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Speaker 1: worldwide phenomenon is back. New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton

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Speaker 1: are you in New York? I'm in I'm in Los

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Speaker 1: Angeles whereabouts? In uh in Hancock Park like the Hollywood area.

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Speaker 1: My daughter goes to school at Pepperdine. Oh does she?

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Speaker 1: And we're out there and I gotta come. I gotta come. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: I've got a sweep for that game. You know, bring somebody.

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Speaker 1: I'll get you all squared away. I get out there

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Speaker 1: in the off season a couple of times a year

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Speaker 1: to see her. She's living in Uh, it's not in Malibu.

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Speaker 1: It's uh Pacific Palisades between Hollywood, where her boyfriend lives

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Speaker 1: in Malibu. It's Santa Monica. Oh yeah, yeah. Do you

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Speaker 1: do you like in the Los Angeles? Yeah? I like

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Speaker 1: it out there, you know, I tell her like her

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Speaker 1: mother went to Indiana State and I went to Eastern Illinois.

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Speaker 1: In our nine years of college, tuition didn't get up

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Speaker 1: it's crazy. I mean, uh, I don't know where she

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Speaker 1: her high school said it, have you heard a peppered on?

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Speaker 1: And she started looking online and her mother and I

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Speaker 1: It's actually a lot different than I thought. The school

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Speaker 1: and yet the downside of that would mean we play.

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Speaker 1: This is the player game on Sunday. All right? If

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Speaker 1: Then we have meetings in the a m the defenses

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Speaker 1: I get Parcels used to say this all the time.

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Speaker 1: untill tenor eleven on on just video. Tuesdays, the players

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Speaker 1: haven't found the ball. The run the ball. Oh my gosh,

422
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,240
Speaker 1: this ball goes to the half back who who who?

423
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,320
Speaker 1: And every once in a while it goes right to

424
00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,199
Speaker 1: the up back, but the half back acts like he

425
00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:48,879
Speaker 1: gets it, fakes it to the wing back and the

426
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,919
Speaker 1: up back goes the I mean, it's amazing to watch. Really,

427
00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,960
Speaker 1: and this coach, listen, he was on top of it.

428
00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,760
Speaker 1: He knew this offense cold. It sounds like it. Oh

429
00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,679
Speaker 1: my gosh, you're a super Bowl winning coach. I happened

430
00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,879
Speaker 1: to be the defensive coordinator for my son's eleven and

431
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:09,160
Speaker 1: the flag football team. We won the championship the year um.

432
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,200
Speaker 1: I only got thrown out of one game, but we

433
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,080
Speaker 1: we were a great team. I mean, I just for you,

434
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,239
Speaker 1: because you're a professional coach. Like you, you were just

435
00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,960
Speaker 1: as emotionally involved. But you have to deal with because

436
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,080
Speaker 1: you're dealing with sixth graders. You were just emotionally involved. Correct,

437
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,960
Speaker 1: there's no question. And here's the thing. Though we're teachers,

438
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,320
Speaker 1: we're teaching in other words, there's some things that are

439
00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,320
Speaker 1: extremely different. And yet I still have to capture Pauli's attention.

440
00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,159
Speaker 1: He's over there with the dandelions. Came here, paul I

441
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,840
Speaker 1: gotta reverse for you. You have to captivate, motivate. You've

442
00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,080
Speaker 1: got to make him laugh. You gotta you got you

443
00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,159
Speaker 1: gotta instill confidence. They had that like man like, we

444
00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,600
Speaker 1: got the best stuff going. Trust me, we got the

445
00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,040
Speaker 1: best stuff going. Watch the officials come over and take

446
00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:52,440
Speaker 1: a picture with me. You think we're not going to

447
00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,560
Speaker 1: get the calls today? You know that kind of thing

448
00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,160
Speaker 1: in in uh, but it list and it was. So

449
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,120
Speaker 1: it's what's interesting for me now, these day nights. These

450
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,200
Speaker 1: kids are all juniors. There's like seven of them starting

451
00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,719
Speaker 1: and you've seen Con. I mean, they're all I'm watching

452
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:09,879
Speaker 1: them after the game, I'm up talking to him. You know, hey,

453
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,919
Speaker 1: why are you doing wearing the sleeves. You're gonna fumble

454
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,240
Speaker 1: a ball with the sleeves on. Get them off. You

455
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,560
Speaker 1: know they want to wear the basketball shooting sleeves, but

456
00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:20,080
Speaker 1: the football slides right through it. You know that kind

457
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,920
Speaker 1: of stuff. And but you are invested though. There's nothing

458
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,919
Speaker 1: like being invested in like what you're talking about. I

459
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:27,760
Speaker 1: totally agree. I mean, and as long as you're doing

460
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,560
Speaker 1: it in a healthy way. Because sports, to me, you know,

461
00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:35,920
Speaker 1: it's it's like we all, the majority of us, learned

462
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 1: sports when we're kids. And I think that the reason

463
00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:44,000
Speaker 1: why crazy people like myself remained fans and Boston Red

464
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,160
Speaker 1: Sox fans cried tears of joy and you saw your

465
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,679
Speaker 1: Saints fans when you guys got over the hump, is

466
00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:53,560
Speaker 1: because it's like Pavlos theory, you you revert back to

467
00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,720
Speaker 1: being a kid, you know, like whether it's kickball, football,

468
00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,800
Speaker 1: ping pong, it's that same thrill of victory agne a

469
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,960
Speaker 1: feat that you had when you're a kid, no question,

470
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,760
Speaker 1: no question. Hey Breeze is doing what you're doing. Breeze,

471
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,119
Speaker 1: his kids are now that aging. He started a flag

472
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:13,040
Speaker 1: leg here, co ed flag leg, different age groups, and

473
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,119
Speaker 1: he'll come in on a Thursday. I'm like, what is wrong?

474
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,560
Speaker 1: And he's got he's got two teams he's coaching. One

475
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,119
Speaker 1: of them lost one Thursday and it was like the

476
00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:24,439
Speaker 1: freaking world ended. And and I'm like, hey, if my

477
00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,320
Speaker 1: kids playing for you, they all what's the mission statement?

478
00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,760
Speaker 1: Are they all playing? Is it? Well, we're playing to win,

479
00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,000
Speaker 1: but I'm going to get everyone playing time. In other words,

480
00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,359
Speaker 1: what's the goal? And he's so tied into this now

481
00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,920
Speaker 1: I'm telling you, does he want to win that? Yeah,

482
00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:40,760
Speaker 1: he wants to win. He wants to teach them that.

483
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,359
Speaker 1: Now they're all gonna play, but you know they might

484
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,679
Speaker 1: at the beginning. They're all gonna play, but me, you know,

485
00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:50,640
Speaker 1: at the end of the game, you're trying to win.

486
00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,600
Speaker 1: We gotta win. And listen, I'm sure Breeze just pass

487
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 1: us along to him. Okay, I'm sure he can't do

488
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,640
Speaker 1: his pregame speech is the same way he does because

489
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:00,840
Speaker 1: his kids are playing it. But if he wants me

490
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,200
Speaker 1: to do something. I have away with kids. I work

491
00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 1: PGT pro bono. Okay, I'll get these kids ready to

492
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 1: run through. I love it. I love it. But he

493
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,160
Speaker 1: we share these stories though, the same story as you're

494
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,360
Speaker 1: discussing now, when you you know in flag and at

495
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,160
Speaker 1: one point it was his son. He had Adrian Peterson's son.

496
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 1: I like, he said, it's your league. It sounds like

497
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,200
Speaker 1: you loaded it. He and he was a little concerned

498
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:29,560
Speaker 1: because when a p went to Arizona, he didn't know

499
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,240
Speaker 1: how long he was gonna have a son for. So

500
00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,760
Speaker 1: get this. The family moved. But the Sun's coming back

501
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:39,440
Speaker 1: for the playoffs. That's crazy, Like he wants to win

502
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:44,480
Speaker 1: those games. Yes, yes, And I think it's good stuff.

503
00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 1: And uh, I mean some of my memories that early

504
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:52,840
Speaker 1: year in in in twelve when you know, Connor was

505
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,280
Speaker 1: chunky at that time. He's a linebacker and a tight

506
00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:57,439
Speaker 1: end now, but he he had to play center and

507
00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 1: he didn't want to play center. And I picked him up,

508
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,400
Speaker 1: you know, and just going through the divorce and pick

509
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,399
Speaker 1: him up in the car and Tuesday's like, you know,

510
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:07,119
Speaker 1: I'm thinking about not playing if I'm going to be

511
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:12,320
Speaker 1: a center, And I'm like, well, listen, I think you're

512
00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,199
Speaker 1: gonna play center in tight end, but yet we need

513
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,440
Speaker 1: you to start at center. But if you're not gonna play,

514
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,359
Speaker 1: I need to know, you know, fairly soon so I

515
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,680
Speaker 1: can come up with my contingency plan. And he would

516
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,639
Speaker 1: just like looked at me like that wasn't the answer

517
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:27,320
Speaker 1: he was expecting. And uh, and then sure enough it

518
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,399
Speaker 1: progressed to where look it was. It was a great

519
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 1: it was an amazing year. And uh. And so when

520
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:37,280
Speaker 1: I watched their high school games, like last weekend, we

521
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,480
Speaker 1: were on the road and we were at Bishop Bishop Done.

522
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,320
Speaker 1: You know, it's on the other side of Dallas, and

523
00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 1: it's one of those high schools that only has one

524
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:46,840
Speaker 1: set of bleachers, so you're kind of half of the

525
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,480
Speaker 1: audience is on the right. And because normally that the

526
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 1: opponents are like a faceless fan, you don't see him

527
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 1: really just on the other side. But now you're hearing

528
00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:57,760
Speaker 1: them yelling and you're you know, and now you're kind

529
00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:01,440
Speaker 1: of like and they want a close game. Liberty did.

530
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 1: And I'm telling you what it was like. I don't

531
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:07,239
Speaker 1: need to feel like this twice a week, but it was.

532
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 1: It was magnificent. Yes, absolutely, I think at a certain points,

533
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:17,040
Speaker 1: I was having more fun than my kids. Yay. And

534
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 1: and but look the children see the passion and the

535
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,720
Speaker 1: parents and that's contagious. I mean, that's a big thing.

536
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,160
Speaker 1: Like you don't even you know, just your level of

537
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 1: interest in regards to something they're doing, because it is

538
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:36,120
Speaker 1: a big thing. That's a big thing that cares. It's

539
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:40,520
Speaker 1: amazing just that time, because I mean, holy cow. And

540
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 1: then you know, at that age Connor was was, you know,

541
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,160
Speaker 1: sixth grade, it was like, wow, this is how I

542
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 1: grip a ball. And I'm like, this is the year

543
00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 1: later and you know that, and I said, well, whyn't

544
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:51,280
Speaker 1: you trying? Well, this is what the coach And I said,

545
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,480
Speaker 1: I don't want to do what the coach says. And man,

546
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,720
Speaker 1: when he got to about sophomore in high school, now

547
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,240
Speaker 1: like he leans on every word like they adam Russian

548
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,560
Speaker 1: field goals. I said, Connor, you want to block a

549
00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 1: field goal every game? If you want to block one

550
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,160
Speaker 1: every game, I'll teach you. I'm watching the protections where

551
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,120
Speaker 1: you get in a splinter stance and just perif the

552
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 1: brown dot and just perific don't look in there with

553
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,440
Speaker 1: your whole head. Just perif the brown and when it leaves,

554
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 1: just scrape paint and below, you know, and all of

555
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,680
Speaker 1: a sudden, boom boom, there's a block. There's just these

556
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 1: little things. They're going to the playoffs. Now. They play

557
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 1: one more game tomorrow night and then they're going to the

558
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:30,240
Speaker 1: the playoffs. And they got a good defense. They got

559
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:34,440
Speaker 1: a defensive end from from Africa named Israel. He came

560
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:40,080
Speaker 1: over for basketball a you all right, and he plays.

561
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 1: He's a fantastic hoops player. He's six five six six, Michael.

562
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:51,280
Speaker 1: I would sign him to my practice squad today. Long

563
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 1: getting recruited by everyone. He travels to the field so

564
00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 1: you know in high school, the ash marks are wide.

565
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 1: So he's the field end and Connor is the field

566
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:06,520
Speaker 1: outside linebacker. And so all Israel's disruption fault connors at

567
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:10,640
Speaker 1: four interceptions, two fumbles for So just make sure you're

568
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 1: buying his water burger. I got you because everybody's Israel. Listen,

569
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:19,080
Speaker 1: He's getting recruited by everyone. And when you see talent,

570
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 1: whether it's this kid or a recruit, when you see

571
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 1: them play, how quick do you know if they have it?

572
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 1: Let's talk NFL level, Like if you watch a quarterback

573
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,720
Speaker 1: where I imagine that's where your eye goes first, although

574
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 1: you watch the whole field. But but you know you

575
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 1: used to play quarterback. How quick are you able to

576
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,480
Speaker 1: say this guy is gonna be a pro, this guy

577
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 1: is not going to be a pro. Like listen, it's

578
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:47,960
Speaker 1: a challenge. I think let's assume we're watching their college

579
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 1: about you know, tape games, etcetera. I think the first

580
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 1: thing that you've got envision is and we're gonna get

581
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: on a plane and everyone's gonna go right, and the

582
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:03,040
Speaker 1: quarterback is gonna go left and fly the plane. And

583
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 1: so he in today's game. I believe their personalities can vary,

584
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:12,280
Speaker 1: their sizes can vary, but man, there's got to be

585
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,160
Speaker 1: a CEO element. They've got to they've got to have

586
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 1: some of these intangible things. Work, toughness, decision making accurate.

587
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: I mean, there's a skill set. And yet when we

588
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 1: when we get to these him or him, you know

589
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 1: this was back with Lee for Manning, you know, which

590
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,040
Speaker 1: one do you envision running the company? You know? And

591
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,360
Speaker 1: and when you start looking at these guys that you

592
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 1: would say are all man, they got their guy, whether

593
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 1: it's Russell Wilson too uh too golf to Carson wentz

594
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:49,520
Speaker 1: to Breeze whoever you're talking about. You envisioned those guys

595
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:56,320
Speaker 1: as being outside the physical arm strength and and and

596
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 1: I think that's important. That's the thing that you can't

597
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 1: teach really sort of. Yeah, and and their personalities very

598
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 1: histories told us that they've been soft spoken, they've been loud,

599
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:12,320
Speaker 1: they've been you know, Deshaun Watson. They're the personalities very

600
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:16,720
Speaker 1: and yet you can envision them in front of them. Mike.

601
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 1: It's the the attention to detail for those guys. It's

602
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 1: it's unbelievable the NFL. If you're an NFL quarterback, it

603
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,160
Speaker 1: doesn't matter if you're New Orleans, Oakland or New York,

604
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 1: but it the fact that's your quarterback. It's like, forget

605
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,200
Speaker 1: to skill, the talent, all that stuff. Then you also

606
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,400
Speaker 1: have to be like almost like skilled as like a

607
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:36,480
Speaker 1: press agent dealing with the press, being calm, which is

608
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,280
Speaker 1: like that's like a whole other thing, right, Yeah, that

609
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 1: you've got to have all those traits. You know, how

610
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 1: are you gonna handle losing two in a row, and

611
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,960
Speaker 1: how are you gonna handle being down seven? And you

612
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,040
Speaker 1: know all those things that come up. You know, there's

613
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 1: a mental toughness, but you have to you have to

614
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 1: process quickly. I think that if you said, what's the

615
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 1: one thing that where people where we've all missed, be like,

616
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 1: and I wish you'd just process quicker in a nutshell

617
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:06,760
Speaker 1: because I I listen, I'm I'm a senior fantasy football analyst.

618
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,600
Speaker 1: You may or may not know this. I'm a champion, okay,

619
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,319
Speaker 1: but I saw your roster. My roster strong. I just

620
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: got Kamara, which which leads me to something. Listen, you

621
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 1: gotta do it's best for the Saints. But I just

622
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: got Camara involved. Uh you know, I just got him

623
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,480
Speaker 1: in a trade in my barstool fantasy league. Any extra

624
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,640
Speaker 1: dump offs. I'm just saying, you gotta do it's best

625
00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:31,879
Speaker 1: for the big picture. I am just saying, though Camara,

626
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 1: I love him, He's doing his thing. I'm not. I

627
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 1: don't want any kind of collusion or weird stuff, but

628
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 1: I need to keep winning. Well, what is your take

629
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:43,040
Speaker 1: on fantasy I mean, I imagine when when you were

630
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:45,560
Speaker 1: a kid and you came in the NFL. It may

631
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Speaker 1: not have even existed. Obviously, it has nothing to do

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Speaker 1: with your life. Here's what I remember. Look, it used

633
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 1: to be. Now it used to be you caught the

634
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,880
Speaker 1: highlights of the weekend at halftime Monday night football, Howard

635
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 1: co Sell, and you waited. And this was my deal

636
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 1: my parents. You go to sleep after halftime highlight school night.

637
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:07,919
Speaker 1: If you want to stay up for the whole game,

638
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 1: you have to do your homework, take a nap before

639
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,400
Speaker 1: the game, and you so, you know, depending on the game,

640
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:19,719
Speaker 1: but after the halftime highlights Howard co Sell. That was

641
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:23,560
Speaker 1: and that later became like ESPN, you know, boom hit,

642
00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:27,080
Speaker 1: you'd get the weekends here here was and it gradually

643
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 1: has changed and so everyone but look, they used to

644
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,399
Speaker 1: talk about you would remember it freaking nerve crossing those guys.

645
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,719
Speaker 1: Jimmy the Greek could talk about the line with the

646
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:40,440
Speaker 1: under I take the I take the seven, and fantasy

647
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,920
Speaker 1: came and that just kind of not that it doesn't

648
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 1: still exist, but it went away. And now it's this

649
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,719
Speaker 1: sit them play them. I mean, I'm telling you what,

650
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,920
Speaker 1: it's unbelievable. It's crazy, right, it's like a whole I

651
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:56,320
Speaker 1: like it though. I like it because I think it's healthy.

652
00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,560
Speaker 1: I think I think it's healthy for the fan. You

653
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 1: know that it's like the college tournament, you know, the pairings, parties,

654
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:07,360
Speaker 1: the you know, the fantasy that you know, this is

655
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 1: our draft. Yeah, that's right, it's it's outstanding, you know,

656
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 1: and and it's good. And I don't know if you

657
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 1: know this also, but I am the patent holder of

658
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,880
Speaker 1: not just the mock draft. I am the patent holder

659
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:23,799
Speaker 1: of the duress fantasy football mock draft. So you don't

660
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:28,920
Speaker 1: just do the draft, you do it under duress, you see. Okay,

661
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 1: I'm the patent holder of that. And you know, like

662
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 1: it's the paperwork has been filed. But like anybody could

663
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,560
Speaker 1: do a draft, fine, but when a real draft happens,

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Speaker 1: things you know, electricity, uh, anything, you have to prepare

665
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 1: for that. That's outstanding. My son when he was we

666
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:50,280
Speaker 1: were at the beach the one summer, and I'm gonna

667
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 1: say he was ten or eleven, and a couple of

668
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 1: older kids from Oklahoma City invited him into their first

669
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 1: know their fantasy and so this these kids were three

670
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:02,200
Speaker 1: years older, four years older, and and he had computer

671
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,520
Speaker 1: out and I just remember him just talking about this

672
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:08,719
Speaker 1: is this is more stress than I need. And and

673
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:10,800
Speaker 1: I told him, you know, he asked me about a

674
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,080
Speaker 1: few guys, and I said, look, this is the O

675
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,719
Speaker 1: nine season, we had this running back by the name

676
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 1: of Mike Bell, who I knew was going to be

677
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:21,839
Speaker 1: kind of the goal line runner. And I just said, look,

678
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: late rounds, you know, how many rounds do you go?

679
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:27,160
Speaker 1: And he gets I said, just throw it. No one's

680
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,160
Speaker 1: gonna take him. Take him in the last round he

681
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:34,439
Speaker 1: selects them. That was in August, this fantasy draft. All right,

682
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 1: a week and a half later, we're playing the Texans,

683
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,319
Speaker 1: which is where we acquired him from he was a

684
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Speaker 1: free agent. In the preseason game, Mike Bell has a

685
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Speaker 1: D forty eight yards and the kids in Oklahoma City

686
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 1: were like just up in arms, insider, you know, the

687
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,319
Speaker 1: whole and and Mike Bell went on to have a

688
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,680
Speaker 1: solid year because he was the you know that OH

689
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 1: nine team. He was kind of the he was the

690
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,120
Speaker 1: goal line back. You know, you get down in close

691
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:02,839
Speaker 1: and Connor plays it, you know, my brother. I mean,

692
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,920
Speaker 1: I think one of the challenges for today's NFL player

693
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 1: is the social media. Hey what's up, dude? You only

694
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 1: got me? You know, it pulls at your fabric. You know,

695
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 1: we win a game and let's you know, that's where

696
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,719
Speaker 1: you're coaching. I'm working with them. Hey, let's let's care,

697
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,239
Speaker 1: you know, let's but they are, they're they're very much

698
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:27,000
Speaker 1: aware of what their number was. Well, if they really

699
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:32,040
Speaker 1: knew how crazy and and idiotic the whole thing is

700
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Speaker 1: and didn't take it personally because because if I was

701
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Speaker 1: an NFL player, would be the last thing I was

702
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 1: thinking of. Because I know, me being a senior fantasy

703
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 1: football analysts and I am coach, I have the case.

704
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:46,720
Speaker 1: I saw your draft line up, it was I saw it.

705
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:49,880
Speaker 1: It's yeah, it's like, I'm not playing games here. But

706
00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 1: if they knew how crazy the people were playing fantasy football,

707
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,480
Speaker 1: they should pay none of us any mind because we're

708
00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 1: all out of our mind. It makes it truly is

709
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,239
Speaker 1: going back to the worth grade. I don't care what

710
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 1: any of these people say. And and that's the thing

711
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,400
Speaker 1: I think why it's so addictive. I think it's been

712
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 1: a great shot in the arm for the lake because

713
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,160
Speaker 1: it's taken the attention away from the gaming, you know.

714
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:14,560
Speaker 1: In other words, and I know the DraftKings and all.

715
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 1: I like it all, I like it all. Put your

716
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 1: roster together each week, well that's a that's a weekly

717
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 1: do over. Yes, yes, you know, and it's truly fantasy

718
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:27,319
Speaker 1: and there's no feelings in fantasy. I don't care for

719
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:33,400
Speaker 1: mom is playing. I don't care for my son. Kids

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00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,120
Speaker 1: love it. Take them down, all right? Let me ask

721
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 1: a couple of quick questions about New Orleans. No disrespect

722
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 1: to Cafe Dumont. It's an institution. Where can I get

723
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,400
Speaker 1: the best beignets in New Orleans? Coach? You gotta know

724
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 1: the thing though. Honestly, there'll be a few restaurants that

725
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,719
Speaker 1: will have a beign a dessert with the dippings. I

726
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 1: like the ones with the dipping sauce, but the the

727
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: kingcake and the beigner would be I would say, two

728
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 1: over rated food items down here. I agree. I agree.

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00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:06,640
Speaker 1: That's very honest, very bold. I hope that there's no

730
00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,880
Speaker 1: blowback from that. No, but there's some underrated. You know,

731
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Speaker 1: when you get into the barbecue shrimp or some of

732
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,640
Speaker 1: the poll boys you're getting with the roast beef and

733
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 1: and you know that there's a there's a ton of underrated.

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Speaker 1: There's a ton of it's the best place in the

735
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:25,359
Speaker 1: world to eat. But the kingcakes, you know it's now,

736
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Speaker 1: I mean the cream cheese kincakes. It's it's really more

737
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Speaker 1: seasonal because you know, it's mighty growing. But but the

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Speaker 1: beignet is if you're in if you're in Ohio at

739
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,880
Speaker 1: Cedar Point, it's an elephant here. If you're in Illinois,

740
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:40,160
Speaker 1: it's a funnel cake. The coffee now with the little

741
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 1: chickory in it. Everything's got a little something more or

742
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 1: seasoning wise. How do you stay thinned down there? Because

743
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:47,800
Speaker 1: I've been down in New Orleans, you know, short spurts,

744
00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,880
Speaker 1: and I walk out of there feeling like ashamed of

745
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:54,959
Speaker 1: myself the amount of food that I I and take breakfast, lunch,

746
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 1: dinner Fridays. I mean, do you like Gator Gator soup? Like,

747
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 1: what are you into? I'm kind of more Midwestern beef, um,

748
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 1: some maybe some fish, but I'm not the turtle soup,

749
00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:12,279
Speaker 1: the gator all that extra stuff. And I've been here

750
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:16,279
Speaker 1: twelve years, but um, we used to have a chef

751
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,480
Speaker 1: come in on Thursday nights for the team, you know,

752
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,879
Speaker 1: and we have all these the chefs are are big

753
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,680
Speaker 1: down here, and I can't recall the chef. He was in.

754
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:26,400
Speaker 1: He had his turtle soup and we're going through the

755
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:28,279
Speaker 1: lunch line. We're grabbing it and he's like, Coach, you

756
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 1: gotta try the soup and he hands it to me

757
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:32,280
Speaker 1: like you gotta try it, and so it's on my platter,

758
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:34,840
Speaker 1: and I kind of go through the line and I

759
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:37,880
Speaker 1: sit down in the cafeteria and I'm I'm looking up

760
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:39,880
Speaker 1: and I look at him, and he's making eye contact

761
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 1: with me, and I'm trying to figure out when I'm

762
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,359
Speaker 1: going to ditch this soup all right, or how I'm

763
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:49,359
Speaker 1: gonna because he's watching me, and so I would be more.

764
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 1: There's tons of great food that I probably don't don't

765
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 1: eat here, well, you know, to the exotic meats, like

766
00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:00,239
Speaker 1: did you try the turtle soup? No? I didn't. Did

767
00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,440
Speaker 1: you tell the guy listen, get off my back, stop

768
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:06,319
Speaker 1: making eye contact with you making me uncomfortable. We had

769
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 1: someone distract him. But the but the bread, the French bread,

770
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:16,279
Speaker 1: and the sauces and the restaurants. That the other thing

771
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:18,920
Speaker 1: is that the service. You know, you'll be at a

772
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 1: table with regardless of where you're at. But everything's brought

773
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 1: to you like bam, so all seven people or five people,

774
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:30,360
Speaker 1: it arrives at the same time. I mean, there's a

775
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 1: couple of things this city entertains feeds you. And how's

776
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:37,520
Speaker 1: you better than anyone in the world. Um, two more,

777
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:40,080
Speaker 1: two more football questions. You you could even not do

778
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,719
Speaker 1: current guys because I noticed when I talk to you

779
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,920
Speaker 1: guys pro people, they don't like to sort of acknowledge

780
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:49,759
Speaker 1: the present because you might have to scheme against them, uh,

781
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:54,520
Speaker 1: play against them throughout your career as a coach. Who

782
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:57,520
Speaker 1: can you remember while you're playing against them, not even

783
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 1: one of your guys that just there talent, their skill

784
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:04,120
Speaker 1: took your breath away, that you saw that you were

785
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,239
Speaker 1: like you stopped being a coach for just a blink

786
00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 1: where you're like, holy sh it, this guy special? Well

787
00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 1: Folk was that guy all right? Julio does some things.

788
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:22,200
Speaker 1: And when you see Julio like field level, I mean

789
00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:29,759
Speaker 1: it's his size and athleticism is amazing. Um. And then

790
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 1: I would say, no, there was another player just on

791
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:37,759
Speaker 1: the tip of my tongue. Steve Smith was someone at Carolina.

792
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:41,680
Speaker 1: Steve would would beat your corner and then talk smack

793
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:43,440
Speaker 1: to you on the way back to the huddle like

794
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 1: and you were just like now angry and he was

795
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:51,480
Speaker 1: in beat, you know, he was very competitive and in UM.

796
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 1: But Falk was someone that jumped off the screen that

797
00:43:54,760 --> 00:44:00,759
Speaker 1: you just felt it differently. Um, that's a question though,

798
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 1: and I'm I'm sure. Look the year we played in

799
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:08,600
Speaker 1: New York, the Brandy Moss was was was that guy

800
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:10,839
Speaker 1: that you just if they throw him just a one

801
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:15,160
Speaker 1: step smoke route, you were nervous. He was that good. Yes, indeed,

802
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:18,359
Speaker 1: most impact. What about defensive guy that you were like,

803
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,560
Speaker 1: this guy's a defensive guy. Look like we I spent

804
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,640
Speaker 1: a long time in the NFC East with the Eagles

805
00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:27,480
Speaker 1: two years, Giants four years, Cowboys three years. Darryl Green

806
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:31,720
Speaker 1: was towards the end of his career, Champ Bailey, those

807
00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:35,560
Speaker 1: were those were some corners that's that stood out. Um,

808
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:41,720
Speaker 1: I would say, shoot, there's been a slew of great

809
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:46,799
Speaker 1: pass rushers, Um Freeney. Look, we played Dallas and Oh

810
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:49,879
Speaker 1: nine and DeMarcus Ware wasn't gonna play and then at

811
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:53,439
Speaker 1: the very end of the week he's questionable. I'll never

812
00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:57,640
Speaker 1: forget this mistake. And man, he plays in the game

813
00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:00,360
Speaker 1: and we really didn't spend enough time in preper ration

814
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:04,440
Speaker 1: for you know, with the chips or nudges, and he

815
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:07,720
Speaker 1: had a sack fumble three sets, I mean, disrupted the game.

816
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:11,239
Speaker 1: And then later that year in the Super Bowl, there

817
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:13,680
Speaker 1: was the same question about how much FRENI was gonna play.

818
00:45:13,719 --> 00:45:16,360
Speaker 1: But Freeny was one of those guys that one of

819
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:22,080
Speaker 1: those special ends. DeMarcus was one, uh that that could

820
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:25,040
Speaker 1: just change the game. And I came to the league

821
00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:28,400
Speaker 1: after Lawrence Taylor, but I know he was that guy,

822
00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:32,040
Speaker 1: you know, I mean he was. It was crazy. And

823
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:35,359
Speaker 1: also this was before social media and where you could

824
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:37,920
Speaker 1: watch everything over and over. So when you saw it,

825
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:40,719
Speaker 1: you knew you probably never would see it again or

826
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:44,719
Speaker 1: you maybe catch it on the news. Absolutely, and it

827
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:47,080
Speaker 1: was just etched into your soul. Like I'm like, it's

828
00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:50,720
Speaker 1: like seeing a flying comment. My final question in basic terms,

829
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:54,640
Speaker 1: because I think everybody thinks they know football. I know

830
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:56,880
Speaker 1: what I know, and I'm very clear on what I

831
00:45:56,920 --> 00:46:02,279
Speaker 1: don't know. In basic terms. Offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator. You're

832
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:07,759
Speaker 1: the head coach. How does everything get deliberated well deliberated

833
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 1: in regards to just in regards to like, you know,

834
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:16,920
Speaker 1: we're gonna run this set offensively, We're gonna do some situationally,

835
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:20,560
Speaker 1: There's there's a lot. There's a philosophy you have first

836
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:22,839
Speaker 1: on defense in regards to are we gonna be an

837
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:26,040
Speaker 1: even front or not front? We're gonna play more zone

838
00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:28,439
Speaker 1: with our eyes to the ball, where we're gonna play

839
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 1: more man all right, how much pressure that varies throughout

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Speaker 1: the league, and then very quickly each week. Then it's

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Speaker 1: about the team you're playing, what you've got to stop,

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Speaker 1: what they do well, who you got to stop. It's

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Speaker 1: still you know, it's still a matchup game. In other words,

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Speaker 1: let's not let the best player beat us. And within

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Speaker 1: the framework of your scheme, so it's not changing every week,

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Speaker 1: but there's tweaks, there's things that that you might do.

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Speaker 1: And then when you and you want to play the run,

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Speaker 1: you know, you get a two high shell. You're you're

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Speaker 1: giving a little bit more attention to the passing game,

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Speaker 1: you get a single safety, a little bit more attention

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Speaker 1: to the run game. Um, you know, you get some

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Speaker 1: run pressures where you're actually trying to you know, what's

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Speaker 1: a linebacker to to, you know, to take a gap

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Speaker 1: if you will, and support the run and maybe a

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Speaker 1: five man rush. Offensively, you're you're kind of looking at

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Speaker 1: that you have your offense that you believe in, you know,

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Speaker 1: whether it's three receivers, two backs pretty much, you know,

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Speaker 1: everyone's got a variation. Some teams are less two backs,

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Speaker 1: and then it's situates. You know, it's your early downs,

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Speaker 1: it's your Wednesday night third down, it's your and and

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Speaker 1: then it's your people that's got to evolve to fit.

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Speaker 1: You know, what are the best things are players do?

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Speaker 1: If there was one thing, it's like, let's let's ask

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Speaker 1: them to do the things that they do best. You

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Speaker 1: can't just stuff them into a system. You gotta say,

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Speaker 1: these are are ingredients. This is what we're gonna have

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Speaker 1: for dinner. This is what we have. Here is what

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Speaker 1: that's right. And I think that, look, Bill double checks

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Speaker 1: done that better than anyone you know, over time. And

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Speaker 1: he's and so I think that, look that's I get

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Speaker 1: back to what we do. We were teachers, right all right?

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Speaker 1: Coach listen, I can't believe he took the time to

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Speaker 1: talk to me. I'm so honored. Through I'm such a fan.

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Speaker 1: I love you, team you before the l A game.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely absolutely, Good luck for your son, whoever you want

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Speaker 1: to bring, let's do it. Let's do We'll get some

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Speaker 1: turtle soup with some some data flakes and all that stuff.

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Speaker 1: And good luck this weekend. And I this was such

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Speaker 1: an honor to talk to a great conversation. Good stuff, Mike,

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Speaker 1: thank you, coach. All right, We'll see you all right,

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Speaker 1: all right. I want to thank Sean Payton for joining

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Speaker 1: me on the Iron Rapports stereo podcast. A pleasure and

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Speaker 1: an honor means so much to me. I know the

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Speaker 1: fans are gonna love it. Thank you so much. Who that,

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Speaker 1: Who that? Who do that? That that go Saints? See

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Speaker 1: you in Los Angeles. Let's go spit and bath such

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Speaker 1: STAPs and steak from such state and stays