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Speaker 1: Joining us now in the program on the always Busy

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Speaker 1: and Available to be sponsored guest line. Matt Taylor is

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Speaker 1: the radio voice of the Indianapolis Colts. Matt, I will

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Speaker 1: get to the question off the top for you. That

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Speaker 1: is the obvious question, and that is your Were you

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Speaker 1: surprised by the fact that Daniel Jones as the starter?

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Speaker 2: All I need is a taste you have and.

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Speaker 3: A cool buzz.

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Speaker 1: That's right.

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Speaker 2: I had to get that in there.

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Speaker 4: You get her talk about fast times, bro, Come on, no,

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Speaker 4: I wasn't surprised.

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Speaker 2: I mean either way, I.

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Speaker 4: Wasn't going to be surprised because I thought it was

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Speaker 4: a pretty even competition. And so, you know, Shane Steiken

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Speaker 4: laid it out there pretty clear the other day. He

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Speaker 4: was pretty clear, pretty concise, and to the point that

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Speaker 4: decision is all about, you know, it encapsulates everything that

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Speaker 4: a quarterback has to perform and encapsulates consistency at the

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Speaker 4: line of scrimmage, mastery of the playbook, and then obviously

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Speaker 4: it goes about saying it's you know, the more consistent

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Speaker 4: player if you want to call it that, in terms

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Speaker 4: of ball placement and accuracy. That's who the cult are

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Speaker 4: going with at least early on in the season, So

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Speaker 4: I wasn't surprised that both guys had good camps. They had,

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Speaker 4: you know, certainly they bring their strengths in different profiles

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Speaker 4: to the offense, but I wasn't going.

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Speaker 2: To be surprised either way.

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Speaker 4: And I think Daniel Jones, in terms of his skill set,

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Speaker 4: gives the Colts a pretty good chance to get off

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Speaker 4: to a good start.

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Speaker 1: Do you think, Matt that to me, Well, I'm not

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Speaker 1: going to lead the witness, I'll just task it flat out.

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Speaker 1: Are the styles of play between Jones and Richardson differing

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Speaker 1: from one another enough that this changes the offensive game

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Speaker 1: plan or style that Indianapolis would have had designed for themselves.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, great question, And no, I don't think so at all.

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Speaker 4: And I think that's a big reason why they paid

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Speaker 4: Daniel Jones what they did in free agency and lured

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Speaker 4: him in, because you know, esthetically they wanted the offense

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Speaker 4: for the rest of the skilled players in the offensive

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Speaker 4: line to be pretty similar.

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Speaker 2: I mean, is Daniel.

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Speaker 4: Jones Anthony Richardson in terms of overall athleticism, No, but

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Speaker 4: Jones is still pretty athletic.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we've talked about this in the past.

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Speaker 4: Jones has the six most rushing yards among quarterbacks since

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Speaker 4: he broke in the league in twenty nineteen, So he

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Speaker 4: can move, and I think you're still going to be

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Speaker 4: able to game plan the running nature and the running

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Speaker 4: out there. Now, you may not be calling eight or

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Speaker 4: But you get what I'm saying, like you just He's

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Speaker 4: not a statue. He's not Gardner Minshew, He's not Joe Flacco,

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Speaker 4: and I think the Colts were intentional about that in

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Speaker 4: this competition to kind of pair somebody up athletically with

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Speaker 4: Anthony Richardson for the overall health and adjustment of the

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Speaker 4: rest of the offense around the quarterback, no matter who

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Speaker 4: won that job.

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Speaker 2: Now, is Daniel.

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Speaker 4: Jones going to push it like Anthony Richardson? Historically the

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Speaker 4: numbers say no, but doesn't mean he can't, doesn't mean

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Speaker 4: he won't. You know, his yards per attempt has always

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Speaker 5: You know.

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Speaker 4: Obviously, Anthony Richardson last year led the NFL and yards

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Speaker 4: per completion at fourteen. But again, in terms of consistency,

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Speaker 4: completing about eleven passes per game and only four times

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Speaker 4: right around twenty completions per game. So I think that's

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Speaker 4: what it boiled down to for the Colts in terms

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Speaker 4: manifested themselves in training camp and play. Okay, let's stay

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Speaker 4: what it kind of all boiled down to with Shane Steichen.

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Speaker 1: You know what Matt I was thinking about this as well.

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Speaker 1: The Colts just drafted Tyler Warren. Tyler Warren is clearly

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Speaker 1: a special talent. I know that Anthony Richardson has a

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Speaker 4: I mean, I think Tyler Warren that now that we

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Speaker 4: I mean, I think regardless he was going to be,

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Speaker 4: to say that he might be flarting with sixty seventy

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Speaker 4: think those two have really found a good synergy, in

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Speaker 4: exciting to see the potential of Tyler Warren within this

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Speaker 4: screen game with yards after the catch, the drags over

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Speaker 4: the middle. That's quite frankly, Jake, that's what we've talked

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Speaker 4: about all off season. That's where the Colts have had

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Speaker 4: to get better this entire off season is capitalizing more

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Speaker 2: You've got a.

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Speaker 4: Great offensive line. You know, obviously some new pieces up front,

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Speaker 4: but they're acclimating well. I mean, you've got Tyler Warren

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Speaker 1: By the way, Matt, somebody sends in the text here

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Speaker 1: that says, when I was seven years old, my mom

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Speaker 1: Fast Times at Ridgemond High. Is that parent of the

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Speaker 4: Hey man, let's go out and have a good time

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Speaker 4: and then we'll explain the stuff later.

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Speaker 2: If they go to bed or you.

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Speaker 4: Know, maybe they wake up the next day and they hey,

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Speaker 4: what did this scene mean or what was he talking about.

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Speaker 2: You can adjust on the fly, but go have a

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Speaker 1: I would think that from the second that Phoebe kh

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Speaker 4: Right. Yeah, you gotta have you gotta have something ready

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Speaker 2: You gotta have that lock and loaded. And you know

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Speaker 2: what I've been guilty of that.

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Speaker 4: You know, sometimes you just need some some chill time

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Speaker 4: So yeah, sometimes you got to have these explanations big

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Speaker 1: That is beautiful And by the way it speeking ready

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Speaker 1: to go, Matt, I know we got to let you

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Speaker 1: get going here. I did want to ask you this

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Speaker 1: game three, preseason game number three against Cincinnati. I mean,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a great question.

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Speaker 4: And I think you're gonna see Riley Leonard start the

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Speaker 2: And then on you know, on defense, there's a couple

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Speaker 4: Linebackers continue to put there forward to make a roster spot.

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Speaker 4: Undrafted free agent kid out of Ohio Tyler Common, I

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Speaker 2: He's a great story.

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Speaker 4: So they you know, Rick always kind of jokes, but

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Speaker 4: preseason game, it's called the Employment Bowl, and it's I mean,

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Speaker 4: hundred thousand dollars a year. I don't know how many

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Speaker 4: For a lot of these guys, and it's going to

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Speaker 2: Of the roster.

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Speaker 1: By the way, I think they should keep Tyler Common

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Speaker 1: on the team. And I know it's spelled ka h

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Speaker 1: m a m. They should keep him just so they

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Speaker 1: same offense. I think it'd be awesome. It's a play

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Speaker 1: by play guy's dream.

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Speaker 2: It's amazing how your brain works. It really does, Matt.

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Speaker 1: All I need is some tasty waves, a cool buzz,

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Speaker 1: and I'm fine.

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Speaker 4: You know, man, I've always wanted Van Halen to play

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Speaker 4: my birthday.

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Speaker 1: All you gotta do is save Brooks Shields man, save

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Speaker 1: it from Brown, and you got the cash.

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Speaker 2: Our times, your hand.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate the time, as always is this is my time

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Speaker 1: and your time. Doesn't that make it our time?

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Speaker 1: I'd like to begin with this. And I love the

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Speaker 1: What makes you different as a running back? What's the

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Speaker 6: When I look at me as a running back, I

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Speaker 1: Your Lis'sen Bentley the fourth is our guest Colts running

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Speaker 1: By the way, I went to an Old Miss game

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Speaker 1: Now I'm going to be I'm going to be straight

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Speaker 6: Oh, they they always asked me that that's kind of

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Speaker 6: You know, my grandfather was the second, and then obviously

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Speaker 6: You know, my dad and my grandfather they just wanted to,

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's pretty awesome right now. And then I

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Speaker 7: Let me hear yes. I'm very excited to see your

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Speaker 3: Your thoughts definitely is definitely I like it. It is cool?

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Speaker 2: Right boy?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: So they listen. Here's the funny thing. When you guys

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Speaker 1: that that's not bad?

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Speaker 2: Right?

441
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Speaker 3: That wasn't bad at all. That was a good one.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Best of luck getting that, Bentley man.

443
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Speaker 1: But first off, just continue to run hard. We have

444
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Speaker 1: enjoyed watching it and we will enjoy following your career

445
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Speaker 1: her hopefully as a cult. And have you back on

446
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Speaker 1: the program. All right, yes, sir, thank you all. I

447
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Speaker 1: appreciate it you. Lissa is Bentley the fourth joining us

448
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Speaker 1: from the Colts. Stephanie White is the head coach of

449
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Speaker 1: the Indiana Fever. Is kind enough to join us in

450
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Speaker 1: what has been a very busy week. It's interesting because

451
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Speaker 1: here we thought, coach that because the schedule open up

452
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Speaker 1: a little bit, maybe that meant that things would kind

453
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Speaker 1: of slow down for you guys and you could kind

454
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Speaker 1: of reset for your final nine games, three of those

455
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Speaker 1: nine coming against Minnesota. We'll get to that in a second.

456
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Speaker 1: But obviously, and I hate to say it this way,

457
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Speaker 1: but I would imagine you're in the boardroom a lot,

458
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Speaker 1: just kind of assessing your roster in general in terms

459
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Speaker 1: of availability and once again dealing with injury. So let's

460
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Speaker 1: begin with I don't think that we've talked to you

461
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Speaker 1: since we knew for certain now that Sophie Cunningham would

462
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Speaker 1: be out for the rest of the year. I know

463
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Speaker 1: that you guys have made changes to your roster. Again,

464
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Speaker 1: take me first and foremost over how that impacts the

465
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Speaker 1: way that you anticipate playing down the stretch.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean it certainly impacts in a number of ways.

467
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Speaker 8: Our primary ball handlers are all off floor right now,

468
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Speaker 8: and Sophie was a secondary ball handler for us, so

469
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Speaker 8: you know, with the addition of Odyssey Simms and her

470
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Speaker 8: ability to come in and make an impact, you know,

471
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Speaker 8: for us right away, we had to make another change.

472
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Speaker 5: And bring in Shape Petty.

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Speaker 8: We needed to experience point guard, and Kyle Lambert was

474
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Speaker 8: amazing for us, and she's a good young guard who

475
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Speaker 8: I think has a future in this league. But Shaye

476
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Speaker 8: Petty's an experienced guard, and without having Sophie on the

477
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Speaker 8: floor to be a secondary ball handler, we felt like

478
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Speaker 8: we had to make that move. And Shaye's been in

479
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Speaker 8: practice now for a couple of days, and so it's

480
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Speaker 8: nice to get her acclimated. But most importantly, we just

481
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Speaker 8: have to scale back. We've got to simplify. We've got

482
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Speaker 8: to take some things back to what is the most

483
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Speaker 8: advantageous for us offensively and defensively with the current lineup

484
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Speaker 8: and personnel that we have.

485
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Speaker 1: That lineup in personnel right now, obviously in terms of

486
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Speaker 1: roster names, includes Caitlin Clark. The injury yesterday that we

487
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Speaker 1: found out about a bone bruise in the ankle, I believe,

488
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Speaker 1: and then you have the separate injury of the groin.

489
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Speaker 1: I know, coach that you're not the team doctor, but

490
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Speaker 1: where do things stand as of right now? And is

491
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Speaker 1: it possible that one of these injuries is related to

492
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Speaker 1: over compensation from the other.

493
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Speaker 8: Yeah, I don't know about overcompensation. You know where we

494
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Speaker 8: stand right now is that Caitlyn's still doing everything she

495
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Speaker 8: can to position herself to get back on the court.

496
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Speaker 8: You know, there there has not been a timeline because

497
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Speaker 8: her health and wellness has been the most important thing

498
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Speaker 8: and we want to make sure that she's one hundred

499
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Speaker 8: percent ready to go when she does get back on

500
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Speaker 8: the court. You know, certainly the progress that she was

501
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Speaker 8: making slowed a little bit, But at the same time,

502
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Speaker 8: she's in the gym every day, and and and and

503
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Speaker 8: there you working from a rehab standpoint, and from a

504
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Speaker 8: strengthen endurance standpoint, and from a skill set the standpoint

505
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Speaker 8: to position herself to come back and play.

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Speaker 1: Is there any possibility, Well, first off, coach, do you

507
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Speaker 1: think there's any possibility that she does not play the

508
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Speaker 1: regular season?

509
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Speaker 5: I don't know.

510
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Speaker 8: I mean, I think that that's you know, it's tough

511
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Speaker 8: to speculate right now because he's doing everything that she

512
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Speaker 8: can to to position herself to play.

513
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Speaker 5: So I don't know about that. The goal is to

514
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Speaker 5: get her back and the goal is.

515
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Speaker 1: For her to be on the floor, and that timeline

516
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Speaker 1: does not does or does not get impacted by the

517
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Speaker 1: availability of the rest of roster. In other words, the

518
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Speaker 1: conventional wisdom of gosh, as players keep getting injured, if

519
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Speaker 1: they're falling further back, are they more protective than of

520
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Speaker 1: Caitlyn Clark? Does that mindset even make sense at all?

521
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Speaker 8: I guess if you're on the outside looking in, it

522
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Speaker 8: probably makes sense. But for us, you know, Caitlin wants

523
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Speaker 8: to get on the floor. To be a basketball player

524
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Speaker 8: again instead of somebody who's rehabbing from injury. And these

525
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Speaker 8: players who have positioned ourselves to still be you know,

526
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Speaker 8: six in the standings and in the playoff hunt, deserve

527
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Speaker 8: the opportunity to continue to fight for that.

528
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Speaker 5: You know, I think we've been and we've shown that.

529
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Speaker 8: We're a flexible, resilient group that's found ways to put

530
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Speaker 8: ourselves in position to win ball games. And this is

531
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Speaker 8: a group who takes a lot of pride in that,

532
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Speaker 8: and they want to go out there and they want

533
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Speaker 8: to compete, they want to be in the playoffs, and

534
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Speaker 8: we're going to fight like hell every single day to

535
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Speaker 8: position ourselves for that.

536
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Speaker 1: You know, it's funny, Stephanie White is our guest, the

537
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Speaker 1: head coach and the Indiana Fever. It's funny, Stephanie, because

538
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Speaker 1: you're having a good year, you know. Realistically, I mean,

539
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Speaker 1: with all of the things that have gone on, I

540
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Speaker 1: think where you guys are is still to a lot

541
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Speaker 1: of the league a very enviable position. But at the

542
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Speaker 1: same time, it just seems like every time you turn

543
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Speaker 1: around there's a new challenge. Has this been as challenging

544
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Speaker 1: a year from a coaching standpoint as you've had.

545
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Speaker 5: It has been. It absolutely has been.

546
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Speaker 8: And you know, even if you're just talking from injury standpoint, now,

547
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Speaker 8: I've seen a number of these injuries throughout the course

548
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Speaker 8: of my coaching career, I've never seen them at the

549
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Speaker 8: same time. Oh and I've never seen them particularly in

550
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Speaker 8: the point guard position.

551
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Speaker 5: At the same position.

552
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Speaker 8: You know, we have we have three point guards on

553
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Speaker 8: our team, none of which are on the floor right now,

554
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Speaker 8: and then our backup point guard, who was Sophie not

555
00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,720
Speaker 8: on the floor right now, And you think about initial

556
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Speaker 8: starting roster and you look at.

557
00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,840
Speaker 5: Sid and See and sof and then even thinking about

558
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Speaker 5: the want of Bonner.

559
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Speaker 8: I mean for four rotation players Aery McDonald positions herself

560
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Speaker 8: to be a starter on our team, five players who

561
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Speaker 8: would have been in the rotation who aren't even at

562
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Speaker 8: this point participating, And so I do think that it

563
00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:10,480
Speaker 8: has been challenging. I am incredibly thankful for this group

564
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Speaker 8: that we have because no matter what, they're ready to battle,

565
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Speaker 8: and we've had to get creative as coaches. We've had

566
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Speaker 8: to really sometimes take a step back and look at Okay,

567
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,280
Speaker 8: yes we'd like to do that, but is that realistic

568
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Speaker 8: with the current situation that we're in.

569
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Speaker 5: We've had to work really hard. And I give these

570
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Speaker 5: players who have.

571
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Speaker 8: Come in on replacement contracts and hardship contracts a lot

572
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Speaker 8: of credit because they've come in at the toughest position

573
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Speaker 8: in the game and they've had to learn on the fly.

574
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Speaker 8: I think Godessy did a great job for us and

575
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Speaker 8: has done a great job for Shay.

576
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Speaker 5: Petty is a veteran in our league and she will

577
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Speaker 5: as well.

578
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Speaker 8: You know, and hopefully after we play a game without Sophie,

579
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Speaker 8: we'll be able to add a third hardship player and

580
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,520
Speaker 8: put ourselves in position to continue to stay in the fight.

581
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Speaker 8: And at the end of the day, I'm proud of

582
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Speaker 8: this group.

583
00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,119
Speaker 5: And their resilience and their toughness and their.

584
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Speaker 8: Grit that we can still say that we are positioning

585
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Speaker 8: ourselves else to stay in.

586
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Speaker 5: The fight for the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: No, it's amazing when you think about the availability of

588
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Speaker 1: players signed to a hardship contract in the final quarter

589
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Speaker 1: of a season. And I was thinking about this and

590
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Speaker 1: I made this point. I want you to tell me

591
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Speaker 1: if it's even in the ballpark of accurate. Coach Stephanie

592
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Speaker 1: White is our guest. The fact that right now, what

593
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Speaker 1: you have in the WNBA is virtually every player in

594
00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:29,640
Speaker 1: the WNBA has never known in their lifetime anything other

595
00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,159
Speaker 1: than the WNBA's existence, and so therefore they have had

596
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Speaker 1: the ultimate level of women's basketball to aspire towards reaching.

597
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Speaker 1: But the number of teams as such that now it's

598
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Speaker 1: not like you have thirty five teams. So, in other words,

599
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Speaker 1: the quality of player that is on the fringe of

600
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Speaker 1: the league has to be exponentially higher than the quality

601
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Speaker 1: of player that would have been available, say, twenty years ago.

602
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Speaker 1: Is that a fair statement, It absolutely is.

603
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Speaker 8: We talk about the depth of player and even the

604
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,800
Speaker 8: depths of teams in the league top to bottom. This year,

605
00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,440
Speaker 8: you can see it as the standings are jumbled, and

606
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,199
Speaker 8: you know, there's not a lot of separation outside of

607
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,080
Speaker 8: Minnesota right now amongst everybody else that the town level

608
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 8: is as good and as deep as it's ever been.

609
00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,680
Speaker 8: There are players who are not on teams right now

610
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 8: who deserve to be on teams, and so finding the

611
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,280
Speaker 8: right one that fits where you are and the right

612
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,719
Speaker 8: one that fits your your culture, and you know, one

613
00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 8: of the reasons that we continue to talk about roster

614
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:31,160
Speaker 8: expansion and roster size so that you're not coming in

615
00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,119
Speaker 8: and bringing in a player who hasn't been on a roster,

616
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Speaker 8: who hasn't been in your system right and developing in

617
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,480
Speaker 8: your system and gone through. Now it's like we're bringing

618
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:43,000
Speaker 8: players in who have to learn a semblance of your system.

619
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Speaker 8: For us, we scale it way back and and and

620
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,639
Speaker 8: come out and make plays and and there are players

621
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Speaker 8: who are hungry.

622
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Speaker 5: There are players who are.

623
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Speaker 8: Ready and and and willing and able, and and we're

624
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Speaker 8: fortunate that we've been able to get a couple of them.

625
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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 1: By the way, Minnesota tomorrow night for the Fever. Of course,

627
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,240
Speaker 1: this is the first of three remaining games against the Links.

628
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,240
Speaker 1: They have an injury issue of their own, and the

629
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Speaker 1: fact that I believe the Visa Collier has been now

630
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:12,200
Speaker 1: listed as questionable. I think they played tonight as well.

631
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,000
Speaker 1: But does that impact it all kind of the way

632
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,760
Speaker 1: you scout and game plan for them.

633
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:18,800
Speaker 3: It does.

634
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Speaker 8: I mean, certainly they look different with Fee on the

635
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,479
Speaker 8: floor than they do without her. They've they've they've managed,

636
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:28,679
Speaker 8: and they've been exceptional in her injuries since her injury.

637
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,959
Speaker 8: But at the same time, they do a lot different

638
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,120
Speaker 8: of different things when she is on the floor. So

639
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,760
Speaker 8: now her going from you know, out to doubtful to questionable.

640
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,240
Speaker 8: You've got to prepare for her to play, and you've

641
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:41,960
Speaker 8: got to prepare for the actions that they run with

642
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 8: her on the floor. In particular, there's a couple of

643
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 8: things that are a lot of things that they do

644
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 8: with Camila McBride and with the Visa, you know, in

645
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 8: action together. You got to prepare for the versatility that

646
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,240
Speaker 8: she brings to the floor. And so from a preparation standpoint,

647
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 8: you prepare as if she's playing.

648
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Speaker 1: What musical artists do we go with on your next appearance?

649
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:04,760
Speaker 5: Oh my gosh, what about Steve Miller band? Steve Miller?

650
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 1: Listen, do you remember and I'm I mean we're we're

651
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 1: essentially of the same high school era, off by a

652
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,000
Speaker 1: few years, But do you remember in high school what

653
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: a big deal like in the summertime the Steve Miller

654
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 1: band concert was at Deer Creek.

655
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Speaker 5: They were a huge dealing.

656
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Speaker 1: It was huge And funny thing is we all thought,

657
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Speaker 1: like I remember the first time going like I had

658
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 1: no idea that what I was listening to was music

659
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,120
Speaker 1: that already was like fifteen years old.

660
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Speaker 9: Right right exactly, But it was great time.

661
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:33,240
Speaker 1: What's that said?

662
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 5: It was hit to us at the time, we thought

663
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 5: it was new.

664
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Speaker 1: Totally all right, Steve Miller Band, it is. My favorite

665
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 1: song is swing Town by the Way from Steve Miller.

666
00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 1: And then and Eddie raised this point Coach with Hoody

667
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,960
Speaker 1: and the Blowfish that we played today, and I'm not

668
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 1: going to lie to you in bringing you onto the program.

669
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 1: Virtually every Hoody song that we would have brought you

670
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,239
Speaker 1: into actually sounded like it was going to be kind

671
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 1: of creepy. And so I told him to go with

672
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:56,960
Speaker 1: time just because we had to move the time around

673
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 1: a few times. And I don't know which.

674
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Speaker 5: I think that's a good one.

675
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,440
Speaker 1: I think it's appropriate, that was safe, right. Do you

676
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 1: have a favorite Steve Miller bands song? By chance?

677
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,280
Speaker 5: You know, I don't have a favorite. I like all

678
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:10,000
Speaker 5: Steve Miller band.

679
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,360
Speaker 8: In fact, I might have to play some Steve Miller

680
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,560
Speaker 8: right now. I don't know where that came from.

681
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,240
Speaker 1: The Steve Miller Band greatest hits is awesome. It's awesome.

682
00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:18,240
Speaker 5: It is awesome.

683
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:21,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, the intro of the Swing Town that is correct. Yeah,

684
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 1: although they had one, they had one. He had one

685
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:25,760
Speaker 1: song that was like some sort of love ballad that

686
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:27,400
Speaker 1: like that was the time to use the restroom, but

687
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,360
Speaker 1: the rest of the concert was awesome for sure. All Right,

688
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,400
Speaker 1: Fever and Minnesota lynks tomorrow night. Coach, I appreciate the

689
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,280
Speaker 1: time as always. I know it's a very very busy

690
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 1: time for you and we certainly wish you the best

691
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 1: of luck tomorrow night.

692
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:40,120
Speaker 5: Thanks Jake, appreciate it.

693
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:43,520
Speaker 1: H' Stephanie White, the head coach of the Indiana Feverite.

694
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,320
Speaker 1: I never thought i'd see the day where Indiana football

695
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,400
Speaker 1: was a major talking point on a national scale in

696
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,000
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis colts were not, But that's kind of where

697
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,040
Speaker 1: we are. Mike Nizelick is the beat writer for Indiana

698
00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 1: Athletics for the Bloomington Herald Times. He joins us now

699
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,000
Speaker 1: on the always busy as you can and available to

700
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:05,959
Speaker 1: be sponsored guest line. And Mike, did you really, realistically

701
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,520
Speaker 1: ever imagine that the time would come? Were some of

702
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 1: the biggest names in college football from a prognostication standpoint

703
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 1: in the epicenter and the heartland of football in the

704
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:20,880
Speaker 1: big time places like SEC Country would consistently be talking

705
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 1: about Indiana as the trendsetter in terms of scheduling. I mean,

706
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:28,400
Speaker 1: what exactly, world are we living in Well.

707
00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:31,520
Speaker 9: I mean, I do think that, you know, it speaks

708
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:34,400
Speaker 9: to the separation of the Big Ten and the SEC

709
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 9: from the rest of the pack. And I think the

710
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 9: money that's flowing into those two conferences have made it

711
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 9: feasible for I think, you know, most of the teams

712
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 9: in the conference to sort of make a run and

713
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 9: invest in football. I mean, you know, it's just I

714
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,239
Speaker 9: think it speaks to it's partly because of that, Like

715
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,360
Speaker 9: I mean, it matters, and I think you're seeing haves

716
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 9: and have nots and Indiana as checkered of a history

717
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 9: as it has or lack of a history that has

718
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 9: maybe is better word for it. In football. With the

719
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 9: current climate and how the Big Ten is sort of

720
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:16,880
Speaker 9: now you know, one of two and kind of standing

721
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 9: on top alone with the SEC, it makes a difference.

722
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 2: You know.

723
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 1: It's interesting. Mike and I made this point when it happened,

724
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,520
Speaker 1: but during Big Ten media days, Kurt Signetti stood up

725
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,400
Speaker 1: and that was when he was talking about the schedule,

726
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 1: and he basically said, we're going to go with an

727
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 1: SEC you know, strategy in terms of scheduling and get

728
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 1: out of playing like the other power fives. And at

729
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,800
Speaker 1: the time that Signetti said that it wasn't long after

730
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 1: that that other coaches in the Big Ten stepped forward

731
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 1: and essentially said what he said. And I thought to myself,

732
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 1: Signetti already has kind of established himself as one of

733
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,840
Speaker 1: these guys that's a spokesperson amongst Big Ten coaches. And

734
00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,120
Speaker 1: it was just a year ago when he was creating

735
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 1: headlines because people were saying who is this guy? And

736
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 1: the and the things that he's saying. Does that speak

737
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 1: to what one year can do in terms of the

738
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,040
Speaker 1: respect level that Kurt Signetti has gotten.

739
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know.

740
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,880
Speaker 9: I mean because the scheduling stuff predated him too. I mean,

741
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 9: you got to remember, you know, Dolson was the one

742
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,200
Speaker 9: that obviously, you know, got out of that Louisville series

743
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:25,040
Speaker 9: like this is sort of what they were trying to

744
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,440
Speaker 9: set up before he even got there. And you know

745
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,640
Speaker 9: he's kind of taken it on and defended it obviously.

746
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 9: You know, now it's his program and he has to say,

747
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 9: I mean, those decisions now are made in a vacuum.

748
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 9: You know, Scott consults Signetti and all those scheduling decisions.

749
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,920
Speaker 9: But he's going to defend his program and obviously he's

750
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 9: he's sort of the yeah, look he's the smokes verson

751
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,360
Speaker 9: and he's the face he doesn't like, you know, the

752
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 9: assistant coach is talking. He wants to sort of have

753
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 9: all the control that you know. It speaks to the

754
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,640
Speaker 9: we talked about hiring a GM. He's like, why would

755
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 9: I hire a GM. I'm the GM, I'm the coach.

756
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 9: Like he has his handprints on everything, and he's going

757
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 9: to stand up for his program and you know, the voice,

758
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 9: and he's going to defend it. And so you know,

759
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 9: these scheduling moves, it's just sort of fascinating, Like you know,

760
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 9: it's all because of the current system that they're making

761
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 9: any scheduling moves, Like there's no reward for playing those

762
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,880
Speaker 9: harder games right now, the way the playoff system is

763
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,680
Speaker 9: set up, and having nine conference games when the other

764
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,239
Speaker 9: conferences don't. And I do think he has I mean

765
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 9: he has some valid point. He has valid points behind

766
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,759
Speaker 9: his arguments. Look, this is like something where he's going

767
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,760
Speaker 9: on on a LEDs here, Like they play non conference

768
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,840
Speaker 9: games the SEC doesn't. They have an extra powerful opponent already,

769
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,600
Speaker 9: they don't necessarily need to add in the non conference

770
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:42,720
Speaker 9: portion of their schedule. And hey, look the playoff system

771
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:44,680
Speaker 9: is set up in a way where you know, if

772
00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 9: you lose early, it's really hurts you down the line,

773
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:50,000
Speaker 9: and you need those wins more than anything else. So

774
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 9: I mean, they tweak the metrics now a little bit,

775
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:55,280
Speaker 9: but still it's not going to really necessarily bother Indiana.

776
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,280
Speaker 9: It's the changes will come if they change the format.

777
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 9: But he's he has a defendable phase and he's going

778
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 9: to be outspoken about it. That's just the way he is.

779
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:07,359
Speaker 1: What things, Mike, have you noticed? You know, a year ago,

780
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 1: we were probably all a little bit wide eyed in

781
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 1: terms of curiosity of what Kurt Signetti brought to the

782
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:17,799
Speaker 1: Indiana program and how they were going to play. What

783
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 1: things Now that we have a baseline of who he

784
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:24,840
Speaker 1: is and what can be expected, what if anything to

785
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:29,279
Speaker 1: you looks different than a year ago, whether it be names, schemes,

786
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 1: et cetera.

787
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean, obviously you know you're going to look

788
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:39,880
Speaker 9: different just because you're still relying on upwards of fifteen

789
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:43,360
Speaker 9: to twenty transfers and in prominent positions, and one of

790
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:47,360
Speaker 9: those is your quarterback. So you're still at the point

791
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 9: where you know you're younger guys that have come up

792
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 9: and you kind of know those faces and you've seen

793
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 9: him practice for a couple of years. Oh, that guy's

794
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:56,799
Speaker 9: going to be good. Oh you know that, Like there's

795
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,680
Speaker 9: still those you know when you're lying on transfers. You know,

796
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 9: they had an extraordinary I think we talked about this

797
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,279
Speaker 9: last time. He had an extraordinary hit right in the

798
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,880
Speaker 9: transfer portal last year. A lot of that had to

799
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:07,799
Speaker 9: do with, you know, the James Masson guys, but even

800
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:11,279
Speaker 9: the knowledge and like us Ellison, the guy that you know,

801
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,759
Speaker 9: the Wake Forest running back, all those slot receivers, those

802
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 9: were guys that were from JMU. So I mean he

803
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:18,360
Speaker 9: he hit on all of them. He hit on the

804
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:22,880
Speaker 9: quarterback obviously the first work Kenny have that high percentage Again,

805
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,319
Speaker 9: you know on the defensive line, there's a ton of

806
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,200
Speaker 9: transfers and that was sort of the strength of this

807
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 9: team last year and so it's hard to do right,

808
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 9: Like you know, bring in all these guys from other programs,

809
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,040
Speaker 9: some of them only have a couple of months getting acclimated.

810
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:40,759
Speaker 9: Is he going to have that high percentage that year?

811
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,719
Speaker 9: I think this year, you know, there's less group of

812
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:46,520
Speaker 9: five guys. You know, it's more powerful talent. So that

813
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,799
Speaker 9: kind of maybe lessens the question marks, but it's still like,

814
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 9: if you hit on eighty to ninety percent of the

815
00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 9: transfer guys that you bring in, and you're bringing in

816
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:57,400
Speaker 9: a high number, that sets you up for success. And

817
00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 9: I think that's sort of like, you know, look, this

818
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:03,080
Speaker 9: team the tad wins. If that happens, right, If he

819
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:04,840
Speaker 9: didn't hit right on the quarterback or he doesn't the

820
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 9: defensive line sort of takes a step back, it's going

821
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:10,600
Speaker 9: to be that much more difficult. But I mean, he's

822
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 9: just has that sort of reputation, you know, that's part

823
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:16,440
Speaker 9: of him, a self professed film guy. That's where this

824
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 9: kind of happened. That's how he finds that talent. That's

825
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:21,719
Speaker 9: how he's confident in kind of his evaluation process. And

826
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 9: so that's I think where you kind of look like, man,

827
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,760
Speaker 9: if they have that sort of success rate, this team's

828
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,200
Speaker 9: going to be pretty good. But I still think there's

829
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,759
Speaker 9: open questions just because it's really hard to do. You know,

830
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 9: if it was that easy, every team would be really good,

831
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,360
Speaker 9: right if they're just bringing in ten guys that you

832
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,359
Speaker 9: know immediately started were contributors. But it's not.

833
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:40,960
Speaker 1: You know, when you look at the quarterback position. Mike

834
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,839
Speaker 1: Nazek as our guest from the Bloomington Herald Times talking

835
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 1: about Indiana football, Curtis Work was really really good last year.

836
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 1: That goes without saying. I think probably even better than

837
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:54,400
Speaker 1: people anticipated in the way that he mastered that offense

838
00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:59,280
Speaker 1: for Kurt Signetti. Is it possible that Fernando Mendoza actually

839
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:04,680
Speaker 1: elevates that position because he has that much promise as well?

840
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:06,799
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean it's I think it's a high bar,

841
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,520
Speaker 9: and I think that's what fans sort of undercut with Curtis.

842
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 9: He did it on one leg, which is frankly amazing,

843
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:13,879
Speaker 9: but like you know, there haven't been that many three

844
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 9: thousand yard passing seasons. He's had a single season touchdown record. Like,

845
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,840
Speaker 9: the bar is pretty high for for Fernando to to

846
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:23,839
Speaker 9: kind of reach, But you know, the talent's there, and

847
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 9: that's what you know, everybody's kind of said about, you know,

848
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 9: his arm and him being kind of an nfl over

849
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:33,719
Speaker 9: type of prospect with like his tool set, but you know,

850
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 9: he doesn't have five years of experience in their bolt.

851
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:38,200
Speaker 9: You know, Curtis Work, I think at double the amount

852
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,520
Speaker 9: of games started and so like that's where he sort

853
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,800
Speaker 9: of saying can he you know, the non conference is

854
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 9: very easy, but once you hit the big ten, can

855
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:46,880
Speaker 9: he hit the ground running in the way Curtis Worke did,

856
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:50,759
Speaker 9: like UCLA, like there no sort of hesitation, He was

857
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,279
Speaker 9: great and that week two and and just sort of

858
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 9: lifted off from there. You know, that's not that's hard

859
00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:58,959
Speaker 9: to do, especially you know, like I said, he had

860
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 9: so much more experien so much terms of practice reps,

861
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:03,840
Speaker 9: in terms of game reps. And you know, I'm not

862
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 9: saying Fernando is not capable. I certainly think he is,

863
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 9: and he has an arm town. It's just whether, like

864
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 9: you said, is it going to be all there fully formed?

865
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,480
Speaker 9: Not week one, because like I said, as the competition

866
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:20,719
Speaker 9: gets tougher and they do start out, you know, they

867
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:24,239
Speaker 9: had sort of an on ramp last year in terms

868
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 9: of like UCLA, Maryland, Northwestern until they got that Nebraska game.

869
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 9: This year it's Illinois, Iowa, Oregon and two of those

870
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 9: on the road, a lot more difficult than Curtis had.

871
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:37,720
Speaker 1: I mean, to be fair, what about the weapons from

872
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:40,719
Speaker 1: the receiving standpoint and one of the guys and I

873
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 1: know that when I say this, people are going to

874
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Speaker 1: go He's only asking that because the guy started at Clemson.

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Speaker 1: That's not the case. But EJ. Williams, for example, at

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Speaker 1: the receiver spot, was a guy that came in. He's

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Speaker 1: probably the most highly talented recruit on the roster, and

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Speaker 1: yet injuries have kind of prevented him from really getting

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Speaker 1: his footing over the course of the year. But you know,

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Speaker 1: then you've got Surat on that there, that is I

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Speaker 1: think can be one of the better receivers in the

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Speaker 1: league itself. The offensive weapons outside the quarterback position look

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Speaker 1: good for Indiana.

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Speaker 9: Ware well, I think we're certainly receiver I mean, like

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Speaker 9: their depths not what it was last year. But if

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Speaker 9: all those guys stay healthy, I don't think it matters.

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Speaker 9: Because you've got Sarat, Cooper and Williams. That's a pretty

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Speaker 9: good I think anybody would be envious of that starting three. Suraant,

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Speaker 9: like you said, sort of an under I mean, I

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Speaker 9: know he's gotten recognition, kind of been some preseason American

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Speaker 9: American lists and receiving awards, but I feel like he's

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Speaker 9: gone under the raider just based on his production in

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Speaker 9: the way he steadily climbed kind of the ranks. Cooper

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Speaker 9: is kind of, uh, you know, growing into it and

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Speaker 9: showed flashes. Aaron Williams has the upside of like an

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Speaker 9: NFL type guy with just his his skill set. So

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Speaker 9: I mean, with those three alone, I think you're looking

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Speaker 9: at a really solid core. I think Sarat can carry

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Speaker 9: that group, no question, if they stay healthy. I'm intrigued

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Speaker 9: by the running backs with Roman Hemby and Lee bb Junior.

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Speaker 9: You know, heavy ran really well against Indiana the last

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Speaker 9: couple of years, but did some nice things from Maryland.

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Speaker 9: And they both are really pass catching oriented type of backs,

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Speaker 9: so they can really hurt you out of the backfield.

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Speaker 9: And so I think that's some an area where we

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Speaker 9: talked about where things maybe look a little different. That's

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Speaker 9: one of them. And so I think, you know, look

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Speaker 9: he you know, Mendonza has the weapons surrounded him, surrounding

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Speaker 9: him to be a really effective quarterback. Can you get

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Speaker 9: the protection especially in those you know, really good games

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Speaker 9: and sort of have have trust in it, you know,

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Speaker 9: because this was a guy that was secked you know,

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Speaker 9: forty something times last year and was on the run,

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Speaker 9: you know, it was running for his life most of

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Speaker 9: the season. He's got to feel comfortable back in that pocket.

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Speaker 9: I think he has the talent up front in that

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Speaker 9: line and has the talent around him. But it's just

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Speaker 9: got to kind of all come together and we'll see

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Speaker 9: kind of what happens.

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Speaker 1: Lastly, Mike, what did we learn, if anything about Indiana

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Speaker 1: basketball that we did not already know, which might be

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Speaker 1: everything from their time down in Puerto Rico.

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Speaker 9: Well, it just confirms I think the style. I mean, like, look,

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Speaker 9: if you wanted a sort of a refresh from the

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Speaker 9: Mike Winton era, those three point numbers, When you look

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Speaker 9: at kind of the box scores from those three games,

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Speaker 9: we'll tell you that this is definitely a new era.

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Speaker 9: It's not just a you know, a new code paint

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Speaker 9: like this is a very differently built team than the

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Speaker 9: ones that Indiana has become accustomed to the last you know,

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Speaker 9: three or four seasons. This team's going to shoot the ball.

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Speaker 9: They're going to shoot the ball a lot, and they're

933
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Speaker 9: not gonna be afraid to saw a lie in a

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Speaker 9: three point shot. So when you talk about kind of

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Speaker 9: like a hard reset, like this is it.

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Speaker 1: Mike Nisac with the Bloomington Herald Times, Mike, appreciate the

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Speaker 1: time as always, man, good talking to you.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, well so I'm sure we'll be talking soon down

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Speaker 9: line with football here.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate it and look forward to that for certain.