1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: To rid sit. You came to him per place the 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: other day. Drug was like, wellways were broken to coaching. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,239 Speaker 1: This is what it's all about. What I guess what 4 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: what's been the process like for you so far? Uh? 5 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 2: It's been good? Uh obviously uh s you know, a 6 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 2: learning curve. But you know, I got a lot of 7 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 2: great guys with a a lot of good experience, you know, 8 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 2: on this coaching staff to lean on. But I mean 9 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 2: that's you know, just like a player, man, whenever I 10 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,479 Speaker 2: was playing, you got questions, you got problems, you go 11 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 2: to the guys who can who can give you the 12 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 2: right answers uh. 13 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: To those problems? 14 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 2: So did that got got some uh really good feedback 15 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 2: and good information. 16 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: Was this something you always knew who wanted to do 17 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: when you were playing? 18 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 3: Did you always have a plan to to go into 19 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:39,480 Speaker 3: coaching as you were there? 20 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:39,919 Speaker 1: Uh? 21 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 2: I you know, I think I was doing it a 22 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 2: little bit while I was playing. I don't I don't 23 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 2: know if I ever like had you know, sett in 24 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 2: stone that I could do it. I think my wife 25 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 2: kind of my wife and maybe people on my circle 26 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 2: kind of thought that I, you know, I would do it, 27 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 2: but a the opportunity came and uh came a knocking 28 00:00:59,160 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 2: a nine. 29 00:00:59,440 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: Into the door. 30 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 2: It's it's as quick as possible. So uh just just 31 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 2: glad to be here. Uh in the great opp Uh 32 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 2: great opportunity, great position. Again, I've got Mayo or lean on, 33 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 2: and got DC to lean on a lot of great 34 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 2: j MO, Mike Bryan, a lot of great guys to 35 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 2: lean on. So it's it's just been a a really 36 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 2: good experience for me. 37 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: What can what can you say about your group uh 38 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: of linebackers? Like your men are hard working. Uh. 39 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 2: I think the culture that's that has been in that room, 40 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 2: that it's been there since past ten so I think 41 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 2: it's still there. 42 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: It's it's still there. They're hard working. 43 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 2: Again the c I can't really like describe the culture 44 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 2: those guys makes me proud like that that's my my 45 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 2: first room. It's as being a a coach. That room 46 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 2: is everything I would want it to be in and 47 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 2: more that they work hard, they push each other, they're 48 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 2: they're constantly questioned each other like it's always a competition. 49 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 2: So whenever you got guys it that wants to learn 50 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: and wants to be good and then it's pushing each 51 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 2: other every day. Well, it's it's really hard to to 52 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 2: find anything then to argue about what that to do 53 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 2: you're away multiple like sort of remind you how much 54 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 2: you missed it and. 55 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: Help blush you back this stadium. 56 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 2: No I no cap I I mean I missed it 57 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 2: even when whenever you know, whenever I walked away. I mean, 58 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 2: I think it's just just part of it, Like you 59 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 2: cut on a game, whether it's college or whether it's pros, 60 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 2: Like I'm I'm gonna dive in there, and I know 61 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 2: my wife was like really adamant about me, like getting 62 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 2: out of there, like you need to go to the bar, 63 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 2: Like you need to call your like you need to 64 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 2: go somewhere else and watch the game. So I'm I 65 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 2: enjoyed it again. I was still at home Texan Bent 66 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 2: and U, Rob and Corn and like everybody you know 67 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 2: throughout the game, like what was you doing right here? 68 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: Like Y, So, uh, it's good. I'm so again. 69 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 2: I I guess I've kind of been doing it for 70 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 2: a long time, like playing or whatever, but it's it. 71 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 2: It feels good to be in the spot that I'm in. 72 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 3: Is it too early to have optimism about the defense. 73 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 2: As a whole or d or do you see the 74 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: pieces there to to perhaps be a special unit. I 75 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 2: think for me, I in my group or or this 76 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,839 Speaker 2: defense man. I think that it really just comes down 77 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 2: to again, like the culture. Those guys work hard every day. 78 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 2: They push each other hard every day. So as far 79 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 2: as you know, expectations and all the other stuff, I 80 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 2: don't think any of that stuff matters to this at 81 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,239 Speaker 2: this point right now, because everybody's has the hard hat 82 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 2: and ready to work. 83 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: Everybody's pushing, everybody's grinding. 84 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 2: I mean, tennis is being good, so like everybody wants 85 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,239 Speaker 2: to be a part of you know, what we're doing. 86 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:28,959 Speaker 2: And whenever you got that, it's kind of you know, 87 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 2: you're not really worried about the expectations at that point that. 88 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,519 Speaker 1: Jerron said you asked him for advice today. 89 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 2: Can you uh tell us what you know, like you're 90 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 2: asking about or what the advice may mean. I wanna 91 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 2: go into full context on that, but it was definitely 92 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 2: more on the coaching coaching, UH aspect, just a different way, 93 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 2: uh how I should maneuver or navigate through this. 94 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: Uh the I guess the whole. 95 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 2: Of of the whole player coaching, you know, transition, how 96 00:03:58,200 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 2: to operate, uh how to maneuver. 97 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: It's been it's been really good. 98 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 2: I obviously there's a lot of turns that I haven't 99 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 2: or wasn't prepared for or whatever, but you know that's 100 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 2: part of doing anything with your first time experience. 101 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: And you know, I got girried, I got DC. 102 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 2: I got a lot of guys Mike and Bron, Jmo 103 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 2: Drew that I've literally leaned on since I've since I've 104 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 2: gotten here, and they've been nothing but like a great 105 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 2: help to me. So the same way I had the 106 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 2: a great room coming in as a player, I got 107 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 2: the same group as a coach, and I'm I couldn't 108 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 2: be more thankful for those guys. 109 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 3: A couple of guys here, the forward teammates, like Dwan Bentley, 110 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 3: So what's the transition been like becoming their coach? 111 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: And it's been good. It's it's been great. You know. 112 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 2: I think it's it's cool that I can be able 113 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 2: to relate and talk to those guys like again, like 114 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 2: you said, I've I've played with Ben, I played with 115 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 2: the Vibe, played with Kwan a little bit. So it's 116 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 2: it's been good to to be able to to talk 117 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 2: film with those guys kind of reminds me of the 118 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 2: old days and stuff. 119 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: But but it it. 120 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 2: It's been cool those guys that they're real coachable. 121 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: Uh. 122 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 2: I know those guys in and out knowing personally. So again, 123 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 2: it's just made the Tren transition a lot easier for me. 124 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 2: Made it a lot comfortable for me to to get 125 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 2: up in front of the room and to to talk 126 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,359 Speaker 2: ball with those guys. I think as far as the 127 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 2: communication goes, I think that'll be easy. I mean, they 128 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 2: know me and I know them, so I don't think 129 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 2: it'll be you know, any miscommunication or anything like that. 130 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 2: And again, those guys know how it was as a player, 131 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 2: and you know, kind of like what what was expected 132 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 2: whenever I was there. And now those guys are they 133 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 2: got the keys now. So again I told them like 134 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 2: I'll tell you guys now like I'm I'm here to 135 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 2: you know, those guys have been doing a really good 136 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 2: job last couple of years. I'm just trying not to 137 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 2: mess them up and just give them as much knowledge 138 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 2: and as much you know, wisdom and neuggats as I can. 139 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: Now that's none of you on this side of the table. Uh. 140 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 1: Does it change your perspective on things that happened during 141 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 1: your playing career, like. 142 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 2: Coaching decisions or or incidents like all. 143 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,679 Speaker 1: Like now that you have this perspective as a coach. 144 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 2: Uh, I'm sure maybe it's it's obviously a little too 145 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 2: early to to to tell about that, but I'm sure 146 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 2: I'll use my experience in that aspect to I'm sure 147 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 2: to to coach. I think it'd be naive to not 148 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 2: not be able to to translate like those two together, 149 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 2: so you know, I'll do my best. 150 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: Uh. 151 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 2: Again, I got two two strong rocks that I'm leaning 152 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 2: on with with Mayo in DC, So if anything comes up, 153 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 2: I know one of those two guys would have the answer. 154 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 3: Those those early days you were talking about texting you know, 155 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 3: and your friends or from teammates, but stepping in front 156 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 3: of the the room is is different. 157 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: Right, Yeah? Can you tell me about those early days, 158 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: like those first few. 159 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 3: Times getting prepared and and knowing you know, just like 160 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 3: the uncertainty of teaching, you know, and feeling. 161 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: Time and so on. 162 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 2: Uh, Yeah that whenever, Uh, I guess like the first 163 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 2: meeting uh that we kind of jumped into was like 164 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 2: an hour and a half meeting and was not prepared 165 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 2: to uh like to lead a meeting an hour and 166 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 2: a half. But you know, uh, talking to DC, talking 167 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 2: to Mayo, UH gave me some really good pointers, gave 168 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 2: me a lot of uh a. 169 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: Good blueprint if you will. Uh. And then I got Vinnie, 170 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: Vinnie Deparmer. 171 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 2: You know, he's a a assistant, so he's he's definitely 172 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 2: helping me on that aspect too. So so so far 173 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 2: it's been good. 174 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 1: Uh. 175 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 2: Nothing too uh too hard obviously, like learning learning curves, 176 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 2: big learning curves, but those were hit, you know, those 177 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 2: were hit pretty early. So right now, everything's pretty smooth.