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Speaker 1: But we still got a lot to get to. As promised,

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Speaker 1: our full and exclusive interview with Oregon head coach Mario

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Speaker 1: cristaball is coming up, and I want to tell you,

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Speaker 1: if you're like me, sometimes when you hear interview, you think, nah,

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Speaker 1: see this interview. I don't care if you're a Texas

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Speaker 1: going to extend well beyond the parameters of what Oregon

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Speaker 1: Mario Cristabaull take us on a really deep dive into

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Speaker 1: a whole lot of specific areas that you just don't

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Speaker 1: we're going to allot some time tonight Tomorio Cristo Baul,

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Speaker 1: and we're going to not ask him a hundred questions.

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Speaker 1: of college football. That's the way that we like to

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Speaker 1: our Late Kick live shows on YouTube, but I'm going

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Speaker 1: listening to that, we upload it every Wednesday, which I

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Speaker 1: upload it every Wednesday. All it is is a mailbag format.

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Speaker 1: Then we'll go to Mario Giovanni on YouTube. We're seeing

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Speaker 1: nowadays most successful programs in the country being able to

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Speaker 1: recruit nationally. This is true. I've been ready to talk

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Speaker 3: Think second or third in the country in that margin.

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Speaker 3: We've got to improve that as well. We need to

435
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Speaker 3: be first. Right if we don't put the ball in

436
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Speaker 3: the round one or two times, our record might be

437
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Speaker 3: even better.

438
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Speaker 2: We might be in the playoffs. Those things really stand

439
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Speaker 2: out to us.

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Speaker 3: I think also the level of the leadership was the

441
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Speaker 3: most important, the most prominent thing on the.

442
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Speaker 2: Table year, and is this here as well.

443
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Speaker 3: Who will go as far as the ownership in the

444
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Speaker 3: locker room and the leadership of our football team. Those

445
00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,879
Speaker 3: guys understood what it was to put a foot in

446
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Speaker 3: the ground and say enough is enough. We are going

447
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Speaker 3: to take that next step as a program and set

448
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Speaker 3: the standard for the years to come. So all those

449
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Speaker 3: things stand out, but I could keep you here for

450
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Speaker 3: about twenty two hours with more stuff.

451
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Speaker 1: Feel no pressure to ever shut up when you're around us,

452
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Speaker 1: I can assure you. Hey, you guys. I mean, I'm

453
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Speaker 1: standing down in Mississippi a few months ago watching Joe

454
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Speaker 1: Moorehead be a head coach at Mississippi State. I'm watching

455
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Speaker 1: Brian McClendon as an offensive coordinator at South Carolina, and

456
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Speaker 1: I don't know that people realize it because there's always

457
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Speaker 1: so much going on, but both of those guys are

458
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Speaker 1: on your staff. Now, you guys got more Head as

459
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Speaker 1: your offensive coordinator up there. McLendon comes along as well.

460
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Speaker 1: The first off these very good football minds. I mean,

461
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Speaker 1: Joe Morehead's records speak for itself at Penn State before

462
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Speaker 1: he even got to Mississippi State. McClendon, I look back,

463
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Speaker 1: he's been one of our former twenty four seven Sports

464
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Speaker 1: National Recruiters of the Year. That's a title that you

465
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Speaker 1: brought home too. I mean, tell me a little bit

466
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Speaker 1: about how much that means from a football standpoint, and

467
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Speaker 1: also you guys recruit nationally, so from a recruiting standpoint

468
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Speaker 1: as well.

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Speaker 3: Well, it starts with the fact that they were both

470
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Speaker 3: incredible human beings and they're to us they are five

471
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Speaker 3: star recruits, right. I mean, you've got to have the

472
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Speaker 3: best coaches in the country to be able to develop

473
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Speaker 3: your guys, to build the right type of trust and relationships.

474
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Speaker 3: And when you analyze the landscape of where we are

475
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Speaker 3: on the West Coast, we want to make sure that

476
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Speaker 3: we brought in a receiver's coach, who, by the way,

477
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Speaker 3: is serving as a pass game coordinator. Also, I mean

478
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Speaker 3: he's Brian is brilliant. Brian is brilliant, and he is

479
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Speaker 3: he's such a personable, just talented, high care factor guy.

480
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Speaker 3: It's a home run. I mean, we're blessed to have him.

481
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Speaker 3: We want to study. Okay, where can we take the

482
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Speaker 3: next step as it relates to our footprint at that position.

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Speaker 2: Well, let's find the best of the best.

484
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Speaker 3: Let's find a guy that's played it at the highest level,

485
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Speaker 3: that's coached at the highest level, and has developed players

486
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Speaker 3: not only at the college level but the NFL, and

487
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Speaker 3: that has an impeccable track record, and we felt that

488
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Speaker 3: would be the major reason that we can take that

489
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Speaker 3: next step, and wide receiver recruiting and offensive recruiting.

490
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Speaker 2: Ryan is that and more. And then Coach Morehead was

491
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Speaker 2: the moment.

492
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Speaker 3: And again he's such a great track record right with

493
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Speaker 3: his career. I've been a big fan of what he's done.

494
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Speaker 3: I've studied Penn State and I've studied for him even

495
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Speaker 3: before coming across Coach Morehead. And when things went down

496
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Speaker 3: the way that the Mississippi State saw it as an

497
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Speaker 3: opportunity to reach out and did not want to also

498
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Speaker 3: be overbearing during the difficult time, but Coach was gracious

499
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Speaker 3: enough to answer the phone and then speaking to him

500
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Speaker 3: within five minutes.

501
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Speaker 2: I was like, if he matches his conversation, matches.

502
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Speaker 3: His being, what he is as a human being, his DNA,

503
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Speaker 3: this is a must get, a must have here at Oregon.

504
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Speaker 3: And he has done nothing but seed expectations as a person,

505
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Speaker 3: as a coach, a developer of talent.

506
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Speaker 2: His ability to.

507
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Speaker 3: Develop the quarterback is quarterback coaching acumen off the charts.

508
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Speaker 2: And what do we need.

509
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Speaker 3: We need another guy at that position, at the coordinator

510
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Speaker 3: position that can elevate quarterback play and gain the trust

511
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Speaker 3: of the top quarterbacks in the country, just like coach

512
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Speaker 3: mcclennon gained the trust of the best receivers in the

513
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Speaker 3: country from a recruiting standpoint, but even more importantly, our

514
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Speaker 3: most important recruits the one in house, the ones in house,

515
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Speaker 3: our current players on our roster, right at quarterback, at

516
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Speaker 3: wide receiver, and the team as a whole, because those

517
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Speaker 3: guys who have a platform, we provide platforms for our

518
00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,480
Speaker 3: coaches to grow and address the team and both those

519
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:47,119
Speaker 3: guys are guys that instantly gain trust, instant credibility, not

520
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Speaker 3: because of what they've done, but the moment they walk

521
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Speaker 3: into presence, the way they teach, the way they communicate,

522
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,800
Speaker 3: and the effort they put into developing those guys.

523
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Speaker 2: I love them. I love our staff.

524
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Speaker 3: They are the reason why we're progressing at the rate work, progressive.

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Speaker 1: Prey awesome stuff. Oregon head coach Mario Cristaball joining us.

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you a question that I don't really

527
00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,359
Speaker 1: hear talked about much. There are coaches that go all

528
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Speaker 1: over the place every year. There's overturn on your roster

529
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Speaker 1: virtually every year, but all we ever read is a

530
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Speaker 1: headline that, for instance, Mario Christaball and Oregon they've hired

531
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Speaker 1: Joe moorehead as new offensive coordinator. But you never get

532
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Speaker 1: to be a fly on the wall in the interview process,

533
00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,360
Speaker 1: probably because it's in the weeds and ninety nine percent

534
00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:28,880
Speaker 1: of us wouldn't understand what's being said. But yet it's

535
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Speaker 1: still fascinating. Like I don't know calculus, but I watch

536
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,560
Speaker 1: Calculus get taught and it spends my head, but I'm

537
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Speaker 1: still fascinated by it. When you're interviewing someone for a

538
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Speaker 1: role like offensive coordinator, this is going to directly impact

539
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Speaker 1: several games for you next year one way or the other.

540
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Speaker 1: What is an example or are some examples of really

541
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Speaker 1: specific questions you ask and really specific things that you

542
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Speaker 1: have a guy get into from the granular football level.

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Speaker 3: I like to credit coach Mangini with the New York Jets,

544
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,120
Speaker 3: who obviously worked for Coach Belichick back in the day.

545
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Speaker 3: And you're looking at me, going, how does this even

546
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,879
Speaker 3: come into the conversation. They come into the conversation because

547
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 3: in two thousand and five and six, I was offered

548
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,879
Speaker 3: an interview opportunity with the New York Jets as a

549
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,920
Speaker 3: tight ends coach, and I went up thinking this will

550
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 3: be you know, an hour or so whatnot, and we'll

551
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,480
Speaker 3: just share information, talk a little ball, and you know,

552
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 3: it was an eight nine hour process where we talked football,

553
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:32,000
Speaker 3: but we demonstrated football. We scouted tape tape of the

554
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Speaker 3: team and the players that I coached, and then the

555
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,280
Speaker 3: team and the players that I maybe would have an

556
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,080
Speaker 3: opportunity to coach. I was given scouting film and asked

557
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:45,160
Speaker 3: to evaluate in detail balanced body control, acceleration, deceleration, toughness,

558
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:51,919
Speaker 3: initial body quickness, hey, you name it, hips, body stiffness, toughness, motor.

559
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,320
Speaker 3: I was asked to demonstrate the introduction of a concept

560
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Speaker 3: in front of an entire room full of coaches and

561
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:04,000
Speaker 3: administer I was asked to sit in on a meeting

562
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,679
Speaker 3: and digest the concept and then be able to regurgitate it.

563
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:08,880
Speaker 2: I was asked to stand up and.

564
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,959
Speaker 3: Demonstrate the technique and fundamentals as it related to a

565
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Speaker 3: block or release, an escape, catching a football, high pointing

566
00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:20,840
Speaker 3: of football or red zone ball versus you know, a a.

567
00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:22,800
Speaker 2: Contested you know, tight slant ball.

568
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Speaker 3: It was an relentless process, so I'm sorry to you know,

569
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Speaker 3: divert into that, but that's what led to our process

570
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,159
Speaker 3: which we first used at FYU, we were able to

571
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,600
Speaker 3: hire really great coordinators, like like Scott Saderfield, you know,

572
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 3: who end up being a member of.

573
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Speaker 2: Our staff back in the day.

574
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Speaker 3: So when we bring in somebody, it's it's the ultimate

575
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Speaker 3: I would say litmus tests in terms of character, knowledge, presence.

576
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,160
Speaker 3: We we do it first as an entire organization, have

577
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,160
Speaker 3: everybody sit in because we want everybody to get a

578
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:59,280
Speaker 3: field because wherever we hire right can determine the fortunes

579
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Speaker 3: of the entire organization. So I do want people to

580
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:03,960
Speaker 3: have a feel and I trust a lot of people

581
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 3: to come with me. I don't want people in an

582
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 3: organization to be afraid to give me information on how

583
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:12,080
Speaker 3: they feel about things. But whatever is presented by that

584
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 3: coordinator has to match the film that they're talking about, right,

585
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 3: because it's easy to talk about well, you know, hey,

586
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,680
Speaker 3: we you know, I believe in explosive plays and going

587
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,440
Speaker 3: tempo and making sure that we run by people. Okay, well,

588
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,240
Speaker 3: this clip of tape shows it's forty two or nothing

589
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 3: in the third quarter.

590
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Speaker 2: That's what you don't want.

591
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Speaker 3: And when you start, when you start putting someone and

592
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,280
Speaker 3: let them present their craft, number one is you want

593
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,480
Speaker 3: to see how well do they own their craft? Does

594
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 3: that information does the way he teaches? Does it just

595
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:46,320
Speaker 3: roll off his tongue naturally?

596
00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:47,040
Speaker 2: Right?

597
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,840
Speaker 3: You also want to gauge the presence, you know, ask

598
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,360
Speaker 3: them to teach us. If you're a freshman, I'm a freshman.

599
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:54,959
Speaker 2: You teach me.

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Speaker 3: I don't know you know anything from Adam's house cat

601
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,400
Speaker 3: to say, coach Saban's old line, right, and have them

602
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 3: teach and go into it. And then once you get

603
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,840
Speaker 3: into it they feel comfortable, then start throwing issues at

604
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 3: them and have them respond, well, all right, what do

605
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 3: they bring corner fire? You know you're running into an

606
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 3: unblocked corner, yet you don't have something attached on the

607
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 3: backside to get rid of the football?

608
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Speaker 2: How do you deal with that?

609
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 3: And let them get into the way they you know,

610
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 3: resolve things, because it's great they own their their craft.

611
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Speaker 2: But let's see them handle sudden chain, so to speak. Right,

612
00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 2: Let's see them handle adversity. Let's see them make an adjustment.

613
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 3: And are they going to get caught up and maybe

614
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,160
Speaker 3: sutter into it and try to talk the way around

615
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:36,440
Speaker 3: it or do they have.

616
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Speaker 2: A solution on the spot what they can roll with it?

617
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Speaker 3: Certainly want them around everybody in the building, the recruiting staff,

618
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:48,360
Speaker 3: the operations staff, academic staff, want to share thoughts on academics, philosophies,

619
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Speaker 3: on dealing with young men and their families. How we

620
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 3: just treat everybody that comes in the building, whether it's

621
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Speaker 3: an intern, someone that's voluntarily working.

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Speaker 2: For us coordinator.

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Speaker 3: It's it's a really rigorous process because every hire matters,

624
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:07,560
Speaker 3: every single hier matters. And you know, we don't claim

625
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:11,400
Speaker 3: to be, you know, the over all people, but we

626
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,760
Speaker 3: worked extremely hard on it and we take a great

627
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 3: amount of pride in the fact that we know for

628
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Speaker 3: a fact we have the best people in the industry.

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Speaker 1: If I were to take a pie chart, and here

630
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:24,280
Speaker 1: is coach Christapaul's pie chart, these are the maximum hours

631
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Speaker 1: in a day that he has. If you're a position coach,

632
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 1: a vast majority of your time is spent with straight

633
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 1: up football related activities. When you're a head coach, you've

634
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 1: got so much more on your plate. You've done it

635
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 1: at a couple of stops now and you're doing it

636
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 1: right now at one of the elite programs in America.

637
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:43,120
Speaker 1: So you're talking about hires and how important it is, Well,

638
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 1: that's because you got other things on your plate. You

639
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,040
Speaker 1: got to deal with all sorts of in some cases

640
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: all sorts of things that people don't even know exist.

641
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 1: So how many hours in your day can you spend

642
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 1: as a head coach on football specific activities? And then

643
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,680
Speaker 1: how much extra is there that comes with the responsibility

644
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 1: of being a coach? Wow?

645
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 3: Well, that that pie chart is goes a little bit

646
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,640
Speaker 3: here and there depending on the type of day, but

647
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 3: it's one thing that's consistent. You have to start your day.

648
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 3: You have to start your day at four thirty four

649
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:15,960
Speaker 3: to forty five. Uh, And you don't want to put

650
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 3: a cap on it. You know, it goes. And I

651
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 3: don't say that, you know, like pounding their chest, say

652
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,520
Speaker 3: oh I'm upstoril, I work hard. I think I really

653
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 3: believe all coaches do that.

654
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 2: You have to.

655
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 3: There's just not enough hours in the day to accomplish everything.

656
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:33,120
Speaker 3: But wow, well, all of it's important.

657
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:33,520
Speaker 2: You know.

658
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 3: That's football is three parts, right in terms of the

659
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 3: performance part. You have Talent acquisition is one third, you

660
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,320
Speaker 3: have player development as the other, and then of course

661
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 3: personnel usage.

662
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 2: So your day has to be broken up taking all

663
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 2: those things into consideration.

664
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 3: And one thing I did learn at my last stop

665
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 3: were especially during this time of year where you have

666
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 3: to invest a ton of time in and I had

667
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 3: never done it before.

668
00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:58,960
Speaker 2: Was the amount of opponent scouting.

669
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 3: And preliminary game plans that we're put together during this

670
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,800
Speaker 3: time of year while and this part we have been

671
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 3: limited in this year is the ability to go visit

672
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:11,560
Speaker 3: places and always do everything possible to stay on the

673
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 3: cutting edge. And the reason I say that is because

674
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 3: it's I can't digest asking a player to, Hey this, Austin,

675
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,000
Speaker 3: You've got to do this to get better. You've got

676
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,160
Speaker 3: to increase your your acceleration. You've got to increase your

677
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 3: ability to come out of your hips, you know, and.

678
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 2: Get separations, shed the blockers and make tackles. I can't.

679
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 3: I just can't digest asking that of a player and

680
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,120
Speaker 3: yet not doing the same with our staff. Hey, we've

681
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 3: got to go find out better ways to cover kicks.

682
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 3: We've got to find better ways to have our frontline

683
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,400
Speaker 3: guys and our kickoff return team, you know, get to

684
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 3: their landmarks, flip their hips and go a low to

685
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,920
Speaker 3: high and execute their blocks. Sometimes it's a coaching blurb,

686
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 3: maybe it's a sound bite, right, because we like to

687
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,479
Speaker 3: coach in sound bites, don't I don't like running tempo

688
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 3: and then trying to give a dissertation to a player

689
00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 3: that's trying to get a signal, trying to digest it.

690
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 2: Go get lined up and play right.

691
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,200
Speaker 3: You know this Everything is fast, so we could coach

692
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 3: even more off of tape, but you still have seven

693
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 3: to ten seconds to coach in between each play, and

694
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:12,480
Speaker 3: you've got to come off the field in a complete ladder. Okay,

695
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 3: now I know I didn't answer the question, but how's

696
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,799
Speaker 3: the day broken up? It's wake up, and it's got

697
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 3: You got to have Cuban coffee ready, like right away.

698
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 3: I mean, that's the key to the whole thing. And

699
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 3: and I've taught both my eight year old and my

700
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,439
Speaker 3: ten year old how to make it. So the other

701
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,879
Speaker 3: day they want to find out is this really good

702
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,319
Speaker 3: for you to drink this? Yeah, it tastes really good,

703
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:35,239
Speaker 3: But I was on it, so it's no problem. I

704
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 3: guess I'll give it to you just like this.

705
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:36,759
Speaker 2: Yeah.

706
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:38,600
Speaker 3: Let's let's say it's recruiting in the morning and you

707
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 3: go from that time till seven where you're meeting with

708
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:46,160
Speaker 3: your staff, where you quickly go to offensive defensive organization.

709
00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 3: And that'll roll till eight thirty nine when you meet

710
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,080
Speaker 3: with the players, and then you're practicing on the field

711
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:56,120
Speaker 3: from ten to you know, twelve, we actually move everything

712
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 3: up an hour to all this, but it gives you

713
00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 3: an idea.

714
00:34:58,760 --> 00:34:59,880
Speaker 2: You got to make sure your coaches work.

715
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,239
Speaker 3: Let them stay in shape, you know, let them Our

716
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 3: coach has got to be able to run. They've got

717
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,880
Speaker 3: to be able to demonstrate technique. They've got to be active.

718
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:10,400
Speaker 3: There is no walking on the field. The horn sounds.

719
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 3: Everybody's sprinting everywhere.

720
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:12,439
Speaker 2: And to make that.

721
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,880
Speaker 3: Happen, it is it is really my duty to make

722
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:16,640
Speaker 3: sure those guys have an opportunity to take care of

723
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 3: their bodies, be healthy, and to lead by example.

724
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:22,799
Speaker 2: There's nothing worse. Remember that back in the day, used

725
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:23,279
Speaker 2: to play man.

726
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,759
Speaker 3: There was that one coach that was enormous and big

727
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 3: whistle hanging out his mouth and just blowing it and.

728
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 2: Just hey right here, run there. We can't be that.

729
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 2: Nothing against that, you know. Did you have one of those?

730
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 1: Well, I'm just I've I've yeah, I've had them, but

731
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: I've also observed it. I mean I've not to mention names,

732
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,840
Speaker 1: of course, but I've always wondered if I'm a player,

733
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:45,399
Speaker 1: if I'm a sophomore who's starting for Oregon and Mario

734
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 1: Christbaul's three seventy five, but he's yelling at me for

735
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:52,000
Speaker 1: not hitting my goal weight, Like how seriously I'm about

736
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,440
Speaker 1: to take him? But let me ask you how popular

737
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,880
Speaker 1: is that? Like how how prevalent is that that coaching

738
00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 1: stabs are allotted time to work? Is that pretty popular?

739
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 1: From what you've experienced, We've.

740
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,280
Speaker 3: Always done it, and we try to make it fun

741
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 3: and challenging, and we talked a little smack to each other.

742
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,480
Speaker 3: We all played on some pretty edgy teams back in

743
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 3: the day, so we get after it and it's I

744
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 3: think it's a good example for our players.

745
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,360
Speaker 2: Well that they see that the coaches are committed to this,

746
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:19,839
Speaker 2: but we make sure that they they they I mean,

747
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:21,600
Speaker 2: as a player, what did you trust?

748
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:24,960
Speaker 3: You trusted someone that was invested and that can truly

749
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,680
Speaker 3: make you better, and then the care factor was off

750
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,800
Speaker 3: the charts because you were there. They're not regardless of football,

751
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,960
Speaker 3: So we go by that. I mean, it was, you know,

752
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,080
Speaker 3: do everything and treat everyone as if you're dealing with

753
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 3: your very own son, because you're going to go all

754
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:39,600
Speaker 3: out right.

755
00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:43,399
Speaker 1: I'm looking up and down from last year to this year.

756
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 1: You can't talk specifics about this year, I know, but

757
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,920
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the nature of Oregon recruiting and it

758
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,680
Speaker 1: seems like a generation to go. It was very regional

759
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 1: in terms of an operation. Chip Kelly came in, they

760
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,279
Speaker 1: kind of developed that national brand. Nike does a lot

761
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 1: to help with that. You're there after that, and I

762
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 1: was talking on one of our shows the other night,

763
00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 1: it seems like a lot of the style and the

764
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 1: PAC twelve changed because of what coach Kelly did at Oregon.

765
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:13,160
Speaker 1: And now you guys have come in and immediately the

766
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 1: physicality jumps out and you're recruiting a roster obviously to

767
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 1: fully implement the style that you want to play with,

768
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,680
Speaker 1: but you're doing it on a much more national level

769
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: than I've ever remembered seeing Oregon do it. I was

770
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 1: talking to you before we started. Kid from Lynette, Alabama

771
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,279
Speaker 1: that I used to cover all the time growing up,

772
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 1: Triquez Bridges when I'm coming up in the business. He's

773
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:34,839
Speaker 1: playing safety there in five other positions at Lynette, and

774
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:38,239
Speaker 1: you guys convince him come to Oregon. And that's not

775
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:42,360
Speaker 1: all that uncommon these days. How have you guys done that?

776
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:46,560
Speaker 1: And how are you received nationally in recruiting, especially going

777
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,399
Speaker 1: into an area that you know well, the southeast, where

778
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 1: there are already a ton of good options. How do

779
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:53,520
Speaker 1: you tell a kid, how do you convince him we

780
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,080
Speaker 1: got a good option up here too, Why don't you

781
00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:55,799
Speaker 1: come check this out?

782
00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,879
Speaker 3: Well, recruiting in general is challenging, no matter where you are,

783
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 3: what label or logo is on your shirt.

784
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:06,320
Speaker 2: So we are just blessed that the Oregon the brand

785
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:07,440
Speaker 2: itself is strong.

786
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,280
Speaker 3: I mean, when it comes into a school, it gets

787
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 3: an opportunity right away to be in one of the

788
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,320
Speaker 3: top as one of the top choices for every prospect

789
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 3: that we come across. But I think what parents and

790
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:20,400
Speaker 3: players quickly realize when they set foot on campus is

791
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:25,839
Speaker 3: that the entire organization, the resources, the facilities, everything, it

792
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 3: is geared for elite student athletes. It is one of

793
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 3: a kind. Phil Knight certainly has been just awesome, that's

794
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:39,879
Speaker 3: all you can say. Completely committed to and our administration

795
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,719
Speaker 3: is completely committed to the student athlete experience and the

796
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:45,240
Speaker 3: development of the student athletes.

797
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:46,560
Speaker 2: So I think at.

798
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 3: First, sometimes when you go east, they say, well, it's

799
00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:51,880
Speaker 3: kind of far, and when they get there they realize, Okay,

800
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,080
Speaker 3: this is a kind of far that's worth taking a

801
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 3: trip to and becoming a part of because of what

802
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:57,200
Speaker 3: it provides.

803
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:02,120
Speaker 2: It's so difficult not to segue into how broad.

804
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:07,319
Speaker 3: This whole track, this whole path is to getting to

805
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 3: where we are, while everybody clearly understanding that we're not

806
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 3: where we want to be at.

807
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 2: You know, we got some work to do.

808
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,680
Speaker 3: But I hope that kind of sideways answered your question.

809
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,880
Speaker 1: No, that's what you're here for, less of me and

810
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 1: more of you. That's how That's how an interview was

811
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:24,480
Speaker 1: supposed to go. Here is so you just talked about

812
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 1: the big picture and when you're recruiting kids, and that

813
00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:31,799
Speaker 1: process starts two plus years before pen hits paper sometimes,

814
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 1: if not most of the time. But take me up

815
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:38,799
Speaker 1: to the two weeks, one week, seventy two hours, twenty

816
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:41,160
Speaker 1: four hours leading up the signing day. Things get really

817
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:44,759
Speaker 1: crazy and there are all sorts of rumors. From our perspective,

818
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,040
Speaker 1: there are all sorts of rumors that fly around, and

819
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 1: you get whispers and you get parts of stories. But

820
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:53,160
Speaker 1: yet you're at the epicenter, so you see it all

821
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,880
Speaker 1: and you're fielding all this stuff. What is it like

822
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:59,359
Speaker 1: trying to hold on to or make sure you lock

823
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,840
Speaker 1: down the best class possible. What all sorts of things

824
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 1: are happening that we don't get to see.

825
00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:07,920
Speaker 3: That's when the test comes right and we like to

826
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 3: think of signing day as a formality if we've done

827
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,799
Speaker 3: our job the right way, relationships are strong. You know,

828
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,400
Speaker 3: signing day is not decision day. Signing day is just

829
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:20,560
Speaker 3: the celebration. It's you know, it's the ceremony for ninety

830
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 3: percent of the guys that are coming in your class.

831
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 3: There's always going to be that ten percent, maybe less

832
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:30,439
Speaker 3: sometimes more that still have some indecision in their gut,

833
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:32,359
Speaker 3: that still are trying to figure things out.

834
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:33,319
Speaker 2: Think about it.

835
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:36,640
Speaker 3: You may have a commitment that you've locked into and

836
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 3: you've told another ten twelve guys sorrow, we already filed

837
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 3: about that spot. Well, that doesn't stick. You're not going

838
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,279
Speaker 3: to plan B or C. You know, your things take

839
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,839
Speaker 3: a dip, you know, from a selection process. Doesn't mean

840
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,800
Speaker 3: it's right or wrong, better or worse, but it certainly

841
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 3: takes your process off track. So yeah, that's that can

842
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:57,520
Speaker 3: be a little bit stressful. I tell you one thing.

843
00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 3: Over the last couple of years. It's just gotten better

844
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:02,960
Speaker 3: and better here where the numbers have been fewer and

845
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,600
Speaker 3: far between, and it's going to be that way to

846
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:06,800
Speaker 3: be an elite program.

847
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:09,240
Speaker 2: You know, it can happen, but I think it's getting

848
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 2: less and less as it was before.

849
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 1: There's a NFL network had a special while back about

850
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 1: that ninety I think it's the ninety four Cleveland Brown staff,

851
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:22,839
Speaker 1: whereas Belichick and Nick Saban was the defensive coordinator there,

852
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 1: but they had so many guys that were going to

853
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:29,120
Speaker 1: go on to become future head coaches NFL level, college level,

854
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 1: and so I was thinking the other day, I was

855
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: talking about the twenty fifteen Alabama team and I remembered

856
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,520
Speaker 1: they had a loaded coaching staff. But then I wikipedia

857
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,520
Speaker 1: it about five minutes before we started talking. You know,

858
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 1: the head coach is Nick Saban. That's a staff that

859
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 1: had Lane Kiffin is the offensive coordinator, who's now a

860
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:50,440
Speaker 1: head coach. You've got Kirby Smart, current head coach at Georgia.

861
00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:53,320
Speaker 1: You've got you, you got Mario Christapaul is now the

862
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,160
Speaker 1: current head coach at Oregon. Billy Napier was the wide

863
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:59,759
Speaker 1: receivers coach there. He's down at Louisiana. Mel Tucker is

864
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:04,319
Speaker 1: now miss uh Michigan State. That staff. I don't know

865
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:07,160
Speaker 1: if people realize it because it's so recent, but that

866
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,480
Speaker 1: could be a staff that we look at another ten

867
00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:12,239
Speaker 1: years down the road as the newer version of that

868
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:16,359
Speaker 1: three LSU ninety four Cleveland Brown staff. How was that

869
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,759
Speaker 1: to be a part of? Oh?

870
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,160
Speaker 3: That was I thought the best part about that was

871
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:27,280
Speaker 3: the competitiveness of the staff. You know, how practice, how recruiting.

872
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:31,360
Speaker 3: Everything was all right, you know, let's go, We're going

873
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:34,160
Speaker 3: to practice. This is inside run. We're going to knock

874
00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 3: you back. Now, we're going to shut you down. You know,

875
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:39,480
Speaker 3: we're going to one on one wide receivers versus dbs.

876
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 3: It looked like game day, it really did. It was

877
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:47,879
Speaker 3: guy's refusing to be beat. Coaches refusing to be at work.

878
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:50,960
Speaker 3: Same thing for the recruiting trail. You know, everybody, no, no,

879
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:53,880
Speaker 3: I'm gonna I'm gonna make sure I've got the top guy.

880
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 2: I think this guy's better.

881
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 3: For the program because of this, and that other guy going, well,

882
00:42:57,040 --> 00:43:00,440
Speaker 3: I think this guy's better. And coach say, but I

883
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 3: put together just a dynamic staff and a great strength staff.

884
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,560
Speaker 2: You know, as well. You know, Coach Cock was really

885
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:08,920
Speaker 2: a tremendous glue to the whole thing.

886
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:11,359
Speaker 3: Burton Burns, who's now with the New York Giants as

887
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 3: their running back coach Bobby Williams was with us here.

888
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:18,719
Speaker 3: I mean you're looking at some experience, work, ethic, demeanor.

889
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:23,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was. It was awesome. I have I have

890
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:24,800
Speaker 2: in my office.

891
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,919
Speaker 3: I have fourteen spiral notebooks filled out front to back

892
00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 3: of daily notes of my four years there, and that

893
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 3: year specifically has a large volume of those because of

894
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:46,680
Speaker 3: the circumstances, decisions, regimentation as it related to Bowls, championship games, injuries,

895
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:50,320
Speaker 3: I mean, offseason work with some of the other issues

896
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:52,440
Speaker 3: I come up in college football, deal with agents, right

897
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 3: when you have so many players that are going to

898
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:57,200
Speaker 3: be selected, or at least they're going to be pursued,

899
00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:02,240
Speaker 3: you know, as juniors. It's just fighting complacency, right, fighting

900
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 3: that's overcoming a loss earlier that year, I ever forget

901
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:09,960
Speaker 3: and how we talked about how not even dead yet,

902
00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,399
Speaker 3: and they've already they've already buried us, They've already put

903
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:17,160
Speaker 3: dirt over us, you know, And I can't be expressed

904
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:18,120
Speaker 3: how thankful I was.

905
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:22,200
Speaker 2: I am for that experience. That certainly that changes.

906
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:23,520
Speaker 3: You when you're able to go through something like that

907
00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:24,720
Speaker 3: and coming on the other side.

908
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:25,919
Speaker 2: You know, we stay in touch.

909
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,960
Speaker 3: We have some pretty competitive battles now that go on

910
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:31,280
Speaker 3: between all of us, but at least we all exchange

911
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:33,760
Speaker 3: information as it relates to regimen structure and whatnot.

912
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:37,720
Speaker 2: So awesome, awesome, awesome experience, really good stuff.

913
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Speaker 1: To wrap us up here, I want to ask you

914
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,760
Speaker 1: specifically about one player on your roster who is probably

915
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:44,840
Speaker 1: the most talked about player. And this has got to

916
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:47,439
Speaker 1: make you smile ear to ear because your most talked

917
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:51,200
Speaker 1: about player is an offensive lineman, which rarely happens. I

918
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:53,080
Speaker 1: think you would argue, and I would probably agree to

919
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:55,480
Speaker 1: it happened more often, but it rarely happens these days.

920
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:59,359
Speaker 1: But Penny Sewell is a guy who is in legitimate

921
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:03,200
Speaker 1: conversation for a top overall draft pick this upcoming year,

922
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:05,279
Speaker 1: and he's been a model citizen. I've heard you talk

923
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 1: about him before. What kind of traits do you have

924
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:11,719
Speaker 1: to possess to play the position he plays at the

925
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:12,799
Speaker 1: level he plays it at.

926
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,440
Speaker 3: Well, those traits begin in the household that he was

927
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 3: born and raised in and gave and Arlene Sewel you

928
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:25,360
Speaker 3: won't find better parents. I mean, you're looking at super

929
00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:29,040
Speaker 3: tight family. Does tremendous amount of powerful, impactful love in

930
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 3: that household, but also discipline and toughness, right commitment to

931
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:37,600
Speaker 3: doing things the right way, and pay is. He's explosive,

932
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:43,799
Speaker 3: he's athletic, incredible flexibility. What flies off the charge with

933
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:48,279
Speaker 3: all that is his incredible football IQ. His awareness as

934
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:51,359
Speaker 3: to understanding the game from what the guy beside him

935
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:52,680
Speaker 3: is doing to what the tight end is doing.

936
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:55,400
Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure he could drop what the receivers are doing.

937
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 3: He knows exactly what the quarterbacks and the running backs

938
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:01,920
Speaker 3: are doing, so he is able to play just care free.

939
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:05,400
Speaker 3: And he has a natural inclination to be a very

940
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:06,280
Speaker 3: physical player.

941
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:09,400
Speaker 2: I mean he enjoys loves.

942
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:15,440
Speaker 3: Craves, contact and physicality and dominating opponents. And when you

943
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:18,279
Speaker 3: combine all that with the recoverability he has, I mean

944
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:21,960
Speaker 3: he can get himself in and out of bad body positions,

945
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,680
Speaker 3: a pile up that's got a leg trapped while he

946
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:26,799
Speaker 3: gets stuck in an edge rusher is coming around the

947
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:28,600
Speaker 3: corner where he can get out of its spin around

948
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:30,600
Speaker 3: and still get hands on and running by the quarterback

949
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:35,560
Speaker 3: is something that is rare. It's generational, and his heart

950
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:39,360
Speaker 3: and his commitment to his teammates is even more impressive

951
00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 3: than that.

952
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,440
Speaker 2: Even a better person, he is a player, but the.

953
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:47,120
Speaker 3: Amount of power and athleticism, the combination with those two things,

954
00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:49,520
Speaker 3: with the mindset and the football.

955
00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:50,800
Speaker 2: IQ is unique.

956
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:54,320
Speaker 3: And I really think as a nineteen year old Outland

957
00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:58,240
Speaker 3: Trophy winner, okay, youngest ever, he's just getting started.

958
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:00,680
Speaker 2: I mean, he really is just getting started. Now. He's

959
00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:01,319
Speaker 2: upset with me.

960
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:03,040
Speaker 3: Because we threw him a pass where he was double

961
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:05,600
Speaker 3: covered in the Pac twelve championship game.

962
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:06,799
Speaker 2: But it's not my fault.

963
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:10,840
Speaker 3: You know, they changed their coverage scheme and you probably

964
00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:11,680
Speaker 3: should have saved.

965
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:14,200
Speaker 2: It, but they he caught his past, you know.

966
00:47:16,239 --> 00:47:19,120
Speaker 1: So uh, going back to that quarterback position, I think

967
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:21,960
Speaker 1: a lot of outsiders who aren't day to day fans

968
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,799
Speaker 1: of the Oregon Ducks. All they know is, well, they

969
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:26,719
Speaker 1: had justin Herbert and he just went in to the

970
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:29,680
Speaker 1: NFL draft, and I'm drawing a blank now as to

971
00:47:29,719 --> 00:47:32,399
Speaker 1: what their depth chart looks like at quarterbacks. So if

972
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:34,560
Speaker 1: I live in Moleen And Illinois and I'm just a

973
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 1: casual fan and I turn on Oregon Week one, Week two,

974
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:39,920
Speaker 1: What am I looking at a quarterback? And how do

975
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:41,160
Speaker 1: you guys feel about where you are?

976
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:44,280
Speaker 3: Well, you know, we only had four days of spring practice,

977
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:47,080
Speaker 3: and like everybody else, we're all going through it.

978
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:49,080
Speaker 2: So it's not unique to us that we're going through

979
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:49,560
Speaker 2: this stuff.

980
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:54,400
Speaker 3: But Tyler Shuck left the season as the front runner

981
00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 3: for the starting job and he entered spring ball and

982
00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:00,720
Speaker 3: les spootball as the current starter. Now we're not gonna

983
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:03,959
Speaker 3: implement competition. There is going to be competition. All those

984
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:07,360
Speaker 3: young players are really good players. You know, Cale Millon's

985
00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 3: a really good player. You know, Jay Butterfield is a

986
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:14,440
Speaker 3: really good player. You know, Robbie ash For coming in

987
00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:17,520
Speaker 3: from Alabama is a really good player. Okay, Anthony Brown

988
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:20,520
Speaker 3: is a really good player. So we're going to promote competition.

989
00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:24,840
Speaker 3: And we felt like with all the rooms, all the

990
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:28,000
Speaker 3: rooms in our in our building, all the positions, that

991
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,520
Speaker 3: that was one that because it's going to be a

992
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:32,280
Speaker 3: first time starter, that.

993
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:34,160
Speaker 2: One needed the most competition. So we're going to make

994
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:34,840
Speaker 2: sure that happens.

995
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:37,520
Speaker 3: But you're looking at you know, I'll start with Tyler

996
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:40,840
Speaker 3: Talis is the guy that's he's explosive, he's smart, He

997
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:45,120
Speaker 3: is a got tremendous command of the offense, and he

998
00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:48,000
Speaker 3: could make every throw and he's got great feed. Those

999
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:49,200
Speaker 3: are our practice will tell you.

1000
00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:49,360
Speaker 1: You know.

1001
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,279
Speaker 3: We end every Thursday, every Wednesday with two minute drill,

1002
00:48:52,719 --> 00:48:55,880
Speaker 3: and those last five or six practices of twenty nineteen, it.

1003
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,520
Speaker 2: Was obvious that that guy was gonna be a great

1004
00:48:58,520 --> 00:48:59,640
Speaker 2: football player for us.

1005
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:02,280
Speaker 3: Is the moment you got to jump in there against

1006
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:05,520
Speaker 3: Nevada and USC. He proved that he's ready, you know,

1007
00:49:05,560 --> 00:49:07,959
Speaker 3: but so are the other guys. So we're looking forward

1008
00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:10,600
Speaker 3: to that. And I know sometimes coaches shot away from

1009
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:12,279
Speaker 3: quarterback us and I don't at all.

1010
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:14,640
Speaker 2: It's got to be just like every other position.

1011
00:49:14,719 --> 00:49:17,000
Speaker 3: You've got to create competition, you've got to let those

1012
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:19,080
Speaker 3: guys get after it, and you've got to do a

1013
00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:22,759
Speaker 3: great job coaching everyone around them to make sure that

1014
00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:26,000
Speaker 3: the supporting cast is held just as accountable as quartermakets.

1015
00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:30,600
Speaker 1: Mario Cristobal, organ head coach man, we really really appreciate it,

1016
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:33,439
Speaker 1: appreciate you actually checking out the show every now and then.

1017
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:35,840
Speaker 1: And I hope this is not the last time that

1018
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:37,960
Speaker 1: we talked before the season, brother, And.

1019
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:41,200
Speaker 3: It's an honor to be on this show truly humbling,

1020
00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:44,920
Speaker 3: it really is. So I appreciate you be safe, looking

1021
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:47,120
Speaker 3: forward to being back any single time that you need us,

1022
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:50,760
Speaker 3: and looking forward to hopefully having you over here Eugene, Oregon.

1023
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:52,640
Speaker 2: So you could check out the Doug Sliven in person.

1024
00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:56,840
Speaker 1: You got to brother appreciate it all right, man? Yeah,

1025
00:49:57,120 --> 00:49:59,759
Speaker 1: pretty in depth. Uh, really really good stuff there. For Mario,

1026
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:03,640
Speaker 1: we really appreciate him coming on. Fascinating. You know, I

1027
00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:06,160
Speaker 1: was sitting actually at this table now when we recorded

1028
00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:08,440
Speaker 1: that interview. I was at the same spot, and that

1029
00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:10,960
Speaker 1: was my posture. I just kind of sat there like this.

1030
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:13,800
Speaker 1: Since we weren't on that split screen format, you couldn't

1031
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:15,719
Speaker 1: see me when he was talking, and I just kind

1032
00:50:15,719 --> 00:50:18,640
Speaker 1: of wow because I learned as much, if not more,

1033
00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:21,360
Speaker 1: than you did there. So when we do interviews and

1034
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:24,799
Speaker 1: the very rare instances that we do them, that's how

1035
00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:27,680
Speaker 1: they are. And hey, a lot of people in the

1036
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:31,279
Speaker 1: college football industry watched this program. Mario is the one

1037
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:32,880
Speaker 1: who reached out to us last week when he was

1038
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:36,359
Speaker 1: watching the show. So I'm open to that now, and

1039
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Speaker 1: if we have to create new segments for it, bonus content,

1040
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:41,319
Speaker 1: I'm open to it. But I know a lot of

1041
00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:46,399
Speaker 1: coaches really love that kind of format. They love being

1042
00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:48,480
Speaker 1: asked those kind of questions, and they love to take

1043
00:50:48,520 --> 00:50:51,000
Speaker 1: a deeper dive. It's what they're doing all day anyway.

1044
00:50:51,520 --> 00:50:54,960
Speaker 1: It's just that they're rarely put in a position where

1045
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:58,239
Speaker 1: that's the format that calls for it. Well, this is

1046
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:00,400
Speaker 1: the format that calls for it. So any of you

1047
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:03,839
Speaker 1: guys who are interested in that at Late Kick Josh

1048
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Speaker 1: on Twitter, open those dms, you know how to get

1049
00:51:06,160 --> 00:51:08,600
Speaker 1: in touch with me. Really good show. I will be

1050
00:51:08,680 --> 00:51:12,680
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1052
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