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Speaker 3: You go through, and you go through them together, and

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Speaker 1: You know, the classical sense of taking over a program

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Speaker 3: Yeah, those experiences are what's shaping who we are and

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Speaker 4: Everything that's happened since.

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Speaker 3: But we're also going to going to continue to make

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Speaker 1: When you're running a program, there's there's an identity you

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Speaker 1: There's an intensity that you ideally want in your building,

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Speaker 4: And our staff does that too.

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Speaker 2: You were missioning your staff there.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think there's pillars that you have in a program.

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Speaker 3: And in the end, it's humility again that brings us

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Speaker 3: Man, you are right in line with how I think,

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Speaker 3: You know, that's a really good question, I think, Fortunately

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Speaker 3: But I also think you know that there's again, if

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Speaker 1: Do you ever see guys I'm not asking do you

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Speaker 3: players or guys who were GA's or you know, just

441
00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,680
Speaker 3: entry level roles and you know that might have been ten, fifteen,

442
00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,320
Speaker 3: twenty years ago, and now all of a sudden, they're

443
00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:12,600
Speaker 3: coordinating or they're head coach, their head coach, or you know,

444
00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,639
Speaker 3: they might not even be in coaching, but they're doing

445
00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:18,800
Speaker 3: amazing things as a CEO. And you know, you think

446
00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,399
Speaker 3: of them as that player that was just coming out

447
00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:24,560
Speaker 3: of high school or just really growing and figuring things out,

448
00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,320
Speaker 3: or made mistakes that you just, you know, at the

449
00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:29,360
Speaker 3: moment you were thinking, what the heck's going on here?

450
00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,520
Speaker 3: You know, and you know the best of the best

451
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:36,639
Speaker 3: learned from their mistakes, but they learn from others. And again,

452
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,320
Speaker 3: I'm always going to be in favor of the great person.

453
00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,800
Speaker 3: They got to have some intelligence and IQ depending on

454
00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:44,879
Speaker 3: the role that they're gonna put you're gonna put them in.

455
00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,040
Speaker 3: But find those great people and if they really want

456
00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:50,600
Speaker 3: to do the job, get those great people. Into a

457
00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:55,080
Speaker 3: role supporting you or any part of your program and

458
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,720
Speaker 3: let them go to work and let them do their magic,

459
00:21:57,760 --> 00:21:58,880
Speaker 3: because I think they'll.

460
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Speaker 4: Figure it out.

461
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,840
Speaker 1: You've been here over a year now, over calendar year.

462
00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,320
Speaker 1: You've physically lived in this area, code you've worked at

463
00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,160
Speaker 1: this program. So I know you don't have a huge

464
00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,640
Speaker 1: social life outside of here because there aren't thirty five hours.

465
00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:15,760
Speaker 2: In the day.

466
00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:19,160
Speaker 1: But whatever you can do out of here for fun,

467
00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,320
Speaker 1: how much is your routine sort of settled in and

468
00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,280
Speaker 1: your new norms sort of settled in?

469
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Speaker 3: Yeah, And that's been the best part about just from

470
00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,159
Speaker 3: a social or just my family is now we are

471
00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,440
Speaker 3: settled in. Everyone kind of you know, it's a year

472
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,879
Speaker 3: later and still the same questions, Hey, how you settled in?

473
00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,600
Speaker 3: I hope after a year we've gotten everything at least

474
00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:42,200
Speaker 3: under control a little bit. But you know, my family,

475
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,440
Speaker 3: my wife just you know, she really does a great

476
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,919
Speaker 3: job with our coaching staff, but she also through my

477
00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,320
Speaker 3: youngest daughter, who's a seventh grader, she gets to have

478
00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,960
Speaker 3: a piece of kind of other people in the community

479
00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,040
Speaker 3: too and all that, and so we've really enjoyed living here.

480
00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:02,800
Speaker 3: We've been treated so well and just this this this

481
00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,080
Speaker 3: I don't even want to say city, but this region

482
00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,760
Speaker 3: there's so so much of course that we know of

483
00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,800
Speaker 3: towards Alabama and Alabama football, that people want to do

484
00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,679
Speaker 3: to help accommodate, and just you know, it's been I

485
00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,800
Speaker 3: can't say enough about how much we've been embraced, you know,

486
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:22,280
Speaker 3: locally and looking forward to you know, many years to

487
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:23,840
Speaker 3: come living here in Alabama.

488
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Speaker 1: When I was down here about a month ago, you

489
00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:29,439
Speaker 1: guys have had your spring games and scrimmages and whatnot

490
00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:29,920
Speaker 1: since then.

491
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Speaker 2: To me, I look at you on.

492
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Speaker 1: Paper wide receiver has a chance to be an exceptional room,

493
00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:40,440
Speaker 1: but your defensive back room also looks really really upgraded,

494
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,880
Speaker 1: just like good competition in that room. So I mean,

495
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:45,880
Speaker 1: you're not in your head. I assume you think those

496
00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,680
Speaker 1: are two strengths of your team. But beyond those two

497
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,119
Speaker 1: layer you can talk about those if you want to.

498
00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,000
Speaker 1: But beyond those two layers, what are some of the

499
00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:55,840
Speaker 1: other units areas individual players that you look at and

500
00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:59,080
Speaker 1: you say, this year we're gonna get from him or

501
00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:00,720
Speaker 1: we're gonna get from them, maybe what we liked a

502
00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:01,600
Speaker 1: little bit last year.

503
00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:05,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, So receiver and defensive back, I think JaMarcus Sheppard.

504
00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,960
Speaker 3: With the receiving group, we had some turnover and really

505
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,280
Speaker 3: some guys that we've brought into the program that I

506
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:16,720
Speaker 3: think add to Ryan Williams and Jeremy Bernard, and you know,

507
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:20,159
Speaker 3: it's just really fun seeing the personality of Shep come

508
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,760
Speaker 3: out in that group of really attacking everything the work there.

509
00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:27,119
Speaker 3: I'm excited about the development of that position. And then

510
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,840
Speaker 3: the defensive backs is a year ago where we were

511
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,120
Speaker 3: at and we had names and we brought guys in,

512
00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:36,080
Speaker 3: but they were completely new to this program and in

513
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,159
Speaker 3: many cases completely new to college football coming out of

514
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:43,600
Speaker 3: high school. So you know, we took some lumps, but

515
00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:46,240
Speaker 3: those lumps, I think relative to what people probably thought

516
00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,040
Speaker 3: we were going to take at that position is a

517
00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,720
Speaker 3: tribute to Mo Linquist and what he does with the

518
00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:54,879
Speaker 3: defensive backs there and Kane Wamick as the coordinator. So

519
00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,439
Speaker 3: I'm excited about those two groups, as you mentioned, and

520
00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:01,480
Speaker 3: just how different they are than they were a year ago.

521
00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,320
Speaker 3: I think, you know, at linebacker is just I don't

522
00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,879
Speaker 3: want to say a pleasant surprise, but we weren't expecting

523
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,439
Speaker 3: to have Deontay Lawson, and unfortunately he had an injury,

524
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:14,800
Speaker 3: but he is back and that veteran leadership in that spot,

525
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:18,200
Speaker 3: along with Justin Jefferson coming back, you know, through the

526
00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:20,679
Speaker 3: junior college rule and things like that, allowed him to

527
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,880
Speaker 3: have a year that we weren't expecting. That group all

528
00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,320
Speaker 3: of a sudden went from what we envisioned this year

529
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:31,320
Speaker 3: being probably a little more youthful, some new faces, you know,

530
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,560
Speaker 3: to all of a sudden being a rock solid group

531
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,080
Speaker 3: that we're really counting on to lead the charge.

532
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,439
Speaker 4: And at linebacker, how can you not love that?

533
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:42,040
Speaker 3: So I think the offensive line having four really three

534
00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,560
Speaker 3: to four starters back that are high level guys is

535
00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,120
Speaker 3: really key, and then there's some great competition to fill

536
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:52,679
Speaker 3: in those other two spots, so they, you know, are

537
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,800
Speaker 3: gelling and as an offensive line, you know, that's one

538
00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,240
Speaker 3: of the most critical things is is getting the right

539
00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 3: guys in the right seats, in the right spots, but

540
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:03,119
Speaker 3: also letting them them work. I love the depth that

541
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,720
Speaker 3: we're creating with some young guys coming into the program

542
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,720
Speaker 3: as well that have a great future.

543
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,160
Speaker 4: So the chemistry is there in that group.

544
00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,320
Speaker 3: You know, I'm excited about the offensive line at least

545
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,280
Speaker 3: the growth from where we're going to be a year ago.

546
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Speaker 1: We just all watched Tyler Booker go in the first

547
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,639
Speaker 1: round of the NFL Draft, and anyone who was around

548
00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:25,120
Speaker 1: him or just watched him on TV, just you watched

549
00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:29,240
Speaker 1: basically a maniac. But if you were around him on

550
00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,640
Speaker 1: Tuesday afternoon, you would think, well, I'd let him babysit

551
00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,680
Speaker 1: my daughter, Like he's just that nice and kind and lovable.

552
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,520
Speaker 1: So it's like multiple personality syndrome, but in a great

553
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 1: competitive way. When he leaves, there's talent you've got to replace,

554
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,679
Speaker 1: but there's also a lot of alpha oxygen in the

555
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:47,639
Speaker 1: room that is all of a sudden back there that

556
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,160
Speaker 1: he used to take up. Are you confident you've got

557
00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,639
Speaker 1: guys in your locker room that can fill that void.

558
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,399
Speaker 3: Yeah, you don't just replace Tyler Booker with someone else

559
00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,159
Speaker 3: for all the reasons you just mentioned, production on the field,

560
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:04,480
Speaker 3: personal leadership. But what I really think is happening is

561
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 3: that we had some guys that have that capability of

562
00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,160
Speaker 3: of raising their game as leaders now are getting.

563
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:13,600
Speaker 4: More comfortable at Parker Brerelsford.

564
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:17,720
Speaker 3: You know a Caden Proctor, you know Jade Roberts again

565
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 3: back for another year. But they saw Book and they

566
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:25,639
Speaker 3: aren't gonna be Book because no one can do that

567
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,959
Speaker 3: to like how he is the way he did it,

568
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,560
Speaker 3: but they can do it in their own way, and

569
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:34,399
Speaker 3: more than anything, bring this expectation of high level, you know,

570
00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:37,919
Speaker 3: taking care of your business, but high level offensive line play.

571
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:42,119
Speaker 4: And then the thing about Book is he he.

572
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,359
Speaker 3: He did it across the board, you know, not just

573
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 3: the offense, but the defense, and everyone just really respected

574
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,720
Speaker 3: them that way. It started with the work, and it's

575
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,560
Speaker 3: always about the work. And then I think just really,

576
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,680
Speaker 3: you know, that respect that they had about the work,

577
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 3: you know, for him allowed him to just go off

578
00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,880
Speaker 3: and lead the way he did. And our offensive line,

579
00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,720
Speaker 3: I'm excited about some of those guys in those roles

580
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 3: that are going to raise their game, and more guys

581
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,920
Speaker 3: raising their game is sometimes better than losing this first

582
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,840
Speaker 3: round draft pick. You know, that was all everything for you,

583
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:13,240
Speaker 3: you know, and Book was definitely that.

584
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:13,720
Speaker 4: A year ago.

585
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,480
Speaker 1: How nice is that when you watch like the old

586
00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:20,280
Speaker 1: Mob movies and the Boss, he could be like five eight,

587
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 1: got a nice suit on, and yet he's universally feared.

588
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:24,480
Speaker 2: You wonder, how could this be?

589
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,200
Speaker 1: And it's because when he turns his back and smiles

590
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 1: and walks away, he's got the right soldiers who'll do

591
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 1: whatever needs to be done behind the scenes.

592
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,879
Speaker 2: So he can keep his hands clean. How nice was

593
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,359
Speaker 2: it for you? Maybe not mob bass style, but how

594
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:38,560
Speaker 2: nice was it for you to know?

595
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,200
Speaker 1: You know, I could try and get on these guys

596
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 1: and jump down their throat, but I've also got a

597
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 1: Tyler Booker in my locker room, and I got other

598
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:46,840
Speaker 1: guy losses like that.

599
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 2: I got those guys in that locker room, so they'll

600
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,600
Speaker 2: take care of it. It's nice to have at your disposal,

601
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 2: isn't it.

602
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,440
Speaker 3: I think the thing I really appreciate about not just

603
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,000
Speaker 3: book but a lot of the leaders. I think about

604
00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 3: Jalen and Malecai and you know a lot of the

605
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,960
Speaker 3: other guys that just are moving on. What the guys

606
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 3: that were in this program, they again embrace change. They

607
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 3: embraced me, and when we really had to raise our

608
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 3: game or you know, there was a time and moments

609
00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:16,960
Speaker 3: in practice or games that we needed to you know,

610
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:20,240
Speaker 3: just really like face reality and they felt that from me,

611
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:25,240
Speaker 3: they came back and really, you know, supported you and

612
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,320
Speaker 3: backed you up. And I love that about those guys,

613
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:30,800
Speaker 3: and I love that about who we are right now

614
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,560
Speaker 3: because I think we have even more of those guys

615
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:37,840
Speaker 3: now that we're in year two. Realistically, nine or ten

616
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,640
Speaker 3: guys that chose to stay and not enter the NFL

617
00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 3: draft is a big number, and it goes even beyond them,

618
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 3: and they all really have this passion. Again, I use

619
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 3: the word investment, this ownership in what we're doing right now,

620
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,560
Speaker 3: and I feel like, if there's a time where we're

621
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,600
Speaker 3: in the weight room, we're on the field, any of

622
00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:01,560
Speaker 3: our coaches you know, asked for or I feel like

623
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 3: those guys are going to lead the charge and going

624
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:08,040
Speaker 3: to support what our coaching staff asks. And that's begin

625
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,719
Speaker 3: the investment, the ownership that leads to a culture that

626
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:11,960
Speaker 3: you really love being a part of.

627
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:14,400
Speaker 1: When you tick over a program, especially when you did

628
00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 1: at the time you did last year, there's so much

629
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,160
Speaker 1: that you're just doing on the fly. You're I'm not

630
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: saying you haphazardly threw together a staff, but you've got

631
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,080
Speaker 1: to get a staff put together pretty quickly. And then

632
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 1: you've also got the portal stuff, and you're learning a

633
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,280
Speaker 1: thousand different things at once, and you're making a lot

634
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,800
Speaker 1: of decisions. You're putting your processes and your systems in place,

635
00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:34,760
Speaker 1: and you're just kind of crossing your fingers hoping you

636
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:39,480
Speaker 1: did it all right. How do you know when something

637
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,880
Speaker 1: needs to just be dumped and we need to all right?

638
00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 1: I don't like this. I don't like this. Let's do

639
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:46,920
Speaker 1: it a different way versus it's not yielding immediate results.

640
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,200
Speaker 1: But I trust that we did it the right way.

641
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,280
Speaker 1: Let's just let it ride. How do you know when

642
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:52,000
Speaker 1: it's A or B.

643
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:53,800
Speaker 4: I think there's two pieces.

644
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 3: I think one when you make changes, it probably fits

645
00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 3: just the way you organize things or the way you

646
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,800
Speaker 3: know how to how to make it all come together.

647
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:04,960
Speaker 3: One of the biggest changes we did right was morning practice.

648
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 3: I don't think there's anything wrong with afternoon practice. I

649
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 3: just know how I make morning practice work with the

650
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 3: rest of the schedule, and I can justify all the

651
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,480
Speaker 3: things that I think are are better for that. Where

652
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 3: there's afternoon practice teams I've been a part of in programs.

653
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,680
Speaker 4: We did the same thing there, but it's just now knowing.

654
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,320
Speaker 3: How you you know, bring things together and you know

655
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 3: pretty convicted in that. And that was one of the

656
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 3: big changes. I just feel like, you know we needed

657
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,959
Speaker 3: to make. But I think a lot of times you know,

658
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 3: when you come to a new place, what you got

659
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 3: to do is listen, you got to feel it, and

660
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,240
Speaker 3: there's things you got to hurry up and do because

661
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 3: it's most important. And you know, academics needs to know

662
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 3: how to rearrange the academic schedule when kids register for

663
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,360
Speaker 3: morning practice, and you got to be on that and

664
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 3: make that move now. But I think, you know, I

665
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:56,520
Speaker 3: appreciate the input and just the guidance. And obviously coach

666
00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 3: Saban for seventeen years did some things along the way,

667
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,200
Speaker 3: you know that were probably reasons for why they were

668
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 3: the way they were, and you know, you really want

669
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:09,320
Speaker 3: to make sure you're listening to you know, and seeing

670
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 3: why things are done, what the operation is and why

671
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 3: you know, why these people were in these seats and.

672
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 4: Doing the things that they were doing.

673
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 3: And you know, hiring a staff, as you mentioned, that

674
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,320
Speaker 3: was probably one of the most intense times between that

675
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 3: and the portal there in the middle of January to

676
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 3: the end of January that I've ever been a part

677
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 3: of in college football. Just every program having their their

678
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:35,280
Speaker 3: staff together through their bowl season, on the road, recruiting

679
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 3: in a contact period. It's different than taking a job

680
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,880
Speaker 3: in early December, you know, when you are kind of

681
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 3: you know, probably in the same boat as many people.

682
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:44,680
Speaker 4: The portals open to everyone and so forth.

683
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:48,520
Speaker 3: So that was an intense time and I just relied on,

684
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 3: you know, my experiences, my relationships, you know, my experiences

685
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:57,760
Speaker 3: having to move around a little bit, and the acquaintances

686
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:01,080
Speaker 3: I had, the relationships I had again getting those pillars

687
00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,120
Speaker 3: in place, and then building support staff underneath all of

688
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:05,240
Speaker 3: those areas.

689
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 1: In a twenty four hour day. During that period that

690
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: you labeled the most intents from twelve midnight to twelve midnight,

691
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:16,280
Speaker 1: what would a typical day have consisted of, including wake up,

692
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 1: go to sleep.

693
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:21,440
Speaker 3: Well, fortunately there was conversations across the country, so you

694
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:24,480
Speaker 3: use the time zones tier advantage right from East coast

695
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 3: to West coast, and you know that might be with

696
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 3: highing the staff or recruiting West coast guys, and we

697
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,000
Speaker 3: signed some West Coast guys, you.

698
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:35,080
Speaker 4: Know, brought some in.

699
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,760
Speaker 3: So you know, that takes you later in the day

700
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 3: and you can get a lot of work done and

701
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:43,120
Speaker 3: you can do your personal things after midnight. But you know,

702
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 3: just the time when the guys were around and meeting

703
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:50,160
Speaker 3: with them pretty much big group, small group team meetings.

704
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 3: That was what a lot of it was about. Interviewing

705
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 3: coaches to fill in the little spot that the few

706
00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 3: spots that I maybe hadn't you know, filled yet. You know,

707
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 3: I really wanted to be thorough and so you know,

708
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:08,280
Speaker 3: meeting with three or four you know, guys on zooms

709
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,319
Speaker 3: or phone calls, you know, it was really important to

710
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,000
Speaker 3: me to fill in make sure I got the right

711
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 3: people to support the coordinators, and you know, I just

712
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,440
Speaker 3: it was a conversation. I guess one thing that I'm

713
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 3: glad I did is that when there was a conversation

714
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,799
Speaker 3: that you had, I didn't try to just blow through it.

715
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,360
Speaker 3: I spent a lot of time in those conversations, in

716
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 3: this particular with our team, and met with a lot

717
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:36,120
Speaker 3: of guys and sometimes they would just line up, you know,

718
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,359
Speaker 3: they wanted to kind of hear and get to know

719
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,839
Speaker 3: you try to do it efficiently in positions or you know,

720
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:43,960
Speaker 3: as a whole team or.

721
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 4: Side of the ball.

722
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,920
Speaker 3: But I'm just glad that I took the time to

723
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,440
Speaker 3: meet with them because I think it paid dividends as

724
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,799
Speaker 3: the spring went along and of course into the season.

725
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,680
Speaker 1: When you've talked to people, it could be back in Washington,

726
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,000
Speaker 1: could be back at Fresno, could be anywhere you could

727
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:58,719
Speaker 1: be the Dakotas, it could be wherever you've been at

728
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: previous stops. You've got friends and relationships there. I assume

729
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,239
Speaker 1: after the dust settles a little bit after year one,

730
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,160
Speaker 1: they hit you and the most common question is, all right,

731
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:09,879
Speaker 1: what was the biggest thing that stood out?

732
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:10,399
Speaker 2: What's life?

733
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 1: In the sec? Like what's head coach at Alabama? Actually, like,

734
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:14,840
Speaker 1: what are a couple.

735
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 2: Of things that you've most consistently told them?

736
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:17,440
Speaker 4: Humidity?

737
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:21,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, and then in the SEC just I think that

738
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:26,600
Speaker 3: every every week, you know, intensity, There's a lot of

739
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,839
Speaker 3: different words that you can use to describe, but intensity,

740
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 3: and then just the impact that each game has on

741
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:33,759
Speaker 3: the next one.

742
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:36,839
Speaker 4: You know, just the wear and tear on the.

743
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,799
Speaker 3: Guys physically more than anything, but mentally, you know, just

744
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,400
Speaker 3: every week, you know, having to be your best.

745
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 4: And you know, you know that's what you signed up for.

746
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 3: And my challenge to our staff, our challenge to the

747
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 3: players is you came here for this reason. And especially

748
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,759
Speaker 3: being at Alabama, there's a lot of people pretty much

749
00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:57,719
Speaker 3: everyone wants to take you down, and you know you're

750
00:35:57,719 --> 00:35:58,720
Speaker 3: gonna get their best shot.

751
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 4: But that's what we all came here to do.

752
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:04,360
Speaker 3: We knew that coming in, and so that's that's probably

753
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 3: been two of the biggest things.

754
00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:10,320
Speaker 4: But I think, you know, being.

755
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 3: The pro team, you know here in Alabama and not

756
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:19,720
Speaker 3: having anything you know, from NBA, NFL, major League Baseball

757
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:22,720
Speaker 3: that is here. It is about Alabama. It's about Alabama football.

758
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 3: That's been just super exciting. I knew that coming in,

759
00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,239
Speaker 3: but it's on a level I don't think you can

760
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:29,319
Speaker 3: compare to anywhere else.

761
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,799
Speaker 1: You know, there's a jaded nature you could take. The

762
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:36,719
Speaker 1: longer you're in this profession of man. Fans can be

763
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 1: crazy and they can be really ugly at times, But

764
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 1: then at the same time, you know that your entire life,

765
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 1: that you get to live the way you live, your

766
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 1: salary being what it is, is a byproduct of.

767
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:50,200
Speaker 2: How many people care.

768
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:54,279
Speaker 1: So the same people that can rub you the wrong

769
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 1: way every now and then are the ones.

770
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,480
Speaker 2: Who make the entire world possible.

771
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 1: And once you get a little older, maybe you get

772
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 1: a little more discernment and you're a little wiser about that.

773
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 1: But did you ever have a kind of a wake

774
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:10,040
Speaker 1: up moment or maybe a pinch myself moment of you know, yeah,

775
00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 1: it's not all roses all the time. But there needs

776
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 1: to be a sense of appreciation here because I get

777
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,200
Speaker 1: to do what I love to do. I don't have

778
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:21,800
Speaker 1: to have a supplemental job for income because this world exists.

779
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I appreciate everything about our fan base.

780
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:26,400
Speaker 4: You want that intensity.

781
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:29,120
Speaker 3: The alternative, as I've said to many other people, the

782
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:30,840
Speaker 3: alternative is to have people that.

783
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 4: Don't really care.

784
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,799
Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's no fun, you know. So I want

785
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 3: those expectations. Again, we came here for that.

786
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:38,719
Speaker 4: You know.

787
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:42,839
Speaker 3: They don't want those expectations, expectations to ever drop. Want

788
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:46,040
Speaker 3: to keep pushing forward and again not just live up

789
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 3: to them, but continue to exceed them. And that's that

790
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:52,359
Speaker 3: takes time, and there's bumps along the road, but just

791
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,440
Speaker 3: continue to stay the course, keep believing that you have

792
00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:57,160
Speaker 3: what it takes. Whether you know it's me, it's our staff,

793
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,359
Speaker 3: our team, that's really what it's all about, what it's

794
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:04,640
Speaker 3: all about everywhere. But again, everything gets heightened here, and

795
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:06,160
Speaker 3: you know you got to embrace that.

796
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:06,920
Speaker 4: You gotta love it.

797
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 3: You just got to control what you worry about what

798
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 3: you can control, and not sit there and try to

799
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 3: worry about explaining yourself. Just try to the next day

800
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 3: do everything you can come to work with a great

801
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:22,359
Speaker 3: mindset and know that in the end you're gonna chip

802
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 3: away at all these different areas, whether it's the relationships

803
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 3: or you know, the things that are happening on the

804
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 3: football field, and it will all happen the way it's

805
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:31,200
Speaker 3: supposed to happen.

806
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:32,800
Speaker 2: Don't you think that was a little misread?

807
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: I guess don't you think sometimes that's a misread When

808
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,320
Speaker 1: people take a big job. You took maybe the biggest

809
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,799
Speaker 1: job the sport has to offer, and a lot of

810
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 1: the working narrative was, ooh, man, no one wants to

811
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 1: take over for a legend. No one wants to come

812
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:51,319
Speaker 1: in behind a legend because of ABCD. I remember talking

813
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 1: to you last year, and I've heard you talk many

814
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:57,399
Speaker 1: times since then. But basically the synopsis is, well, yeah,

815
00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 1: for most people, it wouldn't be attractive. But for the

816
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,840
Speaker 1: reasons it wouldn't be attractive to most people, it was

817
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:06,040
Speaker 1: attractive to me because there's no one, if you're wired

818
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:08,279
Speaker 1: the right way, that has higher expectation than you do

819
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,640
Speaker 1: for yourself. Therefore, there's no one who can put more

820
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,319
Speaker 1: pressure on you then you put on yourself. So we're

821
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: here a year later and I don't hear people talking

822
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:17,920
Speaker 1: about it as much. But like from your vantage point,

823
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 1: what was that like when you started hearing that no

824
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:21,480
Speaker 1: one wants to take over for a legend.

825
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, for me, it's just, you know, there's

826
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 3: there's no one that's gonna put more expectations on on

827
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 3: this place than than there is from than there than

828
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,960
Speaker 3: I do. And and there's no one that's more disappointed

829
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 3: when we lose in our players and our staff, you know,

830
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 3: and when we fall short. But you know, I just

831
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Speaker 3: I mean, I'm I'm very blessed, very blessed to be

832
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:48,480
Speaker 3: in this spot, uh to come in follow coach Saban

833
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 3: and again build on the foundation that's already here. It's

834
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,879
Speaker 3: so strong, and you know, you just know that you're

835
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:58,560
Speaker 3: gonna you're gonna continue to do what you have done

836
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 3: over the years, and you're gonna continue just in tweak

837
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 3: and get better and get to where you want to be.

838
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Speaker 2: Coach. We appreciate it.

839
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Speaker 4: Yeah, thank you, appreciate you.

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