WEBVTT - Mike McDaniel Makes his Drive Time Debut

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<v Speaker 1>To our fires touch stop waddle stuck into the end

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<v Speaker 1>zone of Miami Tip Pro Tike window. They had to

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<v Speaker 1>get that touchdown on that play they give it. What

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<v Speaker 1>is up, Dolph fans and welcome to the Drivetime Podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team,

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<v Speaker 1>your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? I am your host,

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<v Speaker 1>Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, the one you've all

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<v Speaker 1>been waiting for, the new head coach of the Miami Dolphins,

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<v Speaker 1>Mike McDaniel, is going to join us on this edition

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<v Speaker 1>of Drivetime. We'll talk about coach's vision for these Miami Dolphins,

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<v Speaker 1>about meet and greet with players and staff, his phone

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<v Speaker 1>call with quarterback to a tongue of bloa. And of

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<v Speaker 1>course it wouldn't be Drive Time if we did not

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<v Speaker 1>get into the xs and os with Mike McDaniel. All

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<v Speaker 1>of that and more from the Baptist Health Studios inside

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<v Speaker 1>the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drive Time Podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go ahead and jump right into my interview with

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<v Speaker 1>the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, Mike McDaniel. What's

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<v Speaker 1>Up Dolphins? Travis Wingfield here, the host of the Drive

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<v Speaker 1>Time podcast on the Miami Dolphins podcast Network, and I

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<v Speaker 1>am joined today by the new head coach of the

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<v Speaker 1>Miami Dolphins, Mike McDaniel. Coach. Welcoming, thank you, glad to

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<v Speaker 1>be here, Happy to have you. And so day one

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<v Speaker 1>is in the books. Now you've completed your first day

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<v Speaker 1>here in South Florida. Initial impressions. Have you met the

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<v Speaker 1>staff and the players and just kind of walk us

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<v Speaker 1>through how your first day went. There's been a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of energy. It's been UM, very much enjoyable. You're sitting

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<v Speaker 1>there just eager to meet the people that you know

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<v Speaker 1>you're about to spend UM you're foreseeing the future with

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<v Speaker 1>and so you gotta pace yourself. You gotta breathe and

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<v Speaker 1>tell yourself to slow down. UM. But having some of

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<v Speaker 1>the players come through UM has been awesome. Really meeting

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<v Speaker 1>the people and the environment and the the excitement UM

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<v Speaker 1>has been invigorating. So it's been pushing me through when

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<v Speaker 1>I'm tired of just walk in the always see somebody's

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<v Speaker 1>energetic face and keep moving. I appreciate you coming all

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<v Speaker 1>withay the East Coast and kind of hitting it all

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<v Speaker 1>rapid speed and getting out here fast. And you know

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<v Speaker 1>this is the next part of your football journey. And

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<v Speaker 1>I was reading a little bit about you before you

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<v Speaker 1>came in here and then you rode your bike to

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<v Speaker 1>Denver Broncos training camp as a kid. But I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to ask you, when did football really first capture your imagination.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have a specific moment you can go back

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<v Speaker 1>to and say that's when I knew football was my path.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a good question. I'm going through the files right now,

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<v Speaker 1>and uh, I think there it's one or two. I

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<v Speaker 1>can remember sitting on on my floor in a house

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<v Speaker 1>looking at tops UM cards and looking at Mark duper

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<v Speaker 1>Um and Mark Clayton, and um, I didn't have a

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<v Speaker 1>Dan Marino because that would have been worth something. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>But then some Bronco players as a Bronco fan when

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<v Speaker 1>I was in Denver, um and that that was an

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<v Speaker 1>impactful moment. Or I think my first NFL game might

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<v Speaker 1>have been nineteen eighties seven. You have to check the facts,

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<v Speaker 1>but I was like in the nosebleeds and the story

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<v Speaker 1>my mom tells me is that we were the Broncos

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<v Speaker 1>were getting they were either blowing out or getting blown

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<v Speaker 1>out regardless. It wasn't a close game. It was kind

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<v Speaker 1>of cold, and I made her stay until the very

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<v Speaker 1>last snap of the fourth quarter. And that's when she said,

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<v Speaker 1>you're a football psychopath. That's the side with your fan.

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<v Speaker 1>Ye stay in the whole, the whole four quarters. That's

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<v Speaker 1>good to hear. So now you're here with the Dolphins

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<v Speaker 1>and you're taking over the program here. When you when

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<v Speaker 1>a team comes in here to play the Dolphins in

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<v Speaker 1>South Florida on the road or otherwise, what do you

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<v Speaker 1>want them to think? This is the first thing I

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<v Speaker 1>have to take away from a Mike McDaniel lad Miami

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<v Speaker 1>Dolphins team. Much the the one thing you want teams

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<v Speaker 1>to know about when they play the Dolphins. They have

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<v Speaker 1>to match her energy. I think it's a big deal.

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<v Speaker 1>Um that that is a lot of times overlooked when

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<v Speaker 1>you have a collective group of players playing at a

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<v Speaker 1>different energy level. And it's something that you have to

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<v Speaker 1>practice that you don't get the week of It's something

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<v Speaker 1>that has to be ingraded in in your DNA, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's something that you should really um, you really have

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<v Speaker 1>to earn together to be able to play at a

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<v Speaker 1>speed and regardless regardless of it's run pass, we're in

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<v Speaker 1>a three by one, two by two two back, we're

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<v Speaker 1>in personnel. They're gonna feel us come off the ball

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<v Speaker 1>and have to defend the entire field from the first

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<v Speaker 1>snafter the last. So that energy idea match as well

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<v Speaker 1>with early season weather down here. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>you've ever played a game in South Florida or coaching

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<v Speaker 1>game in South Florida experience with that. My first NFL

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<v Speaker 1>game was it was in two thousand five. My first

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<v Speaker 1>regular season game was with the Denver Broncos playing in

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<v Speaker 1>Miami and we got lapped. We we were down to

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<v Speaker 1>like we had safeties playing corners and we were gutted,

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<v Speaker 1>had no no chance. It was like over in the

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<v Speaker 1>early third quarter. So yes, I've felt it heavily, um

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<v Speaker 1>and know what kind of a competitive advantage it can be.

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<v Speaker 1>Jason Taylor had an eighties seven yard fum where return

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<v Speaker 1>for a touchdown in that game. Remember that game really well,

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<v Speaker 1>now you're just stat flexing a little bit. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>that was a big one for us, A big blow

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<v Speaker 1>victory over a team that was supposed to beat us

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<v Speaker 1>that day. So that was a fun one. But sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't the same for you on the other sideline. Hypologize,

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<v Speaker 1>So there's a great clip on social media right now

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<v Speaker 1>with all the content we had earlier this week, and

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<v Speaker 1>you're hiring with you talking to a tungle Byla on

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<v Speaker 1>the airplane. I wanted to ask you about that clip

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<v Speaker 1>and just how it was to kind of meet him

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<v Speaker 1>through the phone. It was. It was fun. It was choppy,

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<v Speaker 1>the the WiFi experience was kind of weird, but no,

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<v Speaker 1>it was really cool to feel his energy. It didn't

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<v Speaker 1>matter Um that sometimes he were breaking in and out. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>He was just excited to talk to me, and that

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<v Speaker 1>excited me. I was excited to talk to him. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>It's something that everybody's been waiting for, uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>waiting for the powers that be to um decide we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to this direction. And they did, and we're all

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<v Speaker 1>excited about it. And I couldn't be happier to um

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<v Speaker 1>work for this franchise, for an incredible owner, and work

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<v Speaker 1>alongside a credible GM and all of it. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think he could feel that energy and it was obvious

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<v Speaker 1>on his face and his tone of voice. Is that

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<v Speaker 1>what you're most excited about working with him? His energy? Um? No,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm excited about a player that wants to get better.

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<v Speaker 1>And point blank, it's a in the coaching player relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>Both parties have to participate and you can only get

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<v Speaker 1>out of a player what they're willing to put in,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. And and so I'm excited for him to

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<v Speaker 1>he's I can tell he's really going to attack it.

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<v Speaker 1>He he's a player that has an internal chip on

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<v Speaker 1>his shoulder and um. But we have a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>work to do, and that will be a really fun

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<v Speaker 1>day when we first get to get on the field.

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<v Speaker 1>But first and foremost, we have to get him. We

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<v Speaker 1>have to get a staff to coach him, and then

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<v Speaker 1>some players to are some players to study in a

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<v Speaker 1>playbook too, to study so that you can study some

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<v Speaker 1>film and and get to that point which we're all

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<v Speaker 1>excited about. And your quarterback is going to be obviously

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<v Speaker 1>the conduit for the offense or on the field for

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<v Speaker 1>your offense. And you know, talking about two and and

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<v Speaker 1>just earlier you mentioned free by one, two by two

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<v Speaker 1>kind of some of the offensive designs there. What does

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<v Speaker 1>what does it look like for you in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>when you go to design to play, How does that

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<v Speaker 1>process kind of work for putting together a play for

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<v Speaker 1>Mike McDaniel m HM. Well, that was a cool question.

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<v Speaker 1>I've never got that one before. UM. And the long

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<v Speaker 1>and short of it is, I look at offensive plays

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<v Speaker 1>as as problem solving solutions. So I don't really sit

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<v Speaker 1>there and think, Okay, what can be cool? I look

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<v Speaker 1>at the Okay, what is the defense, what defense do

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<v Speaker 1>they play? What issues do they have? UM? Where are

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<v Speaker 1>they vulnerable? And how to attack it? And then you

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<v Speaker 1>think back to the library, what are they, what are

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<v Speaker 1>they defending, how do they want to defend you? What

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<v Speaker 1>have they've been practicing? And all of those things formulate. Okay, well,

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<v Speaker 1>let's let's do this one play that you could do

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<v Speaker 1>any number of ways. But let's take the tight end

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<v Speaker 1>and motion them from left or right, or let's start

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<v Speaker 1>in the backfield because we have another play that plays

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<v Speaker 1>off of that. All of it is finding solutions um

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<v Speaker 1>that the defense presents UM. And then okay, well, what

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<v Speaker 1>ways can we take advantage of our offensive personnel? UM? Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>Wattle is pretty really really really fast. UM, let's line

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<v Speaker 1>them up over here and make him defend something deep

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<v Speaker 1>and then run the ball behind it. Things like that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a great answer. I think Dolphins fans are gonna

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<v Speaker 1>love to hear that. So obviously you have an extensive

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<v Speaker 1>history of coaching offense in this league. Is offensive coordinator, receivers,

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<v Speaker 1>running backs, the whole gamut, as you will know, how

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<v Speaker 1>does that, How does leading an offensive room or a

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<v Speaker 1>receiver's room, running backs room, eventually an offensive room prepared

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<v Speaker 1>you to take over an entire football team and be

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<v Speaker 1>a head coach of the Miami doult I think sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>people can over complicate coaching and what what's what's very

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<v Speaker 1>comforting to me is being coaching a receiver and being

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<v Speaker 1>a receiver coach. Wasn't that different than coaching an offensive group.

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<v Speaker 1>Because what you're doing is you are establishing a connection

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<v Speaker 1>with players and saying, hey, here, I'm going to prove

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<v Speaker 1>to you how um, I'm gonna get you better. And

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<v Speaker 1>if they buy what you're selling, they listen to it

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<v Speaker 1>and they apply it, and that relationship that that where hey, player,

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<v Speaker 1>you're depending on me. It doesn't matter what position I'm coaching,

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<v Speaker 1>as long as you are talking to them and um,

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<v Speaker 1>really engaging their mind and they learn they can establish hey,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, whatever he's saying, if I listen to it, man,

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<v Speaker 1>that's gonna make me better. They will do anything for

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<v Speaker 1>you and when you're talking to a team, I guess

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<v Speaker 1>what is an offensive coach? If you do know what

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing, you have to know defense. It's impossible to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to coach offense without knowing defense and vice versa.

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<v Speaker 1>So those those types of things. For players, all they

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<v Speaker 1>want to do is get better, you know, they just

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<v Speaker 1>they want to play their best. So you established that

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<v Speaker 1>you can make them better, and hey, they'll do whatever

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<v Speaker 1>for you. So kind of on that same train of

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<v Speaker 1>thought about the defense, you inherit a defense that has

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<v Speaker 1>had a lot of production and a lot of players

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<v Speaker 1>that have caused that production from the last previous couple

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<v Speaker 1>of years. Returning to this team, how do you maintain

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<v Speaker 1>that defensive performance we saw the last couple of years

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<v Speaker 1>here in Miami. Well, there's I heard this early in

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<v Speaker 1>my career, and I think it's very true. You're either

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<v Speaker 1>getting better or getting worse. You don't stay the same.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think that hunger um that they've they've had

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<v Speaker 1>here is very important. But you don't stop where you

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<v Speaker 1>left off. You continue to grow. And that's all I

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<v Speaker 1>see from um. The people in the bill, of the

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<v Speaker 1>players that I've talked to, is they're not saying, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>that was cool to UM be a pretty good defense. No,

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<v Speaker 1>we want to win football games. Well, if we have

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<v Speaker 1>to be the very best defense in the league to

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<v Speaker 1>do it, let's do that. If we can be marginally

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<v Speaker 1>worse but the offense can be a lot better, let's

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<v Speaker 1>do that. It doesn't matter. It's a team sport. We're

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<v Speaker 1>focused on the team getting better and the team winning

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<v Speaker 1>football games and knowing that last year. UM, it's a foundation,

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<v Speaker 1>but it doesn't mean anything moving forward. Absolutely, and in

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<v Speaker 1>one area of I suppose more modern day football, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>for their back and people realize, but in all three

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<v Speaker 1>phases of the game, analytics have really taken on their

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<v Speaker 1>new role in the National Football League. What's your approach

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<v Speaker 1>to analytics and how they can benefit a coaching staff

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<v Speaker 1>or a player, just the entire operation. UM. I tend

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<v Speaker 1>to try to really focus on the numbers that are right. No, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a it's a very, it's a very it's a

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<v Speaker 1>useful tool. But like anything else, you can't take anything

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<v Speaker 1>as an absolute. So you UM, you're taking the information like, hey, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>I understand why it's UM over time you should probably

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<v Speaker 1>go for it on fourth down here, But you also um,

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<v Speaker 1>my opinion. You have to be careful to do anything

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<v Speaker 1>in absolutes, and you have to understand, Okay, what's the situation,

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<v Speaker 1>what's the time of the clock, Um, how's our defense plane,

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<v Speaker 1>what if we give the ball back? All these factors.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's a tool like anything else. But um, you

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<v Speaker 1>use it, um with every every other piece of information

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<v Speaker 1>to try to make the best decision. Is there kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a process for how you determine, you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>best way to handle certain situations in terms of late

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<v Speaker 1>game or time out management, clock management. Is there something

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<v Speaker 1>that you can kind of look back to in your

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<v Speaker 1>football life and say that's prepared me for that challenge

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<v Speaker 1>here as a head coach. No, you Um, you try

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<v Speaker 1>not to miss a rep along the way, and very

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<v Speaker 1>mindful of you know, it's been documented. I've been pretty

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<v Speaker 1>ambitious during my career. I've had being a head coach

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<v Speaker 1>in my mind, um for a long time. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you're serious about that, every single game, you don't you

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<v Speaker 1>you don't miss a rep. So what I've tried to

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<v Speaker 1>do is put myself in the position of the head

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<v Speaker 1>coach for the last fifteen years, UM, because I you'd

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<v Speaker 1>hate to to all of a sudden getting a situation

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<v Speaker 1>like I feel unprepared. But even that's not enough because

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<v Speaker 1>there's so many situations that happened, So you have to UM.

0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:43.040
<v Speaker 1>You're coaching staff has to be able to acquire multiple situations.

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<v Speaker 1>We've we've had We've had something in the past that

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<v Speaker 1>I planned to employee called around the league where weekly

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<v Speaker 1>we take UM different situations that come up so you

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<v Speaker 1>can review and then in the offseason you have to review.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, there's everything is built towards UM trying to

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<v Speaker 1>make the best informed decision UM with all the variables

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<v Speaker 1>that are compounding and there's never an absolute and you're

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<v Speaker 1>only right if it works, and all of that has

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<v Speaker 1>led you to coaching some of the top running games

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<v Speaker 1>in the National Football League the last few years. I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to get your take on just how important and

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<v Speaker 1>how valuable the running game is in the modern NFL

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<v Speaker 1>and the importance of balance on offense as well. It's UM.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's extremely important UH in terms of you

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<v Speaker 1>can you can really play to the strength of your

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<v Speaker 1>team when you have a good defensive team. I think

0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:37.120
<v Speaker 1>it's important to dictate the terms like when you're running

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<v Speaker 1>the ball, you're taking more time off the clock. When

0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:42.200
<v Speaker 1>you're taking more time off the clock, you know who

0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:45.000
<v Speaker 1>doesn't have the ball the other team. It's hard to

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<v Speaker 1>score when you don't have the ball. So all of

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<v Speaker 1>these things are will always be important in football. I

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<v Speaker 1>do think there's a competitive advantage UM as of late

0:14:56.760 --> 0:15:02.040
<v Speaker 1>where you know people there this league is cyclical, it

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<v Speaker 1>goes in trends, and there's a lot of people are

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<v Speaker 1>pretty excited about throwing the ball. UM, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>that does give an advantage of people that try and

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<v Speaker 1>know how to run the ball. UM. But it still

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<v Speaker 1>means you have to be good at passing the ball

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<v Speaker 1>as well to be a complete team. But UM, in football,

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<v Speaker 1>because you have to have the ball to score unless

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<v Speaker 1>you turn it over. UM, there will always be a

0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:30.040
<v Speaker 1>competitive advantage if you can run the ball. Well. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>just this last playoff rom we saw your forty niners

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<v Speaker 1>take a take a couple of top quarterbacks and keep

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<v Speaker 1>on the sideline with that running game. And so with

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<v Speaker 1>that in mind, you know you've been a part of

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of playoff teams and coaching a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>big games and playoff games. How do you think that

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<v Speaker 1>experience prepares you for the possibility of coaching in big

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<v Speaker 1>games down the line here with the Miami Dolphins. The

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<v Speaker 1>the more you coach in big games and playoff games

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<v Speaker 1>because there's a different atmosphere in them, um, the more

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<v Speaker 1>I just got the chills because it's it's a different atmosphere,

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<v Speaker 1>but you become much more comfortable with it, so it

0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:07.440
<v Speaker 1>feels like a regular game. And that's the key. You

0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:10.680
<v Speaker 1>want to really put yourself in the position that your

0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:13.640
<v Speaker 1>your heart rates the same, your intensity is the same

0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:18.000
<v Speaker 1>at all times. You want to practice deliberately, so you should.

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<v Speaker 1>You're trying to replicate that energy and practice. It's tough,

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<v Speaker 1>but you try to. And then regular season playoffs. The

0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:29.800
<v Speaker 1>more they're all the same, the more you're making decisions

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<v Speaker 1>for the right reasons, which is your job to do.

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<v Speaker 1>And the more that, um, the moment doesn't become too

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<v Speaker 1>big to the point that there there aren't really nervous

0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:41.560
<v Speaker 1>when you when your whole season is on the line,

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<v Speaker 1>You're just worried about doing what's best for your team

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<v Speaker 1>and making the best possible call, uh that they can

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<v Speaker 1>put your players in position be successful hopefully. Yeah. And

0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:54.040
<v Speaker 1>a big part of that obviously is kind of having

0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:55.920
<v Speaker 1>that message right your coaching staff. Can you kind of

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<v Speaker 1>take us for the process of filling out a coaching

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<v Speaker 1>staff and what's important to you in those those possessions,

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<v Speaker 1>in those roles. UM, this is this is a business

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<v Speaker 1>of relationships. It's lost in a lot of it there

0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:12.960
<v Speaker 1>in the in fantasy football and UM all this stuff,

0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:16.240
<v Speaker 1>you really lose sight of the fact that these are

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<v Speaker 1>human beings that have to play together. There's eleven of

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<v Speaker 1>them at the same time, and the objective is who

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<v Speaker 1>can operate the best together. So within that UM, coaching

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<v Speaker 1>staffs are extremely important in the same regard where you

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<v Speaker 1>have to have communicators, you have to have leaders, but

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<v Speaker 1>they also have to be able to maintain relationships with

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<v Speaker 1>these players because they are asking they're asking the players

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<v Speaker 1>to do something in a violent sport that if put

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<v Speaker 1>themselves in harm's way for the sake of the team,

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<v Speaker 1>and the only way you do that is by establishing relationships.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's first and foremost. I look at for communicators,

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<v Speaker 1>people that can establish relationship and and good teachers UM.

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<v Speaker 1>And then at the end of the day, you assembled

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<v Speaker 1>as many of those as you can, UM, you should

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<v Speaker 1>be able to set your team in the right direction.

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<v Speaker 1>Earlier you mentioned your pursuit of being a head coach

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<v Speaker 1>for your entire coaching career. I don't know if you

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<v Speaker 1>saw this earlier, but a friend of yours, Jeff Darlington

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<v Speaker 1>from ESPN, tweeted out a resume that you sent him

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<v Speaker 1>back in two thousand and five with the Denver Broncos

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<v Speaker 1>or to get that job with the Denver Broncos, and

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<v Speaker 1>you sent the tum on an Excel document. That got

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people talking on Twitter about the idea

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<v Speaker 1>of putting a resume on an Excel document. What was

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<v Speaker 1>the thought process there? Because I hate word tab functions

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<v Speaker 1>and I was I was trying to find the edge

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<v Speaker 1>in the resume game, and I had like this. I

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<v Speaker 1>thought it was pretty cool at the time. But I

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<v Speaker 1>had like and Excel you can like merge all the

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<v Speaker 1>all cells on the right hand side and then like

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<v Speaker 1>do whatever feature that is, and I had my signature

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<v Speaker 1>and like cursive. It didn't work, But um, I think

0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:01.159
<v Speaker 1>I think you did. I mean I could have just

0:19:01.280 --> 0:19:04.159
<v Speaker 1>used word but that that was the reason. And uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a risk. It was risky business because I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not that good of a speller and Excel doesn't really

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<v Speaker 1>have spell check or at least it didn't at the time.

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<v Speaker 1>So um, but you know, no guests, no glory. I

0:19:15.920 --> 0:19:17.520
<v Speaker 1>guess I love it. I love I have one more

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<v Speaker 1>question for you. It's a complete departure from what we've

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<v Speaker 1>been talking about. But no vegetables, Yeah not really, So

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<v Speaker 1>what does a meal look like for you? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>no green vegetables. I'm a potato guy. Um, meat and potatoes. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of eat like a kid, right. Any cloric

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<v Speaker 1>in take is great for me. But uh, very big

0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:46.720
<v Speaker 1>meat chicken I was. I was raised out West um

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<v Speaker 1>and Greely, Colorado, which is a cattle cattle country. So burgers, fries,

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<v Speaker 1>all that, all that jazz. We've got plenty of options downstairs,

0:19:56.640 --> 0:19:58.960
<v Speaker 1>Jackie the Jackshack they call it here. Lots of great

0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:00.399
<v Speaker 1>food options for you down there. It's all I got

0:20:00.440 --> 0:20:03.000
<v Speaker 1>for you. Coach, appreciate time today. That was awesome and

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<v Speaker 1>there he goes, head coach of the Miami Dolphins. We

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