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The Rich Eisen Show

REShow: Dennis Allen/Jomboy - Hour 2 (5-5-2022)

The Rich Eisen Show

ESPN

Sports

4.31.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Saints Head Coach Dennis Allen tells Rich what his approach will be in replacing Sean Payton who stepped down after 16 seasons in New Orleans, what his expectations are for starting QB Jameis Winston, WR Michel Thomas, and new draftees Chris Olave and Trevor Penning, reveals if the Saints considered drafting a QB in the 1st round, and what veteran safety Tyrann Mathieu brings to the field and the locker room.  Rich reacts with a heated commentary on umpire Dan Bellino’s creepy-weird-awkward incident with Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner. Jomboy calls in to weigh in on the Bumgarner-Bellino run-in, says why there’s such a discrepancy between the public’s view of umpires’ performances vs MLB’s evaluations and how the problem can be fixed, if the balls have been deadened this season, and reveals that he’s expanding his burgeoning media empire beyond the world of baseball.  Rich reacts to a tweet by Timberwolves G Patrick Beverley trolling the Warriors for giving up 47 points to Ja Morant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Rich Eyes and Show. I love this live from the Rich Eyes and Show studio in Los Angeles.

0:08.3

Kenny Pickett. Mike Tomlin here on the Rich Eyes and Show. What was your take on the whole idea that his hands are too small?

0:15.4

I potentially was capable of buying into that if I didn't watch him play college football in Pittsburgh earlier on the show.

0:22.6

Chargers head coach Brandon Staley. Still to come. Saints head coach Dennis Allen.

0:28.8

Baseball media personality jump boy. Plus Falcon's general manager Terry Fontano. And now it's a rich eyes and hour.

0:41.0

Number two of the Rich Eyes and Show is on the air here today. We had a great chat with Brandon Staley of the Los Angeles Chargers in a matter of moments.

0:50.8

We'll be chatting with Dennis Allen, the head coach of the New Orleans Saints. Their first new head coach since 2006, man.

0:57.9

That's been a long time since they've had to name a new head coach there. And the old head coach is a one who brought him into new New Orleans for the first time.

1:06.4

Now this is a second stint. Terry Fontano of the Atlanta Falcons just be fair and balanced. Right. I've got to have his change.

1:11.5

You got to have Falcon on vice versa. They love each other. Those families love is doing a very heavy lift, very heavy lift.

1:18.4

And that phrase right there in the the famed baseball. I would say pundit, which might not be the way he would describe himself, but media conglomerate, John Boy will be calling us to join us to talk about what the hell happened between Madison Bumgarner in the first base on par.

1:37.6

Dan Bolino yesterday in Miami, but joining us here on the Mercedes Benz van's phone line right now is the aforementioned new head coach of the New Orleans Saints.

1:47.3

Dennis Allen. How you doing, coach? Hey, Rich. How's it going, man? I'm doing outstanding here. I'm doing fine. I'm doing fine. I just survived. May the fourth last night, trying to decide which Star Wars movie to watch with my three children. And it was, it was bad.

2:00.5

Lump. It was totally bad. Lump. So just in time for Cinco de Mayo, right? Yes, that's right. That just in time for me to need a drink. Yes, that's correct. Yeah, awesome. Hey, well, before you started, just wanted to say, I appreciate you having me on and making sure I'm ahead of Terry Fontano, not behind Terry Fontano.

2:16.6

So that was, that was good timing on your part. It is. I appreciate. You know what? I gave you first up. I gave you first up. We had that spot. Timings. Perfect. I know. It's, but you're born in Atlanta, right? Isn't that correct? You've got landed Atlanta history. Yeah, I was. I was actually born in Atlanta. My dad played for the Falcons from 68 to 72. He was a linebacker. And so I was actually born in Atlanta and actually spent some time working there under both Dan Rays and Jim Moore.

2:46.0

That's right. And, but you're, you're, you're an RC Slokom guy, though, first up, right? Then when you say, yeah, that's absolutely, you know, I'm, I'm Aggie through and through, you know, it's amazing how you're, you're, your family kind of carries you to where, where you go in life and, and, you know, my dad played at A&M. And so then my older brother and myself and my younger sister, we all played at Texas A&M or went to Texas A&M. And then, you know,

3:16.2

all of us were born in Atlanta, Georgia. So kind of a cool experience. How everybody, you know, kind of follows the follows the same path. But, but yeah, RC was my, was my college coach. And man, what a great experience being able to have an opportunity to both play under him. And then started my coaching career under him. So it was pretty awesome.

3:34.6

Do you still reach out to him? You just look at chat with him or, yeah, we talked, you know, before I, before I got this job. And then after I got the job, we, we, we've talked to a couple of times.

3:45.2

And, and, you know, RC had a battle with cancer and fought through that. And, and, you know, is on the, on the up and up now. And, and was really a big impact in my life.

3:56.9

Dennis Allen, new Saints head coach here on the Rich Eyes and Show. One was the first time you got an indication that Sean might decide to just no longer be the coach in New Orleans. And one was the first time you got that sense about Sean Payton.

4:12.8

Yes, look, well, certainly when you're in one spot for, for 16 years, you know, all, all good things come to an end at some point time.

4:23.6

So you knew there was going to be some point where, where, where Sean would, would decide to, you know, move on and, and, and do something different.

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