1 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Back again inside the Power Home Solar Radio studio with 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: JJ Stangobitz along. I'm Matt Taylor and it's our pleasure 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: right now to meet and converse with a new defensive 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: backs coach for the Indianapolis Colts. Ron Milas is with us. Coach. 5 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to Indianapolis. Oh, I appreciate it, Thank you. I'm 6 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: glad to be here. Excited about this opportunity, absolutely so. 7 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: When you got that call from Frank Reich, tell us 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: about the emotions and that process that you went through. 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: You know what. I was on a walk when Frank 10 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: actually called me and I told Frank, my smile is 11 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: bigger than you can ever smile. You might have right now, 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: smiles even bigger. So I was hoping for this opportunity 13 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: and it came around, and I can't be more more 14 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: pleased with it. And you know, Gus Bradley obviously very 15 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: very well. You've been on his staff the last two 16 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: stops with the Raiders and the Chargers. How much belief 17 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: is there on your part and Gus Bradley in this 18 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: system and what he preaches, big time belief. I think 19 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: it's the proof is in the pudding. The thing that 20 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: Gus brings to the table. He galvanizes people, He brings 21 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: players together, and you, I think when you see him 22 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,919 Speaker 1: out there coaching or you see how the players react 23 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: to him, you're gonna You're gonna see it, You're gonna 24 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: fill it. You know, you had all these stops in 25 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: your career before joining up with Gus Bradley in twenty seventeen. 26 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: You know, Denver, Carolina, Saint Louis, New York, Arizona. When 27 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: you got with Gus in twenty seventeen, what about that 28 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: relationship has brought you guys together and now led you 29 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: to be with him in a third different city. Well, 30 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: I think to think about Gus, he's easy to work with, 31 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: very humble. Um, I don't think we've ever had a 32 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: side word. I'm talking Gus myself, Richard Smith, who also 33 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: was part of that those two teams. It's just easy 34 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: to work with and for the most part, we've all 35 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: bought into the style of defense. It was new to 36 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: me when I first first learned it back in seventeen, 37 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: but I'm I'm fully st into this and this this 38 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: is what I know. One of the things Gus talk 39 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: to us about is that you know, yes, it's a 40 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: cover three principle, but there have been some tweaks. There 41 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,239 Speaker 1: have been some changes that have been out of necessity 42 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: with the way the NFL has gone. Just how neat 43 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: has it been to be a part of that process 44 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: of growing this defense. It's been kind of cool because 45 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: when we first started talking about the defense, when he 46 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: installed it and taught it to both Richard and I, 47 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: it was more of vision the break, and now we've 48 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: grown meaning that it's more match based on pre snap 49 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: indicators post snap indicators, and it is not the traditional 50 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: three deep and I think it's probably been said and 51 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: gust has probably said this, it's more of a if 52 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: in basketball terms, more of a matchup two three zone. 53 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: When it's all said and done, it's not just the 54 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: high school three D. It's more to it than that. 55 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: And I think our players will realize that once we 56 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: start teaching them the system. You talk about the matchup 57 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,679 Speaker 1: zone and how it is a little bit of a 58 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: hybrid of man and zone for offenses. I don't want 59 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: you to give too much away obviously here, but just 60 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: generally speaking, why is that a tough thing for an 61 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: offense to see? Well, I'd be a good question for 62 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: an offensive coach. But I think at the end of 63 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: the day, we try to make sure that we don't 64 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: give up explosive offensive got to be they've got to 65 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:23,519 Speaker 1: be patient and sometimes at some point they become impatient 66 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: and the next thing, you know, giving us an opportunity 67 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: to turn the ball over or turn it over and downs. 68 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 1: How did your time in the AFC West, which is 69 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: a division that is even more loaded with quarterbacks now 70 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: than it was when you were there, how did that 71 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: time help shape what this back end of the defense 72 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: looks like. Well, I mean, at the end of the day, 73 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: I mean, you've got to you've got to face a 74 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: guy like Patrick Mahomes. Now, obviously when I was with 75 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: the Chargers, we had Herbert and then next thing you know, 76 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: we go to the Raiders and you just didn't realize 77 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: how good this guy was. And so at the end 78 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: of the day, we've we've we've morphed our defense based 79 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: on some of the team in which we play Kansas City. 80 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,839 Speaker 1: We may do some different we may play cover three 81 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: different way. Right against the Chargers we play cover three 82 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: another way. And so I think that's the biggest thing 83 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: that's happened with our time being out there on the 84 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: West Coast and being you know, competing against those teams. 85 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: We have an idea what they are going to do. 86 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: They have a pretty good idea what we're going to do, 87 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 1: and hopefully we can out execute that those football teams. Yeah. 88 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: That's Ron Mila's defensive backs coach for the Indianapolis Colts. 89 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: And you just talked about, you know, the synergy that 90 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: you have with with Richard Smith, and he talked about 91 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: the same thing when we spoke with him earlier. A 92 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: lot of familiarity there, a lot of experience, a lot 93 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: of years and you know, time on task together. How 94 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: important is that. I mean we hear defenses talk about 95 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: the three different layers. Yeah, those layers have to be 96 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: you know, in concert with one another. Interesting. I'm sure 97 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: Richard probably said the same thing, this is our fifth 98 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: stop together. Yeah. And the thing about rich and I 99 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: we can bounce things off of each other. Even before 100 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: we were in this this type of defense, I was 101 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: stopping to Richard's office, Hey, how do you see this 102 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: being played? And he would do the same thing to me. 103 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: And now we've gotten a chance to work with Gus 104 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: and it's it's kind of it's kind of been seamless 105 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: as far as that's concerned. Richard, that's he's like, I know, 106 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: he's a little bit older than me, but it's like 107 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 1: my brother. When it's all said and done. We've been 108 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: over a decade just working hand in hand together. So 109 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: the big thing about rich we know exactly what I'm 110 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 1: going to get. You know exactly what he's going to get. 111 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: And it works because, I mean, because the linebackers are 112 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: a big part of the coverage in this scheme, so 113 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 1: being able to marry those two things together and just 114 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: kind of be on the same page. But what I 115 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 1: wanted to ask you about was, you know, you mentioned 116 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: you kind of learned this defense when he got with 117 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: Gus in twenty seventeen, But how how have the experiences 118 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: you've had coaching some other defenses, some other defensive back, 119 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: some other secondaries, howe of those kind of just kind 120 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: of like helped you sprinkle in some things along the way, tweaks, wrinkles, 121 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: whatever it may be about when you know you may 122 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: be playing a team that you need to kind of 123 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 1: draw upon that front. Well, you know, the one thing 124 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: about Gus, he was open to some of the things 125 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: that we had done before with the chargers, So that 126 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: was kind of cool. It wasn't just this is this 127 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: is all we're gonna do. Is just these these things 128 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: that I've done over and over again, So that part 129 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 1: was kind of cool. I can't tell you that everything 130 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: was put in, but some of the things that we 131 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: did good with the chargers he kept, and those things 132 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: have kind of grown and and we've we've kind of 133 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: built upon him. Um, I guess I'm asking. I think 134 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: I'm asking answering your question, right, Yeah, yeah, consolutely. Yeah. 135 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: It's Rob Mineless defensive backs coach for the Colts. And 136 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: you know a handful of weeks under your belt here, coach, 137 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: You've evaluated the tape. You got some players, I mean 138 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: Kenny Moore is a Pro Bowl player, some young players 139 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: like Rock You've seen Isaiah Rodgers, the safety positions, you know, 140 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: Julian Blackman and carry Willis. What do you make of 141 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: this clay that you get to mold? Well, it's it's exciting. 142 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: I mean. The one thing, like I said before, when 143 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: we when we first got here, it wasn't broke the 144 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: big thing like black Man, if he comes off his injury, 145 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: we think we really got something there. Carr. He's done 146 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: a wonderful job since he's been here. The guy that's 147 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: on the common is Isaiah. That's gonna be an interesting 148 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: I get a chance to just to see what that's 149 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: all about. And Mike and I were just looking at 150 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: yah Sin. We're putting together a little highlight tape of him, 151 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: and he's got some impressive place and he's steady, and 152 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: that's what I do like about him. And then I 153 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,559 Speaker 1: think Kenny speaks for herself. I mean, he has grown 154 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: since his time here. The biggest things, you know, for 155 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: us is to keep him going in the right direction. 156 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: Do you identify a guy like Kenny Moore that has 157 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: played at a very high level coming off his first 158 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl appearance? Do you identify a guy like that 159 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: right away as the coach and say, you know, you're 160 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: gonna be my guy. You're gonna be an extension of 161 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: me when you're out there on the field. It's interesting 162 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: And when I when I thought about this and thought 163 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: about Kenny, he's very similar to Chris Harris, who I 164 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: had with the Denver Broncos and then had him towards 165 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: the end there with the Chargers. The guy, the guy 166 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: that plays the Nickel position in this defense is going 167 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: to be in the mix of everything. And again you 168 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: said extension of me, it's the extension of our defense. Um, 169 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: he's going to be the start of the straw of 170 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: the Sturgey drink when it's all that said and done. Um, 171 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: he's going to be able to play with some vision, 172 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: with some of that stuff we play some man and 173 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 1: man would bring him off the edge. But the biggest 174 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: thing that he brings at the table is that playmaking, 175 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: ability to make the unusual play. And I think that's 176 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,199 Speaker 1: exactly what our defense needs at this time. Something Gus 177 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: talked about and you kind of touched on was the 178 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: effort of this defense that's already in place, that's already instilled. 179 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 1: And it seems like sometimes that's kind of half the 180 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 1: battle when you're walking into a new place, is getting that. 181 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: What does that allow you to do as a coach 182 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: as you start teaching concepts and installing this defense on 183 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: the back end, Well, I think you I think you 184 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: said it, and that's that's one thing we're not going 185 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: to add to to push him to run to the ball, 186 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: because I mean when we watch the tape, that's what 187 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: that's what this team does the turnover fact. The part 188 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: of this team is what's impressive to me their ability 189 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: when I say they our ability to knock a ball out, 190 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: to intercept the ball. That's going to bring dividends to 191 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: our tour, our style of defense. Um, I'm gonna be honest. 192 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,559 Speaker 1: We didn't turn the ball over as much last year 193 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 1: with the with the Raiders, and to have guys that 194 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: have that ability, it's it's it'll, it'll, it'll be great. 195 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: I mean, uh, guys punching the ball just about every 196 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 1: time there's no one gonna they're all going to run 197 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: the ball, so that that that part's awesome. Yeah. Sometimes 198 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: takeaways are you know, they're they're kind of they're they're 199 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: they're a mystery sometimes, right, I mean there's no scientific 200 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: uh you know data that leads to if you do this, 201 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: you're gonna get takeaways. You know, they kind of come 202 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: in waves a little bit. From your perspective being around 203 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: this game, how do you teach being a good takeaway 204 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 1: team like the CULTI were last year? Well, I mean, 205 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: I obviously you try to do as many drills, but 206 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: a lot of times it's it's it's in the player, 207 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: the players in which you would create is brought to 208 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,319 Speaker 1: this organization. I always kind of say if a dog does, 209 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: if a dog bites as a as a puppy, he'll 210 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: bite as a big dog. They don't. They're probably not 211 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: going to bring those interceptions, little turnovers from their college 212 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: days to to hear. So one of the things I 213 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: like to do is, you know, ask our players, Okay, 214 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: how many interceptions have you had since high school? And 215 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: if you if a guy comes up three four, that 216 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: that's not what you're looking for and you're looking for 217 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: a total in the twenties. I'm talking about high school, 218 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: your college days and whatever, whatever time you've been in 219 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,839 Speaker 1: the NFL. And uh, one thing that Chris has done, 220 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: yeah you got you have to say, it's brought guys 221 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: in here that know how to get the ball, and 222 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: that's awesome. Well, last one for me, you know, if 223 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: your stops in the NFL, where when you've come into 224 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: a new place, what have you learned about how to 225 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 1: engender trust with the players you're coaching and make that 226 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: process as smooth as possible. You know, I think the 227 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:59,839 Speaker 1: biggest thing is that I've got I've got I think 228 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,200 Speaker 1: said the word, they've got to I've got to earn 229 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 1: their trust. But they've got to be willing to be 230 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: coached too. But the biggest thing I've got to earn 231 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: nurse trust that what I'm trying to do is not 232 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 1: going to screw them up. And as long as I'm consistent, 233 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: and I'm going to try to do my best to 234 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: be consistent, um, I think that they'll they'll like what 235 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: we're doing on defense and in steel go this way 236 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: in their careers. It's Ron Miila's defensive backs coach for 237 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts. Seven different stops in the NFL, one 238 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: of them one of them with the Rams in Saint 239 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: Louis with uh with a guy we know very well, 240 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: Rick Venturi. He spoke very highly of you when the 241 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 1: news broke that you were joining the staff. I feel 242 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: like I'm I'm married to coach of Venturi in a sense, 243 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: like I know him really really well, like the back 244 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 1: of my hand. Give us some Rick Venturi stories or 245 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: you know, a good anecdote if you will, not to 246 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: put you on the spot. Oh that's hard. Rick. He's 247 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: like he's like a mentor to me. Yeah, I'm When 248 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: I first got to the Rams there in Saint Louis. 249 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: I mean, they didn't know me. I didn't know them, 250 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: and for whatever reason, I gravitated as a young coach 251 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: into to Rick. And the thing about him is that 252 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: he always treated me with respect and and and dignity, 253 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 1: and ever since then he will call me from time 254 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 1: to time, especially when the draft comes up. Hey, I can't. 255 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if I can do it now. But 256 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 1: what do you think about the corner from such inside? 257 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: You know, Ray, he's got thoughts, he's got opinions on 258 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: every right. You know, sometimes he doesn't agree with me, 259 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:40,559 Speaker 1: but that's okay. But the biggest thing about Rick, he's 260 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: a good friend of mine. Um and he's always been 261 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 1: there for him if I if I need any advice, Yeah, 262 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 1: you can call Rick and he'll shoot it straight to you. 263 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 1: No doubt about what you see is what you get 264 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 1: right there. And sometimes it's uh, it's the cold hard truth, 265 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 1: that's for sure. That's Ron Mila's defensive backs coach for 266 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts. Welcome to the staff, coach, and all 267 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: the best of luck here in Indianapolis with the Colts. 268 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Thank you guys.