This is the Dan Levatore show with the Stucats podcast.

Jessica's going to join us here in about 10 to 15 minutes in terms of cleanup on some of the things that we've been talking about.

The Celtics are second in offensive rating and fourth in defensive rating this year, that is something

that usually people do not screw with.

So to hear them as a suitor for Janus catches me off guard because of what I'm telling

you, that's usually good enough to win a championship.

Everyone knows that's good enough to win a championship. You're already good enough to win a championship. Usually people don't break some of that up.

Also getting back to the Mike Malone conversation, just to put a pin on this because I sound like I'm questioning this more than most people are questioning this. And it's because

that program has already burned me in that regard. And I want to know the differences you guys are

making between, is it just that Michael Malone is inheriting a program that you think is so

self-sufficient that he can't screw it up? And Bill Belichick was inheriting something at North Carolina that wasn't that good because Bill Belichick also highly paid, also didn't have experiences in this and also got undressed last year in a way that we were all laughing at. Why do you have more confidence in Michael Malone than you do in Bill Belichick? It's totally different and he's got to worry about a handful of guys.

We just saw Hubert Davis do it.

What did Hubert Davis know about this world really? I mean, Michael Malone is a much better head coach. Well, he just saw Hubert Davis do it. Like, Hubert Davis didn't really do a good job. He made it to a Final Four. Right, but his first year. Made it within a shot of the championship.

Did he not?

Was it not one shot of winning the championship?

Michael Malone is a really good coach. his first year. Made it within a shot of the championship. Did he not? Was it not one shot of winning the championship?

Michael Malone is a really good coach, and North Carolina knows what it's doing when it comes

to basketball resources.

They're always going to be a player for the top recruits in that sport.

They're always going to be a top destination in the transfer portal in that sport.

It's completely different.

Yeah, I don't think you can compare the task that Michael Malone has with the task that Belichick has. I mean, I think,

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