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Speaker 1: Greg Knapp, and I've known Greg for over twenty years,

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Speaker 1: and the NFL lost a good coach and a hell

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Speaker 1: of a guy he was. He was funny, He loved

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Speaker 1: He was so clean and buttoned up on stuff. But

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Speaker 1: I learned a lot from him as an assistant coach

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Speaker 1: watching him. This was a pro's pro. I can remember

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Speaker 1: there's Bill Walsh speaking, I was like, can I have

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Speaker 1: I made it a habit, you know, kind of through

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Speaker 1: and things that I've gone through, and you'd be surprised

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Speaker 1: through the years, you know, the old notes that you found,

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Speaker 1: whether it was through Mooch or Nick Saban or you

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Speaker 1: know Pete Carroll through the years, and that came from Napper.

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Speaker 1: You know about the guy who was on his details

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Speaker 1: and talking about standards of a professional and smart. So

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna miss some like crazy, I love the guy

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Speaker 1: and so um, it was tough. So I appreciate the

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Speaker 1: number of texts everybody sent out, So thanks a bunch,

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Speaker 1: and that I'm ready to let it rip and answer

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Speaker 1: some questions for you guys, and I teach them. I

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Speaker 1: petitions and copils used to run DMC with song Man.

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Speaker 1: Nothing stays inside anymore, huh, I get it. So, um,

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Speaker 1: what I did, I did do an exercise on note

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Speaker 1: And my point was that I know the system inside out.

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Speaker 1: when I were teaching it, and then you know, teach

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Speaker 1: And so to be here is why. Um, you know,

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