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why all the hate for laura horvat and
jeff adler we're going to talk about that
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I love the chase and the hunt,
and I set the pace when I'm running.
I always take what I want,
and I always give it one hundred.
Don't need a bank, no I'm funded.
Play the game like it's nothing.
I'm always thankful for something.
Don't take for granted, stay humble.
Now wake up!
It's time to look at the enemy.
Look in the mirror if he is no
friend to me.
What's going on everybody?
It is, as Trent Oliver says, lunchtime!
What's going on?
We got clock.
We got Ken.
We got Vicki trained olive.
We got Corey Leonard in the house.
What is going on?
Everybody.
What a day, man.
Meetings all freaking morning.
I hate, hate meetings.
I know I've said it on here a
million times.
I hate them.
I hate them.
I hate them.
Um,
I think we could get so much more
accomplished if we didn't have the
meetings.
Um, so yeah.
Anyway, I'm here.
Got another meeting at one o'clock,
so probably not going to be a super
long show today.
We're going to hit a couple topics and
get on out of here.
But off the top,
two shows I want to talk about that
I've been watching.
I finished one.
Well, it's actually three shows.
I finished two of them to where they
are.
I'm caught up on the third.
So I'm going to start with Tulsa Kings.
I've been watching that since it started.
Super pumped about where it's going.
The villain they have for season three.
I think it's, his name is Robert Patrick.
He played the T two thousand in Terminator
two or the T one thousand.
He has been so good as the villain
this season on Tulsa Kings and the turn
in the subject matter has been really
fascinating to me.
And usually like in seasons one and two,
I just kind of catch it during the
week where I can.
And this season is like,
as soon as it's available,
All right, I'm back, I think.
Man,
StreamYard has been acting goofy today.
So anyway, I think we're back.
Cheryl told me she was having trouble this
morning with her show too,
so I think it's a StreamYard issue.
So yeah, Robert Patrick, great villain.
Corey Leonard says, gosh, dang.
It's weird,
like I have to go out and come
back in from the studio in.
What is so weird?
I hope this isn't the whole show.
So anyway...
It's all good.
Really enjoying the show.
I think Stallone is better this year.
I think the cast of characters are
developing more than they have in previous
seasons.
And I would put this season up as
probably their best season so far.
So that is the best show I've probably
seen this year so far.
The other show I've been watching,
there's two of them,
and I'm lumping them together because of
what they've done to me,
and that is I watched a show on
Prime called Countdown,
and it's about a bunch of misfit law
enforcement agents from different
entities.
Some are from the FBI.
Some are from LAPD.
Some are from DEA, all over the place,
and they kind of bring them together,
and it's a modern version, in my opinion,
of the Dirty Dozen.
If you've never seen that movie,
it's a bunch of misfits who are basically
expendable.
But they're very talented at what they do,
but they're brought together and the
government doesn't really care what
happens to them.
So I watched the show Countdown.
There's a nuclear bomb in L.A.
somewhere.
It's going to go off,
and the season is trying to figure out
who it is, what their intentions are.
Can they find it?
Can they dismantle it before it blows up
in L.A.? ?
And it's awesome.
It sucked me in right away.
I was there for it.
It's a thirteen episode season.
At episode ten they solve the nuclear bomb
thing and then you move on to a
second story.
three episodes into that the thirteenth
episode it ends with one of the main
characters running away from the villain
and the villain has her in his sights
with the gun and it shuts off and
and it's been cancelled so I'm never going
to know what happens with that second
story if you go to watch countdown just
stop at episode ten stop at episode ten
Man, there's talk about, no,
I do not need,
I do not need an OSU shirt,
David Reed.
It appears that every time I pull up
a comment or remove a comment,
it is shutting my camera down.
this is frustrating so i'm gonna try to
i'm gonna this is a a hangout show
so um i'm i'm gonna try to do
it without pulling up comments just to
keep this going so the second show um
other than countdown and i highly
recommend the first ten episodes of
countdown because you will get to a
conclusion
The second show I've been watching is Chad
Powers.
And if people don't know,
there was an ESPN bit where Eli Manning
went in makeup, went to Penn State,
and went to the tryout disguised as
another person.
And he fooled the coaches and the other
players.
And so they've made a TV show out
of it.
And so...
It, that show,
it starts off really goofy and I didn't
really care for it at first,
but then it grew on me as the
season went on.
And at the very end,
it's coming to this big climax and it
total cliffhanger and it's done for the
season.
And no reports whether there's going to be
a season two.
And my wife is like,
stop picking these shows.
I'm tired of ending like this.
It's ridiculous.
Vindicate says Designated Survivor did
something similar.
Just ended with no clue.
Yeah, I know.
I watched all of Designated Survivor.
Loved the first couple seasons.
Hated the last season.
Hated it.
uh joseph ramirez says house of cards was
similar not a great ending um so yeah
so if you're gonna watch those shows i
would wait to see um
I'd wait to see if Chad Powers gets
another season before watching it.
And if you're going to watch Countdown,
stop at episode ten.
Don't go on from there.
I'm anxious to see what you guys are
watching.
The other show I'm anxious to get into
is the new season of The Diplomat just
released about a week or so ago.
I've been watching that since its
inception.
I can't wait to see what that is.
And The Landman is due up in just
a week or two.
So those two I'm really excited about.
Can't wait to see where that goes.
So with this StreamYard thing doing what
it's doing,
I'm going to try to share my screen.
We'll see what happens.
joseph ramirez says the newsroom was great
but they also ended abruptly i love
newsroom it's one of my favorite shows of
all time i said this last week aaron
sorkin who wrote that show wrote west wing
wrote a few good men wrote studio sixty
wrote sports night my favorite writer in
television history uh john george i've
decided to only watch shows with at least
three seasons probably a safer bet
Safer bet.
Joseph Vermeer says he's a genius.
Yes, Aaron Sorkin is a genius.
Holly says the only new thing I've watched
lately is a great British baking show.
Never watched it.
Kenneth DeLapp,
I just watched Terminal List spinoff on
Prime.
It was all right.
I tried to watch the first Terminal List
season, and it was so...
And what I mean by dark,
I'm going to say it was dark.
Not necessarily the subject matter,
which was a little bit dark,
but the screen itself was so dark,
I have too many windows in my living
room,
and I could not watch it if there
was the sun outside.
My screen would just glare,
and I could not see anything on the
screen.
It became unbearable,
and I just had to shut it off.
Uh, just for mirrors,
the blacklist is a great show.
I watched the first few seasons of that
and enjoyed it.
Uh,
and then I think I just got bored
with it a little bit.
Um,
or maybe life just got in the way
and never really dove back in.
So, all right,
I'm going to try to share a screen
and go to the next topic.
Um,
we'll see what happens with the stream
yard thing today.
so jenny from dense updates shared this on
her story i'm going to try to blow
this up a little bit and it was
a reply to um the rogue invitational story
list she did and this person zanzaldo
adler and horvath winning is bad for the
sport they rarely talk to media and when
they do they're boring as hell
one i i disagree with that and we'll
get into that in a second and then
there's a response um from
kiara santos word especially the lady and
i was there the entire weekend seating
front row all athletes without exception
stopped or came to take photos with the
fans right when the event finished and
then they were walking out of the
competition floor on the last day some
people asked her for a photo and she
passed running saying i have two of two
more events guys
And really,
everybody else had two more events and
stopped for twenty seconds to take a
photo.
Why she can't.
She is very arrogant, in my opinion.
So first the first comment,
I don't think anybody winning is bad for
the sport.
It's just a different storyline,
whether you like them or not,
it gives you something.
It gives us different storyline as to who
you want to win or not,
or who you want to,
to get knocked off the pedestal or not.
And that's all that is when, when,
I've said since I've done this show,
villains are good in the sport.
If you don't like Adler and Horvath,
they're just the villain.
They're the people you want to lose.
Watching sports is more than just wanting
your team to win or your person to
win.
It also comes with there are teams out
there that you want to lose.
And so that's all this is.
They're just building up a resume of maybe
the people that you don't want to win.
I like Jeff Adler.
I want him to win.
Is he the most charismatic guy in
interviews and stuff?
Probably not.
But I like him a lot as a
person.
He's always been kind to me.
Carolyn Lambre has always been kind to me.
They were one of the first people to
ever come on my show.
I like them a lot,
and I like when he wins.
As for Horvat,
I think she's good for the sport.
I think she's great.
Is she my favorite person?
Do I root for her every week?
No.
But I think she's great for the sport.
And I'm just tired of the, me personally,
I'm tired of the Tia story.
Win, win, win, win,
win with no competition.
I want to see Laura and Tia go
head to head and see if something comes
of that.
Um, that's what I want.
I want a competition for one time in
the female division against Tia.
That's what I want is a storyline.
John George, I want Guy to lose.
See,
there's just as much fun and much as
investment is rooting for people to lose
as there is rooting for people to win.
So I don't think there is ever a
bad winner of an event.
It's just finding your reason to like or
not like.
Now,
what I'm going to say about this second
piece is I think this is a very
unfair statement.
I've been at a lot of events right
off of the runway coming off the floor
doing interviews.
It is a very delicate thing doing those
interviews and taking their time coming
off the floor.
And you have to read the room and
you have to read the person,
especially on Sunday of an event.
Sunday is when it's all coming to a
head.
Laura has close to three hundred thousand
dollars on the line going into those
events on Sunday.
The turnaround time shortened on Sunday
from Friday and Saturday.
So the time to get back,
time to get cooled down,
time to get nourished,
time to get prepped for the next event
becomes shorter and shorter.
there were several athletes when I was in
those positions that would not do
interviews on Sunday because the
turnaround time was too fast and they
needed to get back to the warmup area.
And I think the same can be said
as for the fans and their interaction with
the fans.
I watched on the stream and saw Laura
sign autographs.
I saw Laura take selfies during the
weekend when she was waiting at the finish
line.
So there are reasons why this is going
to happen.
And you have to be understanding of that.
This is their job.
This is where they're trying to make
money.
And the gaps between places in those first
ten spots is massive.
Plus, she's trying to win.
She was in first place.
She was trying to keep the lead.
And she was trying to stay focused on
all that.
So...
That's all I wanted to clear up with
that.
I think that's an unfair statement.
I think that Laura takes a lot because
people just don't like her.
And that's their choice to not like her,
right?
But I think she is good for the
sport.
She does give someone for people to root
against.
I want her to compete so she can
take on Tia and let's see what a
real competition looks like.
Holly says, I like them both.
They just both seem stoic and focused.
Um, John George says, agree.
I don't know what to,
I didn't see when it came up.
Um,
Vicky says, I respect that in the moment,
but I don't like either of them,
to be honest.
And that's your prerogative.
You don't have to like them.
But I think you can understand what
they're going through in that moment.
I met Laura,
I haven't seen her much in person just
because the security at the games is so
much tighter than it is at like in
a regional event or a semifinal event or
something like that.
But she came to Columbus to do one
of the open announcements and she was
awesome with the fans.
She signed autographs for forty five
minutes after the event.
With everybody taking selfies,
taking pictures.
And she went around the entire outside of
the perimeter of the floor and signed
everybody's autograph,
took pictures with everybody.
So I've seen her in spots where she's
done more than should be asked of a
person to do that.
Train all of the fans can't be greedy.
Sometimes it's just not the right time.
It's not about the fans in that scenario.
And I'm a fan.
I agree.
And I had like, honestly,
it's really hard for me backstage to know
when to interrupt because they're in a
focus and I don't want to be the
one that breaks any of that, right?
Having full access at the games was really
cool,
but it's also very stressful because I
don't want to do anything to mess with
where they're at.
And Lucy Campbell, I,
we were having a talk and she's just
like, Hey,
if I'm on the cool down bike,
it's a perfect time.
And,
and it would be cool if you knew
that about every single athlete,
but you just don't,
you have to kind of read the room,
read the body language and try to figure
out if it's the right, right thing.
Clock.
Yep.
Tia and Laura,
as well as the hard charging up and
comers who seem to be getting closer could
make for a great women's games.
We can also boo Laura at the same
time.
Yes.
Yes.
I don't care if you like Laura.
I'm not here to advocate for her or
to build up fans.
I'm just here to give you an understanding
as to where they're at.
Sunday is the most stressful day.
One,
it's where they're competing for the
finals.
And then comes the drug testing too,
which puts them in a different mood as
well.
And so it's just a different day to
be dealing with all that stuff.
And then if you can catch them after
drug testing and they're leaving the
facility,
most of them are in a tremendous mood.
John George,
why do people still feel a need to
get an autograph?
What's the purpose?
I think it's just a memento.
I mean,
I think it's shifted more to the selfie
world than it is an autograph these days.
But this thing I'm in,
this studio I'm in,
used to be a man cave and I
used to have autographed stuff everywhere.
And I sold it all off to get
cameras to do this now.
And I did it because I...
It just was a memory.
It's a way to track a memory.
And I kept everything.
Everything I had was at least twenty five
years old when I sold it.
And it was for my enjoyment.
And I just it was like a memento
and showed a moment in time to snap
a memory for me.
And then I have the all these shirts
are autographed behind me.
by the athlete who gave them to me.
So, yeah,
it's just a snapshot in time for me,
I think.
Chris Beesterfield has an autograph for
Walter Payton Ball.
You don't have to give that to me.
But it was really cool,
and it's cool that you showed me that
on the show.
Did anyone complain about Matt?
Because I'm sure he was stopping for
selfies.
Oh, that one.
I'm sure he wasn't stopping for selfies
during the competition.
I agree.
I don't think Matt was during the
competition.
Matt was very focused.
And I'm sure people complained about him
at the time,
but there weren't as many media outlets as
there are today.
So it probably didn't get the hype it's
getting today.
And Matt was this likable villain.
He was the anti-rich people were looking
for something different at the time.
So he kind of became wildly popular
initially.
And I don't think people were looking to
trash him.
Uh, Vicki says, I get it.
Or right after, uh,
even sometimes can be hard because they're
out of it.
I think I dislike them because they're
closed off.
Even on the WFP docs, they either won't,
they either won't or aren't very deep.
I thought Laura was deeper on her WFP
doc.
I really enjoyed that.
Um, but we can agree to disagree.
I thought, um, but I, I agree.
She's very private.
She doesn't let much in.
Um,
so uh ken walters why would anyone sell
sports memorabilia or autographs yeah ken
has made a lifetime job of that john
george i'll get your autograph if i ever
get to meet you in person uh it's
about it actually devalues whatever i sign
so just know that um
David Reed,
the Mayhem team athletes do an amazing job
of fan interaction.
I think a lot of the athletes do
an amazing job,
but I will tell you that the tone
is different on a Sunday at an event,
especially like a big event where it's
very, very meaningful.
So, Joseph Ramirez,
the biggest difference is the attitude
Horvath gives off a negative vibe most of
the time.
But that's okay.
That's okay.
Some people, I mean,
we talked about the Tulsa Kings off the
top, right?
The hero in that story is a mobster,
a mobster who spent years and years in
prison for things he had done.
And we root for him.
We root for him, right?
There are people out there that love Laura
and love the attitude and love the I
don't give a shit and I'm going to
take on all comers and I'm going to
do what I want to do.
And that's why the world is awesome
because some people love that and other
people don't.
And that's what makes sports great.
Somewhere in here, someone said,
Laura's the Cowboys of CrossFit.
And that's a really good analogy.
I hate the Cowboys.
I root against the Cowboys every single
Sunday.
Hate them.
But there are people that are diehard
lovers of the Dallas Cowboys.
And that's what makes the world so
awesome.
Train Olive.
I don't think she's negative.
Maybe just more introspective or
introverted.
The Eastern European vibe,
according to Corey Leonard.
Klanda says, I hate the Cowboys,
but I have Dak on my fantasy team.
Yeah, me too.
i'm with you on i have i'm in
two leagues this year uh and i one
i have dac and i i hate playing
him cory says he says he should drive
over to brandon luckett's house and video
himself making brandon uncomfortable by
asking him for his autograph yeah there
are people that uh that hate the attention
of it all um
John George wants everybody to have a
jazzy day.
It's awesome.
so the last thing I want to talk
about,
and I do have to run early today
and I apologize for that, um,
is on Dave's week in review.
Uh, it was really cool that I,
that Hiller was like right off camera.
Um,
but the thing that I learned that I'm
really excited about is that Hiller is
staying in Korea for a little bit longer
than Dave.
So he can do his documentary style with
Shung Young Choi to do this with a
Korean athlete.
Who's been, um,
a competitor at the CrossFit Games year
over year.
And this was a person who qualified in
Europe, not Asia.
She went to Europe and qualified for the
Games because she's good enough to do
that,
to get an inside look at how they
train in Korea and how she does things
over there.
And what that culture is like in the
process of this thing, I think,
could elevate Hiller to another level.
And I'm really excited to see what the
end product is,
because I think Shung Young Choi actually
speaks pretty fluent English.
So it'll be a great documentary into the
insights of all of that and what goes
on.
in those Asian countries for CrossFit and
training for the CrossFit Games.
It's been fun watching the stories of both
Dave and Hiller as they visit different
CrossFit gyms and how they look just like
the inside of an American CrossFit gym.
Just maybe some different lighting or
some... But it's really like a rig,
a mat, and...
barbells, weights, and dumbbells.
Um, so it's going to be fun.
Uh,
Corey making a pun saying that John Young
Choi is his favorite Asian CrossFitter.
Uh, what about, uh, isn't it?
John, John Young or DeJong, you know,
something like that.
There's one that's like really close to
the same.
But Shung Young Choi was,
if you remember Charlie from the show,
and he hangs out in the chat periodically,
he loved Shung Young Choi back in like
the twenty two CrossFit games.
And so we've been following her ever since
because of that.
He just loved how she was.
And I just think that.
Uh, it's going to be an,
a really cool documentary and I can't wait
to see what he does with this because
not only do you have the life of
this CrossFitter,
but you have the cultural differences and
all of that going on.
Um, so that's going to be fun.
Can't wait for that.
Uh, Aaron Frazier says,
Taylor is my favorite Asian CrossFitter.
Uh,
Uh, below, so Vaughn said at best,
Laura is a great person.
Just doesn't have a great personality.
I can see that.
Honestly,
like when she was here for the open
announcement,
she was so cool with the fans.
She was very giving of her time.
I think it's just catching her at the
right moment.
And I think she really grieved a lot
about the Lazar death at the games in
twenty four.
And because of that,
it made her very angry at a lot
of things.
And from that point forward,
her attitude about things changed
dramatically.
And I saw a lighter,
more carefree Laura at Rogue this year
than I've seen in years past.
Mike DeVito says,
I have two friends that call themselves
the Choi boys.
There you go.
so um i think that's about all i
have for today um tomorrow we will have
uh
Tomorrow we'll have Corey on.
We'll have a little Cajun flavor to the
show.
Have some fun tomorrow with him.
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