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The Pomp And Joe Show

The Pomp and Joe Show 1-22-2026

22 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?

0.638 - 17.172 Austin Bechtold

Not only is Pomp here, but so is Tyler Kennedy, a Stanley Cup champion in our midst. And there's a Joe Starkey fathead to my left. Where did that come from? Limits, you're holding up a giant picture of my face. Do you like it? No.

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17.853 - 22.35 Unknown

TK, do you like that? How many years ago was that?

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22.37 - 40.708 Austin Bechtold

I don't know. I think I look better now than I did then. Look at all the hair he has, TK. Looks like a bowling ball. I like the little mustache. Yeah, I like the mustache. I like the mustache. Is that when I started here? How many years ago do you think? I've aged faster than Kyle Shanahan. Did you see those pictures yesterday, Bob? Kyle Shanahan, before and after. Limits, did you see those? No.

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41.149 - 49.426 Austin Bechtold

Kyle Shanahan, when he took the Niners job compared to now, I think it was nine years ago, Bob. It's unbelievable. It might as well have been a century. Oh, my God.

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49.546 - 54.135 Unknown

And that may have been all because of Brandon Ayuk. Look who else we have, Joe.

55.28 - 56.441 Austin Bechtold

Look at that, Bob.

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It's a Ron Cook fathead. Look at that expression. That's saying, you know what? I did my thing, and now I'm gone, and I'm not going to miss anyone.

65.251 - 67.654 Austin Bechtold

Yes, he's done the reverse Shanahan.

Chapter 2: How does the conversation shift to discussing Kyle Shanahan?

68.314 - 72.179 Austin Bechtold

He's gone from, yes, a man under extreme pressure to no pressure at all.

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72.199 - 75.502 Unknown

I wonder what stress does to your life and to your face. A lot.

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75.783 - 85.862 Austin Bechtold

A lot. It really does, and Ron right now is feeling none of it. Is limits behind? There he is. That's Ron, not limits. Okay, that's getting weird. Take it away.

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85.903 - 91.783 Unknown

It's like how many coaches and GMs get a job and their hair is dark and then they leave the job and their hair is completely white.

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92.084 - 116.539 Austin Bechtold

the the everyday pressure of that i mean everybody people in different kind of jobs live it in almost all jobs they live it your performance has to has to live up to the standard or you're going to be gone yeah it's like but but but but nobody very few people do it that publicly right well and they see you every single day yeah you don't notice it on a day-to-day and

116.519 - 139.405 Austin Bechtold

level you don't with hundreds it has to take a picture right for many years ago and put it up where you are now which is right i mean everybody ages but in that when you have a job that that's stressful that'll age you quickly and a job where literally hundreds of thousands if not millions of people think they can do it better and criticize you on a daily basis and they do make a lot of money i get it how are you tyler i'm doing good um

139.992 - 166.173 Unknown

Remember when my first, the president of the Penguins was Dave Morehouse. Yeah. And he had a very stressful job because he came in and he was kind of rebuilding the Penguins. He had like a lot of pressure because we had such a good team. How do we make this get every ounce of everything out of the Penguins? And I remember we were leaving from. Colorado, we're on the jet way.

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And he started to have, you know, he had some of the, he started having a heart attack. Yeah. He said heart issues. And it was like crazy, but I think it was all the stress. And then he started to do the yoga and all that stuff. Cause he goes again, like you have to release it somehow. You know what I mean? When you have that pressure, it's like,

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I don't, I don't think I've ever known anyone with a really high pressure, like a very high stressful job that doesn't like work out and like take care of their, their mental health through like exercise or whatever. Just walking does a lot of good for you. If you walk for an hour, three, three miles, four miles, whatever, it makes you feel better.

Chapter 3: What insights are shared about stress and its effects?

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One was like good weather. Another one was, I think it was like in Italy, like in the multi-coast where they had to walk everywhere. And they also take like three hours for lunch and stress. Just go our way. We don't want you back here until you relax, have some nice food. Here, we're just running every which way.

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252.713 - 275.165 Austin Bechtold

My brother and sister both lived in Spain. They do it right. They stay out late. They party, then you sleep in, then you wake up, you do a couple things, then you go have a nice meal, take a nap, and go party again, Bob. They don't work? I mean, they work. That little thing I mentioned for a couple of hours was work. That's the way to live. Lots of rest, lots of social activity.

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275.185 - 288.911 Unknown

You know what I mean? Prioritize the other stuff instead of the job. I know we all have jobs. You got to do what you got to do. But honestly... You just have to prioritize your own health, your own mental state, and you have to do things that will increase those things.

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289.272 - 290.454 Austin Bechtold

Can you believe Tyler's job?

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291.395 - 307.2 Unknown

Golf is the best thing. I'm sorry. Golfers live longer. I'm sorry. That's what you're telling me. I'm telling you. Lisa, I swear. Golfers live longer. I've got to get out there. That's part of my gig, yes. You don't understand, Lisa. It is amazing. And I'm trying to get her to play so she can live longer with me.

307.3 - 320.364 Unknown

It's like, you know, when the auction comes down on the plane, they're like, you got to put it on yourself first before everyone else. So when I'm sleeping on the plane, I always point at the lady going, Brent, I got to take care of myself.

320.704 - 326.194 Austin Bechtold

I'm tired. His job was to play professional hockey, Bob. Can you believe that? Yeah.

326.174 - 332.745 Unknown

Plus, and I imagine too, it's every day you have to worry about someone taking your job. You always have to worry about someone out there.

332.766 - 334.969 Austin Bechtold

Did you wake up thinking about that sometimes?

Chapter 4: How do the speakers view the current state of the Penguins?

449.07 - 463.591 Unknown

I think that was a breath of fresh air, and they changed the way. Whatever he's selling, they're buying as a team. I don't think there's any question. Yeah, you got to give, you know, I think Dubas got a little bit of heat from picking Mews because everyone's like, who is this Mews guy, right?

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And then, one, you see what, you can start to see the plan come to fruition with the cap space, how the analytics of certain guys fit into the lineup. I think he's doing a great job. And then you talk about Mews, like... Our third and fourth line are getting more minutes than they have the last five, six years. Right. Right.

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Like he's giving so much, like he's giving a lot of, um, responsibility to those guys. Like I have no problem. And trust. And trust. Yeah. Like throwing those guys out against a second, third, you know, first line. Cause you know exactly what they're going to bring in structure. How many times have we give up the first goal this year? Not many, right? We've always come up.

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We've always started on time this year. We've all, I would say 85%. We score first last year. I think it was probably most, almost a hundred percent of the time we were starting behind.

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520.49 - 523.315 Austin Bechtold

Sometimes on the first shot. Often on the first shot.

523.695 - 543.088 Unknown

How many times? I think it was like 12 times. It was crazy. 15 times last year. And when you score first on the road or when the other team scores first on the road or whatever, the momentum of that team, it just gets them so much more into the game and goaltending and depth.

543.068 - 565.587 Austin Bechtold

Goaltending. Yeah, goaltending. How about Skinner? I think he's 6-1 in his last seven. And he's facing – he's doing a great job. 953 save percentage. But he's facing very few high-danger opportunities. But for me with Dubas, the rebound began – I mean, maybe a lot of different places, but the thing that had to happen that he had the guts to do was basically to fire Sully.

565.607 - 588.381 Austin Bechtold

Sully wanted to stay. Dubas didn't want him to stay. A lot of us thought that Fenway Sports Group – was beholden to sully the boston guy but they said kyle you go ahead with it he pushed sully out and then he hired dan muse and off we go from there and now this guy's on a heater even his mistakes are looking good ryan graves is serviceable carlson's been great

589.222 - 607.838 Unknown

Yeah, well, it took two years to Carlson to figure it out. It did, yeah. But you think Sully left because Duby pushed him out? Dubas pushed him out? Yeah. I think that job in New York came available, and he thought the future was a lot brighter there, and I thought he jumped ship that way. That's what I thought.

Chapter 5: What are the key points about the honeymoon and writer's dinner?

4684.79 - 4698.704 Austin Bechtold

Come on. Those got progressively worse, the excuses. Well, wait a minute. Honeymoon should be on the top of your list. The honeymoon should be one. The writer's dinner. You got to respect that. You're going to win the Cy Young Award. Yeah, that's a good one. But dinners normally, dinners are at night, correct?

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Chapter 6: What is the significance of Bubba Chandler being a new homeowner?

4698.764 - 4698.925 Austin Bechtold

Exactly.

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4698.945 - 4700.466 Unknown

They have the ability to fly quickly.

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4700.586 - 4713.179 Austin Bechtold

That one's a little flimsy too. If he wanted to be there for two hours at the beginning of it, he could. Yeah, I think so. Yeah, I agree with that. But we'll forgive him. He can do anything he wants. But Bubba Chandler, new homeowner. A new homeowner. Is there an inspection happening?

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4713.199 - 4721.689 Joe Starkey

Maybe it's the closing day. Right during Pirate Fest? Closing day. It could be that. Hey, I just bought a new car, Bob. I don't know if I'm going to be able to show up with said car.

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4721.709 - 4723.09 Austin Bechtold

I have a new suit. I ain't going.

4725.073 - 4727.315 Joe Starkey

Who is going? Kind of interesting. Who's going? Pretty much everybody else.

4727.335 - 4728.276 Austin Bechtold

Other than Zangrilli.

4728.917 - 4733.522 Joe Starkey

Yeah, pretty much everybody else is going. Andrew McCutcheon will not be there.

4734.262 - 4737.986 Austin Bechtold

No, he won't. Why don't we make that a topic right now? Let's do it. Should he be back?

Chapter 7: What are the potential quarterback options for the Steelers?

4738.086 - 4739.988 Austin Bechtold

No, there will be people at Pirate Fest, though.

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4740.449 - 4741.23 Joe Starkey

Yes. Good players.

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4741.25 - 4743.232 Unknown

They have a long list of them, yes.

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4743.252 - 4749.819 Joe Starkey

Yeah, Brian Reynolds will be there. Arnold Cruz will be there. Brandon Lau will be there. Jake Mangum, a lot of their new additions. Ryan O'Hearn will be there.

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Will Bob Nutting be there?

4750.72 - 4760.857 Austin Bechtold

He hasn't been there last year. That's a great question for the old Q&A with limits disguised. Who was the manager that went into the dugout with a disguise? Bobby Valentine.

4761.078 - 4761.499 Unknown

Oh, yeah, yeah.

4761.519 - 4773.127 Austin Bechtold

Do you think Limits goes to the fan questionnaire disguised like Bobby Valentine, Bob? That would be tremendous and pipes up with a question. What would your question be? For nothing? Yeah.

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Hmm.

Chapter 8: How do the hosts evaluate the MVP finalists?

4849.784 - 4879.828 Joe Starkey

The caps aren't that way in the NHL or in the NFL or the NBA. Next. Next up. Did you see that if you actually Google Kurt Cignetti, it says, yup, he won on Google. Try it. Google added a section right underneath, right above the bio of Kurt Cignetti. Because remember the famous quote, he said, I win, Google me. So if you actually Google Kurt Cignetti, it says right above his name, yup, he won.

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4881.007 - 4882.869 Joe Starkey

Oh, my God, it does. Isn't that funny?

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4883.31 - 4896.185 Unknown

That's great. Yeah, Google added that in. I'm amazed how quickly they advanced those things. The Wikipedia pages, you just hear about a trade. It happens two seconds ago, and you go to the page, it's already done. He's in a new uniform. It's amazing.

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4897.386 - 4922.234 Austin Bechtold

Now, Nick Saban, or was it Urban Meyer, issued a warning to Cignetti that, What was that warning like? Oh, you start to lose some of the magic as an underdog. We're the misfits. We're just going to outwork you. So I think they got to be very cautious about not losing the culture they built. I think there's something probably to that. I mean, how are you ever going to top this?

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4922.495 - 4926.302 Austin Bechtold

You can't top it if you're Signetti. It's untoppable, Bob.

4926.687 - 4946.605 Unknown

No, but it's defendable, and that's got to be what they have to do. If you do it twice, now we're talking about something. A magical storybook come from ashes into the champion of college football, and then you do it again. Although he's had some people leave already, and that transfer stuff's going to hit everybody, and now he's bringing in some really good people, it looks like, too.

4946.745 - 4954.652 Austin Bechtold

His strength coach and director of athletic performance, Derek Owings, just left to go to USC. How about that?

4955.493 - 4956.376 Unknown

Hmm.

4956.577 - 4965.03 Austin Bechtold

USC, huh? No. Tennessee. Oh, Tennessee. Okay. USC tried to hire him last year. It is. Thank you, Bob. Next.

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