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You're quite a guy. You insist on talking about rape. What do you want to hijack? I didn't mention the name.

Phil never said he'd rather keep Shaq. He came back to coach Kobe to two more titles. Did Jerry West tell Shaq that Kobe would be the best player in the world in July 1996?

Phil also said Kobe was the hardest working and most skilled player he'd ever seen.

@Gerry Hamilton I want to enter here that Phil Jackson said a certain 22 year old was the best player he'd ever seen in May 2001.

Jeremiah Smith trying to channel Kobe for Ohio State. We need Arch to lean on Kobe to kick buckeye ass. Texas won title in January 2006. Killing losers in January 2006.

Somebody asked me why I would mention YMCA. Greatest pre-draft workout in the history of professional sports was performed by a 17 year old boy at Inglewood YMCA.

My daughter's second favorite book is Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, which we read probably five times from the time she was nine to sixteen. Vietnam war movie Apocalypse Now is based on Heart of Darkness. Daughter's grandfather (my dad) served three tours in Vietnam (66-67, 69-70, 71-72) as a Navy Chief. They could only make you serve one tour. He volunteered for the last two. His primary job the last two tours was to navigate up river to deliver operators to different locations. My dad would watch Apocalypse Now with us while we read Heart of Darkness. He would always squirm during this scene for reasons I won't relay.

Many teams have a tougher non-conference schedule. Most top 15 teams have a tougher non-conference schedule. I'd like for the Longhorns to play Illinois, Michigan, Duke, Saint John's, Houston, Arizona, Kansas. What goober boy Connecticut Norlander doesn't understand is that Mississippi State is twice as good as Rutgers, Seton Hall, Utah, Butler, Cal, Boston College and Washington. That's why Miller told him he doesn't need to schedule more hardcore non-conference games.

I wore home 8. She wore road 24. It was in Longview, which takes about 45 minutes to get to. Listened to nothing but the man's fav Righteous Brothers on the way home. One of the Righteous Brothers songs we listened to was You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'. It was a bunch of early 20s women reacting to the song, which they'd never heard. I grew up listening to the Righteous Brothers on the radio when I was a kid in the 80s. My daughter is 21 and she grew up listening to the Righteous Brothers because I played it for her. She couldn't understand why they didn't know that You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin' is the most played song in the history of the world. Of course, she grew up reading The Odyssey and doesn't understand why people don't know that Odysseus is the greatest epic hero in the history of the world.

Norlander wouldn't have asked if they were good if they were buds or something like that. Norlander talked about going to Japan with Hurley. That's his love bud, not Miller. Sean told him he was wrong three times. By the way, Gerry, went to see The Odyssey with my daughter. Wore our jerseys. Listened to YMCA, Don't Stop Believin', Back in Black and Country Grammar on the way.

I'm glad Miller came back at him at the end and told him he was wrong on the scheduling. Miller said he'd done a deep dive on the analytics and would be happy to talk to him next March and see what he had to say.

I've watched Norlander for a few years, and I've never seen him ask another coach questions like that. He just interviewed Hurley a few days ago. Didn't ask him to disclose his payroll. Didn't ask him to explain why he likes to cuss out refs and threaten them by yelling, "I'm the best basketball coach in the world! You better watch what you're doing!" For some reason, Norlander thought he needed to play "gotcha" with Miller.

The Norlander interview was pretty disrespectful. Never seen Norlander treat another coach like that. What's your payroll? Why can't you schedule tougher? Can I make you look bad? Miller should give him the cold shoulder.

We need Rod to talk with Kyle Shanahan and Chris Simms.

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