Before our inaugural hot takes of the 2024 season looking ahead to M’s opening day on Thursday, we discuss the logical fit between UW and new athletic director Pat Chun, changing sides in the Apple Cup rivalry. Then we close by remembering two members of the Seattle sports community who recently passed, King5’s Alan Reed and Storm CFO Tricia McLean.

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Intro – Why hiring Chun makes sense for UW
28:30 – M’s hot takes: This is the time
41:15 – Roundup: Kraken snap losing streak; Sounders still winless
45:23 – Is softball more wide open this year after Oklahoma loss?
52:06 – Seahawks now out of cap room

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Men’s Tournament Challenge group
– Peltoncast Women’s Tournament Challenge group
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– FanGraphs playoff odds
– ESPN MLB preview
– Double MitchWich at T-Mobile Park

Despite athletic director Troy Dannen’s departure to take the same job at Nebraska, the Huskies were able to hire Utah State head coach Danny Sprinkle as their new men’s basketball coach hours after Sprinkle’s season ended with a win and a loss in the NCAA tournament. We discuss what to expect from Sprinkle, why we’re finally excited about UW men’s hoops and what’s next with Dannen’s exit.

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– On Montlake: Dannen’s departure is stunning, but shouldn’t leave you reeling
– On Montlake: Washington’s AD search

We’re through the bulk of free agency and the Seahawks more or less executed our plan after signing Leonard Williams, which should result in a haul of compensatory picks in 2025. We grade the offseason, then take our search for Seattle’s best cookie back to Burien and wonder whether UW men’s basketball coaching target Danny Sprinkle (and Niko Medved?) is playing 4D chess with his favorite musician.

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Intro – Our NCAA tournament pools are back
14:30 – Arguing against hypothetical Seahawks fans upset about the offseason
51:45 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at Lowrider
1:01:00 – Roundup: M’s winding down spring training, OL Reign opens with win
1:09:25 – UW women’s hoops set for inaugural WBIT
1:11:30 – Watching (and listening with) possible Mike Hopkins replacements in NCAA tournament (Note this segment was recorded before Wednesday’s news that UW AD Troy Dannen has left for the same job at Nebraska)

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Men’s Tournament Challenge group
– Peltoncast Women’s Tournament Challenge group
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Lowrider Cookie Company
– Goodbelly LLC malasadas
– Favorite musical acts of men’s NCAA tournament coaches

The opening days of free agency have seen more Seahawks going than coming, but it’s their deal to re-sign Leonard Williams that has us most concerned so far. After discussing that, we propose a new (very old) method to rank spots in our search for Seattle’s best cookie and whether Danny Sprinkle’s ties to the Huskies might make him the right coach to wake up a possible “sleeping giant” UW men’s basketball program.

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Intro – Toasting to Koren Johnson and hoping he stays at UW
12:50 – What are the Seahawks hoping to accomplish in free agency?
44:40 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at Bell’s and Little Jaye
58:15 – Coach’s corner: Locked in to finish
1:03:56 – Roundup: Kraken extend Jordan Eberle, Reign set to open NWSL campaign
1:14:07 – A closer look at the UW football career of Sprinkle’s dad Bill

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
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– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– NFL free agency grades
– Bell’s Cookie Co.
– Little Jaye
– Great Falls Tribune: Central roots helped Bill Sprinkle thrive with Huskies

It’s the end of multiple eras in Seattle sports as the Seahawks move on from several players, including safeties Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs, ahead of free agency and UW men’s basketball appears headed for a coaching change. (Update: ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Friday that Mike Hopkins has been told he will be fired at season’s end.) Plus our search for Seattle’s best cookie takes us to strong contender Treat Cookies in Burien.

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Intro – It’s a small Boulevard Park world
8:18 – Farewell to four Seahawks
34:28 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at Midnight and Shikorina
51:25 – Roundup: Kraken deal Alexander Wennberg ahead of trade deadline
57:18 – UW women’s hoops sees NCAA tournament hopes end with loss to Arizona
59:52 – Logical candidates to replace Hopkins at UW
1:20:45 – Troubling allegations in former Husky RB Emeka Megwa’s lawsuit
1:24:09 – Seahawks prep for free agency

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
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– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Treat Cookies
– Flour Bakery & Cafe
– Tatte Bakery & Cafe
– Yuko Kitchen
– Matt Norlander on College Basketball coaching carousel
– Copy of Emeka Megwa lawsuit

The (first) Eastside edition of the Peltoncast goes long on what makes a great cookie as we search for Seattle’s best at Midnight and Shikorina, then considers whether UW women’s basketball can make the NCAA tournament and the impact of the Seahawks converting Geno Smith’s bonus.

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Intro – Memories of I-405
14:02 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at Midnight and Shikorina
33:49 – Lil Woody’s Seattle Burger Month: The Nadia
37:52 – Coach’s corner: Pro style
40:58 – Roundup: Julio sidelined to start spring, Sounders open with loss
43:30 – UW softball undefeated against 49 states
44:30 – UW women’s hoops takes down top-10 foe
56:50 – Seahawks officially announce coaching staff

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– Peltoncast Discord
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– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Midnight Cookie Co.
– Shikorina Pastries on Instagram
– Lil Woody’s Seattle Burger Month

It’s no error but it is a flex: Tristan details a busy sports weekend that saw him attend losses for both UW men’s basketball and the Kraken as well as the latest Coach’s Corner. Before that, our search for Seattle’s best cookie takes us to local favorite Hello Robin.

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Intro – Looking for a toast
3:27 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at Hello Robin
35:58 – Lil Woody’s Seattle Burger Month: Pancita Tostada Crunch
37:27 – Coach’s corner: Keeping the peace
48:44 – Roundup: Tristan tours Climate Pledge, Sounders open season at LAFC
1:04:16 – UW baseball and softball not finishing games for different reasons
1:10:48 – The UW men’s basketball experience
1:28:15 – UW football and Seahawks completing coaching staffs

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Hello Robin Cookies
– Lil Woody’s Seattle Burger Month
– FanGraphs playoff odds
– DJ Trunks website
– Diederichs and SPU mates give Huskies a scare

With Adam Schefter reporting the Seahawks will guarantee Geno Smith’s 2024 salary for injury, Ben Baldwin joins us to preview the team’s offseason and the possibility that Smith could still be traded. Then we start our search for Seattle’s best cookie with The Cookie from Met Market.

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Intro – Assessing trade market for Geno
18:05 – Seahawks hire Ryan Grubb and Aden Durde as coordinators
32:30 – Talking through the Seahawks roster and giving percentage chances of players returning
55:05 – Revisiting 2023 NFL over/under picks
1:18:05 – Toasting to a pair of Hall of Fame Seahawks legends
1:23:51 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at Met Market
1:35:00 – Lil Woody’s Seattle Burger Month: Bremerton Burger
1:37:27 – Coach’s corner: Worst coach in the world
1:46:28 – FanGraphs projections high on M’s
1:08:45 – Roundup: Sounders open new facility, Reign take down Costa Rica national team
1:51:29 – UW roundup: Softball moves up, women’s hoops off bubble, men’s hoops wins back-to-back
2:03:41 – Hyped on Jedd Fisch’s message

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– Peltoncast Glossary
– New Day Northwest (Randy’s segment begins around the 4-minute mark)
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Met Market: The Cookie
– Lil Woody’s Seattle Burger Month
– FanGraphs playoff odds
– Chefsteps website
– ESPN BET CFP title odds
– Jedd Fisch on College Gameday Podcast