WEBVTT - The Audible Ep. 63 | Bobby McCain 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.640 The honorable is presented by Sylvestor Comprehensive Cancer Center in 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:13.520 pursuit of your cure. All right, same castor character, same 0:00:13.560 --> 0:00:16.160 as every week. Can bocamper John con Gemmy with you. 0:00:16.239 --> 0:00:18.520 They keep asking us back. I'm hard, but it's hard 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:20.440 to believe. I thought, I thought after our first two 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:23.080 or three shows, we'll be you've been the outside looking in. 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:24.840 But you know what, I don't think they really know 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:27.600 what we're doing in here, so we just kind of deep. 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:32.720 We just kind of yeah, yeah, there's not many people here. Yeah, no, no, no, no. 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:34.599 So it's good. It's good. It's it's you know, it's good. 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:37.559 It gives us a little job assurance, you know, keeps us, 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:41.880 keeps us around, keeps us doing something. All that's good stuff. Hey, John, 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:44.839 the t a s in the second week, we've had 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:46.479 a chance to go out there and look around a 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:49.440 little bit. Just your initial thoughts. Again, I'm kind of 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:51.880 on the side of watching. I'm looking at guys, and 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:53.199 I'm kind of looking at guys just to see how 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:55.400 they move around. Right now, you know, some of the 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:59.200 you know, offensive lineman guy, you know, just guys. New 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:01.600 guys kind of get to feel for them. But I 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:03.720 and I've said this before, I'm kind of spent more 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:08.279 time now watching the coaching staff and how they coach 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:12.120 coach upter football team and what the differences are. And 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:13.959 I'm interested to see, you know, because I know you've 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:16.360 been out there every day that they've had these ots. 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:19.640 I've been out a couple of days. Um, what do 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:27.559 you see different? Competitive competition? Um, constant reinforcing of fundamentals. Uh, 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:30.560 A lot of coaching, a lot of teaching, a lot 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:34.199 of hustle, all those things, all those good things that 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:37.280 that good teams have, character traits that you look for. 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:40.679 I think this team is building those character traits. I 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:43.760 think this team is finally figuring out that you need 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:46.120 to work hard to get better at your craft, and 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:48.760 you need to be able to be accountable on a 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:53.000 daily basis. I mean, the slate is white clean every day, 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:55.040 even though you're you're collecting money in the bank and 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:57.120 you're feeling like, hey, I put a good day on 0:01:57.200 --> 0:01:59.600 top of a good day when you hit the field 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:01.920 on them one day, when you hit it on Tuesday, 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:04.080 the slate is clean. You gotta go prove it again. 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:07.080 And I think that's when I see The most uh 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:11.520 thing that I can draw upon is competition. Competition, hustle, 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:15.959 get on guys, and constructively, you know, good job, Hey, 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:18.600 that needs to be better. We can't line up like that. 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:21.280 We gotta line up quicker, we can't jump offsides, we 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:25.400 can't do all those things. It's just accountability for every detail. 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:27.680 And I think that's the biggest thing I've seen over 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:29.799 the past couple of weeks in O. T are certainly 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:32.079 competitive out there, and you know they get to when 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:35.359 they're where they get into team offensive defensive drills. Um, 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:38.320 it's a it's a competition and whoever we end up 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:40.400 come down to the last player, the last couple of players, 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:42.480 and you'll say, hey, alright, this is for push ups 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:46.080 and offense wins defait. Whatever loses goes down and coaching 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:49.560 staff goes down, and you know so so and those 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:51.040 kind of things, you know what they they're kind of 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:54.680 twofold John. They create it's fun because now you've got 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:57.640 a little something on the line, and uh and and 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:00.639 it's it's it's competitive because neither so I wants to lose. 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:02.760 And it's a lot about push ups. It's all. It's 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:05.080 about winning and losing. It's about winning and losing, and 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:08.880 which which every single play in every single game should 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:11.160 be looked at that way. It's about win this plin, 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:13.280 this play, and then move on to the next one 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:15.880 and do your best there. So so I like that 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:18.360 and and it brings an enthusiasm to the to the 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:21.639 football team, which I and and and and that enthusiasm 0:03:22.000 --> 0:03:24.840 also brings a camaraderie I think with both sides. You know, 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:26.959 you get in the locker room, yeah, we kicked your guys, 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:30.960 and and so and and and you know, and on 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:34.680 the surface those things look like little things, but in 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:37.200 a situation where you've got a new staff a lot 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:41.040 of young players, I think that team building is very important. 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:43.080 It is for this team. And the other thing that 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:48.360 I see that that that I really like is I 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:53.280 see them really stand tight on the details. You know, 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:56.400 I've seen too many times I've seen out here and 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:58.880 proud in the practice fielding in games where a guy 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:01.720 makes a mistake, comes over and either the coach says 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:03.640 nothing to him or kind of says, hey, I know 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:05.360 you won't let that happen again, and just kind of 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:08.160 walks back, looks by, And I'm not saying these guys are. 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:10.640 They're out there, you know, ripping these guys. But if 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:12.440 a guy makes a mistake, they say, hey, no, let's 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:15.800 come back, do it again, get it right. Yeah, and 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:19.719 so and I and I like that and because you 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:22.359 you can't. You know, we we talked when when we 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:24.560 had Brian in here, we talked to Brian says, I mean, 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:27.719 I want this team to be disciplined where they're supposed 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:30.159 to be be there, and you can't expect them to 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:35.120 be there if you're not reinforcing that every single day 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:37.159 on the practice field. And you see it. I see 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:40.000 it constantly out there, you know, on the practice field 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.800 work guy makes a mistake and that his position coaches 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:45.440 right over there with him, and every now and then, 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:47.560 you know, they get a little heated with them. Damn it. 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:50.320 You know, we just went over this, do it right, 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:53.000 and you know, so there's a little No, they're not 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:56.359 not be rating guys, not making them feel like crap, 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:59.200 but just letting you know, hey, this is important. These 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:02.000 there's a little thing. They're small details, but you know, 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:06.200 small details lead to big success. And I think they're 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:10.680 reinforcing that to the point where I really like what 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:13.240 I see from what they're doing out there, and the 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:15.680 other thing I like much different than I'm not taking 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:18.040 a shot at at Adam Gaze because he's doing his 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.080 thing and gone up to New York doing his thing. 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:21.919 And I always said, you know, someone just asked me 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:23.599 down there, did you you know, what what do you 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:25.279 think about? I go, well, you know, all I know 0:05:25.400 --> 0:05:27.599 is this. The Dolphins fired him two days later. He 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:29.600 had three interviews lined up, and so it tells you 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:33.839 a little something about what and what people think about him. 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.560 But there was there was also, you know, the one 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:38.280 thing I saw with it, there was a that kind 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:40.800 of las fair we'll get it, we'll get it together, 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.520 we'll get it together, you know, And and it doesn't 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:46.480 you know, whereas now these guys they see that mistake, 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:48.120 they don't wait till they get in the film room. 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:51.159 They you know, they take care of it right on 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:53.520 the field, and then sure enough when they get back 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:54.960 in the meeting room. And look, we're not in the 0:05:55.000 --> 0:06:00.279 meeting room, but I'm my assumption, my assumption is is 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:04.240 in there they're gonna go over it again and let 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:07.039 you know again how important it is. And I think that, 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:11.480 you know, I think for any football team to be successful. 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:14.440 I think that's a must. I think if you would 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:16.800 go back John and look at and I'm not gonna 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:20.120 talk about New England, but let's take the Pittsburgh Steelers. 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:24.280 The success in the in the in the consistency that 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:26.720 the Steelers have. I bet you if you sat in 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:29.320 those meeting rooms, it would be the same thing. You know, 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:31.520 we had my whole career where well, you know, you 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:33.279 made the mistake on the field and all that was. 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:35.120 It was a precursor in the same age when we 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:36.599 get my ask tune and we get that in that 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:40.560 meeting for half an hour later, right exactly. So I 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:44.040 think especially with this team where it's at, I think 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:47.360 it's I'm just really happy to see that. The good 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:49.839 thing about it is both not only the negative but 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:53.320 the positives of the reinforced. You know, the negatives you 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.120 can hear, you know, you can hear the coach's tone, 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:58.360 you can hear the players uh, you know, discomfort and 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:00.640 not wanting to do that again. And you can hear 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:03.320 the moans and groans out on the practice field of 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:05.520 that's got to be better. This needs to be better. 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:08.680 But when player X, Y or Z makes a big 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:11.200 play in the end zone, or makes the correct read 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:14.280 on a throw, or is in coverage in the right spot. 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:17.960 You're hearing that worse too. So I think it's it. 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:20.800 It goes both ways to where hey, this is the 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:23.280 way we want it done. That's a great job, Davante, 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:25.520 I want you to do it again. Or Bobby, that 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:28.440 was good positioning, you know, in coverage, that's good. Good 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:30.960 talking on defense. That's the way we need to communicate. 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:34.400 All those little things are being reinforced too. So not 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:37.600 only are the negative traits trying to you know, get 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:39.280 the eras route and say, hey, we gotta get rid 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:42.400 of those, but the positive traits are being reinforced so 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:44.160 that you you know, that guy did it, but the 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:46.840 guy taking mental reps, the rookie that's waiting his turn, 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:48.960 knows that he did it right. That's the way I 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:50.840 need to do it. And I think those are the 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:54.480 things that build success. Those are the things that build 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:57.320 repetition in a positive way. So you don't you stay 0:07:57.320 --> 0:07:59.400 away from the negative as well? Yeah, well you know, 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:03.440 and you look long term, two years, three years down 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.320 the road where that becomes the ingrained. And so now 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:10.240 everybody that comes in kind of gets they get this this, 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:12.200 they look this way you do it, and you know, 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:14.600 I mean, look, we've all been in situations, whether it's 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:18.440 training camp or mini camps or whatever, where you really 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:21.400 screwed something up and you just feel like shit. You know, 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:23.600 we're walk in the locker room and you know, you guys, 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:26.360 hey don't you want you know, hey, just keep your 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:28.520 head up or or the other way. Hey good, hey man, 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:29.920 that was a nice play you made down the you know, 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:33.200 it permeates into the locker room and it really creates 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:35.840 that environment that I think that that you need. So 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:40.680 I'm very Look, it's it's it's very premature, but but 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:44.200 I think from from where I sit right now, what 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:48.960 I've been able to see out there, I'm very happy with. Um. 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:51.040 I'm very happy with the way this staff goes. And 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:53.640 I look at Brian Flores and I kind of getting 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:55.560 back to Adam Gaze when when Adam was here, you know, 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:58.680 Adam was you know, Adam was a you know, he 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:01.840 was an offensive coordinator. You know, he was a head coach, 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:04.600 but he was more offensive coordinator than head coach because 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:08.199 he you know, he concentrated on what it was his thing, offense, 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:12.320 play calling. That was that was his saying, offense play calling, 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:15.719 let me play that chess game. Defense, I'm gonna beat 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:18.439 you with the scheme. But you know, when the defense 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:21.960 was struggling, when special teams were struggling, or when they're 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:24.800 playing well on either side, you know, you never saw 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:29.600 him engage with those guys. I look out here, and 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:31.520 I see I see on on on on the on 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:34.880 a practice given practice day. I think Brian has something 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:39.760 to say to virtually every single group, whether it's offensive line, 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:46.000 special peckers, special teams, secondary. You know, he's he's he's 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:49.000 putting his fingerprint on that. And you know what, Unfortunately 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:51.560 for for the Miami Dolphins, the talent might not have 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:53.640 been where Adam Gates wanted it. But I think Adam 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:56.760 Gates is gonna be a better coach the second time around, 0:09:57.280 --> 0:10:01.000 learning from what maybe his deficient season where in terms 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:03.160 of doing those little things that mean a lot to 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:06.319 All fifty three or All ninety when you're when you're 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:09.320 getting together, you know, getting ready for training camp. I 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:11.760 think the second time around, now, I think he's going 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:14.760 to be more cognizant of doing those little things that 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:16.880 maybe he thought, you know what I can get by 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:19.640 because I really need to concentrate on the offensive side. 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:22.760 We put a lot of trust in his assistant coaches 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:25.320 to do that. You know, his defensive coordinators. Hey, that 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:27.920 that's you know that that that that's your team. That's 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:30.040 that's your group. You take care of your group. I'll 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:32.640 take care of mine. And I was. I was in that. 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:35.760 I was in that same mode during my career. Bill 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:38.679 Arensberger is my defensive coordinator. But there are there were 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.360 plenty of times where coach Shula came over and you know, 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:44.040 and let you know, you know what you're doing, what 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:46.959 you need to do. Time Sometimes when you're one sided 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:48.679 and I don't I don't mean to say coach. Some 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:51.280 coaches are just one sided. They don't know anything on 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:53.800 the other side of the ball. But when you know, 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:57.320 when you jump in at you know, halfway through the season, 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:01.440 the message just doesn't come through. You know, it's almost 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:03.480 like window dressing you. I'm gonna go over and I'm 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:05.720 gonna take control of a few things. But then you 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:07.840 go back to that one voice that you've been listening 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:10.640 to for two years now, and that's the guy you trust, 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.360 and you got you got the defensive coordinator, you got 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:17.120 the offensive coordinator unless they head coach is one of 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:20.800 those positions. He's the ultimate guy. So this defensive quarter 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:24.239 may say something to you, and certainly it carries resonates, 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:27.400 it carries weight, It resonates to you. You better listen 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:29.640 to him, you better do it. But then when that 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:33.000 head coach comes over, now you're thinking our ship, that's 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:35.640 the final how you're talking about you. I hope I 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:38.280 don't get cut. I hope I don't don't don't get demote. 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:41.199 You know, it's a little more. There's a he's a 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:43.719 step Hires, always a little bit more influence. So I like, 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:47.160 I like the fact that you know that he's a 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:51.520 head coach that touches every aspect of the football team, 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:55.960 both from a standpoint of reinforce positive reinforcement as well 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:59.640 as reinforcing that deal that we're gonna be committed. Two 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:03.400 small details. No jumping off sides, no pre snap penalties, 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:05.319 none of these things that none of these you know, 0:12:05.880 --> 0:12:09.959 post play personal fouls that that cost you big And 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:12.319 and you know, I don't know what this team is 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:14.200 gonna be. Like everyone asked me, Hey, what do you 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.360 think why? I don't know. We got seven draft choices 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.400 I don't or six whatever we got here, six draft choices. 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:21.360 I go. I know all all of them are probably 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:23.160 gonna make the team, because that's the way it is now. 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:25.560 But I can't tell you. I mean, I've seen guys 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:28.040 come in where there were you know, big first round 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:31.680 draft choices and and and never Barrett never never made 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:34.280 the field basically. And I've seen guys that came in 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:38.599 as six, you know, thirteen, fourteen round draft picks that 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:42.280 came in and became productive players. So you know those 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:45.040 I said, And so my answer is always, well, you know, 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:47.360 it looks good like the guys that got in here, 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:49.480 but I gotta wait and see how they play. I 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:51.640 gotta wait and see when when the Pats come on 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:53.760 in July, or those guys gonna be able to play 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:56.280 at the level of the next level up and step 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:59.320 up and play at the National Football League level after 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:01.720 coming out of college. Just so obviously, time, I don't know. 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:03.960 I wish I could tell you, but I don't know 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:07.240 until I see these guys and watch them play a 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:09.440 little bit. And I'm not talking about but we can 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:11.160 watch these o tas all day. You know, It's funny 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:13.440 because I listen to reading I was reading a tweet 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:16.600 from from our big our friend old Mark Kelly and 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:19.600 and uh and rose and throws a touchdown. Yeah, but 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:21.480 it's not important, you know, because it's a mini care 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:24.400 or whatever. And then DeVante Parker catches the past and 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:26.640 he goes on and on about Dvante catching touch I go, 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:29.839 what's the difference? What's it there? What's so? So? A 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:33.200 quarterback throwing the touchdown is really not important, but the 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:36.080 receiver catching the touchdown? Oh, that's a that's a big deal. 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:40.840 What is it? It's one or the other? That? Yeah, 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:43.640 you have it both ways. Want is your buddy? Okay? 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:46.040 I get that, So okay you you pump up your boy. 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:48.000 But you can't, you know, you gotta you gotta be 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:50.040 you gotta be on equal footing. Here. The most fun 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:52.959 I tell you watching O t as you know, sometimes 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:55.560 you you go through the you know, the Monday, Tuesday, Thursday. 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:58.160 But to watch the guys compete at the level that 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:01.080 they're competing at and watch the code, just getting engaged 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:04.080 with the guys. I think that that means something because 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:07.120 now you're starting to build an expectation of where your 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:09.880 team starts and where your team needs to be. And 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:13.120 I think the coaches setting the tempo and you get 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:16.200 it to the guys, the leaders on the team take 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:17.920 it to another level because those are the guys that 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:20.440 are ultimately gonna control you wins and lossuits. You can 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.600 scheme as much as you want, but the guys on 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:25.560 the field are controlling whether you win or lose a lot, 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:27.800 you know, the majority of the time, they're gonna make 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:30.960 the plays that determine you know, first downs, third downs, 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:33.400 off the field on defense. So it's fun to watch 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:37.760 guys compete at every drill, you know, and and it 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.760 seems like the guys are taking control of the coaches 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:43.560 at the tone, but then the players ultimately are responsible 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:48.640 for keeping that level of consistency in concentration and competitiveness, 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:50.640 and that gets it to where you need it to be. 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:53.120 I I can't watch these O t a S and 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:56.960 tell you are they gonna win three games, five games, 0:14:57.000 --> 0:14:59.120 six games, eight games, ten? I can't tell you that. 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:02.240 But I and tell you just from early on watching 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:04.480 these O t a S, I think this team is 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:08.240 going to be more disciplined, more detail oriented, and and 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:10.800 a team that's not gonna beat itself, you know, as 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:13.400 much as we've seen in the past, but it takes 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:16.280 time to grow that Bobbycain joining us. Now, Bobby, you're 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:18.960 there every day and it's a it's a different uh 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:20.920 you know, just just watching these O t A s 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:24.040 and practics out there, a little different feeling coaching staff, 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:26.120 new coaching staff. You you're getting a feel for him. 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.800 What do you see is different about what they bring 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:31.120 to the table and the expectations that they're putting on. 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.560 Your guys played each and every day. Like you said, 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:35.480 you know, we have to pay more attention to detail, 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:37.320 have to be more discipline because that's what at the 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:39.160 end of the day, that's what can lose ball games. 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:41.040 And um, you know, you can take it each every 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:43.800 day through these O tas and put the pieces together, 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:45.680 but at the end of the day, it's about focusing 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:47.880 attention on detail because the little things that don't matter, 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:49.640 that's what winning ball games. You know. It's funny, not 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:51.360 so long ago, I remember doing shows with you sitting 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:53.480 here and talking going, man, you know, Bobby, young guy 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:56.080 here now now you now you're you're getting you're one 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:58.200 of the gray hairs now a little bit you're getting 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:00.440 on a little bit left. Young guys out there. Is 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:04.360 it a different Um? Is it a different job for 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:07.120 you now? Is it now that you've you've been around, 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.520 you understand you're playing multiple positions, doing a lot of 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:12.120 different things out there. Uh do you feel like you 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:14.520 have to be someone that's helping the younger guys? It's 0:16:14.560 --> 0:16:16.920 being a mentor to these guys and maybe don't mean 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:20.080 but but just kind of getting them acclimated, Uh, to 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:22.440 understand what it's gonna take. Yeah, definitely, you know what 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:24.120 young guys coming in. You know that. I remember when 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:26.120 I was rookie coming in and I was just you 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:28.000 know why I and I had no clue what was 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:29.920 going on. I was just running around. But you know 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:31.480 I asked the vest that took me under their wing 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:33.320 and taught me some things and taught me how to 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:35.480 be responsible and how to take care of my body. Uh, 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:37.520 taught me the defense. So I tried to do the same. 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:39.440 You know, there's never when I told the guys here 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:41.920 that came in, um, all the rooks that come in. Uh, 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:45.320 personally I told a Jamal he Uh he was like, UM, 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:46.600 He's like, man, I need a little help. And I 0:16:46.600 --> 0:16:47.840 was like, man, don't ever be at don't ever be 0:16:47.840 --> 0:16:49.680 scared to ask anyone of us for help me t 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:52.800 j x X, any guy's being for a minute, especially 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:54.200 in the back end, We're gonna help you know, no 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.000 matter what the no matter what it is, has it 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:58.640 been fun kind of getting getting your hands and getting 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:02.040 your mind around a new defense scheme, new terminology, because 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:05.680 as veteran as you are and experience as you are 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:09.359 on the field playing, anytime I feel like a player 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:11.720 gets introduced to something new, it's like, Okay, I gotta 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:13.800 pay attention now. I need to get back to to 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:16.040 my fundamentals. I need to get back to, you know, 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:18.119 taking bits and pieces of what I've learned in the 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:20.800 past and apply it to this new scheme. Yeah, for sure. 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:23.040 You know, you just gotta you gotta go into like 0:17:23.080 --> 0:17:24.720 you like like you You're like you're a rookie. I 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:26.600 go in like I'm a rookie, and I work every 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:28.480 day just as hard as I can. And uh, I 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:30.000 try to be better each and every day because I 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:32.000 learned something in his defense each and every day, like 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:35.000 especially being in a new position, just knowing looking at 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:37.160 things out of the middle field, understanding where you're going 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:40.320 and play entries, everything like that. You know, you you 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:42.960 gotta changes changes for good and at the end of 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:44.399 the day, that's what that's how you gotta take it. 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:45.919 It's it been fun to kind of look around all 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:47.720 of a sudden you see Brian Floores and your drill, 0:17:47.720 --> 0:17:49.159 and all of a sudden he's gone somewhere else, And 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:50.919 all of a sudden, five minutes later he's back and 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:53.600 you hear another voice. He's everywhere on the practice field. 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:55.360 It seems like to me, is that is that fun 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:57.880 to see your head coach kind of get into every drill, 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:01.320 special team's offense, defense. Yeah, he's very active. He's very active, 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:03.359 and uh, you know he started off his career as 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:05.639 especially in coach, and so he takes pride in it. 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:08.479 And uh, we understand that if you the one thing 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:10.960 two things that make you tough in this team they 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:12.840 appreciate all the time is uh what you can do 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:14.680 in the run game? Can you tackle in the run game, 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:17.440 in the kicking game, And so just understanding that those 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:20.120 are gonna be vital to winning. You know, they take 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:22.439 it very seriously. We when we started the show, as 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:24.240 you know, talking to John about just say what your 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:26.280 you've been out of practice watching and I've watched a 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:29.000