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Speaker 1: he's Danny McCray and Buried Church. This show brought to
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Speaker 1: guru right now. He is playing Will McClay, who is
Speaker 1: gonna drop some knowledge on us because there's a lot
Speaker 1: of moving parts going on here with the Cowboys. You
Speaker 1: guys have question, So all right, Church, take it away.
Speaker 1: We're going ahead. We're gonna let Danny go ahead and
Speaker 1: take it away. I think he had a great first
Speaker 1: question for Will. And by the way, Will, I mean
Speaker 1: most of our viewers they already know you as the guru,
Speaker 1: the guy that brings all the talent into the Dallas Cowboys.
Speaker 1: But little known fact for our listeners. Will McClay on
Speaker 1: the side is an amazing DJ. If you want your
Speaker 1: playlist right, that's the man you gotta talk to. Get
Speaker 1: you for the jogs, He get you for the workout,
Speaker 1: anything you need. My man is an amazing DJ. Man.
Speaker 1: A little no fact, just a little no fact. I'm
Speaker 1: just a DJ forth that earns you know. There we go,
Speaker 1: nah man, Yeah, so hey, we'll listen. We definitely appreciate
Speaker 1: you for coming off first. And I'm gonna say it
Speaker 1: personally for myself when I played, I know that you
Speaker 1: always looked out for me. So I definitely appreciate that.
Speaker 1: And Church the same because you have to go find
Speaker 1: both of us to get us to come on. So
Speaker 1: appreciate it. But so lead lead from that. We'll leading that.
Speaker 1: I guess the at least to our next question is
Speaker 1: so speaking with Jerry Jones and hearing what he said about,
Speaker 1: you know, working in the house to find some replacements
Speaker 1: for some of the guys who are injured. Just trying
Speaker 1: to like pick your brain and see like what what's
Speaker 1: the process for deciding if you're going to go in house,
Speaker 1: and how you how you kind of evaluate those guys
Speaker 1: to see if they're able to be starters for the
Speaker 1: remainder of the season or however long they need to
Speaker 1: be starters, versus going you know, outside to go find talent.
Speaker 1: You know, it's it's really next man up first off,
Speaker 1: because when you have a roster and guys that have
Speaker 1: been working on things and all that we didn't have
Speaker 1: a full preseason. The players that you have, hopefully you
Speaker 1: get the right ones to start with. They learn kind
Speaker 1: of what they're doing, uh, and then the coaches have
Speaker 1: to look at the players that we have and see
Speaker 1: how we're going to use the guys that are on
Speaker 1: the roster. If they're serviceable, serviceable for us to run
Speaker 1: the offense or defense, or be able to adjust and
Speaker 1: still do what we do, we go in house. If
Speaker 1: it's something that's a little bit more concerning, we would
Speaker 1: go out, you know and try and find somebody that
Speaker 1: fits specific what they were looking for. The best part
Speaker 1: about it, though, is going back to the draft and
Speaker 1: working with coach McCarthy and the staff is get us
Speaker 1: good football players. If we got good football players, you know,
Speaker 1: then the coaches can find places to put them in,
Speaker 1: things to do to work within the scheme. Well why. Well,
Speaker 1: for me, my question would have to be, well, you know,
Speaker 1: I mean, you've you've dealt with and you've been around
Speaker 1: playing plenty of secondaries and including some of our better
Speaker 1: secondaries when I was there, and some of our worst secondaries.
Speaker 1: But for my question is what did you think of
Speaker 1: the play of this young secondary for a Week one?
Speaker 1: I mean, I know they're young, they have some experience
Speaker 1: back there, but they're pretty young. M what did you
Speaker 1: feel like their play was for the Week one and
Speaker 1: against the Rams? I felt like, you know, for the
Speaker 1: whole team, it was kind of a new deal. Was
Speaker 1: like the first preseason game, and it seemed like because
Speaker 1: now you're out there live and so there were some
Speaker 1: things technically that we didn't complete all the way, but
Speaker 1: you see the opportunity to grow, and you see some
Speaker 1: of the plays that they may you know that there's
Speaker 1: gonna be some guys that just sep up and do things.
Speaker 1: And then we're getting Jay Lou back and so there's
Speaker 1: a bunch of flexibility and versatility within the defense. So
Speaker 1: if they just hit the queues and in La was
Speaker 1: playing the game more lateral than vertical, So it was
Speaker 1: probably the way that the guys stepped up. And you
Speaker 1: know dbs, especially corners. You safety's tackle, but corners don't
Speaker 1: like to tackle. But our corners stepped up and tackle
Speaker 1: and played well they did. And for our viewers out there,
Speaker 1: can you can explain what you meant by the Rams
Speaker 1: playing more of a lateral game than a vertical game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, typically you want to see that they didn't
Speaker 1: want to face our pass rush, and so they ran
Speaker 1: a lot of screens and a lot of their passes
Speaker 1: were under three to four yards, so you know, the
Speaker 1: pass rush wasn't able to get there, and they were
Speaker 1: playing the game sideline. The sideline, they were trying to
Speaker 1: make us run laterally as opposed to vertically, you know,
Speaker 1: running the deeper routes and doing those sort of things. Okay, okay,
Speaker 1: And then part two of my question, I should have
Speaker 1: prefaced it by saying there was two parts to it.
Speaker 1: But with the addition of Brandon Carter, what do you
Speaker 1: think a better like him? You know, he's a consummate pro.
Speaker 1: He pretty much can show you the ropes of how
Speaker 1: to watch film, how to break down things. But what
Speaker 1: do you think he can bring to this Dallas Cowboy secondary? Yeah,
Speaker 1: he brings that leadership like you talked about number one,
Speaker 1: and you know, with a group of young guys, you know,
Speaker 1: there's there's something that you have to learn about being
Speaker 1: a pro, like you said, like watching the tape about
Speaker 1: how to prepare, you know, what to expect those things.
Speaker 1: So he brings that knowledge, but also his ability to
Speaker 1: play all over and one of the things that we're
Speaker 1: looking for in the defensive versatility, the way the game
Speaker 1: is played offensively now you know, it's about matchups and
Speaker 1: doing those things. So he's just another piece. He can
Speaker 1: play nicol, he can play the dime linebacker, he can
Speaker 1: play safety. You know, he can play free, you can
Speaker 1: play strong. So I think with all of that that
Speaker 1: experience he has, he understands the things that can happen him,
Speaker 1: communicate well and help these young guys, you know, as
Speaker 1: we go into the next phase of it. Well, cool, gotcha.
Speaker 1: And then for me, you know, just looking forward, I mean,
Speaker 1: I know you're not coach McCarthy, but just just to
Speaker 1: kind of get your idea on a few things that
Speaker 1: we may be able to do better to, you know,
Speaker 1: to perform a little bit better as we move on
Speaker 1: in the season, right, because I know we had a
Speaker 1: few issues with the run, and like you said, this
Speaker 1: team that they didn't want to face our pass for us,
Speaker 1: so they want to go sideline the sideline. So I
Speaker 1: would imagine that, you know, a few teams will watch
Speaker 1: the film and try to do the same thing as
Speaker 1: the Rams did. So just just your idea on some
Speaker 1: things that we could possibly do better to negate teams
Speaker 1: that come in and think that that'll be the way
Speaker 1: to beat us. I think, you know, from every experience,
Speaker 1: you learn and we understand that, you know, they were
Speaker 1: running more of the zone scheme, trying to get us
Speaker 1: to go lateral those things up front. So when you
Speaker 1: go and you adjust, uh know, like we did in
Speaker 1: the second half, from from limiting them being able to
Speaker 1: score and limiting the run some we're playing a little
Speaker 1: bit faster upfront and then in the secondary, you just
Speaker 1: there's there's a number of different things that we can
Speaker 1: do differently. It's it's you know, we're gonna play a
Speaker 1: little bit more man coverage if you mix your man's
Speaker 1: and your zones together the right way, and you you
Speaker 1: dial up your fronts a little bit different. Not to
Speaker 1: get into any sort of scheme wise stuff, but I
Speaker 1: just think we have to play with more consistency, your
Speaker 1: more urgency early on, right and so, and I mentioned that,
Speaker 1: you know, so we got a new DC. Everything's pretty
Speaker 1: much new, new defensive coordinator news, especially coordinator, new offense. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, Kelling is in the second year. But you
Speaker 1: got you know, a little little stuff from Mike McCarthy
Speaker 1: coming in. My thought was that just like when Rob
Speaker 1: Ryan came in and we had the lockout and we've
Speaker 1: missed the entire offseason, it was a little difficult for
Speaker 1: us to pick up the defense because we didn't have
Speaker 1: as much time to install and get those rips. So,
Speaker 1: you know, just me watching the game, I didn't see
Speaker 1: as much you know, exotic type stuff. So I just
Speaker 1: imagine that that stuff will come in. Do you see
Speaker 1: these guys being able to you know, were they able
Speaker 1: to pick up I guess everything that that that that
Speaker 1: was thrown at them throughout training camp. Yeah, they've done
Speaker 1: a good job of picking things up. And there's uh,
Speaker 1: you know when when you say, geez, get me good players, um,
Speaker 1: and we'll fit the scheme around it. There's multiple parts
Speaker 1: of the scheme that the players have to learn too. So,
Speaker 1: you know, first time in live action doing all that stuff.
Speaker 1: It does take some time. And just like you said that, uh,
Speaker 1: you know like when Rob came in, uh that that year. Uh,
Speaker 1: it was new things that you had to do. Well
Speaker 1: you think about it, Um, the guys are going through
Speaker 1: those steps and kind of understanding the defense. And you
Speaker 1: think so many of our players that we're coming back
Speaker 1: from last year. We're in the old scheme and it's
Speaker 1: different from going verticals and now, you know, especially upfront,
Speaker 1: to playing more two gap and playing more flat. So
Speaker 1: you have to continue to get those game reps to
Speaker 1: get that skill set down to to you know, to
Speaker 1: understanding to play the new scheme. And guys are getting it.
Speaker 1: And that's the thing. It's that you know, like Tyrone
Speaker 1: Crawford was saying to me, it's like, hey man, we
Speaker 1: were so used to going up field that you know,
Speaker 1: for your first instinct is this, you know, to play
Speaker 1: it that way. But the more reps you get, the
Speaker 1: better you'll get at it. And a new opponent is
Speaker 1: going to bring new challenges. So it's just everybody being
Speaker 1: on the same page that that's really perfect man, because
Speaker 1: because and I said it, just because from experience, it's
Speaker 1: difficult for like if you get into like week three
Speaker 1: and you and your team is not able to stop
Speaker 1: the run, right, usually like for the rest of the season,
Speaker 1: you're just knowing as the team is not able to
Speaker 1: stop the run. It's hard to be to be able
Speaker 1: to fix that after you get into the season. But
Speaker 1: when you go into you know, the explanation that you
Speaker 1: gave man, and it makes me feel more positive about
Speaker 1: it because it's like, it's some things that we can change.
Speaker 1: The familiarity with the scheme and you know, old ways
Speaker 1: have to turn into new ways or things that we
Speaker 1: can fix and help us become, you know, a dominant
Speaker 1: run stopping team versus hey, man, we just we're just
Speaker 1: not physical. We can't stop the run. We're just out
Speaker 1: of place, right. So it's it's things to look forward to.
Speaker 1: It's definitely things to look forward to. The thing that
Speaker 1: I feel good about is that you have people that
Speaker 1: can do the and then their commitment to doing it.
Speaker 1: It's just like out there at practice today, you know, defensively,
Speaker 1: you have enough veteran leadership and guys that have been
Speaker 1: around and have pride in what they do that are
Speaker 1: going to force each other to get better and eliminate
Speaker 1: the mistakes and do the things that's necessary for a
Speaker 1: team to overcome the You know, some of the things
Speaker 1: from last week will be much better this week because
Speaker 1: the guys are taking it on themselves. And that's the
Speaker 1: thing I'm most proud of is the people that you
Speaker 1: bring in and how they push each other to be
Speaker 1: better and hold each other accountable. Dope, Yeah, I'm meaning it.
Speaker 1: Go ahead. I thought I dropped the mic. I'm trying
Speaker 1: to let the guys ask the questions here because it's
Speaker 1: their show. But can you help me in two situations here?
Speaker 1: One with Sean Lee having surgery here talk, can you
Speaker 1: give us some information more about your you know, what
Speaker 1: you're doing to reinforce the livebacker spot? And also is
Speaker 1: Jordan Lewis expected to play against Atlanta on Sunday? Yeah,
Speaker 1: Jordan's taking reps. Uh Luke Gifford, who didn't play last week,
Speaker 1: He's taken reps. You know, Joe Thomas stepped in. We
Speaker 1: you know, we've got players that we feel like can
Speaker 1: come in and fill in the spots. You never replace
Speaker 1: a Layton vander Ess or a Sean Lee, but the
Speaker 1: guys that come in, they can do their deal. As
Speaker 1: well and fit into the defense. Well, that's why we
Speaker 1: kept them here, so I expect them to step up
Speaker 1: and play. This their time to shine too. All Right,
Speaker 1: on one thing that we've had people talking about, and
Speaker 1: you get the overreaccents the first game and it's just
Speaker 1: cowboy nation and they want to go overboard. But I've
Speaker 1: heard people say, well, maybe this time to put Carter
Speaker 1: Williams and tackle and then maybe put Joe Louie at
Speaker 1: guard to put it. I mean, people want all kinds
Speaker 1: of changes here on the old line after what we
Speaker 1: tell people the process of what training camp is like
Speaker 1: and what combinations guys are used to, and that you
Speaker 1: just kind of don't throw out the whole thing after
Speaker 1: one week because you lost by three. No, we believe
Speaker 1: in the people that we have and they have to
Speaker 1: improve what they're doing. We have to help them out
Speaker 1: with some of the things we're doing and with it's
Speaker 1: like riding a bike. The first time you wrote it,
Speaker 1: you might have skin your needa first time. Now the
Speaker 1: second time you got better, The third time you got better.
Speaker 1: We feel good about the group. No, it's not Leo
Speaker 1: Collins out there and some of the stuff, but these
Speaker 1: guys are paid to do, you know, to do their jobs,
Speaker 1: and that's what we expect to do well. You can't
Speaker 1: just switch everything around. It's not fantasy football. You can't
Speaker 1: take a piece and put it into place and think
Speaker 1: that everything runs consistently from the beginning. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: it's like you go into your job. If you've got
Speaker 1: somebody new working next to you, you you have to figure
Speaker 1: them out and you still have to do your job.
Speaker 1: And that's that's where we're at right now, and we
Speaker 1: feel better about it, and we have to continue to
Speaker 1: do things to uh, you know, work to use our
Speaker 1: strengths to you know, to the positive and overcome some
Speaker 1: of the negatives by doing some things that way schematically.
Speaker 1: And that's what all our teams are going to have
Speaker 1: to do. The teams that are wanting to know, they're
Speaker 1: gonna have problems next week and then everybody will be
Speaker 1: talking about them. So it is a marathon, not a sprint.
Speaker 1: Let me ask one more question. This is talking about
Speaker 1: the tight end Blake Jarwin, who's a guy you identified
Speaker 1: two years ago as a player, really liked him and
Speaker 1: we all thought this was going to be the breakout season.
Speaker 1: But he's out for the year. With a torn acl
Speaker 1: You helped draft Dalton Schultz, he's the backup. How does
Speaker 1: coach McCarthy and Kellen Moore, how did they coach him
Speaker 1: up to be able to now take over this role
Speaker 1: that Blake Jarwin had. I mean, I think we're going
Speaker 1: to do it by committee. You know, Blake Jarwin broughts
Speaker 1: something something a little bit different, that element to threaten
Speaker 1: the seam, you know, from the tight end position. Dalton
Speaker 1: can do some of those things. Maybe we do it formationally.
Speaker 1: We have other weapons that can you know, achieve the
Speaker 1: same kind of what Blake's role might have been on
Speaker 1: some plays. We have different ways of setting it up
Speaker 1: and doing that. I think you never replace him. But
Speaker 1: then we use the strength of Blake Bell, Dalton Schultz,
Speaker 1: Sean McKeon, you know, we use those guys and maybe
Speaker 1: some of the other receivers. There's just a different way
Speaker 1: to attack it. But great Church, what else you got form?
Speaker 1: Will McClay, I'm good. I mean I think he pretty
Speaker 1: much hit on all figures. I mean, as always, he's
Speaker 1: a proud what he does. Man. Thank you once again,
Speaker 1: Will for us stepping on the player's lines with us.
Speaker 1: I got to appreciate it. Yeah, one question for you. No, no, no,
Speaker 1: it's and it has nothing to do with football. The
Speaker 1: Rockets are out. You know, we both agtown guys, right,
Speaker 1: So we still have we still have we still have
Speaker 1: to pick somebody to win. Who's winning the NBA Championship
Speaker 1: this year. I hate to say it, but it's probably
Speaker 1: gonna be the Lake Show. But he he didn't surprised me.
Speaker 1: That he didn't surprised me. Uh. And the way they play,
Speaker 1: and that's one of those deals where that's a great
Speaker 1: story and looking at a team coming together when people
Speaker 1: didn't think you know, that whole deal. And before I leave,
Speaker 1: I wanted to say the reason why I love coming
Speaker 1: on this show and seeing Danny McCray and Burry Churches players. No,
Speaker 1: you know, I used to always go to them and practice.
Speaker 1: We would talk about a guy, a young guy coming
Speaker 1: in and what are you thinking? And it's just like
Speaker 1: on this radio show. You guys work together and do
Speaker 1: well and enjoy listening to you and doing those things.
Speaker 1: And I'm proud to be part of the old dB crew.
Speaker 1: I'm the oldest of the crew. Yes, all right, DJ
Speaker 1: will so so I need your professional opinion is better
Speaker 1: Tupac or Biggie who you got? Oh yeah, you can't
Speaker 1: do that to me. No trouble, trouble, no, No. I
Speaker 1: am from the South, so we typically liked the West
Speaker 1: Coast when I was younger, but Biggie was the guy.
Speaker 1: Was the guy to me. Biggie was the okay, was
Speaker 1: the guy that I'm talking about East Coast coast representative.
Speaker 1: I love it. I'm I'm really, I'm really, I'm really scarface,
Speaker 1: So don't even go there. Okay, all right, okay, I've
Speaker 1: never seen a man cry till usen a man die. Okay, scarface.
Speaker 1: So we have another player's lounge kind of debate at times.
Speaker 1: Will and went away in on this. Danny and Barry
Speaker 1: love the movie Life with Eddie Murphy. I don't think
Speaker 1: it is a better movies at all. I'm down on Life.
Speaker 1: So where do you stand on that movie? Like I
Speaker 1: quote Life, Maybe it's because I spent time around them
Speaker 1: young fellows, but I watched Life, and I actually watched
Speaker 1: Life with my son. Oh, I don't know. During the
Speaker 1: we were staying at home and we were both dying laughing.
Speaker 1: It's it's not it's not as funny as Harlem Nights,
Speaker 1: it's top five? Is it Eddie top five? Okay, because
Speaker 1: I don't think it's. Oh, there's no question, there's no questions.
Speaker 1: There's no question because because because of all of the
Speaker 1: Beverly Hills cops, they all run together. So that's one
Speaker 1: movie right there. So okay, yeah, yeah, So so it's life,
Speaker 1: it's Harlem Knights. Um, it's that one where he was
Speaker 1: talking to the tree. Now I'm just kidding. Thanks, it's three.
Speaker 1: What's your top five new? What's your what's your top
Speaker 1: five new? Okay? From from my Eddie Murphy h forty
Speaker 1: eight hours. Loved that when he played Reggie Hammond in
Speaker 1: there Beverly Hills Cop. Beverly Hills Cop is in there.
Speaker 1: Um one that the guys shot me down on. But
Speaker 1: I think was was really an Oscar performance and he
Speaker 1: should have won. It was when Eddie Murphy played in
Speaker 1: dream Girls. He was fantastic playing that character Jimmy in
Speaker 1: that movie. I thought he was sensation. You watched that
Speaker 1: with your wife, See there's a difference. Watch you talk
Speaker 1: about the ones with the colors. No, no, I did not.
Speaker 1: I did not watch that with my wife. I actually
Speaker 1: watched that on the road in my car driving from
Speaker 1: Dallas foot or to Austin. What you yeah, Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: like I thought it was so good. Yeah, you only
Speaker 1: watched ten minutes of it because you were watching. I
Speaker 1: watched the whole thing. I watched the whole thing in
Speaker 1: my car because Lusaka Polite and some other guys um
Speaker 1: had this hook up with a with a car guy
Speaker 1: and they could go ahead and switch your screens that
Speaker 1: you could actually watch your screen while you dropped while
Speaker 1: I drove, So remind me to never drive when you're
Speaker 1: on the highway. Knew it because you might be watching
Speaker 1: a movie and it might be a tear jerker. I
Speaker 1: don't want to be on the road. He gonna be
Speaker 1: called the correct, he gonna be calling the correct Cowboy.
Speaker 1: You keep all right. We're late for our break. We're
Speaker 1: late for our break. We'll thank you so much for
Speaker 1: stopping by, and we appreciate talking in cowboy football and
Speaker 1: other things with you. My man. I'll have a good one.
Speaker 1: We'll well, we'll be looking for Cowboys victories. They take
Speaker 1: on Atlanta, the first first game with home game with
Speaker 1: ye Jerry World. Thank you, buddy, appreciate all right. That's
Speaker 1: Will McClay here on the Players Labs with Neuis Scrugs,
Speaker 1: Danny McCray and Barry Church. We've got to take our
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Speaker 1: You're in the players Lounge. We do it every day
Speaker 1: at two thirty pm Central Time. And there we scrupts
Speaker 1: a long time Cowboys reporter joined by former Dallas Cowboys
Speaker 1: players safeties Danny McCray and Barry Church. And we want
Speaker 1: to thank Will McClay for popping on here to guru
Speaker 1: who helps pick the Cowboys players. Will one of the
Speaker 1: more knowledgeable football guys out there. I always enjoyed my
Speaker 1: football conversations with him, and hopefully you guys enjoyed what
Speaker 1: we brought to you as well. Danny, Barry, tell me
Speaker 1: what stood out from you from what we heard from
Speaker 1: Will McClay. For me, we stood out the most is
Speaker 1: how how firm he was on the belief of, you know,
Speaker 1: they have to bring him in house. I mean it
Speaker 1: seems like when I'm talking about in house, I'm talking
Speaker 1: about bringing up with the injuries of you know, Blake
Speaker 1: Jarwin and Lvee and Sean Lee. It stood out to
Speaker 1: me that they all had that same philosophy. It's like, look,
Speaker 1: we gotta look in house first to bring it up.
Speaker 1: And he basically broke down the whole situation, like how
Speaker 1: they go from training camp to or from you know, well,
Speaker 1: this year it was just training camp, and however you
Speaker 1: can't just you know, put pieces here and here like
Speaker 1: this fantasy football. These guys have jailed together through all
Speaker 1: of camp and they got to figure it out that way.
Speaker 1: So definitely bringing it up through in house and I
Speaker 1: thought that was pretty interesting. Yeah, And for me, I
Speaker 1: think it was it brought me from the disappointing Monday
Speaker 1: morning quarterback to you know, feeling more positive about what
Speaker 1: we have going forward, right because I watched the game
Speaker 1: and as upset as I was, you know, watching us
Speaker 1: not being able to stop, to run and do certain things,
Speaker 1: it brought me back to you know, he said, riding
Speaker 1: a bike, right, the first time you get on, you
Speaker 1: might you might scratch your knee up, and you do
Speaker 1: have to realize that we didn't tackle, we didn't really hit,
Speaker 1: we didn't have preseason. There's a lot of stuff that
Speaker 1: we didn't do that we normally do, and it just
Speaker 1: you know, he made me feel like it just showed
Speaker 1: up in Game one. And you know, as we as
Speaker 1: we progressed through the season, we should be able to
Speaker 1: fix some of those things, right, the players not being
Speaker 1: used to two gaping and being in Twitter from a
Speaker 1: two one gap to a two gap and those type
Speaker 1: of things, those are really big changes, right, So it'll
Speaker 1: take them from time to learn that. So I won't
Speaker 1: I won't so much expect them to turn it around
Speaker 1: this week. I expect them to play better, but as
Speaker 1: the as the year goes on, I think they'll be
Speaker 1: able to pick that up and get rid of those
Speaker 1: always and uh you know and buying and be able
Speaker 1: to compete in this new defense. I first met Will
Speaker 1: McClay when he was the Dallas Desperadoes head football coach.
Speaker 1: Well actually was assisted then he ended up taking over
Speaker 1: for Joe Avazano and they were really good football team.
Speaker 1: And so getting to talk to Will and seeing how
Speaker 1: he actually ran a team in the confidence the guys
Speaker 1: had in him, um, that's where I first got to
Speaker 1: meet him. So I know he knows his football and
Speaker 1: the understanding of the game. I just really liked how
Speaker 1: what Barry was saying. He set us straight because after
Speaker 1: the first week, you know, he got people want to
Speaker 1: fire Kelly Moore, people that were well throw running, take
Speaker 1: out steel, put right, put put Carter Williams at the
Speaker 1: right tackle spot, moved Joe Luny off center, put in
Speaker 1: a rookie. I mean, all these changes after one game
Speaker 1: in which you lost by three points. We saw other
Speaker 1: people get destroyed week one. The Cowboys are right there
Speaker 1: till the very end of this football game, and I'm
Speaker 1: wearing this. Dallas Stars had congratulations and the Stars they
Speaker 1: won the West. They're gonna go play for the Stanley
Speaker 1: Cup four wins away. And one thing that I'm reminded
Speaker 1: about is how their season started. Guys, the Stars were
Speaker 1: one seven and one to start the season. People were saying,
Speaker 1: you know, this team's no good. These guys don't have
Speaker 1: any heart, and they got it. It's a long sports
Speaker 1: or a long season. We like everybody to start out
Speaker 1: with a bang. But guess what Cowboys started out three
Speaker 1: and old. Last year. People sitting there talking about Super
Speaker 1: Bowl and this is not a team that ended up
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen making the playoffs. So just just hold on, Okay,
Speaker 1: hold on football teams take a while ago. Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: mccraig ahead, No, No, I want to. I want to
Speaker 1: make this clear while we're on the show. I was
Speaker 1: specifically talking about the defense what I saw office. I
Speaker 1: am still not happy with the play calling, you know,
Speaker 1: some of that that it had nothing to do with
Speaker 1: the players being out there and being able to take
Speaker 1: contact right, And I was specifically talking about us not
Speaker 1: being able to stop the run, and it turned not
Speaker 1: us not being able to rush the passer and having
Speaker 1: an opportunity to some of the stuff I saw offense.
Speaker 1: I still feel the same way that I felt on
Speaker 1: Monday about it. My mind can be changed. But I
Speaker 1: was specifically just talking about the defense, you know it
Speaker 1: shuffling up re shuffling in the old line and all
Speaker 1: that stuff. I don't think so. But I was specifically
Speaker 1: talking about us utilizing our playmakers to stretch the feel
Speaker 1: and make big plays. So you're still mad, No, I
Speaker 1: was mad. I was mad when I'm confused, and then
Speaker 1: hopefully hopefully on Sunday, I'm no longer confused. I'm either
Speaker 1: what I what I'm thinking is right or I was like,
Speaker 1: I'm wrong. All right, now we're putting are we putting
Speaker 1: some real stuff in? Okay? All right, all right, Well
Speaker 1: it's Wednesday, and and Mike McCarthy already said his press
Speaker 1: conference said they're moving forward. You can't do anything else
Speaker 1: about the Ram game. It's time to go ahead and
Speaker 1: go to Atlanta. And one of the differences, and I
Speaker 1: thought Will McClay pointed out very well, the Rams have
Speaker 1: decided we are going to go with quick passes. We're
Speaker 1: not going to allow your pass rushers to We're not
Speaker 1: gonna get in that game. We're not going to have
Speaker 1: our quarterback dropping back doing five seven step drops. Well,
Speaker 1: we know Atlanta with Maddie Ice, he likes to go
Speaker 1: ahead and drop back and sling that thing. So the
Speaker 1: matchup this week, if Atlanta doesn't change, if they go
Speaker 1: out there and do what they did against Seattle, this
Speaker 1: can play into the Cowboys hands. It's going to be
Speaker 1: fun to see exactly how both defenses, okay, both defenses
Speaker 1: have warts, how they slow this down. I expect the
Speaker 1: high scoring game between the Cowboys and the Falcons because
Speaker 1: both teams have some really good receiving weapons in this
Speaker 1: game here, so I'm looking forward to Yeah, I'm looking
Speaker 1: forward to it as well. And like you said, it
Speaker 1: was it was very interesting that how he broke that down,
Speaker 1: how they wanted to play more lateral instead of a
Speaker 1: vertical and I think that was a great point and
Speaker 1: MC they did a great job coaching that, but it
Speaker 1: took basically, they took the aggressiveness from the defensive line
Speaker 1: because if you if you don't have time to get
Speaker 1: back there, if you start to get frustrated and then
Speaker 1: you say, Okay, how else can I impact this game?
Speaker 1: Maybe if I put my hands up and jumped in,
Speaker 1: you know, try to bat balls and everything, but then
Speaker 1: that takes away from your pass rush. So I have
Speaker 1: to think the Rams did a great job of basically,
Speaker 1: like Will said, playing ladder onstead of vertical. Now with Atlanta,
Speaker 1: I think they're more of a vertical team. You always
Speaker 1: see Maddie Ice back there taking those five step drops
Speaker 1: rather than those three step jobs. So I think that
Speaker 1: plays into the hand of our defensive line. I think
Speaker 1: we can be a little bit more aggressive this week,
Speaker 1: and hopefully we can get after Matt Ryan because we're
Speaker 1: gonna need to. Yeah, I still feel the same I
Speaker 1: think that the that the Falcons can actually run some
Speaker 1: of the same stuff that the that the Rams ran.
Speaker 1: So if we have to adjust and we have to
Speaker 1: prepare to see this throughout the rest of the season,
Speaker 1: teams trying to negate our pass rush by getting the
Speaker 1: ball out quick and possibly running lad eally. So you know, defensively,
Speaker 1: our defensive line and linebackers like the number one focus
Speaker 1: is being able to stop the run because those sharp
Speaker 1: passes don't work. You can't do that all game if
Speaker 1: you aren't able to pick up three and four your
Speaker 1: games on runs consistently, So we're still going to have
Speaker 1: to stop it. Okay, stay with me there, Danny, on
Speaker 1: your point. I was talking to a former coaching player
Speaker 1: who said to me one of the issues that the
Speaker 1: Cowboys had was from a defensive backstandpoint, if you know,
Speaker 1: all right, they're going to go quick, all right, And
Speaker 1: Jared Golf was basically wherever he looked, he threw the ball.
Speaker 1: So if he took the snapstartered looking left, he was
Speaker 1: throwing left. His feeling was that the Cowboy dbs needed
Speaker 1: to play up closer, and he said, because they were
Speaker 1: not trying to go over the top, they weren't trying
Speaker 1: to throw deep because they were getting rid of the
Speaker 1: football quicker. So if they're doing that, why not play
Speaker 1: up on them closer? And so that'll go ahead, go ahead. Well, well,
Speaker 1: see that that's what the rams do. That's great, right,
Speaker 1: So they get you in these tight formations, and as dbs,
Speaker 1: what happens was when you put the receivers so tight,
Speaker 1: dbs have to get on different levels, right, So it's
Speaker 1: difficult for them to get up and press every play
Speaker 1: because that would create a lot of pick routs. And
Speaker 1: I'm sure that McBay had some options to where we're
Speaker 1: pressing all the time, they'll figure out a way to
Speaker 1: pick us and run wheelwrights and get the get the
Speaker 1: ball deep down the field. So it's just something that
Speaker 1: we're gonna have to scheme up and you know, figure
Speaker 1: out how to blitz them and stop the run and
Speaker 1: get them out of those type formations and make them
Speaker 1: run a true offense down the field. All right, we've
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Speaker 1: day at two thirty pm. And I'm just merely Knewy Scrugs,
Speaker 1: longtime Cowboys reporter. We are in our SWBC Mortgage virtual
Speaker 1: home studios. Here all right, Sean Lee, cowboy linebacker. We
Speaker 1: were thinking was gonna come off the ir after three games.
Speaker 1: That's not gonna happen. He's gonna be on longer. He
Speaker 1: had surgery for a sports hernia there. So what is
Speaker 1: the concern level, Danny McCray, because we have Sean Lee
Speaker 1: out for an extended time and Layton vander Esh two
Speaker 1: of your top three linebackers not going to be in
Speaker 1: the lineup for a minute. For me, it's a pretty
Speaker 1: big concern. Like I said, I know, I keep harping
Speaker 1: on being able to stop the run, but we need
Speaker 1: linebackers that are able to get in there and take
Speaker 1: on those blocks and stop the run. And when LV
Speaker 1: goes down, you you you assume that you have a
Speaker 1: pretty strong backup and the Great Sean Lee, and then
Speaker 1: now that he's out, now you possibly have to go
Speaker 1: to it was a second year and then a rookie
Speaker 1: player or somebody or if you go outside, somebody that's
Speaker 1: not familiar with the defense. So I think it's a
Speaker 1: big concern. But you know, like Will came on here
Speaker 1: and I feel more positive about it that he believes
Speaker 1: in the guys that we have in the locker room,
Speaker 1: so you know, he's never let me down, so I'm
Speaker 1: with him. To me, it's it's a little concerning, even
Speaker 1: even with us with the stuff the Great Will had
Speaker 1: had said to us earlier. I mean, we did struggle
Speaker 1: a little bit versus the Rams versus a run, and
Speaker 1: that just compounds even more with Lve going down, and
Speaker 1: we don't have a backup with the capabilities like Sean
Speaker 1: Lee who's experienced, who knows what to do and can
Speaker 1: bring everybody together. We don't have that. So right now,
Speaker 1: I think we got Joe Thomas as there in there
Speaker 1: as as a backup with the in house bringing it up,
Speaker 1: and he's he's a good but I see him more
Speaker 1: of that dime linebacker role, that that coverage type linebacker role.
Speaker 1: I don't see him, you know, sticking his nose in
Speaker 1: there and being a banger each and every down. And
Speaker 1: then what happens if he goes down they were going back.
Speaker 1: Then we've got to go to Luke Gifford, who I
Speaker 1: think this is his second year in the league and
Speaker 1: he hasn't had a lot of playing experience. So I'm
Speaker 1: pretty concerned when it comes to this defense stopping the
Speaker 1: run in that front seven. So hopefully they can find
Speaker 1: something to get done for this week coming up against Atlanta.
Speaker 1: I know their run game doesn't look as strong as
Speaker 1: it did in years past, but Todd Gurley, I mean,
Speaker 1: he might not be the Todd Gurley of old, but
Speaker 1: he can still run the ball well. And we're gonna
Speaker 1: need that linebacking corps in there to help stop it.
Speaker 1: So hopefully they will have a solution by Sunday. The
Speaker 1: shame of it is is something we spoke about before
Speaker 1: the draft, talking about the linebacker situation. We said, hey, look,
Speaker 1: you already know Sean Lee traditionally doesn't give you sixteen games. Okay,
Speaker 1: it's just in his career he's only done at one time,
Speaker 1: and with late vander Esh missing time that you had
Speaker 1: two guys who if you're just being honest, you shouldn't
Speaker 1: look to to finish sixty football games. And we're already
Speaker 1: at that point. If you're the Cowboys, obviously you patch
Speaker 1: work it and you deal with it. But you start
Speaker 1: looking into the draft in twenty twenty one, this now
Speaker 1: becomes another position you have to look at. You know
Speaker 1: you've got this. You've got the tight end spot because
Speaker 1: Blake Jarl's gonna be coming off at ACL. You gotta
Speaker 1: look at the tackle spot here. You may have to
Speaker 1: draft yourself a swing tackle. After watching Lell Collins deal,
Speaker 1: he's gonna miss games this year. He's on the ir
Speaker 1: right now. We've seen tyre and miss mini games the
Speaker 1: past three seasons. This you got issues man, and then
Speaker 1: up front the defensive tackle spot. So it's just kind
Speaker 1: of a it's a tough pill to swallow. And this
Speaker 1: is where Mike Nolan's gonna earn his cash. How do
Speaker 1: you fix your linebacking corps? Here? All teams are gonna
Speaker 1: have issues to deal with, but right now, the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: the linebacking corps gonna be interesting, and you've got to
Speaker 1: tight end and hayten Hurst coming in here this week,
Speaker 1: and Matt Ryan likes to isolate them. If he's putting
Speaker 1: Joe Thomas and Jalen Smith and different and coverage right now,
Speaker 1: you've got to think that that's going to be an
Speaker 1: advantage for the Falcons. Barry, well, yeah, let me and
Speaker 1: let me ask you guys both the question, because I
Speaker 1: want to see what you guys think about this. Now.
Speaker 1: He did say Jordan, He did say Jordan Lewis could
Speaker 1: have a great possibility of returning this week. So with
Speaker 1: the mention, like you said, of hating hrs at tight end,
Speaker 1: how he can stretch the field, how they can come
Speaker 1: out in twelve personnel or twenty one personnel and stretch
Speaker 1: the field with him at tight end. Do you feel
Speaker 1: as though the Cowboys can go with a Nickel package
Speaker 1: versus base, seeing as though Jordan Lewis will be back
Speaker 1: and he's good against the run. He's not that you know,
Speaker 1: he's not a linebacker or anything like that, but he
Speaker 1: can do good against the run. Plus it'll be able
Speaker 1: for an extra cover person for hating Hurst. Do you
Speaker 1: believe that's the approach that the Cowboys would go going
Speaker 1: against this, this Atlanta Falcons offense. I don't, just because
Speaker 1: we already have a problem stopping the run, so we
Speaker 1: get out there in base and throw an eleven. I
Speaker 1: think they're gonna be looking their chops. I'll tell you this.
Speaker 1: The linebackers are getting keamed up right now in the
Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons meeting room right now. They're pointing out who's
Speaker 1: missing and what we showed a weakness, and they're out
Speaker 1: there and they're scheming up everything to do that. So
Speaker 1: I don't think that will be a thing. Hopefully, you know,
Speaker 1: in the perfect world, they would just bring in b
Speaker 1: Car and let him be that safety that walks down
Speaker 1: and covers and let the other safety room or figure
Speaker 1: out out kind of how they did in Baltimore. That's
Speaker 1: the solution I see. Especially if you get into eleven
Speaker 1: and you're playing couple one, you need somebody cover of
Speaker 1: tight end. I think Brandon caused the best person for
Speaker 1: the job. Mccrayon with you one hundred percent. I'll tell
Speaker 1: you where the pressure and who can help the defense
Speaker 1: the most. On Sunday, it is the Dallas Cowboys offense.
Speaker 1: They need to control the football. The Rams held the
Speaker 1: ball for thirty five minutes and change. On Sunday, the
Speaker 1: Cowboys offense needs to hold the ball thirty plus minutes
Speaker 1: and keep this defense off the field. We've seen the
Speaker 1: past few seasons when the Cowboys have been able to
Speaker 1: win games, it's because the defense was being able to
Speaker 1: have some rest and put other teams in some third
Speaker 1: down situations winning those third downs. So a whole heavy
Speaker 1: dose of Ezekiel Elliott to me, it's going to be
Speaker 1: the key for the Cowboys to go ahead and win
Speaker 1: because if you can keep Atlanta off the field, you're fine,
Speaker 1: and if you force them because you're able to go
Speaker 1: out to a lead and make them play from behind.
Speaker 1: We know the more Maddie Ice is throwing the football,
Speaker 1: the better off it is for you. If you get
Speaker 1: him throwing forty fifty passes because they're behind, making them
Speaker 1: one dimensional, it's gonna get the Cowboys a better opportunity
Speaker 1: to win fellas. Yeah, this is true. This is very true.
Speaker 1: If you if you got Maddie Ice schooling back there,
Speaker 1: dropping them back for forty six attempts or fifty attempts,
Speaker 1: I think that plays right into the hands for the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. I think they'll be able to use those
Speaker 1: pass rushers off the edge. We've seen Alden Smith coming in.
Speaker 1: He looks like he's ready to keep going. So hopefully
Speaker 1: we get to that point where we make the Atlanta
Speaker 1: Falcons one dimensional. My only worry is, man, who's gonna
Speaker 1: stick Julio Jones? You know who's gonna stick Calvin? Really?
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know. It's a daunting task, man,
Speaker 1: but we gotta make them one dimensional in my opinion, Yeah,
Speaker 1: this has been a very different ahead. This has been
Speaker 1: This has been their very different cover coverage game. For
Speaker 1: our defensive backs. They will be tested more than they
Speaker 1: were last week, just because Sean McVay came out with
Speaker 1: this side to side playing and quick passes. I don't
Speaker 1: see Atlanta doing the same thing. I seen them trying
Speaker 1: to run and play action and use the ability that
Speaker 1: they have on their offensive weapons. Hint, hint, some stuff
Speaker 1: that we should probably be doing with Calvin Ridley and
Speaker 1: Julio Jones. And Julio Jones will be a big part
Speaker 1: of the game plan for Atlanta, as Mark Cooper should
Speaker 1: be for us. So hopefully we see a battle of receivers.
Speaker 1: All right. Last night, Uh, the Clippers did what I
Speaker 1: didn't think they would do. I thought they would win
Speaker 1: the game against Denver. Um. They didn't get They didn't
Speaker 1: just lose. They got embarrassed. Denver took them pride up
Speaker 1: twenty points late the fourth quarter. I just thought that
Speaker 1: was just pure, pure embarrassment. And then on social media,
Speaker 1: Damian Lillard c J McCullum just clowning Paul Paul and
Speaker 1: Pat Beverley Man, I mean playoff p and they called
Speaker 1: a pandemic pe. I mean it was it was that.
Speaker 1: I actually feel sorry for Kawhi Leonard Man. I feel
Speaker 1: sorry for Kawhi Leonard because if you think about this, considering,
Speaker 1: you've got Boston and Miami. Now in the East, what
Speaker 1: if Kawhi Leonard ended up deciding to go back to
Speaker 1: Toronto running back, they might have repeated as Eastern Conference champions.
Speaker 1: But it's clear that the Clippers did all this talking
Speaker 1: and produced nothing but playoffs. Pet Let me tell you something.
Speaker 1: Kawhi Kawhi and pandemic Pete went out there and played
Speaker 1: like straight garbage last night. They looked bad. They lost,
Speaker 1: they lost. They lost four in a row. Right, they
Speaker 1: were down three months and then came back. Right. They
Speaker 1: lost three straight. They lost three straight, They lost three straight.
Speaker 1: They lost three straight. Um, yeah, it was bad and
Speaker 1: they you know, I don't know how much I believe
Speaker 1: in karma, but I do remember Patrick Beverley and all
Speaker 1: of them laughing and kickinging and cackling on the sideline
Speaker 1: when when day a little missed that miss those two
Speaker 1: free throws and lost the game. So I say he
Speaker 1: gets the last laugh. Yeah, Dan definitely got the last
Speaker 1: laugh on this one. It was definitely embarrassing man to
Speaker 1: be up three one and then get outstin Game seven
Speaker 1: by plus twenty. I mean, it's embarrassing. Now. I'm not
Speaker 1: gonna put it all on Kauhi. I felt like Hawaii
Speaker 1: carried him a lot of this way, but he fell
Speaker 1: up short in the fourth quarter. I think he only
Speaker 1: scored like two points in the fourth quarter. But this
Speaker 1: team right here, I mean they were known for talking
Speaker 1: all that smack. I mean, like Danny said, you got
Speaker 1: Pat Beverley on the sidelines, who half of the time
Speaker 1: he wasn't even playing because he was injured, still over
Speaker 1: there just talking, just choking it up, just making fun
Speaker 1: of everybody. And then they ran into a buzz all
Speaker 1: of a team in Denver. I mean, this team has
Speaker 1: already come back from three one when they were playing Utah,
Speaker 1: so they were they already had that in their veins.
Speaker 1: Like this game seven is ours. We got ice in
Speaker 1: our and they went out there and proved it. Man,
Speaker 1: It's just I feel bad for Doc. Man. I just
Speaker 1: feel bad for Doc. I feel bad for Hey. Now,
Speaker 1: this this is three times Doc Rivers blown has blown
Speaker 1: a three one lead as a head coach. Now is
Speaker 1: that I like this? It's a specialty right now, man, right,
Speaker 1: this is what he's done. Despite winning a championship with
Speaker 1: the Celtics in two thousand and they Doc Rivers is
Speaker 1: that dude? Who's coached these guys, and they can't they
Speaker 1: can't close the show. I also go back to old
Speaker 1: Marcus Morris of the Clippers who told Paul Millsava that
Speaker 1: they were going to go to blank home and also
Speaker 1: that mess he pulled with Luca don chich So. So
Speaker 1: to see this whole group of guys who talk so much,
Speaker 1: who in their own way really kind of disrespected the
Speaker 1: game of basketball and how how you go about your business?
Speaker 1: Did do all that talking and they've won nothing, and
Speaker 1: to see them blow a three one lead and then
Speaker 1: in Game seven getting embarrassed. Okay, I mean they just
Speaker 1: didn't lose, they got embarrassed. Denver took their heart from them.
Speaker 1: That was something to see and we'll see what what
Speaker 1: how did they bring it back? They're in luxury cap. Heck,
Speaker 1: they don't have a first round pick apparently until twenty
Speaker 1: twenty seven. Uh, I guess there's an extension that's supposed
Speaker 1: to be coming for for a playoff Peece, So they've
Speaker 1: got to pay him that they've got. No they really
Speaker 1: have no choice but to try and dip into the
Speaker 1: luxury tax and bring these guys back. This is this
Speaker 1: is a problem out there for the Clippers and then
Speaker 1: for Paul Pierce and Paul Pierce. But for Paul George
Speaker 1: to say they didn't expect to win the championship in
Speaker 1: the first year, how could you come up with that
Speaker 1: week excuse the press compence after the game like that.
Speaker 1: We have a total garbage go ahead the Matt. The
Speaker 1: worst part for for for La is if you zoom
Speaker 1: out and you and you really look at the at
Speaker 1: the players in the game, Denver was better than them.
Speaker 1: I don't think if they if they met up again
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, that they could beat beat Denver. So
Speaker 1: so they have some real stuff to deal with that
Speaker 1: they're not not even only the second best team in
Speaker 1: the West. They not they might not be the third
Speaker 1: because they could have lost the Dallas. So they got
Speaker 1: some real problems. They got some real problems when you
Speaker 1: think about, you know, giving up paula extension and figuring
Speaker 1: out what you're gonna do with You know, you need
Speaker 1: a big man if you're gonna be in the West,
Speaker 1: you know you need some stuff. And I don't know
Speaker 1: if they have enough to get it. So they might
Speaker 1: not make it back to make it to the championship,
Speaker 1: let alone the Conference finals they know one thing, they're
Speaker 1: better than not paid. Yeah, they never made it and
Speaker 1: they better not to play paid playoff here or whatever
Speaker 1: they calling him, I mean after that performance and he shrunk,
Speaker 1: I mean it was a just went down into a
Speaker 1: ball and just he was a he was a no
Speaker 1: show man. And for the whole playoffs, the entire playoffs,
Speaker 1: they have to pay Paul George. They don't. They're rosy.
Speaker 1: All the assets that they've given up in draft picks,
Speaker 1: they have no option but to pay Paul George. So
Speaker 1: so he's getting his money. The big, big issue is
Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard is playing on a one year deal now
Speaker 1: because he's he has a two year opt out for himself.
Speaker 1: So if they run this back, which I expect them
Speaker 1: to try to bring as many pieces as they can
Speaker 1: run it back next year and it doesn't happen, then
Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard is a free agent after the season. So
Speaker 1: you about, Kawhi Leonard will be free. Jannisannaton Coopo, unless
Speaker 1: he signs a big old extension this offseason, he's going
Speaker 1: to be free. And we'll see. Because one thing we know,
Speaker 1: guys want to play with guys they like and Jimmy Butler,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, show people a whole lot that you
Speaker 1: know what, go where guys and an organization wants to
Speaker 1: win the way you want to. Because what they're doing
Speaker 1: in Miami right now, man, that's some tough stuff. The
Speaker 1: best thing he did was get out of Philly. Could
Speaker 1: have made more money in Philly, but he said, I
Speaker 1: want to go to a place where I want to
Speaker 1: win and guys want to win like me and put
Speaker 1: in that work. I mean, if you look at his game,
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler, I mean he's a scrappy defender. I mean
Speaker 1: he's not flashy, but he'll get you some buckets. And
Speaker 1: that's basically what that Miami team is. It's just a
Speaker 1: bunch of scrappy dogs out there who just don't care
Speaker 1: what anybody says about him. They keep everything in house
Speaker 1: and they do what they do to try to win games.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's a perfect fit for Jimmy Butler, and
Speaker 1: he's a perfect guy to lead that team. I love
Speaker 1: how everybody you know, Crowns, Brad Stevens is this great
Speaker 1: coach and here's Eric Spoelstra doing his thing and people
Speaker 1: give him one don't want to give him credit for
Speaker 1: coaching to Miami Heat teams to the championship. But you
Speaker 1: know what I thought, Spoelstra and what he's done with
Speaker 1: this team has done an outstanding coaching job. All Right,
Speaker 1: we're late, all right, we can't make once again, Poor Chris,
Speaker 1: poor Chris Bean work any harder than he has trying
Speaker 1: to get this show together. But it was fun stuff.
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