The Official Waiting For Next Year Podcast

I was very happy to be able to get Joe Kotoch to join me a few days before the NBA draft. You should know Kotoch from his website ProBasketballDraft.com and also his work at SheridanHoops.com and his twitter account @probballdraft . Joe Kotoch and where he came from Sports law and agency work ProBasketballDraft.com and their mission NBA fans getting better at looking at the draft analytically inst...

Scott and I had a conversation over the weekend prior to the podcast in which we decided it was time to see if there's a greater purpose that we can serve. With all the news of LeBron James, Josh Gordon, Greg Little and Tristan Thompson last week, we decided to discuss whether or not Cleveland fans need to redefine who they are. We've lost our way. Our organizations, from owners and players are mo...

Amazingly enough I hadn't caught up with Brendan Bowers on the podcast since I relaunched it. So, today I finally did. We talked about the game seven happening tonight in Miami. We talked about the draft and what the Cavaliers should really be focused on as they head into 2013/14. The 2013 NBA finals and what the subtext is The storylines in the game for Cleveland Watching the two very best teams...

I love chatting with Tom Reed from the Plain Dealer. I am continually pushing the boundaries of topics with him and lo and behold he ended up pushing the boundaries for me by giving me an assignment for our next podcast. He has vowed to get Cleveland talking about Trailer Park Boys. So check it out before I talk to him next time. Also be sure to check out his article on Browns lineman Joe DeLamell...

I can't sugar-coat it. This movie wasn't anywhere near as good as Brian and Craig's expectations. Brian definitely had more issues with it than Craig, but neither thinks the franchise is without a future, necessarily. Brian pre-rated Man of Steel as a 9 and ended up at a 4 Taken and how it was ripped apart by Jim Norton Superman is the iconic archetype superhero and must be protected My three year...

This is the end got generally good reviews around the country and also from Brian and Craig. Here's why... Seth Rogen still has a cool factor that hasn’t died down yet amongst his hardcore fans The Apatow universe Danny McBride and his ability to steal this film The Exorcist scene didn’t disappoint surprisingly enough The Emo storyline with Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel was a bit annoying Playing pa...

Here's the second part of my monday morning podcast with Scott Raab where we talk about some more sports. Please let me know if you appreciate me breaking it into episodes or if you liked just having one longer one. Michael Irvin hates Joe Thomas’ rank on the top 100 The difference in opinion between ESPN and their misery montage The ESPN 30 for 30 on the negative Cleveland sports history Mike Pol...

This week I broke my conversation with Scott Raab into two parts. This first one is about 35 minutes. We discussed the following. Jason Whitlock and how half the people hate him Does Whitlock troll? The reaction to Jason Whitlock has been pegged How old were you when you got your sense of entitlement? Finding racists on twitter and putting a microscope on them The racist Boston Bruins fans on twit...

Always good to catch up with the Browns observations with Nate Ulrich from the Akron Beacon Journal . Here's all that we discussed. How good do you feel not having to talk Tebow? Bill Belichick out to prove he doesn’t have to talk about anything. Gregg Popovich and how he just defies everyone to do what he wants. Ray Horton’s new attacking scheme and how evident it might or might not be at this po...

Denny and I decided to do a casual Friday podcast and it went in all sorts of directions. Here's what we discussed. Holding back podcasts and why it doesn’t make sense Magic Hat and how many I drink 21st amendment Back in Black IPA Eagle rare 10-year bourbon Kamchatka vodka Making bitters and what exactly they are Bitters aren’t a mixer as much as they’re an additive Growing basil Selling Bonsai t...

A WaitingForNextYear.com Joncast! It's been too long since I caught up with Jon and we talked about a whole host of topics from sports to television to Captain America filming in Cleveland. ScarJo kissing Chris Evans The cost/benefit of the movie filming in Cleveland Traffic and the luck of Clevelanders with their rush hour Do you have a “list” with your wife? If so, is it real? Amanda Seyfried an...

Scott started off the day making fun of my Keurig machine. After that we talked a lot about sports and a bit about neckties and contrived fashion. Keurig machines and how communist they are Neckties and bow ties The idea that the necktie is a marker at all is strange The band concert uniform Suspenders vs. belts Gallagher and an impromptu balloon animal show for porn stars Dwyane Wade and his shor...

Brian and I saw The Internship this week starring Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson. It's their first movie together since Wedding Crashers. We also decided to cover a home movie this week because we both saw Upstream Color by Shane Carruth. That led to a talk about sci-fi, Duncan Jones, and a lot more. The Internship The heavy handed Google infomercial Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson with rhythm Luke Wil...

Brian and I decided to talk a little basketball today after the movie podcast. But, I'm posting the basketball podcast first, so you can pretend like it happened before the movie podcast... which will be posted later. Breaking down the Heat game 2 vs. the Spurs LeBron has fulfilled his potential as a player and he’s almost unhateable LeBron wasn’t putting in effort during Cavs games Dwyane Wade lo...

There's not much conclusive news about Chris Perez right now, and that took some of the wind out of our sails. Still, we had a conversation about a lot of the "what ifs" before getting into the real meat of the Indians' troubles right now as they work through the hardest part of their schedule so far this season. The historical perspective and how the world will look at Marijuana Chris Perez and t...

I tracked down Dennis Manoloff to talk about some injuries. That was Asdrubal Cabrera, Trent Richardson and the 2013 NBA draft. That morphed into a conversation at the end about LeBron James, of course. Asdrubal Cabrera’s injury and just how bad it is Cabrera’s toughness and wanting to power through the injury Is the sense of panic lessened by Terry Francona? Inconsistent offense, a scuffling bull...

Went a little long this week, so you'll want to split it up if that's your deal. Apologies, but I didn't feel like cutting it up. All killer no filler, just the same. Roy Hibbert saying “No Homo” and getting fined Dave Zirin at The Nation and his thoughts on Hibbert Hate speech and whether or not Hibbert hates anyone The news covering the word without telling us what people said Am I allowed to us...

We normally do spoiler free podcasting at least for a few minutes, but there's just no point. You shouldn't see this film. You should just listen to us talk about the idiocy. And even then don't go see it. It's not even bad enough to be good. Here's a rundown of what we discussed. After Earth and just how horrible a movie it is The Happening and whether we were in on the joke or not M Night Shyama...

It's been far too long since I did a Joncast. Always nice to catch up with him. Enjoy as we ride the conversation for nearly an hour covering a wide range of topics. Vacations and how we don’t take nearly enough of them The European method of taking a month off in August Our pursuit of happiness and self-inflicting wounds culturally Defining needs vs. wants and how we’ve become spoiled Swisher and...

Kirk wrote a fantastic article exploring the trade market available to the Cavs and I wanted to go over it and push him further on it since it has been out there a few days. Of course we also talked about some other stuff like Dwight Howard. Kirk’s NBA Draft Rumors article Being an eighth seed and the pains of it  The finishing of one three year plan and starting another to compete for a title  Ok...

I wasn't looking forward to Furious 6 and Brian really was. How do we feel about the flick now that we've both seen it finally? By the way, this is by far the most I've laughed into the mic on my own podcast. The sequence of the Fast and Furious movies Tokyo Drift is actually the last movie in the series Fast and Furious franchise and what kind of precedent there is for it The audience and how the...

Scott and I found time on this holiday Monday morning to carry on as normal with our podcast. Here's the rest of what we discussed... Memorial Day and working on it Chris Perez and his apparent shoulder injury Has anyone been hired as coach or manager to give faith like Terry Francona Randy Lerner and his hire of Mike Holmgren Good hires and just because things don’t work out don’t make them a bad...

Scott joined me for about 20 minutes to discuss the Cavaliers goings on since winning the NBA draft lottery last night. Here's what we talked about more specifically. The turmoil of having the first overall pick in the draft What do you think about the trade down cuteness? Due diligence and just how little fans and media can do Nerlens Noel and how good he needs to be in order for Grant to justify...

Scott and I spent a lot of time talking Tribe today. We also touched on Brian Hoyer and whether we should be talking about it or not and also the Chuck Klosterman controversy with the Cleveland Browns. Scott Raab will be on the Ken Carman show weekly every Friday at 9 PM Talking about not talking about Brian Hoyer and his signing Which team should win a championship if you had a choice? Losing in...

My wife made a brief and reluctant experience on the podcast to give her take. We did spoiler free talk for the first 10 minutes, so feel free to listen away whether you saw the movie or not. Star Trek Into Darkness Watching Wrath of Khan? My wife makes an appearance on the podcast Should the movie have aped the catalog so much? Rebooting the series and whether or not they’ll make a third one Did...