Local Hour: Dan Fires Erik Spoelstra Again
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What are the initial thoughts on Erik Spoelstra's coaching?
Greg, you're a words person. You choose the right words. You are precious about words. Where are you on the following? Because I have not been able to correct something. When somebody who I love says the wrong word, I will correct them in order for them not to do it in the future. But the response has been on a couple of different occasions, don't be an asshole. You know what I meant, and if you know what I meant, you're being an asshole if you correct me. But I'm not correcting them to make them feel smaller in that moment. I'm assuming that they don't want to keep doing that around people who don't love them so they don't make that mistake. Yes.
How do the hosts feel about correcting others in conversation?
And so where are you on this? Can you lend a verdict on this?
Yeah, that's a tough one because I've been in that situation. Like if somebody says a non-word like irregardless – I want so much to correct them and just say regardless, not irregardless.
No, that's a word. That's 100% a word.
It is a word.
Look at where you're at. Look at where you're standing. Look at where you drove to. Irregardless, absolutely a word. Okay, okay.
I don't think it is.
So I don't say, I don't correct them. I don't say, it's not irregardless. It's regardless. But if it's the misuse of a word that I just can't abide, then now I'll give you an example from yesterday's show. You referred to Jaws. As a horror movie. I would argue Jaws is not a horror movie.
It's the number one horror movie of all time according to people who classify horror movies.
But I disagree with them.
Okay, you can disagree, but it is.
Well, what's an example you would use where you correct someone over misuse of a word?
I mean, I do it all the time. Whenever people misuse words, you're right about irregardless. I think Kevin James called his terrible special irregardless purposely because it's not a word. And while I appreciate Trista's general comfort level around here, she came in today with flip-flops and socks, which I love.
They're slides.
She's still a little more careful than I'd like to be because she's been polite lately about not correcting me when I get words wrong.
It's true. Like, I am really a bitch. Truly. Truly. Like, one of the meanest people you've ever met. And I've been mean since birth. And my mom is very similar to Dan. We had the encyclopedia out, and we were correct. We still correct each other. It's Iran. I mean, don't be a rube. Don't be a rube. It's Iran. You sound like a hayseed. It's not Iran.
It is Iran.
I do and have always called it Iran since I discovered it many, many years ago for the first time. But I don't pronounce it Iran. Also, don't run. You didn't.
Woof. I can't hide. We're in shadow show.
You did hide. You hid under the desk. Nobody can see you. Why didn't you correct me on Iran when I said Iran?
I feel I've been doing it too much. And I did it to start my first day here back in the Christmas time when I said it's Oregon and it's Louisville. And you liked it then. I'm like, how many times can I use this? Because it's not really a bug. It's a feature of my personality. And if I'm allowed to do it, I'm going to do it. We're going to rock out.
Welcome to my life, guys. I think it's a good feature.
What is the debate around hard-ass coaches vs. player's coaches?
I think we need more of it. I think you correcting me and me getting it wrong is an absolute winning position for everyone but me, which reminds me... But you're in power. Yeah, but, you know, this is a good time for men in power to be disabused of that power. This is a good time for you.
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
I would like a verdict here from Zazz and Greg Cody about how I'm supposed to feel. And I'm specifically asking you to because you're longtime veterans of the market and you know what the navigations are around relationships when you cover people that you respect, but you also have to be critical of them over the years. This show has gotten me in trouble with the Miami Heat. because it sounds, the way that it was aggregated, like I was the first to suggest in this market ever that Eric Spoelstra and Pat Riley should be in some trouble. That is not something I've ever suggested, but given Mike's general rise in the media business, Don Lemon shouted him out the other day after going after Boomer Esiason.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the initial thoughts on Erik Spoelstra's coaching?
0:00–0:42
2
How do the hosts feel about correcting others in conversation?
0:42–3:22
3
What is the debate around hard-ass coaches vs. player's coaches?
3:22–12:29
4
How does Dan Levitar feel about the media's portrayal of him?
12:29–37:19
5
What are the implications of the Panthers' current performance?
37:19–43:01
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