1 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: The last year was crazy. I mean there was a 2 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: lot of mid season guys are getting fired. That means 3 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:21,319 Speaker 1: mid season guys' names are all over the hot seat 4 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: conversations and the hiring potential conversations. 5 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 2: So your name was in there. You'd experienced that. 6 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: Before a couple of cycles, actually, but it became pretty 7 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: apparent last year, like this is probably the year it's 8 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: going to happen. But like, go back to Halloween, go 9 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: back to October. If I showed you a fast forward, 10 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:42,480 Speaker 1: it's going to be Florida. How realistic or believable would 11 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: that event to you? 12 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 3: Not? 13 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 4: Very believable? 14 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 2: Yeah? 15 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 4: Yeah, I you know, right? Wrong or indifferent. 16 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 3: I've been really fortunate to be in this position essentially 17 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 3: every year as head coach, where your name's brought up. 18 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 3: That means you have a good football team with a 19 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 3: good staff, and you're winning, which is a positive. I 20 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 3: knew there would be opportunities, didn't know exactly what all 21 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 3: would or wouldn't be available to me, but I didn't 22 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 3: think Florida was maybe going to be the right fit 23 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 3: or the right timing for whatever reason. As the process unfolded, 24 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 3: the more that became clear to me what this thing 25 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 3: looked like here and maybe what the fit looked like 26 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 3: For me, it really became more transparent that this is 27 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 3: where I felt led and where I felt like I 28 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:28,479 Speaker 3: fit the best. 29 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: I think anybody watching this chances are they've never been 30 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: up for one of these jobs. So they look around 31 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: the SEC, for example, and you got Florida and your Auburn, 32 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:38,759 Speaker 1: Bama George. 33 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 2: There's just a bunch of big jobs. 34 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: But to them, the main difference is how different the 35 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 1: stadium looks, how different the jersey looks, and they've got 36 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: the tradition and what but they don't really ever. 37 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 2: Get to see under the hood. 38 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: So when you start to vet a job, as the 39 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: job's vetting you and you're talking about fit, what specifically 40 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: does that mean to you? 41 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 2: What do you need to see somewhere? 42 00:01:58,880 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: Well? 43 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 3: I just think does the place believe in your vision 44 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 3: for what you want to do and how you want 45 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 3: to do it? And I think it's important to know 46 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 3: that the administration is fully behind the direction you want 47 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 3: to take the program and there's no utopia. 48 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 4: Right Like, I don't care every place. 49 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 3: Every job has strengths and weaknesses, but at the end 50 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 3: of the day, you want to know the people that 51 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 3: you're working for. 52 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 4: They got your back and they believe in what you're about. 53 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: What kind of questions if I'm an athletic director and 54 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: you're really like interviewing for a job, but you're feeling 55 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: me out too to know that that box has checked 56 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: for you? 57 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 2: Like how through does it have to get? What do 58 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 2: you need to know from me before you know? 59 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 3: Man? 60 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 2: I think I can win there. 61 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 4: Well. I think. 62 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 3: The questions maybe are organic and they are in the 63 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 3: back and forth in conversation, so it's not like, Hey, 64 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 3: it's my turn to ask questions. I've got these seven 65 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 3: questions you're as you go through the process. In those conversations, Yeah, 66 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 3: you're asking about rev shared nil because in this world 67 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 3: that matters and it's not the end all be all 68 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 3: though there's also a component of do you feel like 69 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 3: like I hit on a minute ago? Does that university? 70 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 3: Does that administration? Do they believe in what you want 71 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 3: to do and how you want to do it? 72 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 4: And you gather that maybe. 73 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 3: Just asking simple questions, whether it be about how you recruit, 74 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 3: how you build the staff, how you build our structure, practice, 75 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 3: how you entertain or engage with fans and donors, and 76 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 3: those sort of things, and just making sure that you 77 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 3: know you're going to have maybe alignment that gives you 78 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 3: comfort that they believe in what you're trying to get done. 79 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: You knew, because you're not stupid that the last guy 80 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: who had been the head coach here, the whole book 81 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: on him was, man, that's a G five coach. 82 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 2: We tried, it. 83 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: Didn't work, and then there were names rumored here, and 84 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: then those names don't work out, and then they're gonna 85 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: go to me. Kind of a lazy route, but the route, 86 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: the narrative is we're just going to go another G 87 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: five coach. 88 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 2: Now you're aware of that. 89 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 1: So I gotta imagine even on the plane flight over here, 90 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: you know that you're about to take the podium, you're 91 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: about to do media for the next several months with 92 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: the understanding that, all right, that's what a certain chunk 93 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: of this fan base believes about me, that's how they 94 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 1: view me, and that's up to me to change their mind. 95 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 2: How much does that matter to you? 96 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 3: You know, it doesn't really matter to me a whole lot. 97 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 3: I'm unapologetically myself. I'm not naive. I'm aware to maybe 98 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 3: the environment or the landscape that was out in front 99 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 3: of me. And so after my first conversation with the 100 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 3: administration here in the search committee here, I remember thinking 101 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 3: man Nevers of Florida, like, wow, well that would be awesome. 102 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,840 Speaker 3: And I also really quickly remember thinking they're not going 103 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,559 Speaker 3: to hire another G five coach from Louisiana, no chance, 104 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 3: like zero percent. Not because I'm the same as what 105 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 3: was here. And I have a ton of respect for Billy, 106 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 3: not knocking who Billy is. I think he's been really successful, 107 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 3: but we're not the same guy. And I think he 108 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 3: did a lot of things here that I think will 109 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 3: allow us to hopefully have some success, that he invested 110 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 3: a lot of sweat equity into this program. But I 111 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 3: do think it's a lazy take to think, just because 112 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 3: somebody maybe had come from a similar level, that we're 113 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 3: the same guy. 114 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 4: The thing I will tell you too is had I come. 115 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 3: Here, or any SEC job for that matter, after my 116 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 3: second year or first year at Troy, I probably would 117 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 3: not have been ready. I needed a step in between, 118 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 3: like I did. I'm not saying everybody else does. I did, 119 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 3: That's why. And after the twenty three season and we 120 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 3: got done at Troy, and we had gone twenty three 121 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 3: and four I think in two years and won two 122 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 3: conference championships, and there were other jobs open than two 123 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 3: Lane that year. As I evaluated the landscape of the 124 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 3: open jobs that year, the one that attracted me the 125 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 3: most was two Lane for several reasons. One, I felt 126 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 3: like we could win. Two my family liked the place 127 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 3: and knew the place. And three professionally, I felt like 128 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 3: it was a gradual step towards larger infrastructure, more resourcing, 129 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 3: different type of recruiting, maybe different scope of what you 130 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,239 Speaker 3: can maybe accomplish at that place year and year out 131 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 3: without maybe having to take such a big leap that 132 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 3: I was going to maybe get lost in some of 133 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 3: the things you have to be good at. So it 134 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 3: gave me a little bit better training on how to 135 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 3: manage some things that I have to manage here. 136 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 4: That was a gradual step instead of the big jump. 137 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: I remember also watching you go from Troy to Tulane 138 00:06:58,040 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: TIC and man, that's pretty good higher for Tulane. But 139 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 1: on the flip side, it was the first time someone 140 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: really observed you on a bigger stage and how you 141 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: took a new job, and specifically from the hiring perspective, 142 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: like you've been really public about this since then in 143 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: that just because you're my buddy, just because I like you, 144 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 1: doesn't mean you're necessarily coming with me. And I remember 145 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: watching that and I remember thinking, man, there are some 146 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: guys that are still at Troy, or maybe some guys 147 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: that weren't retained or added to his new roster that 148 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: are just going elsewhere at it. That's really separating business 149 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: and personal right there. And then you've really exclamated that 150 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: with how you took the Florida job. But that's not normal, Like, 151 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: that's not an easy thing to do. The comfort level 152 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: would be I got a new job, let me bring 153 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: all my boys with me. Yeah, and you've talked publicly, 154 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: but I'd like for you to talk about it again. 155 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: How you got to totally separate that when it comes 156 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: down and put a staff together. 157 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 4: Yeah. 158 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 3: When I took the job at Troy, my first head 159 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 3: coaching job in a similar of twenty twenty one, there 160 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 3: were several of my friends that probably thought they. 161 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 4: Were going to get a call to come. You don't 162 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 4: just hire your friends. 163 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 3: You hire the people that fit in the place that 164 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 3: can help you have success. 165 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 4: And it doesn't mean your friends can't do that. 166 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 3: But that's not the number one criteria on selecting your staff. 167 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 3: Each place is unique and different. Troy's not Tulane, Tulane's 168 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 3: not Florida. All pieces don't always fit in the same 169 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 3: exact spot. I did bring a significant number of guys 170 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 3: with me from Troy to Tulane. Not everybody, but a 171 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 3: significant number. And then once again I brought a significant 172 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 3: number from Tulane here. But as you make moves, you 173 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 3: have to evaluate. My number one job as the head 174 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 3: coach is to put together the absolute best staff I 175 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 3: can for where I'm at, not for where I was. Okay, 176 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 3: and so when I took this job, both coordinators came. 177 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,719 Speaker 3: You know, Joe Krattick and Greg gasperto have both done 178 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 3: great jobs for me the last couple of years. Yeah, 179 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 3: I hired Brad White and Buster Faulkner to be the 180 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 3: coordinators here, and Joe and gas are in those rooms 181 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 3: with those guys. I want as many coordinator type thinkers 182 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:14,959 Speaker 3: as I can have. I want people around me that 183 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 3: make me better, that challenge me as a head coach. 184 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 3: I'm not looking for yes man, I'm looking for people 185 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 3: that sharpen me and challenge me. And that man, we 186 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 3: can have critical conversation to make each other better. And 187 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 3: you know within that too, every time you hire staff, 188 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 3: I want that staff to grow. 189 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 4: I want the individuals on staff to grow. 190 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 3: There are several guys that aren't here at Florida that 191 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 3: are still at Tulane that are with me that I 192 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 3: would love to have here right now. Some of them 193 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 3: are like little brothers to me. Taylor Polk was my 194 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 3: linebacker coach. 195 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 4: And co DC at Tulane. 196 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 3: He's ready to be a big time coach at this 197 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 3: level too, but he had the opportunity to stay at 198 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 3: Tulane and become the defensive coordinator. Now he's calling the shots, 199 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 3: he's maybe cutting his teeth in a different way than 200 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 3: he would just be in a position coach here. And 201 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 3: so I think as a head coach, you're tasked with 202 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 3: doing the best you can for the place you're at 203 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 3: while simultaneously helping everybody on your staff grow to become 204 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 3: the best they can be. And sometimes that means them 205 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 3: staying where you were or taking jobs at other places 206 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,079 Speaker 3: that aren't where you're going, because every fit looks a 207 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 3: little bit different. 208 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 1: This concept you talked about of maybe taking steps up 209 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: the ladder professionally instead of leaps and bounds up the 210 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: ladder and talking about how there were things probably you 211 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: needed to learn that you learned it, Tulane that you 212 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: would have been completely out and left field on had 213 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: you taken an sec job immediately. What are one or 214 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: two of those things that come to mind? 215 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 2: Specifically? 216 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, so Nil and revshare or would be big ones. 217 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 3: You know, my collective at Troy, I essentially gathered some 218 00:10:56,679 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 3: people in the local community to start the collective. A 219 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 3: big part of our collective was seapap machines, sleep apnead disorders. 220 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 4: I mean it was like mom and pop type issues. 221 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 4: I get around that. You know. 222 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 3: Part of my anil packages at Troy were Chick fil 223 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,599 Speaker 3: A sandwiches, right, Like, that's not a bad package, not 224 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 3: a bad package. I love Chick fil A, but not 225 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,119 Speaker 3: exactly a high dollar compensation. 226 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 4: We had a budget. 227 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,479 Speaker 3: I was on the ground floor of creating the collective 228 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 3: for Troy, even though I couldn't necessarily be the operator. 229 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:35,319 Speaker 4: Because of my. 230 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 3: Role, I tasked people locally like, hey, we need your 231 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 3: help to win football games. 232 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 4: Here here's what that looks like. 233 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 3: And those people, those local people in Trialabama are still 234 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 3: dear friends of mine to this day and will be 235 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,839 Speaker 3: for my entire life. They stepped up and answered the call. 236 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 3: Now you leave a place like Troy and you go 237 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 3: to Tulane. Now, all of a sudden, there is a 238 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 3: different level of resourcing for the G five level. That 239 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 3: is a elevated number on the nil rep share. It's 240 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 3: not the top one or two in the American like 241 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 3: two lane. We're probably fourth or fifth in that league. 242 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 3: But we at least had significantly more resources than we had. 243 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 4: At Troy in a city to recruit to and a 244 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 4: different city. 245 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 3: The other thing I liked about leaving Troy to go 246 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 3: to Tulane was this Troy's southeast rural Alabama. I fit 247 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 3: in really good there. It's a teacher's college. Man, it's 248 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 3: a small college town. It's right wing conservative. And then 249 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 3: you go to Tulane, which is interested in New Orleans. 250 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 3: It is not a small college town. It's a city. 251 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,439 Speaker 3: It's a really big it's a really I call it 252 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 3: really small big town or a really small big city, 253 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 3: right Like, it's not a huge shit. 254 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 4: It's not New York Atlanta, but it's a city. 255 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 3: It's urban to some degree, it's got law school, it's 256 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 3: got medical school, it's got all these other academic endeavors 257 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 3: that are maybe a different type of academic environment and 258 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 3: a little bit different pace, a little bit different style living. 259 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 3: So part of me wanted to take what we did 260 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 3: at Troy and go, hey, I want to try this 261 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 3: over here and see if it still works. You know, 262 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 3: you think I proof of concept it worked here, will 263 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 3: it work there? And so that kind of gave me 264 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 3: a little bit of like a new life, a little 265 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 3: bit of an invigoration to like, let's test this somewhere 266 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 3: else and see does. 267 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:29,959 Speaker 4: Our model work. 268 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: I've been down here every year the past several years, 269 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: at least once, if not multiple times. Always struck me 270 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 1: how ready Florida was. From just a pure infrastructure standpoint, 271 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: it looks no different here than if you walk into 272 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: Ohio State or Alabama or Georgia, Texas, et cetera. 273 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 2: The results on the field. 274 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,599 Speaker 1: Weren't always there, but I remember always every time I 275 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: would leave here, I would say, they got so it 276 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: feels like they got so many of the right people 277 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: in the building. So then when the coaching transition happened, 278 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 1: I didn't know you were going to get the job necessarily, 279 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: but whoever was going to get the job. I was 280 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: really curious how many of the off field, off camera 281 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 1: support staff types is that person going to retain? And 282 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: so you came in and I've seen a number of 283 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: the faces around here that I saw the last couple 284 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 1: of years. So like, we'll get to what you wanted 285 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: to change in a second, But how much of what 286 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: you saw here, whether it be administratively or facilities, whatever, 287 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: did you walk in and say I like this, fine, 288 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: there's no reason to change this. 289 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 3: A significant amount, you know, And going back to drawing 290 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 3: upon past experiences, when I walked in at Troy and 291 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 3: they had only won five games a year for three 292 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 3: straight years, I kept half the staff and we flipped 293 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 3: it fast. Well, were there some things here that I 294 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 3: felt I needed to be recalibrated and adjusted? 295 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 4: Yes? 296 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 3: Were there a lot of things going right here that 297 00:14:55,040 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 3: I think could create some synergy and help us have success. Also, Yes, 298 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 3: Jake Sankle works a nutrition here. Jake's an absolute rock star. 299 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 3: I didn't hire Jake Sankle. He was here when I 300 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 3: got here. He'd worked for the Washington Commanders in what 301 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 3: used to be the Cleveland Indians on another name. Now, 302 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 3: I think they're called the Guardians or something. Yeah, I'm 303 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 3: not real comfortable with all that all the way, but 304 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 3: either way, the Jake is a strength coach by trade 305 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 3: who went back and became a nutritionist. 306 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 4: So we have a head nutritionian guy who also is 307 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 4: a strength coach. 308 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: Just dudes like talking to an astronaut. Basically, he is 309 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: pretty crazy. He's a rock star. 310 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 3: Like I'm in awe of his training and his knowledge 311 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 3: and his approach, his level of detail. He was here 312 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 3: and so I got to meet with him and learn 313 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 3: who he was and what he was about. I'm like, 314 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 3: you're not allowed to leave, like you got to say. 315 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 3: There were a ton of examples like that. Our life 316 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 3: skills program Gator made man unbelievable, Like we equip our 317 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 3: players here in a way that blows my mind every 318 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 3: day to have exposures to real life things that help 319 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 3: make them better for life after football. And I was like, 320 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 3: all right, I want this to sort of look the 321 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 3: same to some degree. And so there were several areas 322 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 3: in recruiting. I think our high school recruiting side here 323 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 3: had been run at a really high level. I think 324 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 3: we needed to change some things. Maybe on the other side, 325 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 3: the portal and be a little bit more aggressive in 326 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 3: certain areas to flip this thing quicker. But there are 327 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 3: a lot of people in house already here that I 328 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 3: felt like. 329 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 4: Man, they may fit. 330 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 3: And as you walk into new environments, I think the 331 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 3: most important thing you do is you evaluate and you listen. 332 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 3: It's not talk. I wanted to hear from some of 333 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 3: the players. I met with the leaders here, and I 334 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 3: met with several of them one on one, and I said, Hey, 335 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 3: give me a couple of things that you've liked that 336 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 3: have been going on here. Give me a couple of 337 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 3: things you think need to be addressed. And I'm not 338 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 3: saying I'm just going to do them because you bring 339 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 3: them up. It's my way of empowering the locker room 340 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 3: because I want their voice to be heard. 341 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 4: This is a player driven program. That's the way I 342 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 4: run it. 343 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 3: And so for me, there were certain people already here 344 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 3: that I thought could help add to the equation. 345 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: So on the on flip side of that, what were 346 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 1: some of the most common answers you got from leadership 347 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 1: on the team, from people inside the building, and then 348 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:22,160 Speaker 1: from your own observation, What were some of the first 349 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: things you realized that that we just got to address it. 350 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 3: Yeah, one that I think was something needed to be 351 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 3: addressed that I was going to address either way because 352 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 3: I have somebody that is my guy, if. 353 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:36,679 Speaker 4: You will, is the weight room. 354 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 3: I felt like just the alignment of head coach, weight room, 355 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 3: athletic training room has to be really, really on point 356 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 3: for you to have any opportunity to have success. And 357 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 3: so I think, I think the culture of your weight 358 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 3: of your team is really established and developed in the 359 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,439 Speaker 3: weight room. The work ethic, the toughness, the mindset you 360 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 3: want to have as a football team. It starts down there. 361 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 3: And so that was a big area for me to 362 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 3: make sure we've gotten the staff. Rusty WIT's been with 363 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 3: me the last four years, you know, going back to 364 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 3: keeping people, Rusty was the head string coach at Troy 365 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 3: when I took the job. I was firing Rusty when 366 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 3: I took the Troy job. I already had a couple 367 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 3: of people in mine to replace him with. And I 368 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 3: did my homework and I'm like, Okay, this guy may 369 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 3: fit now, he's. 370 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:21,400 Speaker 4: Not allowed to leave. 371 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 3: I won't let him out of the building now. But 372 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 3: Rusty coming has been a big part of that for 373 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 3: me and then I would just say maybe the alignment 374 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 3: with the coaching staff and the string staff being really 375 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 3: cohesive is something I felt like needed to be maybe improved. 376 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 3: And then from my perspective, as I got to know 377 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 3: the people here, there were good coaches here, There were, 378 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 3: but I just felt like maybe the staff being in 379 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,239 Speaker 3: sync together and maybe being on the same page. And 380 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 3: how I hire staff, I'm really strategic about how I 381 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 3: put things together. 382 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 4: I'm really thorough, I'm really detailed. 383 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 3: I measured twice, I cut once, and so I had 384 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 3: a lot of conversations about what the staff fit was 385 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 3: going to look like and how we're going to build 386 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 3: out a staff in all three phases of football. 387 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 4: So that we could elevate what we're doing on the field. 388 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: Give me, give me a feel specifically offensive staff. What 389 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: the year one out of the gate strategy was The 390 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: face of that is, you hired Buster Faulkner. There are 391 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 1: a lot of other guys in the building on that staff, 392 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: but what was the overall vision there? 393 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 3: Well, no Buster for a while, A ton of respect 394 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 3: for what he's done in his career. You know Buster really, 395 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 3: you know, played at Albasa State, sort of groomed by 396 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 3: Chris Hatcher, who's a Mike Leach's disciple, So comes from 397 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,239 Speaker 3: that air raid type tree, Okay, and that's what he 398 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 3: was as a young coach. 399 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:48,239 Speaker 2: Uh. 400 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:50,120 Speaker 4: He spent some time at Georgia working with the. 401 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 3: Quarterbacks with Mike Bobo and Kirby Smart and was there 402 00:19:55,720 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 3: coaching Stetson Bennett and was hands on h that time 403 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 3: there in that quarterback room, and so really then became 404 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 3: exposed a little bit more to probably a pro style 405 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 3: type of offense. And then he goes to Georgia Tech. 406 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 3: I interviewed Buster for the OC job at Troy when 407 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 3: I took that job, and for just what the right 408 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 3: timing at that time for him or for me for 409 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:21,359 Speaker 3: him to move his family and do those sort of things. 410 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 3: But we had had conversations when I took that job. 411 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 3: He goes to Georgia Tech has Haines King and then 412 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 3: once again I think evolves again by what he does 413 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 3: offensively to create an offensive package around a quarterback that's. 414 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:37,199 Speaker 4: A run first player at times. 415 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 3: And so I think multiplicity, flexibility, adapting to your personnel. 416 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 3: Those are the things that excited me about Buster. I 417 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 3: think the ability to change tempos. You know, I'm not 418 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 3: a big believer of just running tempo to say we're 419 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 3: a tempo team. I'm also not a big believer in 420 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 3: just saying, hey, we're going to get into huddle and 421 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,679 Speaker 3: play like pro style NFL teams do. I think you 422 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 3: have to embrace the college game and you have to 423 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 3: build around your people. 424 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 4: I think Buster does a great job with that. 425 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 3: And I think one other thing that I think gave 426 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 3: me real confidence in hiring Buster's zoc here was his 427 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 3: approach to hiring an offensive staff Because when I brought 428 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 3: up to him, Hey, Joe Kratick, my offensive cornator, He's 429 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 3: going to me wherever I go, even if it's not 430 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 3: as the offensive coordinator, He's coming. And Buster's like, hell yeah, 431 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 3: he's coming, Like he helped you get to where you are, 432 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 3: Like he needs to be a part. 433 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 4: Of that with us. 434 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:27,880 Speaker 3: And so that Evan mckissy had been my line coach 435 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 3: at too late, he's coaching tight ends here. So there 436 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,919 Speaker 3: was a really cool blending of staffs and then adding 437 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 3: some pieces that weren't with me or with Buster. Marcus 438 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 3: Davis been the receivers coach at Auburn the last few years. 439 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 3: Getting Marcus here is a big time get a South 440 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 3: Florida native who played in the SEC is coached in 441 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 3: this league. Was not with Buster or myself, and so 442 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 3: I think hearing Buster's vision for how to build the 443 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 3: staff around him as well gave me more confidence he 444 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 3: was a right fit for me. 445 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: What was your impression of the roster You were just 446 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 1: straight up in Heerding when you walked in. Before you 447 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: ever address recruiting and portal, just the guys if we 448 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: keep them, the guys that we're going to have here 449 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: that I had no say in signing, but this is 450 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:11,360 Speaker 1: what I'm here. 451 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, I would say the hardest part of that, to 452 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 3: be honest, Sjosh, was I was doing two jobs for 453 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 3: about a month. 454 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:21,360 Speaker 2: Yeap, And so you had the audacity to make the playoff. 455 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, like maybe the stupidity, but. 456 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 4: Yeah. 457 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 3: I take this job officially the Sunday after the last 458 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 3: regular season game, all right, because we won the last 459 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 3: regular season game, we were in the conference championship game 460 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 3: that next week, which is a Friday night game. 461 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 4: All right, we have a Sunday. 462 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 3: Walkthrough because we were really like a Monday in a 463 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 3: game week schedule. Then I have on Monday, I have 464 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 3: a Tuesday practice because it was a Tuesday in the 465 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,359 Speaker 3: game week schedule. We have that practice that Monday morning, 466 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 3: I fly right here for a press conference. All right, 467 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 3: get off the plane, do the press conference, get back 468 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 3: on the plane, fly back. 469 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 4: To New Orleans. On Tuesday. We have a Wednesday practice. 470 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 3: Right on Wednesday, we have a Thursday practice because the 471 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 3: games on Friday again. But we also have this scene 472 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 3: called National Signing Day. All right, So I'm saying New Orleans, 473 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 3: Louisiana and the staff that was here in place help 474 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 3: us sign eighteen players at the University of Florida, sixteen 475 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 3: of which were committed when I took the job, which 476 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,360 Speaker 3: tells you a lot about this place, because those kids 477 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 3: still wanted to come here regardless of the head coaching change. 478 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 3: We lost two decommitments through a head coaching change. We 479 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 3: signed fourteen players for Tulane, and Tulane has no head 480 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 3: coach for twenty twenty six's team, and we still sign 481 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 3: fourteen kids there, go play a game on Friday night, 482 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 3: win the conference championship, make the college football playoff. 483 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 4: So that I'm extended a couple more weeks with doing 484 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 4: two jobs. 485 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 3: I was not sleeping, just so after hours I could 486 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 3: figure out who is on this football And there were. 487 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 4: Some obvious nons, like I knew who Jaden Ball was 488 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,199 Speaker 4: not real hard like if you got a pulse, you 489 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 4: know Jayden Ball is. 490 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 3: But there were some other players throughout the roster that 491 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 3: I was really really quickly having to assimilate with, like 492 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 3: who are these guys? 493 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 4: What are they about? 494 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 3: And I was doing that between the hours of like 495 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 3: ten PM and two am. I was going to bed 496 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 3: at about two am, waking up at about four thirty 497 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 3: or five, and going back to work for too late, 498 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 3: And so for a while I was wearing multiple hats. 499 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 3: I also don't think I'd have been able to do 500 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 3: the job well of trying to retain the roster, you know, 501 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 3: finished shigning day without the help of so many people 502 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 3: that were here. And then someone that were added here, 503 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 3: whether that be Katie Turner Decker. She's a rock star 504 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 3: that works in our personnel side. She handles all of 505 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 3: our recruiting operations stuff. She held the class together more 506 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 3: than anybody. She did it single handedly. But then on 507 00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 3: the roster retention side, Dave Calwell, who's our GM, who's 508 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 3: been an NFL GM and was with the Eagles, several 509 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 3: years after being the GM of the Jaguars, Day was 510 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 3: able to come in with me simultaneously and help me 511 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,439 Speaker 3: figure out the current roster here in place, along with 512 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 3: Nick Polk who had been here and so really those 513 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 3: people assisted me a great deal in quickly figuring out 514 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 3: how do we roster bill for twenty six just to 515 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,159 Speaker 3: have a chance to be competitive Immediately. 516 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 2: Let's say you're here, now, you got a job. 517 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: Congrats, everybody collapse and then this upcoming season, inevitably some 518 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: other big jobs are going to come open. So let's 519 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: say I'm a head coach comparable to the position you 520 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 1: were in last year. I know my name's going to 521 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 1: be involved in a lot of searches, and I hit 522 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: you up. It's like late September, guys are getting fired. 523 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: My name's starting to circulate. I hit you up and say, 524 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 1: you went through this last year. I need any advice 525 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 1: that you got. What are you telling me? 526 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 3: Be transparent with team number one? I met with my team. 527 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 3: I didn't wait till September. I met with my team. 528 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 4: Last July. 529 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 3: I did a guest speaker series where I had Kellen Moore, 530 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,199 Speaker 3: the head coach of the Saints, and Michael Parrington, the 531 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 3: director of pro personnel with the Saints, come talk to 532 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:16,160 Speaker 3: our team. Had a financial planner come talk to our team. 533 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 3: I had an NFL agent come talk to our team. 534 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 3: At the end of the summer, the last guest speaker 535 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 3: was me, and I got in front of the team 536 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 3: and I say, guys, here's the deal. 537 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 4: It's late July. I want to make the college fball playoff. 538 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 4: I think y'all do too, right, Yeah, we all do. 539 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 3: At the end of the year, y'all have this thing 540 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 3: called the transfer portal if you want to leave. I'd 541 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,440 Speaker 3: grown very comfortable with losing players because I couldn't afford 542 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 3: to keep some of the players we had developed. 543 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 4: And I said, you're gonna have an opportunity to leave. 544 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 3: And if it's right for you to leave, and somebody 545 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 3: wants to triple what you make or quadruple what you make, 546 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 3: or in Dariy Mitz's case, ten times what you make, 547 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 3: I'll high five you out the door. I may have 548 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,959 Speaker 3: opportunities when we have six. You're gonna hear my name floated. 549 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 3: That's a credit to everybody in the building, not just me. 550 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 3: I'm gonna do this with y'all I'm going to finish 551 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 3: to the last game. I ask everybody else in the room, 552 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 3: finish to the last game, and it's time for you 553 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 3: to leave after the last game, move on. And so 554 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 3: I think getting out in front of that and being 555 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 3: transparent is really important number one, because I think it 556 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 3: maybe removes this ambiguous cloud of like one of coach 557 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 3: leaves or what if this happens. I was brutally honest 558 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 3: with our guys, almost to a fault, probably like I 559 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 3: pulled back the curtain form so they could see what 560 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 3: really goes on in the show. And so I would 561 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 3: start there. So I'd say, if they're calling in September, 562 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 3: they're a little late. I learned that having been through 563 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,639 Speaker 3: the process enough times now because my name, if I 564 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 3: had been brought up enough times, I was like, don't 565 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:50,719 Speaker 3: wait till the season, do it in front of the season. 566 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 3: I would also tell them, man, bigger is and always better. 567 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 3: I would tell them things happen for a reason. Trust 568 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 3: God's timing, not your own. And I would tell them, man, 569 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:08,120 Speaker 3: if any school wants you to ever maybe not finish 570 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 3: the season out the way you want to in your terms, 571 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,120 Speaker 3: you don't have to take the job or if it's 572 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,400 Speaker 3: not the right fit, you don't have to take the job. 573 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 3: It's okay to say no. It's okay to also say yes, 574 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 3: but handle it the right way. I think it's really 575 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,880 Speaker 3: important to leave a place the right way, just as 576 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,440 Speaker 3: important as to start the right way. 577 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 4: How you finish matters. And if any. 578 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 3: School had wanted me to maybe do things on terms 579 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 3: different than the terms I was comfortable with on my 580 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 3: way out the door of tou Lane, it was a 581 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 3: hard and fast no. Like I wasn't anybody that said, hey, 582 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 3: we're not sure if you can coach the playoffs or 583 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 3: we want you to fly back and forth every day 584 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 3: while coaching your team at Tulane for the CFP can't 585 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 3: do it. I'm not going to short change those kids 586 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 3: because they had given me everything I asked of them. 587 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 3: I was going to give them everything back in return 588 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 3: and finish the job. 589 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 4: The right way. 590 00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: Wasn't it always also like a blessing that, Hey, if 591 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 1: the worst case situation is I'm just going to stay 592 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: at two Lane, that's like a really blessed position. Yeah, 593 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 1: so not like your jobless on the street. It's either 594 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 1: I get the Florida job or I'm unemployed, so you 595 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: can kind of not that it shouldn't always be that way, 596 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:16,959 Speaker 1: Especially when you're blessed enough to be sitting in a 597 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: really really nice seat to be up with, you can 598 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: kind of make sure it's on your terms or's just 599 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:22,240 Speaker 1: not going to happen. 600 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, after the twenty twenty four season, like a name names, 601 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 3: but I turned down a job or two. 602 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 4: There were p four jobs to stay at two Lane. 603 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 3: Through the twenty twenty five process of jobs popping up, 604 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 3: I made decisions completely separate from Florida on other schools 605 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 3: that you know what, before I take that job, I 606 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 3: think I'm just going to stay at two Lane and so, 607 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 3: and I don't care what league you're in, what power 608 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 3: for what conference, didn't matter to me. 609 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 4: If it wasn't or right, it wasn't right. And I 610 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 4: had no. 611 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 3: Problem staying at tu Lane forever. I love the place, 612 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 3: I love the people, I love my job, I love 613 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 3: who I worked with. If I'd have been the head 614 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 3: coach at Tulane for twenty five years, I would have 615 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 3: been really pleased with my career. 616 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 4: I had a blast there. 617 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 3: As you go through that process though, and things present, 618 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 3: you do have to look at each situation, and I 619 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 3: think it being in a place you're really comfortable and 620 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 3: happy allows you to be patient and make the right 621 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 3: decision on what you do next. 622 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: When you were trying to retain, however big a chunk 623 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 1: of your roster you had to fight to retain. 624 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 2: I don't know how big the chunk was. 625 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: But like, if guys are sort of on the fence, 626 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: maybe I'm gonna go in the portal, but maybe i 627 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: want to stay. But I just want to feel you 628 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,959 Speaker 1: out and I want to make sure I fit here. 629 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: I want to play for you. For the guys on 630 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: the fence, what were those conversations, like, Like, what did 631 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 1: you try and fill them on? 632 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, I just told them I'm gonna love them. I'm 633 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 3: gonna treat them as my own. I don't care who 634 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 3: recruited you. If you play at the University of Florida, 635 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 3: you're my guy. Like, I don't draw the line of 636 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 3: like previous staff recruit, new staff recruit. Like, hey, I 637 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 3: tell them all, like, you're gonna get coach extremely hard. 638 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 3: And if you like getting coached and you like doing 639 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,120 Speaker 3: things with passion and energy and fire, you're gonna love 640 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 3: being a part of what we do. I tell everybody 641 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 3: in the recruiting process and the retention process when I 642 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 3: was new here, if you're tough and you love football, 643 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 3: you're gonna love being a Florida Gator. If you're not tough, 644 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 3: you know, love football, you should probably leave because I'm 645 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 3: going to coach you like a maniac, and our whole 646 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 3: staff will. That's the expectation here. The standard at the 647 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,000 Speaker 3: University of Florida's to be the best. And so as 648 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 3: we went through that process, I just tried to help 649 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 3: guys understand, what's this going to look like, what's my 650 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 3: personal relationship with You're going to look like. I'm not 651 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 3: some head coach that likes to sit off on the side, 652 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 3: and I interact with the guys. I'm very relational. Every 653 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 3: player our team, almost every day at practice, gets. 654 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:45,800 Speaker 4: Some sort of interaction with me. 655 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 3: Not always good, not always bad, but they're going to 656 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,160 Speaker 3: get some sort of interaction. And so I just try 657 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 3: to help them maybe understand what the vision of what 658 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 3: this is going to look like it would be. And 659 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,560 Speaker 3: if that was something they were excited about that man 660 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,800 Speaker 3: they love football, that meant like they leaving the place 661 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 3: and they were comfortable doing this with us. I wasn't 662 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,560 Speaker 3: going to beg guys to stay, but I wasn't going 663 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 3: to push him out the door either. Nobody was asked 664 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 3: to leave here. Nobody was begged to stay either. All right, 665 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 3: I'm going to get you out of here on this. 666 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 3: You're halfway maybe through springball roughly. Yeah, so you've gotten 667 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,720 Speaker 3: half a springs. Look at your team. When I look 668 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 3: at them, I think, man, that receiver room looks pretty impressive. 669 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 3: That running back room looks pretty impressive. That's my opinion 670 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,800 Speaker 3: of Florida right now. You get to see them every day, 671 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 3: you're in the weeds with them every day. What is 672 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,240 Speaker 3: your overall impression of the team you have here so far? Yeah, 673 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,800 Speaker 3: I think you're probably pretty accurate on both those rooms. 674 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 3: I'm excited about what we have on the offensive skill 675 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:42,400 Speaker 3: positions in particular, there's a lot of unknowns. You know, 676 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 3: we lost fourteen or fifteen returning starters off of last 677 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 3: year's team. 678 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:49,760 Speaker 4: We had I think double digit combine invites. 679 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,720 Speaker 3: So there's a lot of good players that are going 680 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 3: to the NFL that are on a team last year 681 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 3: that maybe didn't have the type of on field success 682 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 3: people wanted to have, but there were still a lot 683 00:32:58,360 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 3: of good players that are no longer here, that play 684 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 3: significant snaps last year. We are very much a work 685 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:09,120 Speaker 3: in progress. Every day we're challenging this team. They've been eager, 686 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,640 Speaker 3: they've don't we've asked them to do. How far can 687 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,600 Speaker 3: the twenty twenty sixteen go. That's in the hands of 688 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,400 Speaker 3: our players, Like I tell them all the time, man, 689 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:19,760 Speaker 3: good teams can be coach led. Great teams have to 690 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:23,320 Speaker 3: be player led as quick as this team they take 691 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 3: ownership of it being their team. That's how far we 692 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:30,480 Speaker 3: can go. And I'm excited about it. The work's been fun. 693 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 3: The guys have been fun every day. The energy has 694 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:37,080 Speaker 3: been right, they've been receptive. We have a long way 695 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 3: to go, a really long way to go. 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