1 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans, 2 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: celebrating seventy six years of providing Tennessee's with high quality 3 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: health coverage at an affordable price. Visit FBHP dot com 4 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: to learn about our history in Tennessee. With Amy Wells, 5 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 1: I'm Mike Keith on a busy day at a Cention St. 6 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: Thomas Sports Park, but an exciting day. Doesn't it feel 7 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,599 Speaker 1: good to be busy? It does, and today was extremely exciting. 8 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: We recorded this on Friday, January the twentieth, and just 9 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: a little while ago, Ran Carthon had his first press 10 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: conference as he's introduced as general manager. Amy Adam Strunk 11 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: very excited to introduce him, Mike Vrabel, very excited to 12 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: work with him. I mean he won the press conference, 13 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: There's no question about it. I mean he blew everybody away. 14 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: I don't think anyone who had heard the build up 15 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: to him is surprised that he won the press conference. Amy, No, 16 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: absolutely not. I mean anybody you talked to in the 17 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 1: National Football League, anybody who has spoken on him publicly 18 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: at all in the last week or so, has had 19 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: glowing things to say about Ran. And I think we 20 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: all saw that today, ton of charisma, ton of excitement, 21 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: and you can tell he's passionate about this job, this opportunity, 22 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: and also this football team. And I think that those 23 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:37,119 Speaker 1: three things are all good by me. I'm just over 24 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: the moon. Everybody blown away to by the video from 25 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: Thursday of him entering Ascension Saint Thomas Sports Park and 26 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: the staff on hand to greet him, and what that 27 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: meant to both he and his family. Absolutely, it was, 28 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: I mean a beautiful moment. The video, it just blows 29 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: you away, you know. And the Titans posted it and 30 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: I got a ton of things from people all across 31 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: the NFL just kind of talking about what a cool 32 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: moment that was. You could tell it really touched him, 33 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: and I think it also really kind of touched Aby 34 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 1: Adam Strunk. She seemed blown away by the fact that 35 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: every area of the club, from the ticket office to 36 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: the marketing department, to coaching staff and scouts, everybody was 37 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 1: there and it showed how this team has really kind 38 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: of come together, and the collective organization, not just the 39 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: football side, not just the business side, but the collective 40 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: organization is excited about this higher and this next chapter 41 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: for this team. Let's hear from ran Carthon, as I 42 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: had a chance to sit down and visit with him 43 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 1: about more than just football, about his dad, his perception 44 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 1: of this job. Coming back to this part of the country, 45 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: you'll hear that he is a very serious Florida Gator 46 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: to this day. Still this and a lot more rant 47 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: Carthon joining us on the a T T. This is 48 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: the man of the hour, the Titans New GM, and 49 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: we have to start with the most important part. I say, 50 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: because I watched your dad play in the usfl Maurice Carthon, 51 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: I say Carthon because that's how they said it on TV. 52 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: Is that your preferred pronunciation? We can, yes, that's how 53 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: I pronounce it. My mom pronounced it Carthon. Since everybody 54 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: has their own my mom said it when when you 55 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: got hired, she said Carthon. I said, I think it's Carthon. 56 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: So I use Carthon. I use Carthon, he uses Carthon. 57 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: Everybody has their own version of it, but we'll roll 58 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: with Carthon. Titans fans say, Carthon, you're doing just fine, 59 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: all right, So when you're looking for players, I want 60 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: to I want to throw the stead at you about 61 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: your dad. Okay, So in nineteen eighty five, he played 62 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: twenty two games for the New Jersey General Do you 63 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: know this, Yes, he played twenty two games for the 64 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: New Years Generals. Then he walked sixty five steps from 65 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: the General's locker room at the Meadowlands to the Giants 66 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: locker room at the meadow Lands, and then he played 67 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: twenty three games for the Giants. So, in the space 68 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: of less than a year, your dad played in forty 69 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: five games. Can you find us some players like that? 70 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 1: I don't think those existing the first time? Limitations and 71 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: but no, he told me that story, and I was 72 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 1: I was unaware of that story. He told me that 73 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: man probably about eight years ago he told me that story. 74 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 1: I think he had a two week window from when 75 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: the USFL season ended versus when he signed with the Giants. 76 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: And he told me legitimately he almost retired following that 77 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 1: season just because the total took on his body, and 78 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: especially as a lead blocking you know, fullback who didn't 79 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: touch the ball. He just was a battering round. Was 80 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: an extension of the old line. But yeah, that's a 81 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 1: that's a crazy step. What's the main trait you think 82 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: you take from your dad? And you carry on into 83 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: your life to this day. Work. That's the first thing 84 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: come to mind. I tell people I'm an early riser. 85 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: I got that from my dad. Like my biological clock, 86 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: no matter what coast i'm I'm up by four forty seven, 87 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: and it's specifically for forty seven, you know, And it's 88 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: no alarm. And that's just my biological clock. My dad 89 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: when he was coaching, he was in the office by 90 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: four or thirty. Guy. You know, my dad worked extremely 91 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: hard and that's that was him all the way through. 92 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: And you know, I mean ultimately he had a he 93 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: had a stroke in twenty fourteen New Year's Day, and 94 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: that was a lot of you know, stress from the 95 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 1: way he worked in not allowing his body to regenerate. 96 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: But you know, the way I'm hard wired comes from 97 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 1: him to you know, I'll be in here early. That's 98 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: just who I am. I get my best works done then. 99 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: But that's the quality I think I've took the most 100 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: from my dad. Ran What was it like telling your 101 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: mom and dad I'm a GM in the NFL as 102 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: of today? So it's funny. My dad and I we 103 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: were talking about it last night when he got in town. 104 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: He was like you told me the news so calm. 105 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: He was like, I was just waiting no more. I 106 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: didn't know if you were serious. And I kind of 107 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,039 Speaker 1: got that consistently. Even my wife didn't take me serious. 108 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 1: But you know, like I've said before, I was in 109 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: the middle of an airport terminal, you know, so I 110 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: couldn't be too excited and run. You have this vision 111 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: of you know, when I get that call that I'm 112 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: going to be named the GM of a place, like 113 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: I'm it's like draft day where you see the guys 114 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: jump up in family's check. I'm in a terminal with strangers, 115 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,239 Speaker 1: you know, And so I just tried to compose myself 116 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: as much as possible where he was just giving me 117 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: a hard time last night that I was just way 118 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: too calm. Found a couple of quotes from you from 119 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: twenty twelve. I want to read them to you and 120 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: see how much they still apply. That's what I'm all about. 121 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 1: I'm all about winning, even more so than in twenty twelve. 122 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: I mean now in twenty twelve, I'm I'm assuming at 123 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 1: the time I was with the Rams may have just 124 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 1: gotten hired by the Rams. So I'm playing a key 125 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: part in Lesson's operation. And I tell guys in the 126 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 1: office all the time, whether you agree or disagree with 127 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,119 Speaker 1: the decision. Let's just use Less as example. Since we're talking, 128 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: we're here to execute Less's vision. Right, So I'm just 129 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: a soldier in Less's army, and now I get to 130 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: be the general, you know, of an army. So it's 131 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: really more it's important, you know, like I said, to win, 132 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: you know, and it's even more important now than I'm 133 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: the general. All right, here's another one. I never run 134 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: away from competition. I'm a very competitive guy. I'm feeling 135 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: like that came from my college days and I know 136 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: the exact time we had a log jam in the backfield. 137 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: And I'm not afraid of competition, you know. I'm one 138 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: of those people that I'm good with having the uncomfortable conversation, 139 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: you know, because sometimes you just need to take things 140 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: head on, and whether you win or lose, you usually 141 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: get better, you know, when you compete on something. So 142 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: that still holds true. All Right, you're an SEC guy. 143 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: You're back in SEC country. It feels like that was 144 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: part of the allure of this job, was to get 145 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: back here where you know, football just means a little 146 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: bit more no matter what level it's. Yeah, it was, 147 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: It's super important and I'm gonna have to be careful. 148 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: Fine my gator flag. Every home that we've lived in 149 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: we have something gator oriented in in front of our 150 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: home and let everybody know where gators now. We have 151 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: a decal on the garage. I got a little gator 152 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: holding a football on the front step. I remember living 153 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: in Atlanta, I had a Gator flag. After every SEC game. 154 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: Usually my flag was in the yard because somebody came 155 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: and took it down, you know. But it's really huge, 156 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: you know, and even from an outside of football perspective. 157 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: My wife is from Miami, and it just allows us 158 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: to get back on this side and be closer to family. 159 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: You know, our parents are getting up there in age, 160 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: so it's more important to you know, spend more time 161 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: with them, and you know, being here in this location 162 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: allows us to do. So. When you finished your playing career, 163 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: you went back and finished your degree and then you said, 164 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna follow my dad into coaching, which is 165 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: what most former players do. You said, I want to 166 00:08:56,679 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: work in personnel. Why did personnel have that kind of 167 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: intrigue for you? So what people don't know is my 168 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 1: dad's initial thing was he wanted to do personnel. Okay, 169 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 1: so Parcels called him, I think this was ninety four 170 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: ninety five and offered him a job. My dad was like, okay, cool, 171 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,439 Speaker 1: but I want to do personnel. And Bill's like, if 172 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: you know, Bill know you're coaching. And once he stamps that, 173 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 1: that's what it is. And so my dad always steered me, 174 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: you know, to personnel. So when I was in college, 175 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: pro day circuit comes, I get a call, Hey, coach 176 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: A is coming. You need to meet him at the 177 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: office at six. You need to watch film with him. 178 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: You need to hold his clipboard, you need to clock 179 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: his forties, you need to and you need to talk 180 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: to him about your teammates. And so that was kind 181 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,839 Speaker 1: of ingrained in me early. And so when I was done, 182 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: I actually coached high schoolball one year in Miami in 183 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: two thousand and seven to see if I had that 184 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: in me. And I learned after two weeks that coaching 185 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: wasn't for me, but it was a good experience to have. 186 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: And then once I went back to finish my degree, 187 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: I kind of just you know, went all charges ahead. 188 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: You went through some st as a player. You got 189 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 1: hurt in high school. You get to Florida, a bunch 190 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 1: of backs there, you have to wait your turn. You 191 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: don't get drafted, you fight your way into the NFL, 192 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: you're cut multiple times, the journey being I don't want 193 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,959 Speaker 1: to say hard, but I mean certainly there were obstacles. 194 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 1: How much of that do you carry into this job 195 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 1: and do you feel like helps you in the personnel 196 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 1: world and now as a general manager? Yeah, I think 197 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: it allows what these young men are going through. I 198 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: think it brings a human element to it because I've 199 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: been through it. One of my mentors back home build spots. 200 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: Would you know, his family owned a hotel and at 201 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: the age of fourteen, he knew that that's what he 202 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: wanted to do, so his father made him work for 203 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 1: every job in the hotel until he eventually took over. 204 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: So that's how I see my journey, right, I've gone 205 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: through all these multiple steps and now I'm here at 206 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: the pinnacle of you know what it is we do 207 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: and so I've worked every job in the buildings. So 208 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: now that allows me to identify with every scout I've 209 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: been in the locker room. I've been cut multiple times, 210 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: so now I can identify with those guys in the 211 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 1: locker room. So that's kind of how I see my journey. 212 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: Alignment in the organization. You said that's the most important 213 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: lesson you've learned that successful organizations have alignment between personnel 214 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,559 Speaker 1: and coaching. When you talked about that today at the 215 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 1: press conference, I totally believed you because you could you 216 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: sense that having seen it successfully work, that it can 217 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 1: be carried over right. Yeah. Absolutely, And at the end 218 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 1: of the day, like I said, you know, we're we're 219 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 1: here to execute you know, Mike's vision and Mike and 220 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: you know whomever our knew offensive coordinator going to be 221 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: in our defensive coordinating specialty coordinator. They have a way 222 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 1: that they want to do things and it's our job, 223 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: as you know, a personnel staff, to go find those players. 224 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: You know, Miss Amy and the crew from the interview. 225 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: I you know, I have this quote and they've heard 226 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: me say it. Hunting at the same time. Is it 227 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,839 Speaker 1: the same as hunting together? And that's what I want 228 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: to do here. I want our guys to hunt together 229 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 1: so we can go out and bring home you know, 230 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:01,439 Speaker 1: the meal so to speak, allow us to be successful. 231 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: One way that you brought home the meal is in 232 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: San Francisco, you identified a lot of free agents that 233 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,199 Speaker 1: have fit well into the forty nine ers world, whether 234 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: they be big name or not. Why has that been 235 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,439 Speaker 1: a strength and what do you feel about that that 236 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,079 Speaker 1: you hope you can do here the same way Again, 237 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 1: it goes back to our staffs being married, you know, 238 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: in the collaboration of the staff, knowing what is going 239 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 1: to take for us to be successful, knowing what our 240 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 1: coaches want, but then at the same time knowing the 241 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: right people to bring into our culture. You know, one 242 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: thing I can say if you look at the Rasha 243 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: that we built in San Francisco, we didn't have a 244 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: lot of bad character guys. We didn't have a lot 245 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: of guys facing disciplinary actions because we were intentional about 246 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 1: the type of person that we wanted to come in 247 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: and fit our culture all right. Last one, you have 248 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 1: been so close to winning a Super Bowl as a 249 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: player and as a personnel man in this league. I mean, 250 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: you have been frightened clothes. How much of it is 251 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,719 Speaker 1: a motivation that you bring to Ascension Saint Thome of 252 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 1: Sports Sports Park and the Tennessee Titans today. Yeah, that 253 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: was one of the things I spoke with the group 254 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: interview group about is you know, it would be their 255 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: first Lombardy, in my first Lombardy. And after we lost 256 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl in twenty nineteen, obviously devastated, and I'm 257 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: talking to my wife about it, and my wife kind 258 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: of brought up the point, you know, maybe it's not 259 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: your time. You know, maybe your time is when you're 260 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,319 Speaker 1: in charge somewhere. Maybe that's your time. And I truly, 261 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: you know, believe, you know, by the grace and mercy 262 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: of the Most High, that you know that the time 263 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: will come with me in charge, and it's specifically here 264 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 1: with this organization, I hope. So we're looking forward to 265 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: the ride, whatever it is. Thank you so much. Thank you, 266 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: Brad Carthon. It's saying it proper. We're glad he's here, 267 00:13:52,640 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: Thanks very much. All right, So let's pick up on 268 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: the Florida thing for just a minute, and the fact 269 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 1: that he is still very much a gay. Yes, when 270 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: Florida beat Tennessee in two thousand and six, twenty one 271 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 1: to twenty, he went to Peyton Manning's room. He's still 272 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: with the colds. He went to Peyton Manning's room, knocked 273 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: on the door. Peyton Manning opened the door and he 274 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: started singing the Florida fight song. That's very funny. Peyton 275 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: immediately closed the door and he stood there and continued 276 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: to sing the Florida fight song until he was finished. That. 277 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: I must say I respect that too. I also respect 278 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 1: Peyton for slamming the door. I'm sure Peyton did not 279 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 1: find that funny. No, he would not find that funny. 280 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: But ran Carthon was cut eleven days later by the Colts. 281 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: Do you think it was I was just about to 282 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: say that's a little too close. I don't think that's 283 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: why he was. He was waived. But you know, I 284 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: think the word that comes to my mind. You watched 285 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: the interview, you heard the whole thing, you met him 286 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: as well. Genuine. Genuine's a great word. Yes, very genuine. 287 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: I think he I mean, I think he's going to 288 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: be a guy who he is who he is. You know, 289 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: he seems passionate about learning, not just how to do 290 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: this job and do it really well because he's never 291 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 1: been a general manager before, but he also seems very 292 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: passionate about learning this organization. He wants to know the 293 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: ins and outs of what's happening. Here at Ascension Saint 294 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: Thomas Sports Park. And it's not just he's coming in 295 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: and doing things his way. He wants to find the 296 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: best way and pull from a lot of different things, 297 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: whether they're established or whether there's something he's experienced from 298 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 1: somewhere else. And I think that that thirst for kind 299 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: of knowledge and understanding is something that comes through right away, 300 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 1: and I think is what's going to make him successful 301 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 1: ultimately at this job. All right. Another thing that jumped 302 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: out to me is I'm listening to him. I'm thinking 303 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: about the GM search in twenty sixteen and the level 304 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: of candidate that Amy Adams Strunk had. I mean, it 305 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 1: was a it was a super duper list of people 306 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 1: who have done things and have been successful. And her 307 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: general manager that she hired was successful. This time, it's 308 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: a very different job need in terms of the GM, right, 309 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: because the Titans aren't bad, you know the Titans. The 310 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: Titans aren't a five win team over two years. The 311 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: Titans don't have the number one pick in the draft. 312 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:41,359 Speaker 1: And it was an impressive list of people that she interviewed, 313 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: several of whom I think you're going to go on 314 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: to hear from. I mean, Monti Austin for it's already 315 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: gotten a GM job in the last week, so I 316 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: think she identified the right people again. But it feels 317 00:16:54,440 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 1: like to me, Ran Carthon is the right I at 318 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: this moment for where this franchise was. Yeah, the same 319 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 1: way she had the temperature in twenty sixteen of who 320 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: she needed to interview and what she needed, And it 321 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: feels like she got the temperature right of who she 322 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 1: needed to talk to this time and what she needed. 323 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: Because it's not exactly the same thing. It's absolutely not 324 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: the same thing. And I think that's a great point 325 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 1: that you make. This job isn't about necessarily building the 326 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: foundation of the Tennessee Titans. There is a foundation for 327 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:36,719 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans because they have been very successful in 328 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: the last eight years. Now it's about elevating now, it's 329 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: about getting over the hump, moving to the next echelon 330 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 1: of what makes a team a great team, a perennial contender, 331 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: a team that this entire nation is talking about consistently, 332 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: and that's kind of the next level. So getting someone 333 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: who has different experiences, a different perspective, a fresh set 334 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: of eyes. There's so many different elements that are required 335 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: in that position right now. I think that that's reflected 336 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 1: not only in the people that Amy brought in to 337 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: really be looking at, but it's reflected in the way 338 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: that Ran as approaching this position and the way that 339 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: he's approaching this job. We heard the word collaboration about 340 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: nine hundred and eighty four times, and I think that 341 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: that's really truly what they are going to be doing. 342 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: It's collaborating. It's working together to build on what is 343 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 1: already established and elevate it and make it that much better. 344 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,719 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 345 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: Plan on paying Less for the coverage you need with 346 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: Farm Bureau Health Plans. Get a quote today at FBHP 347 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,239 Speaker 1: dot com. Amy Adam Strunck was kind enough to take 348 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,640 Speaker 1: a little time to swing by and visit with us 349 00:18:56,160 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 1: as she's positively glowing about the hiring of Ran Carthon today. 350 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: And you just heard it is Carthon. Carthon very fine, 351 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 1: And it helps because that is the way somebody from 352 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:12,400 Speaker 1: the South would say it. Yeah, people don't say Carthon here. 353 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 1: I wouldn't think, you know, I don't think my mother did. 354 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,879 Speaker 1: She got me thrown off because she was like, she 355 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: was like, it's Carthon, I think, and so that got 356 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 1: in my head. So then that's why I ask you, 357 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: Ran Carthon. But I can pronounce this, Amy Adams Strump, 358 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: that's not hard with us now on the OTP Titans, 359 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: owner Amy Adams Strump today introduced the team's new general manager, 360 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: Ran Carthon. As you compiled the list of general manager 361 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 1: candidates to interview, what were some of the most important 362 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:53,360 Speaker 1: characteristics that you were looking for. Well, I think first, 363 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: you know, you have to think we need to find 364 00:19:55,720 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 1: the best evaluator. But you can be so technical, but 365 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 1: there's so much more involved in being a great GM, 366 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 1: and so there was going to be a lot of things. Leadership, personality, 367 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: they're just a lot goes into being that guy that 368 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: that can collaborate with Frabel. You know, most gms picked 369 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: their coach, and we have a you know, special situation. 370 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 1: We have a great coach, and you know that was 371 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: going to be important to me. I had to find 372 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: who I thought could really help this team get to 373 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: the next step, but help this team by working very 374 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: closely with Mike. And you didn't go for a search firm. 375 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,640 Speaker 1: You did all this research yourself, you and the group together. 376 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: Why was that so important? Well, I think you know, 377 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, we had over a 378 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: hundred candidates that you know, six weeks ago we were 379 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 1: looking at, and we kind of got the list down 380 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: to who we thought would would be good choices and 381 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 1: we didn't need the help with a search firm identifying candidates. 382 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: What we did do is hired two consultants that helped 383 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: us a lot. I mean they gave us some grave 384 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: structure to go by during these interviews, Like we had 385 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 1: set questions for all of these seven candidates that we wanted. 386 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: You know, they would get sub questions out of it 387 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: or sub answers. They'd be, you know, talking, we'd kind 388 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,400 Speaker 1: of move along, but we always tried to go back, 389 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: so at the end of the day, we were always 390 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:41,199 Speaker 1: comparing apples to apples. Ran Carthon interviewed last Friday. What 391 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 1: struck you about him in that initial interview. Well, immediately, 392 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: you know, you could just see he was a people 393 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 1: person and he just he has a magnetic you saw 394 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:59,120 Speaker 1: it today personality. I mean, he's got an ease about him. 395 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: You feel comfort. In fact, we were overlooking the practice 396 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: feels before the interview, and I was like, oh, this 397 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: whole wing is new and it was a remodel for 398 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: the old part and he went, oh, just like HDTV, 399 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: And I'm like, yes, like HD. Wait a minute, I'm 400 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 1: supposed to make you feel relaxed. Now you're you know, 401 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: because I guess somewhere he'd heard that I'd like to 402 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 1: remodel things. So but anyway, he just he has a 403 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:29,679 Speaker 1: natural way of making you comfortable. And you could just 404 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: see that it would be a good fit with Mike Rabel. 405 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: Did you know less Friday he was the guy now. 406 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: I mean I really knew right away I want to 407 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 1: learn more about Ran and so we had always thought 408 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 1: we were going to go through, you know, the second 409 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: interview with a shortened list, and I knew pretty much 410 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: right away five minutes into the interview that I wanted 411 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 1: to learn more about Ran. So but you know, you 412 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 1: heard a lot of good things today in the presser 413 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: and he just, you know, he wants to be that 414 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 1: guy that helps bring a championship to Tennessee, but do 415 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: it through collaboration. And I read somewhere that in my 416 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: interview with Teresa someone was like she used that word 417 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 1: like twenty times well, I heard it a like today 418 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: and it wasn't from me, so you know he believes it. 419 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 1: And it's one thing to say, oh, I can collaborate, 420 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,400 Speaker 1: but what does that really mean to you? Anybody can 421 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 1: say that I want to be that collaborator, but you 422 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: really got the sense that he really wanted to be 423 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: that guy that can work all over this building. I mean, 424 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:52,160 Speaker 1: he's just got that way about him. He's a good 425 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 1: fit for our organization. Was there a moment in the 426 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: second interview where you knew it was Rancarthon. Well, we 427 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 1: used the second interview to kind of really dig into 428 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: the weeds, so to speak. And the time before the 429 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: second interview, you know, we called I was just Adolpho 430 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 1: call everyone you can possibly come up with, and and 431 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 1: Burt called John Lynch. And I'm sure you've heard that 432 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 1: John had just glowing things to say about him that 433 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 1: you know, they brought him in as a director or 434 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 1: a pro personnel, but they learned right away that that 435 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,439 Speaker 1: was he's a lot more than just that. And I 436 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 1: think he kind of indicated today that they'd never in 437 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: San Francisco, they don't put people in boxes. You may 438 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,120 Speaker 1: have this title, but a good idea is a good idea, 439 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 1: and I don't care who it's from or if if 440 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,719 Speaker 1: you can go e value you know, you know that 441 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 1: kid or down in University of Florida or wherever. You know, 442 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 1: they'd bring Ran Ran to the rescue sort of thing. 443 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: I mean, they just don't get stuck putting people in boxes, 444 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 1: which I think is a really you know, I've always 445 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,439 Speaker 1: admired the forty nine ers, and I believe that. And 446 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 1: Bert called John on Saturday when they were going to 447 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 1: have a game, you know, and said, now call me later. 448 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 1: I know you're busy. And John called him right away 449 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: and he was at the stadium because he wanted to 450 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 1: talk about Ran. And you know that says a lot 451 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:23,640 Speaker 1: right there. And I called Jed Yord and he just 452 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 1: had the most wonderful things and he said, I mean, 453 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 1: you just would never regret hiring Ran as your GM. Ever. 454 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: You've been doing this nearly eight years. I know a 455 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: lot of significant moments in that period of time. So 456 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:42,360 Speaker 1: for you, these moments are always emotional because this organization 457 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,160 Speaker 1: means so much to you. The people means so much 458 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: to you for you overall, as you got to introduce 459 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: Ran Carthon as the general manager today. From an emotional standpoint, 460 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: what jumps out like yesterday when everybody was in the lobby, 461 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: and I mean from the stadium to the ticket off 462 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: to marketing, everybody was there and they were cheering because 463 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: I think everybody recognized that we got a really special 464 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 1: person coming to our organization. I think back eight years. 465 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 1: I can't believe it's been eight years, but I think back, 466 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 1: and it's just, you know, we've come such a long way, 467 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 1: and I feel us all, you know, rowing together. We're 468 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,880 Speaker 1: we're a team. Everybody's a team, and I just don't 469 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 1: mean the football team. I mean everybody in the building 470 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 1: pulls together. And yesterday was a perfect example of everybody 471 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:36,360 Speaker 1: in the building being excited, being you know, inspired by 472 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: ran and ready for what's going to come in the future. 473 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 1: What is your new GM's charge from the owner as 474 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 1: he begins this job. I got a text from him 475 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: after while he was still at the airport, and he 476 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,200 Speaker 1: was just he was so excited and he was just like, 477 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: I just I can't wait to get back and start 478 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: working on that that championship for you, miss Amy, and 479 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 1: you know that. So if that's my mission to him, 480 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 1: you know, I know there's going to be some difficult 481 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 1: decisions that have to be made and you know, maybe 482 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,640 Speaker 1: some change we you know, I know they're going to evaluate, 483 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: so I'm going to let them, you know, have their 484 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 1: time to do that. But I think, you know, we're 485 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 1: just gonna like be excited for the steps that come 486 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 1: because I know down maybe next year and the year after, 487 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: I'm not really sure, but I know we have a 488 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 1: Lombardi Trophy in our in our future. I'm very very excited. 489 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: All Right, one more thing, We're going back to London. 490 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:41,399 Speaker 1: We're gonna get to We're getting to play for the 491 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 1: second time in London. Excited about that, getting to go 492 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,640 Speaker 1: to Tottenham and play at the Hotspur Stadium. How excited 493 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 1: are you to go back? Well, I'm really excited because 494 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: it's an honor to be picked us one of the 495 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: home teams. And you know the last time we played, 496 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,959 Speaker 1: I went with the team and came back with the team. 497 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 1: Well not next year. That was not smart on my part. Really, 498 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,120 Speaker 1: I want to go and have the whole experience and 499 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 1: go the week and enjoy it because the fans over 500 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:18,439 Speaker 1: there are so they're they're just passionate and this is 501 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:22,679 Speaker 1: their opportunity to get to see NFL football, and you know, 502 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 1: the growth that has happened since we were last there 503 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,639 Speaker 1: is incredible. Now they're in Germany and you know there's 504 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: two stadiums in the UK we're playing in. It's really 505 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 1: an honor. But I'm gonna go and I'm gonna just 506 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 1: enjoy the whole thing. And I look forward to going 507 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 1: to the next pub like I did the last time. 508 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 1: In meeting fans, well, they're looking forward to seeing you. Hello. 509 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 1: How as you're buying maybe Adams drunk like us excited 510 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 1: about going to London. If you're interstudent tickets, go to 511 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: NFL dot com slash International Game. I'm so excited about London, 512 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 1: like kind of freaking out excited. Totton Hotspur, isn't it 513 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: Tottenham Hotspur? I mean we've gone one other time and 514 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: it was one of the top three coolest experiences of 515 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:20,480 Speaker 1: my professional career. I would agree. Tottenham Hotspur the only 516 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 1: purpose built NFL stadium outside of the United States. That's 517 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: where we will play. I'm so excited built to host 518 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: an NFL team and I'm which Wimbley is not. Wimbley 519 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: was nice and they've done a great soccer it's a pitch. 520 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 1: It's a pitch. It's a soccer pitch. Football, it's a 521 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: football pitch. Yeah, yes, it's a soccer field, soccer feed. 522 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 1: I am so excited, though, I'm really like, I'm already 523 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: making plans. Mike, I'm fired out. What about Amy? Adam 524 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: Struck said she's going over for like the whole week, 525 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: in the whole bit. I'm trying to get on that trip. Yeah. 526 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: I mean, if there's one thing we know about Mike Rabel, 527 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 1: he likes to keep it a efient. So I want 528 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 1: if Amy staying longer, I want to be on her 529 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: trip instead. Do you think the Titans will take their 530 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 1: bye week immediately after? They are given the option? When 531 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 1: you play in an international game, you were given the 532 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: option of playing your bye week immediately after. Do you 533 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: think they will? I think so. That's what the team 534 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 1: did the last time we were there. I don't even 535 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 1: remember what year that was, twenty eighteen. Yeah, in twenty 536 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: eight team, that's what the Titans did. I really appreciated it. 537 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 1: I think nobody cares about my vote, but you are 538 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:35,520 Speaker 1: turned around just enough that having a couple days on 539 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: the back end to kind of get yourself re oriented. 540 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 1: I think it is helpful. I think it will depend 541 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:43,120 Speaker 1: on how they maneuver the trip though, the logistics of 542 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: it overall, because teams do it different ways. The Titans 543 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 1: did it really quick in twenty eighteen. We were up, 544 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: we were over, we played, we got right back on 545 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: the plane when we came back home. It was a whirlwind. 546 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: So having a week on the back end of that 547 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: to recalibrate was awesome and I'm sure the team really 548 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 1: needed it. If the Titans end up doing it for 549 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: a longer period of time, some teams then won't take 550 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 1: the bye week because they took more time on the 551 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: front end to kind of get themselves adjusted. Because and 552 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,080 Speaker 1: I'm very susceptible to jet lag, like that's something when 553 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,960 Speaker 1: we play on the West Coast. I'm a little throne um. 554 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,479 Speaker 1: But it's a real difference. I mean, it's something you 555 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,600 Speaker 1: have to maneuver a little bit. You've got to navigate that. 556 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: My understanding is Tottenham is aways from London, not meaning 557 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 1: well outside of London, not like right next door. I 558 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 1: could spend some time in the English countryside. This is 559 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 1: like the holiday what the holiday with Cameron Diaz who 560 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 1: and Kate Winslet. Well, I mean I know both of them, 561 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 1: but good Law and Jack Black watch it every Christmas. 562 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 1: They switch homes in la Ones in the English. Yes, 563 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 1: it's a beautiful story. How far do we think it is? 564 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 1: It's it's uh twenty three miles, but it's fifty three minutes. 565 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 1: You gotta put that in kilometers though, we're going to kilometers. Yeah. Yeah, 566 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 1: the old metric system over. I was in school when 567 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 1: they tried to insert the metric system in the United 568 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,480 Speaker 1: States of America. Oh, that would never work. Well, they 569 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 1: tried to make them work. We were going to switch, supposedly, 570 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 1: and we never did. To Celsius, Oh yes, we learned 571 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: all that in school. Nope, I can't do that. Introducing 572 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:32,000 Speaker 1: the new Duncan Rewards program. It works much better than 573 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: the metric system. Download the app to join today, Start 574 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 1: saving and stacking your way to the free Duncan that 575 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:41,640 Speaker 1: you love Duncan rewards, Save them, stack them, use them 576 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:45,200 Speaker 1: however you want. America runs on Duncan terms apply and 577 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: the metric system does not apply. Can you take a 578 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 1: train from wherever we are to London? You can generally 579 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: take a train everywhere in Europe. I'm not phenomenal where 580 00:32:56,320 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 1: they have us whipped. Yeah, the whole train thing. They 581 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 1: have us whipped on that. I'll admit that. It's fantastic. 582 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: Metric system not so much. No, the metric system is poor. Yes, 583 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: it's just not it's it's not not fantastic. Yeah, but 584 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 1: I guess we'll stay somewhere in London because a lot 585 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: of the festivities will and that's what I'm so excited about. 586 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 1: The festivities. I mean, yes, football is very important and 587 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: we want to try to get Adam Strunk to buy 588 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 1: everybody a beer a pint. I know, I tried that. 589 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 1: That was good for a pint, isn't it a pint? 590 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 1: Is that what you buy? Yeah? That was good. I 591 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:34,000 Speaker 1: like to see all of our fans. I do too. 592 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I just think it's great. Shout out to 593 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:41,040 Speaker 1: our fans, Shout out to the ot people who are European. Yeah, 594 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:44,680 Speaker 1: because we like to London country. We're very appreciative and 595 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: come on down. We're just a little giddy today, Mike, Yeah, 596 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 1: it's a little giddy. I want to play one more 597 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 1: thing for you. I had a chance to interview Gene 598 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:56,040 Speaker 1: Huey and I'm a little giddy over this because gene 599 00:33:56,160 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 1: Hughey was a sensational college football coach who finally left 600 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,600 Speaker 1: Ohio State in nineteen ninety one to go to the Colts. 601 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:08,560 Speaker 1: Ted Marcher bro to hire d and he was the 602 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 1: Colts running back coach for the next nineteen years. Marshall 603 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:17,240 Speaker 1: fok Edgar and James Joseph had all of those guys. Well, 604 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:21,440 Speaker 1: I found him. I found him, and he was one 605 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,680 Speaker 1: of those coaches. Howard Mudd was there and Tom Moore 606 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:27,399 Speaker 1: was there, and they had this incredible coaching staff. But 607 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:30,319 Speaker 1: this is one of those legendary names that you know 608 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,680 Speaker 1: from one of the best franchises in the NFL of 609 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,120 Speaker 1: the time. Gene Huey was a big deal. He was 610 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:42,200 Speaker 1: while he played for the Colts, Ran Carthon's position coach Okay, 611 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: And so I was interested. I wanted to know what 612 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 1: he thought, knowing that he coached Ran as an NFL player, 613 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,480 Speaker 1: And he got back in touch with me in a 614 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,359 Speaker 1: hurry and he's like, I'd love to talk about him. 615 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:59,239 Speaker 1: So this is gene Huey. Gene Huey a forty year 616 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 1: legend and dairy running back coach in the National Football League. 617 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:06,520 Speaker 1: Coach Ran Carthon for three seasons when he played with 618 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,839 Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts. Let's hear some of his thoughts as 619 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:14,600 Speaker 1: he also coached Maurice Carthon the Dad. Yeah, how about 620 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:24,720 Speaker 1: that both of them? Here's here's that on the OTP coach. 621 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:27,680 Speaker 1: I want you to talk to me about how it 622 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,920 Speaker 1: felt for you when you heard the news that one 623 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:34,680 Speaker 1: of your former players, Ran Carthon was named the general 624 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:39,200 Speaker 1: manager of the Tennessee Titans. You know, it's funny because initially, 625 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: when I woke up and I saw that in the 626 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 1: print or on my phone in the news, my mindset 627 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:49,359 Speaker 1: went right to Maurice the Dad, because I've coached them both, 628 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,720 Speaker 1: and I think, Okay, Maurice is gonna work with Tennessee. 629 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,239 Speaker 1: And then I know it's not. It's Ran, you know. 630 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 1: But I was so excited and really pleased that tennis 631 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:04,879 Speaker 1: See interviewed through their process and the decided to hire 632 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,399 Speaker 1: this young man as their general manager. It's fantastic. It's 633 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:14,200 Speaker 1: a fantastic hire. No one from his past is surprised, 634 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,960 Speaker 1: no one. Why is that? Ran? To me was always 635 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:23,560 Speaker 1: a guy that that warm, inviting, embracing smile, was a 636 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,480 Speaker 1: very engaging person. You know, as a player, and curtly 637 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:33,480 Speaker 1: in his profession as the pro personnel player personnel positions 638 00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,400 Speaker 1: he's held with several teams in the league, but he 639 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,799 Speaker 1: has always been on point of what it was that 640 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:42,759 Speaker 1: their duties called them to do and perform, and how 641 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:46,719 Speaker 1: to do that in a way that you're always enhancing 642 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:50,480 Speaker 1: people's lives and professions. And that's the way he's always 643 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:52,279 Speaker 1: been as a player and as a person. And I've 644 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,120 Speaker 1: always had a great deal of respect and admiration for 645 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 1: how he's carried himself, conducted himself and what he brings 646 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:02,560 Speaker 1: to the table and professional pursuits. Coach, when you were 647 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,880 Speaker 1: his position coach with the Colts, you were an awfully 648 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: good football team, especially on offense. For a guy like 649 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,239 Speaker 1: him to be able to fight his way on to 650 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:15,319 Speaker 1: your roster multiple times, what did it say about his 651 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:18,120 Speaker 1: love for the game. Well, you know, I've always looked 652 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 1: at people like that in his position is people ask me, well, 653 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:26,319 Speaker 1: who was the best player between Marshall Falk and Edrin James, 654 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:30,399 Speaker 1: who I also had the pleasure and privilege of coaching here. 655 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,920 Speaker 1: I never try to make those comparisons. I'd always say, 656 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:37,120 Speaker 1: whoever that one eleventh guy was on that field in 657 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,240 Speaker 1: that position running back then he was the best player. 658 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,799 Speaker 1: Because you had to look at it that way. There 659 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,919 Speaker 1: might be difference of things and talents, certainly, because that's 660 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,759 Speaker 1: where that hierarchy goes. But yet if you're out there 661 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:50,560 Speaker 1: and want to eleven with that offensive unit, you'd better 662 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 1: be performing. I don't care who you are or what 663 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,200 Speaker 1: you are. I don't look at it that way. And 664 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,200 Speaker 1: he was one of those kinds of guys as long, 665 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:01,359 Speaker 1: same thing with his father, that perform and did and 666 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,520 Speaker 1: gave you the best day to give you with their abilities. 667 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:05,839 Speaker 1: All right, So let's talk about Mocarthon for a moment. 668 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,239 Speaker 1: I actually go back. I remember him in all three 669 00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:12,960 Speaker 1: USFL seasons with the Generals, probably one of the few 670 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,400 Speaker 1: Mocarthon to me when he went to the Giants, and 671 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,640 Speaker 1: when he finished his career actually with you guys with 672 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:24,640 Speaker 1: the colds. He was about toughness. Yes, his son got 673 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,120 Speaker 1: a bunch of that. I'm guessing too, certainly. I mean 674 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,960 Speaker 1: that DNA and I sent Ran a text the other 675 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:32,640 Speaker 1: day and I just expressed that in the text, and 676 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,000 Speaker 1: I said, you know, you come from good DNA, not 677 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:39,000 Speaker 1: only from your parents, but previous generations in that family, 678 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,279 Speaker 1: and you can sense that and see it, and they 679 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,959 Speaker 1: are about business. And that's what I liked about his dad. 680 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 1: And dad was a tough full back. We were in 681 00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:49,719 Speaker 1: a two back offense in ninety two when he was 682 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,520 Speaker 1: here with us at the Colts, and he had some 683 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:56,480 Speaker 1: great experiences playing USFL, certainly sitting in front of herschel 684 00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,400 Speaker 1: there in a two back set, then parcels having there 685 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 1: at the Giant, and then he comes to us in 686 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:04,200 Speaker 1: ninety two and I had just had arrived here from 687 00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:06,360 Speaker 1: the Ohio state where I was coaching, and there was 688 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,880 Speaker 1: a pleasure to have that kind of a veteran playing 689 00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:11,320 Speaker 1: in that position. He was a full grown man, and 690 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,680 Speaker 1: then an outstanding job for us, And that's certainly transferred 691 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:17,360 Speaker 1: onto his son and that work ethic which is so 692 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,000 Speaker 1: critical and so important to have it to coach here. 693 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,520 Speaker 1: He certainly stars go on to become good coaches and 694 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:27,760 Speaker 1: good personnel Ben, but in most cases the best coaches 695 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,600 Speaker 1: in personnel men are guys who weren't necessarily the stars. 696 00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:34,880 Speaker 1: And Ran Carthon was not a star in the NFL. 697 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:38,040 Speaker 1: Why do you think that type of guy and the 698 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,800 Speaker 1: type of guy that the Titans have just come across 699 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,920 Speaker 1: and have just hired as their general manager. Uses that 700 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:48,960 Speaker 1: experience so well in his evaluation and his relationship process. 701 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:54,400 Speaker 1: You know, I was reading back and looking at Ozzie Newsom, 702 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:58,320 Speaker 1: who we all know about in his career and certainly 703 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,360 Speaker 1: that in the college and then plan Cleveland and then 704 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:05,000 Speaker 1: being there with Baltimore as their general manager was a 705 00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,520 Speaker 1: great evaluator of talent. And you don't have to have 706 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,120 Speaker 1: a lot of titles to be able to do that. 707 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:14,400 Speaker 1: I don't believe. Certainly it helps, Yes, understandable because that says, hey, 708 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,480 Speaker 1: I've had I've had a lengthy career here and resumes 709 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:21,600 Speaker 1: long and all that. But he's been around football people 710 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,640 Speaker 1: through his father, through his own play at University of 711 00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:28,000 Speaker 1: Florida's dad was Arkansas State down there with Larry Lacewell, 712 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:31,920 Speaker 1: and Rand was there with Spurrier and Ron Zook who 713 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:35,440 Speaker 1: I coached with at Ohio State. So he's been around 714 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:39,560 Speaker 1: football people. He has a good keen sense of what 715 00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:43,520 Speaker 1: talent is there and how to implement and get those 716 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:47,319 Speaker 1: pieces into place that will further help whatever organization he's 717 00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,520 Speaker 1: working with. If you had advice for Ran Carthon walking 718 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:54,680 Speaker 1: into this building and starting this job. Knowing what you 719 00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:57,880 Speaker 1: know about the National Football League and the game of football, 720 00:40:58,120 --> 00:40:59,719 Speaker 1: what would be the one piece of advice you would 721 00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:02,560 Speaker 1: give made true to yourself and what your direction is 722 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:06,720 Speaker 1: in your pursuits and those goals and objectives, and don't 723 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:10,640 Speaker 1: listen too much to the outside chattering noise. And I 724 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,560 Speaker 1: use that as my own example. Is this and I 725 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:17,640 Speaker 1: have to to some degree my own foundation of growing 726 00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:20,680 Speaker 1: up in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, where Ernie Davis and Sandy Stevens, 727 00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:23,160 Speaker 1: who were one and four in the Heisman vote getting, 728 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,480 Speaker 1: were both out of my hometown of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and 729 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:28,799 Speaker 1: Tony dun Having told me one time that the reason 730 00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:30,800 Speaker 1: why m with the University of Minnesota because of Sandy Stephens. 731 00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:33,439 Speaker 1: We went to the Super Bowl in two thousand and six. 732 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:37,920 Speaker 1: I have two running backs, Dominic Roads and Joseph Hadai, 733 00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,319 Speaker 1: who came out of LSU as a number one picked force, 734 00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,759 Speaker 1: and I took them both aside and I said, hey, 735 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:47,080 Speaker 1: I'm going to start Dominic because he replaced edgund James 736 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:49,759 Speaker 1: and ten ball games together over a thousand yards. Now 737 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,279 Speaker 1: there are some raised eyebrows. I didn't ask anybody, and 738 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,799 Speaker 1: I'm not touting myself for patting myself on the back 739 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,120 Speaker 1: about this. But there are lessons you learned in your 740 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,840 Speaker 1: own profession. Stick to it, stay true to yourself and 741 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:06,280 Speaker 1: your convictions. Although you're going to hear the sirens outside 742 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:09,680 Speaker 1: all of that. Then that's my bit of advice, stay 743 00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:12,719 Speaker 1: true to yourself and stay steadfast and at and I 744 00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:15,040 Speaker 1: saw people like Bill Polly and who was a president here. 745 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,719 Speaker 1: So that's my advice, that little bit, stay true to 746 00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:21,439 Speaker 1: yourself and your convictions and what got you to where 747 00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:24,359 Speaker 1: you are. And I think things will work out best 748 00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:26,720 Speaker 1: for Tennessee and certainly for him too. In the profession 749 00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:30,080 Speaker 1: and coach, it feels like although you know Ran Carthon, 750 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:33,040 Speaker 1: I don't, but that's what he's done to get to 751 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:35,400 Speaker 1: this point. Yes, like I said, he's all, you know, 752 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:38,640 Speaker 1: a warm, engaging personality about him, but he's on point 753 00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:43,920 Speaker 1: and he's always surveying the field. He doesn't have tunnel vision, 754 00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:47,600 Speaker 1: so he's a person that thinks ahead of what it 755 00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:50,239 Speaker 1: is he has to get done and accomplished and gets 756 00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:52,680 Speaker 1: the right people around him to do So that's beautiful, coach, 757 00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:56,600 Speaker 1: thank you, you bet you my pleasure. We're excited about him. 758 00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:58,640 Speaker 1: I can tell you that I am too. I was 759 00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:01,200 Speaker 1: so thrilled. And I have to state this, there are 760 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:04,279 Speaker 1: eight or nine persons of color in those positions in 761 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:08,160 Speaker 1: this league, and they're Americans, and I'll just leave that 762 00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:11,560 Speaker 1: that they are Americans first, and I don't like the 763 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:14,920 Speaker 1: other stuff that precedes and marginalizes people as to black 764 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:19,080 Speaker 1: this black bat, this is an American mail along with 765 00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:22,480 Speaker 1: some other people in this league who've contributed in various 766 00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:26,120 Speaker 1: ways and fashions, and now given the opportunity to be 767 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:29,480 Speaker 1: a part of your organization Downer in Tennessee and demonstrate 768 00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:32,160 Speaker 1: his talented abilities and skills and working with people and 769 00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:35,840 Speaker 1: getting the right talent in there to make it more competitive. Well, 770 00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:39,320 Speaker 1: the reaction of our fan base too, is very special, 771 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:43,399 Speaker 1: very special to me that they're just saying, man, this 772 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:46,120 Speaker 1: is the right guy for the job. Let's go. Yes, 773 00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:49,160 Speaker 1: that's a good thing. I agree, Thank you so much, coach. 774 00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:59,560 Speaker 1: I love talking to old coaches. Yeah, there's just something special. Well, 775 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:03,400 Speaker 1: I mean you just hear the they just get it. 776 00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:08,040 Speaker 1: And m coach, who he's probably seventy five now, sure 777 00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:10,640 Speaker 1: it doesn't sound like it. I mean he is really 778 00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:15,239 Speaker 1: really really still with it and uh and still got 779 00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:17,960 Speaker 1: all the goods on all of his players and has 780 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,239 Speaker 1: a lot of great memories and fun to talk to him, 781 00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:24,480 Speaker 1: and just so many people proud of Ran Carthon. Yeah, 782 00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:28,520 Speaker 1: and there was a contingent of family and friends. Uh Osiola, 783 00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:35,080 Speaker 1: Arkansas where he is from. Um. Mississippi County, Arkansas is 784 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:40,919 Speaker 1: fifty five miles northwest of Memphis. Okay, right, so it's 785 00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:45,560 Speaker 1: not it's not West Memphis, Arkansas, but it's close. West Memphis, 786 00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:49,200 Speaker 1: Arkansas is basically just the western part of Memphis across 787 00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:54,319 Speaker 1: the Mississippi River. Exactly. How's it it sounds? Yeah? But um, 788 00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:58,400 Speaker 1: you know, just a lot of proud folks and another 789 00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:05,160 Speaker 1: sec guy in here, and just the continuing overall excitement 790 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:10,160 Speaker 1: that people have for this higher and just kind of 791 00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:13,279 Speaker 1: a cool day, a cool two days at Ascension Saint 792 00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:16,640 Speaker 1: Thomas Sports Park. Absolutely, it's it's an exciting time. It 793 00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:20,080 Speaker 1: feels like a fresh chapter. It feels like there are 794 00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:25,000 Speaker 1: good things to come for this organization. Um. Really fired up. Um, 795 00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:28,680 Speaker 1: I can't we wait to dive in deeper, you know, 796 00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:31,560 Speaker 1: to really get to work and start to learn more 797 00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:35,360 Speaker 1: about him, his style, how everything goes. And I'm willing 798 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:38,560 Speaker 1: to put up with a little bit more Florida in 799 00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:42,880 Speaker 1: my life. Sorry, I know, I know, well, It'll be fine. 800 00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:46,120 Speaker 1: I can. We will muscle through all of it. We 801 00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:48,920 Speaker 1: will push through, no doubt about it. For Amy Wells, 802 00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:51,760 Speaker 1: I'm Mike Keith, thanking you for listening to the ode 803 00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:58,239 Speaker 1: Teking Welcomes of the Big ever Gotten knows it's our 804 00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:03,360 Speaker 1: house finding thoughts, ennessy making history. Greatness is meant to 805 00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:03,480 Speaker 1: be