They had to say to clock one on Wednesday with Tom and a minor league field. I'm Jim along with the Buckeye boy from the Bose Art Miller Chevrolet, New York studios, the most trusted name in automobiles. But he worked our Broncos inside of my life sports was coming up at a 24 Broncos report. We'll talk about John Cooper, who, according to the Denver Post, has been around the Broncos facilities and was there yesterday when veterans reported and expected to be at the first full day of camp today, considering what he's been accused of at a court day coming up August 31st.
Are you okay with him being there? On our program? We're not. We're not comfortable with that at this point in time.
If it was more of a he said she said kind of situation where there wasn't where there wasn't maybe he yelled at her and it got it got nasty that way, but it didn't get physical. All right, let's give him the benefit of the doubt here. But that's not what this deal is. She sustained serious physical injury.
I proxy she got choked out basically. That's not a he said she said thing that's someone who sustained some really serious injuries, life threatening injuries. I just think if you're an organization like the Broncos, you've in the Walton Center group and they've created such positive things about the organization again, the winning, the donation of helmets, all the good things that they've done. This is not a good look.
And we'll hear more from Sean Payton today on I would like to think somebody's going to be first question is going to be about that. If it's not, hey, Sean, what do you think about the new facilities? Somebody should get fired. Okay, somebody somebody needs to get fired for that.
You need to ask about Jonathan Cooper. First thing first question gets asked. I'd like to think, Chris, one of those guys will ask that. Hopefully, maybe Cody will get that opportunity.
Somebody needs to ask that question. He's the first question they ask. So should he be there? Your take on it as a Broncos fan on the com West team line 970 to 1340.
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Alright, 804 Jim along with the Buckeye boy, and it's time to go around the NFL. Stories this morning, leading things with Broncos veterans reported yesterday to camp. And the Denver Post reports that Ed Druscher, Jonathan Cooper is expected to be there. He's arrested twice in June, was charged with assaulting his girlfriend as a court date set for August 31.
So he did report yesterday. Despite the felony assault charge in Douglas County Court, the source said that Cooper's been around the Broncos building the last couple of days. Once again, we don't know to what degree he will participate with the team. He was excused from June's three day mini camp.
And that was though, you know, shortly after the he was arrested twice in a span of a week for violating a protection order. So I was always okay, they said that I was understanding that he there was not a protection order. It was just stay away from each other. Yeah, I'm so turned around on that because I initially I was told, I think Cody Cody, okay, Cody told us there wasn't one.
But this says there was a protection order. So somewhere along the line, we got wires crossed on that. Yes, I'm not because it was like, well, we thought there was one like, no, no, there isn't one. I don't say it was Cody.
I thought maybe Cody told us that it came out someplace else didn't it though. Cody or Ryan Harris, somebody might even we were in disagreement, we're not trying to throw rocks at anybody or I mean, people get wrong things wrong all the time. But apparently, there was a protection order involving that altercation with girlfriend and June 4th. Sean Payton said Cooper was taking time to work on himself.
John Payton also talked about the high bar set in this organization. Cooper did make a virtual appearance last writing Douglas County Court for a hearing. And the Raymond data is August 31st. If the case proceeds to trial, then Cooper's, you know, he'd be playing out well into the season.
Denver's first game of September 14th at Kansas City. So he faces four total charges in Douglas County Court, a felony charge of assault by strangulation and three additional misdemeanors compiled of the course of the two junior S. So we mentioned a forensic nurse who evaluated Cooper's girlfriend, the night of the original arrest reported Park Police at the woman experience strangulation of hypoxia and traumatic brain injury. And the injury involved a substantial risk of death.
spokesperson in the NFL on Monday telling the post that Cooper's incident was still under review by the league's personal review of the personal conduct policy. Now, if he's violated policy for domestic violence related reasons, he could face a minimum six game suspension, which could slide up or down depending on the NFL's findings. So right now, Cooper's not been placed on the league's commissioner exemplist, which would require Cooper to remain away from the team was illegal proceedings unfold. So if he was on that list, he couldn't be there.
But he's not on that list that allows him to be there. So along with that, we all the bad stuff out of the way for us and talk about the good stuff. Okay, we'll do we all the bad stuff. Also a camp is assisted defensive coach Michael Wilhoyt was charged with allegedly punching a police officer DIA last spring.
Denver fired Wilhoyt after the incident. The felony charges were downgraded to a misdemeanor and criminal mischief. They charged were dropped in June after well, he agreed to a diversion program. And the broadcast rehired him the police officer suing Wilhoyt for injuries sustained in that encounter at DIA.
A situation where Wilhoyt got tased and still drove off. He's been sued in the Civil Court by Jesus Galvin Chavez, who claims he was verbally and physically intimidated and threatened by Wilhoyt and assaulted including trauma and damage to his jaw hip and left and lower and upper extremities. So goes to a civil case goes to trial in March. But they're talking about a settlement parties have agreed to have mediation before December 22.
But the charges were dropped. And so the Broncos barely felt comfortable enough to bring him back. I don't know about I don't know how I'm we weren't there we didn't see what happened he punched a cop that's all I probably need to know. And he got tasered and drove off he's lucky he got tasered.
To be honest. Yeah, that something far more tragic didn't happen. So he's coaching the Broncos once again after 16 months away from the team. Alright, so let's talk about the new facilities of Broncos Park, 175 million dollar new facility for the Broncos.
They started this project three years ago. All Pro Guard Quinn miners got to stop the media. Quinn miners was asked, tell us about that new locker room Quinn. He was a good miner is pretty blown away.
I was just I couldn't stop smiling. It was just it was incredible. It's a thing has more of a social atmosphere to it. It was kind of a big big room with like an under underlay couch TVs.
And so I'm excited to see the flow of it. I mean, the storage I have in my locker is gonna be nice. I'm kind of organizing that right now seeing how the new flow is gonna be. That's that's the only stressful part right now is figuring out the new flow of everything.
I had a good system down for how I was gonna show up to here and whatever. But so there's I'll find my new routine soon. Alright, so let's quit miners on the new locker room. So last year the Broncos won 11 one score games.
He takes a while to get here to answer the question. But Quinn miners was asked about yeah, I mean, it was great. You won all those games last year by one score. But boy, wouldn't it be nice to maybe not have the margin be quite so narrow in terms of some victories?
Here's Quinn miners. Yeah, I think part of the you know, getting better is reflecting. And so like as a player, I do individual reflection on how I can be better not only as a teammate as a player, you know, as a community member. And so part of the head coach's job is you know, he's got the management of the team.
So he's like, how can this team get better? And that was a very clear one that he's made clear to us as players like, Hey, you know, it's really cool that we have this like backbone to like not flinch and one score games and like almost have, you know, a clutch element to our defense or to our offense. But I think it was like a historic like 11 and two. And so like, that doesn't happen very often.
And so staying out of those situations and capitalizing earlier in those games. And I think we all kind of felt that is, you know, the offense kind of took a little bit to kind of get going. It was like a very slow, like, you know, how trained fully get floated up, it takes a long time for that train to get going. But once it does, you know, we had a lot of success there.
So it's that's, you know, going to be our emphasis here in camp. All right, so that's Quinn miners on the one score games from last year. So Patrick Sir Tam, the second was also answering questions from the media yesterday. And he was asked about the new takes.
Honestly, everything stated art. When I first got in, which was yesterday, I was looking out and I was like, wow, I was in all, you know, it's pretty special. I mean, it's a testament to ownership group, Greg and Kerry for putting this together. So it's awesome.
It was like, I'm an amazing right now to try to figure out what to navigate what to go. But you know, it's pretty awesome. It's a 205,000 square foot facility. Wow.
Yeah. Built it across the practice field from the building that that housed the team for 25 years. As Quinn miners mentioned, underground parking, new locker rooms. They've got the three Lombardi trophies on prominent display out front at the new practice facility as well.
It's it's an impressive, impressive facility. This is we talked about the negative stuff today. The Jonathan Cooper deal, Michael Wilhoek deal. This is the good stuff that the Walton Center group is brought to the table, making the facilities better for players.
Like we talked about with the helmet program for high school athletes. They've done a lot of good things. Don't screw that up by how this team handles the Jonathan Cooper situation going forward. Because that's kind of what we're talking about.
Because we're right at the moment, he hasn't stepped on the field. He hasn't played. He hasn't practiced. There's still time.
I mean, nobody's going to lose their mind yet. True. Yeah, not yet. But it's warming up.
But once again, what kind of message are you sending? If you let him out there right now, considering what he's been accused of. Think you've got to be really careful with the Broncos here going forward. Alright, so we mentioned to about Kyle Shanahan earlier, of course, the son of Mike Shanahan, do time Super Bowl winning Broncos coach as a head coach.
So Kyle Shanahan, at the Niners training camp, though they're on a limited basis after injuries he sustained in the car accident, which did not get reported on for roughly 11 days. Right. So basically, nearly two weeks after it happened, he sustained non life threatening injuries. And so Chris, his good friend, BFT contributor, former teammate, I mean, about as close as two guys can be said that Shanahan came really close to losing his right eye, like 38 stitches on his face.
So Shanahan talked to a select group of reporters. How do they select that a select group? Why should why should you talk? Why should you talk to everybody?
Probably the ones he knows are going to lob questions. I just why is it a select group of reporters? Why isn't just anybody's credentialed can be there? But anyway, he said that he was involved with the accident.
Shannon explained that the California Highway Patrol had a clerical error attributing the accident to the other driver, which was not accurate. The driver was a lady, by the way. And the statement from the Palo Alto police confirmed Shanahan's explanation that there was a clerical error. Shanahan said he took his eyes off the road briefly to find his phone, which fell between the seats.
When he looked up, he had gone over the line and crashed into the SUV. He did not lose consciousness or have amnesia following the accident. And the driver of the other guard ladies find her boy airbags deployed and she's okay. It's almost like they have laws against using your cell phone for which still looking for this here, they did not write him a ticket for using us for for trying to find his cell phone.
I guess he wasn't he wasn't technically using his cell phone right? He could have been looking for change in the seat. He could whatever. So I guess they couldn't write him a ticket because to the letter of the law, according to him, he did not have a cell phone in his hand.
Right? If he's looking for it, he didn't have it. But that also meant that he did have it at one point while he was driving. But can you write him a ticket for him having a cell phone in his hand, dropping it, looking for it, he really wasn't causing an accident, you like to, but letter of law, right?
Because we have to go by letter of the law, letter of the law, I don't think you can probably do that, can you? No, don't think that's probably okay. Though, he probably deserve that. And thank goodness.
And thank goodness. The other drivers find right? Thank goodness. All right.
So at the athletic as we continue around the NFL on the gym, David show, the pre training camp NFL power rankings are out. Oh, boy, should we go through these very quickly? Sure, because they're so meaningful on July 29th. But here we go very quickly.
Could you work coming up in a couple minutes, by the way, we'll do top five. And number five, what do you think it is? rankings power rankings heading into training camp. I'm gonna say, I'll say Denver.
Incorrect. Denver plays this team has team had a really successful season last year. About as good as it can get. Seattle, ding, ding, the depending Super Bowl champion, Seahawks are number five.
Number four, another team that both of the team at Denver face last year. Team at Seattle also face last year. Buffalo team and also there's England, ding, ding, dang, New England. And number four, number three, I think you already said this team's name once, I believe, I think I heard you say Buffalo, ding, ding, ding, correct.
Number three, number two, already said this team's name, gender, ding, ding, ding, number one, Rams. Well done. Thank you. Well done.
Elves having miles, Garrett and a confident offense. He's never played with one of those. Also, boy, things are going for your old, going well for your old coach, Kevin Stofanski and Atlanta to a tongue of Iowa, according to Stofanski will not practice after an injury flared up. Also, Michael Pinnox has not been cleared for team drills.
Remember Trevor Simeon? Oh, yeah, that guy. He was released by the Falcons with a non football injury on Wednesday, which leaves rookie Jack Strand is the only healthy quarterback that they have at the moment that the Falcons are expected to sign over Cowboys and Ravens quarterback Cooper Rush. Because right now, campus started, hang on, nobody else, they got one guy.
And that's it. One freaking guy. Wow. That's not good.
Not good at all. Also, one final thing NFL has no sports book partner, but that can be changing soon. Because right now they have deals with drafting, spandual and Caesars they'll expired. And so the preseason begins in eight days, the Hall of Fame game.
And so it sounds like the negotiating is ramping up to get a sports book sponsor for the NFL. Yeah. All right, 821. Jim along with the Buckeye boy.
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Also select them. Broncos podcast Cody Rourke. Good morning Cody. How are you?
You know, I'm doing good. Jim, I'm on my third cup of coffee already today. And we're ready to rock and roll. You are caffeinated up and ready to go.
Go for the first full day of training camp for the Broncos. So let's start out. But Jonathan Cooper did propose reporting that Cooper was there yesterday when veterans reported he's been around the facilities the last couple of days. What are you hearing about Jonathan Cooper and what may or may not be happening with him?
It is the acclimation of the acclimation period begins with Broncos at training camp. Yeah, yeah, I mean, I think, you know, a lot of it right now is the Broncos are letting the NFL handle everything, you know, until the NFL hands down a ruling on anything there, you know, their goal is cooperating with local authorities and their fall in that process. But basically until there's a resolution, you know, Cooper is allowed to attend team facility be at practice right now. The law to be there today is the Broncos are on the field for the first time for training camp in helmets and jerseys and shorts.
But what will be interesting though, Jim, is how does the rotation look like? Is he gonna be the first guy on the field with Nick Benito or as he goes to rotate in? I mean, I think if you were the Broncos in this situation, well, he's obviously allowed to practice right now until the NFL and down ruling or places him on the commissioner's exactly this suspension. He can be at the facility to practice now.
Do you rotate Jonah Ellis in first? Don Dred Tomingue Robinson and then do you get Jonathan Cooper in where you know, where you see fit? That to me is the question here because I think Denver regardless, Jim Denver has to prepare for this season as if Jonathan Cooper is either not going to be on the team or that he's not going to be available for a handful of games. That has to be the approach that they take.
He's not being simplest to understand, you know, that if he was, he wouldn't be there. But in the case of the Broncos, though, from a PR standpoint, is it a good look for him to be there, even if he's not on that list? It's a slippery slope. You know, really is I think overall perception of it is, you know, it is not a good look just because of the nature and the severity of the allegations towards Cooper.
Now, obviously, I know at the very beginning, both he and his ex girlfriend were both charged and arrested the first time charges against her have since been dropped. Additional charges have been filed against him. And so now really, the tricky part about it is now it has to go to a jury trial where all the evidence will be presented and obviously, whatever comes to that, I'm very, very curious to be honest with you. But I mean, right now, as we have seen President before, like, let's go to race.
He writes before he was suspended and he is racing at that cause serious injuries to other people when they crash and he fled the scene. That was all captured on video. He's still practiced until that point. So that's kind of how NFL teams have now taken this approach, even if I think there is scrutiny and maybe some deserves scrutiny in the public eye.
But it's based on, hey, the NFL until they handle the ruling, we're going to proceed like this. But I'm very curious, Jim, like that's the thing we do not know right now. He is allowed to be there. We anticipate him to be a practice, but how much how much involved will he truly have that is something I'm looking at here for the team.
And obviously, now we also got presses Michael Wilhoy, the outside line doctor coach initially came on for Sean paid in 2023. He was fired last year after an incident, Denver International Airport, where he allegedly punched the police officer, those charges against him were dismissed. And so now he is back on the team, even though that he and the police officer, they do have a civil case. Civil suits like that don't necessarily impact how teams proceed.
But if there is a criminal case, criminal charges, that impacts all that. So a lot of moving pieces, but it does seem like even within the other laws, a reggae seems like the Broncos are looking at things they're willing to give players a second chance. But Jim and the nature of serious domestic violence allegations, that's where I think everything gets a little tricky in terms of second chance. Because if he did do something in the Broncos, allowed him on the field, that perception is not going to be received well and rightly so.
And Cooper's girlfriend was examined at the hospital by a nurse, his dean, she was was strangled at hypoxia. You know, like, like, it's important. She didn't do that to herself. So somebody did it to her and that somebody is most likely Jonathan Cooper.
So, you know, in the way, I think the timing couldn't be worse. Good. But with these two, I get well, which charges were dropped. He went to a diversion program.
It is different in that regard. But so once again, it's just it's just not a good look as a Cody. I mean, that's the thing too is you have to evaluate and look, I think the team certainly are willing to take the perception hit. It's so tricky, Jim.
Like, you know, for the most part, anything that you and I do, we have something like this happened with us. I mean, there is no there's no PR behind it. It is a like, you just cost yourself your career, right? So the NFL is very interesting.
It's got a history of that and we shall see how things openly play out here with Cooper. But we'll find out a little bit more. I think August 31st, after the end of the plea of Jilte, you're not guilty and I'm curious based on that. Is that when the NFL steps in when it comes to Jonathan Cooper, I think that's on where we're at.
Cody, Mark, my life sports like a broadcast podcast, our broadcast and side around the team sports network. Okay, we're through all the all the rough stuff. Okay, all the difficult stuff, the difficult conversations. Let's talk about the new facility, $175 million facility that both the Quinn miners and Patrick's are 10 the second they spoke to me yesterday, just raved about.
I mean, this is while we might have we have concerns about the Walton Center Group and how things are being handled with the subjects we just talked about. This is something they deserve a tremendous amount of, you know, congratulations and adulation for in what they've been able to do with this facility. Yeah, I mean, Jim, here's the thing, right? The Broncos released pictures yesterday on social media, the locker room, the weight room, like all key areas.
I'll tell you this, I went in yesterday to go check in and go through security, you got to go through security check in process. The main lobby of this place is impeccable. I can't even describe it, Jim, how how awesome it is, you know, talking to staff members there, it truly is state of the art. I have never seen anything like this before in terms of just open space, a lot of natural light coming in huge walkways.
It reminds me of the watch great anatomy. They got an area that's like a walkway inside of, you know, the hospital there. It is it is impeccable, Jim. And I worked in even described as how good it looks.
And there's still some parts that aren't finished up. It's like a media workroom still being finalized right now and being worked on. But that should be done here in a couple of weeks. It is breathtaking.
How awesome it is, Jim. No doubt about that. Cody work with us today on the gym division on the team sports network. So one of the other stories, running up the training camp was been powers restructuring his contract.
It was a big chunk of time last year with the bicep's injury. Alex Palski stepped in and he had a great run playing that guard spot for powers came back against Jacksonville. We find out that he actually sustained a loose frank injury in that game and played with that injury the rest of the way through the playoffs. And so he restructures his deal.
He had the second biggest cap hit for the Broncos heading into training camp. So are we I guess we're going to see a battle between Palski and powers for that starting guard spot opposite win minors. Yeah, I do think that you're going to see some competition. But I do think right now it is Ben Powers jobs lose, you know, I think they really like him and it felt like last year when they would pull they wanted to pull with Ben powers either really good job.
I think you should pull with wind miners a lot more too. You know, from a right to left. We'll see if they add that into the office is your butt. Hours was very valuable and look obviously the high price tag 18 million that captain was a little bit of a problem.
The problem with approach to him in February from what I've been told and he asked him about a pay cut, but he was just still recovering from this frank surgery. So they decided they're going to approach that subject later on, which was obviously this past week. And obviously he was willing to do that. You know, he is I think it have a little bit more guaranteed money than he is even though he's taking a significant pay cut.
But here's the worst case scenario, Jim, right? Well, I don't even say it's worst case or even best case, but say, OK, how things progress here? Hours job to lose. He wins the starting job and can't all right?
Well, hey, you're returning the same offensive line for bone if you're three and then we're facing Ariel. OK, you move like maybe a team needs an offensive lineman. Maybe the block was end up trading Ben power to a team that may need an interior guard is trending cap. Appreciate and goes about.
And now you put out chest in the starting lineup who last year when he filled in, Jim, he was a huge surprise because he was viewed as a right side player for Sean Payton. Even Sean said that he played exceptionally well at left guard, filling in for powers. And so you know, you have him starting this year. That's not a bad thing.
You've invested time in developing Paul Chesky, where he can be a backup right tackle, Mike Macglinci. He can be a backup guard. He's got that versatility to kind of play a three spot left guard right guard right tackle. Well, now you have a guy that's further ingrained in the system that could eventually take over.
And then on top of that, it allows you to maybe prioritize next year. How do you navigate the salary cap with Portland Sutton and Jalen Waddle each going around 2728 million in terms of cap that next year? Restructure and those deals will be paramount for obviously the Broncos and for Sean Payton. So I imagine that's something that they are probably going to be working on.
But it doesn't make them worse at this point. They have a lot of flexibility with this, especially with the pay time. Could he work with us today as the Broncos begin training camp today? So what's the one camp battle start out today that you're kind of focusing in on honing in on here to start at camp?
Well, it's interesting, right? Because there's not a lot of spots open for starting jobs here for Denver. But I am curious to see how the linebacker position behind Alex Singleton Justin Stern at how that goes here for the team. What is the rotation?
Who are the first two guys off behind those guys, right? Obviously Jordan turned us on a non football injury list. So that obviously impacted things because I felt like coming into camp, he might have been the favorite for that. So we'll see how long he's going to miss.
But I want to see Red Murdock Tori in York and those other guys get those reps and those opportunities. And then of course, we're going to be paying attention to the cornerback rotation. A lot of people and I don't even think this has come. I think this is just spam speculation, Jim.
A lot of fans have been speculating that today. Baron is going to be competing with Riley Moss for the starting job. I don't think that's going to be the case. I think it is Riley's job.
Today's going to play the role he did last year. Denver's not hard pressed to make any decision right there. They like Riley from what I've been told. So I would not expect competition there.
But maybe what the rotation looks like in the dime pack that it will be interesting. The rookie that you're the most intrigued about would be the one blank. The easy answer here would be Jonah Coleman, right? Does he is he the first guy on the field before time of the day gets reps?
Right? I think we all know JK and RJ. Those guys are probably going to get the first reps. But who's that guy getting those third reps?
Right? If it's Jonah, I think it kind of puts the writing on the wall that they view him as that third down back that pass protection goal line two minute. And if I look at a comes in, it's like, all right, well, then there's the competition, right? But days the first guy on the field and Jalimac Loplin and then Jonah Coleman.
Okay, that's where the competition is taking place at running back. So to me, I was talking about Jonah and Jim, I think one thing to even pinpoint now that way we can have the receipt for later on, I think Jonah Coleman is going to have a little bit of a bigger impact in the past catching department than most people think. So keep an eye on that. I think that's going to be a very underrated aspect of his game.
I think we're going to see the running impact there from him early on in the preseason. But I do think the Broncos can use him a little bit more in the passenger. All right, Cody, I guess get another cup of coffee or don't are you fully caffeinated up here? Are you ready to go for a busy day?
Yeah, like I said, I'm about to finish this cup of vegetables that I got, I got a water and I got a power rate. I'm ready to rock and roll. So it's gonna be fun off. You've got a rock was before coming up later here on the team sports network at 420.
I started to talk about that a little bit, but then kind of sets the stage for the rest of training camp. How's the sunburn for vacation looking? Well, you know, I tell you what, okay, I got shorts on today. I got my shoes, but I bought a couple of long sleeve sun shirts.
So that should help the arms at least on I got to hat on. So we'll see if today I make it through. If not tomorrow, I'll be hoodied up where I'm all my long sleeve stuff in the the worst case scenario. Guess what?
I lose some water weight. We're ready to rock and roll. Sunscreen Cody. Yeah, you know, we're gnarly looking.
You sunscreen my man. Oh, I do trust me. It doesn't work for me for some reason. But you know, some of it's got to be a case study or something like that, because you know, back when I was coaching, I used to have the great coaching can, right?
Yeah, the short talk. You always have the white ankles from that point. But today I just I mean, I can never tan my wife, you know, she's got some Italian in her. So she she turns the gold after she gets in the sun.
So I'm like, I'm Joe, I never can I just get burned. Okay, well, don't get more burned. All right, don't don't add to what you already have. So appreciate the time looking for your port 420 today.
And of course, we'll talk to you on Monday after the Broncos really get into their paces at training camp over at Broncos Park. Cody, appreciate the time. Richard, you guys always let go. Okay, go to your fire.
That's that coffee. Wow, he is ready to go. Cody, work my life sports like them, Broncos podcast are Broncos insider. All right, it is one about Wednesday with down the line or really field.
So if you got complaint, we'll get off just today, you're on the countless team line. Got one from Eric Horizon High School grad. Here's a counter proposal for Jonathan Cooper, let him practice and be around the guys don't let him play but let him work as part of his re and invention program, re intervention program to get him get himself better. And then he said my bad, I didn't know about the choking part, he probably needs some jail time with the Broncos watching him.
So he doesn't do anything else stupid between now and the court date has merit. Okay, so barely we had some problems with the stream or into Brian Ford was coming right here. Okay, now I've checked out the time says his wine today as a stream not good. But he says it's good now.
So that's that's good to hear. All right, it's a 40 and the softball season begins soon for area high school teams or and Junction coach Scott Else joins us next on the Jim Davis show. Every morning. The Jim Davis show on Colorado sports leader, the team.
Grand Junction high softball with coach Scott Else on the team. And Scott Else is brought to you by the Rick Nelson agency, American family insurance and new roof means a new rate for a home auto life or business quote called 970 2410078 Scott Else joins us. Good morning Scott just wrapped up camp this morning. How the Tigers looking today?
I think we're gonna we're gonna be alright. I think I think we're gonna be we're gonna be really young. But we're pretty young here. So we're gonna be young and quite a few incoming freshmen.
And I think we got into town. So hopefully we'll be fine. You guys sound like you're really good because I know you well enough to know that you know to say that we're gonna be pretty good. You're probably gonna be even better than just pretty good.
That's just the feeling I get from you and how you how you always are be given critical eye to the teams that you have. Of course, last year that the Tigers won the South Western League finished the season with the mark of 71 in South Western League play. You lost lost a fossil range in the postseason in the state postseason to one tough loss of your ball club last year. But a lot of things to build off of what you guys were able to do last year when you put together the season that you had.
Yeah, I think you know, it's been a while since Junction had you know, one of the title and stuff. I think confidence was a huge thing. I think we dealt with that early. You know, when I'm some close games early to some even some smaller schools, I think helped build their confidence just get them used to winning.
I think I just don't think they had the confidence. By the end of the year, we had the confidence. But then again, it's the first time that in the state in a minute. So, you know, not to have any, you know, current players that were that had experienced that.
And it's a production over there. You know, it's a any of that chat of, you know, final four, final eight, any of that stuff is, you know, you know, it's a production. And if you're not used to it, you know, the circus around it and stuff, it can be a little intimidating. But once you get on the field and play, we played a close game.
You know, it was a good game. I was really proud. I was really proud of the season. It was extremely satisfying for me from where we started, where we finished.
And I think this year, hopefully, if we can get back there, you know, we'll have since we only started three seniors last year, you know, at least, you know, maybe six returners that have done it before. So, you know, that's what you want. You want to try and get there every year. So that way, it's an expectation and once you get there, it's not like, you're still excited, but it's not like, you know, you haven't done it before.
So it's, you know, that's what we're striving for. Yeah, 19 and six record last year, seven on the South Western League, you mentioned going to the state tournament winning the league championship the first time for a long time for Grand Junction Softball. You lose your three seniors that were, you mentioned, you know, start the three seniors, but you lose a lot with Alexis Whirlpool's graduation. She had 488.
She had 29 RBI. She had 40 hits. She led your team in both of those categories. She had three home runs, led your team in that category as well.
You also had another player in Ashley Gonzalez that had a big season for 68. She had 36 hits, Jackson Clark at 442 for you. Those are three pretty big players to lose, Scott. Oh, yeah, no.
And you know, that when they they were kind of recruiting me and after me to come coach here, that that was the reason that, you know, those, you know, those were three really good seniors. And they wanted to give them a chance, you know, so I thought for it. And then got really close with them, you know, and they're three just really good kids. They got into everything we were doing, everything that I asked them to do.
Jackson was primarily a pitcher. Of course, we had to transfer Chloe from Utah that came in and, you know, is a pretty dominant left handed pitcher. So she pretty much plays towards, she's backed by pitching just just because, you know, she wanted to win. She wanted to go to the base.
So they backed a lot. But yeah, I mean, starting towards off, starting through base and starting catcher and you know, one, one, two and four in the lineup or one, three and four in the lineup. So I mean, yeah, no, I mean, we got some big shoes to fill. We still have Chloe on the mound, you know, if you have good pitching and you have to meet in catcher, you run, you'll win a lot of the close game.
So, but no, I mean, that senior class was they were amazing. I can hear the emotion in your voice. I mean, how close you came with them and you coming in, they said, and they're buying because you needed their buy in. They were three or like talented players, three senior leaders, you needed that buy in from them to lead everybody else and you got that from them and we're able to do got the state soft alternative you want to South West Oh, yeah, no, she's she and she plays some high level summer ball and she plays out of a team out of Kansas City.
She's already committed to one to Utah Tech. So she's this year, I think to and last year, a little bit stressful because that's a big recruiting season in between, you know, around your junior year and stuff. So she was playing a ton of ball during the summer. So she didn't even really hit her stride.
So I would say the end of the season because she was pitching so much and I would tell her not to pick up a ball the weekend and that's like telling her she couldn't eat, you know, I mean, she just, you would throw a fit. But for the end of the season, she finally bought in more to and got the rest and finished really strong. I think that game against legacy, she had 19 out of the 21 out for strikeouts. So I mean, she finally hit her straight at the end.
But now this year, a little less before played a few left tournament since she's already committed. She's in good health. She's incredible leader as well. Just extremely positive.
So, you know, we started three freshmen. So we have that. And we only had the three seniors. So we, you know, theoretically, we should return six starters.
But I said, there's probably there's probably five or six freshmen that came in that I was so far been extremely impressed with. So I mean, say, you know, and I don't care if you're a freshman, a senior out here, your mom, your dad is if you buy in three with respect, you know, play hard, you deserve a chance to play. And I like to win. It's not fair.
You know, yeah, so upper classmen, president's daughter, I don't care. If you give us the best chance to win and you're doing everything the right way, you're going to be on the field. Absolutely. You know, I like to see that it's going to be some competition with that.
It's going to be great. Tiger softball coach Scott Elsworth on the team sports network among those freshmen coming in that you know, we're going to get an opportunity. Can you give me an aim or two of who've kind of caught your eye a little bit here as far as you know, one is, yeah, one is, yeah, one is stands out right now is Paisley, Kemmer. I mean, she was she won the eighth grade state 100 or not state the different 100 and 200 yard dash.
So she is incredibly fast. Got a really good pick right now. Building pretty solid, arms pretty good. Her bat and her feet are, are, I think what made coaches notice is a friendly star.
So, you know, coach Jeff called me because she had some like early morning stuff maybe once a week that they get, you know, get to know the kids and stuff. And man, the first thing she said was, you know, she impressed her. So yeah, there's several other ones. There's Cam is Reese, or are Reese.
Oh, you got to bear with me because it's not all the under specular names. It's okay. Yeah, Reese Aragon, there's another one that's been pretty solid. Camry sounds pretty good.
I mean, there's a bunch of one I'm leaving some out to for sure. And I'm you before we run our time here, Scott. I didn't want to get to a couple of players, you know, you mentioned the number of the six starters that weren't seen years last year for you. Jack Wumboid had 329 for you.
Avery Long is a freshman last year, got 319. Couple of those players that, you know, along with, you know, along with another one will be a junior this year and me at Ross that they all played big roles for you last year in terms of winning the South West and we can go into state. Yeah, and a little bit of the rumor too. She was, she went back and forth between catcher short and second force to and she was a second team all conference.
But and yeah, they yeah, no, I mean, those girls are good, you know, make those in with a couple of sophomores, you know, like I said, they're gonna be junior there. Yeah, I mean, I'm I'm probably holding back a little bit. I'm pretty excited. Yeah, let's a little more head of sensational season.
Like you said, a second team all South Western League selection for the Tigers last year. Of course, we'll bring you some of selected softball games coming up out of the South Western League this fall looking forward to that along with our high school football coverage. Scott, always a pleasure. Thank you so much.
And we'll be talking more down the road. Yeah, appreciate what you guys do. Thank you so much. Thank you.
Scott Elks coach, the Grand Junction Tigers. Sky get a little emotional there. I didn't know if his phone is like his phone is breaking up, but he was which shows you just, you know, how those bonds can form, right? With those senior players last year, with Alexis Whirlpool, Ashley Gonzalez, Jackson Clark, what what their likes that they're buying meant to Scott, because they bought in, they were talented.
And that got that team to a South Western League title last year. And like Scott said, that he, you know, part of the reason he took job was those three players was that he wanted to go in and give them an opportunity to know it was like to play the state softball tournament. And and they also get it to work and get it to work and then to start to build something at Grand Junction High School. So yeah, I think you and I know Scott well enough that they're gonna be pretty good.
Yeah, they're gonna be really good. He can tell you there's a little excitement there. Right. What he says will be what he says that it's like, yeah, we've known him long enough.
They're gonna be better than just a little alright. There's been years we've talked to Scott was like, man, we're not gonna be very good on how we're gonna win and they go 17 and three. Yeah. And they go play the sixth inning of a league in the entire year.
Yeah, of course, got some coaching changes in the South Western League with Carolee Keller be now at Central and Randy Denton coaching at four to one right now. So a couple of coaching changes in the league, Sean Birch, we're gonna have Sean Birch on pretty soon. Palisade, softball coach looking to have another successful season in South Western League play out at palisade. And Scott went from longest and your coach to first year head coach at Grand Junction.
Now he's like the second longest tenured softball coach exactly. All right, we'll take a break. We'll come back with our three and next hour of the program. Well, for cooler garage doors, four down territory, we'll also talk about the new bench coach system lead head or assistant head coach at the nuggets hired the lead assistant to David Attelman.
Guy that's got quite a bit of NBA head coaching experience. What does that mean for David Attelman? We'll get back coming up next hour on the gym, David Shaw on the team sports network online at the team 1340.com.