Mike Salk

Every Friday at 9am we open the phone lines to the general public to talk about anything they want, and today was spent with more time on the Seahawks QB situation as well as the comments made by NBA Commissioner about expansion to Seattle. We hear from Brock Huard (who is home from his fishing trip) on where the "worth it" line is for Baker Mayfield before RANKED: Top Movie Mentors (by Justin).

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Maura plays Salk some audio of Mariners pitching coach Pete Woodworth (on with Wyman and Bob) who shared some updates on Matt Brash. Salk hopes that they are seeing his switch to reliever as a short term thing and not a career switch, but admits he's been wrong before. Our weekly chat with Gee Scott (Gee & Ursula, 97.3 KIRO) covers the Seahawks QB debate, the new Top Gun movie, and Gee makes a prediction about who will win Week 1 in the NFL.

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Maura attended the Seahawks OTAs yesterday and it sends Salk on another tangent about how angry he gets about players who don't attend the workouts. She was able to see a little dust up between Darrell Taylor & Jake Curhan and even one player who threw up! The back & forth between Baker Mayfield continues as Salk says this is the topic he has flip-flopped on more than any other in over a decade. Brock Huard joins to talk NBA Expansion and more Baker Mayfield. 

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Mariners fans should be happy today as the team's offense showed up again in Baltimore to win a series against the Orioles, a series that the M's absolutely had to have, according to Salk. We revisit the Jerry Dipoto conversation from yesterday to hear what Mariners fans can expect to see in coming months by way of personnel and how/when we'll see Justin Upton with the M's.

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Jerry Dipoto told Salk earlier in the show that the high expectations the team set for themselves this year can create pressure that some guys have to learn to navigate. We discuss what those expectations are and who needs to try to overcome the pressure. Then, Brock Huard joins from Alaska with some fishing stories and discusses how officiating has changed over the years. 

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We spent some time yesterday discussing the Seahawks defense and wondering if Ken Norton, JR was a scapegoat and we ask Michael Bumpus about what he saw at Seahawks practice, specifically with the QBs. Mariners GM & President of Baseball Operations joins us for The Jerry Dipoto Show and presents an argument that presents a more optimistic outlook on the future of the Mariners.

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Injuries and bullpen regressions aside, Salk believes the Mariners won’t succeed without Robbie Ray and Jesse Winker playing better and getting into the "plus" category of their WAR ratings. Tim Hasselbeck stated that by the end of June, Baker Mayfield will be a Seahawk. Salk can't imagine a world in which Drew Lock or Geno Smith are your best options. Brock Huard joins from Alaska with some fishing stories and discusses how officiating has changed over the years.

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The show starts with Justin returning from delivering the commencement speech for his old high school and Salk talks about it as long as possible to avoid discussing another Mariners loss (9-2) to Baltimore because has no explanation for the Robbie Ray experience. We revisit the conversation with Jeff Passan and then talk about the Twitter rumors flying around of the Mariners going all-in to trade for Juan Soto and deciding what costs make it worth it for both teams.

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Now that we are hearing more reaction from the players and coaches to the new look Seahawks defense, we are starting to get a pretty clear picture of what went wrong in recent years. Salk discusses five big issues that have been pointed out and how the Seahawks have worked to change those heading into 2022. Then, Brock Huard discusses some comments from Seahawk's OTA's that seem to indicate the players were not bought into the defense under Ken Norton. Brock and Salk discuss how that should change this year. Plus, today's Ranked is all about fish!

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Salk discusses how Ty France continues to impress and tries to come up with a good comparison for him. Then, Brady Henderson joins Mike Salk to discuss some of the glaring issues the Seahawks defense had in recent seasons and how they are trying to remedy them this year. He also gives us the latest on the QB situation and why he doesn't think Drew Lock will start in the event of a tie.

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