Brock and Salk

The U.S. women's hockey team won the olympic gold medal and Salk is fired up about it to start the show. Later, they re-air their conversation with Kraken part-owner Todd Leiweke to hear his insight on what makes a good owner and much more in the process of the Seahawks being up for sale.

Brock answers questions on team copycatting the Seahawks, Rashid Shaheed's future and an area where Ken Walker and Zach Charbonnet really shine in Need to Know. Then, we discuss a Fox Sports Greatest Seahawks of All Time list and where they got it wrong. Plus, Brock shares the surprising answers he got from his Madden producers on which Seahawks grew the most in popularity or notoriety on this Super Bowl run.

The hour starts with a bunch of funny listener voicemails for Here's The Thing. Later, Brady Henderson of ESPN joins the show to share his insight on the Seahawks being up for sale, the free agency of Ken Walker and Boye Mafe, and much more.

Brock and Salk start to discuss some potential names as the Seahawks next owner or ownership group with the team now being up for sale. They then bring on Todd Leiweke, part CEO of the Kraken, to discuss what makes a good owner, what the Seahawks being up for sale will mean for the next steps and more.

The Seahawks are now officially getting sold and Salk discusses what that could mean next in terms of who the next owner will be. They then re-air their conversation with Michelle Smallmon of ESPN and Unsportsmanlike to discuss what Brendan Donovan will bring to the Mariners along with the reactions to the Seahawks Super Bowl win. After that, Salk reacts to some sound on Josh Naylor and his time in Cleveland and compares that too the Mariners model of retaining their own players.

We get a little off topic and discuss kids having cell phones in school and a listener asking Lyle to babysit their children. Then, we dig into the news that MLBPA Exec Dir, Tony Clark resigned and debate just how much of a battle next year's MLB CBA negotiations are going to be. Plus, Salk crowns a new Trash Takes winner.

Brock and Salk get into the discussion yet again about whether or not to pay Ken Walker and if his price tage is worth it. They then dive in to what the Mariners model truly is for how they've built their team over the years and why it has worked for them.

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Salk is back from vacation and expresses his excitement for baseball to be back and what he'll be watching for at Spring Training. Later, they re-air their conversation with Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times to listen in on all of the things he's learned and picked up on so far in Peoria at Mariners Spring Training.

Brock and Salk trade off and Mike Salk decides to hop on with Mike Lefko for a segment to fill us in on his Colorado vacation and staying with the Huards. Then, we discuss what the Seahawks "why" will be this year. How does their motivation change after winning it all? Plus, we talk shampoo and conditioner, the better of the two Olympics, and whether World Champions is an appropriate title for the Super Bowl winner in Answer the Question Jerk.