.
We really don't know. But Pope needs a win over the summer. And I think if you get Momchilovich, you get people excited about the year. And I think if you don't get him, the mess we see on Twitter and a lot of criticism isn't going to die between now and November until they actually play the game. So I think from a PR standpoint, it's big just to keep people excited going into next year.
And you can have a reasonable starting lineup next year where you have two guys in your starting lineup if you get Mom Chilvich that are projected first-round picks. You know, I mean, we didn't have that this year, right? We didn't have that the year before.
Now, maybe those teams, I don't know how this one will match up, but we have not had teams where you looked at the starting lineup on day one and you said there are two guys on this team that are projected in the first round. You could have that if you get him. So I think that in and of itself makes it exciting. Now, the second thing is you said he needs a win this summer. Drew ā
I thought one of the wins this summer was going to be playing summer basketball. But Mark Pope did an interview with the Cats boss, which I want to talk more about because he has a lot of comments in it. But I think the news part is he says in it that because the trip to Israel has fallen through, that he's not sure they're going to play summer games at all.
If you remember, they've now changed the rules where you can play summer games every year. I don't want to overreact, but isn't this a terrible decision, Drew, to have a chance to play games and just choose not to do it? Yeah, I'm trying not to be critical of every move they make, but this is a huge letdown. There's no way to spin this.
Pope has said multiple times how excited he is for the summer trip, how important it was to his team. He can't wait to get the extra time in. I mean, he built it up himself going back to February when he first teased what they could be doing. And then, of course, it comes out he's thinking about Jerusalem, and that was a little eh. But then you're like, okay, we'll regroup. Maybe Bahamas.
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