WEBVTT - Coordinators: Ravens Practice 1/11 Press Conferences

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. It is Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>January eleventh. The Ravens don't have a game this week,

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<v Speaker 1>as they have the AFC's number one overall seed and

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<v Speaker 1>a first round by, but they are still putting into work.

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<v Speaker 1>They're practicing this week, really focusing on themselves, their own

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<v Speaker 1>skiing and the fundamentals as they get ready to find

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<v Speaker 1>out their opponent this weekend and the eventual division round

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<v Speaker 1>game coming up next week. Today, we had a chance

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<v Speaker 1>to hear from coordinator, so let's kick things off a

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<v Speaker 1>special teams coordinator, Chris Horton.

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<v Speaker 2>What a great week for us to just come out

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<v Speaker 2>here and really just focus on us. That's been the

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<v Speaker 2>message to our group, man, is just let's figure out

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<v Speaker 2>the way this week of how we can help ourselves

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, get better at the things that which

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to need to do in order to make

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<v Speaker 2>some plays this postseason. So our guys are out there

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<v Speaker 2>working all six phases field goal, fild goal, block, pump

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<v Speaker 2>on return, kickoff, kickoff return. You know, we get this opportunity,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and so again our focus is mainly about

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<v Speaker 2>us right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Questions for so much do you like.

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<v Speaker 4>Having Dubernet back on the practice field, and do you

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<v Speaker 4>feel the way that Thailand.

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<v Speaker 5>And and Justice have stepped up that you you know,

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<v Speaker 5>really have some depth there and some good options going

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<v Speaker 5>into the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>It's amazing to see him back out there. I'll tell

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<v Speaker 2>you this. I think you guys know how how I

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<v Speaker 2>feel about him. I know how our team feels about him,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know how the guys in you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>guys outside feel about him. He's a heck of a player.

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<v Speaker 2>And just to have him back out there running, and

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<v Speaker 2>it just goes to show, you know, to what we do.

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<v Speaker 2>I think, just fundamentally across the board, with the depth

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<v Speaker 2>of having Thailand back there, coming out there making that

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<v Speaker 2>play against the Rams and scoring that touchdown, having Justice

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<v Speaker 2>out there versus Miami and he popping that big return.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it just goes to show to all eleven

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<v Speaker 2>guys really of our depth of if you put a

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<v Speaker 2>guy back there, if we've blocked to play the right way,

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<v Speaker 2>we can create those big plays. So are we excited

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<v Speaker 2>to have him back?

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<v Speaker 3>Of course.

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<v Speaker 6>We're the trades Like speed is obvious, but other than that,

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<v Speaker 6>where the traits that makes a good.

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<v Speaker 2>I think one speed speed for sure is everything, but

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<v Speaker 2>you gotta have some vision. You got to be able to,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, find the whole one is not there. And

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<v Speaker 2>a guy that can a guy that can break some tackles,

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<v Speaker 2>a guy that will run through some warm tackles, but

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<v Speaker 2>but really just a downhill, vertical guy. And it's got

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<v Speaker 2>to be a guy that's going to make some great

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<v Speaker 2>decisions holding on to the football. You know, we talk

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<v Speaker 2>about that a lot. Is very important for any of

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<v Speaker 2>our returners. That's first and foremost a guy that that

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<v Speaker 2>can protect the ball. So you know, all those good things.

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<v Speaker 5>Chris, I mean you you McDonald's booth, I mean your

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<v Speaker 5>coordinator now, and you both started as coaching interns. What

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<v Speaker 5>do you even remove about kind of those days starting.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean now that your coordinators, you know, you get,

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<v Speaker 5>but what was it like at the beginning with you guys.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, honestly, at the beginning, I think I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>speak for myself here, but you know, we didn't we

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<v Speaker 2>didn't know. You know, we were just we were just

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<v Speaker 2>two young guys just trying to figure out our way.

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<v Speaker 2>And we got the opportunity here when the Ravens was

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<v Speaker 2>starting that intern program, you know, and Mike and I

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<v Speaker 2>shared an office, you know, so we got it. We

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<v Speaker 2>gotten to kind of get to know each other a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit, and uh, throughout throughout the course of the year,

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<v Speaker 2>I was still on defense at the time, so I

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<v Speaker 2>had not moved to Special Teams at the time, so

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<v Speaker 2>I was still working on defense, and we just kind

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<v Speaker 2>of got to know each other. We set in that

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<v Speaker 2>office together, uh, broke down plays, drew cards, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>for the scout team. And then as the season went on.

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<v Speaker 2>As a young guy, you know, you don't know what's next.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we're sitting in the office like, Hey, what's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna happen? Are we even going to be back here?

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<v Speaker 2>Do we need to go find another job? You know,

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<v Speaker 2>and all those things coming, uh they come into question.

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<v Speaker 2>But this placement stability, it lets you be yourself. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>you come out, you do a great job, you stick around,

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<v Speaker 2>and then here it is ten seasons later and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>standing up in front of the podium. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a Special Teams coordinator and uh, I mean it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>been great man, and uh, just just to watch what

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<v Speaker 2>when Mike's done, and we talk about it all the

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<v Speaker 2>time of kind of where we've come from to where

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<v Speaker 2>we are now. It's just it's just been an amazing

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<v Speaker 2>process of you know, just put your head down, go

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<v Speaker 2>to work, and uh, those those things will pay off

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<v Speaker 2>for you. All right, appreciate, Thank you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>That was special teams coordinator Chris Horton. We also heard

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<v Speaker 1>from offensive coordinator Todd Monkey.

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<v Speaker 5>So when you don't have an opponent for the weekend,

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<v Speaker 5>how do you structure practice? I mean it's obviously not

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<v Speaker 5>game planning, but basically, what are you trying to get

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<v Speaker 5>out of practice for this week?

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<v Speaker 7>Improve the Ravens offense. That's what you're trying to do.

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<v Speaker 7>You know, when we had a bye week, the guys

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<v Speaker 7>had the week off, so there's a lot of things

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<v Speaker 7>we were able to improve on from a coaching staff standpoint,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, self, scout, who we want to be moving forward,

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<v Speaker 7>utilization of personnel, all those things. But we did the

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<v Speaker 7>players here, So now you're fast forward six weeks later,

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<v Speaker 7>five or six weeks later, you have a chance to

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<v Speaker 7>kind of work on things that somewhat from a game

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<v Speaker 7>planning standpoint, but more about us. Because the way we protect,

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<v Speaker 7>the way we pass set, the way we run routes,

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<v Speaker 7>how we structure things, how we do it better, that's

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<v Speaker 7>to me. That's what this whole week's about.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I've been to practices, but what you're seeing in

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<v Speaker 2>Dobbin Cook.

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<v Speaker 7>Well, we're excited to add a talented player to our roster,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, and I agree with what coach said things

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<v Speaker 7>said yesterday. You know, we look at more as a

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<v Speaker 7>potential weapon and than just someone that we've added to

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<v Speaker 7>the roster. So you know, now catching up, catching him

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<v Speaker 7>up to speed, you know, in terms of terminology and

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<v Speaker 7>you know what we call things.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's not hard.

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<v Speaker 7>Just got to you know, continue to wrap him and

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<v Speaker 7>you know, see where it goes from there.

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<v Speaker 6>To the story yesterday about how you know, back in

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<v Speaker 6>the season, texadent call them. You know, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 6>give you the key to the offense as far as

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<v Speaker 6>making checks the light, that kind of thing. What are

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<v Speaker 6>the having working now whole year? What are the traits

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<v Speaker 6>de Lamore has that has allowed him to thrive succeed

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<v Speaker 6>in doing that part of the game.

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<v Speaker 3>You'll change the way.

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<v Speaker 7>Well, first off, he's highly intelligent, so he understands what

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<v Speaker 7>you're asking to do and what you're allowing him to do.

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<v Speaker 7>And when the situation presents that. That's probably as much

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<v Speaker 7>as anything, and he's embraced wanting to do that. Not

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<v Speaker 7>every quarterback wants that. Not every quarterback wants that on

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<v Speaker 7>their plate and be empowered to change a plate, the

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<v Speaker 7>line of scrimmage or to put themselves out there where. Okay,

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<v Speaker 7>now they made the decision to change something to the

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<v Speaker 7>line or protection, but it starts with him. He's diligent,

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<v Speaker 7>he's intelligent. He's certainly more than capable of, you know,

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<v Speaker 7>seeing things, what the defense is presenting to him and

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<v Speaker 7>how he can get us into a better play, get

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<v Speaker 7>us into a premium play.

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<v Speaker 2>When you when.

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<v Speaker 4>You got here, you didn't know John Harbald really really

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<v Speaker 4>very well. You've certainly worked for a lot of head

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<v Speaker 4>coaches over the years. Now do you've been with him

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<v Speaker 4>for almost a year. What do you think are kind

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<v Speaker 4>of a standout trades.

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<v Speaker 2>About the.

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<v Speaker 7>Consistency, I think if you said his day to day approach,

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<v Speaker 7>his positive energy, his connection with the team. I mean,

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<v Speaker 7>I've never brought on anybody anybody like that in terms

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<v Speaker 7>of whether we've won, whether we've lost, in terms of

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<v Speaker 7>his approach, and I think that that allows you when

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<v Speaker 7>you have a season as long as we do in

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<v Speaker 7>terms of sustaining for the long haul.

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<v Speaker 8>When you draw interest from other teams for their head

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<v Speaker 8>coaching vacancies, how do you balance taken you know that

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<v Speaker 8>that part of you know, the interest that you've been shown,

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<v Speaker 8>and also you know, planning for your current team.

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<v Speaker 7>Well, it's not hard because you know, I'll be able

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<v Speaker 7>to talk about that at a proper time when when

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<v Speaker 7>that comes up. But the bottom line is, we have

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<v Speaker 7>we have a chance to do something special here, you know,

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<v Speaker 7>and our team, our focus is on this week you know,

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<v Speaker 7>and where we're headed and finding out this weekend who

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<v Speaker 7>we're playing and then come up with a great game

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<v Speaker 7>plan and giving us the best chance to be successful

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<v Speaker 7>next week.

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<v Speaker 8>I guess you, Mike Anthony, you know other other coaches

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<v Speaker 8>in this in this organization. What does it say about

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<v Speaker 8>this team this year that there's so much interest in

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<v Speaker 8>the assistance.

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<v Speaker 7>Well, says a lot about the organization, says a lot

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<v Speaker 7>about our players, says a lot about our coaching staff.

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<v Speaker 7>You don't do it alone. I mean, you gotta have

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<v Speaker 7>a great staff, great organization, uh, and a great team

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<v Speaker 7>players that believe in the plan and are able to

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<v Speaker 7>execute at a high level and let's really.

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<v Speaker 3>Sit out to you about Lamar and this.

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<v Speaker 7>Leadership this season. You know, Lamar is another one that

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<v Speaker 7>and what I've seen over the course of the year

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<v Speaker 7>that does a great job in terms of balancing success

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<v Speaker 7>and disappointment and coming back to the office, coming back

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<v Speaker 7>in the building with a great frame of mind. You know,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, he has a great way of compartmentalizing some frustration, competitiveness, success, disappointment,

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<v Speaker 7>all the above that comes from playing in the NFL

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<v Speaker 7>and walk in the building with a smile on his

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<v Speaker 7>face and like, Okay, let's go to work. That's that's

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<v Speaker 7>that's a unique trait because it's hard, I mean for

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<v Speaker 7>what we do in all of us handling success, handling

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<v Speaker 7>disappointment and then walk in the building saying, Okay, what's next.

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<v Speaker 1>That was offensive coordinator Todd Munkey. And know we also

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<v Speaker 1>heard from defensive coordinator Mike McDonald.

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<v Speaker 4>Chris Wharton was talking about kind of what it was

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<v Speaker 4>like to come up from the intern level and really

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<v Speaker 4>grow as a coach.

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<v Speaker 5>In this organization. I mean, when you when you.

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<v Speaker 4>Reflect on all that time that you've spent here, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>under serve of a culture that John created. If you

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<v Speaker 4>do become a head coach one day. What do you

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<v Speaker 4>think you've taken away from from that to sort of get.

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<v Speaker 2>You that thing?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>Man, Uh, there's so much.

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<v Speaker 9>There's so it's just we're so fortunate and lucky to

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<v Speaker 9>be around first of all, the organization. But the organizations

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<v Speaker 9>when you think it's just it's made up of people, right,

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<v Speaker 9>and the alignment that comes from the top here. You

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<v Speaker 9>know when I was when I was an intern, Ozzie

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<v Speaker 9>being the general manager, starting with him, starting with Steve,

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<v Speaker 9>now working with Eric and really everybody throughout the building,

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<v Speaker 9>and then ultimately John and and the person that he

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<v Speaker 9>is and the leader that he is. You just have

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<v Speaker 9>you have great role models you look up to, and

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<v Speaker 9>you know that are high integrity, high character individuals and

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<v Speaker 9>just phenomenal leaders.

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<v Speaker 3>So the easy guys to follow.

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<v Speaker 9>And if and when that opportunity presents itself, you know

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<v Speaker 9>obviously you want to you model model that behavior after them.

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<v Speaker 8>Like on that note, you know, how do you balance

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<v Speaker 8>the the the interest that you're drawing from other teams

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<v Speaker 8>with you know, your task in your current role?

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, I mean this is this is the first time

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<v Speaker 9>I'm going through it, so you know, not a lot

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<v Speaker 9>of experience to draw off of. But you know, the

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<v Speaker 9>way the schedule sets up, you just have to deal

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<v Speaker 9>with with how it's structured. So right now this week, uh,

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<v Speaker 9>there's a lot of work that we're getting done here

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<v Speaker 9>in the building. Not necessarily for future opponents. I mean

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<v Speaker 9>there's some there's some backward kind of being done behind

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<v Speaker 9>the scenes, But our focus right now with our guys

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<v Speaker 9>is trying to improve and really stay sharp and ramp

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<v Speaker 9>up and make sure we're at our a game you know,

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<v Speaker 9>to come next weekend.

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<v Speaker 3>So when we're here, that's what we're focused on.

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<v Speaker 9>And then fortunate I can trying to compartmentalize it and

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<v Speaker 9>then you know, work on you know, the zooms and

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<v Speaker 9>things that happen at night, and I'm doing those at

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<v Speaker 9>my house.

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<v Speaker 8>And I asked Todd this just as a follow up, like,

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<v Speaker 8>what does it say about the Ravens organization and this

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<v Speaker 8>staff in particular this year that there's so much interest

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<v Speaker 8>from other clubs around the league in these coaches yourself included.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I got reference early.

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<v Speaker 9>It's it's about we have we have phenomenal people here,

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<v Speaker 9>and the organization and the team has helped us, you know,

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<v Speaker 9>put us in these types of situations all these coaches.

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<v Speaker 9>I think now you understand what type of talented people

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<v Speaker 9>that we have. So I'm excited for you know, the

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<v Speaker 9>coaches that have opportunities, they definitely deserve it. Phenomenal human beings,

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<v Speaker 9>great leaders, great coaches, So you're rooting for them throughout

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<v Speaker 9>the process. And I think also we all understand that,

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<v Speaker 9>you know, you know, there's a mission here involved as well,

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<v Speaker 9>so we're all we're still laser sharp focus on on

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<v Speaker 9>what on the goal at hand, and we all know

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<v Speaker 9>that's you know, obviously that starts with next weekend.

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<v Speaker 3>To clarify, I guess the rules you're not allowed to

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<v Speaker 3>talk in Perth until.

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<v Speaker 5>After July twenty second, correct, right, But you've talked to

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<v Speaker 5>teams at night, like when you're at home.

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<v Speaker 7>On zoom and stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>We've already done that, yes, okay, just.

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<v Speaker 4>Like we know it's one of four different teams. You

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<v Speaker 4>know you could you could play next weekend, but you've

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<v Speaker 4>played all those teams. How does that help in terms

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<v Speaker 4>of preparation knowing that now you can't put together an

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<v Speaker 4>elaborate game plan, but you do have some working knowledge

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<v Speaker 4>of golf.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, it's it's always it's it's a there's different things

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<v Speaker 9>going on when you play a team twice, you know,

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<v Speaker 9>so you have to have an understanding of what your

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<v Speaker 9>thought the thoughts were going into the game, and a

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<v Speaker 9>lot of times there's path dependance involved in how they've

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<v Speaker 9>operated going into that game too, So variables changed things

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<v Speaker 9>like that. But you know, you try to have a

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<v Speaker 9>great process after you play them to kind of debrief

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<v Speaker 9>and figure out, hey, this is how we played them,

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<v Speaker 9>this is how we probably should have played them next time.

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<v Speaker 9>We got to think about, you know, these things, and

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<v Speaker 9>so we have that information available.

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<v Speaker 3>Our guys are doing a lot of work right.

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<v Speaker 9>Now and behind the scenes, but like I said, a

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<v Speaker 9>lot of the focus right now out it's it's not

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<v Speaker 9>easy to prepare for like four possibilities, you know, so

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<v Speaker 9>as it starts to come into focus, you know over

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<v Speaker 9>the weekend, now we can kind of sit down and

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<v Speaker 9>go full steam ahead, you know, going in the next week.

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<v Speaker 3>Like does rook wanna have a sort of.

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<v Speaker 6>Ability or knack to like make the teammates he's playing

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<v Speaker 6>around better? And it's so sort of how does that

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<v Speaker 6>kind of a man best?

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<v Speaker 9>Absolutely, it's a it's a secret sauce man and there's

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<v Speaker 9>a there's a there's a magnetism to him. That guy's

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<v Speaker 9>gravitating towards Hi nashly. He always has great energy. I

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<v Speaker 9>think I think it just you can't you can't help

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<v Speaker 9>being around a guy like that that plays the way

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<v Speaker 9>he plays the passion that he has and uh, and

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<v Speaker 9>not be attracted to that, you know, and and the

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<v Speaker 9>way he plays it in terms of just getting to

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<v Speaker 9>the football. You know, if you're not if you're not

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<v Speaker 9>playing with him, then it just it pops out on

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<v Speaker 9>tape and the guys realize that obviously, you know, just

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<v Speaker 9>a tremendous leader all around. So you know, the guy's

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<v Speaker 9>respect him for just how he operates.

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<v Speaker 8>Like, how much do you have you conversion John about

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<v Speaker 8>these opportunities the.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, we had an interesting plane flight to and from

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<v Speaker 3>Houston the.

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<v Speaker 9>Other day, so we had some we had a we

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<v Speaker 9>had a time to that. We had a great conversation

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<v Speaker 9>on the plane and just very very very thankful about

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<v Speaker 9>his support that he's he's given to me and probably

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<v Speaker 9>the other the other coaches as well.

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<v Speaker 3>So he's been awesome experience.

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<v Speaker 4>Like on Monday night for you, I mean it was uh,

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, obviously we talked to John about it.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's it's his family, but I mean it's it's.

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<v Speaker 4>Your family in a way together.

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<v Speaker 9>What was that experience like, it was a phenomenal I mean,

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<v Speaker 9>it was just it was a great It was a

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<v Speaker 9>phenomenal experience. Something we laughed about. It's you know, however

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<v Speaker 9>the story was going to play out with the with

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<v Speaker 9>the plan and everything, but uh, it's something that will

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<v Speaker 9>cherish for a long time. You know, there's a lot

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<v Speaker 9>of work that goes in, dedication that goes into getting

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<v Speaker 9>to that point for that team, and you realize when

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<v Speaker 9>you're in the stands that there's that the families are

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<v Speaker 9>involved too, you know, the wives, the children, you know,

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<v Speaker 9>just friends of coaches and things like that, all the fans.

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<v Speaker 9>It's uh, it was it was a pretty it was

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<v Speaker 9>pretty cool to see it kind of come full circle.

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<v Speaker 9>And then obviously we were on the field afterwards and

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<v Speaker 9>just the you know, the joy that everybody had from

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<v Speaker 9>you know, seeing the whole process through.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, what was a was a special time. For sure.

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<v Speaker 6>You haven't watched a lot of football games as a fan.

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<v Speaker 3>Anymore that feel weird or had that.

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<v Speaker 9>I haven't been in the stands in a long time,

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<v Speaker 9>but it was cool. Yeah, yeah, I had a beer.

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<v Speaker 3>It was good.

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