WEBVTT - INTERVIEW: UCLA HC Deshaun Foster - Bruins Will Be Back on Top 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:01.200 I'm happy for Regid. 0:00:01.440 --> 0:00:08.240 Yeah, we are in UCLA's team meeting room. 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:10.400 Look at this place, man. 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:15.040 Look nice seats, a little comfy, sit down, listen to Coat, 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:16.840 watch some nice film. 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:18.960 Man. This thing is nice. 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:19.160 Man. 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:21.599 The acoustics are good, the sound is good. 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:24.840 And then and then look what you get a chance 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:29.600 nice practice field in the background. This is Los Angeles, baby, 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:43.360 you can't beat it. And now we are joined by 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:49.360 head coach of the UCLA Bruins, UCLA brewin legend, one 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:51.960 of the best running backs to ever play here, Deshaun 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:52.760 foster Man. 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:53.960 Welcome to the show man. 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:55.360 Thanks for having me appreciate you. 0:00:55.480 --> 0:01:02.120 First of all, congratulations head coat, head of UCLA. So 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:05.200 when you were playing here at UCLA, could you have 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:09.479 ever imagined that you would be the head coach at UCLA. 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:13.679 No, that wasn't a dream of mine, not until after 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:16.480 I retired and everything. But you know, it's just so 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:18.720 soorreal being able to be the head coach here at 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:21.600 the university that I played at. A lot of blood 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:23.920 sweating tears out there on that field, and you know, 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:25.560 to be able to come back full circle, it was 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:26.200 pretty amazing. 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:30.039 Yeah, So you were here under Tip Kelly you leave, 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:36.520 take a job in the NFL, and then what February twelfth, 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:38.959 twenty twenty four, you're the head coach. 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:41.840 Tell me about that time in between. 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:46.160 It was a good three days. Didn't really move to Vegas, 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:50.000 didn't didn't leave the city yet. Yeah, that was Super 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:52.800 Bowl Sunday, okay. And then after Super Bowl Martin called 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:53.960 me and I went over to his house and he 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:57.320 offered me a job. So it was it was a 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:00.320 world wind, you know. But I'm excited about it, you know, 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:03.720 great opportunity and I'm just ready to get out there 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:04.320 and play some ball. 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:07.040 So how important is it to you being that you 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:10.400 played at UCLA? You like you said, blood, sweat and 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:14.080 tears in the Rolls bowl on the field, at practice 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:17.160 in the building. How important is it to you to 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:20.360 return UCLA to greatness? 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:22.800 It's a lot, because you know, I'm invested in this. 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:26.200 I'm a brewing through and through, and it's just something 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:27.960 that I want to see the school get back to 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.839 just where we were at, just the type of ball 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:34.760 that we were playing, you know, get back to and 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:36.480 just the top of we were top of the pack 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:38.040 at that time, and you know, hopefully we can do 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:38.799 the same as a big. 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:43.600 Too, and what things need to be done at UCLA 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:47.120 now to return UCLA to where you want it to be. 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:50.600 Just exposure, getting it just getting the brand out there. 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:51.040 Yeah. 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:54.280 You know, people know about UCLA, but they haven't been 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:56.640 over here and really felted or seen it or just 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:58.280 really been a part of it. So I just want 0:02:58.320 --> 0:02:59.920 to make it open so everybody can come out here 0:02:59.919 --> 0:03:03.920 and then just let them feel what we really have 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:05.560 to offer, because I don't think you can get a 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:07.519 true feel about us unless you come out to practice 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:09.280 and feel the energy and just feel the vibe. 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:11.520 Yeah, And that's one thing that I feel like is 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:16.160 different now, is that there is an energy surrounding UCLA. Like, 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:17.840 what are some of the things that you're doing to 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:21.640 kind of create that energy, not just within your own team, 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:24.880 but in the community, the recruiting space and everything else. 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:27.639 Just trying to hit the ground running, getting as much 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:33.160 exposure as I can, getting recruits over here multiple times, 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:38.800 the coaches also donors, you know, just I want everybody 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:42.840 to really feel UCLA and and see how much of 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:45.680 a family we are. You know, UCLA has been taking 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:47.720 care of me since ninety eight. You know, it's a 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:52.200 long time. Yeah, so it's this is a true you know, 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:55.280 it's a true forty year plan that UCLA has and 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:57.400 I'm just glad that I can actually show people and 0:03:57.400 --> 0:03:58.600 I'm the walking blueprint of it. 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:04.080 And you have obviously the landscape of college football has 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:07.640 changed since I came home my recruiting trip with your 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:12.840 your last year there, and like there's ni L, there 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:17.239 is you know, the transfer for a portal. You as 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:20.320 a you know, as a first year head coach, what's 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:22.400 your plan to deal with n I L. 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:25.680 First of all, just you gotta you gotta embrace it. 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:28.400 It's something that's not going anywhere, So you gotta embrace it. 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:31.279 You gotta get the donors and everybody up to speed 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:34.320 so they understand exactly what this is. And then you 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:36.279 gotta have a plan. You know, you can't just go 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:38.159 in there and just trying to throw money at everybody. 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:40.640 You have to have a plan, and you have to 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:42.679 market the program and you have to have a plan 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:46.640 into letting them know exactly what we have to offer 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:47.360 in that space. 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:53.160 And so how do you react now? Right? Because it's 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:53.960 public knowledge. 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:57.080 You you had a little controversy when when when you 0:04:57.120 --> 0:05:01.320 were in school that would be called nil now or 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.960 something like that. Do you look back at it now 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:07.479 and just like Reggie Bush does's like, come on, come on, man, 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:08.280 this is I. 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:10.560 Mean, it is what it is. But you know it's 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:14.200 I'm just glad that it's come full circle and players 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:17.120 and athletes are being compensated for what they're doing, you know. 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:21.560 So yeah, because it's I remember, you know, looking back 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:22.560 at it and saying. 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:25.200 Hold up, we hold value. 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:28.919 That we are bringing money into to the university. So 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:31.280 so does that make you smile? And are you excited 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:33.560 about it that a guy that you were in school with, 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:38.440 Ed O'Bannon helped like spearhead where things are now like 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:45.520 UCLA is literally the hub of nil and being on 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:46.719 the forefront of things. 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:50.400 Yeah, just they Ede Bannon helped everybody get ahead of it, 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:53.479 you know. So I'm just glad that we were able 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:58.120 to capitalize in that space and now these athletes are 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:00.400 able to capitalize on their name likeness. 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:01.160 Yeah. 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:05.240 And that also leads to the transfer portal because part 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:12.599 of it is talent acquisition, but then it's also talent development, 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:18.719 roster retention, Like what's your plan in terms of getting 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.440 UCLA to be the best roster possible. 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:24.160 You still have to recruit high school kids. And like 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:26.359 I said before, I treat high school kids as draft picks, 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:28.560 so we think you're like a first, second, or third 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:31.839 round draft pick. And then free agents or portal kids. 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.120 You know, if we got to plug a hole somewhere, 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:36.320 we'll get a portal guy. But you still got to 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:38.640 recruit and develop. That's the main thing. So I still 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:40.920 want to recruit the high school kids, develop them, and 0:06:40.960 --> 0:06:43.560 then if I have any holes open, then I can 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:47.200 plug that with portal guys. But once you get guys 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:49.200 in my system and get them developed, I shouldn't have 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:50.560 to go to the portal too much. Yeah. 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:54.960 See, I love that, Like that makes me happy because 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:58.200 everybody is well not everybody, but there's a lot of 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:01.440 people who are just trying to bigger, better deal. And 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:05.160 you know, but I think that development of talent is 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.640 going to be like the new currency because that's going 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:11.760 to help you retain your roster exactly. And in terms 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:17.120 of recruiting, Southern California huge recruiting landscape. Kids you know 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:19.920 from you know, from down in the south all the 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:23.800 way up to the north. Are you focusing heavily in 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:27.040 California or are you taking a more national approach on 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:27.920 your recruiting. 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:30.440 I still want to put a fence up in California 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:32.400 just to keep the local talent here. That is good, 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:34.840 but I do want to cast a bigger net and 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:38.960 recruit nationally. UCLA has a brand that's national, and we 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:40.880 should be able to recruit nationally. I played with a 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:42.280 lot of guys that were from out of state. 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:45.160 So yeah, And what are some of the things that 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:49.560 you're looking for in recruits outside of the tangiles, right, 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:54.440 because everybody knows like somebody who's big, fast, strong, throws 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:56.160 the ball well, catches the ball. What are some of 0:07:56.240 --> 0:08:00.000 the intangibles that you're looking for that represent UCLA football. 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:03.280 It's more of like mental stuff. How does he compete 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:05.720 in the classroom? Does he do it the same way 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:07.920 on the field as he does on the field. What's 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:10.760 his exceptional trait? You know, I can't bring guys in 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:12.840 here that's gonna tell there on our culture. This is 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:16.120 a true family environment, true family culture. My guys play 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:17.680 hard for each other, they play hard for me, but 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:20.160 because they trust me, So I can't have guys in 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:21.840 here that's gonna tear that down. Because we're gonna be 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.480 taking steps back. But as long as these kids are 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:26.760 you know I I do a good job at finding 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:28.880 why they're playing ball. Yeah, why are they like this? 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:30.040 Then we should be okle. 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:33.760 To exceptional ability. You just said exceptionally, Explain to me what. 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:36.200 That means, just your exceptional traite? Like, what do you 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:39.000 get to? So let's go back to you. What would 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:41.120 you say your exceptional trade was coming out of high school? 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:44.720 What's something that you do you show on film or 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.280 in your games every game every Friday night. 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:49.320 Oh, just that I was gonna play with a lot 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:53.640 of energy and be and just make special plays exactly. 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:57.640 Okay, so motor okay, right, yeah, okay, that's an exceptional trait. 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:00.719 Now now how often does he get to an exceptional trait? 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:02.000 Do you see that in every play? 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:05.400 Okay? Yeah, that's what I want because. 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:07.600 It's a I would say mine might have been visioned 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.600 stiff arms something like that. Are you seeing Do I 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:13.760 get to my move like basketball? You get to his move? 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:14.840 Okay? Yeah, Kenny? 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:17.600 Can he get to his spot and then execute? And 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:22.400 I remember watching you play in college and watching you 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:23.479 play in the rolls. 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.080 Ball big back. 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:30.000 I mean like, I mean, what what Dereck Henry was, 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:34.240 Now this is what you were at that at that 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:37.080 point and point in time, is the big back gonna 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:38.040 be making a comeback? 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:40.439 I mean I hope. So I just want the back 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:42.960 to make the comeback. Ye right, you know, before we 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:45.160 even get the size of let's just get running backs back. 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:47.559 But I think it's gonna come full circle. Christians joining 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:49.720 a good job in the NFL, just being consistent. Yeah, 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:52.520 by year other guys are doing the same thing. But 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:54.880 you know, we got to get the value back on 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:55.360 that position. 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:58.840 And you got a chance to play in a super 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:03.920 Bowl with the Carolina Panthers. What does what are you 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:07.600 able to take from you know, your experience in the 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:11.400 NFL to use in a college environment. 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:13.920 Just letting him know about the adversity that you're gonna 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:16.880 go through. Nothing's gonna go smoothly. That Super Bowl went 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:18.719 up and down, up and down. Yeah, you know what 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:22.760 I mean. So you got to always just prepare, never 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:26.800 take anything for granted, and always finish the game. 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:28.160 You know. Yeah, it's hard. 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:31.319 I think that was our biggest thing in that Super Bowl. 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:33.600 We didn't quit. Yeah we might have been down, but 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:36.440 we didn't quit. Yeah, we kept fighting, kept fighting, got 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:38.720 back within I think we tied it up and then 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:39.840 lost my field goals. 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:40.560 Yeah. 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:42.720 So to go back when you were getting ready to 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:44.880 go out to Vegas, you were getting ready to take 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:49.360 take the job with AP out there, and how cool 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:53.040 is it for you and AP to begin your first 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:54.280 shot at the same. 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:56.520 Time, It's awesome because I was taking that job to 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:59.280 help support one of my friends in that situation. Yeah, 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.320 him the job of the Raiders and changing the narrative 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:05.679 of NFL head coaches, you know. Yeah, I kind of 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:07.640 liked that story, so I wanted to be involved in it, 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:10.800 and you know, I was just thankful that he understood 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:13.000 what was going on. And yeah, I'm in the same 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:15.400 situation he's in in college. So yeah, you know, we 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:17.160 want to change this narrative and just let you know, 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:19.839 ex players can play, we can teach, we can coach, 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:22.480 and you know we're knowledgeable just like other coaches. 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:25.280 See, I love that too, because you have so many 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:29.559 former players right who who want to be in coaching 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:32.920 and have so much value. But to see them get 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:35.960 involved in it and then get the opportunities, Man, I 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:40.480 love it. I love it when you're looking at you know, 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:43.400 being a first year at head coach, right, you obviously 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:46.800 have to have some mentors or people that you're going 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:49.480 to call when, you know, when times get hard or 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:50.960 you just need some advice. 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:52.679 Who are some of those people that you're going to 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:53.040 lean on. 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:56.160 Most of my running back coaches Kelly Skipper, Jim Skipper, 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:58.840 Jim's retired. Kelly's the running back coach with the Bills. 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:01.040 I had Kelly and college. I played for gym in 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:03.880 the NFL. There that's his dad. Okay, yeah, so I've 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:07.319 been to Skipper family for a long time. Kennedy, Oh, 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:08.040 I love coaching. 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:13.240 He's probably one of the smartest, like guys where he 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:16.559 taught like the wine back with the Bob and with. 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:20.160 The man everything. And he's somebody that really gave me 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:22.040 a platform when I was his assistant. He gave me 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:25.680 a platform and really let me coach. Yeah, he helped 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:29.760 me find my my voice basically, you know. So, oh 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:36.240 a lot to him, Todd Bowles, any and everybody that's 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:39.200 been a head coach has reached out to me. Dave Roberts, 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:43.640 so it's been It's been a lot of people. Pete Carrol, 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.400 you know what I mean, Like guys just reaching out 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:49.200 and won and it to talk to me, just try 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:52.080 to give me tools and ways to help me be successful. Yeah, 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:54.160 So it was just awesome, even from different sports. So 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:55.880 that's what was cool about That's dope. 0:12:56.840 --> 0:13:00.320 When you were here obviously with the with the last 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:05.400 regime with Chip Kelly, what did what did you learn under? 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:06.199 Under Chip? 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:11.480 He knows that that run game, you know, Coach Kelly 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:13.200 taught me a lot in that run game. But you know, 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:18.760 he's exceptional mind. He's very gifted in the offense coordinator, 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.720 just as a football coach, you know. So I just 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:25.600 loved everything that I tie. He's a true players coach, 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:28.600 just in the and and that's in the aspect of 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:30.160 wanting to take care of your body. 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:31.280 Yeah, you know what I mean. 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:32.960 He wants his guys to be full. 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:35.959 Yeah, he's all about the science. Like he's all about 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:36.439 the science. 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:38.640 So I like that component about it because he never 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:40.160 wants to put your body in a bad or a 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:42.920 compromising situation. And that's a true player coach. 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:48.160 That's an interesting thing because people fashion themselves as players coaches, 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:50.640 and you think that that's the difference in being a 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:51.240 players coach. 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:53.080 You're taking care of them or you just a friend. 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:54.720 He's taking care of your body. 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:00.840 Well, well, I guess that's like the difference in a 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:03.160 different way between being a parent and being a friend, 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:05.640 Like like am I doing what's best for you? 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:07.400 Or am I just trying. 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:09.680 To be cool with you? Fact UCLA is headed to 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.880 the Big ten. They it is the Big ten? Is Oh, 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:16.720 it's just physicality and all these things. But and UCLA 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:19.080 kind of I think gets a bad rap because if 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:21.280 you look at the team last year, they ran the ball, 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:24.200 they would run the ball down your throat, played physical, 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:29.000 strong defense. But why is there this perception about UCLA 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:32.000 is not as physical as everybody else? 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:34.560 No idea, because it was almost the same thing when 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:36.520 I was in school. Yeah, I think it's. 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:38.320 Just is it the colors? Is it what? 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:42.360 I have no idea what it is. But all we 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:44.800 can do is just keep lighting up each Saturday and playing, 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:47.200 you know. And I think my guys do a good 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:49.360 job of that. They don't get too frustrated, they don't 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:52.280 hear the noise. They know it's there, yeah, but they 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:54.040 don't get too too caught up in it. They just 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:57.280 let it go and just let their their past talking. 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:00.840 What does success look like? U c l A and 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:02.920 year one in five years from now. 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:04.880 Number one thing we want to do is make sure 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:08.120 that you see my pillars every game we're out there. 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:09.760 And discipline, respect, the enthusiasm. 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:10.960 Okay, you see. 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:13.240 That in my players, no matter how win, losers draw. 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:15.560 You go out there and watch them play, and you're like, man, 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:16.760 them boys played discipline. 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:19.640 So when I when I hear that, I hear discipline. 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:24.920 You shouldn't see personal fouls. And probably one of the 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.400 lesser penalized teams is that. 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:30.240 You shouldn't be out there shooting yourself in the foot. Yeah, 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:32.240 you know, because it's already hard enough to win, yes, 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:35.960 now holding stuff like that, ye, yes, the pre stat 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:38.440 penalties off side false stars. We should be. 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:40.040 Able to manage that. 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:40.760 Yeah. 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:44.520 And what does and the second pillar was respect. 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:47.640 What does respect me, respect the game, Respect your teammates, 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:52.800 respect the opponent, respect me, respect your professors, just the whole. 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:56.320 It used to be love, yeah, but now it's just respect. Yeah, 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:57.280 same thing, yep. 0:15:58.000 --> 0:15:59.680 And enthusiasm. 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:02.640 Just get out there and have fun, you know's Yeah, 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:05.800 there's enough dark moments in this game. Yeah, right about 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.480 that that we don't need to create them ourselves. 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:08.880 Yeah. 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:10.480 So go out there and have fun. It's the same 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:11.960 game you were playing when you were a little kid, 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:14.200 the same game I played at second grade all the 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:16.920 way up to thirty. It's just that the venue changed 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:19.080 around it. But it was the same field. Yeah, you know, 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:20.320 So never lose touch of that. 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:24.680 And so to all the recruits out there, to all 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:29.080 the families right that are thinking about, oh, should I 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:32.560 should I send my baby all the way across this country? 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:36.040 Should we go down down the street? OK? 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:40.240 Can you tell the people why you see la and 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:42.800 why this is going to be a great place for 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:46.360 not only them to play football, but for them to 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:46.920 be people. 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:52.240 UCLA is a place where we're building men. We just 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:54.400 make sure that we put our guys in situations to 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:57.400 be successful on and off the field. There's more to 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:00.280 life than ball. Like I always tell my play all 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:03.040 the time, Jerry Rice played twenty years of football. You'll 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:06.720 be lucky to play twenty years. Yeah, and he's gonna 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:08.359 be a regular person way longer than he was a 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:12.679 football player. So that life after football component aspects is 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:15.240 huge here. That's why his books and ball. And you 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:17.200 give me an opportunity to coach your son, I guarantee 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:20.000 how I'll build a great man for you. 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:26.480 And so you you have your own sons. And I've 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:30.960 experienced this as a dad, which is I'm like, and 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:35.160 I've talked to other former professional athletes He's like, kid, 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:36.000 will you listen? 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:37.440 Dude? 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:42.280 Does the Sean Foster head coach even have to talk 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:44.879 to his kids and be like, why are you so hardheaded? 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:48.480 Every now and then it's still that Yeah, you know, 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:51.560 So it's a it's a it's a weird component in there. 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.920 But I think now it's coming back because he's getting 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:55.600 into high school. 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:58.200 See that's the way my older son is like, is. 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:00.760 Seeing the value in Yes. So now it's a little 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:03.800 bit more listening. But yes, I was experiencing that. Yes, Yes, 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:06.800 it's the truth. Yeah. 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:09.600 And before we get you out of here, so we 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:13.880 play a game called reister or wrong, and I'm gonna 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:17.399 I'm gonna give you a statement and then you tell me, 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:19.280 am I reister or am I wrong? 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:21.760 You can elaborate if you want. Am I reister? Or 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:22.440 am I wrong? 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:28.199 The worst thing to ever happen to UCLA football was 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:30.240 Hurricane George? 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:35.000 Oh you reister? Was that was that ninety eight? When 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:35.520 we went out there? 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:38.960 Yes, Yes, that was the Miami where the game got 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:41.480 pushed back from September to December. 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:45.720 And oh first year of BCS, Yes, headed to the 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:47.360 natty had to play the game. 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:48.840 Well, didn't have. 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:51.080 To play the game, but we thought to be BCS 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.520 would yeah, because we didn't know. Yeah, because the first 0:18:53.560 --> 0:18:55.920 year we thought the BCS might knock us out. Had 0:18:56.160 --> 0:18:57.560 had to go out and play the game. We should 0:18:57.600 --> 0:18:59.400 have left earlier in that year and just played them 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:02.040 September anyway, because the hurricane didn't hit. 0:19:02.040 --> 0:19:02.920 It didn't even hit. 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:06.320 Yep, they didn't hit. Those people across the state, across 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:10.040 the street played Florida State, I believe that same week 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:12.440