1 00:00:04,364 --> 00:00:07,244 Speaker 1: Ten Takes is a production of the NFL in partnership 2 00:00:07,284 --> 00:00:19,444 Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:23,964 --> 00:00:25,884 Speaker 2: I would love to zag here for a sake of discussion. 4 00:00:25,924 --> 00:00:29,164 Speaker 2: I will not eighty plus catches this year eight touchdowns. 5 00:00:29,564 --> 00:00:32,004 Speaker 3: He will put up numbers. The quarterback is too good. 6 00:00:32,404 --> 00:00:34,924 Speaker 2: The coach who now runs the team in his image 7 00:00:35,004 --> 00:00:37,284 Speaker 2: goes and gets his favorite receiver, brings me it will work. 8 00:00:37,284 --> 00:00:39,084 Speaker 3: I may be modest with ady and eight, but. 9 00:00:39,044 --> 00:00:40,804 Speaker 2: I think there is an interesting thing with DJ Moore. 10 00:00:41,004 --> 00:00:42,564 Speaker 2: I think if you were a Bills fan who has 11 00:00:42,604 --> 00:00:44,604 Speaker 2: been watching him from a distance and you're trying to 12 00:00:44,604 --> 00:00:47,284 Speaker 2: figure out exactly how excited you should get about DJ Moore, 13 00:00:47,484 --> 00:00:50,484 Speaker 2: there's this tainting of his reputation because, let's be honest, 14 00:00:50,724 --> 00:00:52,884 Speaker 2: the ending of that Rams game was very strange, and 15 00:00:53,164 --> 00:00:56,484 Speaker 2: it's been talked about at nauseum. The last interception by Kleb. 16 00:00:56,644 --> 00:00:58,884 Speaker 2: People wanted to blame him on DJ Moore. He stopped 17 00:00:58,924 --> 00:01:01,164 Speaker 2: running the route, he tuned out all this and really 18 00:01:01,244 --> 00:01:03,924 Speaker 2: Dj morele His only explanation that I saw was that 19 00:01:03,964 --> 00:01:06,684 Speaker 2: it was a quote miscommunication. Here's what I would urge 20 00:01:06,764 --> 00:01:08,644 Speaker 2: Bills fans to do, and I would urge fans if 21 00:01:08,644 --> 00:01:10,684 Speaker 2: you're trying to figure out what this guy's all about 22 00:01:10,764 --> 00:01:13,604 Speaker 2: or how he's thought of. Look at Bears fans online 23 00:01:13,644 --> 00:01:15,964 Speaker 2: and look at real Bears fans who followed the team 24 00:01:16,004 --> 00:01:18,524 Speaker 2: for years and day in, day out, every single snap, 25 00:01:18,684 --> 00:01:20,724 Speaker 2: and they will tell you DJ Moore was fantastic. He 26 00:01:20,804 --> 00:01:23,484 Speaker 2: was a fantastic player with some good Bears teams, with 27 00:01:23,524 --> 00:01:26,324 Speaker 2: one good Bears team, with some terrible Bears teams. Remember 28 00:01:26,444 --> 00:01:29,084 Speaker 2: twenty twenty four, they lost ten games in a row 29 00:01:29,524 --> 00:01:32,884 Speaker 2: and DJ Moore was out there running routes, not giving up. Now, listen, 30 00:01:33,084 --> 00:01:34,884 Speaker 2: I think the last play against the Rams was very 31 00:01:34,884 --> 00:01:37,244 Speaker 2: strange too, but I do think it was an outlier. 32 00:01:37,524 --> 00:01:39,284 Speaker 2: I don't think that is what he is all about. 33 00:01:39,564 --> 00:01:42,284 Speaker 2: Not to mention, Not to mention, this is a Walters 34 00:01:42,324 --> 00:01:44,764 Speaker 2: Bright Man of the Year finalist nominee. Like he is 35 00:01:44,804 --> 00:01:46,724 Speaker 2: a great dude who has loved in the locker room, 36 00:01:46,724 --> 00:01:48,844 Speaker 2: in the community. And never mind all that because that's 37 00:01:48,844 --> 00:01:50,204 Speaker 2: not going to win Super Bowls and that's not what 38 00:01:50,244 --> 00:01:51,884 Speaker 2: you're interested in. I'm just throwing it in there as 39 00:01:51,924 --> 00:01:54,764 Speaker 2: a little garnish, but he is a fantastic player. 40 00:01:55,324 --> 00:01:56,404 Speaker 3: Don't worry about you. 41 00:01:56,324 --> 00:01:58,164 Speaker 2: Know what, If you worry about what happened at the 42 00:01:58,244 --> 00:02:00,324 Speaker 2: end of the game. Look up what he did against 43 00:02:00,364 --> 00:02:02,044 Speaker 2: the end of the Packers game when he made the 44 00:02:02,044 --> 00:02:04,164 Speaker 2: biggest play in Bears history at least the last twenty 45 00:02:04,164 --> 00:02:07,564 Speaker 2: five years. It's incredible, incredible what he did. I'm not 46 00:02:07,604 --> 00:02:09,084 Speaker 2: getting too caught up at what happened in to the 47 00:02:09,124 --> 00:02:10,924 Speaker 2: Rams game. I do think it was strange, but I 48 00:02:10,924 --> 00:02:11,684 Speaker 2: don't think it's. 49 00:02:11,484 --> 00:02:12,124 Speaker 3: What he's all about. 50 00:02:12,164 --> 00:02:14,444 Speaker 2: You should be very excited about this receiver because it's 51 00:02:14,444 --> 00:02:17,564 Speaker 2: the best one you've had in years. The Raiders may 52 00:02:17,684 --> 00:02:20,844 Speaker 2: choose to believe in the fairy tale and you mentioned, 53 00:02:20,884 --> 00:02:22,084 Speaker 2: you know they're not going to be in the AFC 54 00:02:22,204 --> 00:02:24,524 Speaker 2: title game the next three years. We're in a time 55 00:02:24,604 --> 00:02:26,764 Speaker 2: now where crazy stuff is happening. We just saw the 56 00:02:26,884 --> 00:02:29,124 Speaker 2: Patriots get to the super Bowl. They had this young 57 00:02:29,204 --> 00:02:32,004 Speaker 2: quarterback and this good coach and they just got there. 58 00:02:32,004 --> 00:02:34,284 Speaker 3: And we've seen it. We've seen the Bengals do. We've 59 00:02:34,324 --> 00:02:37,164 Speaker 3: seen teams that like Bam quarterback and we're there. 60 00:02:37,484 --> 00:02:39,724 Speaker 2: They believe in that, I think, and I'm starting to 61 00:02:39,764 --> 00:02:41,164 Speaker 2: think like they want him. 62 00:02:41,124 --> 00:02:44,204 Speaker 3: To be a Raider. It's the rare pass rusher who 63 00:02:44,244 --> 00:02:45,684 Speaker 3: is the face of the team. You just don't see 64 00:02:45,724 --> 00:02:46,004 Speaker 3: that much. 65 00:02:46,004 --> 00:02:48,044 Speaker 2: What I don't like as a fan, we're in this 66 00:02:48,124 --> 00:02:50,924 Speaker 2: bizarre time right now. We're by far right now, their 67 00:02:50,924 --> 00:02:52,524 Speaker 2: two best pass rushers in the league are and two 68 00:02:52,524 --> 00:02:54,804 Speaker 2: of the worst teams. It's like Garrett's and Cleveland. It 69 00:02:54,844 --> 00:02:57,004 Speaker 2: doesn't matter. Crosby's into the Raiders. 70 00:02:57,364 --> 00:02:58,364 Speaker 3: They never matter. 71 00:02:58,884 --> 00:03:00,444 Speaker 2: So as a fan, of course, i'd like to see 72 00:03:00,484 --> 00:03:03,244 Speaker 2: him running around in meaningful primetime games. But I also 73 00:03:03,324 --> 00:03:07,964 Speaker 2: believe this draft picks are scratch offs. They're nonsense. They're 74 00:03:08,004 --> 00:03:10,484 Speaker 2: picks he dust. You think you trust the Raiders with 75 00:03:10,524 --> 00:03:13,684 Speaker 2: those draft picks, you really think they're gonna nail those picks. 76 00:03:13,924 --> 00:03:17,004 Speaker 2: They've made some good picks lately, Okay, but like you 77 00:03:17,164 --> 00:03:19,044 Speaker 2: trade cross me, you got a bunch of picks, the 78 00:03:19,084 --> 00:03:21,924 Speaker 2: picks I'll suck or there are middling players. They're like, well, 79 00:03:21,924 --> 00:03:24,444 Speaker 2: at least we have those draft picks. I just always 80 00:03:24,484 --> 00:03:26,004 Speaker 2: believe in a bird in the hand. When you have 81 00:03:26,004 --> 00:03:28,364 Speaker 2: a player that good and he's not thirty one, he's 82 00:03:28,404 --> 00:03:30,364 Speaker 2: twenty eight. I think he's got a couple of seasons 83 00:03:30,444 --> 00:03:32,524 Speaker 2: left of his prime. I've kind of bad gone back 84 00:03:32,524 --> 00:03:34,124 Speaker 2: and forth in this, but I listened to you talk, Willy. 85 00:03:34,164 --> 00:03:35,804 Speaker 2: I'm like, who says they're not going to be in 86 00:03:35,804 --> 00:03:37,524 Speaker 2: the title game the next year if they get Mendoza, 87 00:03:37,524 --> 00:03:40,804 Speaker 2: and he's just great. Dj Moore was a very good 88 00:03:40,844 --> 00:03:45,244 Speaker 2: Bear in a very cool time, and he ushered Caleb 89 00:03:45,524 --> 00:03:49,004 Speaker 2: from infancy to adolescence and that was a very important role. 90 00:03:49,044 --> 00:03:51,284 Speaker 2: And I respect Dj Moore. I really like him. Here's 91 00:03:51,324 --> 00:03:53,404 Speaker 2: what you gotta think about, Seth and I usher I 92 00:03:53,444 --> 00:03:56,444 Speaker 2: would encourage any other Bear fan to think this exact 93 00:03:56,484 --> 00:03:56,924 Speaker 2: same way. 94 00:03:57,324 --> 00:04:01,044 Speaker 3: Trust in Ben Johnson. You just roll with Ben Johnson. 95 00:04:01,204 --> 00:04:03,684 Speaker 2: He's calling the shots and it's Ryan Poles, of course, 96 00:04:04,084 --> 00:04:06,004 Speaker 2: but trust Ben Johnson. 97 00:04:06,484 --> 00:04:07,804 Speaker 3: Everything he's doing is working. 98 00:04:08,204 --> 00:04:11,284 Speaker 2: And I know a lot of you last spring when 99 00:04:11,324 --> 00:04:12,804 Speaker 2: you didn't have the trust in him yet. 100 00:04:12,804 --> 00:04:15,284 Speaker 3: And we go to the draft and Ben. 101 00:04:15,204 --> 00:04:17,964 Speaker 2: Johnson drafts this tight end Coaston Lovelin, and all these 102 00:04:18,004 --> 00:04:18,804 Speaker 2: Bears fans are. 103 00:04:18,684 --> 00:04:20,724 Speaker 3: Screaming and crying. Well, I was supposed to be Tyler Warren. 104 00:04:20,804 --> 00:04:23,244 Speaker 2: My favorite draft analyst told me that Tyler Warren this 105 00:04:23,284 --> 00:04:25,644 Speaker 2: and this mock draft said this. Ben Johnson gives a 106 00:04:25,764 --> 00:04:28,204 Speaker 2: name of a damn about your dumb mock drafts. He said, 107 00:04:28,324 --> 00:04:31,804 Speaker 2: I want Loveland. Did you like Coaston Loveland. 108 00:04:31,444 --> 00:04:32,404 Speaker 3: Last year on the field? 109 00:04:32,644 --> 00:04:34,764 Speaker 2: Do you think he has an impressive look in future. 110 00:04:34,804 --> 00:04:36,324 Speaker 3: Do you think maybe you got that pick right? 111 00:04:36,644 --> 00:04:40,324 Speaker 2: Yes, he did, so I would encourage you to remind 112 00:04:40,364 --> 00:04:43,444 Speaker 2: yourself that wild man right there, This ain't over. 113 00:04:43,764 --> 00:04:45,484 Speaker 3: There's a storm coming, mister Wayne. 114 00:04:45,764 --> 00:04:47,884 Speaker 2: When they're starting to get this cap space and they're 115 00:04:47,884 --> 00:04:50,444 Speaker 2: getting rid of this player and this linebacker and this receiver, 116 00:04:50,684 --> 00:04:53,164 Speaker 2: you think they're done, There's more stuff coming. 117 00:04:53,524 --> 00:04:55,404 Speaker 3: Is it the bell of the ball, Crosby? I don't know. 118 00:04:55,764 --> 00:04:57,044 Speaker 2: The one thing I know for sure is that Ben 119 00:04:57,124 --> 00:04:58,724 Speaker 2: Johnson is not going to sit there in his hands 120 00:04:58,764 --> 00:05:01,644 Speaker 2: and just have a whole home offseason and draft. Anything 121 00:05:01,724 --> 00:05:04,084 Speaker 2: Ben Johnson decides to do with this team, I'm in 122 00:05:04,124 --> 00:05:07,884 Speaker 2: so he has earned that credibility, he has earned that respect. 123 00:05:08,164 --> 00:05:10,764 Speaker 3: Anything, Seth. If Ben Johnson announce us. 124 00:05:10,684 --> 00:05:13,324 Speaker 2: Today we're gonna cut Caleb Williams, I'm gonna be like, wow, coach, 125 00:05:13,364 --> 00:05:13,884 Speaker 2: that's the nuts. 126 00:05:13,884 --> 00:05:16,604 Speaker 3: But I'm with you. Whatever you want to do, I 127 00:05:16,764 --> 00:05:17,404 Speaker 3: trust you. 128 00:05:17,724 --> 00:05:19,924 Speaker 2: As long as Ben Johnson doesn't announced that he's gonna 129 00:05:19,924 --> 00:05:22,164 Speaker 2: resign as head coach, because I don't want that any 130 00:05:22,244 --> 00:05:25,884 Speaker 2: other thing. You have my proxy, you have my trust. 131 00:05:26,124 --> 00:05:28,964 Speaker 2: It's Ben Johnson's world, Seth. Just follow this man. He's 132 00:05:29,004 --> 00:05:31,564 Speaker 2: brought you a division title, and year one he knocked 133 00:05:31,564 --> 00:05:34,404 Speaker 2: the Packers out of the playoff. Anything he wants to do, 134 00:05:34,564 --> 00:05:36,884 Speaker 2: I'm okay with. There's only two things that I don't 135 00:05:36,884 --> 00:05:39,404 Speaker 2: want to hear from Ben Johnson. One, I am resigning 136 00:05:39,404 --> 00:05:42,164 Speaker 2: as head coach to Cargo Bears. Two we are moving 137 00:05:42,164 --> 00:05:44,084 Speaker 2: the team to Indiana. Those are the only things I 138 00:05:44,124 --> 00:05:44,684 Speaker 2: don't want. 139 00:05:44,564 --> 00:05:47,044 Speaker 3: To hear, and I'm against anything else he does. 140 00:05:48,244 --> 00:05:51,364 Speaker 2: He lost to lou Holtz this week a legends in 141 00:05:51,444 --> 00:05:54,924 Speaker 2: football college football, almost primarily. But one thing we did 142 00:05:54,924 --> 00:05:56,884 Speaker 2: not talk about yesterday when I was talking about how 143 00:05:56,924 --> 00:05:59,164 Speaker 2: much I appreciated and missed and love lou Holtz's time 144 00:05:59,164 --> 00:06:02,244 Speaker 2: at Notre Dame, well this is an NFL show, and 145 00:06:02,284 --> 00:06:04,764 Speaker 2: we didn't talk about how he was the coach of 146 00:06:04,804 --> 00:06:09,684 Speaker 2: the New York Jets. And it was really, really, really unusual. 147 00:06:09,724 --> 00:06:12,004 Speaker 2: Let me take you back to the seventies. Lou Holts 148 00:06:12,004 --> 00:06:13,644 Speaker 2: had been the head coach at DNC State, he being 149 00:06:13,644 --> 00:06:16,484 Speaker 2: in William and Mary had been all over as an assistant, and. 150 00:06:16,484 --> 00:06:17,564 Speaker 3: He got the Jets job. 151 00:06:18,164 --> 00:06:20,244 Speaker 2: And years and years later he sat down the Sieve 152 00:06:20,324 --> 00:06:23,324 Speaker 2: stable and lou Holtz said about getting the Jets job, 153 00:06:23,484 --> 00:06:25,044 Speaker 2: quote the New York Jets. 154 00:06:25,444 --> 00:06:28,124 Speaker 3: There aren't many jobs better than that. There you have it, 155 00:06:28,124 --> 00:06:28,884 Speaker 3: Aaron Glenn and. 156 00:06:28,844 --> 00:06:31,924 Speaker 2: Here is a look as he's taking the job, talking 157 00:06:31,964 --> 00:06:34,604 Speaker 2: about how excited he is. This was lou Holtz back 158 00:06:34,604 --> 00:06:36,684 Speaker 2: in the mid seventies. Get ready for this image and 159 00:06:36,724 --> 00:06:37,924 Speaker 2: this haircut. It's incredible. 160 00:06:38,204 --> 00:06:40,444 Speaker 4: I came to the New York Jets primarily because I'm 161 00:06:40,484 --> 00:06:43,084 Speaker 4: an individual really enjoys a challenge, and I felt that 162 00:06:43,084 --> 00:06:45,284 Speaker 4: the New York Jets certainly had one. I think that 163 00:06:45,404 --> 00:06:49,364 Speaker 4: everybody wants to win. The question is how bad do 164 00:06:49,444 --> 00:06:53,004 Speaker 4: they want to win. I just believe that you got 165 00:06:53,004 --> 00:06:55,924 Speaker 4: to do certain things, and I can't not stand to 166 00:06:56,004 --> 00:06:57,964 Speaker 4: be a failure in just about anything I do. And 167 00:06:58,204 --> 00:07:01,164 Speaker 4: I don't classify myself as a great coach, a great teacher, 168 00:07:01,244 --> 00:07:04,524 Speaker 4: a great motivator. But I do pride myself from the 169 00:07:04,564 --> 00:07:07,244 Speaker 4: fact of being able to pick people without standing character 170 00:07:07,644 --> 00:07:09,684 Speaker 4: that have the same goals and objectives that I have. 171 00:07:10,604 --> 00:07:11,044 Speaker 3: Let's go. 172 00:07:11,244 --> 00:07:13,804 Speaker 2: Lou Holtz would admit to Steve Sable that he had 173 00:07:13,804 --> 00:07:17,404 Speaker 2: never watched an NFL game before his first preseason game 174 00:07:17,404 --> 00:07:17,884 Speaker 2: with the Jets. 175 00:07:17,924 --> 00:07:19,564 Speaker 3: I hope he was joking, but I think he maybe 176 00:07:19,644 --> 00:07:19,844 Speaker 3: was not. 177 00:07:20,924 --> 00:07:22,924 Speaker 2: He also said that when he was hired, he thought 178 00:07:22,964 --> 00:07:26,084 Speaker 2: that he would bring his vere option offense because he 179 00:07:26,084 --> 00:07:28,004 Speaker 2: thought it could succeed in the NFL. That involves a 180 00:07:28,004 --> 00:07:29,444 Speaker 2: lot of running by the quarterback. 181 00:07:29,884 --> 00:07:30,804 Speaker 3: Well, his quarterback was. 182 00:07:30,804 --> 00:07:33,564 Speaker 2: Joe Namath, who was thirty three years old and plagued 183 00:07:33,604 --> 00:07:37,404 Speaker 2: with awful knee injuries in the years prior. Lou Holtz 184 00:07:37,484 --> 00:07:40,964 Speaker 2: abandoned his Viera offense in the preseason. 185 00:07:40,484 --> 00:07:43,084 Speaker 3: Which is the whole thing he brought to run with 186 00:07:43,204 --> 00:07:43,844 Speaker 3: Joe Namath. 187 00:07:44,204 --> 00:07:46,164 Speaker 2: On Holtz's first day in the job, he came into 188 00:07:46,164 --> 00:07:48,564 Speaker 2: the office and asked the secretary for Joe NAMA's phone number. 189 00:07:48,564 --> 00:07:50,084 Speaker 3: I want to get in touch with the star quarterback. 190 00:07:50,604 --> 00:07:53,764 Speaker 2: About an hour later, after asking again, he was told, quote, 191 00:07:53,964 --> 00:07:57,524 Speaker 2: nobody has Joe's number except his agent. Joe doesn't want 192 00:07:57,564 --> 00:08:00,644 Speaker 2: to talk to anybody here. Holtz proceeded to call name 193 00:08:00,764 --> 00:08:03,524 Speaker 2: his agent and was told that he couldn't give coach 194 00:08:03,604 --> 00:08:06,844 Speaker 2: names number, but he would tell Namath to call and 195 00:08:06,964 --> 00:08:09,484 Speaker 2: maybe he would call coach Holtz back. This is not 196 00:08:09,564 --> 00:08:13,844 Speaker 2: a great beginning. It gets worse. Lou Holtz told NFL 197 00:08:13,884 --> 00:08:16,644 Speaker 2: Films before his first preseason that quote, I'm looking forward 198 00:08:16,684 --> 00:08:18,364 Speaker 2: to spending the rest of my life with the New 199 00:08:18,444 --> 00:08:22,084 Speaker 2: York Jets. But after just three preseason games, lou Holtz 200 00:08:22,124 --> 00:08:24,884 Speaker 2: told the New York Times, if I knew the NFL 201 00:08:25,044 --> 00:08:27,324 Speaker 2: was this tough, I would have never taken the job. 202 00:08:27,564 --> 00:08:30,684 Speaker 2: This is before the regular season. Keep staying with me here. 203 00:08:31,284 --> 00:08:36,124 Speaker 2: At an early season practice, lou Holtz remarked, we're making progress. 204 00:08:36,644 --> 00:08:38,844 Speaker 2: Now we can break out of the huddle without anybody 205 00:08:38,844 --> 00:08:42,404 Speaker 2: getting killed in the confusion. He also said about the offense, 206 00:08:43,204 --> 00:08:45,244 Speaker 2: I know we're going to move the ball this season. 207 00:08:45,724 --> 00:08:48,404 Speaker 2: I just hope to God it's forward. You gotta admit 208 00:08:48,444 --> 00:08:51,684 Speaker 2: that's a great quote. It's a fantastic quote. And lou 209 00:08:51,764 --> 00:08:56,764 Speaker 2: Holtz was trying anything and everything, including magic. 210 00:08:56,404 --> 00:09:00,404 Speaker 3: Tricks, to get the Jets going. Watch this. You can 211 00:09:00,444 --> 00:09:01,964 Speaker 3: rub this dime in New York. 212 00:09:02,324 --> 00:09:05,084 Speaker 4: If you can get it, just if you get it 213 00:09:05,284 --> 00:09:06,364 Speaker 4: just the right way. 214 00:09:06,484 --> 00:09:09,444 Speaker 3: You can actually rub it into your arm so that 215 00:09:09,444 --> 00:09:10,284 Speaker 3: it will disappear. 216 00:09:10,764 --> 00:09:13,604 Speaker 4: I'm not a magician or a miracle worker, but one 217 00:09:13,644 --> 00:09:16,444 Speaker 4: thing I've never been able to understand about professional football 218 00:09:16,964 --> 00:09:19,124 Speaker 4: is how a team is losing just keeps trying to 219 00:09:19,164 --> 00:09:21,684 Speaker 4: do the same thing time after time. Because perhaps the 220 00:09:21,764 --> 00:09:24,804 Speaker 4: Dallas Cowboys or the Miami Dolphins or the Pittsburgh Staters 221 00:09:24,804 --> 00:09:25,244 Speaker 4: are doing it. 222 00:09:26,564 --> 00:09:28,244 Speaker 3: I still don't know where that dime wents. It's an 223 00:09:28,284 --> 00:09:29,804 Speaker 3: amazing magic trick, but he. 224 00:09:29,804 --> 00:09:31,884 Speaker 2: Couldn't pull in with the Jets because what you're seeing 225 00:09:31,924 --> 00:09:35,324 Speaker 2: there is Holts alternated the quarterbacks between the legend Broadway 226 00:09:35,404 --> 00:09:38,164 Speaker 2: Joe and first round Rooie Richard Todd, who was supposed 227 00:09:38,204 --> 00:09:41,004 Speaker 2: to take over for Namath. They both struggled terribly, and 228 00:09:41,044 --> 00:09:43,764 Speaker 2: at one point Lou Holtz criticized their arm strength, saying, 229 00:09:44,124 --> 00:09:45,844 Speaker 2: you can't be a quarterback in this league if you 230 00:09:45,884 --> 00:09:48,244 Speaker 2: can't throw the ball in the third row of the stands. 231 00:09:48,564 --> 00:09:50,604 Speaker 2: It was really bad and low. Hooltz tried to keep 232 00:09:50,604 --> 00:09:53,644 Speaker 2: it loose with quotes and literal magic tricks. At some 233 00:09:53,724 --> 00:09:56,324 Speaker 2: point during the season listen to this, Lou Holtz could 234 00:09:56,324 --> 00:09:58,484 Speaker 2: not find Joe Namath and he wanted to talk about 235 00:09:58,524 --> 00:10:02,124 Speaker 2: the team, so he went to Joe Namath's club man 236 00:10:02,164 --> 00:10:06,044 Speaker 2: owned a nightclub, Willie for Joe to arrive, which didn't 237 00:10:06,124 --> 00:10:09,564 Speaker 2: end up till being until one in the morning. Namath 238 00:10:09,684 --> 00:10:13,604 Speaker 2: then saw his head coach in line behind the rope 239 00:10:13,684 --> 00:10:17,404 Speaker 2: and said, coach, come on inside. But if you come in, coach, 240 00:10:17,684 --> 00:10:22,124 Speaker 2: we're not talking football. We're not talking Jets. Lou Holtz said, no, 241 00:10:22,284 --> 00:10:23,844 Speaker 2: that I'm not coming in, and he went home. 242 00:10:24,084 --> 00:10:24,884 Speaker 3: This is a real story. 243 00:10:25,324 --> 00:10:28,604 Speaker 2: Then they lose to former Jet John Riggins in Washington 244 00:10:28,644 --> 00:10:29,764 Speaker 2: Week thirteen. 245 00:10:30,084 --> 00:10:32,684 Speaker 3: Holtz resigns. He says, that's it. I'm done. 246 00:10:32,724 --> 00:10:34,484 Speaker 2: They did win three games, they were three to ten, 247 00:10:34,844 --> 00:10:37,604 Speaker 2: but every loss had come from double digits. He can't 248 00:10:37,644 --> 00:10:39,124 Speaker 2: get into his quarterbacks club. 249 00:10:39,444 --> 00:10:41,124 Speaker 3: He says, you can come in. We're not talking about football. 250 00:10:41,124 --> 00:10:43,804 Speaker 3: He leaves. He resigns after thirteen games. 251 00:10:44,244 --> 00:10:46,724 Speaker 2: At his press conference announcing his decision to step down, 252 00:10:46,804 --> 00:10:49,524 Speaker 2: Lou Holtz said quote, I'd give the Jets my heart, 253 00:10:49,844 --> 00:10:52,204 Speaker 2: but I couldn't give them my soul. I'd cut off 254 00:10:52,244 --> 00:10:54,604 Speaker 2: my right arm for them, but my soul just isn't 255 00:10:54,644 --> 00:10:55,924 Speaker 2: in professional football. 256 00:10:56,244 --> 00:10:58,844 Speaker 3: Lou Holtz isn't cut out for professional football. 257 00:10:59,124 --> 00:11:01,284 Speaker 2: There are twenty five million people in this area and 258 00:11:01,364 --> 00:11:04,244 Speaker 2: right now they're probably wondering, what in the world is 259 00:11:04,404 --> 00:11:08,964 Speaker 2: the matter with this insane man. Guys, he leaves the Jets, 260 00:11:09,364 --> 00:11:12,804 Speaker 2: he finds his way back to Arkansas, Minnesota, Notre Dame, 261 00:11:12,884 --> 00:11:16,084 Speaker 2: South Carolina. But in this era, and we have seen 262 00:11:16,604 --> 00:11:21,644 Speaker 2: Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, Steve Spurrier, Lou Holtz was one 263 00:11:21,644 --> 00:11:23,724 Speaker 2: of those guys who was put on this planet to 264 00:11:23,884 --> 00:11:25,924 Speaker 2: coach college football. 265 00:11:26,484 --> 00:11:29,244 Speaker 3: College football. I say this with all due respect. 266 00:11:29,604 --> 00:11:32,444 Speaker 2: This Jets here was a disaster, but he was self 267 00:11:32,444 --> 00:11:35,084 Speaker 2: aware enough after just thirteen games to say, I'm not 268 00:11:35,124 --> 00:11:36,724 Speaker 2: going to do this to you guys any longer. I'm 269 00:11:36,764 --> 00:11:39,364 Speaker 2: out of here, and I really respect that. In all 270 00:11:39,404 --> 00:11:41,884 Speaker 2: his glory and all his suffering here with the Jets, 271 00:11:42,124 --> 00:11:45,404 Speaker 2: I really still miss Lou Holtz and I respect everything 272 00:11:45,484 --> 00:11:45,764 Speaker 2: he did. 273 00:11:45,804 --> 00:11:47,684 Speaker 3: May he rest in peace. Lou Holtz. 274 00:11:54,604 --> 00:11:57,444 Speaker 1: Ten Takes is a production of the NFL in partnership 275 00:11:57,484 --> 00:12:02,604 Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio. For more iHeartRadio pods, go to the iHeartRadio app, 276 00:12:03,044 --> 00:12:05,964 Speaker 1: go to Apple, go anywhere you like, it'll be there.