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Speaker 1: Randy Baman and the DDE Morning Show on your radio

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Speaker 1: home of the Pittsburgh Steelers one or two point five

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Speaker 1: DVE joining us right now, the new head coach of

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Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers, something that has only been said three

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Speaker 1: times since nineteen sixty nine, Greenfield's own Mike McCarthy, Ladies

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Speaker 1: and jentlemen, coach, good morning.

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Speaker 2: Hey, good morning. I can't tell you what an honor

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Speaker 2: this is to be on WDVE. My goodness.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you, of anybody would appreciate that, you know.

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Speaker 1: I remember Jim tom Sulli saying, Hey, I'm a DV guy,

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Speaker 1: and this has always been this one of the things

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Speaker 1: that struck me. When you were hired as the head coaches.

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Speaker 1: Your family must have been so excited to not have

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Speaker 1: to buy new team gear. Like if you said I'm

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Speaker 1: the new coach of the Raiders.

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Speaker 3: They'd be like, oh Jesus, we got to go buy

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Speaker 3: the They're already festooned with black and gold.

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Speaker 4: Oh.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, they've been wearing it under their you know, the

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Speaker 2: other team's gear for for for decades. So it's good

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Speaker 2: that we can opening we're are Steeler gear Nowso no,

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Speaker 2: it's it's been awesome it's been an incredible.

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Speaker 4: Week, Mike.

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Speaker 3: More good news for you. We haven't changed our playlist

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Speaker 3: since you were.

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Speaker 4: Well.

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Speaker 2: I thought I was going, yeah, I thought I was

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Speaker 2: totally They threw me for a loop, Brandy and Mike.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, uh, well, you know, in speaking of your family,

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Speaker 1: your introductory press conference, right, the emotions of that moment

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Speaker 1: were felt across Steeler Nation. And when you said Pittsburgh

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Speaker 1: is my world, I mean that just got everybody right

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Speaker 1: in the gut. And I was thinking it must have

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Speaker 1: been so fun might not be the right word, but

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Speaker 1: gratifying for you when you got to tell your family.

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Speaker 4: Before the rest of the world knew.

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Speaker 1: What was it like telling your immediate family I'm going

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Speaker 1: to be the new head coach of the pittsburghs.

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Speaker 4: Oh, it's emotional, I mean to say the least.

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Speaker 2: And uh, you know, and I think clearly you know

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Speaker 2: the press conference was was was really you know, it's

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Speaker 2: tough if you ever do a press conference at that moment,

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Speaker 2: you don't want your you don't want your parents sitting

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Speaker 2: right in front of you, you're four feet away because

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Speaker 2: that this I mean, it was hard since I walked

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Speaker 4: But no, it's I mean it's it.

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Speaker 2: Means the world to you know, really all of us,

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Speaker 2: because you know, they've they've been with me, you know,

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Speaker 2: every stepping away throughout my career and to be able

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Speaker 2: to come up back home and and uh, you know,

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Speaker 2: be the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, I mean

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Speaker 2: it's I mean, this is what you dream about as

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Speaker 2: a kid. And you know, from the day you know,

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Speaker 2: I got into coaching today that I was able to

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Speaker 2: you know, be an NFL coach, I mean it was

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Speaker 2: I mean, this is a pinnacle for us.

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Speaker 1: Well, Chefter reported at one point, this was the only

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Speaker 1: job you were interested in pursuing as a head coach.

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Speaker 4: Is that true? Well, once, yeah, once it became available.

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Speaker 2: You know, I think you know that the timing of

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Speaker 2: it was a little a little later than you know,

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Speaker 2: the first two opportunities that I interviewed for, but definitely,

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Speaker 2: I mean it's, uh, like I said, there's there's nothing

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Speaker 2: that compares. You know, we we're from Pittsburgh. I mean,

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Speaker 2: we're like the people from outside of Wes from Pennsylvania.

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Speaker 2: They think we're all warp back here. We just think

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Speaker 1: How much have NFL offense has changed since you first started,

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Speaker 1: and how do you think you've evolved with those changes

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Speaker 1: as an offensive architect.

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Speaker 2: I think football, I mean it's I think you have

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Speaker 2: to simplify it and I look at it the same.

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Speaker 2: You know, you have you have two back offense. You

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Speaker 2: know you have one back offense, and you have you know,

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Speaker 2: no back offense. And I think just like anything in

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Speaker 2: from year to year. And you know, as as you

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Speaker 2: coming back more and more the last couple of years.

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Speaker 2: So I think it's important to understand what the trends are.

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Speaker 2: But you know, at the end of the day, it's

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Speaker 2: about having a system that highlights your players. And that's

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Speaker 2: what I've always appreciated with the West Coast offense. It's

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Speaker 2: a system of great flexibility, and it gives you the

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Speaker 3: Mike, I wanted to congratulate you on accomplishing what you

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Speaker 3: have in life despite spending so much time with de

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Speaker 3: But I also wanted to ask you about something you

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Speaker 3: said at the press conference. You mentioned defense wins championships,

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Speaker 3: and you said you've had one top five defense in

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Speaker 4: Team that beat the Steelers in the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 3: Why didn't you have more top five defenses? And is

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Speaker 3: that something that you can facilitate here in Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 4: Definitely.

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Speaker 2: I mean it's not a you know, it's not a

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Speaker 2: negative reflection on the other teams that you know. That

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Speaker 2: was really the point in the common I just it

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Speaker 2: was it's just really how you know your season goes.

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Speaker 2: And because we've always tried to highlight defense, and but

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Speaker 2: you know, when you play offense at a very high level,

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Speaker 2: you know that's that's an added stress to your defense too.

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Speaker 4: So you learn that as a head coach.

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Speaker 2: You know, I think like all of us as offensive coaches,

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Speaker 2: you know, starting with quarterback. You know, quarterback coach the

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Speaker 2: offensive coordinator, You're trying to score as many points as possible,

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Speaker 2: you know, play with your hair on fire. But you know,

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Speaker 2: as you learn in the league, especially as a head coach,

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Speaker 2: the component of complimentary football put you in position to win,

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Speaker 2: to win more games, and especially the games that count

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Speaker 2: the most, and those are the playoff games because you

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Speaker 2: know every year, I mean you look at it, there's

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Speaker 2: that was you know, was significant. Every one of these

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Speaker 2: momentum changes in the fourth quarter have been at a historic.

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Speaker 4: Rate, so that that that's the reality of it.

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Speaker 2: So if you're gonna play that way in January and

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Speaker 2: to train your team starting that way, you know when

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Speaker 1: You have an appreciation you're talking about the ones, the

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Speaker 1: Do you have an appreciation for that as an imperative

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, it's you know, you grow up here. You know,

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Speaker 2: Till college and and I can remember when you meet

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Speaker 2: people they said, boy, it snows all the time with Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 4: You know, like what a you're talking about?

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Speaker 2: You know it's four seasons because all I knew was

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Speaker 2: the Steelers won in the playoff games and snow and

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Speaker 2: and I think it's always resonated with me of you know,

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Speaker 2: how you you know, how you need to play and

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Speaker 2: how you need to train your team, and and it's different.

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Speaker 4: Trust me.

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Speaker 2: I coached the team a Green Bay, you know, the

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Speaker 2: it's your training and environment. You're your home field environment

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Speaker 2: is part of who you are. And and I think

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Speaker 2: you know this, this this theme. This town has always

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Speaker 1: Football, all right to that end, coach, don't you think

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Speaker 1: it would be a crime if the NFL moved the

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Speaker 1: conference championship games to a neutral site indoors?

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Speaker 4: Yes, you know, I messed that narrative. I've been a

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Speaker 1: That yeah, Yeah, that's that's that's the going.

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Speaker 1: Florio had it and everyone's been weighing in on it,

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Speaker 1: and it seemed like, oh no, is this one of

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Speaker 1: those things. The league is floating a balloon that that's

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Speaker 1: where it's headed because of people thinking that that AFC

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Speaker 1: Championship game was adversely affected by the weather. To me,

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Speaker 1: that is postseason football.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely in Denver played their asses off all year to

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Speaker 2: earn that opportunity to play at home too. No, obviously

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Speaker 2: they didn't end in their favor, but right I don't.

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Speaker 2: I don't think they would have wanted to play that

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Speaker 4: A fan of it.

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Speaker 2: But you know, hey, I spent five years with Jerry

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Speaker 2: I totally would. I'd be opposed to it. But head

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Speaker 1: How different is it going to be working for Art

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Speaker 1: Rooney as compared to Jerry Jones? They don't strike me

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Speaker 4: Fellas well.

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Speaker 2: I've been obviously beyond blessed with, you know, with the

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Speaker 2: that's that's the reality of it. You know, artists, you

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Speaker 2: there's there's a little more going on, but yeah, it's.

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Speaker 4: A little more going on.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's he's uh, I mean, he's he's he's a remarkable,

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Speaker 2: So but I'm I'm uh, obviously, you know, just thrilled

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Speaker 4: Mike.

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Speaker 3: You also talked about the value of running the ball

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Speaker 3: the other day, and I'm wondering, as a play caller,

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Speaker 3: sell running the ball enough to you guys?

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Speaker 4: And how much is running the ball enough? You know?

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Speaker 2: To me, it's it's it's about touches, you know, because

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Speaker 4: You know that that that that's you.

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Speaker 2: Know that that combination has and scoot a little bit

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Speaker 4: So it's it's really about.

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Speaker 2: You know, those run attempts in first and second down,

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Speaker 1: Go ahead, coach, you're the offensive mastermind. You're gonna be

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Speaker 2: Well, to be honest with you, when you get into

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Speaker 2: individual is huge as far as how how you you know,

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Speaker 2: You know, you're looking for the dynamics of you know,

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Speaker 4: Really comes for me, comes down to fit. I'm just

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Speaker 2: I'm still i guess old fashioned, and the fact that

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Speaker 3: Mike, We're all kind of expecting Anon Rodgers to come back.

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Speaker 3: You know him better than anybody, are you? Do you

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Speaker 2: I don't, but I'll say this, this is this is

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Speaker 2: Uh in Green Bay. I mean it's important for really

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Speaker 2: I'm right there with you, Mike. I hope he's coming back.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, it seems like you're assembling a coaching staff

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Speaker 1: almost like you're, yeah, you're putting cheese under a box

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Speaker 4: That's funny, that's good, that's earliod. I mean, I hope

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Speaker 1: I think that a lot of people were proven wrong

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. I think you know, when you when you

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Speaker 2: he's remarkably gifted in his ball placement. Just having a

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Speaker 2: I think being comfortable, you know, with the offensive players,

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Speaker 1: Coach Mike McCarthy, thanks so much for your time.

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Speaker 4: Before I let you go, if.

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Speaker 1: You'll indulge U just a couple more things here. When

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Speaker 1: like the not that important things, but lifestyle, like, oh

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean, you live in Green Bay, and you

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Speaker 2: where you work. You think, boy, I'll probably never lived

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Speaker 2: I think that, you know, like people say, oh, you're

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Speaker 2: it's a it is special beyond belief, that's for sure.

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Speaker 1: Any chance you'll do your weekly press conferences from Big

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Speaker 4: You know, it's funny how everybody brings up big Gyms,

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Speaker 4: and Big Gyms is a great place, don't get me wrong,

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Speaker 4: But you know that was that was our competition.

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Speaker 1: That's your common family competition.

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Speaker 4: I'm sorry, sorry, that was all good.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, my family love Big Gyms and Okikio. The

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Speaker 5: But answer a question, I'll definitely be going there for

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Speaker 5: fish on Friday for what that's for sure. Mike, thanks

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Speaker 5: for doing this and Uh, if you ever threw me

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Speaker 5: out of Chauncey's and I was a pain in the s, apologize.

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Speaker 1: Did you ever throw anybody famous out of Chauncey's? Was

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Speaker 1: there any Steelers that you had to be like, Hey,

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Speaker 1: it's time to move along.

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Speaker 4: Come on, man, whatever whatever happens at.

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Speaker 1: Chauncey, there's your T shirt. What happens at Chauncey stand

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Speaker 1: a Chauncey's coach Mike McCarthy, thanks so much for your

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Speaker 1: time this morning. Greatly appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: And ghost Stealers, oh you bet, thank you. This is awesome.