1 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: How do you frame twenty twenty five the whole season, 2 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: like pretend I just checked out. 3 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 2: I didn't see it. 4 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: You have to describe to me how it went based 5 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: on me only knowing what I expected it to be. 6 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 2: How did it go? 7 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think overall fell short of our goals personal 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 3: goal or team goals for the season, program goals that 9 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 3: you always have of competing for a championship. But you 10 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 3: know a lot of steps that I think we took 11 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 3: from year one to year two. And you know, the 12 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 3: start of the season was was hard with a loss 13 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 3: right off the bat, but I think, you know, we 14 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 3: showed some resiliency and you know, we calloused a little 15 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 3: bit and as a team came together and learned a 16 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 3: lot about ourselves, came better because of it, both as 17 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 3: a team and I think the individuals on it. 18 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: You talk about the callousing of a team. I'm watching 19 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: you from the outside looking in, and there's immediate heat 20 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: because of the Florida State result, and then the nose 21 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: gets pulled up and then it's you're making a run 22 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: and then you're banged up down the stretch. You got 23 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: the Georgia game, you got O you win, then you 24 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: got the way it ends against Indiana, and so there's 25 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: a lot of opportunity for a lot of people to 26 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: say a lot. 27 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 2: Of things about you. You're a third year in here. 28 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: Now does that callousing stuff start to happen to you 29 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: personally too? 30 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,479 Speaker 3: I mean, I guess I take it all in personally. 31 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 3: You know, you don't want the peaks in the valleys 32 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 3: that are so high and so so low. You always 33 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 3: wanted me continue up upward, I think for me and 34 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 3: just focus on right now. You got to have a 35 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 3: plan and you got to kind of see what you 36 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 3: want the team to become and what we could become 37 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 3: and how we're going to get there. But I think 38 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 3: it's just pouring in every day, and so I don't 39 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 3: get too far ahead of myself. I asked the players 40 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 3: not to do that, the staff not to do that, 41 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 3: and that starts with me. 42 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: Third year in Now, you've said many many times, or 43 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: there's a way I want it to look, there's a 44 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: direction we're going. 45 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 2: There's a way that I want. 46 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: The identity to be, the DNA to be. Where are 47 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: you on that process right now? 48 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 2: Yeah? 49 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 3: I mean there's I've never a questioned the guys working hard, 50 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 3: being open to what we're doing. I think that comes 51 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 3: from relationships that our coaches have, and I think there's 52 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 3: you know what our relationships. I think there's a respect 53 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 3: that our players have towards the coaching staff that they 54 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 3: really feel, they feel good about, you know, the direction 55 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 3: we're trying to take them, what we're trying to do. 56 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 3: We talk about every minute matters, every day matters, and 57 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 3: I think you know that goes along with great meetings 58 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 3: that are prepared well. And you know, I think our 59 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 3: players over the years, and really seeing it this year too, 60 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 3: really trust our staff, and our our staff really uh 61 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 3: you know, enjoys co our guys because they they're going 62 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 3: to bring it and you know. 63 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 2: Just taking those next steps that are referred to. 64 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 3: I think you learn from your experiences and as much 65 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 3: as we can in year one, try to bring up 66 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 3: things that I've been through or this program has been 67 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 3: through and apply it to what we're about to encounter. 68 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 3: It's never the same as when you go through it together. 69 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 3: When we went through things last year the year before, 70 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 3: we were able to learn and grow through the good 71 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 3: and the bad that we experienced. And when we talk 72 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 3: about something, it's it's something we can be efficient in explaining, 73 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 3: I can show a clip of one play, I can 74 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 3: show a situation, and then we can talk about the 75 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 3: big picture too, of the emotional maturity that it takes. 76 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 3: And that's that's I think the things that we've improved 77 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 3: on that we can learn from because we've been through it. 78 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure you've been asked about the run game last 79 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: year a million times, but I wanted to ask you, 80 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: like from this vantage point. So you've got what you 81 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: think your team is coming out of spring, then you 82 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: go through fall camp. You got a couple of scrimmages there, 83 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: you're practicing every day, so like you've probably got the 84 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: highest and lowest basic like bookmarks that you think you've 85 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: got team wise, position, group wise. How did the ground 86 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: game and all that goes into that last year compared 87 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,039 Speaker 1: to what you thought you had coming out of fall camp? 88 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I certainly thought we'd be better than 89 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,359 Speaker 3: what we were, and I think that, you know, everyone 90 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 3: just looks at it and tries to find a way 91 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 3: that they can make it better. Call it ownership, whatever 92 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 3: it is, from me to the coaching staff, to our players. 93 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 3: You know, I've really felt like we've tried to find 94 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 3: that the things that we can do well that fit 95 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 3: our personnel, the things that fit together with what we 96 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,359 Speaker 3: want to do off the run game, the schemes we're facing, 97 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 3: you know, when we're calling it. I mean, I think 98 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 3: our coaching staff is just really they were in the season, 99 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 3: driving into it and obviously have done a lot of that. 100 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 2: You know, I know there's some headway. 101 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 3: We have a lot of new faces, and it's almost 102 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 3: like it's a clean slate for a lot of these guys. 103 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 3: Other than Michael Carroll, most of the offensive linemen that 104 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 3: had significant time or are are not here. 105 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 2: With us anymore. I think, you know, there's more than 106 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 2: the line. 107 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 3: There's there's running backs, there's tight ends, receivers that can 108 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 3: help us when we do get through the first couple 109 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 3: levels that can spring us for big ones. 110 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 2: There's a lot. 111 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 3: I mean, a quarterback carrying out a fake can hold 112 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 3: a defender. So I just think that every area and 113 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 3: there are areas you really focus on that that have 114 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 3: a higher priority and can have a bigger impact on 115 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 3: the production we're looking for. But I feel like we've 116 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 3: we've taken some good steps so far. We are far 117 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 3: from where we need to be, but I feel like 118 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 3: we're heading the direction, and you know there's a confidence 119 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 3: that's slowly brewing. 120 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: You were you were mission as something there that I mean, 121 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: that's the way a coach thinks. A coach looks at 122 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: every single aspect that contributes to success on the ground. 123 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 1: Maybe the general public just looks at how how good 124 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: you'r O line? How good are your tailbacks? What are 125 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: these numbers on the piece of paper? Say, that's kind 126 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: of the run game to an outside observer. Obviously, it's 127 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 1: a lot more intricate than that. When you're in the 128 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: middle of week seven, week eight and you're not filling 129 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: the bucket there, like you want to fill it? How 130 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: much do you view is we could address this now 131 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: versus we kind of got what we got at this point. 132 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: We're gonna have to save this for January to figure 133 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: it out. Like, what's that balance of I want to 134 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: win right now, man, I want to fix it right now. 135 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 2: Versus all right, let's be real. 136 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: Let's be real about this that there's some things that 137 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 1: we just kind of got what we got. 138 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:35,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, we're we're gonna live in the moment. 139 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 3: We're gonna try to maximize what we can do. So 140 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 3: we're always gonna try to make it better and not 141 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 3: just settle, you know, And so I really felt like 142 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 3: there were some strides that we were making past the 143 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 3: midway point of the season, and then they the last 144 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 3: few games. You know, really it really didn't meet the 145 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 3: standard and goals that we had. 146 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 2: You know, and you know, guys were working at it. 147 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 3: Coaches, I think we're really pressing to try to to 148 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 3: make it better too, But we never settled. We're always 149 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 3: going to try to be in the moment. You only 150 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 3: hit one chance to have the twenty twenty five season, 151 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 3: one chance to have the twenty twenty six season, and 152 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 3: so when you're in it, you got to keep pushing. 153 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 3: You got to keep working to have answers to make 154 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 3: it as good as it possibly can be. 155 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: You guys brought a lot of kids in via the portal. 156 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: You got some new staffers here. It's all part of 157 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: the same vision that you have for your organization. 158 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 2: So when you. 159 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: Go and you're looking at evaluating kids in the portal, 160 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: some of them are higher profile, some of them are 161 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,239 Speaker 1: not high profile. Some of them weren't on someone's radar 162 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: until they literally found out. Hey, Alabama just took that kid, 163 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: or it could be the same with a coaching staff addition. 164 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: But when you guys were in that mode of adding 165 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: to for the twenty twenty six version of Alabama, what 166 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: were some of your priorities, what specifically were you looking at. 167 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 3: Well, I mean, you got to fill fill the spots, 168 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 3: and we lost some buried talented graduates, you know, seniors 169 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 3: that are done with their eligibility that are going to 170 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 3: be greatly missed. Some of those guys brought talent, some 171 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 3: of them brought leadership, great leadership because they were in 172 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 3: the program. I think we had four guys that were 173 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 3: here the whole time out of the sixteen that were seniors. 174 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 3: So that just shows you right there the changes that 175 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 3: have happened in the program. Win only four are there 176 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 3: at the end, a couple of guys that went to 177 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 3: the NFL and left a year early. So those are 178 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 3: hard to replace because you know that's the heart and soul, 179 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 3: and so you're thinking about the high school recruiting, the 180 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 3: development that's happening. That's why you got to continue to 181 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 3: do that, because. 182 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 2: I don't want to live in the world We've got. 183 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 3: To replace that many guys every single year, and we 184 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 3: can get some really good high school players that last 185 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 3: year made impact for us, probably half a dozen at 186 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 3: least that were maybe not starters, but played starter reps 187 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 3: and had that type of role. 188 00:08:57,760 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 2: You know, I think when it comes to the. 189 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 3: Porld, as you're as you're asking, I think that you know, 190 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 3: we had to we had to try to make sure 191 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 3: we didn't waiver from what you feel like in this 192 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 3: today's world, the value is for a guy because it's 193 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 3: going to impact you. 194 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 2: And and uh, for the. 195 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,319 Speaker 3: Most part, I think most programs around the country still 196 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 3: have a limit of what they can spend, and we 197 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 3: are very supported. But you know, you've got to be 198 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 3: smart and that can not only impact what you're spending 199 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 3: on the bottom line, but also what the locker room 200 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 3: looks like. And I thought our staff did a great 201 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 3: job of identifying, you know, positions. We had to fill 202 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 3: some offensive line spots with five guys graduating, a couple 203 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 3: of guys to the NFL. 204 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 2: A couple of guys, more guys that left for the portal, 205 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:45,719 Speaker 2: So there was. 206 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 3: A numbers and also a quality that we had to 207 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 3: get to fill a roster, and I think we did 208 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 3: a good job with that with the freshmen that are 209 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 3: coming up, the transfers coming in, I think, you know, 210 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 3: D line, uh, you know, we had some spots where 211 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 3: we had to fill some needs. 212 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 2: The guys that left the poral Tim Keenan, you know, 213 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 2: a great leader and player for us. 214 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 3: You know, we had to fill some spots there and 215 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 3: become you know, stout in the middle, something that I 216 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 3: think people took advantage of us on, especially in the 217 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 3: big games. But the rest of the spots I think 218 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 3: that you see with receiver there's always gonna be a guy, 219 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 3: or to defensive back there's a guy or to the 220 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 3: rest of the spots were really stable. Our tight ends 221 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 3: were young other than Josh Quabas last year. They've got 222 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 3: to get under their belt, and so I like the 223 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:35,439 Speaker 3: development and growth there. We bring in a Josh Ford 224 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:40,719 Speaker 3: to add a little more strength and demeanor and the 225 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 3: run blocking, I think that can help that whole group out. 226 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 2: You know. 227 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 3: So I like that we still covered kind of all 228 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 3: the position groups. We had to obviously be very focused 229 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 3: on the old line of D line. 230 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 1: There's some names on the defensive side of your team 231 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: that I don't have to look very far to that guy, 232 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 1: that guy that's probably that's probably where their leadership is 233 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: gonna come from over there on the offensive side. I'm 234 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: like far less sure of that. I know, that's what 235 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: Springs fought for. That's what in summer workouts are for. 236 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 1: How far down the road are you guys on figuring out, 237 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: like who are going to be those kinds of leaders 238 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: on the offensive side. 239 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, we've really left it much more open this year. 240 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 3: A lot of times in the past I would have 241 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 3: had some type of leadership group that the team would 242 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 3: have kind of chosen. Just took a different take on 243 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 3: it this year because I don't know if it had 244 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 3: been a popularity contest or just kind of based on 245 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 3: who people know names. I mean, we had so many 246 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 3: new faces this year that came in. I just left 247 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 3: it open. I think it's allowed everyone to own their 248 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 3: themselves and what they're doing, the accountability to their side 249 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 3: of the ball and their position group and of course 250 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:53,719 Speaker 3: the team and so you know, like you said, defensively, 251 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 3: I mean we lose our captains from you know, across 252 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 3: the board on both sides, but TK and Deontay Lawson, 253 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 3: you know, two very experienced and pro fofile guys. But 254 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 3: we also defensive backfield pretty much almost all returning other 255 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 3: than de Moni, you know Jackson. 256 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 2: The front. 257 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 3: You know, got some good stable guys jonz Pierre coming back, 258 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,959 Speaker 3: and you know some other guys that have come in 259 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 3: that have those leadership qualities, Caleb Woodson and Terrence Green and. 260 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 2: Uh uh Tompkins coming in. 261 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 3: You know, those guys are leaders, are ready, you know, 262 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 3: fitting in along with Bray Hubbard. So it's fun to 263 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 3: see them all coming together and messing offensively. 264 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 2: I know that's the question that you're really wondering. And 265 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 2: Ryan Ryan. 266 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 3: Williams is really the guy that you know, really is 267 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 3: taking the most snaps on our team. Michael Carroll would 268 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 3: probably be next, uh your quarterback with the you know, 269 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 3: the competition. 270 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 2: We got going there. 271 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,559 Speaker 3: Uh you know, you'd like to have that guy be 272 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 3: this bablish leader, and that's not the case. But both 273 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 3: of them are doing such an amazing job, even in 274 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 3: the midst of that competition, doing exactly that. So I 275 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 3: feel good about the competition that exists, helping elevate everyone 276 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 3: and what they're trying to get done each and every 277 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 3: day on the. 278 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 2: Football field, especially on the offensive side. 279 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: Well, let me ask you this, So, I mean, everybody 280 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 1: who follows college football is pretty dialed into the Alabama 281 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: quarterback competition right now, but they're just focused on it 282 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: in terms of who's going to win a job, who's 283 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: going to take the first snap week one, which I 284 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: care about too. Everyone you care about that, Everyone cares 285 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: about it. But you're also talking about the whole leadership 286 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: factor there and the fact that most teams out there, 287 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: like I know Arch Manning starting for Texas, I know 288 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: that's an offensive leader on that team. That's the normal 289 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,319 Speaker 1: dynamic of a team. You're talking about a competition going on, 290 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 1: and in an ideal world, we've already got a guy 291 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: here who is the leader. But that's not the way 292 00:13:55,880 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 1: it is right now. How much does that impact the 293 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 1: way as a head coach that you make decisions that 294 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 1: you know, right it's time to make a call on 295 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 1: this thing. 296 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, we got to choose the best one when we 297 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,559 Speaker 3: when we really know, And I think that's gonna be 298 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 3: something that probably drags onto the fall. 299 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 2: You know, we'll see. 300 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 3: We declared Tye the starter a little bit or a 301 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 3: little bit earlier than I probably would anticipate it a 302 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 3: year ago. You know, we are we're always talking about 303 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 3: it as well, and just each day in practice, Uh, 304 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 3: you know, making sure we're communicating as a coaching staff. 305 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 2: But you know, I really credit coach Grubb. 306 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 3: Brian Ellis now as a quarterbacks coach and going to 307 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 3: give some props to Nick Shard and how that room 308 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 3: operates and it was with Tye last year and now 309 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 3: it's without him. But you know, Keelan and Austin and 310 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 3: the respect really the way they appear to care for 311 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 3: each other, and. 312 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 2: I think it's pretty genuine. 313 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 3: Uh, they've got me fooled if it's not in a 314 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 3: big way. But they they lead not together because they're different, 315 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 3: but they they really are leading this team, and when 316 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 3: they're out there both sides of the ball, I think 317 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 3: really appreciate how they've approached it team first, but they 318 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 3: also are doing their part to lead this football team 319 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 3: as we need in the offense in particular with so 320 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 3: many new alignment and a couple other guys and you know, 321 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 3: the backfield that needs, you know, some guys to step up. 322 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 3: You know, I really appreciate what Austin and Kialan are 323 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 3: doing right now in their leadership role. And at some 324 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 3: point there's going to be a hard time for one 325 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 3: of them, you know, when we do decide and move 326 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 3: forward with the starter. 327 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: You've been around the block several times on just coaching 328 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: the game. 329 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 2: I know sometimes. 330 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: If you're not careful, you can kind of take for granted. 331 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 2: That what you know is what other people know. 332 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: But if you're dealing with a nineteen year old player, 333 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,239 Speaker 1: they don't know much of anything cause they've not experienced 334 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: it before. So, like you're thinking to yourself or whoever 335 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: finishes number two in that coququarterback battle, it's their job 336 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: to a B, C, D and E. Here's how they 337 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: should think, here's how they should block out the noise 338 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: in the meantime. 339 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 2: You know all of those things. 340 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: How careful do you have to be not to take 341 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: for granted that they just know that too, and to 342 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: continue to hammer home over and over and over again 343 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: what you would consider basics and fundamentals. 344 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 2: But it's not for them. 345 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: This is the first time through it. 346 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 2: Yeah. 347 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 3: Well, first of all, I know, whoever doesn't isn't named 348 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 3: the starters gonna be crushed, right, you know, And that's 349 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 3: just human nature, and especially with these guys how competitive 350 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 3: they are. But I also have a high level of 351 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 3: confidence in knowing how they're going to respond because I 352 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 3: know the character and I know that that they know 353 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 3: that there's a way that they can still see themselves 354 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 3: being great, and they know they got to be ready 355 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 3: to go, you know, if you don't win that job, 356 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 3: and so you know they'll be supported by their teammates. 357 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 3: I have no doubt about that, and our coaching staff 358 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 3: and will help them through that. But you know, the 359 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 3: quarterback position in particular, you've got to be ready even 360 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 3: when you're not named the starter. And so that will 361 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 3: be certainly a message that will be discussed and just 362 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 3: like across the rest of the board, with our team, 363 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 3: the starter right away, and I'm a little bit slower 364 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 3: probably to pull the trigger, you know, with the next 365 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 3: quarterback when they're struggling through some things, because I think 366 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 3: there's a lot more to it than just that quarterback. 367 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 3: But I think that there's always competition. You name the starter, 368 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 3: and I don't care if it's linebacker, offensive line. Here 369 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 3: at Alabama, you're that starter. You better keep keep the 370 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 3: pedal down, you better keep working because the next guy's 371 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 3: you know, working really hard to try to overtake. And 372 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 3: that's what competition does. It makes us all. 373 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: Better your own process, professional life, personal life. What do 374 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 1: you think is change the most about the way you 375 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 1: personally go about. 376 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 2: Doing things just in the three years that you've been here. 377 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:02,359 Speaker 3: Well, I think there's more of the staff understanding, you know, 378 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 3: where they have the freedom to do things, you know, 379 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 3: make decisions. I guess probably in particular, they understand what 380 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 3: I'm going to prioritize and you know what I'm probably 381 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 3: not going to be in. 382 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 2: Favor of, and they don't go down that road as much. 383 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 3: But we're always trying to, I think, professionally, always trying 384 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 3: to grow in and evolve, and times are changing, whether 385 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 3: it's the big landscape of college football and we're talking 386 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 3: about the portal and NIL, we always got to be 387 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 3: thinking outside the box. 388 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 2: I guess, you know, ask them what changes. 389 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 3: I'd like to think that I'm continuing to listen to 390 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,119 Speaker 3: my staff as much as I feel like they do 391 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 3: a good job of trying to do what I'm my 392 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:47,680 Speaker 3: plan is and what I'm hoping for. 393 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 2: I think that paying attention to the smart coaches. 394 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:54,360 Speaker 3: That are on this on this part of this staff, 395 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 3: that have really good ideas and have seen it done 396 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 3: different ways, that I'm always open to that and that 397 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 3: they can bring that up and that they know that 398 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 3: you know, if they bring it up, they're not going 399 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 3: to be looked at a certain way that you know, 400 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 3: I'll process it. Doesn't mean we'll do it right now, 401 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 3: doesn't mean we'll ever do it. But whatever can make 402 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 3: us better, I'm always open for. The ego is not 403 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 3: going to get in the way. 404 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 2: What's that battle in your mind? 405 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 1: Like if your instinct is telling you steadfastly, I need 406 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 1: to do it this way, and then a whole bunch 407 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: of people you trust are like any unison saying the 408 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: same thing, and I. 409 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:31,920 Speaker 2: Think you need to do it the other way. 410 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, there's a stubborn side to I don't know 411 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 3: me and all of us, especially when you've had success 412 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,439 Speaker 3: as you mentioned doing it certain ways. 413 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 2: But you know, there's there's. 414 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 3: Things that we've done, not with practice, but even the 415 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,919 Speaker 3: pre practice and stuff that just you know, seem to 416 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 3: make sense and it's new and with our schedules allow 417 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 3: us to do that where maybe in the past we couldn't. 418 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 2: And you know that's some of it too. What you 419 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 2: can do now you couldn't do four You got to 420 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:06,120 Speaker 2: evolve and uh, you know that that means anything from 421 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 2: the rules that allow us to do certain walkthroughs things 422 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 2: during the summer, you know, working with the players that 423 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 2: you couldn't do five years ago or ten years ago, 424 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 2: for sure. 425 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 3: Uh, you know, we're just got to constantly be thinking 426 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:22,399 Speaker 3: outside the box on how are our guys learn, you know, 427 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 3: what's the best use of time? How are we how 428 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 3: how how are the guys as far as their you know, 429 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 3: their mindset and especially just you know, are we we. 430 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 2: Push our guys hard? 431 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 3: You know, is there too much? Sometimes? And you know, 432 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 3: I've always probably felt like if you if you really 433 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 3: don't want it, you know, then you know you'll you'll 434 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:44,120 Speaker 3: But if you do want it, you're going to put 435 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 3: in the work. But I think there is a time 436 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 3: too where the season is long and you've got to 437 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:49,680 Speaker 3: figure out how to play. 438 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 2: It from beginning to end. You know, we didn't start 439 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 2: fast at the end of the year. You know why 440 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 2: is that? 441 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 3: You know, we're continue to evaluate those things and probably 442 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 3: sometimes I make sure that the staff, you know, who's 443 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 3: trying to own it and trying to figure out how 444 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 3: they can make it better, that they don't overthink it too. 445 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 3: You know, where you don't make drastic changes and you 446 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 3: do stay the course, because it has proven to work. 447 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 2: But again, every year is different. 448 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 1: Last year so a lot of stuff's different for a 449 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: lot of reasons, which we've talked about over the last 450 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,360 Speaker 1: two or twenty minutes. Last year was kind of unique 451 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 1: in that because of when National Signing Day was, and 452 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 1: because of the way the calendar was, a lot of 453 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 1: places that wanted to make a coaching move ended up 454 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: doing it in like October, which we're not used to seeing, 455 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:34,160 Speaker 1: which meant the speculation that's normally saved for late November 456 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: early December was all throughout October by Halloween. People that 457 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,719 Speaker 1: had their name mentioned with other jobs multiple weeks, so 458 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: you got pulled into that whole hurricane of rumors and 459 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 1: stuff like that. First off, did it surprise you the 460 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:49,640 Speaker 1: volume that had during the season last year? 461 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 3: I mean, I guess we're mainly talking the end of 462 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 3: November and in December, and yeah, I mean I think 463 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 3: coaches you know that have had success and you know, 464 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 3: are always going to be pulled. You just kind of 465 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 3: assume it's going to be that way, and so I 466 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 3: can't say this surprised me. What I do appreciate is 467 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 3: how our team, I think learn from blocking out the 468 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,719 Speaker 3: noise and other things that happened us through happened to 469 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 3: us through the year, and how they just applied it 470 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 3: to that situation that we're in in that moment. And 471 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:23,879 Speaker 3: I mean, I guess I could be fooled that it 472 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 3: wasn't affecting them. 473 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:27,639 Speaker 2: I think they would have let me know. They know 474 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 2: that there's open lines of communication. 475 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,679 Speaker 3: But we continue to forge on and you know, I 476 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 3: think there's enough documentation of kind of where it stood 477 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 3: and how it was pretty focused on this team and 478 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,959 Speaker 3: this program, and you know, looking forward to what lies ahead, 479 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:43,640 Speaker 3: not just last year, but in the future. 480 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: I think a normal person working a nine to five 481 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 1: job out there, they watch what you went through last year. 482 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: You're not the only one who went through it, Like 483 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 1: there were a few other guys that were going through that, 484 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: and they remained where they were and then come what 485 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: may they look at it and their logic is, well, 486 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: if someone's saying something about me, I'm just going to 487 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 1: address every little thing that's been said about me. And 488 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 1: in your world's totally different because there are thousands and 489 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 1: thousands of thousands of people saying stuff about you, so 490 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 1: you can't always address it. What I'm asking is how 491 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: do you balance that. A. I need to be accountable 492 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: to my team first and foremost. B. I got to 493 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: block out a lot of this stuff because it serves 494 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: no one's interest to address every little rumor. But see, 495 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 1: sometimes I do need to say something because in the 496 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 1: absence of me saying something, it's a net negative that's 497 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 1: right in how it's going to impact the team. Like where, 498 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 1: how does your mind work on that stuff? 499 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, I guess I feel, you know, I'm just not 500 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 3: going to react because, like you said, there's so many responses, 501 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,119 Speaker 3: there's so many there's so many people talking until you 502 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 3: really feel like you have to and it's affecting the building, players, coaches, staff. 503 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:52,879 Speaker 3: When it gets to that point, then I feel it 504 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:53,880 Speaker 3: does need to be addressed. 505 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:55,919 Speaker 2: And I feel. 506 00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 3: That there's enough people here that I trust that would 507 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 3: have let me know. And I asked even kind of 508 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 3: the first go around with you know, rumors that. 509 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 2: Were out there. 510 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 3: I did ask our captains, a couple of our captains, 511 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,679 Speaker 3: and they said the team was in a good place. 512 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 3: And I think that let them also know, and that 513 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 3: the door was always open to to make sure they. 514 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 2: Let me know if there's something I need to talk about. 515 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 2: With them. 516 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 3: And I think the same thing with our staff too. 517 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 3: You know, there's a there's there's another saying our entire 518 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 3: staff had people that were coming after him too. It's 519 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,679 Speaker 3: not just about me, it's about you know, guys that 520 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 3: are are working in as coordinators and as position coaches, 521 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 3: you know, assistants to the position coaches. And so that 522 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 3: was going on a little earlier with more places because 523 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:48,239 Speaker 3: of the cycle that you're talking about for a lot 524 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 3: of our staff, because a lot of people look to 525 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 3: the best coaches and I feel like we've got the 526 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 3: great the great coaches here, the greatest coaches here at Alabama. 527 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: You know, you're mentioned as something there that never gets 528 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 1: talked about. Everyone's focused on if there's a rumor about you. 529 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 1: But also something that happens is every year, several guys 530 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 1: on your staff get opportunities elsewhere, and then your phone 531 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: blows up in an unexpected way. And that is people 532 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 1: trying to use the connection they have with you to 533 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,919 Speaker 1: get in the door on a guy's staff who just 534 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 1: left your staff. And that's this whole different wave of 535 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: clutter or distraction. But how prevalent is that when someone 536 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:26,920 Speaker 1: takes a job elsewhere and. 537 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 2: Then ding ding ding ding. 538 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 1: Hey, can you put me in contact with so and so. 539 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 2: I want to open the door up there. 540 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, whether it's internally, I mean pretty much, if 541 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 3: our whole staff wanted to go somewhere, they could have 542 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 3: gone somewhere last year. You know, they're just again highly 543 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 3: sought after, and you know, I appreciate the guys and 544 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 3: the way they were continue to stay focused and stayed 545 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 3: where they were at in the present, where their feet 546 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 3: are at, and you know, it's it's it's a you know, 547 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 3: they look at it and I try to remind them 548 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 3: and that it goes from me too, that it's it's 549 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 3: it's an honor, and you know, it shows a lot 550 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 3: of out the respect people have towards you when you 551 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 3: do get reached out to. And I'm going to always 552 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 3: you know, I got to this spot for somehow too 553 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 3: and got opportunities to move around as a coordinator before 554 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 3: becoming a head coach again thanks to you know, people 555 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 3: who reached out. And you know, when guys give me 556 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 3: everything they have or I should say guys, but anyone 557 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 3: on the staff gives me or everything they have, which 558 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 3: the staff does, and the right opportunities come up man, 559 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 3: how can you not just give them the blessing and 560 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 3: be happy for them? 561 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:34,679 Speaker 2: And you know, to me. 562 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 3: What goes around comes around, you know, and when you 563 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 3: treat people right, you know, I've had staff members that 564 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 3: go and come back when you handle it the right 565 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 3: way and handle your business right and you're locked in 566 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 3: and not focus on trying to get to the next 567 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,920 Speaker 3: place as fast as you can. You know, our staff 568 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 3: does it the right way and I appreciate that. And so, 569 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 3: you know, keeping good relationships with those guys that actually 570 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 3: do move on and being excited for him is something 571 00:26:58,320 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 3: I'm really proud of. 572 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:04,959 Speaker 1: A lot of people have talked about the quarterback thing 573 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,680 Speaker 1: we have to a lot of people have talked about 574 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: the run game we have too. Outside of those two things, 575 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: what through the spring practice that you've had so far 576 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: do you see that excites you the most about the 577 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 1: potential of this year's group. 578 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 3: Well, I think that's a good question because everyone's talking 579 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 3: about the areas where you get concerned, especially the fan base, 580 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 3: right you're gonna and internally that's the same way for 581 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:26,160 Speaker 3: us too. 582 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,160 Speaker 2: It was like, how do we make sure that we. 583 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 3: Can improve in this area? I think you also got 584 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 3: to make sure they keep your strengths. Your strengths, and 585 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 3: there's some areas that we have returning that you know, 586 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 3: like the defensive backfield, just really most of the guys returning, 587 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 3: and then we continue to add depth. I think from 588 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 3: a special team standpoint, a year ago, we lost a 589 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,399 Speaker 3: lot of them. I know that we lost that kicker, 590 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:54,679 Speaker 3: snapper or punter, but we also we also lost a 591 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,479 Speaker 3: lot of the guys that are going down to make 592 00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 3: tackles and blocking on punt return and. 593 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:01,919 Speaker 2: Those guys went to the portal. 594 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 3: We lost twenty some guys a year ago after the 595 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 3: twenty four season. We actually lost more guys to the 596 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 3: portal that year than we did this year, even though 597 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 3: we're praised for the retention, and that was mostly because 598 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 3: of the spring portal. So I like where we're at 599 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:21,360 Speaker 3: there with a lot of our special teams impact players 600 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 3: being back that you know, know the techniques, that know 601 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 3: the schemes and things like that, so we can continue 602 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 3: on there. But I like our you know, like the 603 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,360 Speaker 3: direction our receiving corps it has. I think we've made 604 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 3: some nice additions, whether it's high school or transfer portal 605 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 3: additions that have stepped in shown some explosiveness. We're gonna 606 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 3: miss a guy like Jeremy Bernard big time, but we're 607 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 3: gonna we're gonna have some guys that we've recruited that 608 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 3: are ready to step up and excite about their opportunities. 609 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 3: So you know, that's that's what building the team is about. 610 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 3: And I think I've always felt like you're trying to 611 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 3: re estabateablish your culture every single year within the program. Uh. 612 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 2: That is something that's probably harder to do now, probably 613 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 2: one of the. 614 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 3: Hardest it's ever been for me, because you do coming 615 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 3: back anyway, and when you go to a program for 616 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 3: the first year, yeah, you're doing that from scratch, but 617 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 3: with so many new faces. You know will be over 618 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 3: probably forty five new scholarship guys when it's all said 619 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 3: and done here in the summer, and so, you know, 620 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 3: re establishing that culture what you know, what we want 621 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 3: to look like when adversity hits, and how we're going 622 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 3: to respond, that's a big part of it. Really, You're 623 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 3: just building a new team every year now within the program, 624 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 3: and that's that's been. 625 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 2: A fun challenge. I think a lot of our staff 626 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 2: has looked at, including myself. 627 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 1: This is a concept that I don't think always connects 628 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: with the public like I'm I'm on the outside looking 629 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 1: at I just want to know everything, like I want 630 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 1: to know what you have. 631 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 2: I want to know returning starters. 632 00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 1: I want to be able to grade every unit and 633 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: I want to know that as soon as possible. But 634 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 1: you're talking about really the spirit of what a coach is, 635 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: which is a teacher. And sometimes with that you grant, hey, 636 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 1: we don't know everything in spring. In fact, there's a 637 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:12,320 Speaker 1: ton we don't know. And the follow up is, by 638 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 1: the way, we kind of love that because that's what 639 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 1: gives you the juice as a teacher, That's what excites 640 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 1: you about going to work every day. And I really 641 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 1: wish you talk a little bit more, if you will, 642 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: about question marks actually being motivators, especially this time of year. 643 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:33,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know, the one thing I appreciate about 644 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 3: our team right now is that there's been just a steadiness. 645 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,280 Speaker 3: And I can't say the trajectory is like this, which 646 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 3: you'd love it for it to be steep, but I 647 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,480 Speaker 3: do know that it's not gone like this, and it's 648 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 3: been always moving forward and the last three practices as 649 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 3: guys get more comfortable, well, it's just even how we 650 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 3: practice the tempo of practice, but to get more comfortable 651 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 3: to schemes and you know what the coaching, the coaches 652 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 3: and how we work with you what that looks like 653 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 3: and feels like I just I just love the direction 654 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 3: we're going with these guys again, long ways to go. 655 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:13,720 Speaker 3: I think our coaches have certainly always reassessing every year, 656 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 3: but had to really look at like, how can we 657 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 3: make it look like a lot but keep it minimal. 658 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 3: Can make it look like a lot for our opponent, 659 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 3: they keep. 660 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,400 Speaker 2: It minimal for us as far as what we have 661 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 2: to learn. 662 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 3: Until we can really get you know, the infrastructure in 663 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 3: with our plans, our schemes and we can really assess 664 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 3: what we have, especially with the portal guys who you know, 665 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 3: I don't want to call it speed dating, but you know, 666 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 3: you got to know them pretty quickly. And some of 667 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 3: these guys we didn't know while they were in high school. 668 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 3: We did recruit some of them at that time and 669 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 3: know a little bit more. 670 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 2: But there's some guys also we're. 671 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 3: Trying to bring along and we're excited about their growth 672 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 3: and some of them are living beyond what we probably 673 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 3: expected or we feel that you know what their potential 674 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 3: and ceiling was. They're on their way to accomplishing at 675 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 3: least that. So I love seeing these high school These 676 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 3: high school guys come in. They'rey eager, and you know, 677 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:12,520 Speaker 3: the guys that were maybe first or second year players 678 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,600 Speaker 3: that red shirted or didn't get much playing time, they're 679 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 3: stepping in and now it's their time. 680 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 2: And with those sixteen seniors that we had. 681 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,720 Speaker 3: You know, that's why you recruited them, That's why we 682 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 3: planned for, you know, some offensive linemen to be gone 683 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,720 Speaker 3: in the last year's class and having to replace it 684 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 3: with some young guys that were ready to go. 685 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,640 Speaker 2: So the challenge is real. 686 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:36,920 Speaker 3: That's what it's great about coaching, you know, and got 687 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 3: a great staff from me that's always again thinking how 688 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 3: to make things better. 689 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: When you get transfers in here, specifically, like you've got 690 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 1: a center that came from cal Poly, so you're not 691 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 1: watching film of him compete against big ten sec competition. 692 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 1: How long do you have to have them on campus 693 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,000 Speaker 1: before you realize in your head we hit on this, 694 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 1: or man may not have quite gotten what we thought 695 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:00,280 Speaker 1: we got there. 696 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 2: How many practices in the spring does that take? 697 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 3: I think there's a little bit of everything, right, It's 698 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 3: it's improvement and strength and with a nutrition plan. And 699 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 3: this isn't just about racing. It's about the multiple guys 700 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,719 Speaker 3: that maybe got opportunities. 701 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 2: That coming from smaller schools. 702 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 3: But Josh Quavis was a guy you know that I 703 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 3: think proved exactly that. And we could tell, we could 704 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:26,800 Speaker 3: tell in the spring. You know, there's a physicality that 705 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:29,840 Speaker 3: stuck out with him and you know, you're brought up racing, 706 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 3: and that's that's certainly the case in. 707 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 2: The weight room. 708 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,520 Speaker 3: You know, you can see the growth that he had there, 709 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 3: and you can see on the football field that the 710 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 3: processing of the calls that he had to make to 711 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:41,920 Speaker 3: get us going. It didn't take that long for him 712 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 3: to to get it started. And you know everyone's trusting 713 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,920 Speaker 3: him already. And then there's the physicality. 714 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 2: Part and technical part. 715 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:53,360 Speaker 3: And you know, not just holding his own but you know, 716 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,680 Speaker 3: what are you doing to help our offensive line be be. 717 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 2: Better and a lot better than what we were a 718 00:33:58,200 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 2: year ago. 719 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:02,560 Speaker 3: And so not just him, but other guys that you 720 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 3: get excited about when you see man, Okay, they got 721 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,839 Speaker 3: the mindset like they're determined, like they're driven, like they're 722 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 3: driven to be to do great things, and you know. 723 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 2: They also appreciate, they appreciate what they have here. 724 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:18,799 Speaker 3: They appreciate and that's not just these guys, It's a 725 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:22,799 Speaker 3: lot of these transfers coming in appreciate what Alabama has 726 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 3: to offer, whether it's the resources in the training room, 727 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 3: the weight room, the nutrition, the coaching that they're getting, 728 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 3: and you know, the way that we respect them and 729 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,879 Speaker 3: push them at the same time and you know, hold 730 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 3: them accountable. That balancing act there, that coach to player 731 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:41,399 Speaker 3: relationship that you want. 732 00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:43,759 Speaker 2: I love how our guys that. 733 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,880 Speaker 3: Have come in at this point anyway have taken that 734 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 3: on and appreciate and have an attitude of gratitude. 735 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:52,400 Speaker 1: The last thing I wanted to hit you with was 736 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:55,319 Speaker 1: when you come off the way your season ended, it 737 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 1: ends so emphatically that you still have a lot to do, 738 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 1: Like you got to toortal class, like you got immediate 739 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,200 Speaker 1: things on your plate, but eventually you got some time 740 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:08,160 Speaker 1: to reassess or decompress. And you're looking back and you're saying, 741 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: I didn't like that. None of us liked that. What 742 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,360 Speaker 1: kind of effort do you make to make sure something 743 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,480 Speaker 1: is taken from that? You want to learn lessons from 744 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:20,120 Speaker 1: every experience, but like what specifically from that Indiana Rose 745 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,600 Speaker 1: Bowl result did you want to make sure was hammered 746 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:24,920 Speaker 1: home to you? But everybody in this building. 747 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we've had on a lot of the things. 748 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,600 Speaker 2: They ran it down the they ran it at us. 749 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:35,400 Speaker 2: You know, you know, the run game improved for them 750 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,160 Speaker 2: as the game went along. We struggled to run. I 751 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:42,000 Speaker 2: mean it's not just in that game, but you know, 752 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:46,080 Speaker 2: I think again they made big plays and critical moments. 753 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:48,359 Speaker 3: That was something we prided ourselves on and I think 754 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,320 Speaker 3: we were pretty good at it a year ago. But 755 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:52,120 Speaker 3: the end of the first half, the last part of 756 00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:55,120 Speaker 3: the second quarter, you know, they stretched their lead. That's 757 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 3: what That's what experienced teams do, and we got to 758 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 3: continue to work on them those things. We won games 759 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,600 Speaker 3: because of that, that one in that part of the 760 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 3: game that separated us and certainly you know us and 761 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:10,840 Speaker 3: what we had done together. 762 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,640 Speaker 2: I think we've still had a belief. 763 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,520 Speaker 3: That we can come out of the locker room and 764 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:17,640 Speaker 3: especially with the ball, do some things. But we could 765 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,040 Speaker 3: just never we could never get it going, and so 766 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:22,880 Speaker 3: we didn't have much time to think. I mean on 767 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:26,359 Speaker 3: the way home, we're already thinking portal, and you know 768 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:29,839 Speaker 3: the next day it opened. And you know, I think 769 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:33,239 Speaker 3: when we were on the road recruiting the coordinators, being 770 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:36,240 Speaker 3: able to be around and work with the new players 771 00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:40,560 Speaker 3: coming in and trying to think about what we I think. 772 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:44,280 Speaker 2: To answer your question, experienced in the season in the Rose. 773 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:47,239 Speaker 3: Bowl, and also what we had here in front of 774 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:51,440 Speaker 3: us now, the guys working out at the time, you know, 775 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:54,520 Speaker 3: body type, skill sets, all of that kind of like 776 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,560 Speaker 3: formulate in the plan the things you got to tweak, 777 00:36:56,600 --> 00:37:00,000 Speaker 3: the things you want to be better at your personal life. 778 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,760 Speaker 3: Do they not allow it? We gotta go a different direction. 779 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:05,120 Speaker 3: We got enough coaches that have done it enough different ways. 780 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:10,160 Speaker 3: You're constantly, you know, again making it fit your personnel. 781 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,640 Speaker 3: And there's some changes that are both sides of the 782 00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:19,120 Speaker 3: ball have incorporated in in addition to the stuff that 783 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:20,640 Speaker 3: we did well that are always going to be a 784 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:21,440 Speaker 3: part of our identity. 785 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:24,439 Speaker 2: Coach, we appreciate it. Yeah, thank you, appreciate you being here. 786 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,240 Speaker 4: Must be twenty one plus and present in select states 787 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:44,320 Speaker 4: for Kansas in affiliation with Kansas Star Casino, or eighteen 788 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:47,320 Speaker 4: plus and present in DC. 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