1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: They were betin here. That's just a rest day day. Yeah, yeah, right, 2 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: you don't that's all you got. You haven't changed much 3 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: from day one. But you know the players, the team 4 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: is now five and one. Have you seen a little 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: more getty up or confidence in them daily because of 6 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: what the record is now, I've tried. I think we 7 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: try to be consistent. That's what we've preached since we've 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: been here. The guys have been really good. Their attitudes 9 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: have been good since we got here. You know, in 10 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: O T A s and training camp. Um, it's a 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: good group. I think they got the right mindset and 12 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: that's you know, that's all we try to preach is 13 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: be consistent. You come out there every day like that, 14 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:45,279 Speaker 1: whether we lose, whether we win. Um, if you get 15 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: two up or two down in this leagal, each up 16 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: pretty quick. So we try to stay even keel and 17 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: get ready to play you know, our next opponent. There's 18 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: still other dogs in this game. I know you don't 19 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 1: particularly look at that, but why do you think people 20 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: on the outside aren't leaders. Um, we don't focus on that. 21 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 1: You focus on what we can do each day to 22 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: get better. Um. I don't really think it matters one 23 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: way or the other. It matters how you play, how 24 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 1: you coach, how you get ready. We try to focus 25 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: on the things that we trust, our preparation trust and 26 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 1: things we need to do each week, and that's where 27 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: we focus on within the building. Obviously, you guys have 28 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 1: a pretty positive mindset. Where do you think that comes 29 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: from after all those years of the past couple of 30 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: years that the guy's kind of not not winning of 31 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: many games, not doing as well. Again, I go should 32 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: go back to you know, we control we can control 33 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: um and we try to establish what we want to 34 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: be about way back a long time ago. Um. Again, 35 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 1: you're not gonna always get the results you want. There's 36 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: a lot of things we can do better, but I think, 37 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: you know, focus on what we can do to improve 38 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: and just take it from there day by day. Morose 39 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: played since it's pretty important part of the Yeah, he's 40 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: been a good addition. He came in here, he picked 41 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: up our our defense really well. He's a good teammate. Um, 42 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: you know, he's played well for us. But what made 43 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: you guys go after him right away and we're surprised 44 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,239 Speaker 1: when he showed up. Well, I just give credit to 45 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: Joe and the scouting staff, and you know, there's a 46 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 1: lot of people that we look at. UM, really you 47 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,839 Speaker 1: look at the entire league. That's that's what Joe does 48 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 1: every week. So that's all those scouts. And then when 49 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: guys come up, we work guys out. You know, usually 50 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 1: we have to work out on a Monday or a Tuesday. 51 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: Every week. We think a player can help us, we 52 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: can bring him up. You mentioned at one point that 53 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: Aaron Robinson, you could go either way whether he would 54 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: be able to come back this season. It seems like 55 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: he is gonna be able to make it back. What's 56 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: the situation there at this point? Really not much to 57 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,399 Speaker 1: add there is, you know, going to rehab and see 58 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: where's at. You feel competent to people be able to 59 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: get back to serious I don't. I don't look too 60 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: far ahead, you know that, just take it day by 61 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:02,519 Speaker 1: day and has made good decisions. But easier said that, 62 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: then when you got to get off these slow starts 63 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: for a quarterback, not to maybe trying force it to 64 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 1: make something happen good Probably good question for Daniel. I 65 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: think he just tries to play within the things we 66 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: asked him to do. UM. Surely that's one of the 67 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: things we need to do better is is get off 68 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: to a faster start. But it's you know, we work 69 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: out it each week and we'll try to do that 70 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: this week. Brian, you were talking earlier this week about 71 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: Kwan and just watching kind of what you've learned from him. 72 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: What have you seen him do differently this season that 73 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: maybe you weren't expecting from him. I didn't have any 74 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: expectations coming in, you know, I think you first get 75 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: to meet the players, and then, like I've said, since 76 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: since he's been out here at O t As, he's 77 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: done everything we've asked him to do. Practices hard, prepares hard. 78 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: He's obviously a very talented player, really good teammate, good leader. 79 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: You know, everything that I saw way back when a 80 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: few months ago, the things he does just verify what 81 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: I what I think about him. Right trend line in 82 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: your starts that you've seen, because you said they haven't 83 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: been what you said, they weren't what you wanted them 84 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: to be. Yeah, we just we gotta you know, everybody's 85 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: got to do a better job, you know, starting with 86 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: me and all the way through execute when we need 87 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: to execute, do a good job of designing our place 88 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: to start out the game. It's not there's no magic 89 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: recipe for it. We just we can all do a 90 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: better job. When you got here earlier this year, what 91 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: did you see that you were able to do that 92 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 1: kind of galvanize this team to get to this point 93 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: where you're five and one. Look at sixth point I 94 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 1: saw goes back to the players. Um, they play well 95 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: when it counts the most. They do things they need 96 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: to do during the week, and doesn't guarantee you a 97 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: victory by any stretch. And the coaches, the support staff, Um, 98 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: you know, everybody's just moving into one direction. Um, I 99 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,679 Speaker 1: think they care about one another. Again, that doesn't doesn't 100 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: guarantee anything in this league. I just give those guys 101 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: who give the players first and foremost credit and the 102 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: player or the coaches and the supports stuff. Going back, 103 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: I'll go back to injuries. Two outside linebackers O'Shane and 104 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: uh As. He's either one feel confident for Sunday. I 105 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: do not feel confident. Did you do that looking that way? Yeah? 106 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: I mean the other limited guys be full today like 107 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: um Fliciado, Yeah, he should be good. Thomas should be good. 108 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: He's have a setback because you seemed like he was 109 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: getting close. UM, yeah, I think he's he's working at it. 110 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 1: I just don't think we're we'll see where we're attree more. 111 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: When you look at your six games in, you guys 112 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:57,719 Speaker 1: put so much emphasis on attacking week to week identity 113 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,280 Speaker 1: what you're gonna do offensively, defensively. Does it come a 114 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 1: point in time? Is there a balance between that and 115 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: not wanting to reinvent yourself quote unquote and sticking to 116 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 1: what works at some point in season. It's just it's 117 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 1: every week is such a new week. You know, you're 118 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: seeing new matchups with players on either side of the ball. 119 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: We've put our systems in, you know, in O T 120 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: A S and training camp, We've practice you know, I 121 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 1: say a lot of what we have in our playbooks, 122 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 1: so to speak, and then each week you tinker and 123 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: you add a thing here there. But um, every week 124 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: is such a different week. At UM. You always start 125 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: with what you do well, UM and let your players 126 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: do what they do well. But you're always, you know, 127 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: you're always looking for things that you think can give 128 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: you an advantage. So that that will never change. UM, 129 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: that will never change the way we approach that is 130 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: their balance. There's the point you say, like whatever, whatever 131 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 1: content on a thing we're not good at that, we're 132 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: gonna throw that out or we have to improve it, 133 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: so we're gonna keep trying to work on. Yeah, that's 134 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: a good question. I'd say probably a little bit of oath. 135 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: There's there's times definitely where there's plays that either Mike 136 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: has run or I've run, or the other coaches run 137 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: on offense, or the same thing with defense that you 138 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: bring up. You try to practice it, maybe practice it 139 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: in training camp, didn't look good in training camp, you 140 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: try a little bit into preseason and you're like, you 141 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: know what, let's not waste our time with that. It's 142 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: just it's not a good fit for what we want 143 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: to do. Um or you say, no, give it a 144 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,679 Speaker 1: little bit more time and see if you can improve 145 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: on some of the techniques and some of the things 146 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: maybe tweak of a concept here there that it's similar 147 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: to what you've done in the past, but you're always 148 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: doing that then every week throughout the season because you 149 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: can you know, for a few weeks you can say 150 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: this looks really good, and then you you keep doing it, 151 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: and you know the other teams are studying YouTube, so 152 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: you're always having to adjust. Last coaches see what happens 153 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: with one day. Obviously coming back after und injuring right 154 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: and he makes an impact right away and especially getting 155 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: to catch across the meal and getting tackles to hit him. 156 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: What do you think that says about him to not 157 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: just be tentative when he comes back, you know, make 158 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: sure I hething's all right, but get after it making 159 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: it right away. He's worked hard, he's rehabbed hard. Um, 160 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: I think he had confidence going in the game. Obviously 161 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: we were ramping him up in terms of amount of 162 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: plays he would play, but you know, he felt confident 163 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: going in the game. That's what you want players to do, 164 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: is when you're bringing them back from an injury or 165 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: some time off, as they have to feel confident to um, 166 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: and that's important.