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Speaker 1: Welcome in Command his Family to a new season of

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Speaker 1: the game Plan. We sit with head coach Dan Quinn

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Speaker 1: and talk to him all about his off season and

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Speaker 1: how he made that initial the three man roster. Dan

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Speaker 1: Quinn talked about his time with Logan Paulson and what

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Speaker 1: he's learned from his time as a head coach. All

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Speaker 1: that and more starts right now. Welcome into the game

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Speaker 1: Plan Command his Family. I am Brian Copy Junior, here

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Speaker 1: with the legend Logan Paulson and of course our fearless leader,

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Speaker 1: head coach Dan Quinn. Coach, good to have you here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm pumped to be on with you guys. And yeah,

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Speaker 2: to be a cool show. Man, I'm really really pumped

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Speaker 1: We're so excited to have you and this is our

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Speaker 1: initial show. No, we got to do some intros, right,

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Speaker 1: I mean, people know who you are, but this is

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Speaker 1: your return to the DMV.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: How has it been.

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Speaker 2: It's been awesome, man, Honestly, the whole experience of coming

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Speaker 2: back to this area, getting to know the fan base here,

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Speaker 2: getting to know the people, the team, and that's been

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Speaker 2: one of the coolest experiences man. Like, my favorite part

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Speaker 2: of this team is the team. All these guys, what

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Speaker 2: they make up the locker room. It's a really cool

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Speaker 1: Man, I'm having a I'm glad you're able to enjoy

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Speaker 1: it because there's a lot of toughness right with being

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Speaker 1: in a new team. And one of the things we

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Speaker 1: last talked about was building that cohesiveness not only with

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Speaker 1: Adam Peters, but the rest of your staff. How was

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Speaker 1: that process, man?

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Speaker 2: You know that part is it's so important because they

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Speaker 2: have to know the man before the ballplayer. And so

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Speaker 2: you're going through the off season program, new players here,

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Speaker 2: current players here. Before we got into the X and o's,

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Speaker 2: we wanted to make sure we got to know who,

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Speaker 2: then we did the same thing with the rookies and

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Speaker 2: to see the veterans really take on, you know, the

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Speaker 2: young guys. We had, you know, twenty rookies that were here,

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Speaker 2: and so to see them they were not our pledges,

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Speaker 2: their little brothers, and so to make sure they were

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Speaker 2: and earn that respect. And so it's a very cool

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Speaker 2: place if you are a young player to come in

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Speaker 2: because You've got some really cool mentors that are looking

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Speaker 3: I always think it's interesting when you build a staff

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Speaker 3: have like a rolodex and names You're like, oh, let's

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Speaker 2: You know what. I was fortunate, Logan, I had some time,

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Speaker 2: If an opportunity, you know, that really would light us up,

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Speaker 2: And so what was really cool is see how many

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Speaker 1: And Coach has been a busy offseason So I got

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Speaker 1: a really tough question for you. Sure, what has been

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Speaker 2: Man, that's a cool one because like being introduced here

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Speaker 2: So I think I probably had more gratitude for the

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Speaker 3: I never really thought about that, but it's got to

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Speaker 2: And that's what makes you know, the waiver process so difficult,

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Speaker 2: But that doesn't prohibit you from like absolutely digging and

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Speaker 1: And close Before move to preseason, I have to ask

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Speaker 1: Can you expand on that and why was it so

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you know, you don't get a lot

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Speaker 3: I've always wondered coach, like, and this is something I'll

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think most people can probably relate to it.

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Speaker 2: When you're on an interview, you're also interviewing them.

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Speaker 2: You want to find out, you know, what are some

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Speaker 2: and so when you're there, that's how you can find

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Speaker 2: and things that are important to me. So for me,

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Speaker 2: I wanted somebody that believed in culture and believed in

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Speaker 2: And so when all that was aligned here, that was

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Speaker 1: And after you make these decisions, you go through that process,

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Speaker 1: get your coaching staff together. Yeah, that's time to play ball. Now,

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Speaker 1: what's into the preseason? First things First, first time being

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Speaker 1: out to you most during that time?

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Speaker 2: It was cool, Like we had two road trips together.

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Speaker 2: We went to New Jersey for four days and we

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Speaker 2: went to Miami for four days, had a practice and

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Speaker 2: to see how they're going to respond to another going

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Speaker 2: how strong their bond is. And they've been competing against

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Speaker 2: They were competing, and having those four days together away

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Speaker 3: You talked about connection, like that's something that as a

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Speaker 3: like how do you identify You mentioned the competition, You

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Speaker 3: They kind of say, this team's really hit it on

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Speaker 2: I think the biggest marker logan is player to player,

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Speaker 2: I think I probably noticed it, you know, for first

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Speaker 2: to see the plays that happened. I saw John Allen

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Speaker 2: And then you know, on the sideline the other night,

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Speaker 2: like fifty players like you know, T shirts and shorts

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Speaker 2: like in the end zone. But I would say, that's

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Speaker 2: excited about it. Because if you don't have that all

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Speaker 2: your scheme and the other stuff it's it makes it

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Speaker 2: a lot harder. So the first thing you have to do, man,

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Speaker 2: you have to play hard for one another. And so

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Speaker 2: seeing those guys do that was cool because they were

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Speaker 2: expressing to their teammates how hard they're willing to go

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Speaker 1: And Coach, you hit on some of those beautiful things

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Speaker 1: about preseason and why we love it so much. Yes,

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Speaker 3: Is that hard to do?

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Speaker 2: All right, awesome man, glad to be with you guys,

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Speaker 1: Command his Family. We know you are enjoying the game plan. However,

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Speaker 3: What's interesting is the stuff that he's said. You know,

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Speaker 1: Like the player's superpower.

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Speaker 3: His superpower is building relationships with people. And I think

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Speaker 1: Him command his family. You can catch us every Sunday

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Speaker 1: Dan Quinn until next Sunday commands. Family, Yeah,