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Speaker 1: you have enough of those guys that also have talent,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna have a good football team. Hey, Joe rolp

428
00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,800
Speaker 1: Bacciano from s N y UM, I know when you

429
00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,480
Speaker 1: inherited this team, obviously you knew the record. You knew

430
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Speaker 1: the record for the last few years, and probably the

431
00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,520
Speaker 1: outside perception that the roster wasn't very good. But I'm

432
00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,800
Speaker 1: curious when you looked at it, did you evaluate the

433
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Speaker 1: roster and think there is more here than maybe the

434
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Speaker 1: record indicates, or is the task really as big as

435
00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,480
Speaker 1: it looks on from the outside. Yeah, I think when

436
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Speaker 1: everybody was on the field together, I think there's some

437
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,200
Speaker 1: there's some pieces. You know, you watch that New Orleans game,

438
00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,520
Speaker 1: That's a game I reflected upon where you know, some

439
00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,760
Speaker 1: of their better players made good plays down the stretch. So,

440
00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,240
Speaker 1: you know, I do think there are pieces in place. Again,

441
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Speaker 1: I think with you add you know, young foundation through

442
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,320
Speaker 1: the draft. You know, again, I want to see progress.

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00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,800
Speaker 1: You know, obviously, Um, there's some positions that you are

444
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,520
Speaker 1: a little bit more devoid of talent than others. So

445
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,040
Speaker 1: again we're we're gonna look to add talent across the

446
00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,000
Speaker 1: board and again just to see progress and put a competitive,

447
00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:29,920
Speaker 1: you know team on the field next year. Is is

448
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:37,119
Speaker 1: very important, Joe Tom canavan with the ap in roughly

449
00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,359
Speaker 1: about five weeks, you have free agency in April, you

450
00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,600
Speaker 1: have the draft. How much can you bring from Buffalo

451
00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:48,960
Speaker 1: which will prepare you for those things coming up shortly? Yeah.

452
00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,879
Speaker 1: Fortunately I was able to get on the road you know,

453
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,480
Speaker 1: quite a bit this year. So you know, Buffalo and

454
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Speaker 1: I already seeing rounds one through four on our board.

455
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Speaker 1: So I'm I'm in a good spot on the college draft. Um,

456
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,639
Speaker 1: I was working towards you know, free agency. You know

457
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,920
Speaker 1: we're gonna have some some money over there, so um,

458
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:08,560
Speaker 1: you know, I probably need to catch up a little

459
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,359
Speaker 1: bit on free agency, but you know, my first priority

460
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,000
Speaker 1: will get us in good you know, we gotta get

461
00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,400
Speaker 1: the cap down this year and again the tough decisions

462
00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,040
Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier, But I'm in good shape from the draft. Again,

463
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,399
Speaker 1: it's a condensed timeline. When Brandon and I got to

464
00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,560
Speaker 1: Buffalo is in May. So you know there's ninety guys

465
00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,720
Speaker 1: on the roster. You really got to know the guys

466
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,880
Speaker 1: go through camp before you made any type of decisions

467
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Speaker 1: where you know, it's accelerated now because it's January and

468
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,600
Speaker 1: I gotta make those decisions shortly. So again, once the

469
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Speaker 1: staff gets here, will evaluate the roster, it will make

470
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Speaker 1: the decisions accordinally. But I'm in good shape in turns

471
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Speaker 1: of the draft. Um'll see what our needs are and

472
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Speaker 1: start diving into the free agency. Hey, Joe over in

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Speaker 1: the middle here Mark Mark Canna's erra from the New

474
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,440
Speaker 1: York Post. Um, obviously you know the history here in

475
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,080
Speaker 1: terms of the last couple of coaches here to two

476
00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,359
Speaker 1: years and out and whatnot, there has not been nuity.

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Speaker 1: I'm curious you've been a part of a good continuity

478
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,200
Speaker 1: situation in Buffalo where you've had a chance to build

479
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:09,359
Speaker 1: with the same coach. Can you address the importance of

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00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,560
Speaker 1: that And when you were speaking with with John and

481
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Speaker 1: Steve in the interview process, did you get a feel

482
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Speaker 1: for them that you know how important that is to

483
00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,840
Speaker 1: kind of, you know, set this thing back on the track,

484
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,879
Speaker 1: so to speak. Yeah, I think it's important to any organization,

485
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,040
Speaker 1: and I think you know, if you pulled thirty two teams,

486
00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:29,080
Speaker 1: continuity is important. And you know, we reference that two

487
00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,480
Speaker 1: thousand and eighteen draft where you know, Josh and Lamar Jackson,

488
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:34,840
Speaker 1: they've had the same head coach, same offensive coordinator. Some

489
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,399
Speaker 1: of those other quarterbacks that were picked high, there was

490
00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,359
Speaker 1: no continuity and learning some of these offenses, like being

491
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Speaker 1: dropped in a foreign country and not speaking their language.

492
00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,280
Speaker 1: You know, it can be totally opposite of what you had.

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Speaker 1: So yes, I think continuity And again when I mentioned

494
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Speaker 1: what I'm looking for in a coach, the ability to

495
00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:52,439
Speaker 1: to build a good staff is important. But also yes,

496
00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:54,840
Speaker 1: the continuity is very important because it's gonna be hard

497
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Speaker 1: to develop players if you've got you know, one coach,

498
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Speaker 1: you know, three different years, you've got a different coaches,

499
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Speaker 1: it's hard to truly develo all up um the players

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Speaker 1: if there's constant change. So I think continuity is very important.

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00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:10,160
Speaker 1: It is, you know, reason the teams have success. Joe

502
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,479
Speaker 1: Ed Valentine from SB Nation. There's been a lot written

503
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,879
Speaker 1: lately in the media around here about the way that

504
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,520
Speaker 1: the front office functions, and I'm just curious. You talked

505
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:25,320
Speaker 1: about process, you talked about resources. When push comes to shove,

506
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Speaker 1: do you have the authority to make changes in the

507
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Speaker 1: front office if you see them as necessary, Yes, if

508
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Speaker 1: I see fit. And like I said earlier, right, you know,

509
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Speaker 1: I don't think that's fair to the people in the building.

510
00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,000
Speaker 1: You know, you give them a fair opportunity. Um if

511
00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,440
Speaker 1: if if you haven't had success around here, I don't

512
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Speaker 1: think it's necessarily you know, because of some of the

513
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Speaker 1: people in the building. Maybe it's the process. They're not

514
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:50,480
Speaker 1: the final decision makers, so you know, everybody's gonna be evaluated.

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00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,880
Speaker 1: I don't think you have to make wholesale changes. And again,

516
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Speaker 1: I was in I was in those seats before when

517
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,439
Speaker 1: there's change, and there's some really good people in that building,

518
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Speaker 1: and there were some really good teammates that I had

519
00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,359
Speaker 1: on four or on former clubs when a new staff

520
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 1: came in, and you know, you got a chance to

521
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 1: put your best foot forward and I'll evaluate everybody and

522
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,560
Speaker 1: you know, make to make decisions down the road. But yeah,

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00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 1: I don't think you have to come in and just

524
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:15,199
Speaker 1: change everything. It's about implementing my process, um and how

525
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 1: we want to do things. And then again, if you can,

526
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,320
Speaker 1: if you work really hard, you're a good person and

527
00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 1: you're a good teammate, I can work with you all day, Joe.

528
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:30,120
Speaker 1: Bob Blaubert from Newsday, I'm curious to see what impact

529
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,640
Speaker 1: Bill Parcels has had on your career, in your life,

530
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:37,440
Speaker 1: and whether he offered any unique um advice on this

531
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:41,200
Speaker 1: job because of his connection to the team. Yeah, he

532
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 1: told me it's the best job in the league. That

533
00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:44,639
Speaker 1: was one of the advices, you know when some of

534
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 1: the advice he gave me when I talked to him,

535
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,000
Speaker 1: so I could go on and on about coach. I

536
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: know why he was such a good coach because you know,

537
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 1: he understood personnel, and he understood the ex's nose and

538
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:55,600
Speaker 1: he was a great teacher. You know, I got him

539
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 1: probably on the back nine of his career, you know,

540
00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:01,639
Speaker 1: uh he was. He was a con teacher, always talking

541
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,840
Speaker 1: to me. And I've said this several times. You know,

542
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:05,359
Speaker 1: he would say, you know what Tom Landry used to

543
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,119
Speaker 1: tell me, Joe, And you know, just as young scout,

544
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:08,720
Speaker 1: you're on the edge of your seat, and like Tom

545
00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,400
Speaker 1: Landry told Bill Parcels, and he's getting ready to tell

546
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,920
Speaker 1: me so all the stories he has um. You know,

547
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,399
Speaker 1: he he understood personnel, you know, philosophically, maybe he's a

548
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 1: little bit different. He hasn't evolved to where, you know,

549
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,800
Speaker 1: maybe the game is today. But you know I learned

550
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:25,200
Speaker 1: a lot from him, just how to how to build

551
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 1: a roster. You know, what to look for in different positions,

552
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 1: what to look for and head coaches, you know, you

553
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,159
Speaker 1: better know what you want on your roster because coaches

554
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 1: are gonna come and go, just the volatility of the industry.

555
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,640
Speaker 1: So you know, I love coach to death. He's been

556
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: awesome to me. He still calls me every now and then.

557
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,280
Speaker 1: I can pick up my phone and call him and

558
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 1: he'll answer. And you know, he's not afraid to call

559
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,160
Speaker 1: on a Monday after a game and give his two

560
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 1: cents on the roster and what we need um when

561
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,200
Speaker 1: I was in Buffalo. So a ton of respect for

562
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:55,880
Speaker 1: coach and and love to death Joe right here justin

563
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 1: Walters Picks eleven. Follow up to that you mentioned two

564
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,240
Speaker 1: thousand and two, You've always of the Giants and high regard.

565
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 1: I'm wondering what from an outside point of view now

566
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 1: that you're here, has always led you to believe that

567
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:10,160
Speaker 1: this place has so much attraction and obviously the championship

568
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,720
Speaker 1: bandage that you mentioned, And now have you been I

569
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,280
Speaker 1: guess is this still surreal for you to be standing

570
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:16,800
Speaker 1: up here and you said this is a job that

571
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 1: you wanted, but having those conversations with Parcels and knowing

572
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 1: I finally got it done and I'm standing up here, Yeah,

573
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,480
Speaker 1: it's it's definitely surreal. It still hasn't quite hit me

574
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 1: because we've been go, go go, you know, co interviewing coaches,

575
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 1: meeting people, trying to implement some of the processes. So

576
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,000
Speaker 1: I don't think it's totally hit me yet. Um, but

577
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 1: you know, it's just it's all I know. It's all

578
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:39,760
Speaker 1: I've done, you know, since you know, I graduated on

579
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:41,920
Speaker 1: a Saturday and started with the Carolina Panthers on a Monday.

580
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,320
Speaker 1: So it's been football, you know, since the dad graduated

581
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 1: from college. And you know, I love to work hard.

582
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 1: You know, I'm looking forward to building the team. But

583
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,000
Speaker 1: just what was always said to me about the New

584
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 1: York Giants was was ownership is amazing. There's great people

585
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 1: in that building. They treat people the right way, and

586
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 1: they want to win, and they did. They have one.

587
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,240
Speaker 1: And I look forward to, you know, putting my stamp

588
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 1: on the team and building a team that will be

589
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:06,600
Speaker 1: able to sustain success, you know, year in and year out,

590
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:08,960
Speaker 1: and compete for championships and I'm gonna be given the

591
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,200
Speaker 1: resources to do that. And ultimately, you know, that's why

592
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:18,040
Speaker 1: this was the right job for me. H