1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: Start by walking is through the fake punt, the look 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: that you saw that that initiated that play, and then 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: in what you did or didn't I do from an 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: execution standpoint once you got that look. Yeah, the first 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: thing is a lot of looks have been getting this 6 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: year have been pretty unpredictable. It's just because of some 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:24,319 Speaker 1: fake history. But based on the first look that we 8 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: got in the game, you know, that would have been 9 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: the ideal look. And they obviously changed their playcoff from 10 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: the first one to the next one where they basically 11 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: put a little bit more of a zone defense where 12 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: they cut our gunner loose, and that corner just basically 13 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: sat there and kind of zoned it. We were trying 14 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: to throw the ball too, so it's hard, you know, 15 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: it's really hard to predict the cornerback not running with 16 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: the gunner where really that's the anticipation that's going to happen. 17 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 1: And when he didn't run with a gunner, he sat 18 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: kind of in the area. We were trying to throw 19 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: the ball to either Hunter or somebody else who was 20 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: kind of doubling back as our second option, and really 21 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: we were we talked about it before the game. You 22 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: know what situation where we want to call it. We 23 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,479 Speaker 1: felt like that was the right situation as well as 24 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: you know, based on the first look, you know, fourth 25 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: and ten, you know, back and backed up a little 26 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: bit um score the game. So I thought the guys 27 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: actually executed it really good. But the corner kind of 28 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: just sat there where we didn't anticipate him sitting there 29 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: because we obviously anticipated him running with CJ. And like 30 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: you were saying, you discussed this and the looks going 31 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: into the game when you get one, are you just 32 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: strictly going off the look when you lobby or call 33 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: a play, or do you put it in context of 34 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: where the game is at that moment, whether it's a 35 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: closed game, whether you feel the team struggling, just is 36 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: any of that factory in or do you strictly look 37 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: for something and say, okay, we got what we wanted 38 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: and then tell Mike we got to look we want. 39 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: How what is that process? Like, Yeah, no, good question. 40 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 1: I think it's both. You know, you look at what 41 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: you anticipate your opponent doing and you say, okay, that's 42 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:26,679 Speaker 1: that that step one, and then you definitely take into account, 43 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: you know, how's our offense doing, how's our defense doing. 44 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 1: You know, is it fourth and how many yards to go? 45 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: What yardline is it on, and if you feel like 46 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: it all matches, then we give it a shot. You know. 47 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: That's that's what we felt. We felt like the look 48 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: we were going to get or anticipated getting, would have 49 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: been fine where it was during the course of the game, 50 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: you know, And you could definitely argue, you know, it's 51 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: a one score game, you don't do it, but you 52 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: can also make an argument it's a great time to 53 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: do it, um, even if you're ahead. Really, so it's 54 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 1: you know, it's fortunate that we didn't pull it off 55 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: because it would have been a big play for our team, 56 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: and of course it um ended up being a big 57 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,519 Speaker 1: play in a negative way for our team. So you know, 58 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 1: I got to live with that, and I will um 59 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: and I just I don't know what else to say 60 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: about it. It was, um, it was a great opportunity 61 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: and the corner stat comes down to that, and he 62 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: didn't run the gun or so um too bad for 63 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: our team. You know, I don't wish I could have 64 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: it back, because you know, everything said, you know, this 65 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: is a great opportunity to take a big risk. You know, 66 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: it was calculated, It wasn't um sloppy, and it just 67 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: didn't work out, And uh, it's too bad. What you're saying. 68 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: What you're saying is that Cedric made a decision, a 69 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,119 Speaker 1: good decision not to throw the ball because the guy 70 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: was not open because I guess from our looks and 71 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: you know, we got looks it looked to be open receiver. 72 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: Don't feel but Cedric made a good decision not to 73 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: throw the ball. Yeah, I mean that's we're asking Cedric 74 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: to do, you know, a first read and a second 75 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: read and really nothing past that. So um, Cedric really 76 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,679 Speaker 1: just said he couldn't really he couldn't see him. Um, 77 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: because they had that guy kind of slough off and 78 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 1: you know the time clocks going and hit his head. 79 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: You know, you like for him on fourth down, he 80 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: throw it no matter what. But um, you know he's 81 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: not a quarterback, even though he can throw the damn 82 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: ball pretty good. So nothing on Cedric, you know, at all. 83 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: I hope he doesn't live with any regret because he 84 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: did what he did, what he was supposed to do. Um, 85 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: they covered our first option and he couldn't see number two, 86 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: so there really wasn't anything else for him to do 87 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: but try to run for the first down. That was 88 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: you know, if he asked what his mindset was, that 89 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: was his mindset was to to go to basically the 90 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 1: emergency option, which was to run it. And um, the 91 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: him clock kind of went off in his head that 92 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: told him I better run for this thing because um, 93 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 1: they covered one, couldn't find two, and so that was 94 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 1: his last resort. Yeah. Yeah, I guess given all those 95 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 1: things in the game situation, I mean, that's a lot 96 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: to put on a receiver player quarterback because clearly it 97 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: didn't work and that kind of impact of the game 98 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 1: really turned the time. Yeah, that is a lot to 99 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:32,039 Speaker 1: put on to put on him, There's no doubt about it. Um, 100 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: you know, we practiced this for a lot a lot 101 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: of weeks, so U we just this was actually the 102 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: time that I kind of matched that we thought we'd 103 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: give it a shot. That's why I said, you know, 104 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: there's nothing I would have asked Cedric too different to 105 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: do differently. That all happens very fast. So yeah, you 106 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: can't put anything on Cedric. He did what he was 107 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: asked to do, and it just you know, there was 108 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: a big playing the game. I mean, I'm not going 109 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: to discount that at all. It was it was. It 110 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: could have been a game changer either way. You know, 111 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: we hit that. It extends to drive. You know, I 112 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: think our time of position was ten minutes left in theirs, 113 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: and so we're trying to not only you know, score, 114 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 1: but also extend a drive to to keep our offense 115 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: on the field and our defense on the sideline. Um, 116 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: So there's there's a lot of there's a lot to that, 117 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: and it did affect the game negatively for us. I'm 118 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: very well aware of that. John and Jerry Jones mentioned 119 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: on radio this morning that the staff concern about the 120 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: ability to defend the run against Washington factored into the 121 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: decision to attempt this fake despite the field position. Is 122 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: that something you discussed with night McCarthy during the game, 123 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: Now that that wasn't that wasn't discussed. Um, The discussion was, 124 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: you know, based on scoring the game and all the 125 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: other factors. We talked about fourth and how far to 126 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: go and where the where the ball was on fourth down. 127 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: But um, the way our deep sense was defending didn't 128 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: have a factor in that play call. It basically all 129 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: came down to trying to extend a drive and turn 130 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: it into points when we were down by four in 131 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: that situation, and you know, we felt like if worst 132 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: case scenario, if we didn't get it, it wouldn't be 133 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: a back breaker, although that's what it for sure seem 134 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: like it turned into. And I know you talked to 135 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: us earlier in the season about the idea that each 136 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: time you try one of these creative plays, the opponent 137 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: now has to be prepared for it. Ron Rivera talked 138 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: about how his team had practiced for something like this. 139 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: Do you think you lose the element to surprise at 140 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: any point when you've tried so many and if so, 141 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: how do you adapt from that? Yeah, that's that's that's 142 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: a big part of that. You know, if if we 143 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: were to run it, hindsight is wonderful is in it. 144 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: If we were to run it the first punt of 145 00:07:55,520 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: the game, which was in the third quarter, it would 146 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: have been a big play. And then when we when 147 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: we ran it the second time, you know they changed 148 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: up a little bit. So, um, timing is everything, you know, 149 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: and really when you call it, so you know, I'm 150 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: I'm sure everybody you know have some kind of defense 151 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: against some things that we do, just based on I 152 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: guess my history coach McCarthy's history. Um, and you look 153 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: at it, you kick yourself in the butt, said I 154 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: we should have run it the first time. Well, of 155 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: course we should have. UM. So yeah, they were I'm 156 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: sure they were prepared for it. But if we were 157 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: run at the first time, they wouldn't have they wouldn't 158 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: have been able to stop it. But we didn't call 159 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: it then. So to where it goes, John, what are 160 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: the conversations with you and Mike in that situation? It did? Like, 161 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 1: are you trying to talk him into it? Is he? 162 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,319 Speaker 1: How does that? How does this thing get to the 163 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: point where you're comfortable where Mike said, okay, go for it. Yeah, 164 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: I mean we talked about it all week. We talked 165 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: about it pregame. You know, we're just okay, let's just 166 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: one more time go over this. And then you know, 167 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 1: as a game goes on, we have those discussions, whether 168 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: it's when we're on the field one defense or TV 169 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: timeouts or quarter changes or halftime. So it wasn't just 170 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 1: all of a sudden a panic, you know, run it. 171 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: We had talked about it, and you know, I'm on 172 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: the headset with him and you know, we both agree 173 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: to do it, and it happens really just that fast, 174 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: but not on a whim or not uncalculated, so a 175 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 1: lot goes into it. And yeah, that's I mean, there's 176 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: a lot that goes into I could go on ramble 177 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: for for an hour about all the mechanics of how 178 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 1: these teams get called. But um, you know, and I've 179 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: sat here before, and you know, probably somebody wants to 180 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 1: ask me if I regret it. My answer would be no, 181 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 1: because I've sat here before after games the teams I've 182 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: been on we've lost, and I'm like, damn, we should 183 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: have called it, because maybe that would have helped us 184 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: win the football game. So um, yeah, I sit here 185 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,199 Speaker 1: and I say, man, we shouldn't have called it because 186 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: we lost the game. Well, I've also sat in the 187 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: office on a Monday morning and we've lost the game 188 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 1: and it was on the tip of my tongue to 189 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 1: make a call, to try to make a play, and 190 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: I didn't do it. And I sit here at the 191 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: same feeling like, man, we lost, would if I would 192 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: have called it, maybe that would have won the game 193 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 1: or changed the game for us. So you know, damned 194 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 1: when you call it and damned when you don't, and 195 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: that's kind of kind of what happens. And you know, 196 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: a lot of time to work and you feel great 197 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: about it. But it goes both ways. You know, Man, 198 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: that hurt us. You know if we lost, man, we 199 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 1: should have tried it. So that's the the angst of 200 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: a coach on Monday morning when when things don't go 201 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: your way. Thank you appreciate it. I think Calvin or 202 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: Scotlar you're Jory mentioned the element of surprise thing. Have 203 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: you been having to deal with sort of the element 204 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 1: of surprise or lack thereof, just because of your reputation 205 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:19,719 Speaker 1: as a guy with bags with tricks in the bag? Yes? Yeah. Um, 206 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: you know where we see a lot from an opponent 207 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: leading up to our games. Um, a lot of the 208 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:29,719 Speaker 1: stuff is different when we play against them. So, um, 209 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: there's there's some unpredictability to it. Absolutely. You know, I'm 210 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: not gonna I'm not gonna lie about that. There's there's 211 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: no there's no given when we play a team that 212 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: what we've seen them do is what they are gonna do. 213 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 1: So there is a little bit of a chess match. 214 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: I'm not going to say getting game, but it's trying 215 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 1: to predict what what could happen. So yes, they answered 216 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: your question is yes, I appreciate that. That's good for me. 217 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: Um John obviously, you know you deal with off offense 218 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: and defense. UM Gosfie. Your unit Marcus Paul obviously does 219 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:18,319 Speaker 1: something similar to your emotions about losing him this past week. UM, 220 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: pretty extreme, to be honest with you. UM, I was rounding. 221 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: I was rounding, sorry Sytemen place. We had a seven 222 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: thirty special teams meeting Tuesday morning, and I was in 223 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: the locker room about five minutes before the meeting was 224 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,719 Speaker 1: going to start, just kind of rounding guys up and 225 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 1: handing out some last little bits of breakfast. The guys 226 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 1: were about to come in, and one of the trainers 227 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: came racing through with a UM the fibrillator, and I 228 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: followed him into the weight room, and you know, it 229 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 1: was a witness to everything that happened, and it was 230 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: it was it was hard. It's hard. It's hard to see. 231 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 1: And when I first got hired here, one of my 232 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: first trips into our entire facility was into the weight 233 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: room because I'd like to like to exercise, so I 234 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: wanted to see what the weight room looked like in 235 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: um the entire strength staff was in there. And I 236 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: remember Marcus is one of the first people I met 237 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: as a Dallas cowboy, and I didn't know him before 238 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 1: before I got hired. So just a great, a great man. 239 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 1: And it's not even it's like, not even reality. What 240 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,719 Speaker 1: happened just a couple of days ago. I mean, it's 241 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: it's not even like, how did that just happen? You're 242 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: just a coach passed away in our office like three 243 00:13:52,000 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 1: days ago, not even real. Thank you, John. I know 244 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:07,599 Speaker 1: as a coach, I'm sure you tell your players on 245 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: and gets you higher and get too low. Really, since 246 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 1: last Saturday night, you guys had emotional team meeting, spirited 247 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: team meeting. You guys are loose going into a game 248 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 1: of Minnesota. Guys win that game. Um, Monday, you know 249 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: you're coaching off tape off a win, and then you 250 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 1: know Tuesday happens and a Wednesday's difficult, Thursday's lost. How 251 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 1: do you what has already been a really difficult two 252 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: thousand and twenty year for a whole host of regions, 253 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 1: How would be you handle the emotional situations that really 254 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: have a company these past handful of days for you 255 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: as a as a coach, for your fellow coaches, your 256 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: your players, in the entire organization. Yeah, it's um, that's 257 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: that's a good one. It is a very very emotional 258 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: roller coaster. Um. You know, if I if I did 259 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: a lot of self critique, I think one of my 260 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: weaknesses is sometimes dealing with the pain of regret and 261 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: trying to get over stuff. One of my strengths is, 262 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: I think my ability to be consistent through the roller 263 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: coaster of emotions during the season. And I'm going to 264 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: rely on what I think one of my strengths is 265 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: is being able to be consistent, you know, when things 266 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: go really good, not just throwing parties and being giddy 267 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 1: the whole week and when things go bad, you know, 268 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: I'm not down in the dumps the whole week. I 269 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: just try to be consistent because that's who I am emotionally, 270 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: and I think the players need that to know that 271 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: I can be counted on, you know, where they don't 272 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: have to worry about me being moody. That's kind of 273 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: a selfish thing, I think as a coach, to be 274 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: moody when your players aren't going to know what they're 275 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: gonna get so I've kind of learned that over the 276 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: years that there's gonna be some some good calls and 277 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: bad calls, good games, bad games, good days, bad days. UM, 278 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: and my ability to be consistent. It's important for the 279 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: players so that they know that they can count on 280 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: me to be a certain way every day. And so 281 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: I take that very very importantly for my UM emotions 282 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: to be able to be that way. And sometimes it's hard. 283 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: Sometimes it's hard, but UM, I consciously focus on being 284 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: that way. So I'm always working on both of them. 285 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: How are you? How are you doing today? I guess 286 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: after having seen you know, it was a bit difficult 287 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: site and difficult experience for you for everyone. How did 288 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 1: you go about processing it the rest of the day? Um? 289 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: Thanks for asking, By the way, thanks for asking. How 290 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: I'm doing? Um, but doing all right? You know, I 291 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: got I got an incredible wife, and I got three 292 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: beautiful girls, nine to seven and two. That first of all, 293 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: I don't care that a fake point didn't work or 294 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: that we lost the game. The nine year old maybe 295 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: a little bit seven and two years earlier, they don't know. Um, 296 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 1: but UM doing okay. You know the last last year, 297 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 1: right about this weekend. My grandfather passed away after we 298 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,439 Speaker 1: beat Seattle when I was with the Rams. How to 299 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: look back at the day, but it had to be 300 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: almost a year from right around now. So um, not 301 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 1: the first time tragedy struck during the season. Um, But 302 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 1: but I'll be I'll be fine, you know, I'll be 303 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: fine to my job just to not have the players 304 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: worry about me. You know, my job is to worried 305 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: about the players, and um, I will perform my duty 306 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: very well when it comes to that. Rest assured. All right, John, 307 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 1: thanks for your time today. We appreciate it. Thank you, guys, 308 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 1: have a good day.