Hour 1: Amin's Week Long Observations
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Who is Nico Harrison and why is he considered a villainous executive?
I wanted to talk about Nico Harrison, and we'll get to that in a second because we've been a little late to this story. He is a fascinating figure. Somehow, just, we haven't had one like this, really, a villainous executive character. He doesn't know what he's doing. Let's all laugh at him and then figure out how Dallas management explains worse and worse as they try to explain something that cannot be explained. Nico Harrison becomes a figure for a symbol, an avatar for management incompetence. There's the suit who takes the blame when he ruins everything, doesn't understand the emotion business, is an idiot and coldly tries to explain it. And can't because he doesn't understand. Luka and those people had a relationship that you have to respect that. Did you guys not see what happened to that Super League? Because Europe actually respects it. It's like things, that thing fell apart because you can't just come over here and buy everything, rich people. That's not how it works.
Like the Luka relationship is not supposed to be something with your Super Maxi, your Super Maxi Max, whatever. You're not supposed to be able to just come in and buy that relationship because you don't care for it. Like it's why it was so confusing. So we'll get to that in a second. We got to get to Mad Dog as well, because Zazz is telling me I got to play some Mad Dog sound. Oh, man, it will not disappoint. I have not. I have not heard. But I wanted to get a means perspective on as an executive and and somebody from basketball specifically watching Travis Hunter come over to football. with what I'm assuming we're all going to believe is an empty threat, but it's just a wild thing to say, entering the league, telling your future employer, a league that has proven to be fairly conservative in terms of giving people like you the power you presently want, which is to strut into the league as the Deion Sanders thing and say, hey, who do I work for here? I don't work for you.
If you don't play me both positions, offense and defense, whether you think it's right or not with me as an asset, I choose, I'll quit on the spot. Now, I want to say it's an empty threat, but God, I hope it's not an empty threat.
If you don't allow me to work more than anyone else, game over. I quit.
Why does Travis Hunter want to play both offense and defense in the pros?
That's my favorite part about all this, is that, like, we're all pretending that these teams are gonna say, no, you've gotta pick one! And I'm just waiting for the team to draft and say, yeah, go ahead. And then, like, after a week of OTAs, he's like, Jesus Christ, this is a lot harder than I, can I just pick one? No, no, you said you were gonna quit, you gotta do two. And then run him ragged all summer long. By the time we get to camp, he'll be begging to play one position, and it'll be special teams. He doesn't even wanna do anything else.
What an interesting way to look at it and probably doesn't really explain how we lovers of sport could explain to you. Well, wait a minute. If he could do it in college, why couldn't he do it in the pros? And you're saying it'll run him too ragged because it'll be just way too much. All of it's too much. But he doesn't think it is.
Dan, this happens to us in the NBA all the time where there are players who are like, they don't run any plays for me, man. Where's the play? Why don't you get me the ball? I'll do it. And finally the coaches will be like, you know what? All right, clear out for him. Give him the ball. And then force feed him for a quarter. And then when that player realizes, like, shit, this is hard.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Who is Nico Harrison and why is he considered a villainous executive?
1:01–3:12
2
Why does Travis Hunter want to play both offense and defense in the pros?
3:12–5:14
3
What are the challenges of playing two positions in professional football?
5:14–10:54
4
How does professional football compare to baseball in terms of physical demands?
10:54–14:46
5
What is the significance of Deion Sanders' approach to college football?
14:46–17:26
6
How does the transition from college to pro sports affect player performance?
17:26–20:43
7
What are the stakes involved in Zaslow’s upcoming game night challenge?
20:43–36:41
Speakers
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