I've been listening to this on my drives to and from work. Finally finished. Matt Rhule is so interesting to listen to. He has a cohesive and sensible rationale for everything he's doing. I loved his explanation for why he hired the assistants he chose. I loved his frank assessment of being fired in the NFL. Its hard to listen to him for long and not start to get fired up for where things are going. I suspect players and prospective players feel the same way.
I've never heard of Bussin' with the Boys before this, but after that episode ended it rolled into another one. It became truly bizarre. I felt like I was eavesdropping on some kind of sports betting cult. Sadly, it was former Husker Will Compton who led the listeners in some weird bastardized version of the Serenity Prayer, but seemingly trying to get God to help you win your bets. Then he gave a bizarre pep talk about believing in yourself, etc, but about making sports bets. It was an open window into magical thinking, exactly what gambling addicts do. I felt really uncomfortable with the whole segment.
If you've ever had a close friend who struggled with compulsive gambling, this was like a podcast segment where they can congregate and encourage each other to make bad decisions. I was hoping for some analysis of the games, but it seemed to be more about "if you just believe your team is going to win hard enough, they'll win and you'll win money".
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