Episode 1,036: chat with Mark Bullock on state of Commanders' defense through first wave of free agency and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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12:45 - Guest: Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of MarkBullock.Substack.com with All-22-style analysis of the state of the Commanders' defense through the first wave of free agency in the 2025 offseason, including what the team is thinking with its revamped defensive line, whether the line now is poised to be better against the run, what the Commanders' signing of cornerback Jonathan Jones might mean for cornerback Mike Sainristil, why the Commanders seemingly chose Will Harris over Jeremy Chinn at safety and more 35:17 - Capitals: breakdown of a 3-2 overtime loss at the Winnipeg Jets in a battle of the NHL's top two teams and in a game in which Caps top-line left wing Alex Ovechkin scored a game-tying third-period goal to move to being just six goals shy of surpassing Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 career NHL regular-season goals...and discussion of the Caps signing defenseman Jakob Chychrun to an eight-year, $72 million contract extension 45:58 - Nationals: reaction to the Nats placing promising young starting pitcher DJ Herz on the 15-Day Injured List with a left-elbow UCL sprain, triggering fear of him needing UCL surgery Call Nova Fireplace And Stove at 571-513-3803, mention that Al Galdi sent you and receive $50 off any fireplace service before Sept. 1, 2025 - this includes cleaning, safety inspection, tune-up and diagnostic work Visit CateringByUptown.com and mention that Al Galdi sent you For advertising inquiries, email [email protected] Please note that time stamps may be slightly off depending on rotating national ads

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand thirty-six of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Wednesday, March 26, 2025. It is the day before we have number four-seeded
0:28.1	Maryland versus number one-seated Florida at San Francisco's Chase Center on Thursday night at 739 in the suite
0:35.7	16 of the NCAA tournament. This is the day after the speculation
0:40.4	regarding the future of Terrapins head coach. Kevin Willard got all out of whack off reports
0:46.6	of Villanova wanting to hire him as their head coach. He on Tuesday morning, no-showed. A scheduled
0:52.1	interview on the sports junkies on 106-7, the fan
0:54.8	prompting all kinds of talk of him being gone. But he later on Tuesday morning posted for an
1:00.2	interview with our good friend Kevin Sheehan on the team 980 and painted an optimistic picture
1:05.6	about remaining as Terps head coach. Willard again made the point that what is going on is about money for the
1:12.1	program, not money for him. He made that point during press conferences in Seattle over the first
1:17.3	two rounds of the NCAA tournament. It's just absurd to me that this is going on as the Terps
1:23.3	are in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2016 and just the second time since 2003.
1:29.3	The focus should be entirely on that, not on the team's head coaching situation.
1:34.5	And by the way, how about what the Terps head football coach, Mike Loxley, said during
1:39.4	his spring football preview press conference on Tuesday?
1:43.1	Take a listen to this exchange.
1:46.0	I wanted to ask you about Coach Willard's comments over the weekend, talking about kind of
1:50.2	the revenue share and with Damon leaving, obviously. Did you see them? And what were your
1:54.4	thoughts on them? Yeah, I mean, I'm an old school DC guy. Family business is family business.
2:00.6	So, you know, I have no comment on any of those things.
2:04.4	I mean, it doesn't pertain to my business. It doesn't pertain to what I need to do. So as I've stated,
2:11.2	since I've been here, I've gotten the resources that I've needed to build a foundation.
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