1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Welcome in everybody to another edition of Texans All Access 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: Summer Celebration Style. That's right. I'm your host, John Harris, 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: Football and Olson's sideline reporter for your Houston Texans. And 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: have you haven't been with us as a few nights? 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: Where you been? Oh, you might have been on vacation. 6 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,119 Speaker 1: I can understand that. Fourth being yesterday. We had a 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: fun show. Yesterday. We had the All American Dude Draft. 8 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 1: That was something that Mark Drew and I did back 9 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 1: this offseason and it was fun. It was just kind 10 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:28,479 Speaker 1: of on a whim really. About fifteen minutes before that 11 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: show we came up with the All American Dude I 12 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: just came up with that concept. We ran it. It 13 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: was awesome, and we played that for you fittingly on 14 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: July fourth, the Most American of All Days. Today, Boy, 15 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 1: we got plenty for you. Mark Vandomir and I did 16 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: a podcast for Vandermer's View. You can get Mark's podcast 17 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: on itune, Stitcher, tune in Vandomer's Views fantastic. And one 18 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,599 Speaker 1: day he wasn't totally sure what he wanted to do 19 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: and he thought he might have to go out a podcast, 20 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: said let's just shoot and I do it, he goes, Okay, 21 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: let's do stories from the booth or the sideline, depending 22 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: on where you are, And obviously I'm down on the sideline. 23 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: He's up in the booth. But we had some funny 24 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: stories to share, so we'll have that for you later 25 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: in the show. We'll have Roland Ramirez, who has rehabbed 26 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: the best and brightest in this building. He is the 27 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: senior Director Rehab Services and associate head trainer here for 28 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: the Texans and he does a tremendous job. He did 29 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: a great interview with dep City for the Deep Slant 30 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 1: podcast and we'll have a snippet of that for you 31 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: as well. But we're gonna kick off the show with 32 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: our first time talking to Special Teams Coordinator Brad Seely. 33 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: Brad's been around the block a little bit. He spent 34 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: time with the New England Patriots and most recently with 35 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: the Oakland soon to be Las Vegas Raiders before John 36 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: Gruden took over. And with an opportunity here and Patriots 37 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: in his background, somebody that obviously Bill O'Brien has known 38 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: very well, Brad was brought to the Texans to take 39 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: over as Special Teams coordinated and there's so much that 40 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: has taken place in the special team world since Brad 41 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: took over. In January, he was with the team at 42 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl, so I got a chance to coach 43 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: on the field with the coaches, which was pretty cool 44 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: to watch to see new coaches who you had never 45 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: seen before and then see how they work. And it 46 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: was fun watching Brad and work. Brad worked with the 47 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: specialists and the returners, and to do that during OTA's 48 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: and mini camps that was fun as well. It's a 49 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: different world now at special teams, especially with the kickoff rules, 50 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: and we talked about that with Brad, and our conversation 51 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 1: with him starts with what about the Texans, Why the 52 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: Texans kickoff rules and how special teams has changed over 53 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: the years. Texans Special Teams coordinator brat Celia with us 54 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: in the Hyunday Texans Radio studio. How's it going, coach, 55 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: It's going really well. You know it love spring practice 56 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 1: because you can come off every every practice to say 57 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: it was awesome. It was yeah, there's no video evidence 58 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,679 Speaker 1: on TV, so we can say we did really well. 59 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: I was watching new coach today though, thinking you must 60 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: be shopping at the bit to get real live in 61 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 1: pads actually to see how this kickoff stuff works, see 62 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: what you have here to work with. Overall, no doubt, 63 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: you know, I think the preseason is so huge in 64 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: special teams, you know, because we got a lot of 65 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: young guys. Those guys got to learn what to do, 66 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: how to do it, and kind of a game situation. 67 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: So it's hard to get that done in a practice field, 68 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,679 Speaker 1: specially when you're out there in our pajamas. Coach, I 69 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: often think about this, and I don't know if this 70 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:32,119 Speaker 1: has often talked about the transition from preseason special teams 71 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: to Week one regular season special teams. How tough a 72 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: transition is that, because, like you said, you got a 73 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: lot of young guys fighting for spots on rosters. Those 74 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: guys that are on special teams may not make the rosters. 75 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: So now all of a sudden, you get the Week one. 76 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: You got a lot of guys that may have not 77 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: been practicing together. How tough is that transition from preseason 78 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: to week one to special teams. It's huge in special teams. 79 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: What we say is the first three weeks and the 80 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: last three weeks of the season, you'll see more big 81 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: plays on special teams than you will any other time 82 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: of the year, just because you got guys out there 83 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: that haven't played, or guys that haven't done much because 84 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: they're the veteran guys that, Okay, we need you now, 85 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: you got to play because we thought this guy was 86 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: going to make our team and he didn't, you know, 87 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,359 Speaker 1: or somebody got an injury there at the end and 88 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: we had to let that guy go and we kept 89 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: somebody else. And so there's a lot of mixing and 90 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: matching there early in the season. So it's you hold 91 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: your breath a little bit. Special Teams coordinator Brad Selley 92 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 1: with US on Texans Radio. What about the kickoff rule? 93 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: What can you share with us about some of the 94 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: challenges or aspects about it you have to undertake so far? Well, 95 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: you know, I think it's it's like anything with a 96 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: new rule, it's the unknown, you know. I don't think 97 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: we know exactly what's going to happen. We're trying to 98 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 1: simulate as much as we can in practice with the 99 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: kickoff players, for instance, they've simplified that in a way, 100 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: but there's no run up, So now it's it's how 101 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 1: fast can you go from a standing start? Almost, and 102 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: so that's gonna help the kickoff return. But now we've 103 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: put all those blockers up closer, we don't have wedge players, 104 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: so we've taken that element out of the game. So 105 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: I think there's just a lot of unknowns that you know. 106 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: It's to me, we were talking about the other day. 107 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: I'm you know, your biggest concern as you get to 108 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: the first game of the season and you watch the 109 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: other team and you go, oh, I never thought about that. 110 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: You know, it's the stuff that you just don't know. Yeah, 111 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: do you anticipate personnel changes? You talked about the wedge guys. 112 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: We used to see those big four linement and then 113 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 1: that got reduced it to how do you anticipate personnel 114 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: changes as in more dbs and linebackers versus tight ends, 115 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: big guys, how do you look at that very much? So, 116 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: you know, those wedge players used to always come from 117 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: your backup defensive line, your backup offensive line. And in fact, 118 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: in the early in the spring before the rule got passed, 119 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: we had those guys in our kickoff return meeting, and 120 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 1: then the rule got changed and it was like, hey, fellas, 121 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: you guys can go. You're not gonna play anymore, you know, 122 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: so it's it's gonna be different, it's gonna be a change, 123 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: and you know, who can adapt best to those changes 124 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 1: is going to have an advantage. Or in the season, 125 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: what about return guys this time of year and early 126 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 1: in camp, what are you looking for from that? Because 127 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: that's another when the lights go on kind of situation. 128 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: It really is, you know, but the first thing you 129 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: gotta find out is can they catch the ball? And 130 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,600 Speaker 1: how good are they at catching the ball? Because if 131 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: you can't do that, you can't be the return or 132 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: whether it's punt or kickoff, And you got to be 133 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: a guy that's got a cool head. You gotta have 134 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: a cool head. You can't get nervous back there. You 135 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 1: gotta understand the situations. And some of that you can 136 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 1: find out in the spring, but most of it you 137 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 1: don't find out till the lights go on and the 138 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 1: scoreboards on. Coach, when you're looking at a core four 139 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: special team or a guy that's on all four, I mean, 140 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: maybe it's just on one special team. Who knows, But 141 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: what is the biggest attribute you're looking for in that 142 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 1: kind of player. That's a great question, you know. I 143 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: think we talk about three things you gotta either be smart, 144 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 1: you gotta be tough, you gotta be fast, and you 145 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: could have all three. Now you got something special, but 146 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: you better have at least one of those things. And 147 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: if you don't have any of those characteristics or traits, 148 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 1: you're gonna have a hard time in a kicking game. 149 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 1: Shane Lechler has been in the league for a hundred 150 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: years now, and what do you say to him? Because 151 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: I look at golfers, they always have a swing coach, 152 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: So does he kind of need some swing coaching? Sometimes? 153 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: How do you handle a guy like Leckler? That's a 154 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: great question too, you know, in the sense that, shoot, 155 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: this guy's been doing forever and he's been doing it 156 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: at a high level for a long time. But what 157 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: you try to do is you just try to watch 158 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: his swing and I ask I always ask those guys 159 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: because I've coached a lot of older guys, and hey, 160 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: what's the things you worry about most. I'll watch those 161 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: for you and I'll let you know if you're doing them, 162 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: you know, And so I'm really just kind of coaching 163 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 1: off of what he thinks his problems are, because he 164 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: already knows. He knows, you know, he can tell you 165 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: immediately when hits a bad ball, what happened for the 166 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: most part, but sometimes it'll be well you could have 167 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: done this maybe, and oh yeah, yeah, maybe that's true. 168 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: You know. So I think it's just another set eyes 169 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: on a guy's form and his technique and you just 170 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: try to put a little input in there if he's willing. 171 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: And Shane's great, He's he's always open to coaching and 172 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: listening and trying to do what anything we ask him 173 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: to do. Coach. Being here in Houston, the decision to 174 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: come here. What made the Houston Texans attractive to you? Well, 175 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: I think number one is the organization. I think you 176 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: got a really good organization. Bill O'Brien, I coach with 177 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: him in New England. I know what kind of person 178 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: he is. I know what kind of guy is. I 179 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: know what kind of football coach he is, and that's 180 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: the kind of guy I wanted to work for. And 181 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: so that made it easy. And uh, I felt like 182 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: with a quarterback, you know, I'm as a special teams coach, 183 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: you know, I don't coach a quarterback. That's probably the 184 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: only guy don't coach. But I'm always looking to see 185 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: if we have one. It helps. Yes, I understand, it 186 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: doesn't matter how good you are in the kiding game 187 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: if you don't have a quarterback. And we got a quarterback, 188 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: so that that was an intriguing thing to me along 189 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: those lines, having a quarterback like that, Does that change 190 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: the philosophy in some sense in the way that you 191 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: approach things on special teams at all? Uh? You know, 192 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: I think it just changes the situations. You know, we 193 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: could again it depends on how good your offense is. 194 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: You know, if your offense is great, now you're gonna 195 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: be kicking more field goals than you are a punt, 196 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: so you're gonna work on that area maybe a little 197 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,599 Speaker 1: bit more. You know, the field positions are going to 198 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: change because your offense is moving the ball. Now you're 199 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: gonna punt when you do punt maybe from the midfield area, 200 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: So you got to work more on plus plus fifty 201 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: punty U. You know, So those those situations change versus 202 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: you know, if you don't have a quarterback, you gotta 203 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: work on a lot of punts backed up two more 204 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: for you. You've coached a lot of kickers. What about 205 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: the mental aspect of being a kicker, because often they 206 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: need that kind of guidance or whatever. How do you 207 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: handle that? You know, Uh, I think that's a kind 208 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: of an inborn thing for kids, you know, I think, 209 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: and again, not kids, their men, but the guys that 210 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: are really successful in the NFL, they're like corners. You know, 211 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: they miss a kick, they put they put it behind them, 212 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: they go to the next one. The guys that think 213 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: about that kick, think about the miss, they're gonna do 214 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: something on the next one that's gonna try to change that. 215 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 1: And now they're gonna miss again. And those are the 216 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: guys that they don't They don't last very long in 217 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: the NFL. They got to have a short memory. You 218 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 1: gotta go back there and trust what you do, and 219 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: you gotta go out there and really you block everything out, 220 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: and man, you gotta it's one of the hardest jobs 221 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: in football. People don't understand that. You know, if you 222 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,839 Speaker 1: got a choice, be a punter, you know, be a 223 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: punter instead of a kicker, because those kickers many they're 224 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: gonna win and lose four or five games a year 225 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: for you, wow, one or more. On punt returners, the 226 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: decision whether to fair cash, return it, let it go. 227 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: How tough is that to coach those guys on h 228 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: it's tough, especially a young guy. You know. We are 229 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: practicing the other day. We had Kiki out there, you know, 230 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 1: and he had a high ball and shoot, he put 231 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 1: his hand up quick to fair catcher. He goes, Coach, 232 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: the ball was high. I go, well, you're gonna see 233 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: a lot of high balls, right. There's a lot of 234 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: good punters in this league versus college players. So you 235 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: can't make that decision that fast. We're going to block them. 236 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: I don't care how high the ball is, so wait 237 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 1: and see if there's anybody close to you. Coach, thanks 238 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 1: a lot for joining us. Good luck, my pleasure. Thanks Phillis. Well, 239 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a whole new interesting world of special teams. 240 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 1: How innovative can teams get? How innovative can Brad Sealey get? 241 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,719 Speaker 1: What can you learn from other teams? How are they 242 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: doing things? Very interesting times for Special teams coordinators and 243 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: obviously Special Teams coordinator Brad Selley. We appreciate his time, 244 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: all right. Vandomer's View is a podcast that you can 245 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: get on iTunes, Stitcher, tune in. It's part of our 246 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: Texans podcast network. Mark Vandomer obviously is the proprietor of 247 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: that podcast, and a few weeks ago we did a 248 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: vandomer's view of Stories from the Booth and of course 249 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 1: from the sidelines, some very interesting stuff from our time 250 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: on a sideliner in the boothnet on Texans All Access 251 00:11:51,880 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: Summer Celebration. Welcome back to our Thursday at issue of 252 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: Texas All Access a Summer Celebration. I am your host, 253 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 1: John Harris, football Analyst's sideline reporter and stressing the sideline 254 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 1: reporter piece right now because Mark Vandermer and I did 255 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: a podcast a few weeks ago on Stories from the Booth, 256 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: and that's the thing. You get to hear the broadcast, 257 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,839 Speaker 1: you get to see us some three sixty. But sometimes 258 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: the show behind the show ends up being the best 259 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: and most fun aspect of our job. And there are 260 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: times really we wish that you could see it or 261 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: hear it. Well, I'll give you some of those right 262 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: now with our Stories from the Booth, Stories from the 263 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: broadcast booth, and in this case will include the sideline 264 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,439 Speaker 1: because that's where you live. That is you know. It's 265 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 1: funny that when I walked in your office and we 266 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 1: were kind of talking about this, I had just had 267 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: this idea today because we're I took a couple of 268 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: photos out of my office, and in fact, our buddy 269 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: Greg Condrids put this one in my office. Around our 270 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 1: office to give you a looking on a curtain. We 271 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 1: have a bunch of frame photos of the team and 272 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 1: team shots, action shots that are all over our office history, right, 273 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: And so there was one that was over by Greg's 274 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: office of Andre Howe with a pick six against Jacksonville 275 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: in fifteen, and whoever took the shot just happened to 276 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: be at the right angle where Andres about to score 277 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: and he's starting to kind of high step and celebrate, 278 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: and I'm right behind him celebrating, and I mean, I'm clear. 279 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: I mean I'm not in focus, but it's you know, 280 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 1: it's me. And so that photo had been outside Greg's office, 281 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: and so we're kind of recycling the photos and moving 282 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: some things around, and it just ended up my office. 283 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 1: So I was taking that home and had it in 284 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: my car, and as I was driving with it driving home, 285 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 1: because I'm kind of moving some things around in my home, 286 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 1: I'm gonna put it up in my house. So I 287 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: gotta moving my office and so I'm I'm gonna put 288 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: this in my house, and I got me thinking, man, 289 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:05,199 Speaker 1: one day I'll be able to tell, you know, tell 290 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: the story of you. I want to be able to 291 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 1: tell the story of you know, Andre Hall and obviously 292 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: what he's going through, but tell the story of that photo. 293 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: And just getting excited in the silence, and I was like, man, 294 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: it'd be cool to do like a story from the side. 295 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: I don't know how well. The most famous or infamous 296 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: or whatever is the one where DeAndre Hopkins catches the touchdown, 297 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: also in twenty fifteen against Cincinnati. So this is like 298 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks later or whatever, and there you 299 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: are and you're you're all bundled up. It was it 300 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: was ni football, It was cold, it was if you 301 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: remember that night, there was a thread of rain. I 302 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: and that's the one thing that I do now is 303 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: look at the forecast all the time. Yeah, you got 304 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: a sideline, You've you've got to watch out for the elements. 305 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: I watch out for it. And so I was pretty 306 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: by game time. I thought, Okay, maybe we've escaped this, 307 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: but maybe And there was a little bit of missing 308 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: at times. So anyhow, and the funny part about that play, 309 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: and it was Monday night against Cincinnati, and it was 310 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: six to three and t J had come in the game. 311 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: And do you I don't know if you remember this. 312 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: The very first pass that he made on it, it 313 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: was like eight feet It was a throw of all 314 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: of about eight yards and he threw it about ten 315 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: feet short of him. I think that was the third quarter, 316 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: still right, it was right the other way right, and 317 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 1: then it flipped to the fourth quarter later on, and 318 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: so he ends up making some great throws and so 319 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: on that. On the touchdown throw to DeAndre, I just 320 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: remember looking I remember Bill O'Brien. His words were in 321 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: my head. He's like, when we get post safety coverage, 322 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: we've got to look outside. And I just remember him 323 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: saying that. And so I looked out there and I 324 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: saw Reggie Nelson in the middle of the field, and 325 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: I saw pac Man on DeAndre, and so DeAndre runs 326 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: by me, and I just I could, I could just tell, 327 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: and so I just screamed out, DeAndre, go get it, 328 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: like I knew it was coming to him. Yeah. And 329 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: so then now I'm watching. Now I'm watching the play, 330 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: and that's the shot. It's from that it's from the 331 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 1: end zone back and through DeAndre to me on the 332 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: other side, and so he makes the catch and so 333 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: I can see it perfectly. And one of the things 334 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: that people didn't really talk about on that was from 335 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: my angle, I could see it DeAndre when he came 336 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: down his foot, his right foot was tucked behind his 337 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: left foot and so he only had one foot down 338 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 1: and literally he's falling. He pulls that right foot out 339 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: and just taps it down. That's incredible thing. He does 340 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: that so many times, like a catch against Pittsburgh. It 341 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: was so amazing to see him do that. But his 342 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: foot literally was caught and then he pulled it out, 343 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: and I saw that clear as day. And they're in 344 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: the background and I'm in the background and that shot 345 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 1: from the end zone. So then which is I mean, 346 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 1: I look like I'm seeing I've seen a ghost or something. 347 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: But I'm right there and I have the shot on 348 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: my phone. So after that, I've of course go down 349 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: near the end zone like I'm you know, pumped up, 350 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: like yeah, Well, on Monday night games, the the can't 351 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: they have those rolling cameras most of the time for 352 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 1: a home game, you know, I deal with it on 353 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 1: the home sideline because it's on our sideline. But for 354 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: a mnd AN game, they have two of them, and 355 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: so they have one that roams on the home side 356 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: and then they've got one that gives a different angle 357 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: on the visitors side. Well, Cincinnati Stadium kind of in 358 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: that corner kind of kind of turns kind of angles 359 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 1: or arcs in, so it kind of closes you in 360 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: a little bit more so, that thing was down there, 361 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: and so as I made my way down there, but 362 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: I didn't realize was as the players were celebrating and 363 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: they were kind of moving that way. I was kind 364 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,399 Speaker 1: of moving that way that that thing had kind of 365 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,199 Speaker 1: pinned me in like I couldn't like get out of 366 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: the way. And before I knew it, the whole throng 367 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: players they're all right right on me. I mean, DeAndre 368 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 1: was like from me to my computer, away from me, 369 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,680 Speaker 1: like two feet away from me. And after the game, 370 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: I was in the locker room and I saw Dwayne, 371 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 1: and Dwayne looked up and he got that smiles face. 372 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,199 Speaker 1: He goes, I saw you, And I was like, I 373 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 1: was like, oh man, I'm sorry about they goes, no, man, 374 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 1: he goes. I thought it was cool, but I literally 375 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 1: got pinned by that camera because I couldn't go anywhere, right, 376 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: And once I got in there and they were celebrated, 377 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: was like we kind of converged and I couldn't go anywhere, 378 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: and I was like, screw it. So this kind of 379 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 1: turned into a meme of swords, not a meme really was. 380 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: But who is The Twitter following was rot I Rot. 381 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: Rot took your image. He took my image, and he 382 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,160 Speaker 1: put me everywhere you put your expression because Johnny all 383 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: bundled up with the ski hat on and everything, headphones on, microphone, 384 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,360 Speaker 1: with that look out his face. Oh my gosh, oh 385 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 1: my goodness, and he puts you in front of various 386 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 1: historical events. I think the Berlin Wall coming down was 387 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 1: one of them. He put me by the Sphinx. I 388 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 1: mean he put me. He put me everywhere. He put me, uh, 389 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 1: courtside for Steph Curry three. It never gets old. I could, 390 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: I could look at that stuff. It's like it's like 391 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: the good days of Crying Jordan. You know, it's like 392 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: a while for Crying Jordan to get old. And finally 393 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:49,239 Speaker 1: did I know? And thank god it did, And it's 394 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: kind of it's kind of moved on every well now 395 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: now the one is Lebron with the you know, perfect 396 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 1: the iron stretched arms, you know, the whole thing with 397 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 1: the push at Drake dis track and all that. One 398 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:12,120 Speaker 1: of the one that where they put where they had 399 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 1: Lebron and they put a baby in his arms and 400 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:19,880 Speaker 1: they made r Drake. I saw that. I bub fell 401 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,199 Speaker 1: off the couch and like, man, how they do it? 402 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,160 Speaker 1: But you know, it's funny because I've we've told that story. 403 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: I'm sure before I know I have about you know, 404 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 1: that game in Cincinnati. But there are so many things 405 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: that happened down on the sidelines are in the booth 406 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: that you don't you never you never know you know 407 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: what's happened. But it's just us that we have those stories, 408 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 1: and I think it's I think it's really cool to 409 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: kind of share some of those. And you, I mean, heck, 410 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:45,120 Speaker 1: you've been around, You've done you've done games and how 411 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 1: many different places. And of course the one I always 412 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: ask you about is is two thousand in Miami and 413 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: Florida State that game because I think that to me, 414 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 1: if I did ULTERI eleven college football games that I 415 00:19:57,119 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 1: would want to watch again before I died, if that 416 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: would be one of them that was a hell of 417 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: a game. And the Orange Bowl, by the way, that 418 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:07,479 Speaker 1: broadcast booth. I had so much reverence for being in 419 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 1: that place, because you know, I got that job in 420 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: ninety nine and they had a preseason scrimmage, and I 421 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: remember there was the first time I was in the 422 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: Orange Bowl of any kind. I've never been to the 423 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: Orange Bowl at all. So I go into the Orange 424 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: Bowl booth and I just sit down and we weren't broadcasting. 425 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: We're just kind of doing, you know, filing reports on 426 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,360 Speaker 1: the air or whatever. It wasn't a live play by play, 427 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:29,199 Speaker 1: but it was a scrimmage. So I'm looking in the 428 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: end zone, the open end zone, which is to our right, 429 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: you know, the open end of the stadium. You see 430 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: the palm trees and everything, and just a familiar sight 431 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: you see in NFL films and Hurricanes games and all 432 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: of it. You know, Super bowls played their nameth and 433 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: the history of the building. I mean, the hair was 434 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 1: standing up on the back of my neck. I thought, 435 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 1: this is an incredible place. Now, it's a dump at 436 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 1: the time, believe me, but it's a wonderful dump. And 437 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: that's why when you and I go to place, it's 438 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: like the Coliseum. You know it's a dump, but there's 439 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 1: a lot of history there. The Orange Bowl was a 440 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,919 Speaker 1: dump late in its life, but it was still for 441 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: a big game, the greatest place on Earth for a 442 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 1: big game like Florida State Miami two thousand wide write three. 443 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,719 Speaker 1: I was so honored to call that game. Now, you 444 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: know me, I dress up in the booth. You know, 445 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: I don't like go black tie, but I wear a tie. 446 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:18,919 Speaker 1: I wear a tie of the broadcast booth because I 447 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: have respect for the booth. And that's just how I 448 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,239 Speaker 1: handle it. Not that I think guys are disrespectful who 449 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: don't do it. That's just the way I like to 450 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:26,920 Speaker 1: handle it. I wear a tie, I wear a jacket. 451 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: That's how I broadcast basketball, football, whatever. That's how I 452 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: always do it. So my first game of the Orange 453 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: Bowl was actually Florida A and M against the Hurricanes 454 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: at ninety nine, and I wear a jacket and tie, 455 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 1: and those guys are like, you're crazy. Joe's a ghacky 456 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: Don Bailey, you know, those those guys still do the 457 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 1: games down there. Joe was the color guy and Don 458 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: was on the sideline at the time. Dear friends of mine, 459 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,640 Speaker 1: you're like you're crazy. I'm like, no, this is how 460 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: I roll. Well. By the end of the first quarter, 461 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: I was practically undressed. I mean, it's there's this subcause 462 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,360 Speaker 1: it's late August or early since outside in Miami it's 463 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 1: not gonna work like that was. That's the one booth 464 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,959 Speaker 1: on planet Earth where I will actually wear a polo. 465 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 1: And you know, I don't know if I was wearing shorts, 466 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 1: maybe I would because it's so hot in there, Like 467 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 1: there's an air there was an air conditioner in there, 468 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: but it didn't work. And the booth of the Orange Bowl, 469 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 1: when you get go out of the booth to like 470 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,959 Speaker 1: just go down the hallway, it's like a submarine. Like 471 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:24,439 Speaker 1: two people cannot even pass without backing up against the 472 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 1: wall and squeaking by each other. If somebody's heavy set, 473 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,120 Speaker 1: you're in big trouble. If somebody's an attractive never mind, 474 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:34,400 Speaker 1: but you definitely are in a tight situation down there. 475 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: And it was just an incredible place to broadcast great view. 476 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 1: I loved it there so much. And to call some 477 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: you know, really historic Miami games there for me was 478 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: a huge throw. Yeah, the two thousand game to me, 479 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: that that one against Florida State, because I think if 480 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: there was anything that signaled Miami's return, it was gonna 481 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: be it was gonna be that one right and the 482 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: one thing I one of the first things I asked you, 483 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: You got to got to know each other well. You 484 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: gotta call wide right three, which is for those people 485 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: that don't follow college football, why the words wide right? 486 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: As soon as you mentioned them, everybody knows you're talking 487 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: Miami Florida State right. As great as that rivalry is 488 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 1: for all the players that have come out of there, 489 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: as soon as you say wide right, all of a sudden, 490 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: it is, oh, you know exactly what it is. And 491 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: it started in name live on I mean, and you 492 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 1: had one and two down that game ended up being 493 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: a wide right and you know what, I knew it like. 494 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: This is another story from the booth. So as Florida 495 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: State is driving down because Miami took the lead on 496 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: doors to a shocky ye, Chris Winky has the ball 497 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,439 Speaker 1: one more time and we're thinking, oh my gosh, here 498 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 1: we go. And he sets them up for a long 499 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 1: field goal attempt, and I'm thinking, if this goes wide right, 500 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: I gotta be able to call it wide right right. 501 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 1: I mean, I gotta call it, and you know how 502 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: that is so iconic to that rivalry. And for those 503 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: who don't know when we're doing any kind of football, 504 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,399 Speaker 1: all right, so we're doing Texans games, I cannot and 505 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: this is a play by play thing. You couldnot tell 506 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: if it's wide, right, left or down the middle. If 507 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: you are calling a game from the booth sideline, you 508 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 1: just can't tell. It's very it's extremely difficult. You have 509 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: I learned early out in my career. You wait for 510 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: the men and stripes to put their arms up to 511 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,439 Speaker 1: say it's good. You just wait, right or if the 512 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 1: crowd's going nuts, you have a feeling. But I still wait, 513 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,239 Speaker 1: because what if it's like over the upright and some 514 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 1: people are cheering and some people aren't, or you're on 515 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: the road they're cheering because you missed it, or they 516 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:30,719 Speaker 1: think you missed it, but you didn't really miss it. 517 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: I wait for the guys to tell me, the guys 518 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 1: who matter, the guys who call the play. Now you 519 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 1: are in the end zone right very often, not all 520 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:40,920 Speaker 1: the time, not every field goal, but a lot of 521 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: field goals. When it's an obvious situation. You know they're 522 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 1: setting up board. You'll get down there and you can 523 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,679 Speaker 1: tell me too, but I still kind of wait for 524 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 1: the guys, you know, like Randy Bullock against Cincinnati. It's 525 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:56,119 Speaker 1: Christmas Eve twenty sixteen. You were waiting for me, and 526 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,359 Speaker 1: I was already out in the field celebrating. Yeah, I know, 527 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: I was like, Johnny didn't say any I didn't say anything. 528 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: That is another Johnny moment is that in that game, 529 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 1: in that game, the Christmas Eve game of twenty sixteen. 530 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 1: And this is a story from the sidelines. Now, So 531 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: the Bengals move down. Rex Burkhead has made a number 532 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 1: of catches and it comes down to Randy Bullet. I 533 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: think we all know that, and Raindy misses the kick. 534 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,679 Speaker 1: But as I'm walking down there, we're and we're in 535 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 1: a break, we'ren a time out, and we're and the 536 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: three of us are all talking. And that's That's one 537 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,360 Speaker 1: other thing is during breaks we can all the three 538 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: of us can all talk to each other. And that's 539 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:32,400 Speaker 1: on Earth right there. It's the greatest show on Earth 540 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 1: that nobody hears it is what we say during commercial 541 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: I mean, we could we could probably make a killing 542 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: with having people. You're charging people for it. So anyways, 543 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: we're talking about this, and we're like, it's coming down 544 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: the raindy bullet to beat us, keep us outing. We're 545 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: losing it. So as we're getting we're getting down there 546 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,400 Speaker 1: and there. And I moved down in the end zone 547 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: knowing that this thing is coming down to it and 548 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: and it hits me. It's Christmas Eve. He's gonna ruin Christmas. 549 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: Former Texan. I can't. I can't do this now. Normally 550 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: what I do is I stand pretty much right by 551 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: the goal post or in between the upright and the 552 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: goal post. I couldn't bring myself to do it because 553 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: I did not want to watch that ball go over 554 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: in my head in going through. I just couldn't do it. 555 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: So I stood outside the upright. I stood outside. Maybe 556 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 1: I think you pulled the ball over there toward your gravitation. 557 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, I see that ball kicked over 558 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 1: my head and I just there was like equal parts froze. 559 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: My mouth. Didn't say anything, and I knew he missed it, 560 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: and I just took off running. I took off running, 561 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:37,640 Speaker 1: and the first person I ended up seeing was DeAndre 562 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 1: because he had been put out there for the block. 563 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, he went out there for the block, and 564 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,120 Speaker 1: that I think kind of threw them off because at 565 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 1: that time, in twenty sixteen, you can still over the 566 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: center right, and so I think bullet if you remember, 567 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: he hesitated, and so I think that obviously threw him off. 568 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: He pushed it to the right, to my left. And 569 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 1: see that's a difficulty for me because I've told you right, 570 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: when it actually is left, I gotta verse it. And 571 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: so I didn't have the time to think this is 572 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 1: going left, that's actually wide right, and so I just 573 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: said nothing. I just took off and You're like, where 574 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 1: were you? I was like, I didn't want to mess you. 575 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: That was one of those take it. I heard the 576 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: crowd start to erupt, But you have, as a play 577 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: by play guy, you have a split second, I mean, 578 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: I'm micro second to wait, and I knew it was 579 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: no good, and you know they were going nuts in 580 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 1: that it's no good. It's it's a call that you 581 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,679 Speaker 1: gotta then follow up with. The Texans had won the 582 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: AFC South, so that's gonna be one that lives on 583 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 1: for a while, right, And you gotta be ready for 584 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 1: those moments. And I hate, I hate saying anything while 585 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 1: you're in your backswing if you will. Yeah, I hate that. 586 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 1: That's like one of my really appreciate that. So I 587 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: said nothing, and I want to celebrate with DeAndre, And 588 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 1: somebody caught it on a video and you played it 589 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: for me the next day and You're like, no, this 590 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:54,719 Speaker 1: is what my south On reporter does at the end 591 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: of game. Yeah. I was pretty hype for that game 592 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:03,120 Speaker 1: Christmas Eve nightball game can you get to w can 593 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: you win the AFC South? And gotten some help from 594 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 1: the Titans and Jaguars that day. You know, one of 595 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 1: the funny stories I have about that day was I 596 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: was at home and we were getting all cleaned up 597 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:16,680 Speaker 1: for Christmas Eve and Christmas, and we were just kind 598 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,439 Speaker 1: of putting final pieces together of everything. And so we 599 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,960 Speaker 1: were kind of clean up the house, getting everything ready 600 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: for the next day and everything. And so as we 601 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:26,640 Speaker 1: were we had TV's on throughout the house, and so 602 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 1: I was working in the living room and I had 603 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 1: on the Titans Jaguars game because that local game was 604 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 1: on litterally. I know my wife had it on in 605 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 1: the kitchen. She was working in the kitchen. I was 606 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: in the living room, and I would just hear like 607 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 1: these exclamations like oh yes, oh yeah, oh no, and 608 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: like what is going on in there? I walk in 609 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: there and she's watching the Titans Jaguars game. I was like, 610 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: when would she have ever watched that? And then when 611 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 1: the Titans got beat Jaguars pulled that off, then it 612 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: was up to the Texans. She was so excited. She's like, 613 00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 1: oh okay, so tell me what happens if you win 614 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: a night you and she wanted the whole breakdown. It 615 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 1: was really cool and I will never forget that Christmas 616 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: for as long as I live. That was a special one. 617 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: And then of course celebrating with DeAndre after the game 618 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 1: was over, that was That was pretty wild. But either way, 619 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: some stories to the booth. We have plenty more of those. 620 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 1: We got. We have a bunch, there's no questions, So 621 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 1: we'll do a couple more of those podcasts. Vanno Reer's view. 622 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 1: Get on iTunes, stitch your tune in anywhere you can 623 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: get it. You can get it there, wherever you get 624 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: your podcasts at your place to go. All right, Coming 625 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: up next, rolland Ramirez a name maybe you don't know. 626 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 1: He has the Senior Rehabilitation Specialist year for the Texans, 627 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: also associate head trainer and one of the best dudes 628 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: you're gonna find. He did a very interesting podcast with 629 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,440 Speaker 1: Deep City that Where you Next On Texans All Access 630 00:29:39,680 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 1: Summer Celebration. One final segment of Texans All Access Summer 631 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 1: Celebration on this Thursday evening, I'm your host, John Harris, 632 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 1: glad to be with you. We have had Brad Seeley, 633 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 1: special Teams Coordinator on the show. Last segment we had 634 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 1: stories from the booth and the sidelines with me and 635 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 1: Mark Vandermir. It's it's been a tremendous run the last 636 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 1: four years. We've had a number of great games to call, 637 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 1: some playoff games. We've always said between Mark Andre and 638 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 1: myself that the show off the air might be better 639 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 1: than the show on the air, and the on the 640 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 1: air show I think is pretty good between the three 641 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: of us doing Texans broadcasts. So we gave you some 642 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 1: of the stories from the booth and there's more to 643 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 1: that podcast. If you go to Vandermeer's view on our Houston, 644 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 1: Texas podcast network. You got in the Lab, you got 645 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 1: Deep Slant, you got Vandermir's view, you got all Texans 646 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,760 Speaker 1: All Access. You got it all right there, go find 647 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 1: the one Stories from the Booth. It's about a half 648 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: hour podcasts. I only gave you about twelve thirteen minutes 649 00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 1: of it right there, so you can hear the rest 650 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 1: of it. Some great stuff from both Mark and hopefully 651 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 1: from myself. Now, rolland Ramirez might not be a name 652 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 1: you're familiar with, but you are familiar with guys like Jadeth, 653 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 1: Leon Clowney, J. J. Watt, the Shawn Watson. Well, who 654 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: is the man responsible for putting those players back together again? 655 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:19,720 Speaker 1: If you will, Well, it's rolland Ramirez. He has rehabed 656 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: some of the best and brightest in this building and 657 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 1: many others. And he is a top notch a plus dude. 658 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 1: We did the All American Dude draft yesterday and Roland 659 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 1: Ramirez would fall in that category. He is a true dude. 660 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: He is awesome. He's such a great guy. And I 661 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:38,920 Speaker 1: remember meeting him in twenty fourteen and I wrote about him, 662 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:40,720 Speaker 1: and he didn't quite know who I was because I 663 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 1: was new to the organization and I was part time, 664 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: not part time, but I was not a full time employee. 665 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 1: But I wrote about him and I happened to see 666 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: him and I said, hey, I wrote about you having, 667 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 1: you know, doing his rehab work, and didn't really know 668 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,280 Speaker 1: who I was. He said, and you are, And I said, 669 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 1: I'm John Harris. I said, you'll get He never forgot 670 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: my name since he has always met me and greeted 671 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,280 Speaker 1: me with the smile. He is great with the players. 672 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 1: He's a motivator, he's a coach. He pushes them, he 673 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: supports them, and he gets these players back ready to go. 674 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 1: And he's had his hands full this offseason. But he 675 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 1: tells us in this podcast that there was a season 676 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,680 Speaker 1: that actually was worse than this last one for the 677 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 1: Houston Texans. Worse. Yes, Take a listen to Roland Ramirez 678 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 1: with DBC. Eleven seasons in the NFL. You've worked with 679 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 1: the Falcons, the Titans, and with the Texans ever since 680 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,480 Speaker 1: I've been here at least. Roland, first of all, you 681 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: deal with rehab and the injuries, and everyone knows what 682 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 1: this team went through last year. But how different is 683 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 1: this process for professional athletes versus the average person wanting 684 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 1: to rehab from an injury? Great question. Guys at this level, 685 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:50,280 Speaker 1: you know, first of all, or they're elite athletes, you 686 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 1: know they're they're superior athletes and the best in the 687 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:56,320 Speaker 1: world with the sport as far as you know injuries go. 688 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 1: I mean, these guys are just highly motivated, so determined 689 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,959 Speaker 1: to get back, and their mentality is just a lot 690 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:07,560 Speaker 1: of times unmatched in what they do. And so as 691 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:11,040 Speaker 1: I progress them in their rehabs and challenge them with 692 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:14,239 Speaker 1: new things and new goals, new milestones as we you know, 693 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,960 Speaker 1: proceed through the rehab process, a lot of times they 694 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 1: challenge me as much as I challenge them, and so 695 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 1: that that forces me to be creative in my exercises, 696 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:29,520 Speaker 1: keep them engaged. And we see these guys on a 697 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:33,240 Speaker 1: daily basis for hours and hours a day. Sometimes it's 698 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 1: four hours a day, sometimes it's eight hours a day, 699 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 1: depending on the injury and what they have going on 700 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: with their daily schedules. But in the in the real world, 701 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 1: in what people do outside of here, you might you 702 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 1: might have therapy, might have rehab two or three times 703 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 1: a week and maybe an hour or two hours max. 704 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: Unless they're at a some kind of sports performance place 705 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,960 Speaker 1: and you know, they're no offense to any weekend warriors 706 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,720 Speaker 1: or people that that get injured. Um, they are definitely 707 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,840 Speaker 1: determined to get back to their daily and active lifestyle. 708 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,840 Speaker 1: But it's just different here and with these guys with 709 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:12,239 Speaker 1: with their mentality and UM, you know, what they have 710 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:15,000 Speaker 1: to to get back to to be able to compete 711 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:17,799 Speaker 1: at a high level. UM And and for me to 712 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:20,160 Speaker 1: be involved in that process and help them through that 713 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:23,800 Speaker 1: process is pretty special. And so it's just it's just different, 714 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:25,560 Speaker 1: you know, because I get to spend so much time 715 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:27,720 Speaker 1: with these guys. You're like the first point of contact 716 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 1: for a lot of these players, especially the guys in rehab. 717 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: They see you every day for hours on end. And 718 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,640 Speaker 1: I know that with players returning from injury, a lot 719 00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 1: of times they talk about how they go through this 720 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,080 Speaker 1: emotional roller coaster. You know, will I ever be able 721 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 1: to play again? If I do play, will I be 722 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:45,080 Speaker 1: the same again? How much of your job is not 723 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,040 Speaker 1: just the rehab of being like a mental coach to 724 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:49,279 Speaker 1: these players to bring them back and make sure that 725 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: they stay positive throughout the whole process. Sure, now that 726 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,960 Speaker 1: that plays a big factor, and you know that's something 727 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,279 Speaker 1: that UM, you know, I try to really help them 728 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,879 Speaker 1: out with UM. A lot of these A lot of times, 729 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,880 Speaker 1: I mean, these guys have families or UM, you know, 730 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:05,879 Speaker 1: they have little ones at home that they they're having 731 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,759 Speaker 1: to take care of and their spouse. And so when 732 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 1: they have a big injury, a significant injury, that that's 733 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,799 Speaker 1: a hit to them and and they start worrying about 734 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,759 Speaker 1: maybe their family situation or am I ever going to 735 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:21,640 Speaker 1: play again? And those are all legitimate questions and and 736 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 1: so we are sometimes the first point of contact, there's 737 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,520 Speaker 1: no doubt about it. And and if they need surgery, 738 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,920 Speaker 1: then then we just you know, we try to help 739 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,320 Speaker 1: them through that process, make it as seamless as possible, 740 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:35,359 Speaker 1: try to um you know, guide them through that and 741 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,480 Speaker 1: counsel them through that. And and even when they you know, 742 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 1: return from the hospital and they're back with us starting 743 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,840 Speaker 1: the you know, initial stage of rehab, it's just coaching 744 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:46,840 Speaker 1: them up and and being positive and you're going to 745 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:51,279 Speaker 1: get back, you know, and try to just you know, 746 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:56,440 Speaker 1: really um infiltrate them with positive reinforcement and really just 747 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,440 Speaker 1: try to help them along because it is it's a 748 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,000 Speaker 1: crushing blow, you know, to these guys when they have 749 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:04,719 Speaker 1: these kind of injuries, and so just helping them through 750 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:07,000 Speaker 1: that and tell him to take it day by day 751 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,359 Speaker 1: and week by week and month by month, and they'll 752 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,360 Speaker 1: be out running before they know it, and they'll be 753 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,080 Speaker 1: out playing football before they know it again. So just 754 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:16,200 Speaker 1: trying to help them through that process is definitely a 755 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:19,480 Speaker 1: big part of what we do. And you have to 756 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:23,520 Speaker 1: empathize with them and sometimes you just have to you 757 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:25,120 Speaker 1: have to be able to coach them through like this 758 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:27,399 Speaker 1: is normal. You know, what you're feeling right now with 759 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,960 Speaker 1: your soreness is normal. We just got to keep pushing. 760 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,200 Speaker 1: Do you give other examples of oh, when so and 761 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,719 Speaker 1: so went through a similar injury or was having the 762 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:37,239 Speaker 1: same mindset? You're able to rely a lot on your 763 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:40,040 Speaker 1: your experience with the other players, Absolutely right, absolutely, yes, 764 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,839 Speaker 1: And we got to think that'd be so helpful. It is. 765 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:44,600 Speaker 1: It is, and we you know, if especially if it's 766 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:46,319 Speaker 1: a guy that they played with before, you know, and 767 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,759 Speaker 1: be able to say, hey, this guy had this same 768 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:52,319 Speaker 1: situation or when he you know, had this injury, you know, 769 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,680 Speaker 1: then then we're able to share those examples and you know, 770 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:57,880 Speaker 1: kind of share that experience with him and then they 771 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,480 Speaker 1: start it starts to click with him and all right, 772 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:02,560 Speaker 1: I got it. Yeah, Okay, this is normal and I 773 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:05,160 Speaker 1: can keep going. A few years ago, Hard Knox was 774 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 1: here and one of the episodes focused on Jadebian Clowney 775 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:10,640 Speaker 1: coming back from that microfracture surgery that everyone was talking about, 776 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:12,040 Speaker 1: how will he come back, what will he look like 777 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,720 Speaker 1: when he comes back from it? And in that particular episode, 778 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:17,600 Speaker 1: he thanked you and talked about everything that you had 779 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,360 Speaker 1: done for him to get him back on the field. 780 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:21,680 Speaker 1: Did you get a chance to see that and what 781 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:23,319 Speaker 1: was that like for you professionally? I know you guys 782 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:25,400 Speaker 1: work behind the scenes so tirelessly, but to have a 783 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:27,360 Speaker 1: player actually come out and say that that had to 784 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,759 Speaker 1: have meant a lot. Yeah, No, it was special and 785 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 1: that that was it was neat for to hear that 786 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,400 Speaker 1: from Clowney And you know, we're we're definitely behind the 787 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,640 Speaker 1: scenes and and you know we we never asked for that, 788 00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,040 Speaker 1: and we'd all, that's not what we seek. And you know, 789 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:42,759 Speaker 1: we're here for the players and try to help them 790 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,359 Speaker 1: out as much as possible and and try to help 791 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,600 Speaker 1: these guys get back to playing football and helping us 792 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,600 Speaker 1: as a football team and win football games. Um, But 793 00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,960 Speaker 1: to hear that in those special moments and Clowney and 794 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:57,839 Speaker 1: others have have thanked us for what we've done, and 795 00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:00,879 Speaker 1: it's just it's we're really grateful for that, and that's 796 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,560 Speaker 1: an honor to be uh named, you know, and and 797 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,560 Speaker 1: thank like that, UM, and appreciated like that. And and 798 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,560 Speaker 1: I know JJ has done the same thing, and so 799 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,640 Speaker 1: you know, we're always well grateful for that, never never 800 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,520 Speaker 1: really seeking that, but UM, it is special when when 801 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:19,680 Speaker 1: they when they do acknowledge it and appreciate us for 802 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:21,520 Speaker 1: for all the hours we've kind of put in with them. 803 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,440 Speaker 1: But UM, you know, our our glory comes from watching 804 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:26,600 Speaker 1: these guys get back to playing football and doing what 805 00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:29,319 Speaker 1: they do. And that's that's what's special for us. All Right, 806 00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:32,520 Speaker 1: We're talking with Roland Ramirez, director of Rehabilitation, associate head 807 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,719 Speaker 1: athletic trainer for the Houston Texans. I mentioned that you 808 00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,279 Speaker 1: worked for a number of other teams and last year, 809 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:39,880 Speaker 1: with all the injuries that this team went through, I 810 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:42,240 Speaker 1: don't think anything anybody had seen anything like it, especially 811 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,440 Speaker 1: here in Houston. Was that the toughest year for you 812 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,880 Speaker 1: professionally all the injuries or have you been through a 813 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:51,440 Speaker 1: tougher season than that in your profession? You know, although 814 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:54,239 Speaker 1: it was a tough season last year, UM, I have 815 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,640 Speaker 1: I've actually been through a tougher one. You have? I have, UM, 816 00:38:57,719 --> 00:39:01,080 Speaker 1: you know last last year, last year with a Hurricanes, 817 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:04,560 Speaker 1: I mean it was just one definitely added added something 818 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:06,799 Speaker 1: to it. And uh, you know with us being in 819 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:10,920 Speaker 1: Dallas and my family here and h it's definitely a 820 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,960 Speaker 1: difficult task and very challenging. And then the injuries that 821 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,560 Speaker 1: we had, especially to the key players. But uh, one 822 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,000 Speaker 1: that that tops it in my opinion was when I 823 00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:23,200 Speaker 1: was with the Falcons back in uh this was in 824 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:28,319 Speaker 1: two thousand and seven and um, so it was it 825 00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:32,480 Speaker 1: was the year that we had Michael Vick was right, 826 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:36,200 Speaker 1: the dog fighting case and Bobby Petrino leaving the team, 827 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:40,080 Speaker 1: and um, you know, on top of that, from a 828 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:44,680 Speaker 1: medical standpoint, I think we had six acls that year. Wow. Um, 829 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,840 Speaker 1: we had a couple of ruptured peck tendons, a ruptured quad. 830 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:52,040 Speaker 1: Uh from I think we had about twenty three surgeries 831 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,160 Speaker 1: you know in that year. And sold that to me 832 00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:59,839 Speaker 1: with with all the other circumstances, uh, in the protesting, 833 00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:03,440 Speaker 1: the things that happened that that was I've told myself 834 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:04,960 Speaker 1: since then, if I could get through that year, I 835 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:06,960 Speaker 1: can get through anything. That's a good attitude to have. 836 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,000 Speaker 1: And you definitely don't want to break that record. Let 837 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,160 Speaker 1: that be let that be your toughest year. We'd never 838 00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:13,920 Speaker 1: want to say past now. I never wish hurricanes upon 839 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:16,600 Speaker 1: any of us, not right, but but that that was 840 00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,200 Speaker 1: definitely a challenging year from a medical standpoint, and then 841 00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:22,440 Speaker 1: the other you know, situations and your headball coach leaving 842 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,680 Speaker 1: and everything else. So all right, So on the flip side, 843 00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:29,840 Speaker 1: what are some of your proudest moments being in this field? Um, 844 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:31,279 Speaker 1: I imagine it's got to be when you see a 845 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:34,000 Speaker 1: player run back on the on the field healthy. Yeah, 846 00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:36,000 Speaker 1: after going through a long rehab process. But is there 847 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 1: anyone that stands out in your mind particularly, you know, 848 00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:41,520 Speaker 1: one that stands out is maybe Cushing, you know, after 849 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:45,279 Speaker 1: he came back from his ACL rehab and uh, it 850 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:48,279 Speaker 1: was a Monday night game to open a I think 851 00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:51,880 Speaker 1: it was open the season in San Diego right here 852 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,560 Speaker 1: for that young that was my first game, the second 853 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,719 Speaker 1: of the late night West Coast doubleheader. That's right, that's right, 854 00:40:57,719 --> 00:40:59,759 Speaker 1: pick six And unfortunately that was one of our few 855 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,000 Speaker 1: wins that year. But that was definitely a highlight of 856 00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:03,839 Speaker 1: the season. That was a highlight of the season. And 857 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:05,919 Speaker 1: so when I think it was to tie the ball game, 858 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,920 Speaker 1: right when he intercepted it and took it in for 859 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:11,480 Speaker 1: a touchdown, and I remember bumping one of our guys 860 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,560 Speaker 1: and said, you know, that's why we do rehab right there, 861 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:15,799 Speaker 1: you know. And so that was a special moment with 862 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,399 Speaker 1: all the work that we put in and he put 863 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,799 Speaker 1: in especially, and and to have that happened, you know, 864 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:24,040 Speaker 1: on Monday night game and to go in with a 865 00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:25,919 Speaker 1: pick six, that was that was special. That was fun 866 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:28,120 Speaker 1: that that was definitely special. I was also going to 867 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:30,520 Speaker 1: mention David Questenbury. I know that was Jeff Kaplan was 868 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,880 Speaker 1: out there yea and Otash and that was also very recently. 869 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,440 Speaker 1: But to diagnose him and we all know his story 870 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,359 Speaker 1: going through non Hodgkins lymphoma, but being able to ring 871 00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:40,600 Speaker 1: the bell and then come back and then make that 872 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:43,640 Speaker 1: start sure or at least see action on Christmas Day 873 00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:45,680 Speaker 1: against the Seelers, Yeah, absolutely, And I was going to 874 00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:47,840 Speaker 1: mention that as well. I mean, you know, Questenbury in 875 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:50,719 Speaker 1: the battle that he had, um, you know, it's just 876 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:54,080 Speaker 1: incredible and uh you know, to see him, you know, 877 00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:56,560 Speaker 1: get the pads on again and go out and do 878 00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:59,319 Speaker 1: his thing at practice and uh you know, do it 879 00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:03,280 Speaker 1: in a game, and those are just very very special 880 00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:06,520 Speaker 1: moments and to see these guys, I mean, the list 881 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,520 Speaker 1: goes on and on with with the guys that have 882 00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:12,000 Speaker 1: some pretty big injuries and are able to come back 883 00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,799 Speaker 1: and and just to be able to help them through 884 00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:17,840 Speaker 1: that process and then eventually get out, you know, onto 885 00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:19,879 Speaker 1: that field and get their names called and run through 886 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:22,600 Speaker 1: that tunnel. Um. That that's what that's what we kind 887 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:24,840 Speaker 1: of live for, and that's what special, you know, and 888 00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:29,000 Speaker 1: when they you know, just we always appreciate their hard 889 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:32,400 Speaker 1: work and uh and I know that deep down inside 890 00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:35,719 Speaker 1: they they appreciate what we do and that's we're just 891 00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:38,440 Speaker 1: we're thankful for that and we're in a we're in 892 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,640 Speaker 1: a really neat position to be able to just help 893 00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:42,960 Speaker 1: them through that process. And that's where we get our 894 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,359 Speaker 1: glory is when these guys can return and do their thing. 895 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:51,320 Speaker 1: And there you have it. Rolling Ramirez, Brad Seeley, Stories 896 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:53,200 Speaker 1: from the Booth. It's been a great Thursday show in 897 00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:57,840 Speaker 1: our summer celebration week right here on Texans Radio. Tomorrow 898 00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:02,640 Speaker 1: it's Bill O'Brien, Everything but the Texans, Mark Vannimer and 899 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,439 Speaker 1: I had a chance to catch up with Dead Coach 900 00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,440 Speaker 1: before the break and talk about everything about the Texans. 901 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:09,920 Speaker 1: It's a great show. We'll have that for you tomorrow. 902 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:12,319 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening to everybody. Have a great night. 903 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:14,680 Speaker 1: We'll see you then. And there's always go Texans.