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Oh, I'm doing great, Dave. You know what it was like? It was like I was in the, in the woods, bouncing off of symptoms, cough, congestion.

And then all of a sudden I saw a tank. I found a tank. Yeah. And I jumped right in that tank and here I am.

And you drove out of the wilderness. Right out of the wilderness. Yeah. You, I imagine you heard that. You quite possibly missed or didn't fully miss R.J.'s worst analogy he's ever had. I heard. Yeah. Yeah. That was the podcast. It was really something. And then because RJ's wise and clever, he started to try to do like a 180s.

Like, no, no. Yeah, that was the podcast. And then because RJ's wise and clever, he started to try to do like a 180s.

Like, no, no, it's so deep that you guys just don't really understand what I'm saying here.

I was like, yeah, no, no, we understand.

For 14 years, just wandering, bouncing into trees.

And then you come across this big, beautiful tank, and that's what I've come across.

Yeah, it's the Sabers as a tank they're a wagon uh-huh yeah and now he doesn't it's not like you know it's like he found an at tv and he's still gonna maybe struggle a little bit

to get out of the he's got a tank yeah a tank that bouncing off of trees right out of the forest

yeah and and who's who's that in the tank? That's RJ and friends. So we have a lot to do today. We have the disaster that is the Mets. We have the excitement that is the Knicks. We have the Yankees with another victory. You weren't here to, you know, recap and go over the full NFL draft, but most people seem very excited about the locals, the Jets, and the Giants. Well, game, I mean, this is it. Game five tonight, Knicks and the Hawks. This is a, to say massive would be an understatement how big this game is today. Right, of course, especially after what you just did in Game 4 and what you saw in Game 4.

And I listened to some of the show yesterday, went back on the podcast and listened to it.

And, I mean, it's, again, I think one of the reasons why Tibbs was fired and Mike Brown was brought in was because I think of the rigidity of Tibbs. It's like his way and it took a lot for him to make you know make changes or listen to I think people around him that had probably pretty good suggestions I think last year was I mean some of that came out you know after Tibbs got fired was hey you know we were talking about different things we could do with the bench and then eventually we get to the postseason and because of follow you know, after Tibbs got fired was, hey, you know, we were talking about different things we could do with the bench. And then eventually we get to the postseason. And because of follow trouble, he's got to go to a lineup that he wouldn't go to and turns out of work. Like, that's not something that you necessarily want to have to deal with. Like everyone, you know, everyone's trying to do the same thing, which has helped this team win. and the fact that Mike Brown was willing, which you should be as a head coach,

you don't know everything, right?

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