1 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 1: All right, So you're middle of spring practice right now, 2 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: and you guys are just twenty five, twenty five, twenty five. 3 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: The outside world, probably the last thing they saw is 4 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 1: all right, twenty four didn't go the way you wanted 5 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: it to by any stretch. Next thing they probably see, 6 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: aside from this will be let's see how they look 7 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: against Alabama this fall. Between that point at the end 8 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: of last year and present day, I assume many changes 9 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,959 Speaker 1: internally have happened. You've had a lot of conversations. 10 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 2: You go this way, you go that way. For someone 11 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 2: who's just walking and saying, coach, how you've been the last. 12 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: Few months, how would you describe the last few months 13 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: to them? 14 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 3: And it's been a full speed sprint, and you know, 15 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 3: as you sit there and you go through it, you 16 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 3: know you finish. 17 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 4: You know. 18 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 3: Last year, obviously we had big change within our program. 19 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 3: You know, we had two new coordinators, different coaches, you know, 20 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 3: basically a new team of guys that you know leaving 21 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,759 Speaker 3: and you know, going in their directions. Some guys you know, graduating, 22 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,759 Speaker 3: some guys you know, uh, you know, looking at other 23 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 3: opportunities for them, and you know some that you know, 24 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 3: we needed to probably you have a separation with, but 25 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 3: on the flip side of it, you have guys that 26 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 3: are coming in. We had fifteen high school, high school 27 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 3: freshmen that started in January. We had sixteen transfers that 28 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 3: came in, you know, and with every person, you know, 29 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 3: with my biggest thing was the edge. It was the 30 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 3: the urgency, the determination, the desperation to go and fulfill 31 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 3: all that they can throughout this journey because in all reality, 32 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 3: we get to do this one time, you know, and 33 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,479 Speaker 3: every season is the season. It is the one all 34 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 3: your focus, all your effort, whether you're a freshman, whether 35 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 3: you're a transfer, whether a guy that's been you know, 36 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 3: been around the program for a long time, or you're 37 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 3: on day one. It's about point everything that you have 38 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 3: into the moment and for this team to be able 39 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 3: to come together. You know, I want a team that's 40 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 3: that's always you know, player, the inspired. You know, I 41 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 3: want to inspire these guys. I want to make them, 42 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 3: help them understand all that they can do, all that 43 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,959 Speaker 3: they can accomplish. You know, the structure that it takes, 44 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 3: you know, the standard that we've got to push to. 45 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 3: But it has to be player led and to see 46 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 3: the urgency from them, the relationships between them, the willingness 47 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 3: to encourage, the willingness to challenge, to pick. 48 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 4: Up, to push forward. 49 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,399 Speaker 3: That has to be has to be something that's led 50 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 3: from the players, and so being able to get that 51 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 3: all together right, They're starting in January to go through 52 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 3: an eight week winter program, coaches coming together, you know, 53 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 3: installation of offense defense, all those things. I mean, it 54 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 3: has been a sprint, but it's been one that I've 55 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 3: really enjoyed. You I'm excited about, you know, the guys 56 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 3: that we have here and the guys that have that 57 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 3: have you continue to develop within the program, and the 58 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 3: guys that have joined the program to come, you know, 59 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 3: help Florida State be what what it is capable of being. 60 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 3: And you know, I'm really pleased with what I've seen 61 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 3: over the last couple of months. 62 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 1: So if I sat down with you a year ago 63 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: this time, you would you tell me some version of yeah, 64 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: we just went thirteen and oh we won the ACC 65 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: but we got to start from scratch this upcoming year. 66 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,359 Speaker 1: And you're trying to instill the idea that you don't 67 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: get any carryover, you don't get to bottle up that 68 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: success and start on you know, level five, next year, 69 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: you got to start from square one. Well, if you 70 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: have a bad season the previous year, is there is 71 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: there some kind of strange way that you have to 72 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: rewire people. It could be staff, it could be players 73 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: to say, hey, last year certainly didn't go the way 74 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: we wanted it to, but believe it or not, as 75 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: much as you have to come down from up here 76 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 1: when you go thirteen to oh, you kind of get 77 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: to start up here again when it goes sideways the 78 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: year before. That's a way different conversation. But is it 79 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: kind of the same principle of reminded folks, hey, square one, 80 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: square one. 81 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 3: It is, But you know it's also you don't ever 82 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 3: want to waste the experience. And you know, last year 83 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 3: was an awful year to have to go through and 84 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 3: some of those experiences to have to live through, but 85 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,119 Speaker 3: you know, you do get to reflect, you do get 86 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 3: to apply the lessons that are learned. You get to 87 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 3: go take positive steps and just as it was when 88 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 3: you win nineteen straight games, and I know what that 89 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 3: looks like too, I know what that took to get 90 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 3: be able to get to that point. And you don't 91 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 3: want to waste those experiences as well, But when it 92 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 3: comes to this team, you know, it's one thing to 93 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 3: talk about it. 94 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 4: You've got to go live it. 95 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 3: And everybody, you know, everybody has the same desires. At 96 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 3: this time of the year. Everybody's talking about winning the championship. 97 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 3: Everybody's talking about the things that are ahead, this being 98 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 3: the best year. You can hope for that to happen, 99 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 3: or you can go make it happen. And you know, 100 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 3: when you're coming off a thirteen win season, you know 101 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 3: there's there are high expectations. There's high expectations with everybody 102 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 3: in the program and for what you want it to 103 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 3: look like, for what you desire it to be. You know, 104 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 3: even with how that season ended, you know, in some 105 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 3: of the disappointment of things that were outside of our control, 106 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 3: you know, it still came down to what we were 107 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 3: willing to do in the moment of truth, of the 108 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 3: moment of you know, where all the expectations go. 109 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 4: And you know, and then you have a result, Well 110 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 4: what do you do with that? 111 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 3: And as you come into this year, you know, I've 112 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 3: got extremely high expectations for what's ahead, right, and we 113 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 3: can talk about it, we can we can push towards it, 114 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 3: But it's still going to come down to the willingness 115 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 3: to it, to invest, the willingness to make that happen, 116 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 3: the willingness to live it right on a daily bas 117 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 3: basis around our program. And there's plenty of guys, there's 118 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 3: you know, thirty plus guys going through spring spring ball 119 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 3: right now that we're not a part of last season. 120 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 3: So I'm not gonna, you know, sit there and just 121 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 3: you know, keep pounding away of what that was and 122 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 3: why that happened. But I did learn some lessons and 123 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 3: from December January, all the things that we've done, it's 124 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 3: about this team going to be the best that it can. 125 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 3: And I don't want to be a team that hopes 126 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 3: for it. I want to be a team that every step, 127 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 3: every step along the way, our actions are pushing towards. 128 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:37,679 Speaker 4: The desired result. 129 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 3: And you've got to earn that, and you've got to 130 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 3: from coaches, players, everybody involved. I mean, there needs to 131 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 3: be there needs to be a constant edge and determination 132 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 3: for your best to show up towards what we desire 133 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 3: to be. 134 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 4: And that's where it is a reset. 135 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 3: But you know, as I'm sitting there looking through it 136 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 3: and it's about today, and it's about the. 137 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 4: Things that we've done since January every day. 138 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 3: You know, that's what we've earned to this point, and 139 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 3: so you better capitalize on the moment and you'll push 140 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 3: with all our focus for what this season is going 141 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 3: to be because it's the only opportunity that we get, 142 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 3: you know, twelve guaranteed opportunities this fall, and you know 143 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 3: to go put our best forward. And I'm excited about 144 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 3: the Like I said, that edge that our players are 145 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 3: bringing and our coaches are bringing into this opportunity that 146 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 3: we have in front of us. 147 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 1: I think your seat is so radically different obviously than 148 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: mine or of fans, because I can afford to sit 149 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: outside and just look at the what. You're responsible for 150 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: the why positive or negative. You're responsible for the WY 151 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: and you're responsible for casting the vision to change it 152 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: or to enhance what we're doing. 153 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 2: Right. 154 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: I remember talking to a pilot one time. He was saying, 155 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: so we're in Tallahassee right now. He was saying, Man, 156 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: one degree doesn't seem like a whole lot of difference, 157 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: but one degree is the difference from Tallahassee between landing 158 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 1: in Seattle and San Diego. Like the further out you get, 159 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 1: the more it's really really apparent that one degree made 160 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: a huge difference. So then when you quality control yourself 161 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: and you have to assess top to bottom and things 162 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: didn't go the way you wanted, do you find that 163 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: there are just little incremental things here or there that 164 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: you think could yield massive difference in record or is 165 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: it like an outsider thinks, and oh man, you just 166 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: got to burn the whole thing down. Then you got 167 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: to start from scratch, because I'd imagine it's the former 168 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: and not the latter. 169 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 3: No, it is, and it is the little things that 170 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 3: make the big things happen. And as we go through, 171 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 3: as we go through it and you evaluate, you look 172 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 3: at it's also on the flip side. You know, as 173 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 3: we're coming off a year, you know, a couple of 174 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 3: seasons ago where you know, we were five and seven 175 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 3: our second year, and you know what, there were a 176 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 3: lot of little things that happened to go into twenty 177 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 3: twenty two where you win ten games, where you have 178 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 3: a three game losing streak in the middle of the season, 179 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 3: but we're able to flip it and then you go 180 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 3: on a course of winning, you know, nineteen straight right, right. 181 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 4: Well, those are little things. 182 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 3: There were little things that were put in place in 183 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 3: year one that built upon year two, right, and then 184 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 3: you got the extreme. You know, you get the lift 185 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 3: a trophy, you get to win a championship, you get 186 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 3: a lot of wards, guys getting drafted, fulfilling dreams. 187 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 4: The next year. 188 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 3: There are some little things that took place, and and 189 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 3: it's everybody involved, coaches, players, you know, there's some you know, 190 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 3: there were some. 191 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 4: Good things that were done. 192 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 3: There's some some bad things, all with the right intentions, right, 193 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 3: But it was still those little things that allowed for 194 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 3: you know, the results that we faced, and then you 195 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 3: know how we responded to those to those events, to 196 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 3: those experiences. And that's where I look back, and it's 197 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 3: about making sure that you know from top to bottom 198 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 3: that you know, it's the accountability, it's the structure, it's 199 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 3: the it's a push, you know, I know, once again, 200 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 3: know what it looks like and and have achieved it 201 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 3: at at at an elite level. But also you know, 202 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 3: it's the it's the processes that have to be in 203 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 3: place and the accountability that has to be a place 204 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 3: to make sure that you know, when when a play 205 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 3: doesn't go the way you want it to go. Half, 206 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 3: possibly a game doesn't go. How are you gonna what 207 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 3: are you gonna fall back on? What are you gonna 208 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 3: what are you gonna rely on? What are you gonna 209 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,319 Speaker 3: do that's going to help you? You know, you flip 210 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 3: the swips and respond in that moment to go get 211 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 3: the desired outcome. And you know that's those are the 212 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 3: things that that we've been looking at when it's within 213 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 3: within our position groups, within our side of ball, within 214 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 3: our football team, as as a as a big picture hole, 215 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 3: and you know, those are the things that are critical. 216 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 3: It might be just the smallest of actions, it might 217 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 3: be the smallest of moments, but they're going to have 218 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 3: you know, huge ramifications as as you're moving forward into 219 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 3: a season. And so, uh, you know, I'm excited because 220 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 3: you know, some of the changes that have been made 221 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,440 Speaker 3: have allowed me, you know a little different scope to 222 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 3: be even more hands on when it comes to to 223 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 3: you know, you know, I say addressing but also focusing 224 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 3: on those little things that that I know we're going 225 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 3: to be critical as we go into the season ahead, 226 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 3: and you know, just excited for the opportunity to see 227 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 3: that impact within the locker room and and our players. 228 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: That's what I was going to ask you, Gus, Gus 229 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: Maleson's here, Gus Maleson's the offensive coordinator, walk in the 230 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: halls here. That's certainly not a headline I would have 231 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 1: expected to be reading. It's not something I would have 232 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: expected to be talking to you about a year ago 233 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: this time. But yet here we are so not. Not 234 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: only is there the piece of hiring him, there's the 235 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: piece of I'm you to you being a play caller 236 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: on the teams that you're leading. And so you just said, hey, 237 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 1: I've got a little different vantage point. I've made some 238 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: decisions that give me a little different vantage point. Maybe 239 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: I got a little better scope, a little more time 240 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 1: over here or over there. Walk someone through who just 241 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: sees the headline? What goes into that decision? How hard 242 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: is it? 243 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 2: Or is it just we got to do it? We 244 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 2: got to do it. 245 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 4: Yeah. 246 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 3: You know, as you as you reflective, you know, you 247 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 3: know where things are, how they get to a certain point, 248 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 3: and you know what you want it looking like. 249 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 4: Moving forward, the seat of a head coach. 250 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 3: Now on Division one football, you know, especially at this level, 251 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 3: you know, is it's much different than you know any 252 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:38,439 Speaker 3: time before. And you know there's there's still coaches that 253 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 3: will be you know, calling and leading sides of ball 254 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 3: and then you know that's the decisions and choices. But 255 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 3: as I looked at as I looked at this situation, 256 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 3: it had to be right, you know, the offensive coordinator, 257 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 3: defensive coordinator. 258 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 4: When you when you choose to make a change, and 259 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 4: you know, to be able. 260 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 3: To to take a step, you know, with with what 261 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 3: you desire, you know, it's got to check all the boxes. 262 00:10:57,559 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 3: And you know, there's not many people you know in 263 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 3: the country tree that I would have had the comfort, 264 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 3: the piece, you know, the the you know that would 265 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 3: have fit the way that this does. You know, you know, 266 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:10,719 Speaker 3: coach Miles on was was who I got my start with. 267 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,719 Speaker 3: You know, my first Division one GA job was was 268 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 3: under him for two years and so a lot of 269 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 3: the foundational elements of what we've done over the years 270 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 3: come from that and that relationship. And you know, I 271 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 3: mean he's one of the most you know, innovative minds 272 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 3: that college football has seen. I mean, he's he's got 273 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 3: just you know, such a great background. But it's also 274 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 3: it's it's who it is and and the the confidence 275 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,679 Speaker 3: that he pours into the guys that he leads, the 276 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 3: the you know, his passion for for that side of 277 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 3: ball is you know, is legendary, you know over the 278 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 3: years of just what he's been able to do. And so, 279 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 3: you know, and then our relationship, you know, it's it's 280 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 3: somebody that I know I can I can hand the 281 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 3: hand the keys off and say, you know this, this 282 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 3: is what what we want to look like, this is 283 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 3: what we needed to be and and he's you know, 284 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,199 Speaker 3: he's full steam ahead with that. And the same with 285 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,679 Speaker 3: you know, you know Tony White there on the defensive side. Uh, 286 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 3: you know, I've had to compete against you know, Coach 287 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 3: White and that the versatility, the way of attack deal. 288 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 4: But really, you know, all of those things are wonderful. 289 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 3: When it goes to X and os, it's the mentality 290 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 3: of how it of how a team plays. 291 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 4: It's it's what that side of ball looks like. 292 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:14,719 Speaker 3: It's it's the you know, the leadership that those guys 293 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 3: are going to be able to bring because you know, 294 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 3: I'm I'm a big pictures sitting well, this is what 295 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 3: I want our football team to be. This is what 296 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:23,319 Speaker 3: I want it to look like. This is these are 297 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 3: the kind of the parameters of expectation. But you got 298 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 3: guys that are that are just natural born leaders and 299 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 3: can take you know, a plan and be able to 300 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 3: put it in an action where you know, it allows 301 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 3: me to make sure that I'm reinforcing with assistant coaches, 302 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 3: with the players, with the guys that we see as 303 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 3: potential leaders, you know, making sure that we're connecting along 304 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 3: the ways, and if there is you know, if there 305 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 3: is a misstep, if there is you know, maybe something 306 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 3: that's not quite hitting the standard of what is needed, 307 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 3: you know, I'm able to address that head on as 308 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 3: as the leader of this program and not just you know, 309 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 3: kind of go back to hoping that it gets done 310 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 3: and ensuring that this this is what we're going to do, 311 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 3: This is how we're gonna do it, and then you know, 312 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 3: really you know, reinforcing you know, that standard, you know, 313 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,079 Speaker 3: across all elements of our program. Well knowing that when 314 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 3: it comes to the offense defense a special champsman, the 315 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 3: coordinators I have, man, they're they're you know, they're pushing 316 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 3: at full steam ahead with you know, just who they 317 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 3: are and what they did. 318 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: If I were just driving by the Florida State program, 319 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: last few years. I've seen the on the field record, 320 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: the talent acquisition part. If I were just driving by, 321 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: I say, a couple of years ago they went and 322 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 1: got a ton of proven production out of the portal, 323 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: and then I would look at last year, I'd say, 324 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: looks like they went more potential, maybe not quite as 325 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: much production, and then this year we'll see what the 326 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: results yield this year. Is that a fair characterization or 327 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: is that just the way it so happened to be? 328 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: In other words, that's what was available relative to what 329 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 1: we needed. 330 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think when you look at it, 331 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 3: when you look at the scope of it over the 332 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 3: last gard I think you are kind of spot on 333 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 3: with with how it played out, and it was you know, 334 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 3: we got some productive players there. 335 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 4: Early. There were a couple of guys that we were potential, 336 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 4: you know guys. I mean, you know, they saw. 337 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 3: Trey Benson, who had dealt with injuries, and you know, 338 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 3: this was somebody I knew from high school. But he 339 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 3: came in and you know, was able to probably exceed 340 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 3: all outside expectation. 341 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 4: Of what he what he was and what he ended 342 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 4: up becoming. 343 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 3: But you know, we did we got some guys that 344 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 3: were proven, you know, playmakers and guys that that you 345 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 3: had showed the good and the bad and how they 346 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 3: responded in situations. And you know, I think they came 347 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 3: in and you know, most of those guys had their 348 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 3: best years. You know, we're able to fulfill you know, 349 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 3: the dreams and the and the aspirations of what they 350 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 3: desired within the the the program and the structure of 351 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 3: how we helped bring them along. 352 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 4: This last year. 353 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 3: You know, as we went through it, you know, there 354 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 3: was there were more potential, you know, decisions of guys 355 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 3: that you know, high weight speed, you know, the the 356 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 3: potential of what they could become. And you know, in 357 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 3: all reality, you know, in the moment of truth, you know, 358 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 3: we didn't you know, maybe it was a production or 359 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 3: the response to situations or things that didn't quite go 360 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 3: how we what we needed. Now I'll say that, you know, 361 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 3: we have some guys that came in that I believe 362 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 3: had a great potential that maybe last year didn't perform 363 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 3: at an elite level. 364 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 4: But I'm seeing the development. I'm seeing the growth. 365 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 3: I mean, you know, you look at you know, guys 366 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 3: like Earl Little, I'm so very excited about what you know, 367 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 3: last year was just an okay season for him. He 368 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 3: was not you know, probably not the impact that we 369 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 3: ultimately desired. You know, had a position changed during the season, 370 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 3: and now I'm excited about what next year is. 371 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 4: Going to be. 372 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 3: Guys like you know, Jalen Brown, you know, a young 373 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 3: receiver that you know had a high potential, but last 374 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 3: year just wasn't It wasn't as productive of what we 375 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 3: probably needed in the moment. But but I feel very 376 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 3: confident in what that's going to be. You know, there's 377 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 3: guys across the across the board that are going through 378 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 3: that that process. But you know, you know last year 379 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 3: we did go more to potential, and you know, as 380 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 3: it came into this season, I mean you talk about 381 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 3: you know, reevaluating, how you were assessing your team, what 382 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 3: is needed, and there's a couple of positions we needed 383 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 3: the experience. We needed guys that you know that have 384 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 3: experienced are rate, have experienced you know, some of the 385 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 3: tough and challenging moments, but have responded to put themselves 386 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 3: in a position that they're in. 387 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 4: And you know what, I. 388 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 3: Think that was a big part of my evaluation is 389 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 3: making sure that we got guys with the right edge, 390 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 3: right that have that have lived the journey, that have 391 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 3: put it on display, you know, at a very high 392 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 3: level of what their capabilities are. And now it's now 393 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 3: it's our job to go make sure this is the 394 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 3: best year they've ever had. And you know, I'm seeing 395 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 3: that as they've come in. You know, it's very challenging 396 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 3: with guys through the recruiting process, you know, in the 397 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 3: transfer world, probably even even more than even the high 398 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 3: school guys that came in of just understanding the expectation. 399 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 4: You know, I wasn't looking to runt a player. 400 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 3: I want guys that are coming in that that everything 401 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 3: that they have for this to be the best year, 402 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 3: to pour everything they have into this team in the 403 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 3: in the expectation for this to be the best year 404 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 3: for Florida State as well as that individual. And you know, 405 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 3: I really think we've got a great collection of young 406 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 3: men that have come into to this program. 407 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 2: I don't want to just gloss of what you said. 408 00:16:56,240 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: There percent of the public, here's transfer portal, and they 409 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: do think one year immediate gratification. 410 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 2: Let's see what the guy's got. 411 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: You're talking about development, You're talking about marrying the transfer 412 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 1: portal with the age old. 413 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 2: Concept of development, and that means sometimes multiple years in 414 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:14,360 Speaker 2: the program. 415 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 1: I just think myself included, I get so conditioned to thinking, 416 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,360 Speaker 1: all right, if fsu went and got a running back 417 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: out of the portal, either he's going to do something 418 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: this fall or that's a bust, and then you kind 419 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 1: of move on. 420 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 2: You're talking about Earl Little, who's a dB who everybody 421 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 2: around the building. 422 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 1: Expects to have a really big impact this year, and 423 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: many people who follow the portal have already kind of 424 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: written him off because, well, if he wasn't an immediate 425 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: impact player last year, that must have been a miss. 426 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: But you're talking about the principle of development, which has 427 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,639 Speaker 1: normally been married with recruiting and kids out of high school, 428 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 1: and you're talking about that with multi year guys out 429 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: of the portal. 430 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 3: Well, it's everybody's path is different, you know, and how guys, 431 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 3: you know, go through the journey. You see got some 432 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 3: guys that you know, or immediate guys that come in, 433 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 3: whether it's high school, whether it's transferred, that have a 434 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 3: great impact, and you see guys that grow through the problem. 435 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 3: And you know, for me, whatever it is, you know, 436 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 3: you know, Jared Verse came in had multiple years and 437 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 3: you know what, he had an immediate impact, right he 438 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 3: chose to come back for another year because he saw 439 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 3: the opportunity for continue development and you know, played himself 440 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 3: into a first round draft pick and Pro bowler as 441 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 3: a rookie and you know, defensive player of the Year. 442 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 3: That that was his path and journey, but there was 443 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 3: still the improvement. Everybody's at a different place, and for us, 444 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 3: it's about making sure we meet guys at where they are. 445 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 3: I want, I'd love for every freshman to come into 446 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 3: this program and be an instant starter, like to be 447 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:32,959 Speaker 3: the best that they're going to But you know what, 448 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 3: that's sometimes that's not always the case. You see growth, 449 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 3: you see guys that that that you know they're they're developmentally, 450 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,479 Speaker 3: their developmental, physically, I mean, all those things are important. 451 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 3: But it's also the same thing you would transfers, and 452 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 3: you know, at the end of the day, you know, 453 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 3: you look back, you know, whether it's a junior college 454 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 3: transfer that's come in that was kind of the way 455 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 3: of the world. You know, years pass, uh you know 456 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:54,959 Speaker 3: how they how they would transition into place. But it's 457 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 3: still the same thing with a four to four transfer. Now, 458 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 3: some guys that are one year, you know, seniors that 459 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 3: have a lot of you know, there is the extra 460 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 3: d it is hit or miss right, and you've got 461 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 3: to be right on those. And you know we've had 462 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 3: pretty good success in that in that regards. But you know, 463 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 3: when you sit there and you look at those guys 464 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 3: that have multiple years, you know, making sure that you're 465 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 3: still seeing that growth and progression, and you know somebody 466 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 3: comes in, you got to connect with them and meet 467 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 3: them where they are and put them in the best 468 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 3: position for them to grow to what you know they 469 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 3: can become. 470 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: I've never listened to you say, hey man, I want 471 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 1: to build a program on the foundation of the transfer portal. 472 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:29,400 Speaker 1: Never heard those words come out of your mouth. I've 473 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: heard some people describe the program that way from the outside, 474 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 1: but I've heard you talk about, well, I want to 475 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 1: recruit high school guys. I want to I want that 476 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:38,639 Speaker 1: to be the nucleus of the program. If we can 477 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: supplement with the portal, we'll supplement with the portal. I 478 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 1: have always looked at that and I thought to myself, 479 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: if I just nailed it in the portal one year, 480 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 1: and then I get another year and another year in 481 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: I would wonder to myself, when do I have time 482 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: to dig my heels in and get those two or 483 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,199 Speaker 1: three cycles of high school kids and really build that 484 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: foundation sign taneous to immediate impact guys coming in from 485 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: the portal. It sounds very convoluted, but the entire world 486 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: we live in right now is convoluted. Hey, when you 487 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 1: when you strictly look at the high school recruiting piece 488 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 1: of your program, I've heard you talk about it and 489 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 1: how you guys want that to be better, But like, 490 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: what tangible steps. 491 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 2: Have you taken do you have to take? 492 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: How do you evaluate that in the portal age? Like 493 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: what does that look like from the head coach's seat? 494 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 4: You know? 495 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 3: I mean, and it is true, I mean, we want 496 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 3: to build this through the high school ranks. And there's 497 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 3: not been a year that we've been here that we've 498 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 3: ever signed more transfers than we've had high school players 499 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 3: like we have it is now. We've been really good 500 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 3: on the transfers as a big picture hole over the 501 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 3: last four years. The guys that we've been bring in 502 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 3: the production, they've had the development, you know, and you know, 503 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 3: plenty of schools have signed a lot more. We were 504 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 3: just right on the ones that we brought. Now, it 505 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 3: hasn't been perfect, it hasn't you know, obviously we've seen. 506 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 4: The good and the bad through that situation. 507 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:53,919 Speaker 3: But you know, when you look at the high school, 508 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 3: you know, when we came here, it was it was 509 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 3: there was a challenge. You know, COVID happened a year 510 00:20:58,760 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 3: and a half, we don't get to go into high 511 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 3: so we had to take you know a lot of projections, 512 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 3: you know, still building it. You know, we're building the 513 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 3: program to show what it can be, what it can become. 514 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 3: You know, so we had to take some projections there 515 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,119 Speaker 3: early and some guys that were able to develop and 516 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 3: play and you know, you have good careers here. But 517 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 3: you know, you look at that your twenty two twenty 518 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 3: three season as the product on the field was was 519 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 3: showing the capabilities of the growth the way that show 520 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 3: the playmakers for uh, you know, showcased right well, those 521 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,199 Speaker 3: were our best classes and those are the guys that 522 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,440 Speaker 3: if you look over the last few years, I'm really 523 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 3: excited about them taking this next step and you know, 524 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 3: making sure that you know that you show that progression, 525 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 3: you show those guys and the uh, you know, the 526 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 3: development aspect of what they've been able to do, and 527 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:45,400 Speaker 3: then you continue to build upon that, you know, as 528 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 3: you move forward. And so I've been pleased with with 529 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 3: where it's been. You know, we have had a balance 530 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 3: because sometimes you know, you talk about the transfer portal, 531 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 3: it's the complimentary pieces, right, You've got to be able 532 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,239 Speaker 3: to bring a guy in that fits the room, that 533 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 3: fits the need, the design, uh, you know, and sometimes 534 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,199 Speaker 3: it's the experience. Sometimes it's a maturity, sometimes it's a 535 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 3: physical development, but it's it's always about, you know, making 536 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 3: sure that you as you're building the program that the 537 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 3: one you know, you know and assessed the areas of need, 538 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 3: and then that you're addressing that through to each guy 539 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 3: that comes in, you know. 540 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 4: And I think for the. 541 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 3: Most part over the over the last you know, five years, 542 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 3: we've done a good job of that. But you know, 543 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 3: there's been there's been missus and you know, it's about 544 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 3: eliminating and and minimizing the times where you might miss 545 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 3: on on or maybe have a you know, an opportunity 546 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 3: to to to take us a. 547 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 4: Bigger step in that. 548 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 3: But our focus is going to live in the high 549 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 3: school world of recruiting, but then making sure that we're surrounding, 550 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:42,959 Speaker 3: you know, those guys that have that have been here 551 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 3: from the beginning with the right complimentary pieces in the 552 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 3: in the portal, you. 553 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 1: Said a little while ago, I want an edge. I 554 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,360 Speaker 1: want everyone in the building to have an edge. Coaches, players, 555 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 1: we had Curbis mart on the other day and he 556 00:22:57,960 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 1: was talking about nil. He was talking about when a 557 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: kids it's in front of me and the first thing 558 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: he brings up his money. I'll listen to him, but 559 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 1: it's probably not. 560 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 2: Going to work out. 561 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 1: If that's if that's at the forefront of the mentality, 562 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,919 Speaker 1: George is probably not the place for them. You You 563 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 1: have to be having similar conversations. And what Kirby said 564 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 1: the other day is now, if a guy has passion 565 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 1: and fire and intensity, I'll pay for that. That's what 566 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 1: I want. That's what's in short supply. In your experience, 567 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,679 Speaker 1: you've coached a long time. Now, do you find that 568 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:30,199 Speaker 1: those critical factors are in shorter supply than they have 569 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:30,919 Speaker 1: been before. 570 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 3: I think there's more distractions and there's more comfort for 571 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 3: a a student athlete now than there's ever been. And 572 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 3: you know, you think back for over the years, you know, 573 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 3: for for them players that are coming up for them 574 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,199 Speaker 3: to truly make it, for them to be able to 575 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,919 Speaker 3: provide for the people or families they're you know, for 576 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 3: them to make it, it was it was to get 577 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,439 Speaker 3: to National Football League. So whatever steps needed to be taken, 578 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,880 Speaker 3: you that edge, a determination and desperation to go be it. 579 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 3: Well as you get into the world of ent i 580 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 3: l and guys that you know your different you know 581 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,199 Speaker 3: your situations and sarta satement, you guys can can go 582 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 3: to college now and be comfortable and to be better 583 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 3: than than maybe they've ever expected, you know, through those 584 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,360 Speaker 3: collegiate you know, you know your years, but still about 585 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 3: the edge of what you want to be and what 586 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,879 Speaker 3: you determine and what you want to accomplish. And so 587 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 3: for us, if it's not if you don't have the 588 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 3: absolute desire to go be the best, to the the 589 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 3: edge to be you know, one of the greatest players 590 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 3: at your position to maximize your opportunity. If it's just about, 591 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 3: you know, to be comfortable in your situation and you're 592 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 3: not going to fit at Florida State and you know 593 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 3: with the distractions that are out there, it's about keeping 594 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 3: that edge. It's about you're remembering the why you know, 595 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 3: why is it that you do what you do? And 596 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 3: and if comfort ever if fits in any part of 597 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 3: the situation, you don't, you're you're not going to belong here. 598 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 3: And so and that's what you know, I think is 599 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 3: more challenging now for a student athlete than you know 600 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 3: ever before. 601 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:02,639 Speaker 4: But it's also it's it's what you know as a coach. 602 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 3: It's that it's that connection and it's making sure that 603 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 3: you know you could sit there. And I used Jared 604 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 3: Versus as a great example, you know his you know, 605 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 3: when he made the choice of where to go and 606 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 3: I all had zero part in it. There was a 607 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 3: place that he can go to be able to and 608 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 3: there was never even like discussed the thought of I mean, 609 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,360 Speaker 3: he found a place that was best for him. Now 610 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:27,439 Speaker 3: going into a second year, I'm sure he he had 611 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 3: a pretty good nil deal, uh, coming back to Florida 612 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 3: State as a what was a projected still. 613 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 4: Top draft pick. But if you watched him play. 614 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,199 Speaker 3: Right, you would think this was somebody that was that 615 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 3: was absolutely desperate right to go make it in this world. 616 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 3: And he played with that edge, that determination. He showed 617 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 3: up to practice, the drive to desire all the things 618 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 3: to go prove himself to what he could be. Signs 619 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 3: the first round draft you know, as a first round 620 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 3: draft pick has a lot a lot of zeros behind 621 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 3: that contract. You watch him as a rookie, you would 622 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 3: think he was broke by how hard right, And that's 623 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 3: where you got to find the right guys, the right 624 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 3: the guys that are that are wired the right way, 625 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 3: that are willing to go put it in to be 626 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 3: able to go be what they can and you know, 627 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 3: if it's just to secure a short term paycheck, I mean, 628 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 3: there's plenty of there's plenty of recruits out there that 629 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 3: you know that might be the desire, might be the 630 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 3: desire of the people around them, But if that's what 631 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 3: they get distracted by, then you know there's there's going 632 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 3: to be some messed opportunities. 633 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 4: And so it's about finding that. 634 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 3: The guys that are ed wired the right way, that 635 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 3: like I said, I keep going back to that edge 636 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 3: or that desperation. But that's that's what this game's about. 637 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 3: And it's about showing up and bringing that every single 638 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,959 Speaker 3: day to go fulfill what you can become, not just 639 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 3: you know, to be comfortable in the situation where you 640 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 3: find yourself. 641 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 1: You know you're running a major college football program. Most 642 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,439 Speaker 1: people watching this have never been a part of one, 643 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: will never be a part of one at any level. 644 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:51,199 Speaker 1: They may be a FedEx driver, working at a car wash, 645 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,679 Speaker 1: selling insurance, whatever, and they hear you say that, and 646 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: they would think, Man, if I were ever a college 647 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,400 Speaker 1: football player and I was in that environment all day, boy, 648 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 1: I have no trouble with those characteristics being brought out 649 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 1: in me. They would have to be brought out in me. 650 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: That's the environment I'm in. But I'm just sitting here 651 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: behind a desk. No one's yelling in my face, no 652 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 1: one's motivating me. 653 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 2: Maybe to a. 654 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: Certain extent, that's true. But at the end of the day, 655 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 1: what you're saying is it's still up to you. Like 656 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 1: it does not matter whether you're in isolation over here somewhere, 657 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: or whether you're in a locker room or a weight 658 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 1: room over here. Doesn't matter what music you're listening to, 659 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:28,159 Speaker 1: what videos you're watching, who's in your face? There's something 660 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: in you, and ultimately you're the one that's got to 661 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,399 Speaker 1: bring it out. You can create and cultivate the environment 662 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: all you want to, but is it not still on 663 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,360 Speaker 1: the individual to make that determination every day. 664 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's where I sit there and say, it's 665 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 3: it's coach inspired player. Let you gotta and sometimes you 666 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 3: have to leave yourself. Sometimes you gotta. I don't want 667 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 3: I don't want players, coaches, anybody involved right that are 668 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 3: just reacted to the circumstance. Because if it's just about 669 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 3: the circumstance, you find yourself. 670 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 4: In good day, good bad day, good season, how's the weather, 671 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 4: bad season, whatever that. 672 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 3: Might be right, if that's going to det who you are, 673 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 3: it's probably not gonna take you very far. But when 674 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,200 Speaker 3: it's the inner drive and inner desire for to fulfill 675 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,160 Speaker 3: the potential, right, good, Lord's bless you with so many things. 676 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 4: Blessed. 677 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,359 Speaker 3: I mean, I would never imagine right growing up, that 678 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 3: I ever have this opportunity. 679 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 4: And so every day I'm humbled by that. Because I 680 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 4: do have. 681 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 3: There is a responsibility that I have to help each 682 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,360 Speaker 3: and every one of these guys, whether it's players, coaches, everybody, 683 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 3: to fulfill the potential, to maximize all that they've been 684 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 3: blessed with, to go be it right because everybody talks 685 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 3: about it, you know, and you sit down and have 686 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 3: a conversation, you ask any player what they want to 687 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 3: be great or best is what's going to come from, right, 688 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 3: But who's really willing to do what's necessary to become that? 689 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:37,360 Speaker 4: Right? 690 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 3: And if it's well, I just want to do that 691 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 3: till I make this certain amount of money. But it's 692 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 3: not real, right, Then it's circumstances. Then you're just as 693 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,239 Speaker 3: long as you get this and I'm okay, I mean 694 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 3: I'll want it. It's that daily drive, it's a daily push, 695 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 3: it's a daily challenge, right, and you've got to be 696 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 3: inspired by those around you. 697 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 4: But you know what, you got to lead yourself with that. 698 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,239 Speaker 4: It's it's truly you got to wake up every day 699 00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 4: and make a choice. 700 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 3: And that's what I That's what I love about you know, 701 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 3: this new dynamic of college football because we can sit 702 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 3: there and say, well, players are getting paid this that No, 703 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 3: it's a greater challenge it ever, the responsibility of a 704 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 3: coach is greater now than it's ever been because now 705 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 3: long term futures and lives like if if if a 706 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 3: player allows himself to get comfortable between the age of 707 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 3: eighteen and twenty two and don't maximize the potential they 708 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 3: have just because there's their situation is better than you 709 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 3: know what most are out there, but they're willing to 710 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 3: settle there, and then that is it's going to be 711 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 3: one of the greatest failures of any person that's a 712 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 3: part of that young man's journey. It's about being able 713 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 3: to take the situation, the circumstances they're in, and then 714 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 3: be willing to push for more, to be willing to 715 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 3: push for best, to be willing to maximize all that's 716 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 3: in front of them. And that's that's what I love 717 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 3: about it, and it's why I do what I do. 718 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 3: And you know, obviously we've we've seen we've seen the 719 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 3: grand scope of of how good it can be, and 720 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 3: we've seen, you know, some of the disappointing results of 721 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 3: not of maybe you know, of some of the some 722 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,560 Speaker 3: of the things where where we didn't we weren't able 723 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 3: to apply. You know that that why as well as 724 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 3: what you know we've shown within within past years. And 725 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 3: so you know, I'm excited about the opportunity that we 726 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 3: have and I'm excited about the guys that have said 727 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 3: yes to be a part of this journey, to be 728 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 3: a part of this point. 729 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 4: Coaches, players, everybody involved. 730 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 3: Because you know, you get one shot at it, and 731 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 3: you know, being able to capture that why to continue 732 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 3: to push and inspire players to go to go do 733 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:32,480 Speaker 3: the things necessary to fulfill it. 734 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 4: And that's what that's what's exciting for me. 735 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 1: Do you ever visualize way on down the line, as 736 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: you're going through something could be a great season, terrible season, 737 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: could be a good day or a bad day. Do 738 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,400 Speaker 1: you ever think to yourself, Man, I'm I'm the head 739 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 1: coach at Florida State. A lot of eyes are on me, 740 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 1: and twenty years from now, it'll still be very very 741 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 1: relevant whether I'm here or not that I was. 742 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 2: The head coach at Florida State. 743 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:55,800 Speaker 1: I could be speaking at a booster club, I could 744 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 1: be in a documentary and thinking to yourself, I wonder 745 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 1: how we'll talk about the twenty twenty four season then, 746 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 1: because by then there could be many, many, many glorified 747 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: aspects of a terrible season that could have given birth 748 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 1: to fill in the blank. 749 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 2: We don't know what comes yet. Do you think that way? 750 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 2: Are you just razor focus? 751 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 3: No? I think about that. I think about the opportunity 752 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 3: that's provided. I also think the responsibility that I have 753 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 3: to be in the moment. And so there is it's 754 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 3: the razor focus of the day, of the moment of 755 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:32,040 Speaker 3: trying to with the big picture in in scope. And 756 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 3: you know, I do think about that, and I'm so 757 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 3: so fortunate to have you know, this job, at this place, 758 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 3: in this in this moment. And you know, I do 759 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 3: believe everything happens for a reason. Don't always know why, right, 760 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,320 Speaker 3: You don't always want to have to go through sometimes, 761 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 3: but sometimes you need to go through what you can 762 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 3: prove you can get through. And you know, some of 763 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 3: the results of those of those situations. 764 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 4: I mentioned earlier. 765 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 3: You don't want to waste any experience because those experiences they. 766 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:57,920 Speaker 4: Form who you are. 767 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 3: And I cannot wait to tell the story about this journey, 768 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 3: and whether it's a year from now, whether it's twenty five, 769 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 3: thirty years from now, you'll be able to point back 770 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 3: and say, you know what, that was really hard, that 771 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 3: was really challenging. But you know what some of those 772 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 3: things that came out of that hard and challenging moment, 773 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:16,479 Speaker 3: right help define and and you know, establish what was 774 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 3: truly special that of what we got to build upon 775 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 3: from there. 776 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,720 Speaker 4: And so you know, like I said, it's a there's 777 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 4: a gratitude. 778 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 3: In it and you know, and I want you know, 779 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,120 Speaker 3: I want players to understand that as well. 780 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 4: You know, because you can sit there. 781 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 3: And you can point the hard you can point the challenging, 782 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 3: and you got the choice of what you're gonna do 783 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 3: with it. You can either rise, rise to it right 784 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,120 Speaker 3: or you can stay away from it. And it's it's 785 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 3: the ones that are really that are willing to learn 786 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 3: right into the opportunity with humility, with passion, with a 787 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,959 Speaker 3: sense of gratitude for what they can be and what 788 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,560 Speaker 3: they can do from it. And that's where that's what 789 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:56,000 Speaker 3: that's what the stories that people remember are all about. 790 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 3: You know, you know, you don't sit there and talk about, 791 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 3: you know, the stories of you know, how easy things 792 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:01,320 Speaker 3: were for people. 793 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:02,720 Speaker 4: People don't ever celebrate that. 794 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 3: You talk about the ones that had to overcome, had 795 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 3: to rise up, that truly showcased all of who they 796 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:10,320 Speaker 3: were you throughout that process. 797 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,239 Speaker 1: If I'm going through a season like that, if I'm 798 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,880 Speaker 1: going through a bad period of time at my job, 799 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 1: if our numbers are down, whatever case may be. 800 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,480 Speaker 2: I'm getting negative. 801 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:24,200 Speaker 1: Returns on the work we're doing. It is very human 802 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 1: nature to look in the mirror in the morning and 803 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:27,360 Speaker 1: say I gotta change this. 804 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,480 Speaker 2: I gotta change that. You start to question things. 805 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 1: If you're not really resolute in your principles and values, 806 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 1: you start to question things. And granted you're older, wiser, 807 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 1: like you're a head coach. The kids in the locker 808 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,320 Speaker 1: room are eighteen to twenty two years old, and some 809 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 1: of them are doing things the right way. And how 810 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 1: important is the conversation to have with them of, Hey, 811 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 1: I know you're not getting the immediate results that you 812 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 1: want right now, but trust me, even if you don't 813 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 1: think so, even if the man in the mirror is 814 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,480 Speaker 1: telling you otherwise, you are doing things the right way. Now, 815 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,040 Speaker 1: some other conversations may be different. But the ones that 816 00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: are doing it the right way, how much emphasis did 817 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 1: you place on reminding them just stay the course, It'll 818 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 1: work out. 819 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,040 Speaker 3: That's That's something that you know, we we talk about 820 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,080 Speaker 3: a lot, and you know I was telling them. You know, 821 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:13,160 Speaker 3: hard work doesn't always guarantee immediate success, right. It does 822 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 3: put you in the best position to be successful, but 823 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 3: you have to go through and you do evaluate. You 824 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 3: evaluate the structure of how you're doing things, what you're doing, like, 825 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:22,440 Speaker 3: how can it be better you work? How can you 826 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 3: maximize you know, but there might be times you give 827 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 3: everything that you have, you put yourself in the best 828 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,400 Speaker 3: position you might you might experience an l in the moment. 829 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,280 Speaker 3: It might be one play, it might be one half, 830 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 3: maybe a game, right, you know, but as you go 831 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,760 Speaker 3: through it, you know, you know, you know and believe 832 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 3: in who you are right why you do what you do. 833 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:41,759 Speaker 3: And that's why kind of said earlier, one of the 834 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,319 Speaker 3: most challenging things to our job is is keeping the 835 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,960 Speaker 3: why relevant when you when guys are locked in and 836 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,560 Speaker 3: the principles of who they are, why they do it, 837 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,759 Speaker 3: you know, all things of of you know that that 838 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 3: purpose that they have, I mean, you got to stay 839 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,080 Speaker 3: true to that. And you know, if you're just driven, 840 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,360 Speaker 3: if you're just if you're going to flip your overall 841 00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,879 Speaker 3: beliefs of all things based off the circumstance you find 842 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,279 Speaker 3: yourself in, you're not gonna you're not gonna you're not 843 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:06,880 Speaker 3: gonna build them much. But it is the process, it 844 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,720 Speaker 3: is the journey, it's the it's you know, staying true 845 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,640 Speaker 3: to that, you know, through the ups and the downs, 846 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:14,719 Speaker 3: always evaluating where it can be better. But you know, 847 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,920 Speaker 3: at the end of the day, you can't you can't 848 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,480 Speaker 3: just you know, change the course of of your identity 849 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,080 Speaker 3: based off off of a momentary result. 850 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:24,879 Speaker 4: And that's uh, you. 851 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:26,440 Speaker 3: Know, that's one of the biggest things that we have 852 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,880 Speaker 3: to go through, uh with our players, and we've got 853 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,759 Speaker 3: to continue to reinforce, continue to affirm, and you know, 854 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 3: try to show them those those those short term, you know, 855 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:38,240 Speaker 3: minimal gains that they might experience, right just to continue 856 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,799 Speaker 3: to build that that that process of what we're going through. 857 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:44,280 Speaker 1: You said, you've been really excited so far throughout spring practice, 858 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,160 Speaker 1: and you see it on the field every day. You 859 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:49,440 Speaker 1: know your players better than anyone else. We're halfway through 860 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,920 Speaker 1: spring as you and I talk, basically the vibe in 861 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:56,000 Speaker 1: the building, a lot of the intangibles that you can't 862 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,799 Speaker 1: put on paper, how would you describe those? And then 863 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:02,680 Speaker 1: also the team in general, potential wise, what do you 864 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:03,640 Speaker 1: feel about that group? 865 00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:06,320 Speaker 4: I mean, there's an incredible amount of energy around our program. 866 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,720 Speaker 4: And you know part of that is you knew, you 867 00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,040 Speaker 4: new coaches, some new players. You know, even guys that 868 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,839 Speaker 4: were here last year that might have you know, been 869 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:16,960 Speaker 4: in a certain role, they're now in new roles. They 870 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:17,400 Speaker 4: have new. 871 00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:19,960 Speaker 3: Opportunities to get almost a fresh start as it comes 872 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,400 Speaker 3: into it. So, I mean you feel the energy on 873 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:26,839 Speaker 3: a daily basis. You I get to see the sacrifice, right, 874 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,160 Speaker 3: I get to see the investment. I get to see 875 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,520 Speaker 3: guys that you are not just talking about what they 876 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:32,120 Speaker 3: want from this year. 877 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:33,319 Speaker 4: I'm getting to see them live it. 878 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:36,000 Speaker 3: Out in the investment in the work and the investment 879 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:38,600 Speaker 3: in what they're trying to do to become you know, 880 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,359 Speaker 3: what they hope to be. And so you know, there 881 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,319 Speaker 3: is there is that that edge and it's something that 882 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,480 Speaker 3: you know, I've been really pleased with. 883 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:48,920 Speaker 4: You feel it a practice, You feel it. 884 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,200 Speaker 3: You know you're within the building, and it's not it's 885 00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:54,759 Speaker 3: not just a coach, you know, a coach pushing for that. 886 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:58,239 Speaker 3: I mean I'm seeing I'm seeing players. Daryl Jackson, who's 887 00:36:58,280 --> 00:36:59,560 Speaker 3: going into his last year. You know, a guy that 888 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,359 Speaker 3: could have won out and probably been, you know, a 889 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,920 Speaker 3: top draft pick in his own in his own regards. 890 00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:06,799 Speaker 3: You know, he made the choice because you know, he 891 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,680 Speaker 3: wanted to be something more. He wanted to he wants 892 00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,399 Speaker 3: to be the best. He wants to to to to 893 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,040 Speaker 3: put his stamp on on on his ending. You'll hear 894 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:17,279 Speaker 3: at Florida State, you're a program that he loves and 895 00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:20,600 Speaker 3: cares about, and seeing him take the ownership within a team, 896 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,120 Speaker 3: within a within a group, seeing guys come in and 897 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,239 Speaker 3: you know, even if they have just been here for 898 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 3: a short period of time, trying to leave their mark 899 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,279 Speaker 3: and where it's not just about their daily performance or 900 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,399 Speaker 3: what they're doing, it's about making an impact on those 901 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:35,200 Speaker 3: that are around them. And you know, that's what That's 902 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:38,480 Speaker 3: what gives me a lot of excitement and and encouragement 903 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 3: for what I know it can be because once again, 904 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,680 Speaker 3: you know, I've been fortunate to know what to know 905 00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:44,359 Speaker 3: what it needs to look like, to know what it 906 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:46,799 Speaker 3: needs to be. And you know, I feel that that 907 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 3: push from this team and you know, you know, just 908 00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:52,280 Speaker 3: that that overall vibe around this program. 909 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,680 Speaker 1: A lot of coaches say the same thing. My best 910 00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,319 Speaker 1: teams have been player led. We don't want coaches having 911 00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:00,800 Speaker 1: to constantly be over players shoulders, but that leadership in 912 00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:04,360 Speaker 1: the locker room, when you start to feel that organically 913 00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,279 Speaker 1: come together, Well, what does that look like like? What 914 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:10,440 Speaker 1: are some tangible tail tale signs? Because you can't just 915 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:12,040 Speaker 1: tell a guy I want you to go be a leader. 916 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:13,359 Speaker 1: I mean it's got to come out of them. 917 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:16,319 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you what what is leadership? You know, I mean, 918 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,080 Speaker 3: anybody can sit there and say all the right things 919 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:22,319 Speaker 3: in the in the right moments, but a leader is 920 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:23,799 Speaker 3: the one that's going to step up and step out 921 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,240 Speaker 3: in the moment of truth. They're gonna be the ones 922 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,160 Speaker 3: that they you know, these are the things that we say, 923 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:29,759 Speaker 3: these are things that we do, These are the things 924 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:31,719 Speaker 3: that we're gonna put in action in the moment of truth, 925 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:32,880 Speaker 3: and they go get it done. 926 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:34,919 Speaker 4: They get it done. 927 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,399 Speaker 3: Because you know, you can sit there and you can said, 928 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,120 Speaker 3: you can have all the all the hope that things 929 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:39,920 Speaker 3: are going to happen. 930 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:41,000 Speaker 4: But you've got to go make them happen. 931 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:43,120 Speaker 3: You got to you got to be able to stand 932 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:45,680 Speaker 3: firm in your beliefs and your work and all the 933 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:48,279 Speaker 3: people that you get to do it with. And you 934 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 3: know in those in the moment of truth that you're 935 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,520 Speaker 3: that you're willing to put yourself out there and rise 936 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:55,480 Speaker 3: up and get the job done and make the play 937 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,440 Speaker 3: to to make the call to be able to do 938 00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:01,160 Speaker 3: those things to you. And that's what what inspires others, 939 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,960 Speaker 3: because you know, it's it's one thing to talk about it, 940 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,680 Speaker 3: but then when when all the all the the chips 941 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:08,799 Speaker 3: are on the line, and you know, if you if 942 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,120 Speaker 3: you step back in those times and you can, you 943 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,080 Speaker 3: can have the greatest speeches in the world, but the 944 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,719 Speaker 3: leadership is not going to be there. And that's what 945 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:17,759 Speaker 3: that's what you have to earn, and that's what you 946 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:19,719 Speaker 3: have to do when you need the you need the good, 947 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,399 Speaker 3: you need the bad, You need the experiences that show 948 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,439 Speaker 3: up in the course of a practice that the course 949 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:26,959 Speaker 3: of you know, you know whatever, you know, your time 950 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,680 Speaker 3: of year that you're going through. But that's that's what 951 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,560 Speaker 3: has to show up. And we try to create those 952 00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:34,480 Speaker 3: opportunities as much as possible. 953 00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:36,280 Speaker 4: But you know, it's also. 954 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,480 Speaker 3: Players that they're willing to to, you know, make themselves 955 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:42,759 Speaker 3: uncomfortable right in that moment, just to to go make 956 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:43,320 Speaker 3: an impact. 957 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:49,839 Speaker 1: Yeah, when you look holistically, any given football season, not 958 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,959 Speaker 1: just last year, but any given football season, how much 959 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:54,520 Speaker 1: do you just totally. 960 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,320 Speaker 2: Close yourself off from the outside world? 961 00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,640 Speaker 1: In other words, how many times do you find out 962 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:01,400 Speaker 1: there's a world of event going on, or there's a 963 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:03,520 Speaker 1: major story and it's been going on several days and 964 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:06,760 Speaker 1: you're like, for real, I had no idea. 965 00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:07,800 Speaker 2: How often does that happen? 966 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:10,680 Speaker 3: It definitely happened all yeah, and uh, you know it's 967 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:13,680 Speaker 3: one of those things that you know, we can all 968 00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,719 Speaker 3: we can all allow ourselves to be distracted. And you know, 969 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:18,720 Speaker 3: I say distracted, you know that's a word that sometimes 970 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,839 Speaker 3: people go, well this, but you can't what what where 971 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:23,560 Speaker 3: you put in your energy, where you're putting your focus, 972 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:26,880 Speaker 3: where you're putting your time, your thoughts, and sometimes you know, 973 00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,040 Speaker 3: knowing the scope of of the world is going on 974 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:33,040 Speaker 3: around you is critically important to to to success. But 975 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:34,920 Speaker 3: on the flip side of it, you know, there's sometimes 976 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,319 Speaker 3: you'll get you'll get caught up and worrying about things 977 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:40,480 Speaker 3: that have absolutely no impact on the job or the 978 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:42,520 Speaker 3: task that's in front of you. So you've got to 979 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:46,400 Speaker 3: be willing to to push those things aside. And you know, 980 00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:49,239 Speaker 3: if you know, especially with the job that I have, 981 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:51,399 Speaker 3: with the jobs of these players, you know that they're 982 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,759 Speaker 3: that they're getting to work through, you know, as as 983 00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:57,319 Speaker 3: collegiate student athletes, I mean, you've got to be you've 984 00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,000 Speaker 3: got to be willing to have the boundaries to what 985 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,120 Speaker 3: to to you're, what you're gonna allow in and what 986 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:03,759 Speaker 3: you're gonna allow you to spend your time and your 987 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:07,200 Speaker 3: energy and your and your your your resources towards and 988 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:10,640 Speaker 3: so uh. 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