1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: Hey, Bill, good morning, Hey, good morning. How you doing. 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: How are you? Oh? Good? Good? Ready to roll? Does? Does? Does? 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: First place in the East this morning? Haven't he added 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: meaning for for this team after the difficulty of last year? Uh? 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: I don't think about that. We'll just take him one 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 1: day at a time here and get ready for Tennessee Bill, 7 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: when you look at Devin mccordy thirtieth career interception on Thursday, 8 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: a guy who spent his whole career with you, what 9 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: does he mean to this team both on and off 10 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: the field. Yeah, Devins had a great career. Um, you know, 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: he's an amazing person. It gives us a great leadership 12 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: every single day, not just on game day or at 13 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: various points, uh, during the year. He does it, you know, 14 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: on a daily basis. And really, you know, Holds helps 15 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: all our secondary and our defense together. So really word 16 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: to have him, and um, you know he's played a 17 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: lot of great football for US. Thirty interceptions, that's pretty good. 18 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 1: Pretty good, Um, career bounding hopefully of course. Yeah, he's 19 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: given a lot of credit to your son Steve for 20 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: his ability to prepare the guys weekend week out. Obviously 21 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: you know him better than anybody. So how much growth 22 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: have you seen out of him in his coaching style 23 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 1: this season? Well, Devin came here pretty well prepared, um 24 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: from being with Coachy Ono Rutgers, and I think that 25 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 1: the players that Coachiano sign out of there are you know, 26 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: as well prepared as any any players for the NFL 27 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:42,119 Speaker 1: as any program. Um. You know, but it's a different 28 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: game and it's you know different, Uh did different things 29 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: that players have to do here than than at that level, um, 30 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: and Devin made those adjustments and continue to you know, 31 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: fine tune them on a on a regular basis. Um. 32 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: You know, each week's different, each years different, every you know, 33 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: things continually changed, and so they have to stay on 34 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: top of it, which he has Bill get you some 35 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:09,959 Speaker 1: mars just because it sounds like you might have a 36 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: little bit of a cold deal. Short week, you know, 37 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: on the road, always tough to get wins in the NFL. 38 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,239 Speaker 1: But you're able to go down to Atlanta put together 39 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: a very impressive performance shout out, shut out a very 40 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 1: good football team. What was the one thing that you 41 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: felt like after this game was most impressive that your 42 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: team was able to do with all those situations and 43 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: circumstances looking them in the face. Well as you know, well, 44 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: you gave just physical turnaround from Sunday to Thursday, and 45 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: then the mental preparation that you normally have seven days 46 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: to do that you have to cram into four days. 47 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,239 Speaker 1: I just thought they as a team did a really 48 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: good job of continuing to press on and prepare from 49 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: Wednesday when we got on the bus, you know, watching 50 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: film on the plane, to watching film Wednesday night walk 51 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: through and film on Thursday, and players getting together in 52 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,839 Speaker 1: groups and and going over things. They just they really 53 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: worked all the way through the game time. And so 54 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:18,519 Speaker 1: some of the situations that came up in the game, 55 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: like the defensive third and fourth and one stops and 56 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: things like that. Um, it was it was great to 57 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: see those, Um, those plays turn out in our favors. 58 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: I know that the players worked very hard to to 59 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: make all that happen. Bill, I'm gonna be Wiggy's hype 60 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: man for a minute because because he won't say it, 61 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: but his sign is headed to his son's high school, 62 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: the Wildcat. How was other sign? Other sign is headed 63 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: to a Super Bowl? Atchilette. Would you be a Central Catholic? 64 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: Would you be available for a pregame speech. That's great. Congratulations, 65 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: Well we really you turn them out, man, that's all 66 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: I heard. We got a wildcat. Yeah, it's good coaching. 67 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: Don't worry, Wiggy will be sending you film on both 68 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: of them. Okay, future, Well that's a good question, Bill, 69 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: is you know you're having a lot of success. It 70 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: looks like you're really happy with the way things are going. 71 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: How long are you going to coach? I know this 72 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: was quite east question and I'm kind of snow classic 73 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: sorright sor right? Well, you got to preface it. Teddy 74 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: Bruski said that you always told him that you wouldn't 75 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: coach as long as Marv Levy. But with your success 76 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: this season and now having mac Jones, are you changing 77 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: your tune at all? Yeah? Again right now? Really, just 78 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: folks don't get ready for Tennessee and they'll deal with 79 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: all that later. I appreciate you asking. Thank you well. 80 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 1: When you look at Ryan Tannehill coming off a tough 81 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: one yesterday but a vet nonetheless, what challenges does he 82 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: present for this team as you guys get ready for Sunday? Yeah, 83 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 1: Ryan's always played well against us UM. He's a very 84 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 1: smart player. He handles things in the line of scrimmage, audibles, 85 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: m checking plays, getting the team, UM into good plays 86 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: or out of bad ones, however you want to look 87 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: at it. Um he's very athletic, He's fast, he can 88 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 1: make um, you know, yard each with his legs out 89 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: of the pocket, but also get out and scrambling find 90 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:26,239 Speaker 1: more time to throw. But again he's he's very uh 91 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: mobile and and smart in making good decisions for his team. 92 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: UM and I've always had a lot of a lot 93 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 1: of respect. I was happy to see him leave Miami, 94 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: but I'm still happy to play against him at Tennessee. 95 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: He's He's done a good job. Still has Has this 96 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: team at this point in the season, exceeded your expectations 97 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: for them? Yeah, I don't really do the expectations thing. 98 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: We just just keep trying to get better every day 99 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:02,720 Speaker 1: wherever we're at and forward and just trying to be 100 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 1: better yesterday than we were the day before and better 101 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: tomorrow than we are today. And that's how I feel 102 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: like I need to coach the team, not try to 103 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: think they're going to be here or there. It's it's 104 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: hard to tell. And again, your air opponents have a 105 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: lot to do with that as well. So when you 106 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: play different teams and where they're at and how those matchups, 107 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: what they look like now and what they look like 108 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: two months ago, or what they look like, you know, 109 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: in a couple of weeks, it could be very different. 110 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 1: So just take a day to day and think it 111 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: as it comes and try not to make too much 112 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: out of those. Let me let me just ask about 113 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: this because I would love for you to verify a 114 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: story that one of your former players mentioned on this 115 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: show a week and a half or so ago. Is 116 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: it accurate that Matt light once snuck into your office 117 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: and replaced your computer mouse with a shock mouse, and 118 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: every time you touched it, you were shocked? That's what 119 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: he said on this program. Is that accurate? No? I 120 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: think that was a more of an offensive line thing. 121 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: All right, So it happened, But but Matt Lte shouldn't 122 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: be taking full credit for it, is what you're saying. 123 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: I don't remember that ever happening to me now. I 124 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: think I think it might happen in the offensive line room. 125 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: But okay, all right, I wasn't in there for that either, 126 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: So you have to go to somebody else for a verification, 127 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: all right, we have to verify that elsewhere. I'm gonna 128 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: work on that, Wiggy. Bill. You talk about stacking good 129 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: days together. Good practice is a good good games, and 130 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: you guys have been able to do that, and you've 131 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: had some success here over the past several weeks. How 132 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: do you make sure, and you're talking about coaching this 133 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: football team, how do you make sure that they stay 134 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: focused and they stay in the moment and not get 135 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: too far ahead of themselves because of the success that 136 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: they have and right now, yeah, well again, Wiggy, as 137 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: you know, we just try to take it one day 138 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: at a time and not not not worry about what 139 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: did or didn't happen in the past, other than obviously 140 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: to correct our mistakes and and learn from things that 141 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: situations and things like that. But just try to take 142 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: each day as its own opportunity and make the most 143 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: of it. And I think our guys have done a 144 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: good job of that. But well, we'll need to continue 145 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: to do it. Bill. I know we've asked you about 146 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: having such a late bye week before, but when you 147 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: look at the last ten days that you've had, does 148 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: having such a late bye week impact this almost mini 149 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: buy that you guys have from playing Thursday to Sunday. Um, no, 150 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: I don't think so. Whenever the bye week comes, it comes. 151 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: We can't control our schedule, and so with every long 152 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,079 Speaker 1: weeks a short week, With every short week, there's a 153 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: long week, and every team in the league gets to 154 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: buy at some point. So when they come, they come, 155 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: try not to worry too much about them and just 156 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 1: take the schedule as as it falls. So you look 157 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 1: forward to to coaching against Mike Rabel. Well, Mike done 158 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: a great job at Tennessee. And always have a lot 159 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 1: of respect for Mike and certainly have a ton of 160 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 1: respect for him as a Um well my name was 161 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 1: a position coach and as a head coach for sure. Um, 162 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 1: so I'll be a big challenge and in Tennessee's, you know, 163 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: obviously a good football team and one of the best 164 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: teams in the league. So um, you know'll do our 165 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: best to get ready and be ready to go on Sunday. 166 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 1: But you know, Mike does a Mike does a great 167 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: job and other than when we plan, um, you know, 168 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: I'm rooting for him, but not this week. All right, 169 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 1: he's got one. I just had one last question. Bill. 170 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: You guys have done a really good job this year 171 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: of creating turnovers and winning takeaway battles. What kind of 172 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: kind of emphasis are you telling these guys in practice 173 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: that you're seeing that lead UM from the practice field 174 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: into the football games. Yeah. We you know, we try 175 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: to side of it every single day in practice and 176 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: pull out plays UM, as you know, and when you 177 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: were here, really the same thing, pull out plays in 178 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: practice of examples of you know, good ball security and 179 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: bad ball security or UM good awareness by the defense 180 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: to take the ball away or punch it out and 181 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: and opportunities where we could have done it but we didn't. 182 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: And so I think that's really the best way, you know, 183 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: for us to coach. And I think our players do 184 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: have good good awareness of ball security when they have it, 185 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: and UM and and an awareness to try to take 186 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: it away when there's an opportunity as second man and 187 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: on a tackle or coming in from behind and things 188 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: like that. UM. But you know, it's a fast game 189 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: and there's a lot happening out there, and you can't 190 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: can't see everybody all the time, and sometimes things happen 191 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: that that don't turn out the way you want them to. 192 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: But we, you know, keep keep trying to coach those 193 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: and make them aware of it. I think our players 194 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: that's certainly grown in that area. But again, each week 195 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:08,199 Speaker 1: is its own its own challenge. On Tennessee's h they 196 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: don't they don't fumble the ball much at all, and 197 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: they do a really good job of punching it out 198 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: and stripping it out, and their players are very aware. 199 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 1: So taking care of the ball is always the top 200 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: of the list, and trying to get it away is 201 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: something that we're always looking for and some some teams 202 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: give you more opportunities than others, but we always want 203 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 1: to be on the lookout to take advantage of those 204 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 1: situations as they occur. All right, Bill, Well, before we 205 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: let you go and get back to work, I'm you know, 206 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: I'm somewhat focused on food. I just wanted to ask, 207 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: if there were only one side dish that we're able 208 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,559 Speaker 1: to be on the table Thursday, what would you want 209 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: it to be? Oh? Boy, Well, be hard for me 210 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: to turn down any type of potatoes, So you know, 211 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:02,319 Speaker 1: I'll go with whatever mask potatoes scalloped or you know, 212 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: baked or however they're But yeah, yeah, you bet twice 213 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: up favorite maybe a little bacon, Bill, you bet, absolutely yeah, 214 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: brought some butter on there. Yeah. It just you know, 215 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 1: starts me up. All right, Listen, I have a great 216 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving and we will talk to you again a week 217 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,839 Speaker 1: from today. Thanks Bill, great, Thanks you, Saint you and 218 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: all your listeners Happy Thanksgiving. All appreciate it.