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Speaker 1: The job day. I wait to work on a day.

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Speaker 1: I said, that said, that's great with nice nice job.

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Speaker 1: Being part of a football organization in and of itself

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Speaker 1: is being part of a family. But having two of

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Speaker 1: your sons out here in the last few years, how

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Speaker 1: important has that been for you? It's been really really

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Speaker 1: important to me, uh, to have them on my side. Um.

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Speaker 1: They care as much as anybody could care about how

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Speaker 1: we do and how we what we stand for. H.

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Speaker 1: But what's unique about it is that they're willing to

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Speaker 1: say what maybe other guys aren't willing to say. You know.

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Speaker 1: They close the door and come in and tell me

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Speaker 1: what I need to hear. Sometimes that that uh, um,

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Speaker 1: it's comfortable for them. So the loyalty that they that

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Speaker 1: they bring, uh and the willingness to stick their neck

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Speaker 1: out to say something to, you know, to the head

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Speaker 1: coach is extremely valuable to me, you know. And I'm

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Speaker 1: only the good information and there they don't hold back,

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Speaker 1: and I like that about them. They're both really smart

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Speaker 1: coaches and and good people and they work with their people,

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Speaker 1: the players really well, and they're a big part there.

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Speaker 1: But they helped me as much as anybody because of

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Speaker 1: their willingness to stick your neck out a little bit

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Speaker 1: when maybe other guys wouldn't do that. Do you see

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Speaker 1: similarities or differences with the way you coach and your

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Speaker 1: style some Yeah, they're Uh, they're they're so different, they're

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Speaker 1: not at all alike. You know. Brennan is just a

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Speaker 1: ball of energy, and he's as enthusiastic as anybody on

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Speaker 1: their staff, anybody you ever want to be around. And

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Speaker 1: he's witty and sharp and smart and all of that.

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Speaker 1: Nate is much more cerebral, really bright ball coach um

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Speaker 1: that really sees the essence of detail and can convey

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Speaker 1: that to his players. They they're really good at what

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Speaker 1: they do, and I'm proud to have him on the club.

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Speaker 1: Anything better than walking off the practice field and seeing

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Speaker 1: your grandkids there, No, No, that's about as fun as

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Speaker 1: it gets, you know. Uh. That's that's to have the

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Speaker 1: whole family around and to have them available to us

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Speaker 1: where we can share this experiences. Really, you know, it's

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Speaker 1: it's once in a lifetime gift. Pretty basic question. But

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Speaker 1: what's your favorite part about your job? Well, I've always

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Speaker 1: said it's playing catch. You know, I've liked this game

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Speaker 1: since I was a little kid. You know. And and

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Speaker 1: I play catch every day because it's what I enjoy

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Speaker 1: about this game. And I don't know why it's throwing

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Speaker 1: the football around, but it has always been the reminder

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Speaker 1: and the connection to the fund. And there's nothing kind

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Speaker 1: of more frivolous than just throwing the ball around and

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Speaker 1: having a catch, you know. But it's been a big deal.

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Speaker 1: What's the worst part of your job, having to deal

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Speaker 1: with the players and ending their career. Yeah, that's that's

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Speaker 1: that's as challenging as anything. And it's not that it's

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Speaker 1: so sad or that you're you're reluctant to do it.

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Speaker 1: It's knowing that they have wound up their dreams as

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Speaker 1: a as a ball player and uh, and there's a

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Speaker 1: whole new adventure coming, but sometimes they don't know that,

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Speaker 1: and so it's helping them transition. Um. But I know,

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Speaker 1: just having to give up the playing part of it myself,

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Speaker 1: I've never gotten over it, and I don't expect many

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Speaker 1: deal with it, and it's very challenging, and it's kind

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Speaker 1: of the dream going away a little bit. So it's

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Speaker 1: that's the hardest part in anybody that stays in the

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Speaker 1: same job for a long time, things can cut, can

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Speaker 1: get a little monotonous. How do you prevent boredom? Well,

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Speaker 1: it's it's because of the competition. You know, the challenge

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Speaker 1: is always there and there's always another way to get

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Speaker 1: a little bit better. And if you want to kick

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Speaker 1: ass and what you're doing, you've got to go for it,

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Speaker 1: you know, And so that part of it never gets old,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm it's it's it's not the winds, it's

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Speaker 1: the challenge of getting as good as you can get.

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Speaker 1: We gotta make quicker than it's not gotten a little better,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's more than it's more than, it's more

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Speaker 1: than that, so that that never goes away. How can

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Speaker 1: I help a young guy see something better than he's

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Speaker 1: ever seen it before? How can I make an older

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Speaker 1: guy understand that there's more to learn and there's more

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Speaker 1: to be gained, and there's more to contribute, more to

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Speaker 1: give to those around him. And the competition of it

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Speaker 1: just you know, if you're in a relentless pursuit of

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Speaker 1: finding a competitive edge in everything you do, that never

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Speaker 1: rests and so you either compete or not. That's that's

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Speaker 1: what makes it happen. Lastly, you've had a chance to

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Speaker 1: work under some legendary coaches. Bud Grant obviously comes to mind.

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Speaker 1: We're very excited about your contract extension here in Seattle.

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Speaker 1: But when it's all said and done, have you thought

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Speaker 1: about what your legacy is going to be or how

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Speaker 1: you want that legacy to be? A port trade how

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Speaker 1: I've thought about that is is someday I'll look back

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Speaker 1: and we'll see what happened, you know, not to try

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Speaker 1: to call the success at the point of when you

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Speaker 1: did it, you know, or when you accomplish something. Let's

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Speaker 1: look back after it's all said and done, and then

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Speaker 1: we'll see what we did, and we'll see what that means.

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Speaker 1: Is there a legacy? Is there meaning to that? I

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Speaker 1: would hope. I would hope that the time that we

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Speaker 1: spend together was meaningful to the people around me. I

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Speaker 1: really do hope that. And so I give them everything

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Speaker 1: I got, and you know, I'm going to keep doing that,

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Speaker 1: and then we'll see what the impact of that is.

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Speaker 1: Someday we'll figure it out. Then