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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program. We are back

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Speaker 1: at what I call Butler Cabin overlooking the TPC here

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Speaker 1: at the Greenbrier. It's Texans All Access and it's the

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Speaker 1: training camp editions as. One week from tonight, Mark vander

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Speaker 1: Mayer and John Harris with you, by the way. One

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Speaker 1: week from tonight, we will be in the midst of

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Speaker 1: a countdown to kickoff, as kickoff will be seven o'clock

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Speaker 1: Central Time at Arrowhead Stadium, the Texans tacking on the

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Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. Oh my gosh, it's a week away, Johnny.

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Speaker 1: I mean, think about the off season. We're like, it's

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Speaker 1: only fifteen weeks till the start of the whatever. We've

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Speaker 1: got a week now until the preseason begins, and we

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Speaker 1: can't wait. I might kiss Andre, Robert and Jones and

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Speaker 1: when we see him, I'll be so excited to see them,

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Speaker 1: to have a game to call after all all the

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Speaker 1: training camp stuff that's gone on, and to think we

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Speaker 1: play in Kansas City and then we fly home and

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Speaker 1: then get ready for the forty nine ers next week.

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Speaker 1: That first preseason game just that gets it started, Like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: now I can sort of see the end in sight

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Speaker 1: now you're Oh, it happens very you can see the

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Speaker 1: end in sight, and by end, I mean the end

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Speaker 1: of training camp you start getting the regular season, getting

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Speaker 1: your regular season routine. That to me is what I'm

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Speaker 1: looking forward to. But be fun to see what this

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Speaker 1: team can do in a week. Well, it's still only August. Second,

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Speaker 1: and just a little life stuff here. I always say

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Speaker 1: to people, August is my busiest month of the year.

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Speaker 1: There's no question. I mean, we produce our own preseason telecasts,

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Speaker 1: all right. We obviously do the radio. We do all

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Speaker 1: this extra radio for training camp, and believe me, we

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Speaker 1: love every minute of it. And we're also doing a

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Speaker 1: lot of stuff in Spanish with Enrique Vascaz and Gstavo

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Speaker 1: Rangel on Mega which is an intercom radio station on

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Speaker 1: Mega for the radio stuff, but we're also streaming the

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Speaker 1: games into Mexico with a unique using the visual stuff

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Speaker 1: with Enrique and Gustavo's radio called Layered on Top in

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Speaker 1: Mexico only, So unless you're listening to this in Mexico,

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Speaker 1: it's really not going to effect you, but believing there's

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Speaker 1: some work involved with that. So we get a lot

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Speaker 1: going on that says nothing about all the other stuff

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Speaker 1: we're doing Kid Reporter. We're shot and distributed today with

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Speaker 1: the Van Kid interviewing Bill O'Brien, So there's that also.

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Speaker 1: I look forward to Kid Reporter all the time. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: whether it's the players or coach O'Brien. I look forward

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Speaker 1: to it and talk to Luke a little bit after

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Speaker 1: he got it done, and I know that there is

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Speaker 1: um he's thinking about a passing of the torch sort

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Speaker 1: of thing. Yeah, he knows that this is it. I've

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Speaker 1: warned him heavily. This is it's a tough moment. This

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Speaker 1: is his swan song. In fact, today was it. He's

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Speaker 1: done well, although we'll probably do you know, during the

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Speaker 1: regular season. We've done some funny stuff with them. They

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Speaker 1: were on the local two pregame show once for a

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Speaker 1: Sunday night game a couple of years ago, so they

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Speaker 1: might do some things like that. But I think that

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Speaker 1: Luke and Jogi. Jogi's not in this one today because

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Speaker 1: he doesn't travel to training camp. Luke and Joki are

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Speaker 1: gonna do a little passing of the torch kid Reporter

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Speaker 1: stuff and they shoot most of the Kid Reporters in

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Speaker 1: one fell swoop. I talked to somebody today who was

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Speaker 1: explaining it to somebody else. They said, yeah, every weekday interviewed. Now,

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Speaker 1: it's not everybody actually shoot this really close together, but

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Speaker 1: what I distribute them every week. What I love about

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Speaker 1: it is Lucas already thinking beyond his exit plan as kid,

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Speaker 1: he's already thinking about what he can do next. I

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Speaker 1: love it. Well, yeah, I told him that. I'm like, well, now,

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Speaker 1: don't tread on telestrator now, yeah, my kid, telestrator team telestrator. Oh,

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Speaker 1: that could be good. Here's the mall and here's well,

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Speaker 1: never mind, he would be very good at that. Actually, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that could be funny, all right. Not funny is rule

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Speaker 1: changes in the NFL, because they're serious. And we had

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Speaker 1: a chance to go to the officials meeting today. We

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Speaker 1: talked about it a bit this morning. But this is

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Speaker 1: something I look forward to each and every training camp,

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Speaker 1: to meet with officials and talk about the rules. And

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Speaker 1: before we hear from Tony McCulloch, who's an NFL umpire, Johnny,

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Speaker 1: your thoughts on your overall thirty thousand foot view of

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Speaker 1: the officials meeting today, There's gonna come a time this

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Speaker 1: year and I don't know, I don't know even happen

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Speaker 1: in Texans game or not. But there's gonna be an

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Speaker 1: ejection on a play and people won't see it happen.

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Speaker 1: It won't, It won't happen. It will happen. Now, I

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Speaker 1: think most of the that won't see why they won't.

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Speaker 1: They won't see it because most of the time, what

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Speaker 1: do you always say about a broadcast? What do you do?

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Speaker 1: You follow the what ball? You follow the ball? And

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Speaker 1: But one of the questions that came up, and in in

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Speaker 1: this up. What happens if a guy on a bull rush,

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Speaker 1: who typically a lot of times in a bull rush,

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Speaker 1: you try to strike with your hands first right, Variably

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Speaker 1: your helmet kind of helps propel. What happens if a

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Speaker 1: guy's on a bull rush puts his head down, drives

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Speaker 1: he gets the sack, and all of a sudden there's

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Speaker 1: rule by law, new NFL law, he should be ejected

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Speaker 1: at that point, or at least there should be a

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Speaker 1: fifteen yeard penalty. The egregious ones will end up getting

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Speaker 1: the ejections. But there's gonna come a time where fifteen

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Speaker 1: everybody in the stadium will be scratching your heads like

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Speaker 1: what just happened? Why did it happen? Mayna, But I

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Speaker 1: think is gonna that is gonna be very difficult for

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Speaker 1: them to have another subjective piece to assess. But talking

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Speaker 1: to them afterwards, they feel like they got a pretty

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Speaker 1: good handle on it. I mean, they feel very confident

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Speaker 1: in talking to the the officials that we did, they feel

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Speaker 1: pretty good about what they need to be looking for,

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Speaker 1: what it is that they want to see. And they

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Speaker 1: talked about preseason that, Yeah, to expect a few of

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Speaker 1: those in the preseason because those who end up being

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Speaker 1: you know, coachable moments for the referees and for the teams. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and they'll review it all. So I think it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be really interesting to see that one play out. I

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Speaker 1: wrote down some key terms here, the word avoidable avoidable

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Speaker 1: contact because if you cannot avoid helmet to helmet type

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Speaker 1: that's the case. But if you cannot avoid it, it

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Speaker 1: should not result in a penalty. Also, linear body possible

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Speaker 1: if you have a direct shot at somebody and you

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Speaker 1: just sort of use yourself as a missile. Clear path,

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Speaker 1: go ahead. And they showed several examples of illegal hits

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Speaker 1: and sometimes hits that weren't called penalties in the past.

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Speaker 1: That's gonna happen. I mean, you're gonna see a bunch

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Speaker 1: New England game, Jesse James. All right, he catches the

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Speaker 1: Originally rule to catch upon further review at the time,

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Speaker 1: If you crossed the plane of the goal line, you

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Speaker 1: at that point. And this is gonna be really interesting

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Speaker 1: or whatever. But if you cross that plane with possession,

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Speaker 1: you're good to go, according to the new way to

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Speaker 1: interpret this rule, the way that I looked at that,

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Speaker 1: and of course that was what they That was the

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Speaker 1: It almost felt like they were the group that decided

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Speaker 1: this look that Jesse James catch and said that's a catch.

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Speaker 1: Tell me why, and then they formulated the rule around

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Speaker 1: it because it was and they showed it to us

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Speaker 1: Patriots fans, are telling you that's a catch. That's a catch.

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Speaker 1: It's a catch. You dope for the end zone. And

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Speaker 1: what I loved about it was it was Gene's territory

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Speaker 1: As soon as it happened, everybody went back to that

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Speaker 1: keeping it as well. It's the Bill O'Brien thing. If

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Speaker 1: the NFL's now. If you have the ball and kind

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Speaker 1: of half possession or half possession, but now you're losing

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Speaker 1: control and you fall out of bounce, but the ball

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Speaker 1: And I think you're gonna see some situations where people

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Speaker 1: kickoff rules. That's another big change. Obviously you've heard about that.

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Speaker 1: They don't get the running start anymore. They all line

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Speaker 1: to visit today with Tony McCulloch nfl umpire. At the

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Speaker 1: officials meeting, you mentioned the tackling drills. Elaborate on that.

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Speaker 1: You were kind of surprised to see the emphasis on

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Speaker 1: tackling drills of Texans practice. It was great then, in

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Speaker 1: seventeen years in the league, I've never seen individual tacking

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Speaker 1: drills like that. And they were separated by about ten

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Speaker 1: they put themselves in position to make the tackle, and

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Speaker 1: the coaches were teaching them to try and learn the

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Speaker 1: new helmet rules, to learn the new ways to proper

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Speaker 1: fundamentals of tackling. It was great to see. I haven't

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Speaker 1: seen that a long time. So it's training camp for

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Speaker 1: you guys too. You're here for a few days watching

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Speaker 1: the Texans practice, and what do you work on during

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Speaker 1: that time? We will work on looking at our initial responsibilities.

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Speaker 1: So like for the umpire, for myself, we've changed how

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Speaker 1: we look at the initial snaps. So we've changed from

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Speaker 1: where we've crossed over and watched the other side guard

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Speaker 1: and tackle. Now we watch our own side, and so

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Speaker 1: the referee will watch their own side, and so that's

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Speaker 1: been good as far as getting positioning and moving in

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Speaker 1: different on our view and seeing it. So and each

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Speaker 1: on looking on the plays and getting ourselves in the

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Speaker 1: right place. Well, the helmet rule has got to be

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Speaker 1: the kind of thing where you might not know it

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Speaker 1: till you see it right when you see live action.

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Speaker 1: So what about adjusting to that new rule change. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: don't know if they keep five or six, but if

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Speaker 1: they keep six, I feel good about Braxton. If they

429
00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,720
Speaker 1: keep five, I think he's really bubble ishous. Yeah, Well

430
00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,760
Speaker 1: to your point about Braxon needing to step up today,

431
00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,480
Speaker 1: because I can hear John Perry, I can hear him.

432
00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,800
Speaker 1: I can hear Bill O'Brien saying to Braxton on the

433
00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:35,560
Speaker 1: way out, look, there's no fuller today, there's no coats,

434
00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,040
Speaker 1: and Kiki's banged up, but you should be back soon.

435
00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,359
Speaker 1: According to John Perry, who talked to the media, and

436
00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,080
Speaker 1: that was one thing they talked about Key. It sounds

437
00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,320
Speaker 1: like we'll be back soon. But that said, those three

438
00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,720
Speaker 1: guys are out of there out today. So guess what.

439
00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,240
Speaker 1: You're the guy. You're the guy. You're gonna get number

440
00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,080
Speaker 1: one reps, You're gonna get the Sean, You're gonna get

441
00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:55,080
Speaker 1: the best ball you can possibly get from camp here

442
00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,600
Speaker 1: from him. This is your time. Go do it. Yeah,

443
00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:02,200
Speaker 1: go make it happened. This is your opportunity. When those

444
00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,400
Speaker 1: guys are out, You're now available to go make it happen.

445
00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,520
Speaker 1: And you could see after practice he did a little

446
00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,240
Speaker 1: extra work after practice, but I saw him walking off

447
00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,000
Speaker 1: the field and he just had his big, bright smile

448
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,040
Speaker 1: on his face, and it just felt like, Okay, maybe

449
00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,639
Speaker 1: I'm getting this thing now. And if Braxton Miller is

450
00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,200
Speaker 1: getting it, he's so special with the ball in his hands,

451
00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,440
Speaker 1: it's just a matter of can he do that consistently

452
00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,560
Speaker 1: enough playing and play out that you feel like you

453
00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,719
Speaker 1: can rely on him every time you put him out here,

454
00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:31,800
Speaker 1: that he's gonna make something happen. And that's what you need.

455
00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,480
Speaker 1: And there were times that early on in the season

456
00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:35,399
Speaker 1: when receivers were banged up, Will was not in the

457
00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,000
Speaker 1: lineup and Braxton was out there, but Braxton would go

458
00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:43,440
Speaker 1: stretches at a time without without doing much. I think

459
00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:45,800
Speaker 1: Braxton is and I said this before, I think he

460
00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,199
Speaker 1: is more soon to be an outside receiver, and with

461
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:49,920
Speaker 1: those guys out of practice, he had an opportunity to

462
00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,720
Speaker 1: be outside. And I think he really can flourish out there.

463
00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,480
Speaker 1: I think inside that's more. That's more kik Q team

464
00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,480
Speaker 1: Bruce Ellington's world. But I still think Braxton could do it,

465
00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:00,000
Speaker 1: but I just don't think he does it as well

466
00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,119
Speaker 1: as he could do on the outside. And today he

467
00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,520
Speaker 1: got that opportunity. But when those guys are out of practice,

468
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,159
Speaker 1: guys that are you're jockeying with are out of practice,

469
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,800
Speaker 1: and Coats and Fuller and QT they're out, well, you

470
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,639
Speaker 1: better step up and flourish. And I thought that was

471
00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,760
Speaker 1: really good for his roster chances. But I'm with you.

472
00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,520
Speaker 1: I think he is definitely on the bubble now. I

473
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Speaker 1: do think if he's even with a few other guys,

474
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:24,160
Speaker 1: but to be even, he's gonna have to play pretty well,

475
00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:25,680
Speaker 1: and I would think he would. I don't say get

476
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:30,320
Speaker 1: benefit of the doubt, but I think there's always this boy.

477
00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,400
Speaker 1: What could he do? Yeah? I know, but it's been

478
00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,360
Speaker 1: a while now, you know, Now you're dealing with, Oh,

479
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,800
Speaker 1: it's time, Like Sean Joe Henderson, it's time, it's time,

480
00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,360
Speaker 1: it's time. And in a preseason game or two, he's

481
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,720
Speaker 1: gonna have to do something really special with the ball

482
00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,160
Speaker 1: in his hands. You know, we talked about that. He's

483
00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:52,440
Speaker 1: gonna have to make plays, some yak plays where it

484
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,679
Speaker 1: indicates to the coaching staff. Okay, not only is he

485
00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:57,600
Speaker 1: getting it route wise and all that, but when he

486
00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,480
Speaker 1: gets the rocket his hands, he's making people miss. He's

487
00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,760
Speaker 1: making moves, all right, making moves. Also guys in the

488
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,920
Speaker 1: secondary getting a lot of attention, of course, because this

489
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,760
Speaker 1: is utterly crucial that they improve in that position group.

490
00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,639
Speaker 1: And they've added some key pieces, including but not limited to,

491
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,760
Speaker 1: Tyrann Matthew. Of course, you know about Aaron Colvin, Johnson, Battamosi.

492
00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,640
Speaker 1: They've got draft picks, are drafted free agents, and Anthony

493
00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:25,440
Speaker 1: Mitchett in his first year coaching DBS is the guy.

494
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,520
Speaker 1: Dpcito caught up with him after practice. How's kim going

495
00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,480
Speaker 1: for you and your guys? It's going good. The guys

496
00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,600
Speaker 1: a jelling, We're getting better each day, and we've got

497
00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:34,159
Speaker 1: some good guys in the room, So it's fun to

498
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,040
Speaker 1: come out here every day and see him compete. You've

499
00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,280
Speaker 1: got a good group of guys you mentioned, but they've

500
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,800
Speaker 1: got a lot of personality as well, so seeing them

501
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,399
Speaker 1: out on the field, Tyrn, you got Aaron Colevin, you

502
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:45,880
Speaker 1: got Kaream, You've got Jjoe. What have you been wanting

503
00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,600
Speaker 1: to see out of them this camp? I just wanted

504
00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,240
Speaker 1: to see the guys come out each day and get

505
00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,400
Speaker 1: better and work and compete. And due to things where

506
00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,320
Speaker 1: acting were doing, they've been doing that ever since the

507
00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:55,800
Speaker 1: day they got here, starting back going to the OTAs

508
00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,399
Speaker 1: up until now, they've taken the business like approach and

509
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,159
Speaker 1: working on the things we need to get better. I

510
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,200
Speaker 1: want to ask you about slot corner because it seems

511
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,840
Speaker 1: like with the evolution of the passing game, that's become

512
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,479
Speaker 1: a really important position. What are some of the traits

513
00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,159
Speaker 1: that you look for in a good slot corner. You

514
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,800
Speaker 1: look at the guy. Obviously, he has to be able

515
00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,320
Speaker 1: to play man to man. They're gonna put guys in

516
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,000
Speaker 1: there and they're gonna be able to if you can't play,

517
00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,399
Speaker 1: you know, they're gonna work the slot and it's basically

518
00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,919
Speaker 1: a starter. Now, you know, that guy's playing over seventy

519
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,119
Speaker 1: percent of the game because most offense is not just

520
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,320
Speaker 1: truly running based defense anymore. So that guy is basically,

521
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,960
Speaker 1: you know, has some versatility also to play on the

522
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:28,920
Speaker 1: outside as well. It seems like your guys are getting

523
00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:32,600
Speaker 1: a lot of challenges facing DeAndre Hopkins, Will Fuller and

524
00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,960
Speaker 1: even some of the tight ends. How much does that

525
00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:36,840
Speaker 1: help them get better? And what are some of the

526
00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,240
Speaker 1: challenges they see and facing such a diverse group of

527
00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,040
Speaker 1: receivers like that, Well, it's good for us and I

528
00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:42,560
Speaker 1: tell the guys every day to be able to go

529
00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,000
Speaker 1: against you know, hop who's arguably the best receiver in

530
00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,359
Speaker 1: the NFL, and then a guy like will who you know,

531
00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,919
Speaker 1: with the speed factor he has. So it's great for

532
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,600
Speaker 1: us to come out each day and compete. And then

533
00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,879
Speaker 1: our tight ends are big, they're long, they're physical, and

534
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 1: this good work for our safeties to come out and

535
00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:57,760
Speaker 1: compete the versus those guys every day. Got guys like

536
00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,919
Speaker 1: Justin Reid rookies. How is the challenge to get them

537
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:02,880
Speaker 1: to come out here and face guys like Hopathan still

538
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,479
Speaker 1: keep their confidence up. Well, I think those guys are

539
00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 1: competitors and when they get a chance, you know, go

540
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,000
Speaker 1: against the guy like that. I think, you know, they

541
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,440
Speaker 1: accept the challenge and that's you know, that's why they're here.

542
00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,439
Speaker 1: And they've been doing that, you know, each and every day,

543
00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,080
Speaker 1: being out to go against the guys like Hot Griff,

544
00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 1: you know, full of will and those guys. So it's

545
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:19,879
Speaker 1: been good to see them come out here and to

546
00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,200
Speaker 1: compete in the day to the guys. The young guys

547
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:23,960
Speaker 1: got a chance to go against some of those older guys,

548
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,679
Speaker 1: and it was good to see him get those reps.

549
00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,200
Speaker 1: You got some of your veteran guys making transitions. Tyrn

550
00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:29,840
Speaker 1: said he wanted to focus more on safety, and then

551
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,640
Speaker 1: you got Kareem Jackson who's transitioning to safe. He said

552
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:34,480
Speaker 1: it was pretty natural for him. But what are some

553
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 1: of the challenges with those guys and how they have

554
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,840
Speaker 1: to now look at the field. Well, obviously with Kareem,

555
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,200
Speaker 1: you know he's seeing the bigger picture being back, you know,

556
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,879
Speaker 1: the last line of defense. But from a physicality standpoint,

557
00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,080
Speaker 1: you know, it takes a toll on your body throughout

558
00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:47,919
Speaker 1: the year, you know, just being able to hold up

559
00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,280
Speaker 1: at that position because it's more of a physical position

560
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,800
Speaker 1: than it was him playing on the outside, but he

561
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,919
Speaker 1: has some you know, experience playing on the inside at

562
00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,879
Speaker 1: the slot, at the nickel position in the past. I

563
00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,399
Speaker 1: talked to Kevin Johnson and seems like the whole offseason

564
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 1: we've talked about how much patience he's had and he's

565
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,480
Speaker 1: having a really good camp. How much of your job

566
00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,720
Speaker 1: is sort of the mental coach to me, guys like

567
00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,760
Speaker 1: have that split second to sort of pause before they react. Well,

568
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:12,600
Speaker 1: I think that's a big part of it, because obviously

569
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,119
Speaker 1: with Kevin, you know, he's very talented and we know

570
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,040
Speaker 1: you know him and I sat down and had a

571
00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,919
Speaker 1: plane about him being patient and then when he's mentally,

572
00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,320
Speaker 1: you know, locked in, he's really really good. And that's

573
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 1: the thing that we've been focusing on. When things don't

574
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:26,359
Speaker 1: go your way, let it go and move on to

575
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,159
Speaker 1: the next play. It's my job to help him do

576
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,479
Speaker 1: that when time's get tough, to just be able to

577
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,879
Speaker 1: continue to play the next next play and not elect

578
00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,160
Speaker 1: affect the next play. All right, I wanted to ask

579
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,520
Speaker 1: you about your your guys, see how well you know them,

580
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,879
Speaker 1: so some fun questions. Um, all right, who would you

581
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:42,960
Speaker 1: most likely go to their house for dinner? Who's the

582
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,320
Speaker 1: best cook in your group? Best cook with Jjo? Just

583
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:51,400
Speaker 1: eat burgers. I wouldn't go to I wouldn't. I don't

584
00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,560
Speaker 1: think we have cooks. But I think my guy is

585
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:55,080
Speaker 1: not his joy Halle, And I think he has a

586
00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:59,000
Speaker 1: pretty good chef. Oh yeah, Louisiana y yeah, so, but

587
00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't My guys cook might have to

588
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:05,960
Speaker 1: work on that, all right. So who's most likely to

589
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 1: pursue a music career? Who's got the most musical talent?

590
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 1: That's ty. He was in a rattle the other day.

591
00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:13,479
Speaker 1: Him and Trusting in my room are pretty good. That's right,

592
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,720
Speaker 1: both of them. Oh is he he's got an album?

593
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 1: Do they give you a little? I got another sample

594
00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:21,840
Speaker 1: they had one other night. It was pretty good, all right.

595
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 1: Who would you most likely take a road trip with.

596
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:25,920
Speaker 1: Who's the guy that you could just spend like twelve

597
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:31,520
Speaker 1: fifteen hours with? Probably Jo? Yeah as love so probably

598
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,240
Speaker 1: j Joe. Good guy, not too up and down? All right, Nope,

599
00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,080
Speaker 1: not at all? All right? Who is the messiest? Oh,

600
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,600
Speaker 1: Kevin Johnson not even close. Yeah. Actually, Kareem Creem pulled

601
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:44,719
Speaker 1: that out. I've seen his locker. It's pretty bad, all right.

602
00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,159
Speaker 1: Who's most likely to pursue a career in Hollywood or

603
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 1: being like ncis crime, like a drama episode, got me

604
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,879
Speaker 1: actors in there. I would say Ty has the Hollywood look,

605
00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:57,040
Speaker 1: so I could see him doing it, but I don't

606
00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,720
Speaker 1: know if it's going to be in criminal He's He's

607
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 1: probably would be GQ type guys. Okay, I can see that.

608
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:04,560
Speaker 1: All right. You got a lot of talkers on your team.

609
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,960
Speaker 1: Who's the best trash talker? I think right now, I'd

610
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,640
Speaker 1: probably be between Ty and j Joe, you know, Okay,

611
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,639
Speaker 1: So I think those two guys would probably be the best.

612
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,679
Speaker 1: Trust one of the guys don't let the don't let

613
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,159
Speaker 1: it forward you and the Jjoe is very competitive in

614
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,439
Speaker 1: talk until right now, he's gonna be a trust all right,

615
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,159
Speaker 1: two trash talkers. All right, thank you so much. Anthony

616
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,960
Speaker 1: hargreat Camp, thank you. All right. There's Anthony Midgett who's

617
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,480
Speaker 1: coaching the defensive backs. He's got Danson Lynn as an assistant,

618
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:33,359
Speaker 1: but he's the head guy. He was underneath John Butler before.

619
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,480
Speaker 1: And I like watching a guy is getting that opportunity

620
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,560
Speaker 1: for the first time. I like watching him coach and

621
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,840
Speaker 1: seeing how he talks to some of the other guys,

622
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,560
Speaker 1: and who knows how it's working really. I mean, I

623
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 1: think the proof will be in the regular season results.

624
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 1: But it's fun to watch him do his job out

625
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,840
Speaker 1: here at training camp, no doubt. And after every it's

626
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,960
Speaker 1: funny I watched you watch them ones or whoever the

627
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 1: first group is, because they mixed it up today, Tyring

628
00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,680
Speaker 1: and Jjoe had had the I would assume it's a

629
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 1: veterans sit day. They were dressed out, but they didn't practice.

630
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:05,600
Speaker 1: They didn't have their helmets with them, so they got

631
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,040
Speaker 1: a chance to sit and watch a little bit. But

632
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,600
Speaker 1: when that group is in, after their series is over,

633
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 1: all of them make their way back to Midget, they

634
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,479
Speaker 1: talk to him. In particular, Tyron will go back there,

635
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,120
Speaker 1: Jjo go back there, Cream, They'll all go back there.

636
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 1: They'll check in with Midge, and then they'll go off

637
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 1: to the sideline and kind of disseminate in some sense

638
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,520
Speaker 1: whatever information needs to get to the rest of him.

639
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,200
Speaker 1: But he do that every series, so I get the

640
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,000
Speaker 1: feeling that he's obviously getting through to them, and he

641
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 1: played the position that helps a little bit. But he

642
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,720
Speaker 1: just has a it's the right way of saying this,

643
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 1: He's got sort of a rico suave way of doing it.

644
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 1: He's fair. I don't want to say he's just chill

645
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 1: all the time, because we've we've seen midget. Midge gets excited,

646
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 1: his voice goes up in octave, but he stays pretty

647
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 1: chill for the most part. And I think the players

648
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,440
Speaker 1: can can respond to that. Now, he gets fired up

649
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 1: when his guys make plays, but the way that he

650
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 1: instructs he is very just got a very chill VI.

651
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,200
Speaker 1: I think the players sort of respond to that. And

652
00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 1: Danton Lynn is Anthony Lynn's son who played at Penn State,

653
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,880
Speaker 1: has come here, young coach, I think with a great future.

654
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,239
Speaker 1: You're talking about smart and intelligent. Dude, Wow, he is.

655
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:15,880
Speaker 1: He is definitely that. And he's got a really good

656
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:17,760
Speaker 1: way with the safeties. And I think it's really cool

657
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 1: that he gets an opportunity to work at guys like

658
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 1: Tyrant Matthew because he can learn as much from Tyrants.

659
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:22,800
Speaker 1: Tyran's gonna learn from him. But I think it's gonna

660
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:24,840
Speaker 1: be a really nice marriage with Midge and Danton back there.

661
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,719
Speaker 1: Cool Johnny, thanks a lot, j Mark, Thank you all right.

662
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 1: Next up Cam Huffman. He's the director of public relations

663
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,160
Speaker 1: for the Greenbrier, and he's got a lot to say

664
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 1: about the history of this place sports wise, the other

665
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,800
Speaker 1: NFL teams that have been through here, some of the

666
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 1: other great athletes who are involved here. It's really interesting stuff.

667
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 1: Part of a podcast I did with Cam. Let's check

668
00:30:45,200 --> 00:31:04,320
Speaker 1: in with that next on Texans All Access. Texans All Access,

669
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: Let's do something a little bit different right now the

670
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,040
Speaker 1: Green Briar where the Texans are training for the second

671
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 1: consecutive year. It's the fifth straight year that an NFL

672
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 1: team has been here. And I asked Cam Hoffman, the

673
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:17,840
Speaker 1: director of public Relations of the Green Briar, how this

674
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:22,280
Speaker 1: whole thing got started with this resort, all the sports involved.

675
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:24,680
Speaker 1: This is part of a vander Meer's View podcast, and

676
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: I thought you might enjoy learning a little bit more

677
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,720
Speaker 1: about this place and how it relates to the Texans.

678
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 1: It was really an interesting story. It all kind of

679
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:34,160
Speaker 1: came about with through golf. When Sean Payton was he

680
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:37,280
Speaker 1: played in UM He actually caddied for Ryan Palmer. He

681
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 1: was just just had some time off and he loves

682
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,040
Speaker 1: golf and he knew Ryan Palmer and came and caddied

683
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,480
Speaker 1: for him. Palmer caddy was out that week, so he

684
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 1: caddied for him here and he was kind of looking

685
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,560
Speaker 1: for a place to have training camp, to move to

686
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,360
Speaker 1: a cooler climate and kind of a remote location, and

687
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 1: when he saw this place, he thought it was perfect.

688
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 1: And he talked to our owner and governor Justice wasn't

689
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 1: governor at the time, but and uh, they worked out

690
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:03,480
Speaker 1: a deal to build this facility in The Saints were

691
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 1: here for three years and had had a wonderful time,

692
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 1: and then when their contract ran out, the Houston Texans

693
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 1: stepped in and we're thrilled to have have you guys,

694
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,479
Speaker 1: and it's been a wonderful experience in great having NFL

695
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 1: here in in West Virginia where there's there's never really

696
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 1: been in the NFL football before now on this piece

697
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,280
Speaker 1: of property, which is magnificent. This is a great facility

698
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 1: for an NFL team. And people have seen the videos

699
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 1: and everything on Houston Texans dot com of it. But

700
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 1: what was here before this was here. There was nothing here.

701
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,760
Speaker 1: It was just just a just mountains. Part of the

702
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 1: kind of the the off road trail that you can

703
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:38,600
Speaker 1: see in the distance. This was this was sort of

704
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: part of it as well. So there there's nothing here

705
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: at all. And it was Its pretty amazing how quickly

706
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,280
Speaker 1: it became a football facility. Now you had that spring

707
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 1: league here as well. That was last year I believe

708
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 1: it was last summer. Yes, And what was that like?

709
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 1: It was good, I mean, it was it was something different.

710
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 1: You know, we tried to figure figure out a way

711
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:57,680
Speaker 1: that you know, these training camps are wonderful, but then

712
00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:59,640
Speaker 1: the facility sits here the rest of the years, so

713
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 1: we try to figure out some ways to keep it active.

714
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 1: And the spring league came in. It was it was

715
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 1: something new and different and that they had, you know,

716
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 1: some some pretty decent talent out here at times, and

717
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:11,240
Speaker 1: they had a lot of fun with it. Um It

718
00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 1: wasn't something that that we decided we wanted to do

719
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 1: long term, but it was it was a good experience

720
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 1: and you know, just just something different for fans to

721
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 1: come out and see. Give me a snapshot of some

722
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,120
Speaker 1: of the other NFL teams that have been here and

723
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 1: some of the college teams, because I know the list

724
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 1: is it might not be that long, but it's longer

725
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,960
Speaker 1: than people think it is. The Arizona Cardinals came a

726
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,240
Speaker 1: couple of years ago. During the season, they had back

727
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,880
Speaker 1: to back East Coast games, and instead of flying the

728
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,959
Speaker 1: East Coast and flying back to Arizona and then coming back,

729
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:38,880
Speaker 1: they decided just to stay here in between the games,

730
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:40,720
Speaker 1: which which I think worked out pretty well for them.

731
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 1: Um they were able to practice here and not have

732
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,240
Speaker 1: to you know, go back and forth at time zones

733
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,000
Speaker 1: and in just to that time change. So I think

734
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,240
Speaker 1: that that worked well for them. And we've had a

735
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 1: couple other teams inquire about that um as well. We

736
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 1: haven't had any any actually come yet, but I think

737
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,480
Speaker 1: we probably will in the future. I mean, it just

738
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 1: a move that makes sense for teams when they're when

739
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 1: they're on that type of schedule. But um, college wise,

740
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:02,920
Speaker 1: we've we've had a lot of West Virginia a couple

741
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:04,840
Speaker 1: of years ago actually had their spring game here. Um

742
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 1: they were doing some some remodeling to the stadium, couldn't

743
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,239
Speaker 1: have the spring game in the stadium, so they came

744
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:10,759
Speaker 1: and had their spring game here. We had a huge

745
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:12,440
Speaker 1: crowd for that. It was wow. It was a lot

746
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,520
Speaker 1: of fun. Um. Uh and Marshall and West Virginia have

747
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,279
Speaker 1: both practiced here at times just just kind of they

748
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,280
Speaker 1: They've done some things to travel around the different spots

749
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,239
Speaker 1: to try to try to reach you know, the some

750
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 1: parts of the state are pretty remote and it's hard

751
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:25,839
Speaker 1: harder to get to games, so they try to reach

752
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:27,360
Speaker 1: out to the fans and come a little closer to

753
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,280
Speaker 1: them and have had practices here and it's been wonderful,

754
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 1: and even even youth football. The floods a couple of

755
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:35,840
Speaker 1: years ago kind of washed away our our youth football

756
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,719
Speaker 1: field and downtown White Sulfur springs here and so they've

757
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: been for the last couple of years practice having their

758
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 1: football games up here, which is obviously a thrill for

759
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 1: those kids to get out here on the same field

760
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 1: that that the Houston Texans used to. It's been it's

761
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:49,399
Speaker 1: been good for a lot of reasons. And uh, we

762
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,360
Speaker 1: were we're really excited about about what we have with

763
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: the Texans right now. This is something in common that

764
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:55,920
Speaker 1: this area has with Houston. Of course we're covering from

765
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 1: recent floods and just being around the area off the

766
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,320
Speaker 1: property of the Greenbriar, I see some of the effects

767
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,560
Speaker 1: of the devastation and some of the great stories of

768
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 1: people recovering from the flood and people helping people. What

769
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 1: was that whole ordeal like? And it was what a

770
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:11,799
Speaker 1: year and a half ago that had occurred, or two

771
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:15,160
Speaker 1: it was two years it was a June of twenty sixteen. Um,

772
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 1: it was I mean, as you guys know having gone

773
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,840
Speaker 1: through it, it it was horrific. I mean, it was one

774
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 1: of the worst things I've ever seen. And you know,

775
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 1: we're there twenty three lives lost, and it just I

776
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,879
Speaker 1: mean countless possessions and in memories and family members that

777
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 1: were impacted by the thing. But it's it's also been

778
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 1: a great story to see the way that the community

779
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 1: has come back from it. I mean, as as has

780
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,439
Speaker 1: happened in Houston, but I think it's it's it's even

781
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 1: a little bit different than a small town to see

782
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 1: everybody kind of come together and see that the outside

783
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:49,279
Speaker 1: helped come together. And I also think it's been incredibly

784
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 1: heartwarming to see the connection that the Greenbar, not the

785
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:54,960
Speaker 1: Green Bar itself, but the people who love the Green

786
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,080
Speaker 1: Bar and have been to the Greenbar have with this town.

787
00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,960
Speaker 1: When when it all happened, to people like like Bubba Watson,

788
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,800
Speaker 1: than Jerry West and Mike D'Antoni and even Charles Barkley

789
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:04,799
Speaker 1: and Shaquille O'Neill and people who have just been here

790
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,919
Speaker 1: over the years that wanted to step in and help

791
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,280
Speaker 1: and stepped up and ended so much for this community,

792
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:12,360
Speaker 1: and it's it's been wonderful that the way the community

793
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:15,239
Speaker 1: has rallied. I think that they've the whole experience has

794
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 1: made it stronger. Mike D'Antoni, head coach of the Rockets,

795
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,840
Speaker 1: and he owns a place here right he does. I

796
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 1: was looking for him today. I know he's he's in town.

797
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: I was thinking he was going to be out here today,

798
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 1: but I haven't seen him yet. But uh, yeah, he's

799
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:31,320
Speaker 1: a he's one of our our biggest spokesman. He's wonderful

800
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:33,520
Speaker 1: about this place, loves it and it is always willing

801
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:35,359
Speaker 1: to spread the word for us anytime he can. So

802
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,279
Speaker 1: we're always happy to have him here for sure, and

803
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 1: so impressed with the job he's doing in Houston right now.

804
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 1: How did Jerry West become involved with the facility? Well,

805
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,920
Speaker 1: Jerry West is a West Virginia native and h you know,

806
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,399
Speaker 1: proud West Virginia and you know when when when West

807
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 1: Virginia Natives are looking for that that have reached you know,

808
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,160
Speaker 1: Jerry West status are looking for a place to go,

809
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:57,359
Speaker 1: and there's no better place than the Greenbrier and Jerry

810
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 1: West is actually always kind of been familiar with this

811
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,759
Speaker 1: area even before the Green Bar. He the State Fair

812
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,000
Speaker 1: is in August right down the road in Louisbourg, and

813
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:07,920
Speaker 1: he's come to the State Fair for years and years

814
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:10,719
Speaker 1: and years and just always, you know, wants to keep

815
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:12,680
Speaker 1: a connection to the state that you know, he grew

816
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 1: up in and kind of made him and the people

817
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,239
Speaker 1: here love him and we love him here. And you know,

818
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 1: his relationship with the Greenbar kind of expanded when when

819
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 1: Jim Justice bought the place and the first thing he

820
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:23,359
Speaker 1: wanted to do. One of the first things he wanted

821
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:26,239
Speaker 1: to do was at a steakhouse. And no better, no

822
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,319
Speaker 1: better spokesman, no better person to put his name on

823
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,560
Speaker 1: the steakhouse in Jerry West and in Prime forty four

824
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 1: West is definitely our most popular dining videant right now,

825
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 1: and it's a it's a lot of fun sometimes to

826
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 1: step in there and see him walking through there, and

827
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,879
Speaker 1: the collection of his memorabilia and there is unbelievable as well,

828
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 1: So oh, it's fantastic, all right. Before we get to

829
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,239
Speaker 1: the golf, there's a tennis facility here as well. There's

830
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 1: a stadium right, there is a tennis actually in the

831
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:51,359
Speaker 1: Green Bar's history is a little bit older than golf.

832
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,360
Speaker 1: We've had tennis here longer than we've had golf. We

833
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 1: used to it's moved around. It used to be out

834
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:56,759
Speaker 1: on the front lawn and it's moved different places. But

835
00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 1: we have an excellent tennis facility. We have a five

836
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:03,720
Speaker 1: outdoor courts clay courts, um and five indoor hard courts,

837
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,800
Speaker 1: as well as the stadium that we built into twenty

838
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:09,239
Speaker 1: fifteen twenty twenty five hundred seats stadium, and we have

839
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 1: an exhibition each year and bringing huge names. We've had

840
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 1: everybody from Pete Sampras to um Uh Andrea Igasy, uh,

841
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: John McEnroe, just as anybody in the world of tennis.

842
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,360
Speaker 1: And this year we were happy to have the Williams sisters.

843
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,879
Speaker 1: In September, we'll have both of them there as long

844
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 1: as well as Kevin Anderson who made the finals of

845
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 1: Wimbledon and uh Marcus by Goddess. So uh, we're gonna

846
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 1: be an excellent event in September and we're really looking

847
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:36,719
Speaker 1: forward to that. And yeah, yeah, tennis is Tennis is big.

848
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,160
Speaker 1: I think tennis, you know, overall in America has lost

849
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,640
Speaker 1: some popularity, but it's still it's still still big here

850
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 1: and that we are really proud of that event each year.

851
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:46,600
Speaker 1: Need those American men to continue to step up. That's

852
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,479
Speaker 1: going to help the popularity. Williams sisters have done more

853
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,759
Speaker 1: than their share of the of the heavy lifting and

854
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,799
Speaker 1: getting tennis to to get where it was in the

855
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:58,920
Speaker 1: seventies and eighties. Tell me this though, the golf tournament,

856
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 1: what's happening with that, Well, we're moving to the fall

857
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 1: next year. Um, it's been we started to We had

858
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,400
Speaker 1: a tournament here since twenty ten as part of the

859
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,520
Speaker 1: FedEx Cup schedule. It's been been wonderful, been a great

860
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 1: experience for us. But this year the PGA Tours has

861
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,799
Speaker 1: reshuffled everything and we're getting moved to the fall. Still

862
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:18,799
Speaker 1: don't know the exact dates. We're expected to be late

863
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,160
Speaker 1: September sometime, but still waiting on the PGA Tour to

864
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,360
Speaker 1: give us those dates. So it'll be a change for

865
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,320
Speaker 1: the tournament that's typically been held over fourth of July weekend.

866
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 1: But you know, all we can do is figure out

867
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 1: how to make the best of it, and that's what

868
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:31,719
Speaker 1: we're trying to do now. Is nailed down the dates

869
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: and then figure out how we can make it as

870
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:35,360
Speaker 1: big as we can. As a guy who has covered

871
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 1: golf for a long time and then worked now working

872
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 1: in the business of golf, what do you think of

873
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 1: the changes they've made Moving the PGA Championship earlier in

874
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:45,920
Speaker 1: the season. I have kind of mixed emotions about it. Uh.

875
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:47,960
Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's smart probably to try not

876
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,399
Speaker 1: to compete with football is obviously you're you're never gonna

877
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 1: win that battle. But uh, I hate to see anything

878
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 1: any any big events before the Masters, and I think that's,

879
00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:58,239
Speaker 1: you know, the Masters to me is kind of the

880
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 1: start of the season when everybody released arts thinking about golf.

881
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:05,360
Speaker 1: So so I'm not sure about about moving the players

882
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 1: before the Masters. All right, So it's gonna be Players,

883
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 1: then Masters, then PGA, US Open British correct, Yeah, okay,

884
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:14,800
Speaker 1: I can. I can be all right with that, because

885
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:16,720
Speaker 1: don't you like the players is sort of an ordurv

886
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: for the Masters. You don't you'd rather just go right

887
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:21,879
Speaker 1: into it. Yeah, I guess so, But I just I mean,

888
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,800
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see how how golf fans adapt

889
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,560
Speaker 1: to it. You had to kind of I mean, obviously

890
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 1: the diehard golf fans like like me and you will

891
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:31,719
Speaker 1: probably be watching no matter what. But but the casual fan,

892
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 1: I think usually you know, looks forward the first week

893
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,080
Speaker 1: in April, knows that's when I'm gonna start watching golf

894
00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 1: with the Masters. So it'll be interesting to see if

895
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,880
Speaker 1: they can kind of get that golf fever before that.

896
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,600
Speaker 1: But uh, yeah, it's it's new and different than anything

897
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 1: new and different kind of takes some time to see

898
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:47,600
Speaker 1: how it works out. You know. Obviously from from our perspective,

899
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,080
Speaker 1: I probably would have preferred to stay in the summer

900
00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 1: if we could have done it. But yeah, I think

901
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:53,040
Speaker 1: the fall will be good for us in a lot

902
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:55,960
Speaker 1: of ways as well, because yeah, um and in the summer,

903
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,040
Speaker 1: fourth of July week fourth of July has been popular

904
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 1: at the Greenbriar for a century, So we're gonna we're

905
00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 1: gonna have big crowds. We're gonna sell out the hotel

906
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,280
Speaker 1: fourth of July, with or without the tournament. And maybe

907
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 1: the falls at a time when we wouldn't have otherwise,

908
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:10,200
Speaker 1: So maybe the tournament can help us, you know, fill

909
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:11,880
Speaker 1: out the hotel and the time when we might not

910
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 1: have otherwise. And the Houston Open is moving to the

911
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,360
Speaker 1: Fall as well, so this is interesting. They're in a

912
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:19,239
Speaker 1: major transition the PGA tour. All right, So tell me

913
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,640
Speaker 1: fans in this part of the state, are they Steelers fans?

914
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,080
Speaker 1: We're not that far from Charlotte either, but I gotta

915
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 1: think the Steelers are pretty entrenched. Yeah, I think, you know,

916
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 1: there are some some Bengals fans and some Browns fans,

917
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 1: but I would say, yeah, definitely the Steelers, or the

918
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:36,400
Speaker 1: majority of the fans in the area. Um, you know,

919
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of the people in this

920
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 1: area went to to WVU and Morgantown is an hour

921
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,319
Speaker 1: from Pittsburgh, so I think that that kind of has

922
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 1: made most people Steelers fans. And obviously the success that

923
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:50,600
Speaker 1: the Steelers have had over the years, the continued success

924
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 1: that people stick with them long term. So yeah, it's

925
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:56,879
Speaker 1: definitely Steeler Country for the most part. But it has

926
00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:58,920
Speaker 1: been fun to watch how we have have picked up

927
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,279
Speaker 1: some some Houston fans. As you know, you go into

928
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 1: one of the restaurants on the Sunday and the Texans

929
00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:06,120
Speaker 1: are usually on somewhere and people are watching him. So

930
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,759
Speaker 1: it's been fun seeing that happen. Kind of a hometown thing.

931
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 1: So we talked to Jim Justice last year on the

932
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:13,920
Speaker 1: radio and he's very interesting and he coaches high school

933
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 1: basketball in addition to being the governor and owning the

934
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,279
Speaker 1: Greenbrier and whatever other businesses he has. He does. Yeah,

935
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,880
Speaker 1: so he manages his time well, it appears well. I

936
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:24,879
Speaker 1: don't know how he ever sleeps. I'm not sure he does,

937
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: but yeah, basketball is an absolute passion for him and

938
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:31,960
Speaker 1: he when he first talked about running for governor, that

939
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:33,440
Speaker 1: was my first comment to him. I was like, how

940
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,839
Speaker 1: are you going to give up basketball? And he looked

941
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:38,760
Speaker 1: at me like I was crazy and said, well, I'm not. Okay,

942
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,279
Speaker 1: that'll be interesting see how that works. He did coach

943
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,920
Speaker 1: both the boys and the girls teams here at Greenbrier's

944
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 1: High School in town. That he gave up the boys.

945
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:48,839
Speaker 1: He's only doing the girls now but still loving it

946
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,480
Speaker 1: and still still makes every practice in every game, and

947
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,759
Speaker 1: it's it's it's funny how he manages the schedule, but

948
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 1: it means so much to him. I can't imagine him

949
00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:59,320
Speaker 1: not doing it. That's Cam Hoffman, director of public relations

950
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:01,880
Speaker 1: for the Green Brian. You can hear that podcast in

951
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 1: its entirety, including how this thing got started during the

952
00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:08,400
Speaker 1: Revolutionary War and a Vandermeer's View podcast on our listen

953
00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:11,160
Speaker 1: page on Houston Texans dot com. That's going to do

954
00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 1: it for the show tonight. We'll be back out on

955
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:16,400
Speaker 1: the field eight to ten am tomorrow with Texans Training

956
00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:18,959
Speaker 1: Camp Live. Brian Gaine joins us, said nine, looking forward

957
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,200
Speaker 1: to that, Looking forward to having you join us. Thank

958
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 1: you very much for listening, have a great evening and

959
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:24,600
Speaker 1: go Texans.