1 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program. Mark Vandermaron, John 2 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: Harris with you as we bring you Texans All Access 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: with the head coach of your Texans as promise, Lovey Smith. 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: Here he is. How's it going, coach last good? Can't 5 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: complain about anything? All right? Well, it's great to have 6 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: you on the show, and congratulations. We haven't talked in 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: this format yet, but how has the first week been? 8 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: Why don't you take us through what it's been like 9 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: for you getting adjusted since you've been named head coach 10 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: of the team. Well, first week is going by quickly. 11 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: Seemed like about what I guess we could go. We 12 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: had the press conference and the first art of business. 13 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if you heard it, but I've done 14 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: this since my third time doing We've heard every and 15 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: I knew it then. The first art of business is 16 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: to get the staff together. And so as soon as 17 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: you know the press conference the day was over. Even 18 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: you know, you start putting, you know, trying to get 19 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: the staff together as soon as possible, and that couldn't 20 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: have gone any better. It helps a lot when you 21 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: you know, when you're keeping some of the you know, 22 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:04,759 Speaker 1: some of the coaches, of course, from the previous staff, 23 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: and but right now we're almost there, which is which 24 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: has never happened. It's normally has taken a lot longer, 25 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: of course, to get the staff together. Coach, after you've 26 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: done it, like you said three times, are the wheels 27 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: always kind of turning about, Hey, this guy might want 28 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: to keep on the staff, This guy might want on 29 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: the staff. Hey, this guy's over here, I'd liked having 30 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: him or I like hearing about him. Are you are 31 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: your wheels always kind of turning of guys that you're 32 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: thinking about having on a staff that, Hey, if it 33 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: does turn into another opportunity for me, I'm going to 34 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: keep these guys kind of back in my mind that 35 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: I might want to be on my staff. Does that 36 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 1: kind of happen over the years? I think when you're 37 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: if you're aspiring to be a head football coach, yes 38 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: you think that way, But just in general, guys you're 39 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: working with, you know, you know you're competing against this 40 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: guy that's maybe a quarterback coach, and you just say, hey, 41 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: this is a good coach right here. I think you're 42 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: looking at it that way is as much as anything. 43 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: And I talked about like someone on the offensive side 44 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: of the football. And then defensively, of course you're working 45 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: with guys each day and and from the people that 46 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: you know, you know, I've been you know, as you 47 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,119 Speaker 1: see the beard, I've been doing it a little bit 48 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: experience that you had of uh, you know, just being 49 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: around different guys that you knew were good football coaches. 50 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 1: And if you're ever in that position, of course you 51 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: would try to, you know, put them on your staff. 52 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 1: And that's the case. How much of the day to 53 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: day job is coaching the players and how much is 54 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 1: coaching the coaches managing their jobs? Well, at first, it's 55 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: about the coaches. Great point is that first and for 56 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: us to be on the same page. Now, once we're 57 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 1: on the same page, and I say, on the same 58 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: page with how we do everything, with how we coach organization, 59 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: you know, defining roles, and then as we talk about 60 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,799 Speaker 1: getting good coaches and to me, then you let them 61 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: do their job. As an assistant coach, all I wanted 62 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: was the person that was over me when I was 63 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: positioning coach to coordinating and then the head football coach 64 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: tell me my role, what I'm responsible for, and let 65 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: me do my job, and I try to do the 66 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: same thing, of course, being a leadership role. Coach. You 67 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: mentioned it's it's been three times, but you were at 68 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: the Bears, Illinois and the Buccaneers, but you were never 69 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 1: an assistant coach there for a year like you were here. 70 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: How does it make it different that you had the 71 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: opportunity to be here for a year as associate head 72 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,679 Speaker 1: coach defensive coordinator before stepping into the head coach role. 73 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: What that's to you unique part about what happened here 74 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: You're write normally and other positions. I've gone in and 75 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: know anyone coming in. So there was a grace period 76 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: of getting the staff together, getting to know the players. 77 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I need a map to get all those things. 78 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: We're long pass that here and that's why this has 79 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: been good. Where we're going to football and the evaluations 80 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: that you make when you come into a new place. 81 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: For the most part, we know the players are ready. 82 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: So that's the you know why there's so much excitement 83 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: that we feel like we have a foot forward already 84 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: and it should lead to hopefully more wins. All right, 85 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: let's think our teeth into the offense here. A coach 86 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: you mentioned Davis Mills during your press conference pet Hamilton, 87 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: your offensive coordinator, How will it change evolve? What can 88 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: you share with us right now about how the offense 89 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: is going to look in twenty twenty two. Well, I 90 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 1: think that's a little hard right now, this early, but 91 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: I'll just talk person nail wise first, and as I 92 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: say it, then I got a chance to see a 93 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: lot of David's mill, you know, early on when he 94 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: was just coming here, trying to figure out how to 95 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: get you know, from the hotel to the facility. He 96 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: was throwing against the one defense. I got a chance 97 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: to see in them, getting a chance to see his demeanor, 98 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: how you handle things, all those things, and then to 99 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: see him just keep working every day and eventually you 100 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: tell we tell players that always, eventually you deserve to play, 101 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: you're going to get a chance to It worked out 102 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: that way for Davis. So starting off with that kind 103 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: of gives us a foot forward a little bit. And 104 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 1: why I'm so excited about he's still a young football player. 105 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: And you mentioned Pep Hamilton. Knowing Pep, I've seen Pep. 106 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: I remember when Pep was a young coach, you know, 107 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: and he's all the things he needed to do to 108 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: keep moving up the ladder. And eventually he's going to 109 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 1: be a head football coach. I've seen that happen, and 110 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 1: I know his football mind and how he thinks. You know, 111 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: he's got a defensive mentality, a little bit about you know, tough, 112 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: hard nosed football on port at the running game. Isn't 113 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: some of those things on the defensive side of the ball? Coach, 114 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: what was the biggest thing for you in the improvement 115 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 1: you saw in your guys from week one all the 116 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: way through week eighteen. What did you see that was 117 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 1: made you the most happy as the defensive coordinator that 118 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: you hope translates now as your dead coach. Well, on 119 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: what I saw, you know, you go back to the 120 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: Jacksonville game. I thought played pretty good. I did a 121 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: whole lot of good things during that time. What we 122 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: had to go through, and that was last off season 123 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: wasn't a typical off season. I'm hoping we have a 124 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: traditional off season where we were zooming and weed and 125 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 1: do an awful lot in the off season. I'm hoping 126 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: we can go old school and be able to you know, 127 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: phase you know, regular all season, Phase one, Phase two, 128 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: Phase three, all of those things. So what what I 129 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: was able to see a little bit from the players 130 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,840 Speaker 1: is some of those things. But as we were going 131 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: through and the progress that I saw a little bit 132 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: is early on just trying to establish who we are. 133 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: You know, every time I talk about defensive football, I'm 134 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: gonna talk about taking the ball the way. It takes 135 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 1: a little bit to get guys to buy into that 136 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: and when you knew coming in versus just about the 137 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: some of the basic fundamentals keeping your you know, we 138 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: play a gap sound defense of just taking care of 139 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: your business instead of just you know, trying to do 140 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 1: too much. Just my role establishing that, you know, getting 141 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 1: the players to you know, it's also about you know, 142 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: playing hard. All of those things. We got some of 143 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 1: those things done, but then injuries hit you and then 144 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: you start playing a whole lot of players that didn't 145 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: get as many reps, and some of those reps we 146 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: missed in all seasons starts showing up. So we went 147 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: through a little adversity that's what I like. And then 148 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: the guys came back, came back. You know, we were 149 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: supposed to be the Titans and the Chargers and some 150 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: of those teams, and then what we saw though the 151 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: guys fought hard every week so there was a lot 152 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: of things we saw from them that way. That kind 153 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: of gives us excitement as we go forward. Now, all right, 154 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: do you get the early practice advantage being a new 155 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: head coach and you get to go to work on 156 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: the field earlier with the team? Right? Yeah, well we 157 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: can start, you know what I'm going over. I hadn't 158 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: talked to our players about when we're going to start. 159 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: I'll just say as soon as we can start as 160 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: a new team is when we will. There's an awful 161 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: lot that we can get done. You know, some of 162 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: our players are kind of rehabbing right now, but looking 163 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: forward to that turning that, you know, that new year 164 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: starting where we can actually get out there and start 165 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: teaching the guys. You can get so much work done 166 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: in the all season before you get to training camp 167 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: and some of those things. How do you get ready 168 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: for Sunday? And I asked you that because there were 169 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: a couple of times that I know Tennessee, they have 170 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: the interview room next door where we always put our stuff. 171 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: And so I walked in and I didn't see you, 172 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: and you were just in the chair, just kind of 173 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: kick back, kind of arms crossed, and you were just quiet, 174 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: just focused. What do you do to get ready for 175 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: a game? You just find a quiet spot and kind 176 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: of just go off and just get in the right mindset. 177 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: What do you do to get ready for a game? Well, 178 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: first it kind of starts, is what you do that 179 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: previous week, right, And we have a routine on what 180 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: we do Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Right, And once 181 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: you get to Saturday's in those periods, it's not a 182 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: whole lot more you can do. Then, hey, is in 183 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: the born whatever you have to say it now, it's 184 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: just you know, playing out the game in your head. 185 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: Situation on football, That's what I'm doing most of those times, 186 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: and everything from when I say situational football, that's what 187 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: we're gonna call it in these situations, and it's about 188 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: here's the personnel, here's the down and distance, and here's 189 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: the things that we like to do. So just play 190 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: that game out in my mind as much as anything, 191 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: try to get the guys to do the same thing. 192 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: All that work has to be done before you get there. 193 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: And that was the case. We've seen so much analytics 194 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: talk in football over the last few years, in particular 195 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:21,959 Speaker 1: coach and you know, some of the things you were 196 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:23,839 Speaker 1: just describing, are these things you go through in the 197 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 1: offseason as well. What would we do in these situations 198 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: and how do you work on that way outside of 199 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: the season so you're ready when the regular season arrives. Well, 200 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: you're working on that constantly, Yes, all season, in season, 201 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: training camp, each game week, we have a sequence that 202 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: we go through to put the guys into situations that 203 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 1: come up in the game. And I'm talking about you know, 204 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 1: if it's shortyard, it's third and one on a goal line, 205 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: this is what we're gonna do, red zone, these are 206 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: the calls, two minute situations, all of these things and 207 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:01,559 Speaker 1: just situational football that comes up. You constantly preaching them. 208 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 1: It's going to start an off season plus to go 209 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: over those and analytics. Analytics, it's been around a long time. 210 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: A lot of emphasis is placed on it right now, 211 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: but still there's it's you know, things, you can have 212 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 1: subjective things where you can use analytics all that you like, 213 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: but in that situation on fourth and chart, it's got 214 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: to be more than justice. If it was as simple 215 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 1: as that, anybody would be should be doing it. Just 216 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: this says you do this every time. It's a lot 217 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: more to that feel of the game, the weather, doing 218 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: It's so many things like that, and that's what we 219 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: do every day we come in. You're just trying to 220 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: go over as many of those situations as possible and 221 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: have a plan before it happens on the end of game. 222 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: Mark wants you to play more maddened. So because you 223 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: we're now entering a period of you're still finalizing the staff, 224 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 1: you still get some of those things together, which is 225 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: obviously usually important. Then from a team building standpoint, free 226 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: agency comes, and that's the business of football. How tough 227 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 1: is that we or you from the standpoint of you 228 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: coach some guys, you probably got close to, guys you 229 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: asked them to do a lot last year's defensive coordinator 230 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: and they did a lot for you, But then they're 231 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,199 Speaker 1: moving on or you're not resigning them. How tough is 232 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 1: the business of football for you as a head coach, 233 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: as defensive coordinator to kind of go through to see 234 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 1: guys that you like, you grew close to, but then 235 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: they move on. Well, you know, from coming from the 236 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 1: college game, you have to kind of realize that a 237 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: little bit. And a part of the NFL is that 238 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: each year it's a different team. And of course for 239 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: us that we're at thirty or thirty new players last 240 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:42,559 Speaker 1: year or so, you just have to build that end. Yeah, 241 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: note that you can have to deal with things like that. 242 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: You know, coming from the college game, it's about recruiting. 243 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 1: So it's the same way except for an NFL. You 244 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 1: can really give the guys money and stuff, all right, 245 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: and that good in trouble, but so that that's a 246 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: part of it and you just start selling. Also, now 247 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: where it gets around on how you do things, Guys talk, 248 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: you know, social media. There's no secrets on how you 249 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,559 Speaker 1: do things. And we all have a history on how 250 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,599 Speaker 1: we do things. Hopefully our history says when you know 251 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: possible free agents out there, they see who we put 252 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: on our staff and you start asking around and say, okay, 253 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: let's try this. Also for teams, what I've found too 254 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: is that it doesn't matter what happened the year before. 255 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 1: Cincinnati won four games a year before, then the Super 256 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 1: Bowl this year. So teams aren't just looking at you know, 257 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: your record, and you're looking at everything. Do we love 258 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 1: living in Houston absolutely all right? You know the Texans 259 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,680 Speaker 1: do we have a history of good playing, good football. Yes, 260 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: we just need to get back there. So there's a 261 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: lot of positive things out there, and I can't wait 262 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: for free agency to happen, and there's a lot of 263 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 1: things I can't wait for. You know, next we have 264 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: a combine coming up and all the guys. It was 265 00:12:55,960 --> 00:13:00,040 Speaker 1: great watching the All Star Games, trying to get some 266 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: of our free agents back, and then of course the draft. 267 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: There's a lot of things we can do, of course 268 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: improve our ball club. And I'm ready and can't wait 269 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: for every step along the way. We just got through 270 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: with the Super Bowl and the entire postseason, a lot 271 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: of close games and it seems like there are a 272 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: lot of teams that are right there. What can you 273 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: tell us about what you observed in the postseason? And 274 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: he tranned any reaction or feedback from it at all. 275 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: What I got from it is just what you said 276 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: there was Look at how close every game seemed like, 277 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: every game just came right down into the field goal 278 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: of the last play. There's parody in the league. You 279 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: start with that, and it's just the greatest game in 280 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: sports football too, the Super Bowl. Just look at everything 281 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: that came with the Super Bowl, just being able to 282 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: be in this league and having a chance when everybody 283 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: starts over. That's what I'm just so pumped up about. 284 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 1: And the Texans have been up before and it wasn't 285 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 1: that long ago, and I just can't wait and looking 286 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: forward to the climb to get back up there. Coach, 287 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: we talked about this a little bit back in the summer, 288 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: the fact that we saw your wife, she was here, 289 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:13,959 Speaker 1: Miles is here. You get to work with Miles every 290 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 1: day on the defensive side of the ball. Being a 291 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: coach's son, I know that's it can be tough from 292 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: his perspective, and he and I talked about that as well, 293 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 1: But from a father's perspective and even the coordinator's perspective, 294 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: how cool is it? Did you get to share those 295 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: moments and share the year with your son and coach 296 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: with him. Well, A couple of different thoughts on that. 297 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: First of all, just as a coach, all right, my 298 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: role last year is a defensive coordinator. You know, I 299 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: can't tell you how many times if we weren't together, 300 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: I was calling. We're talking football, talk football pretty much 301 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: twenty four seven, and I know he's going to take 302 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: my calls every time, you know, so just talking football 303 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: and us being on the same page with how we 304 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 1: then on how we wanted to play defensive football. That 305 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 1: is special. And I can remember when I was a 306 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 1: young coach, I had quite a few answers, and to 307 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: see a younger me in him coming up with a 308 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: whole lot of answers and most of the time he's right. 309 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: I feel like I was right back then too, So 310 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: that is pretty neat. But then you bring in and 311 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: the father the son to be able to work with 312 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: somebody that you care that much about. Again, special time, coach. 313 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: Here we are in the building and the rodeo is 314 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: going to be here soon. But soon enough it'll be 315 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: time for Texans games again. And you talked about the 316 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: fourth phase during the press conference, and I grabbed onto that, coach. 317 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: I think Johnny and are the fifth or sixth phase, 318 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: but the fourth phase being the fans and how important 319 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: that is to what you're trying to get done here. 320 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: And I think a lot of people reacted very positively 321 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: to that. Can you speak to that a little bit? Yeah? 322 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: And that's what I've seen all right. You know, after 323 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: I became the head football coach, you know, there's been 324 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: some days still going. I mean, and the amount of 325 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: people coming up to me, coach, this is what we're 326 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 1: gonna do. We we we were gonna get back. Got 327 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: faith in you. And it's one thing though, to go 328 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: out there just pitch your practice. I mean, our guys 329 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 1: like going out to practice, but without anybody cheering. It's 330 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 1: not quite the same when you're at home and you 331 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: had at home crowd. When you look at them and 332 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: they're just there with you, that gives you a little 333 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: bit more. And that's what it's about here. I've been 334 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: on the other side too, when you had to come 335 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: into into Houston and play the Texans and you knew that, 336 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: you know it's gonna be loud, they're gonna play hard. 337 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: That since gives you a little bit more juice and 338 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: energy to play and just can't wait for us. It's 339 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: gonna come a day. This past year, there were a 340 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: lot of empty seats. Rightfully, so we didn't have a 341 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: good enough product. I guess the last couple of years 342 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: it hadn't been. It's our job to put a better 343 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: product on the football field, and that four phase is 344 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: going to come back out all right. Coaches A graduate 345 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: of a Texas High school playing Texas High School fotball 346 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 1: and like you, I have played my last game over 347 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: in the Astronome. Did you guys honestly beat teams at 348 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: Big Sandy in average of fifty nine to one when 349 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 1: you were a senior? Not to It's hard for me 350 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,360 Speaker 1: to remember, but since you brought it up, I mean, 351 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: it's it's pretty obscene. He just think about, you know, 352 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: on a team and you win ninety six to zero. 353 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: I think we had one game whereas ninety six to zero. 354 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: But those were some good days. But I have to 355 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 1: throw this out there. David Ostreet was a thirteenth player 356 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: in the National Flip in the in the NFL Draft, 357 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 1: playing at the smallest play in the smallest class in 358 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 1: Texas at the time, You're gonna win a whole lot 359 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: of games. And we had a lot of good football 360 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: players and those for special times and none of us 361 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: have forgotten any of them, believe me. Coach, thanks so 362 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 1: much for joining us. We really appreciate the time, good luck. 363 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 1: Thanks to having me all here. It's coach love Smith 364 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: joining us on Texans All Access coming up. One of 365 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: the coach's former players, Daniel Manning, played for him with 366 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: the Bears and with the Houston Texans Here. Of course, 367 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: Drew Doherty catches up with him, along with some other 368 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: stuff coming your way here on Texans All Access. Mark 369 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: vandamer John Harris with you on Texans All Access. Well, Johnny, 370 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: feedback from the coach. Lovey visit boy. That's our first 371 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: and that was a good one. And we didn't even 372 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: scratch the surface of where I want to go. But 373 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: we did a lot of offseason stuff. It was good. 374 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: It was good for a week in I think, well, 375 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: we'll see him again combine, so we'll get another opportunity 376 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 1: to combine and kind of see how things have gone 377 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: thus far. But I just I just love talking to him. 378 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: And I asked a question about getting ready for a 379 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 1: game because I would see him when we'd be on 380 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 1: the road, like you, you and Dre go on up 381 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: to the press box and I'm kind of running around 382 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 1: down stairs, and I would see him in different places 383 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,679 Speaker 1: and he would just find a folding chair and just 384 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 1: be across from the locker room or in the interview room. 385 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:49,359 Speaker 1: And I remember San Francisco, he was just in a 386 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: folding chair just across from the locker room, just kind 387 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:55,479 Speaker 1: of arms crossed, just kind of in his own just 388 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: getting ready to go ball. And I was like, I'm 389 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 1: a ball of nervous energy, like you know me, I'm 390 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: moving around and moving all over the place. I mean, 391 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 1: I'm going up, going down, I'm doing interviews doing that, 392 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: like I have to do that to kind of keep 393 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: me going. And he's just like chill out, just getting 394 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 1: into moat, getting in the right the right football zen 395 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: And I always thought that was really cool. But that's 396 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: just kind of how he approaches everything. Just really calm, cool, 397 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: but want he has to deliver a message, he'll deliver 398 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: a message. Oh yeah, And it's gonna be interesting. He 399 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: mentioned practicing earlier early April. They can practice because it's 400 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: a coaching change, and he said the players didn't know yet, 401 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:37,639 Speaker 1: so get ready players. It'll be interesting to see how 402 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 1: they handle it because the rules have changed as far 403 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 1: as what they can and can't do on the field 404 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 1: during ota times. Right, they're not allowed to get overly 405 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: physical like they used to. Not that they got overly 406 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 1: physical with the padded practices. They couldn't do that, but 407 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 1: what we saw last year, they weren't even close to 408 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 1: what they were a couple of years before. It's the 409 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:00,920 Speaker 1: new CBA it's just the way things are being done 410 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: right now. But they can get so much mental work 411 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: done and enough on air reps to get to know 412 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: the offense better. Man, This is Mills in year two 413 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: and some of the younger guys from last year, and 414 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 1: we'll see what they get in the draft and all that. 415 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 1: There's at least there's some foundation of what you're gonna have, 416 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: especially like you said with Davis Mills. But you know, 417 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: the defense is going to come in the guys that 418 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 1: are carried over and they're gonna see lovey and go okay, yeah, 419 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: we recognize you know this call. And instead of going 420 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: back to square one, maybe you go back a little bit, 421 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: just hey, reminders, let's move forward and then you can 422 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 1: get to that point. I thought he detailed the progress 423 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,880 Speaker 1: from week one through the season really well and how 424 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 1: it came to be and you know, depth becomes an issue. 425 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: How do you overcome that? And I think they did 426 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: that by the end of the year and he really 427 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: captured that pretty well. All right, thank you, Johnny Drift Doherty. 428 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: Now catch us up with Daniel Manning, and I know 429 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 1: the coach had a lot to say about him, but 430 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: we'll get that done. In a future visit players who 431 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: eight for him. We've got a Brian Earlacker interview up 432 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: on the website on the Texans app as well. Here's 433 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 1: Drew with Danielle Manning. It's not often that I can 434 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 1: say I covered this guy's final high school game, but 435 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 1: I also covered his final NFL game. I don't know 436 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 1: that I can say it about anybody but the man himself, 437 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 1: d Man, Danielle Manning. He was a Houston Texan here, 438 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: you know, really when the team first found the postseason 439 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: for the first time, and then you had a second 440 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: stint with the club. But it's good to catch up 441 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: with you, man. I missed you. How are you, Danielle? 442 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,880 Speaker 1: And I'm blessed. I'm really blessed. Man. Just relaxing, taking 443 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: it easy and enjoy life, missing my guys. You know, 444 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: I've been keeping up with Texans in we struggled a 445 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 1: little bit. Yeah, yes, we have well brighter days ahead, 446 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: our ahead, and we'll get into that a little bit 447 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: later on the podcast. But you said something interesting there. 448 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: You said you've been taking it easy, and I don't 449 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 1: believe you, because if you're farming, if you're ranching, you 450 00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 1: can't be taking it easy, and that's kind of right. 451 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,959 Speaker 1: It's pretty it's pretty wild. You know. We got cattle 452 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: and horses, and it's wild getting into the ranching out there, 453 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: shooting guns and throwing hatchets and just live in the 454 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: country like man. And you're here still in Texas, are 455 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 1: you not? I am. I have a house here in Burlison, Okay, 456 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,440 Speaker 1: And uh that's why I'm just doing that. Man, watching 457 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 1: my kids grow up. I got one getting ready to 458 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: hit to college. I don't know where he's going, but 459 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 1: uh yeah, pretty exciting. You just made me feel old, 460 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 1: because let's rewind back to the fall of two thousand. 461 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: You were a senior at Cors of Canna. You're playing 462 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. It's pretty deep in the playoffs, if 463 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,880 Speaker 1: I remember correctly. You're playing against Denton Ryan Texas Stadium, 464 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: the old Cowboys home field, and I was in the 465 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: press box. I was covering it for a website that 466 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,160 Speaker 1: doesn't even exist anymore, but I covered all the big 467 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: high school games back then. And you were playing in 468 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 1: the defense to backfield, I think safety and basically if 469 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: you were on the right side of the field, the 470 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: opposing quarterback didn't even look your way. He stayed on 471 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: the left side. If you're on the left side, it 472 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: was the same thing. He only went to the right 473 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: side because you were essentially the size you were in 474 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: the NFL and almost as fast as it seemed like 475 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: and you you look like you were a man amongst boys. Yeah. 476 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:25,159 Speaker 1: That was fun, man, Yeah, that was that was my heyday. Yeah. Man, 477 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 1: that's so far away. I look at my kids and 478 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: now I'm like, wow, I don't know if I did 479 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: that play, but it was fun. It was fun. So 480 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: your oldest is in high school heading into college next 481 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: year maybe or what's the story. Yeah, that's what it is. Uh, 482 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 1: he's narrowing it down. I live here in Burliston and 483 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: I keep pushing TCU and okay, he likes it, but 484 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: he's like, man, I'm just taking my time. I'm doing 485 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 1: whatever comes to me. So fair enough. Yeah, well take 486 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: me take me back. So you play of course Canada, 487 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: you go out west for a little bit, get into 488 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: the NFL, and you're a Chicago bear. Uh, and you 489 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: were part of a defense that was really really nasty 490 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 1: when Lovey step was in charge. What was that like 491 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: when you get into the NFL? Take me through that? Well, 492 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 1: I could say this when I when I got in, 493 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: I didn't know what to expect. I was just playing ball, 494 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 1: and I thought getting drafted. I thought I knew everything. 495 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: But love he took me in and showed me what 496 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: football is all about you and man, it was fun 497 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: all those years going back and forth to the playoffs, 498 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: definitely the Super Bowl and just learning ball. Just hearing 499 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 1: the stories he having in his life and how he 500 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 1: made it to where he is now. Similar backgrounds. He's 501 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:45,199 Speaker 1: from glay Water or Big Sandy, Yeah, Big Sandy, Big Sandy, 502 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: and uh, just talking about how we all grew up 503 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: country boys and we made it and having a good time. 504 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 1: A lot of a lot of crazy stories he's telling me. 505 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: But uh, yeah, that was That was great. Continuing with 506 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 1: where are they now? As Drew already speaks with former 507 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: Texans and Bear's safety Daniel Manning. Yeah, the other night 508 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: I zoomed with a couple of year old teammates, Devin 509 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 1: Hester the return as well as Brian Earlocker Hall of 510 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: Fame linebacker, and they both we're just so excited that 511 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: Lovey was back as a head coach in the NFL. 512 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: They talked about how he was a players coach in that. Hey, 513 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,920 Speaker 1: if you had an idea and you saw something Wednesday 514 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 1: in practice that you knew was not going to work 515 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: in the game, you could go to him and say, listen, Lovey, 516 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 1: I don't think that's that's a great idea. Here's why, 517 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: and he would scrap it and he would work with 518 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,880 Speaker 1: you and make things happen. Other than being a players coach. 519 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 1: What's your what's your memory about Lovey that makes you 520 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 1: think this guy's This is the reason this guy is 521 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: a successful head coach. And like you saying, those guys 522 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: knew exactly what he how he is. He listens to 523 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: you and competitive spirit and he's very stern, but he 524 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: wants to win and he wanted to make men everywhere 525 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 1: he goes, you know. And I'm glad he had the 526 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: opportunity to coaching college because he got to prove that again. 527 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:09,159 Speaker 1: But one on one meetings with love you. I know, 528 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 1: head coaches normally don't coach a position, but he was. 529 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: He was coaching me up at Nicols. Then we'll have 530 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 1: about one on one talks and one on one meetings, 531 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: and he had me reaching out to guys about this 532 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: position and how to make it in how to be 533 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 1: a professional in the NFL, and that was that was 534 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: something I needed and he knew it. So that was 535 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: a great That was a great time, you know. And 536 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,160 Speaker 1: that's something that I saw from you when you came 537 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 1: to the Texans as far as helping other guys, but 538 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: on other sides of the ball too, on offense as well. 539 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: I mean I remember you chit chatting, getting guy's ears 540 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: and saying, hey, I saw this, I noticed this, this 541 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: could be better. I noticed when you do this, the 542 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 1: other guy might count. You know. You were always very 543 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 1: proactive about that, and not in a pushy way, not 544 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,159 Speaker 1: in a you know, listen to meet type, where it 545 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: was it was, hey, I want this. By telling you this, 546 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 1: it's gonna help us win. You've kind of get a 547 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 1: little bit of that from love you. I did, I 548 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: really did, And he did promote that. He promote that 549 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 1: with everybody on the team, whether you're the guy on 550 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: the bench and never probably got the chance to play 551 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 1: in or the starters. I mean, he was personable with 552 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,680 Speaker 1: with the media at times, and I mean he just 553 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: a great guy to be around, you know, like like 554 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 1: an huncle or dad. You know. I got to know 555 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 1: his sons pretty well, his wife, and they were they 556 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 1: man lovely family and I'm happy for love I really am. Yeah, 557 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: it was really cool. They were a lot of them 558 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 1: were there yesterday at the press conference. So you had 559 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: a great run there in Chicago. And then you're a 560 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: free agent, and thankfully for the Texans, you come to 561 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: town during the lockout and you signed on the same 562 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: day with cornerback Jonathan Joseph, and instantly you two were 563 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 1: two big reasons the defense went from being the worst 564 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,399 Speaker 1: in the NFL in twenty ten to being one of 565 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,320 Speaker 1: the best, if not the best, just one season later. 566 00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 1: Why did you choose Houston? You take the money out 567 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: of it. Why did you choose the Texans? Well, I 568 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:07,159 Speaker 1: wanted to play in my back my home state, you know, 569 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: and Dallas and Houston. Well, I grew up with Cowboys. 570 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 1: Stand I'm not too far from Dallas. So we will 571 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 1: hold that against you, nah, Noah. And I'm glad because 572 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,399 Speaker 1: it turned out great. Sure, you know, I said, Man, 573 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,399 Speaker 1: I got to get back home and Houston, the players 574 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: that they had, the young guys that we had, they 575 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: had something there and I wanted to be a part 576 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,880 Speaker 1: of that. I remember Demiko Ryan giving me a call. 577 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 1: You know, he had a great year this year, and 578 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 1: Demiko called me and hey, man, we can be living 579 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 1: legends if you come here, and I'm like, cool, Yeah, 580 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take that pick that offer up. Yeah, that's 581 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: not like talk coming from a guy like that, isn't nah, 582 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: Demiko one of a kind man, One of a kind. 583 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 1: So once you get here and you get through the 584 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: first day of signing and everything, what was it like 585 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: getting into that locker room, getting accustomed to things and 586 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 1: learning that Wade Smith defense because you were you were 587 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 1: just like everybody else in the locker room, and that 588 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 1: was a new defense for them. They were going from 589 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: four to three to his three four right. Well, you 590 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 1: know what those guys in that locker room, man, you 591 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 1: could see that they wanted to win, and at that 592 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: point that's all you really need to jail. And I 593 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: just felt like I wanted those guys. I've been feel 594 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 1: like I've been there as long as Duke guys been there. 595 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: I've been there, and just the atmosphere was right for 596 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 1: that team, for that organization and for that city. It 597 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: was it was right. Yeah, And the start to that season, 598 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 1: it's lots of upslots of downs, and you guys played 599 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 1: in some phenomenal games. You beat the Steelers, they've been 600 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl the year before. You have a 601 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 1: shootout in New Orleans with Drew Brees at the height 602 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 1: of his powers with the Saints. You know, you guys 603 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: go three three to start things out, but then you 604 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 1: guys really going to teary. You win six seven straight 605 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 1: and kind of lock things up in the all the 606 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 1: while losing guys like Ario losing Matt Shop and Matt Liner, 607 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 1: getting t J Yates in there. You know, at times, 608 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: Andre Johnson and Aaron Foster basically were tagged teaming, you know, 609 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: tagging in, tagging out because of hamstring injuries. True, true, man, 610 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 1: that was that was that was a test of that team. 611 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: Man um injury prone. Next man up, you got injured, 612 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 1: for goodness, say you broke your leg and you still 613 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 1: can't for goodness, say yeah yeah, man again, that's testaments 614 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: of that team. The training staff, man, I know, I 615 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 1: still talk to some of those guys and the doctors. Man. Uh. 616 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 1: It was just a wild year, man, it was. It was. 617 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 1: You couldn't write a better script than that, even though 618 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 1: we didn't win the Super Bowl or whatever. But man, 619 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 1: that team knew how to win in after that season, 620 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 1: we knew how to win. What do you remember about 621 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 1: those crowds at home later in the season on into 622 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 1: the playoffs or Energy Stadium? Man, it was packed out 623 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 1: almost every weekend. Man, that it was loud. I remember 624 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 1: one time tone Antonio Smith was coming out with that 625 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 1: mask and the crowd was. Man, they was so loud. 626 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,920 Speaker 1: It was still cheering after meet, still as loud, and 627 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 1: they were with Antonio. I'm like, man, what is this? 628 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: That was nice. I have family that lives in Houston 629 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:14,280 Speaker 1: and they was talking about how much that the city 630 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,239 Speaker 1: was on fire those years. Made me feel good. Man. 631 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: There's Drew Doherty with Daniel Manning. We have more of 632 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 1: Manning coming up. Very interesting guy. They got him before 633 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 1: the twenty eleventh season. You know the story they've been 634 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 1: talking about it. More of that and then some next 635 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:35,320 Speaker 1: on Texans All Access. Great to have you listening to 636 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 1: Texans All Access. We'll be back with more on Lovey 637 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,760 Speaker 1: Smith on the draft and all sorts of stuff tomorrow. 638 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:45,480 Speaker 1: Later on this week. Brian Urlacher, also of the Chicago Bears, 639 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 1: but Daniel Manning, former Bear, former Texan. Let's get back 640 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: into the conversation with him and Drew Doherty twenty twelve 641 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 1: goes really well done in the way you like it. 642 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 1: You know, you start out eleven to one, and then 643 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 1: we saw what happened there at the very end. You 644 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 1: leave the Texans a little bit, but you come back. 645 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 1: What was the second time around? Like? For you? It 646 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: was different. I wasn't mentally where I wanted to be. 647 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 1: I mean, certain things had tappened. The organization kind of 648 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 1: took a change, so it was back to business, but 649 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 1: it wasn't as fun as I liked, so that which 650 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: was led to my me making a decision of returing 651 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 1: because I didn't want to play for any other team. 652 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 1: After that, I was like, no, I'm done. I'm gonna 653 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: be a Texan for life. Play well, but I just 654 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 1: football wasn't in me anymore. It's understandable if it's not 655 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 1: in you. I hear you guys say it all the time. 656 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: You gotta get out, because yeah, it's not something you 657 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,720 Speaker 1: can do if you're not a thousand percent committed. I'm 658 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 1: just not a competitor that way, just to do it 659 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 1: for the money. Sure, I wanted to really play and 660 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,240 Speaker 1: make a difference because I know at the end of 661 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: the day. You can't play this game long, so you 662 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 1: better play it the right way. It was the Bears game. 663 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,880 Speaker 1: When you guys go up there on Sunday Night football 664 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 1: that second year in two twelve, was that? Was that 665 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 1: your favorite game as a Houston Texan? Personally it ranks up. 666 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:01,600 Speaker 1: There was a lot going on that week, man, I 667 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,960 Speaker 1: was getting sold, many people calling me media about that game. 668 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 1: And I never really thought about that game. Now I 669 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,040 Speaker 1: did circle it, but as a season went on and 670 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 1: progressed before we played, I never thought about that game. 671 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 1: I really didn't. And that but pretty fun game, big hits, 672 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,760 Speaker 1: a couple of takeaways, Texans winning game. I mean, yeah, 673 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 1: you had made the speech to the team the night before, 674 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: Gary Kubya did. He talked a few times Kubyak did 675 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,200 Speaker 1: after that. How you gave one of those chills speeches 676 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 1: where you you really fired guys up and got guys inspire. 677 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 1: I did. I still, man, I stood up on top 678 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 1: of the chair and poked over everybody, and it was 679 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 1: a good one. It was a good one, man. Well, 680 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,360 Speaker 1: what are your favorite memories? What's your favorite memory of 681 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 1: your your time playing as a Texan? Tailgating with some 682 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 1: of the fans sometimes after wins. Right now, it happened before. 683 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 1: I didn't do anything for seeing people and just trying 684 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,680 Speaker 1: to be regularly let them know football player, we're doing 685 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:00,080 Speaker 1: great job, but I just want to have fun on 686 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:02,680 Speaker 1: He helped me relax a little bit. Then I would 687 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:06,080 Speaker 1: circle back and come inside the stadium. Not bad. I 688 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 1: did not know that, wash Man. It was quiet. I 689 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:13,919 Speaker 1: was quiet about it. Would you like that? Huh? Would 690 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 1: you eat anything when you went tail getting? No, I didn't. 691 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:18,720 Speaker 1: I didn't do anything. Okay. I've been hanging out taking pictures, 692 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: just mingled, okay, and just mingled, and or I say, hey, 693 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,759 Speaker 1: I'm not taking any pictures, man, so I don't. I 694 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:26,319 Speaker 1: didn't want to get in trouble. I guess I can 695 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: talk about it now because you can talk about I 696 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 1: wish you would have let me back. No back then, 697 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,680 Speaker 1: because Skirfield and I would have followed you around, got 698 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,800 Speaker 1: some video. Would have been oh, man, I would have 699 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,840 Speaker 1: had a gold we got fun. I would have bummed 700 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 1: in one of my games that hunting. Yeah, it's you're 701 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,120 Speaker 1: probably right. You're probably man. And I used to get 702 00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,479 Speaker 1: a lot of guys on the team when I played. 703 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:47,320 Speaker 1: They would joke with me because I didn't listen to 704 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,400 Speaker 1: all the love round music listen to that. When I played, 705 00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,000 Speaker 1: I listen to some jazz. I had an old spirit 706 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:56,760 Speaker 1: man and listen to jazz R and B before I played. 707 00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:00,239 Speaker 1: You know, you might be surprised, but I asked as 708 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:01,960 Speaker 1: part of an interview I do on a weekly basis 709 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:03,719 Speaker 1: here now. I asked these guys, Hey, what do you 710 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,640 Speaker 1: listen to before the game? How much do you sleep 711 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,120 Speaker 1: before the game? What do you eat before the game. 712 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 1: It's almost eighty percent guys listening to something calm on game. 713 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:15,000 Speaker 1: And like like Laramy Tunsel, left tackle pro bowler, he 714 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,239 Speaker 1: says he listens to shot a. Oh man, damn it. Yeah, 715 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,280 Speaker 1: so it's you're not alone. You're probably a trend setter 716 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 1: if anything. Yeah, even those times in the locker room, 717 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,719 Speaker 1: I know you were fighting over the radio. Who was 718 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 1: in charge of it back then? I can't remember Antonio? Yeah, 719 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:37,600 Speaker 1: uh well, Connor ball win yet because y'all were right 720 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,440 Speaker 1: by that little gap in the line. We don't let 721 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:42,960 Speaker 1: anybody touches that's right, Yeah, And then we wouldn't and 722 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 1: then it was all offense against defense, and we didn't 723 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:49,200 Speaker 1: let offense who do you keep in touch with us 724 00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:53,360 Speaker 1: still from from your Texans days? Man? I talked J 725 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:57,880 Speaker 1: Joe every now and again. Uh um, yeah, we saw him, 726 00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:03,239 Speaker 1: Yester Kja okay Um and Tonio we talked. I'm real 727 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,200 Speaker 1: good friends with Chap. We still talk. I don't know 728 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:10,480 Speaker 1: if he's still up there. Chin. Yeah, I talked to 729 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:15,040 Speaker 1: trap j. He's the mayor. He knows everybody. I oh, Man, 730 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:19,400 Speaker 1: we talked and so yeah, uh it may be some more. 731 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,439 Speaker 1: I don't want to lose man. The thing I missed 732 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,920 Speaker 1: that team, Yeah, I do. And we was on to something, man, 733 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:29,400 Speaker 1: And I don't it just you know how the business is. 734 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,719 Speaker 1: It just we gotta we gotta do what's best for them, 735 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:35,720 Speaker 1: and we understand that. So we continue with true tory. 736 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,200 Speaker 1: And where are they now? Talking to former Texans safety 737 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,239 Speaker 1: Daniel Manning. It's the beauty of the NFL. It's also 738 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,280 Speaker 1: the cruelty of the NFL. You know, like exactly, greatness 739 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 1: and excellence is not meant to last sometimes, So m hm, 740 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 1: you gotta take care, take opportunities you get and make 741 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:53,279 Speaker 1: the best out of it, no doubt. Hey, So what's 742 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:55,200 Speaker 1: next for you? Man? What's going on? What's the what's 743 00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,759 Speaker 1: the future hole for you? I don't know. Um, if 744 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,560 Speaker 1: Lovey calls and to want to come coach, I'll come 745 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,759 Speaker 1: back and try to coach, all right, I would, I 746 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:09,000 Speaker 1: would right now. Man. I'm I'm gonna wait. Watch my kids. 747 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,359 Speaker 1: You know. I have three in high school, so they're 748 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,200 Speaker 1: coming out back to back. So I want to be 749 00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,600 Speaker 1: around next year if I need to travel because I 750 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,480 Speaker 1: want to see them play. Just got married, been married 751 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,840 Speaker 1: for three years, just had another baby. Congratulations, thank you, 752 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,440 Speaker 1: she's she's too too. Yeah, man, I started all over. 753 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:28,880 Speaker 1: Yeah you did hit the reset button there. Oh man. 754 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 1: But I got a lovely wife and everything is Everything 755 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,759 Speaker 1: is great. Um, getting to see my family now because 756 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:38,799 Speaker 1: I emerged myself in football. Yeah, and there's a lot 757 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:40,400 Speaker 1: of people I missed out. Man, I can tell you 758 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:44,320 Speaker 1: a great story. Yeah. Two years ago, I just found 759 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,279 Speaker 1: out who my biological father was. I did not know 760 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,320 Speaker 1: that really. Yeah, how would that go down? What happened? 761 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:53,120 Speaker 1: People say things that they don't need to talk about, 762 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,960 Speaker 1: and I got wind of it. So I called the 763 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,279 Speaker 1: guy up and we got a test gunning. He turned 764 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,160 Speaker 1: out to be my father. So we've been hanging out, 765 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,759 Speaker 1: you know, and getting the norm I got didn't see 766 00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:07,400 Speaker 1: my whole side of the family that grew up in 767 00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:09,880 Speaker 1: the same town I grew up in, but didn't didn't 768 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:13,160 Speaker 1: I know my family. Wow, Yeah, that's crazy. Huh. I'm 769 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,640 Speaker 1: guessing you learned some things about yourself that you maybe 770 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,920 Speaker 1: see Oh I see that in him? Or man? Is 771 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:24,759 Speaker 1: that truer um the talent? Some of that time. My 772 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:29,080 Speaker 1: dad played professional baseball. Really, yeah, he played. He got 773 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:33,239 Speaker 1: drafted out of high school some worldly Detroit, and then 774 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:37,200 Speaker 1: he went to college at TCU, and then he got 775 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:41,040 Speaker 1: drafted again to the Reds, Cincinnati Reds, and he played 776 00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:44,960 Speaker 1: like nine years. Really he made it to the big leagues. Yeah, 777 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,440 Speaker 1: he didn't make it to the big leagues. He was 778 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:53,239 Speaker 1: on their farm teams. But uh yeah, yep, I knew. Okay, 779 00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:55,040 Speaker 1: so you put obviously played football in high school, and 780 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,000 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure he did track as well. Were you 781 00:38:57,040 --> 00:39:02,640 Speaker 1: a baseball player? Did all four? Baseball? Basketball, football, and track? 782 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,080 Speaker 1: Was that? Yeah? I did? I didn't play them all 783 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:08,279 Speaker 1: in high school, Okay. All I did was football and 784 00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,680 Speaker 1: track football, track, Okay. And in the hunt you ran 785 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,000 Speaker 1: like the hundred I guess or you were in back then, 786 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,399 Speaker 1: you probably ran like eight seconds right, because you're Yeah, 787 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,120 Speaker 1: that's what it seemed like watching you in high school. 788 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,600 Speaker 1: You what, I was Clo ten fifteen in high school. 789 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,959 Speaker 1: I believe it, like I trust seeing you on the field. 790 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,920 Speaker 1: I believe it is earlier that, like a week or 791 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,600 Speaker 1: two before when I was covering those games, I saw 792 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:36,160 Speaker 1: Arlington Lamar play somebody, and they had a pretty good 793 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:38,279 Speaker 1: team that year. And they had a receiver who was 794 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:41,799 Speaker 1: a junior. Okay, they ran like an option or a wish. 795 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:43,560 Speaker 1: They ran some sort of running offense. They threw the 796 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,359 Speaker 1: ball maybe twice a game. But the two times they 797 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,120 Speaker 1: threw it to this guy, it was like, what's going on? 798 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:51,759 Speaker 1: Why doesn't he get the ball more? A? And who 799 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,640 Speaker 1: is this? Well it turns out it was Jeremy Warner. 800 00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:56,239 Speaker 1: He went on to win gold medals in the four 801 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,640 Speaker 1: hundred meters and he had like long hair, he had 802 00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:02,960 Speaker 1: the bullet and yeah, like puka shell necklace. But yeah, 803 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,799 Speaker 1: I remember seeing Jeremy Warner, Danielle Manning and a few 804 00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:09,080 Speaker 1: other the heralds of Ennis, Texas for getting getting going there. 805 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:13,640 Speaker 1: You know my um what Zach Harroll is the coach 806 00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:16,320 Speaker 1: in the Ennis. I mean in Athens. That's where my 807 00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:21,359 Speaker 1: kids go to school. Okay, oh yeah, it's funny. Life 808 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,839 Speaker 1: is coming back around. Huh coming back around? Man, I'm 809 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,440 Speaker 1: just sitting back in enjoying. I'm not even hustling and 810 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:29,600 Speaker 1: bustling anymore. Man. Danielle, it's so good to see you, 811 00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:31,719 Speaker 1: my friend. I'm glad you're doing well. Congrats on the 812 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:34,320 Speaker 1: marriage and the baby, and good thank you with the 813 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,320 Speaker 1: rest of life, with your children moving forward, ticking to college, 814 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,000 Speaker 1: and hey, don't be a stranger. Let's do this again 815 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: sometime soon. So oh yeah, no, there it is Drue 816 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:43,920 Speaker 1: Dorty with Danielle Manning a little Where are they now? 817 00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:46,960 Speaker 1: Part of Texans All Acts, says Johnny Harris. Back tomorrow 818 00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:49,520 Speaker 1: draft Wednesday? Are we going to start those up? The 819 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,360 Speaker 1: mystery of it all? Just tune in at six and 820 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:54,640 Speaker 1: find out. I have a great night everyone. Thank you 821 00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:57,000 Speaker 1: Austin for producing Go Texans.