Episode 592: analysis of Jason Wright and Ron Rivera with Washington Times columnist Thom Loverro and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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12:05 - Guest: Thom Loverro, columnist for The Washington Times, on the state of the Commanders as the finalizing of the sale of the team to the Josh Harris group looms and the team concludes its 2023 offseason program, including the possibility of another rebrand, are we in the final weeks of Jason Wright as team president?, the nature of the relationship between Wright and head coach Ron Rivera, how much belief in quarterback Sam Howell is warranted, whether Rivera might actually be looking forward to no longer being Commanders head coach and what Loverro would most like to ask incoming Commanders owner Josh Harris 36:18 - Wizards: react to Wizards owner Ted Leonsis essentially saying that fired president and general manager Tommy Sheppard had no plan 44:52 - Nationals: in-depth discussion of the Nats losing two of three games at the National League East-leading Atlanta Braves, including the latest uneven outings from starting pitchers Josiah Gray and MacKenzie Gore 01:00:12 - Orioles: breakdown of the O's sweeping three games against the Kansas City Royals, including a big series for super infielder Gunnar Henderson Visit PaulsonAndNace.com and tell Paulson & Nace that Al Galdi sent ya! Visit CateringByUptown.com and tell Catering By Uptown that Al Galdi sent ya! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And away we go! Episode 592 of the Algoldy Podcast, it is Monday, June 12, 2023, and guess who is COVID-free?
0:29.0	That's right. This guy right here, COVID-free. Yes, I am free from COVID. I have gotten rid of COVID. Hey, I've gotten rid of the vid.
0:42.0	There's a rhyming key. Get rid of the vid. I have gotten rid of the vid. I'm essentially symptom-free. It took a test on Sunday night.
0:52.0	The result was negative, which is a positive. And so here we are. Hello and welcome to this Monday installment of the Algoldy Podcast.
1:00.0	Now, the problem is that our two-year-old daughter is displaying COVID symptoms, but she keeps testing negative. Trust me, my wife has tested our kids about 4,000 times.
1:12.0	So we'll see if the COVID has spread, but as we know, kids overwhelmingly do very well with COVID.
1:20.0	So I ended up getting through it over about five days. I'm not going to lie. It smacked me around for a few days.
1:27.0	I was like the Miami Heat mascot that got walloped by Connor McGregor at NBA Finals Game 4 on Friday night.
1:36.0	Did you see that? I was the Heat mascot and COVID was Connor, but like the Heat mascot after he sues Connor and makes millions of dollars, I am back on my feet.
1:47.0	So good to be with you. Hope that you had a nice weekend.
1:51.0	My next segment, have a nice guest for you. Tom Levero, my buddy, my pal, columnist for the Washington Times.
1:58.0	A man who is without fear when it comes to providing opinions on the NFL team of Washington DC.
2:06.0	Tom's going to spend some time with us talking about the state of the commanders as we close in on the finalizing of the sale of the team to the Josh Harris group.
2:15.0	And as the team is about to conclude its off-season program.
2:20.0	The commanders on Tuesday have it OTA practice and then that's it.
2:25.0	The annual break of about six weeks until training camp begins. Tom and I are going to talk about whether new ownership is going to make Tom less cynical and more cheery about the team.
2:37.0	Are we about to get a more optimistic Tom Levero about the football team?
2:42.0	We're going to talk about team president Jason Wright, including his relationship with Ed coach Ron Rivera.
2:49.0	We're going to talk about whether Ron might be looking forward to not being the head coach of the team.
2:57.0	We're going to talk about quarterback Sam Howell and a lot more. Tom Levero, next segment, talking commanders as he is wrapping up a week of vacation.
3:06.0	Also on the show, the wizards. I have some things to say about some things that our wizards owner,
3:13.0	a monumental sports and entertainment founder and CEO Ted Leonsis had to say on the Wodj pod, which is the podcast by ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wodjnerowski.
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