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Speaker 1: There's a plenty to handle, you know, in the building,

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Speaker 1: And so I'm just trying to, you know, do my

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Speaker 1: been great. But the most important thing that's happened to

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Speaker 2: Daughter was born and that's taken up a lot of

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Speaker 1: So that's been a blessing. So me and Cali have

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Speaker 1: day in day out as a staff and for me

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Speaker 1: improve every day just like we always have.

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Speaker 3: Obviously, the word awkward has been brought up. Your brother's gone,

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Speaker 3: your dad's gone, You decide to stay. What sort of

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Speaker 3: went into the decision to remain on the pictures staff

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Speaker 3: when the rest of the family.

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Speaker 1: Lest I enjoy very much coaching here, living here, working

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Speaker 1: with our players every day. You know, I have the

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Speaker 1: opportunity to coach a position in the National Football League.

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Speaker 1: I mean, how much more can you ask for than that?

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Speaker 1: So it's been awesome. Like I said, we just had

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Speaker 2: I think everyone's doing the same.

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Speaker 1: Thing in the building, and so it's I'm not any

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Speaker 2: It's it's been great. I would you characterized decision. Was

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Speaker 1: I was thankful and happy to get the opportunity to

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Speaker 1: you know, I have a lot of a lot of

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Speaker 1: gratitude in my life right now for but my daughter,

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Speaker 1: my job, you know, being here, living in this area.

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Speaker 1: I love it and I just hope I can contribute

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Speaker 3: You talk about before making the final decision.

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Speaker 1: I I mean, yeah, I talked to him. You know,

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Speaker 2: Was, right month or weeks. Thanks.

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Speaker 1: Tom obviously got a different sideline men or than your dad.

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Speaker 3: Is it different to be in this building, in that

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Speaker 1: And I know you're probably not gonna get into.

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Speaker 3: The frozen concoch just throwed out there.

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Speaker 2: We're of the frozen cons of these approaches.

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Speaker 3: And that kind of a.

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Speaker 1: I have to spend a lot of time just worrying

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Speaker 1: about getting myself right. So as far as an evaluation

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Speaker 1: that to you guys. And I think, you know, we

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Speaker 2: And so we're all, you know, trying to.

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Speaker 1: Live up to a very high expectation that obviously was

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Speaker 2: So I don't think it's any type a thing about

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Speaker 1: I did have a severe knee injury last year, which

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Speaker 2: So I have a lot of a lot of gratitude.

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Speaker 1: Imagine you still be on your dad of a bunch

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Speaker 1: for advice for actives, for problems, Solvay. I've talked to him,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, just normal stuff. How do you how do you

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Speaker 1: You guys worked together for so long, but you know,

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Speaker 1: when it comes to your relationship type nobody, you sort

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Speaker 1: of balance them, you know, bring work to home and

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Speaker 2: Be a normal family ers.

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Speaker 2: But in a way, I think it was good for us.

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Speaker 1: To have some separation from being in a football building

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Speaker 2: By football, not that it was that way before, but

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Speaker 1: Not in the same place every day where there's, like

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Speaker 1: I said, there's a lot to talk about football live.

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Speaker 1: So it was hard enough to get caught up in

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Speaker 2: The grand kids, Yeah, exactly. Any thoughts about his TV work,

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Speaker 1: Analysts again, I'll let you guys comment on that, but I.

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Speaker 2: Have found uh, I have found it entertaining.

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Speaker 3: What what excites you about safety group?

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Speaker 1: I'm really excited about safety. Group, got all guys back,

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Speaker 1: bring that fresh energy of you know, asking questions about

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Speaker 2: We have a rookie, we have a veteran who's played

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Speaker 1: They bring you know, good, good energy to a group

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Speaker 1: that's already done awesome, you know, coming out here every day, competing,

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Speaker 2: So looking forward to seeing how it goes. Thanks, thank you,

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