1 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven 2 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio. 3 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 2: Bouncing on a Friday here on the Drive. You know 4 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 2: what that means. 5 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 3: It is time to catch up with our good friend, 6 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 3: Missy Matthews, the queen of the Sideline Steelers Sideline reporter, 7 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 3: kind enough to join us just about every Friday here 8 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 3: throughout the season on the show. Missy, thank you for 9 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 3: taking the time as always. And you know, I thought 10 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 3: we could be talking about a lot of different things 11 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 3: this Friday, but I certainly didn't think a Steeler's head 12 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 3: coaching search for the first time in nineteen years would 13 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 3: be on the docket here. What was kind of your 14 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 3: just initial reaction and your thoughts since then, Mike Tomlin 15 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 3: stepping down after nineteen seasons and the Steelers for you know, 16 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 3: the first time since I was in high school, a 17 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 3: lot of us were much younger and doing different things 18 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 3: looking for a new head coach. What's this kind of 19 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 3: just the thought processes and the thought process part of 20 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 3: me and the emotions of this week been like. 21 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, I will say what today is now Friday, I've 22 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 4: processed it a lot better. I think a little stun 23 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 4: to be honest, I think just again, I agree with 24 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 4: Steelers president or Runey the second after nineteen years, you 25 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 4: can't be shocked. But he wasn't expecting it Tuesday, right 26 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 4: before that team meeting, fresh off of that loss in 27 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 4: the wild card game. I too kind of felt the 28 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 4: same way, like whoa, Like, not only did this season 29 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 4: just end and it's that streaching halt that we all 30 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 4: hate because you're just going through the grind, but it's 31 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 4: fun and you love football, but then it was like 32 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 4: this extra like you know, kick the butt that really 33 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 4: just did you in there. So I think I have 34 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 4: started to accept it a lot more, not waking up 35 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 4: thinking is this really real type deal? And I just 36 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 4: like you said, it's it's an unknown for all of us. 37 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 4: I was not here for the Bill Power era. I 38 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 4: didn't come until twenty twelve, so I don't know what 39 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 4: it's like when you look for a new coach or 40 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 4: new coaches. It's just it's going to be weird that 41 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 4: there's going to be so many new faces, new culture, 42 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 4: new philosophy, knew everything, and that's something that we have 43 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 4: not been, you know, privy to, because it's been nothing 44 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 4: but consistency. 45 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 5: Like you said, I'm excited about it, and by no 46 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 5: means is that like a slight on the old staff 47 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 5: or any of those things. But I was wondering if 48 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 5: you felt the same way. 49 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it's it's almost like a first day 50 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 4: of school, but it's not really type of deal in 51 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 4: a way, like I see what you're. 52 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 2: Saying, my kids are older than yours. 53 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 5: Was kind of like when my son one off to Kentucky. 54 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:05,079 Speaker 4: You know, Okay, yeah, no we're not We're not a 55 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 4: ba AGEA middle school starts next year, and that already 56 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 4: feels like a you know, a big transition for me personally, 57 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 4: but I can't imagine. Yeah, it's it's just different. It's just, 58 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 4: you know, it's just weird because again it's like you 59 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 4: just get used to things. And I, you know, I 60 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 4: do firmly think they are going to cast a wide net. 61 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 4: They are going to be open minded about who they 62 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 4: bring in. It's going to be a number of people. 63 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 4: And like Art said, the first time they talked to 64 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 4: Mike Tomlin, he didn't think that was going to be 65 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 4: the head coach. And that's why you go through the 66 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 4: process and you learn more about them. And I don't 67 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:41,839 Speaker 4: think it has to be, you know, the status quo 68 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 4: of it has to be a young guy. I have 69 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 4: to be a defensive mind. I truly believe that they 70 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 4: are going to find the best leader, the best person 71 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 4: to build a brand new culture and brand new everything, 72 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 4: because that's what you need. And the Fielders clearly are 73 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 4: not a team that like to do this, you know, 74 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 4: every other year. So that's something that I think You're 75 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 4: obviously not in a time crunch, like Art said, you 76 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 4: want to have this done well before the combine. But 77 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 4: at the same time, it'd be stupid to rush through 78 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 4: a process that is as impactful as this one. 79 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 3: It certainly would, and that's the world that we're all 80 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 3: living in right now. 81 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 2: Missy. 82 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 3: You speak on that culture thing, and I think that 83 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 3: is without on a long list of things, that's one 84 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 3: of the top, you know, would be the first things 85 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 3: you would list about. 86 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 2: The strengths of Mike Tomlin, the culture that. 87 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 3: He built, the leadership, the respect from top to bottom 88 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 3: in the organization through the locker room, and I'm sure 89 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 3: that that is that's something I know you can speak 90 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 3: to at the time. You've spent around the team practices, 91 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 3: locker rooms, sidelines, around Mike Tomlin, just how much everybody 92 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 3: in the organization believed in him, how much he set 93 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 3: the tone for the culture every single day, whether it 94 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 3: was practice, whether it was a game day, whether it 95 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 3: was the off season, and just how much that meant 96 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 3: over the core of two decades to this organization. 97 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I think you know any professional actor. Yeah, 98 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 4: I'm back into hockey season. Guys, going to Detroit tomorrow. 99 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 5: Nice. 100 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, Yeah, I'm in Delmont today, but Detroit tomorrow. Hopefully 101 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 4: I have as good as luck as I did the 102 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 4: last time I was there. So I told my son, 103 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 4: I said, listen, last time I was in Detroit, good 104 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:30,679 Speaker 4: things happen. But yeah, I just think you know it said, 105 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 4: they're all just alpha male competitors who want to win 106 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 4: it everything, whether it's throwing a tayball in a trash can, 107 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 4: winning a game. But I think because the belief was 108 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 4: so strong heading into that wild card game, after everything 109 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 4: they went through this season, that that is why it's 110 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 4: just the locker room had been one of the worst 111 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 4: that I have been in because nobody expected that to 112 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 4: be the outcome, certainly not the way that it happened. 113 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 4: And I think that's a testament to the culture and 114 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 4: the mindset that he built. It's why he worked so 115 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 4: well with Aaron Rodgers. It is why Aaron Rodgers also 116 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 4: felt that way, and everybody bought into it clearly. So it's, uh, 117 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 4: it's just it really stinks. Trust me. I wish I 118 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 4: was going to New England this week and not Detroit. 119 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt so. 120 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 5: Some of the folks over the years that spend time 121 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 5: on the sidelines like you do on the field for 122 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 5: the game have told me kind of just behind the scenes, 123 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 5: that it's not uncommon for players from the opposite team 124 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 5: to approach Tomlin and say, hey, I'd really like to 125 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 5: play for you. Have you ever run into anything like that? 126 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 4: Oh my gosh, aye, like just like dap them up. 127 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 4: I mean that is not uncommon. I mean I'm probably 128 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 4: so immune to it because it happens all the time. Yeah, 129 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 4: And it's it's it's like a respect thing. It's I 130 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 4: just want to like, you know, stap you up, shake 131 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 4: your hand, or it is like, hey, come get me 132 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 4: that type of thing. And I've seen that happen as well, 133 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 4: and I think, you know, you have to get him 134 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 4: credit to It's not the culture, but I guess the 135 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 4: aura that he had that when he went to a 136 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 4: pro day, everybody wanted to be invited to that Steeler's 137 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 4: dinner the night before. Yeah, because you wanted to talk 138 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 4: to him. Even Jalen Ramsey talked about I took the 139 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 4: dinner because I didn't have a lot of money. It 140 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 4: was a free meal. But like, I also just wanted 141 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 4: to talk to him. I knew I wasn't getting drafted 142 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 4: by them, and it's. 143 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,679 Speaker 5: I want to hijack that just for one second, missy, 144 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 5: because I always found that crazy. Yeah, Dale and I 145 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 5: used to talk about once in a while. It's like 146 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 5: they went to Michigan's pro day and like all the 147 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 5: first round picks went out with the Steelers. I'm like, 148 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 5: what the other thirty one teams think? Or you know, 149 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 5: they were at Iowas Pro Day and there's Campbell and 150 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 5: there's like five other dudes Laporta on and on, and 151 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 5: I'm like, did they just what? Did the other thirty 152 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 5: one teams just have no say in this? 153 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 2: Or go back to the hotel and he passed it 154 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 2: over right. 155 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 4: Well, I have heard that sometimes they'll try to go 156 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 4: to another dinner or it's like maybe you'll grab dessert 157 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 4: with them or something after, because yeah, it is legitimately 158 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 4: true that it was like they of them, but it's 159 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 4: like and it's every time he would do his preamble 160 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 4: on Tuesday about the upcoming team, it was always, hey, 161 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 4: I remember, you know Jack Campbell was the leader of 162 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 4: that group. You were at a Crodain dinner and again 163 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 4: you knew they weren't getting him. But that is just 164 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 4: how they did business. And I think why he's so 165 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 4: well respected, and it's like a broken record. Every free 166 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 4: agent was pretty much like, of course, i wanted to 167 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 4: play for coach Tomlin. I've heard great things. Why when't 168 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 4: I want to come to Pittsburgh. It's a winning culture, 169 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:42,319 Speaker 4: you know, they all they all knew, and that's that 170 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 4: was definitely an allure to a lot of people, a 171 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 4: lot of guys. 172 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 3: Missy, do you have a favorite tomlinism? I know sometimes 173 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 3: I feel bad like putting people on the spot with, 174 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 3: oh yeah, rack your brain over nineteen years and pick 175 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 3: out a couple examples. But I'm sure you've been asked 176 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 3: this in the last few days. Been thinking about this. 177 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 3: Any of those those classic slogans that will stick with 178 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 3: you for the rest of your life. 179 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 4: Yes, I've always had this one. It was like something 180 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 4: hit me when he said it's the first time and 181 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 4: it's not a common popular when it's not on a 182 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 4: T shirt. But excuses are the tools of the incompetent good. 183 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 4: I feel like I have used that in parenting moment. 184 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 4: I've used that for like self talks to myself about it, 185 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 4: and I just really it applies to more than just football. 186 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 4: That's like a good life like this kind of you know, 187 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 4: you know, bring you back down to reality and make 188 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 4: you really think twice before you start trying to make 189 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 4: an excuse for something. So I love that one. 190 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 5: We'll let you go here in a minute. And you 191 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 5: got a lot on your plate, but just just curious. 192 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 5: I mean, you interacted with coach Tomlin a lot more 193 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 5: than Wes and I did. I mean, how did he 194 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 5: just to affect you on a human level. 195 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 4: I mean I was I was pretty pretty beat up 196 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 4: on Tuesday when the news broke just because he wasn't 197 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 4: just like a good person and a good person to 198 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 4: work with, professional, but just the personal level that he 199 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 4: really wanted to know about everybody. I mean, you know, 200 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 4: I wasn't a player. Coach we did his TV show. 201 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 4: I did interviews with him stuff with the preseason, but 202 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 4: he always asked about my boys. He wanted to know 203 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 4: what hockey games we're going, Like, you know, where are 204 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 4: we going? When are they playing tackle football? Come on, 205 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 4: you gotta get him into tackle there? Aren't you doing 206 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 4: hockey in lacrosse? You know? Like was always trying to 207 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 4: talk to me into different things. I'm like, we have 208 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 4: like a million sports already, Like I can't do this 209 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 4: right now. But I think too, just the professionalism that 210 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 4: he always showed and really really helped me grow. I 211 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 4: wasn't like fresh out of college when I came to 212 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 4: the Steelers, but man, he put me through the wringer 213 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 4: in a good way that I so appreciate of how 214 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,959 Speaker 4: to ask the right questions, how to not ask the 215 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 4: yes or no question. I mean, let me tell you, 216 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 4: I still like during his press conference would be like 217 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 4: he's gonna say yes or no. You can't ask it 218 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 4: that way, you have to rephrase it. It has just 219 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 4: been beat into my head and for that, I'm forever 220 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 4: grateful and we'll definitely miss, you know, his sarcasm, the 221 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 4: funny moment, and just appreciate, you know, what a good 222 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 4: human and coach. 223 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 2: He was well, said Missy. 224 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 3: I keep thinking back to that that famous line of 225 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 3: like you forget what people say and what people do 226 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 3: and the places you go together, but you always remember 227 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,319 Speaker 3: how someone made you feel. 228 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 2: When they were around when they were. 229 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 3: Around you, And I think I think that's pretty apt 230 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 3: for the nineteen years of Mike Tomlin and Pittsburgh. The 231 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 3: great Queen of the Sideline, Missy Matthews from a hockey 232 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 3: rink in parts unknown, be safe, be safe up in 233 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 3: Detroit this weekend. Missy, thank you for taking the time 234 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 3: for us all year. We really appreciate it. 235 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 4: You got it. If you're back next week, who knows 236 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 4: what rink I'll be in on Friday. 237 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 2: That sounds good. We'll talk to you soon. 238 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 3: There she goes from the Queen of the sideline to 239 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 3: the queen of the ice rink. 240 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 2: Good stuff there from Missy Matthews. And yeah, you're right. 241 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 3: I mean, not not many people who do what we 242 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 3: do that spent as much time with Mike Tomlin as 243 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 3: she did. 244 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's around all. 245 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 3: The decade plus that she's been with the Steelers and 246 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 3: training camps and road trips and practices and all that 247 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 3: good stuff. It's probably her labs. They're probably the two 248 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 3: that are that are highest on the list of you know, 249 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 3: in terms of just you know, media people in the 250 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 3: time that they've spent around Mike Tomlin. Good stuff there 251 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 3: from Missy Matthews. Matt When we return here on the 252 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 3: other side, let's talk some rookie classes. Does that work 253 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 3: for you? 254 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 6: Yeah, we've kind of you know, while we'll continue to 255 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 6: monitor everything that's going on with the Steelers coaching situation, 256 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 6: we need to get back into some regularly scheduled programming too, 257 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 6: So we'll do some of that as we roll along 258 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 6: here and talk finality for some of these rookie classes. 259 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 3: Who played the most minutes, who played the least minutes, 260 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 3: how are they all graded out. We'll get into all 261 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 3: that as we roll along. Euler Williamson. 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