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All right, here we go, and I'm busy. 10 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: Football Friday. 11 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 3: Football Friday sponsored by Tito's Handmade Vodka, proud sponsor of 12 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 3: the Seahawks, distilled and bottled by Fifth Generation Incorporated, Austin, Texas. 13 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 3: Forty percent alcohol by volume, saver responsibly. 14 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, after what we've all been. 15 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 3: Through the last couple of days, I think we could 16 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 3: all use a big bottle of Tito's here in the studio. 17 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 3: Man Jedfish is going to join us, by the way 18 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 3: in about twelve minutes from now. We'll kind of adjust 19 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 3: the clock a little bit here and get the coach 20 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 3: you on the AAR around three point fifteen. First public 21 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 3: comments from him since this demand Williams Saga unfolded starting 22 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 3: on Tuesday and then hopefully ending for now last night 23 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 3: when he announced on Instagram he was going to return 24 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 3: to Washington and just one of the more just wacky, amazing, 25 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 3: unbelievable interesting stories that I think any of us have 26 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 3: really ever been a part of Dick in Seattle. I mean, 27 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,759 Speaker 3: you know, a fractured fan base over at you Dub. 28 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 3: We ran a poll last night into this morning on 29 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 3: social media asking fans if they wanted demand Williams to 30 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 3: come back, and seven thousand votes in seventy percent say no. 31 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:38,119 Speaker 1: Right, so we'll see. 32 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 3: I mean, this is going to be a very now, 33 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 3: very interesting offseason for a lot of reasons for You Dub. 34 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 3: But Jed Fish is going to join us at three fifteen, 35 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 3: and I just frankly think there's a lot of questions 36 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 3: that we need to simply put just ask directly. 37 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: You know, what was his reaction when he went into portal? 38 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 3: Were there any conversations with him before he decided to 39 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 3: enter the portal? 40 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: And uh, why did he take him back? 41 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 3: It's the guy that you know was announcing he was 42 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 3: going into the portal with a no contact designation, which frankly, 43 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 3: it makes it seem pretty obvious. He knew where he 44 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 3: was going. He was about to walk out on the 45 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 3: football team. Why would Jed Fish give this guy a 46 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 3: second shot? For God's sake? So what does he say 47 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 3: to the fan base that's frankly pissed off about the 48 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 3: whole situation, And. 49 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 4: What would he say to the fan base who believes, well, 50 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 4: the only reason Demand is coming back is because he 51 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 4: can only play at the University of Washington because all 52 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 4: of a sudden it got shut down elsewhere, and so 53 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 4: now he has to come back to the University of Washington. 54 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 4: And you and why would you want a player in 55 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 4: those circumstances. 56 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, and then you know, I was on What's 57 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 3: Serious Today and the guy that I was talking with 58 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 3: I forgot his name, I apologize, brought up a great 59 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 3: point about this whole thing. And I don't know how 60 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 3: much this kind of factored into play, but you know, 61 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 3: the idea was that, hey, Deman only had to come 62 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 3: back because he went out there and realized that, you know, 63 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 3: schools were not willing to deal with the heat, they 64 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 3: were not willing to deal with the financial implications of 65 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 3: bringing him to their universe. So he had no choice. 66 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 3: But to come back and play for you Dub. But 67 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 3: I wonder if you Dub also had no choice either. 68 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 3: They signed the guy to a contract last Friday, so 69 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 3: they'd have to pay, and he hadn't violated the deal yet. 70 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 3: All he did is go on Instagram and say he 71 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 3: wanted to leave. I mean, was was you Dub bound 72 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 3: to have no choice but to bring this guy back 73 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 3: as well after what happened on Friday night? So it 74 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 3: is really going to be There's not many topics that 75 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 3: survive over a nine month period. This is gonna be 76 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 3: one of them. And it's going to go on and 77 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 3: on and on because every Husky fan, every football fan 78 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 3: across the country has a take on this. 79 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: And I called our buddy r J Chopp. You know Rjay. 80 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 3: He's in Dallas doing a morning show, but he's a 81 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 3: big Tennessee fan, right, So I asked him and said, hey, 82 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 3: if Nico put his name in the portal, which he 83 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 3: did and the next day decided I want to come 84 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 3: back to Knoxville, what would the reaction have been? 85 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: He said, people would have crushed him. They would have 86 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: hated it. 87 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 3: There's no way Tennessee fans would have liked to have 88 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 3: Nico back. Now, part of it is because they thought 89 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 3: it was way overpaid. But when he when a guy 90 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 3: quits on a football team, even shows any inkling that 91 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 3: he no longer wants to be in that locker room, 92 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 3: for some people, especially some old school people, Dick, that's 93 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 3: a major problem. 94 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 4: It certainly is. And you talk about a nine month 95 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 4: shelf life of a story. Really in sports these days, 96 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 4: the only stories that have that type of shelf life's 97 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 4: involved quarterbacks. And we've because it's that important a position 98 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 4: to us, and we had a nine month shelf life. Hell, 99 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 4: we've had a twelve almost a twelve month shelf life 100 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 4: with Sam Darnell. Since the moment he was signed by 101 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 4: the Seattle Seahawks, he has been topic number one for Seattle. 102 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 4: How's he going to play? How's he going to play? 103 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 4: Now he's playing? 104 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: Is he good? Is he not good? 105 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 4: How's he going to play in the playoffs? And now 106 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 4: we've transitioned to the Demond Williams story, which will be 107 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 4: another nine months. 108 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, no doubt. 109 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 3: And look, I mean obviously everything's raw, there's no question 110 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 3: about it. You know, obviously it's got to happen now 111 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 3: because the portal is going to close in February, and 112 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 3: there obviously as a calendar here that people have to 113 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 3: bye bye. But God, am I happy this happened now 114 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 3: versus later in the year as we get closer to 115 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 3: the year. I mean, you've got nine months to do 116 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 3: damage control. And it's not just damage control with the 117 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 3: fan base. I mean I almost think the damage control 118 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 3: inside that locker room, the damage control on campus with 119 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 3: the soccer team, for example. Who I'm hearing is hot 120 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 3: about what happened on Friday night, and I don't blame 121 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 3: him at all or Tuesday night. Sorry, I don't blame 122 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 3: him whatsoever for being hot about it, right, I mean 123 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 3: for a lot of people, including you, Jackson, that was 124 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 3: one of the things that really kind of just ticked 125 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 3: you off the most about this entire story, to be 126 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 3: that tone deaf about that situation. So he's got a 127 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 3: lot of fence mending to do behind the scenes at 128 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 3: at Washington. And I don't know how this is going 129 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 3: to go because I don't have any references. 130 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 1: I don't even know what story. 131 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 3: That we could even call a comp with. 132 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: This thing, and it's so new in college football. 133 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 4: I can't think of one. But you know, it'll be 134 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 4: interesting to see does does this caush it right? Will 135 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 4: this be the one and only time? Yeah, because every 136 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 4: player out there that's thinking about this now we'll see 137 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 4: how it ended for Demon Williams. And it did not 138 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 4: end well. 139 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 3: Well, and it just it kind of shows you that 140 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 3: Demand did not do his homework on what the reaction 141 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,559 Speaker 3: would have been on the other end, not just from 142 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 3: his own fan base, but also from schools across the country. Right, 143 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 3: And maybe if he had better advice, Maybe if he 144 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 3: had done more homework on the matter, he would have 145 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 3: realized that, well, you know what, and I'm not even 146 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 3: talking about just Demand been talking about the team he 147 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 3: was going to. 148 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 1: Go to if it was LSU. 149 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 3: Did LSU do their homework on this whole thing, because 150 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 3: it looks like they didn't. Because if they said no, 151 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 3: if they decided in the end to pull the plug 152 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 3: on this and said we can't go down that road, 153 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 3: then I mean you got to look at them and go, 154 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 3: my god, you created this situation and you're partially responsible 155 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 3: for Let's get to Jetfish. I'll join us next on 156 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 3: ninety three three KJRFM. 157 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 2: Now back to Football FRIDAYE sponsored by Tito's and made 158 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 2: vodka on your home for the NFL Sports Radio ninety 159 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 2: three point three. 160 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 3: All right, boys and girls, back here on a Friday afternoon, 161 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 3: right here on ninety three to three, kJ ARFM Safty, 162 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 3: Dick Jackson with you until seven o'clock tonight. 163 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: What do you say we head over to Mott Lake? 164 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 3: Joining us right now on the radio show, the head 165 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 3: coach of the Dogs, Jed Fish Jed Good, afternoon. 166 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: How are you. 167 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 5: Hell? U's offtie? How are you doing? 168 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: I'm good. 169 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 3: I apologize for the phone call here. I know it's 170 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 3: been a quiet, relaxing couple days for you guys over 171 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 3: there at you dub so. I apologize for the for 172 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 3: the interruption, but why don't we just start their coach, 173 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 3: It's been a crazy few days, I know for everybody there, 174 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 3: crazy for us as fans here on the air, obviously, 175 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 3: How would you characterize the last forty eight seventy two 176 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 3: hours that you've been through? 177 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, it's been a it's been a really 178 00:07:55,240 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 5: interesting learning experience the last really, I guess since January second, 179 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 5: and probably before that when the portal opened, but even 180 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 5: really since our season ended, trying to retain a team, 181 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 5: dealing with a lot of contract stuff that I've never 182 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 5: dealt with before at this level. There's been a ton 183 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 5: of communication with agents recently, and it's been a wild 184 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 5: month or whatever it's been, I guess from December thirteenth on, 185 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 5: and then it kind of culminated this week with a 186 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 5: very interesting week of learning. 187 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 4: Well, a week ago, we were all excited. We saw 188 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 4: that DeMont Williams signed his deal to come back. Husky 189 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 4: Nation was fired up, and then you know, kind of 190 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 4: all hell broke lose. Can you shed some light, Coach 191 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 4: on what happened between that day that Demon signed as 192 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 4: ANIL deal with you guys in the day he was 193 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 4: saying he was leaving less than a week later. 194 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, I think I can. I'd say, well, 195 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 5: the good part is the you know, the excitement and 196 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 5: the energy of a week ago. You know, we're a 197 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 5: week later and I'm really all we've done is improved 198 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 5: the team since then, and with Demand's return back, the 199 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 5: quality of the team and the quality of the players 200 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 5: is just continuing to improve. You know, they're obviously what 201 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 5: was the situation where, you know a few days back 202 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 5: that we were dealing with a discussion whether or not 203 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 5: the mom was going to return here or choose to 204 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 5: try to go elsewhere. Initially, obviously he chose to return here. 205 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 5: It was very excited about it. And then you know 206 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 5: posted that he was, you know, potentially going to try 207 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 5: to leave. And then over the last forty eight to 208 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 5: seventy two hours after that, after a lot of conversations 209 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 5: and a lot of communication and education and understanding the 210 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 5: new wave of college football, we all came to a 211 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 5: really good agreement where the best thing for for Demand, 212 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 5: the best thing for Washington, and the best thing for 213 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 5: all of college football was for Demand to be the 214 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 5: quarterback here for his third season in a row. 215 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, Jeded Fish is with us. 216 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 3: So, Jed, were you aware going into Tuesday night that 217 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 3: he was going to announce that he planned to enter 218 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 3: the transfer portal? 219 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 5: No, No, that was no, There was no part of 220 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:42,359 Speaker 5: that that I was expecting. We had some great conversations 221 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 5: when the season came to an end in the new 222 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 5: age of college football, and a third of the team, 223 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 5: a third of teams, not our team, but a third 224 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,839 Speaker 5: of teams have been entering into the portal. I think 225 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 5: there's thousands and thousands of guys that have gone on. 226 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 5: You have conversations with every member of your team, and 227 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 5: you talk to them about the future, and you talked 228 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 5: about why being here is so important and why we 229 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 5: believe we built such an incredible foundation. So you have 230 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 5: those conversations up through that final day where they click 231 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 5: on you know, their their DOCU sign or their agent 232 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 5: approves their final deal. And when that happened, the traditional 233 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 5: you've now gotten to a point where you move on 234 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 5: to the next player or you bring in the next 235 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 5: member of the portal. You know, we brought in about 236 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 5: ten players since the season ended to join the team. 237 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 5: Uh So, Yeah, I was surprised about what occurred on 238 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 5: I believe it was Tuesday, but also encouraged with all 239 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 5: of the conversations that we had between Tuesday and last 240 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 5: night to put everybody you know, at ease and to 241 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 5: really talk about the future and how we were going 242 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 5: to really set Washington up for what hopefully will be 243 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 5: a great run this season. 244 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 3: Well, Jeed fish with us, and Jed surprising for me, 245 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 3: not from your perspective, but from Demand's perspective that he 246 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 3: would not have even made you aware that that post 247 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 3: was going out on Tuesday night. Do you do you 248 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 3: believe do you have reason to believe there was tampering 249 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 3: with demand from another university between Friday and Tuesday. 250 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 5: Oh, I don't know, and I really don't want to, 251 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 5: you know, get into that, the tampering or the discussions 252 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 5: of the communication. I know there's everybody wants to be 253 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 5: involved in those, and I kind of tend not to 254 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,439 Speaker 5: want to be involved in those. I prefer much more 255 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 5: to be involved in talking about you know, what a 256 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 5: what a good football team I think we're going to have. 257 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 5: I think I want to get involved in being able 258 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 5: to help and educate our kids on you know, the 259 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 5: decisions they make, the consequences that we have, and then 260 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 5: you know how to be able to overcome some consequences 261 00:12:56,360 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 5: and also continue to become great communicators. And really, my 262 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 5: job as a college football coach is to educate eighteen 263 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 5: to twenty two year olds and twenty three year olds. 264 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 5: And I've learned a ton over the last seventy two 265 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 5: ninety six hours. I've also learned a ton over the month, 266 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 5: And to be honest with you, I've learned a ton 267 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 5: over the year, and I'm looking forward to sharing and 268 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 5: being able to help our kids grow and be a 269 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 5: better football team. Have a more trusting relationships with all 270 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 5: of us, have an incredible bond as a program, and 271 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 5: see what type of team we can put out there 272 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 5: in August. But we got eight months of work to 273 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 5: be able to get to where we want to be. 274 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 4: Coach, I'm sure you reached out to him right away 275 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 4: after being stunned by that announcement. What was his reasoning 276 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 4: that he gave you on that Tuesday that he wanted 277 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 4: to leave. 278 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,839 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think the conversations that we had, I feel 279 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 5: like those are really important that we say that's saved 280 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 5: between us. I think as most kids in this new 281 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 5: era of football, you know, they're learning, they're they're trying 282 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 5: to understand, They're trying to figure out what does this 283 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 5: all look like? What is what is it that I 284 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 5: signed up for? What is it that we're living in 285 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 5: right now? You start hearing about the craziness of so 286 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 5: many different places, so many different kids, And you know, 287 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 5: I think for us, he and I had a conversation 288 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 5: about what we both thought was best, and then it 289 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 5: took the forty eight you know, hours or so to 290 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 5: really land where we felt the plane should be landed. 291 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 5: And I think over those forty hours, we both agreed 292 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 5: that the plane should be landed at SeaTac and we 293 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 5: should be able to really learn, be able to educate 294 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 5: the rest of our team about what happened, U about 295 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 5: to understand the value of time and timing, and then 296 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 5: also be able to talk through how we can really 297 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 5: make this a stronger team because of what occurred. 298 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, Jeed Fish is with us on the radio show, 299 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 3: and Jed, look, you're I know, keenly aware of the 300 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 3: reaction to this by the Husky fan base. And I've 301 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 3: been covering this thing for over thirty years and I've 302 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 3: never seen the fan base fractured like this. 303 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: We ran a poll on social media. 304 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 3: Seven thousand people voted seventy percent to thirty percent against 305 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 3: wanting him to come back. For the fans out there 306 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 3: that don't trust him on Williams and don't want him 307 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 3: representing your doub anymore, what do you say to those fans? 308 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, I saw at you saw your posts. 309 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 5: When you said, in thirty two years, you've never seen this, 310 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 5: I think it's because in thirty two years, we've never 311 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 5: had this in college football. Right, this is a completely 312 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 5: new world. This is the very first year in all 313 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 5: of college football that there's been revenue share agreements between 314 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 5: a university and between student athletes. This is the very 315 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 5: first year that, after all of these years where the 316 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 5: kids really got a scholarship, are now talking about sharing 317 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 5: in twenty plus million dollars through the television and multimedia 318 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 5: rights marketing deals that have been going on. So it 319 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 5: is brand new, and I think our fans, our coaches, 320 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 5: our families are all learning about the newness of college football. 321 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 5: And I think we really are working to learn about 322 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 5: how close it's becoming to pro football. And I'm not 323 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 5: going to compare it to you know, when there's a 324 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 5: player that misses a mini camp, or a player that 325 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 5: then shows up for their first veteran you know camp 326 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 5: and then everything is all well and good, or a 327 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 5: player that wants to hold out and then comes back, 328 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 5: or whatever it might be. I think we're just learning 329 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 5: college football is unique. It's new in twenty twenty six, 330 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 5: and all of us are learning how to navigate it 331 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 5: the best way possible. 332 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,199 Speaker 3: Do you have any, though, Jed specific message to the 333 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 3: fans that are turned off by this? 334 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean my specific message would be this, give 335 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 5: us eight months. The first game is not until September. 336 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 5: We are going to work extremely hard as a football 337 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 5: team to continue to be a part of this community 338 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 5: and to reach out and to be in the forefront 339 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 5: and to show the type of guys that we have 340 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 5: brought in here and that we will continue to bring 341 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 5: in here. We have nine months. We're not playing our 342 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 5: first game next Saturday. As a matter of fact, you know, 343 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 5: we're going to be at the team rooting for the 344 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 5: Seahawks next weekend. And as that continues on, I think 345 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 5: our fans will beginning to see what went on in 346 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,439 Speaker 5: all of college football this year. This was certainly the 347 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 5: first time we saw a head coach leave a CFT 348 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 5: team and go to another team during the season. This 349 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 5: is the first time that we've seen many many things 350 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 5: that have occurred in college football. These are a lot 351 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 5: of firsts, and I hope that our fans understand they're 352 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 5: fans of the University of Washington, They're fans of you know, 353 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 5: this institution, the greatest setting in college football, the greatest 354 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:33,879 Speaker 5: you know what I believe is one of the greatest 355 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 5: programs in college football. It's why I'm here, It's why 356 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 5: I wanted to stay here, regardless of rumor regardless of 357 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 5: what people thought. I love the fact that I get 358 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 5: the coach at the University of Washington, and I hope 359 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 5: that our fans recognize and believe in what we're trying 360 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:50,680 Speaker 5: to get done here. 361 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 4: Coach, can you shed some light on the emotions that 362 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,400 Speaker 4: the team has gone through the last week and how 363 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 4: worried are you about team chemistry? How much of a 364 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:00,959 Speaker 4: struggle do you think? I think it will be for 365 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 4: Demand to assimilate back with his teammates. 366 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 5: I think that's really important for the team to to 367 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 5: figure out that themselves. This isn't something that has gone 368 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 5: on for weeks or months. This isn't something that has 369 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 5: you know, been a you know, a contractual holdout that 370 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 5: we're you know concerned in this period of time where, 371 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 5: oh my god, we've been away from the team for 372 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 5: so long. I mean, this has been a couple of 373 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 5: days and now when he returns, the teammate and Demand, 374 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 5: I'm sure we'll have numerous conversations. It's important that we 375 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 5: all recognize how we can learn from this. Our team 376 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 5: is really full of character an integrity. We really believe 377 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 5: in doing the right thing. We're also, as me as 378 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 5: the head coach, our assistant coaches are players. We're all learning, 379 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 5: and we're all trying to get better and better and better, 380 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 5: and and it's my hope that I can be better 381 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 5: in twenty six than I wasn't twenty five. It's my 382 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 5: hope that our whole team feels the same. 383 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 3: Way Jetfish as with us on the radio show and Jed. 384 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 3: There's a thought I think that some people in the media, 385 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 3: some fans have that Demand came back because he had 386 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 3: to that the temperature, the financials on a team that 387 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 3: would have taken him were just too much to handle, 388 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 3: and he really had no choice but to return to Washington. 389 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: What do you say to people that have that belief? 390 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,360 Speaker 5: What I would say is every conversation that I had 391 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 5: with Demand regarding his return was one in which that 392 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 5: he was excited to lead this team. It was one 393 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 5: in which that he was excited to be able to compete, 394 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:48,159 Speaker 5: to be in the CFP. As he was seeing the 395 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,359 Speaker 5: additions of our team and the amount of players that 396 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 5: were returning, which were really proud of. I think he 397 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 5: was really exciting about and is really excited about surrounding 398 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 5: himself with such talent and the you know, whatever perception 399 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 5: is out there. I believe the most important thing is 400 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:10,400 Speaker 5: what they believe in the locker room, and I think 401 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 5: I'm going to leave it up to the players to 402 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 5: really work together to what would be building a championship 403 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 5: culture and championship season. 404 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 4: Well, demon speak to the fan base through the media 405 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 4: and if so, when. 406 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 5: I'm sure at some point in time, demand is the 407 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 5: starting quarterback, and you know, your starting quarterback has always 408 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 5: been put in front of the media and has always 409 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:44,880 Speaker 5: been somebody that has represented our program. And he has 410 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 5: done that with class over the twenty four months he's 411 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 5: been here. We're right now currently dealing with a situation 412 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 5: where he's nineteen and I want de Mond to continue 413 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:02,959 Speaker 5: to learn. Obviously, three you saw on his post how 414 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 5: apologetic he was in terms of the timing of the post. 415 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 5: I spoke with coach Van Bike myself today. I apologized 416 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 5: on behalf of Washington Football. In the end, I'm the 417 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 5: forty nine year old, I'm the head coach. I'm responsible 418 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 5: for a program. I have reached out to both me 419 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 5: as mom and dad, and I want to make sure 420 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 5: that they understand that one had nothing to do with 421 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 5: the other. And while the timing we all wish was different. 422 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 5: I can promise you from my conversations at Demand there 423 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 5: was zero intent at all to take anything away from 424 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:46,360 Speaker 5: that service. 425 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 3: Well, Jed fishes with us, and Jed you mentioned a 426 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 3: couple of times now that your conversations with Demand over 427 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 3: I think it's like a forty eight hour period right 428 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 3: from Tuesday night until yesterday. 429 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 1: Led you to believe that he was bought in, that 430 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: he wants to be here. 431 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 3: And I mean, look, we're not privy to those conversations obviously, 432 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 3: so we're almost like relying on you to trust that 433 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 3: you're hearing what you need to hear, that this guy 434 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 3: is loyal now to this program, that this is not 435 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 3: going to be a problem, either on the field or 436 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 3: off the field. Can you, maybe if you can in detail, 437 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 3: share a thought or two on what you heard from 438 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:25,160 Speaker 3: Demon Williams that makes you feel comfortable bringing him back. 439 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 5: One of the most important thing that I had to 440 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 5: hear is that I want to come back and at 441 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 5: you know, at nineteen years old. I think that he 442 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 5: and I had a great conversation about speaking regards of 443 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 5: like how do we learn from this, how do we 444 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 5: get better? You know? One of the and I don't 445 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,640 Speaker 5: want to get into the details of all of our conversations, 446 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 5: but one of the biggest parts of it was a 447 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 5: learning experience. And I think that as we saw that 448 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,239 Speaker 5: Demon really believes that he wants to be He's an 449 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 5: outstanding academic student and wants to be a part of 450 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 5: the University of Washington that on that level, and on 451 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 5: the same token, he's coming off of a nine win 452 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 5: season and wants to be a part of the twelve 453 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 5: win season plus next year. So when he told me 454 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 5: he wants to come back, and he wants to lead 455 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 5: this football program, and he wants to do everything he 456 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 5: possibly can to help us win every game we're going 457 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 5: to compete in. I have to believe that I've known 458 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 5: demand for four and a half years. 459 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 3: Well, you said, Jed a couple of times that you've 460 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 3: learned a couple of things in just the last couple 461 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:33,640 Speaker 3: of days. 462 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 1: What have you learned? 463 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 5: I learned that it's my responsibility as the head coach 464 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:46,400 Speaker 5: of you know, close to one hundred and five eighteen 465 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 5: to twenty three year olds, that the communication of you know, 466 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 5: the decision to commit, the decision to be a part 467 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 5: of the program, the communication factor of explaining to these 468 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 5: kids that what they're going to hear and what they're 469 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 5: going to see might not always be true. Helping these 470 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 5: guys understand that it's really important to, you know, to 471 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 5: make sure that you do what you say. I've talked 472 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 5: to these guys, and I've learned that I need to 473 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 5: do a better job and will continue to do a 474 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 5: better job of continuing to educate the team on twenty 475 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:32,440 Speaker 5: twenty six college football in comparison to what twenty twenty 476 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 5: four to five three was. And really what I want 477 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,120 Speaker 5: to do is I want to make sure that these 478 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 5: kids all know that I love them, that I believe 479 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 5: in our team, and that what has gone on over 480 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 5: the course of a week or a month or two months, 481 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 5: these kids have been you know, punctioned in the mouth 482 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 5: a few times with a lot of rumors of a 483 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 5: lot of different things that have you know, and I 484 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:58,120 Speaker 5: want to make sure that our guys know that we're 485 00:25:58,160 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 5: all committed for two thousand. 486 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,919 Speaker 4: Coach, you used the term that you got to the 487 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,160 Speaker 4: point where you agreed to land the plane back at 488 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 4: SeaTac tell us a little bit more about the tenor 489 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 4: of that conversation. Was it more of you convincing him 490 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,439 Speaker 4: that that was the best place for him, were demand 491 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 4: kind of realizing that, oh man, I screwed up here. 492 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 5: I think that once again, guys, you know, I want 493 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 5: to make sure that I respect the confidentiality and the 494 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 5: privacy of the relationship, but I would just tell you 495 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 5: that we had a lot of conversations for weeks. I've 496 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 5: had conversations with numerous players on our football team for 497 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 5: weeks about the program and where they want to be 498 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 5: and what do they want to be a part of. 499 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 5: And as we continue to talk about everything that we 500 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:52,640 Speaker 5: have going on here and how special of a program 501 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,199 Speaker 5: we believe, and how we believe so much in our 502 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 5: fan base and in our alumni support, how we believe 503 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 5: that we can be one of the top programs in 504 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 5: many areas, not just football, but we can also you know, 505 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 5: lead the country at some point in time here in 506 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 5: an I l and lead the country sometime here and 507 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,400 Speaker 5: getting our community back behind us and lead the country 508 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 5: and academics, and we believe in what we're doing. So 509 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 5: our conversations were what can we do together to help 510 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 5: both of us and our entire football team achieve our dreams? 511 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 5: And I think we felt at the end that the 512 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 5: same thing we felt the week before, which was what 513 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 5: he sed when he signed his contract, which was, you know, 514 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 5: let's go do this thing. 515 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, Jed, before you go, I mean, I'm just 516 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 3: assuming this is gonna be a pretty busy offseason for you, 517 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 3: my friend. I mean, you've got a lot of stuff 518 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 3: going on internally now that you never maybe thought you 519 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 3: would have had to have dealt with, with some fence 520 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 3: mending with the guys potentially the soccer team, the fans, 521 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,680 Speaker 3: the media. Then you've got to figure out how to 522 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 3: knock off some of these premier clubs, right, I mean, 523 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 3: just go back to what you saw from Demand Williams 524 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 3: a year ago against Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon teams like that. 525 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 3: Winning cures a lot of this man. You know that 526 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 3: as well as anybody. You're not naive. You know that 527 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 3: that this team starts getting some big wins and people 528 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 3: will forgive and forget very fast. So tell us about 529 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 3: what you think you can get done this offseason to 530 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 3: see some better numbers and some victories against the top 531 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 3: teams on your schedule. 532 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, I appreciate the football player said, man, you want 533 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:31,160 Speaker 5: to get another segment, second ball, let's go. 534 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 3: Man. 535 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 5: You know, I feel like we're at a spot. You know, 536 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,960 Speaker 5: we made a six game jump to six wins to 537 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 5: nine wins. You know, as I mentioned before, we were 538 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 5: in Arizona, we went from one win to five win 539 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 5: to ten wins. You know, we're going into our year three. 540 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 5: We've got the same offensive system. We've got the same 541 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 5: defensive system. I love the we finished in the top 542 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 5: twenty in scoring offense and top twenty in scoring defense. 543 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 5: We we did a lot of great things in a 544 00:28:57,880 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 5: lot of games, and then we had a you know, 545 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 5: games where we've noticed that you look at this, you know, 546 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 5: the Michigan game, the Ohio State game, the Oregon game, 547 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 5: and even the Wisconsin game. You can see there's certain 548 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 5: games in this conference that are going to be you know, 549 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 5: low scoring games. I think we saw the Big Ten 550 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 5: championship game was thirteen to ten. We saw the you know, 551 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 5: there's been games that the the Miami Ohio State game 552 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 5: or whatever it was, I forget what it was a 553 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 5: week ago. So when Ohio State lost you know whoever, 554 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 5: It's like these games that are being played are a 555 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 5: little bit more low scoring in this conference. And what 556 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 5: we've got to do is we've got to win that 557 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 5: low scoring game. We can't just win the high scoring game. 558 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 5: So we're gonna spend a lot of time talking about 559 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,880 Speaker 5: that fourth quarter of football. We're going to really invest 560 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 5: in the physicality and the toughness of our program. Our 561 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 5: offseat and training is going to be one in which 562 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 5: we're gonna ratchet it up one more notch. We believe 563 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 5: that the fourth quarter of games. We've had some great 564 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 5: fourth quarters, but in the in our four losses, we 565 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 5: lost the fourth quarter all though those were one score 566 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,480 Speaker 5: games in the fourth nineteen to fourteen, fourteen to six, 567 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 5: seven all fourteen to seven, and then ten all and 568 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 5: those four games, we got to find a way to 569 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 5: win the final ten minutes, and that will be our 570 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 5: focus the whole offseason. 571 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 4: I got a football question to wrap things up to coach. 572 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 4: When you see these teams playing last night and tonight, 573 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 4: what's the main difference you see between your roster and 574 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 4: what those look like right now? 575 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 5: I think the most important thing I see is that 576 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 5: we're very close. The second thing that I see is 577 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:39,480 Speaker 5: that you gotta be You gotta win in the trenches, 578 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 5: and when you come out to our first print practice, 579 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 5: you'll see how much bigger we even got from last 580 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,280 Speaker 5: year to this year, and the jump that we made 581 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 5: from year two to year three. All of these teams 582 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 5: that are playing right now, you could see the violence 583 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 5: and the physicality that they play with the offensive line, 584 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 5: the defensive line, the linebackers, and that's what I'm most 585 00:30:59,560 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 5: proud of. 586 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, Jed, before you go, I got one more for you, 587 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 3: all right, And I know that you're like, you got 588 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 3: to be kidding me, man, I thought. 589 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 1: We were done. 590 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 3: I thought I was off the hook here we're talking football. 591 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,080 Speaker 3: But let me wrap it up where we started with 592 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:16,880 Speaker 3: Demon Williams because you, yeah, exactly. You mentioned that he 593 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 3: will talk eventually. We all hope that happens sooner than later. 594 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 3: I mean, I'd like him to be prepared for that obviously. 595 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 3: So I'm certain that's what's happening behind the scenes. But 596 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 3: do you feel like there's a little something extra that 597 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 3: he needs to do to earn the trust back of 598 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 3: not just this fan base but also the university. There's 599 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 3: been some ideas kicked around donating money to the hospital 600 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 3: and honor amiya doing some maybe longer form in person 601 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 3: interviews with people Roy Firestone style, if you will, to 602 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,040 Speaker 3: get all these questions that need to be asked, asked 603 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:52,080 Speaker 3: so we can all move on. Do you think he's 604 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 3: got to maybe do a little bit of extra work 605 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 3: here over this offseason to earn that trust back. 606 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 5: Here that I would say to that it's a situation 607 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 5: where somebody is telling him to do those things, then 608 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 5: I don't I don't think that anybody would be happy. 609 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 5: I think this is whatever Demand really believes that he 610 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 5: can do, whether it be I mean you mentioned a 611 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:19,960 Speaker 5: donation or whatever it might be. I don't want to 612 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 5: tell somebody what to do. What I want Demand to 613 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 5: do is I want to mond to to continue to grow, 614 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,479 Speaker 5: to mature, and to be comfortable. He is, you know, 615 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,840 Speaker 5: he is someone that is learning how to be a pro. 616 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 5: And I think that over time he's going to continue 617 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 5: to learn and get better and appreciate so many things. 618 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 5: And I really hope that over these six months that 619 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 5: aren't fan base and you and the media and everybody 620 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 5: involved understand that really what we're talking about is, for 621 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 5: a two days fan we had a player that decided to, 622 00:32:56,280 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 5: you know, make a decision to kind of learn about 623 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 5: the college landscape in a manner that I don't think 624 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 5: he ever felt he would have had to learn and 625 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,760 Speaker 5: now we all have learned a ton about college football, 626 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,320 Speaker 5: and I hope we're all better because of what we learned. 627 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, listen, thanks for doing this. 628 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 3: Let's do it again very soon, and next time you 629 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 3: come on, I promise it'll be ninety eight percent football talk. 630 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: How's that? 631 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 5: I will accept ninety eight percent football talk anytime? 632 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 3: All right, Jed, thanks for doing though, appreciate it, all right, 633 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 3: jetfish with us. We're gonna break come back, respond to that. 634 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,000 Speaker 3: Millan's got to take on that. I know as well. 635 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 3: Here he's going to hop on at four o'clock. 636 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:37,600 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think we might just need to 637 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:38,600 Speaker 1: keep the segment open. 638 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 3: Guys, next segment, I we'll figure something else out with 639 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,160 Speaker 3: that other guest we had planned next on ninety three 640 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 3: three KJRFM, now back to Football. 641 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 2: Friday, sponsored by Tito's Handmade Vodka on your home for 642 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,360 Speaker 2: the NFL Sports Radio ninety. 643 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 1: Three point three KJRFL. 644 00:33:56,240 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 5: We're right now currently dealing with a situation where nineteen 645 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 5: and I want demon to continue to learn. Obviously, he 646 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:10,680 Speaker 5: saw on his post how apologetic he was in terms 647 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,440 Speaker 5: of the timing of the post. 648 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was interesting to hear Jetfish say he apologized 649 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:21,360 Speaker 3: directly to Nicole Vandyke women's soccer coach over there. That 650 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,360 Speaker 3: was obviously a major thing on Tuesday night when the 651 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,880 Speaker 3: story came out. And if you missed Jetfish, by the way, 652 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,560 Speaker 3: we're going to see you again coming up at six 653 00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:30,279 Speaker 3: pm tonight. By the way, you're gonna want to hear 654 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 3: the entire interview with the head coach of the Dogs. 655 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:34,880 Speaker 3: But Sofia Dick Jackson with you. A Humilan will join 656 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,120 Speaker 3: us a four. Kevin Harlan's coming up at five today. 657 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:40,840 Speaker 3: But he mentioned the word to educate the team a 658 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,520 Speaker 3: couple of times on a lot of stuff, and I 659 00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:45,759 Speaker 3: think what he meant by that, if I'm just reading 660 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,759 Speaker 3: the tea leaves, is educating them on not only what 661 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:52,400 Speaker 3: went down with Demon and how this whole thing happened. 662 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:54,960 Speaker 3: For example, I'll just kind of throw this out there, 663 00:34:54,960 --> 00:35:00,160 Speaker 3: if Demon was influenced by outside sources, not to talking 664 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:02,759 Speaker 3: about his agent, Doug Hendrickson, because his agent's already dropped him, 665 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,040 Speaker 3: by the way, if he was influenced by his father, 666 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:08,680 Speaker 3: if he was influenced by somebody else, this landers character 667 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:12,840 Speaker 3: that Pete Damil's been kicking around. I want Jetfish to 668 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,000 Speaker 3: let the guys know that that this is what happened. 669 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,080 Speaker 3: We got a nineteen year old quarterback, a nineteen year 670 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,719 Speaker 3: old kid. I would go directly to some of the 671 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,279 Speaker 3: older guys on the team, including the Hatchet brothers by 672 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 3: the way, and talk to them as twenty two to 673 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,040 Speaker 3: twenty three year olds and say, hey, this kid was 674 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 3: influenced by these guys and he made a stupid decision 675 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:31,359 Speaker 3: and he made the wrong call. And then I think 676 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,000 Speaker 3: he's also educating the guys on hey, when you sign 677 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,239 Speaker 3: an NIL deal and a revenue share deal, this is 678 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:38,680 Speaker 3: what happens, right. I mean, you saw Dellinger's report that 679 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 3: came out the other day that whoever signed Demon Williams 680 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,840 Speaker 3: would have had to have paid Washington the value of 681 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,080 Speaker 3: the contract, which we've heard is anywhere between four and 682 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:51,240 Speaker 3: five million dollars, and they would have had that amount 683 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:56,040 Speaker 3: of money deducted from their revenue share pool, and then 684 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,080 Speaker 3: they would have had to have gone out and spent 685 00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 3: more money on nil what they're collective to get him. 686 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:06,320 Speaker 3: So I'm wondering, Dick, if Washington just showed the country 687 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:07,239 Speaker 3: you sign he. 688 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,320 Speaker 1: Got to an NIO deal. He's done. 689 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,279 Speaker 3: He's done because the price that you pay financially on 690 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:14,560 Speaker 3: the other side is not going to be worth it. 691 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,759 Speaker 3: So I think he wants his kids to know that. 692 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,880 Speaker 3: I think he wants his kids to know why Deman 693 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:21,279 Speaker 3: did what he did and why he was influenced to 694 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:21,560 Speaker 3: do it. 695 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:24,239 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's interesting because we felt like this was going 696 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,799 Speaker 4: to be an earth shattering story when we thought that 697 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 4: Demon was going to leave and that it would change 698 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:33,840 Speaker 4: the rules in college football. Well, now that he's coming back, 699 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:36,880 Speaker 4: it might just enforce the rules in college football, and 700 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:40,279 Speaker 4: it may be an earth shattering situation. But I mean, 701 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,640 Speaker 4: as much as we would all love for Jed to 702 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,399 Speaker 4: just talk about everything in detail of what he said 703 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:49,080 Speaker 4: with Demon Williams, he can't do that. I mean, he's 704 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:50,759 Speaker 4: got to be protective of his kid. I mean I 705 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,680 Speaker 4: thought he was protective and thought he was fatherly of him. 706 00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:57,920 Speaker 4: And honestly, wouldn't you like to be a player that 707 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:01,759 Speaker 4: plays for a coach like that that knows when you 708 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:06,200 Speaker 4: screw up this badly? Yeah, he's still gonna have your back. 709 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,200 Speaker 3: Right Well, you know, look, I mean I'll be honest 710 00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,000 Speaker 3: with you. When we asked Jed about does demand need 711 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,319 Speaker 3: to do anything extra behind the scenes we talked about. 712 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,360 Speaker 3: I think it was your idea, Jackson, or somebody's idea 713 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:19,800 Speaker 3: to make a donation to UDAB hospital and honor a 714 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,799 Speaker 3: Mia Hammond, do some long form interviews and things like that. 715 00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:27,320 Speaker 3: I would have loved personally to have heard Jed say, yes, 716 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:29,960 Speaker 3: I've got things that we're going to talk about. We're 717 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,120 Speaker 3: going to work together, We're going to do some things here. 718 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,759 Speaker 3: We're going to get demand's ideas, we're going to get 719 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:38,880 Speaker 3: Demond's parents' ideas. Heck, we might even get the team's 720 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,640 Speaker 3: ideas and do some stuff to get him back in 721 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:44,479 Speaker 3: the good graces of the community and in the good 722 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,399 Speaker 3: graces of the program. I mean, I'm telling you right now, 723 00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:50,200 Speaker 3: I know absolutely that he's got some fence mending to 724 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,400 Speaker 3: do on campus behind the scenes. 725 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:53,719 Speaker 1: There's no question about that. 726 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,520 Speaker 3: So from a personal perspective, Jackson, I would have loved 727 00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,520 Speaker 3: to have heard Jedfish say, yes, there are things that 728 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:02,959 Speaker 3: we're going to do to try as much as we can. 729 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:04,759 Speaker 1: We're gonna make it genuine right. 730 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:06,200 Speaker 3: We don't want to just say do this, do this, 731 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,160 Speaker 3: do this, but there are things we're gonna do to 732 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 3: try to get to that point. 733 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,040 Speaker 6: You're absolutely right. I couldn't agree with more with anything 734 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:14,000 Speaker 6: you guys have said so far. The thing that I 735 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:15,960 Speaker 6: took is that answer where he says, I don't want 736 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,080 Speaker 6: it to be me telling him what to do. I 737 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,279 Speaker 6: want to be his idea, right, And you connect that 738 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,680 Speaker 6: with the earlier answer that we played kind of coming 739 00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:24,960 Speaker 6: in where he talked about Hell yeah, I spoke with 740 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,640 Speaker 6: Van Dyk, I spoke with you know people, I spoke 741 00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:31,960 Speaker 6: with me as parents like I I I how about demand, right? 742 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,279 Speaker 6: Like you know what like demand? You better be in 743 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,080 Speaker 6: touch with that team. You better have these ideas because 744 00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:38,960 Speaker 6: that's how you gotta you make this ground. 745 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,400 Speaker 3: And those are what I would recommend to demand. Not 746 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:46,160 Speaker 3: that he's listening right now, maybe it is. I'll just 747 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:47,560 Speaker 3: tell you this that in this day and age a 748 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,719 Speaker 3: college football the idea of media training, PR training things 749 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,879 Speaker 3: like that, preparing players for interviews and all that. Don't 750 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:57,759 Speaker 3: kid yourself, this is not all on Washington, Like they've 751 00:38:57,760 --> 00:38:59,560 Speaker 3: got a sports information staff over there. 752 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 1: Play now have their. 753 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,520 Speaker 3: Own people, they have their own marketing people, they have 754 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,759 Speaker 3: their own promotions people, they have their own lawyers. Demon's 755 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:10,520 Speaker 3: camp and he's got a camp. Trust me better, Dan, 756 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,240 Speaker 3: Well get him prepared. If he works with Darren Heidner, 757 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,400 Speaker 3: who's a lawyer. He signed their Day, same guy that 758 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:18,200 Speaker 3: represent Lucas when he went from Wisconsin to Michigan. I 759 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:21,759 Speaker 3: really hope that his people, whoever they are. I'm not 760 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,520 Speaker 3: even talking about you Dubbs people. I'm talking about his people, 761 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,440 Speaker 3: get him prepared to answer those types of questions. And 762 00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:30,720 Speaker 3: that's going to be one of the first questions Jackson 763 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:33,720 Speaker 3: jed Fish himself said he spoke to me as parents. 764 00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:35,600 Speaker 3: He said, he spoke to the cove and like, did 765 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:38,640 Speaker 3: you talk to them? Did you reach out? And if 766 00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:41,600 Speaker 3: he's not prepared for those questions, that's going to be 767 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,000 Speaker 3: on him, and that's going to be on his people 768 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,359 Speaker 3: that are supposed to be protecting him and preparing him 769 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:50,880 Speaker 3: for whenever that moment comes. So I hope it happens fast. 770 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:52,799 Speaker 3: I hope it happens quick, Dick, and I really hope 771 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,120 Speaker 3: he's ready for it. Man, we're going to break. Hugh 772 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,520 Speaker 3: Millen is going to join us next on ninety three 773 00:39:57,480 --> 00:39:58,600 Speaker 3: to three KJARFM.