1 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: At least. He's The Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt 2 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: Williamson on Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 3 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Drive. I'm Dale Lolly here with Matt Williamson. 4 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: It's a sad, sad time here in Pittsburgh. There we 5 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: are lamenting. We are very sad. We are. So you're 6 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: gonna row Yeah, one I can handle too? Is not okay? Yeah, 7 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: I mean here's the thing. No Steelers training camp this 8 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: year at St. Vincent College. Um, it's my understanding that 9 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 1: there were some issues with the state. Uh is that 10 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: what it was? Um, it was the NFL's decision. It 11 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: wasn't the Steelers decision. Correct, they wanted to go. They 12 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: submitted a plan, um, and we're unable to get that 13 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: plan approved. So training camp will be split between hines 14 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: Field and uh U p MC. You're any sports complex. Um, 15 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: we don't know any of our situations. We do We'll 16 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: be doing shows and all that stuff. UM, possibly from 17 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 1: the stadium, kind of like we did for Mini camp. 18 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: Would assume, which is a good environment. That's fine. Um. 19 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: We still like Latrope. We still like latrope better. Fans 20 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,119 Speaker 1: like Latroe better. I know the Steelers like Latroe better 21 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: because what they can do there that the team building, 22 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: the camaraderie, all that kind of stuff. Here's the thing. 23 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: So you're not going to have a Steeler's roster assuming 24 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 1: they can get back to St. Vincent College next year. 25 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,839 Speaker 1: The way turnover is in the NFL. Take this team 26 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: over that. I know where you're going with this, right, 27 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: I mean, you're gonna have a bunch of guys who 28 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: have never been there before, a bunch of guys like 29 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: and think about it this way and making this will 30 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: be making Fitzpatrick's third year with the Steelers and he's 31 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: never been to Latrope. That's so weird. I mean, considering 32 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: this organization and the storied history and year after year 33 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: after year and everyone has been there, a prominent Steeler 34 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: like makea it's still over. That's crazy. Yeah, that's pretty crazy. 35 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: And I guess we'll be several of those Claypool And 36 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, your last your last two rookie 37 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 1: draft classes. Anybody that you've signed in free agency haven't 38 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: been to Saint Fence in college is probably and I 39 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: haven't gone through the roster um and probably then bye bye. Yeah, 40 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: by next year, absolutely, by just guys that are under 41 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 1: contract next year, including you know, Ben's never gonna probably 42 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: go there again. You know, yeah, there's a good chance back, 43 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: but there's a real real chance that Ben's done with 44 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: his Latrobe experience. And I just hope for personal reasons 45 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: you and I are not and the whole Sharky's crew 46 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: and all the fun stuff that ensues up there. But 47 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: and and the football wise, I think there's clear value 48 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: to going there and the Camaradero. They wouldn't do it, 49 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: or they wouldn't do it. I mean, they don't do 50 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,239 Speaker 1: it to cost a lot of money, ynions. It's the 51 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: total opposite. It's a massive inconvenience and doesn't save money. 52 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: I'm sure that they got some good things out of 53 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: the haydens Field experience last year in terms of convenience 54 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: and things like that, and you know, I don't think 55 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: they're broken hearted about that part of it. But the 56 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: tradition is important, Yeah, the tradition is important. The what 57 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: the fans get out of it, I think it's important, 58 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: you know, you get it creates some excitement about the 59 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: team without question, that Hillsides legendary, you know what I mean. Yeah, 60 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: it's a shame it is. Um, I have a hard time. 61 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: I haven't thought about it a lot because I just 62 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: got the announcement sort of recently, and I did another 63 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: podcast and other things I drove here. I can't believe 64 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: it couldn't occur though, you know what I mean, Like, 65 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: I don't know the logistics of it all. It's not 66 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: that's not my department. I mean, we're talking about football stuff. 67 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: But you can't tell me that that couldn't have been 68 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: something that could have got done. I have a hard 69 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: time buying that. Yeah, I do as well. UM, but 70 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: it's it's a pay grade. Yeah, it's the reality of 71 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: the situation. And uh, I just hope. Here's the thing. 72 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: I think in some ways that the NFL p A 73 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: is using this as a tool to get kind of 74 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: get some of the things that it wanted. I wonder 75 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: how much politics and that kind of stuff is into play. 76 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: That's troublesome to me, I think, and we saw that 77 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: with some of these mini camps and O T A s. 78 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: You know, we just signed a new C B A 79 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: right before COVID hit. Right before COVID hit. You know, 80 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 1: we were in an indie and you know, hearing things 81 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: like well, we don't want to start coming to these 82 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: they're too physical. We're worried about COVID be like, I 83 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 1: hope people don't use the pandemic as an excuse to 84 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 1: get ahead, but such as life, I mean everyone does. 85 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: I mean, speaking of the combine, did you see the 86 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: news yesterday? I thought I was going to break that 87 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: news to really ruin your day. Um, that's the league 88 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 1: is going to open that up to bids. Combines in 89 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: Indy this year. None last year. What's that next year? 90 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 1: You mean one will be will be in Indianapolis. After that, 91 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: we don't know. We don't know. I mean we'll have 92 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 1: to talk to our bosses and whatnot. I don't know 93 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: if we would go if it's somewhere else. Um, who's 94 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: to say for sure. But it's super convenient for us 95 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 1: as well as many other you know, NFL teams. That's 96 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 1: why they chose Indie. And travel was different when they 97 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: made that original decision. But it's a nice, flat, easy 98 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: ride for a lot of the league. I mean, I'm 99 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: not saying you it's a centralized location. Beauty of it. 100 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: I mean it's in the middle of the country and 101 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: in the town itself. Is the city itself is set 102 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: up to host events like that. Yeah, it always blows 103 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 1: me away. When I get there, there's some huge convention 104 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: that they're ripping down, and then as we leave, there's 105 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 1: some huge convention that they're setting Sometimes there's stuff going 106 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: on the show in town, I mean the whole You 107 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: can get a pretty good you can get all your 108 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: steps and just staying in the convention center, you know 109 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 1: what I mean. But it's so it up for that. 110 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 1: Everything's walkable, everything's flat. Sometimes weather it's great, sometimes it's terrible, 111 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: but you can stay indoors if you need to. What's 112 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: awesome about it, too, is everyone kind of has their 113 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: spots now because it's year after year. You know, we 114 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 1: have a dinner with the Steelers at the same place 115 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: basically every time, and you know you're gonna see a 116 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: lot of the league no matter where you go area, 117 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: without question and no doubt my mind, you and I 118 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: would have fun in Miami or Arizona or Vegas. I'm 119 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: not It's not even so much about the fun. It's 120 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 1: just about to be being able to do your job 121 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: in the most efficient man ef Indianapolis, it's perfect, without question. Yeah, 122 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 1: to me, it was very very I didn't know we 123 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: bring this up. I thought it was very similar to 124 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 1: the trope thing. To me, it's just tradition. I know, 125 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: where everything's at, everyone's comfortable, everyone has a routine, and 126 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: it sounds like all this stuff is getting blown up, 127 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: and it sounds like the only reason that's happening. Combine wise, 128 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: it's just a money grap It's it's money, and this 129 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:05,359 Speaker 1: is you know, when they started putting the Combine on television, 130 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: they started televising the events and making it. They moved 131 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: it to the night a lot of the runs. Even 132 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 1: though the players hate it. Yeah, who cares what they 133 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: hate it, but yeah, we'll make more money. But the 134 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: league has figured, oh, hey, we can make money off 135 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: of this, and now all they said, I mean, we 136 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: can really make money off of this if we put 137 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: this thing out forbid, and you know, the biggest, whoever 138 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: city is gonna step up the most, gets the call. 139 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: And I mean two of the cities, actually three of 140 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: the cities that I've heard are Los Angeles, that would 141 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: be awful, Las Vegas in Dallas. Nothing about Dallas, but 142 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: I mean Dallas is kind of Jerry World is huge. 143 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: The stadium there is huge, and there's lots of hotels 144 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: right around there, but you have to, like you can't walk? 145 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: Can we walk there? Like it's not no, no, in 146 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: Indianapolis you can walk. Everyone nobody has. That's the great thing. 147 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: If we have to walk through the ever walk through 148 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: the convention center to get over to the stadium or 149 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: you know, even to where you know the other side 150 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: of the convention center. Now where we go and you 151 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: see you see owners, general, managers, coaches every walk you go. 152 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: If you go get one of your diet cokes in 153 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: the middle of the day, you're gonna see somebody in 154 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: the NFL to and from our show. Let alone, once 155 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: we get there at nights. At nights are great. Um, 156 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: you know, you see somebody every trip you take, even 157 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: you know, and some of those walks aren't super short, 158 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: but they're flatt and easy, and so what you prepare 159 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: for it and you're inside, you're inside. It's easy enough, 160 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: right And if if people have a hard time walking, 161 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: I'm sure they could, you know, take the NUBER to 162 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: get there, if you know they've issues medically or whatever. 163 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: But if we all have to, you know uber every 164 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: time we in l A or whatever to get to 165 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,079 Speaker 1: every event and everything you do that's gonna take a 166 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 1: lot away from I just know what it was like. 167 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: For example, I went to the last Super Bowl or 168 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: two Super Bowls. I didn't go last year, but in Miami. Yeah, 169 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: And the hotel, the media hotel that I was at 170 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: was about a forty five minute drive from the media center. 171 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 1: There there's a lot of bussing. The Chiefs Hotel was 172 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: about a half at least a half an hour north 173 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: of where I was at the forty Niners Hotel. I 174 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: never even made it too because it was such a 175 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: straight I would have had to have gotten on a 176 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: bus I had. First of all, the Chiefs practiced at 177 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: their media or media opportunities were like eight am. They 178 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: stayed on Central time, so that's when they did that. 179 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: The forty Niners stayed on West Coast time, so their 180 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:54,079 Speaker 1: stuff was in the afternoon. The Chiefs were in the morning. 181 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: And to get from the Chiefs to the forty Niners hotel, 182 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: you had it was like an hour bus ride. You 183 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 1: probably have to pick one or the other. He couldn't 184 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: do both. It was just he just couldn't um. And 185 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: so it was all just so spread out that it 186 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: just wasn't It wasn't physical, feasible, logistically the one person 187 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: to do everything. You've been to a lot of Super 188 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: Bowls that weren't sealer super Bowls, right, and that they're 189 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,079 Speaker 1: not usually like that right now. I mean they're a 190 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 1: lot more media friends. Like the one that I went 191 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: to before that was in Minneapolis. They used the Mall 192 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: of America as as the center point was cold, but 193 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: at least it was but you had you had the 194 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: Patriots on one side of the of the Mall of 195 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: America in a hotel that's connected to the Mall of America. 196 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: You had the Eagles on the other side of the 197 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: hotel or in a hotel on the other side of 198 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: the Mall of America. And we had a work center 199 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: right there in the Mall of America. So yeah, you 200 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: just had the walk. I mean, the Mall of America's big, yeah, 201 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: but you could get there. It was a you know, 202 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: to get to the from one media availability to the 203 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 1: other one was you know, ten minute walk. Well, yeah, 204 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: that's great, and then you see a lot of the 205 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: same people and it's the type of environment like we were. 206 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: And so the media center, the media center was you know, 207 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 1: that's where everybody was at. Everybody was there. The Media 208 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: Center in Miami. I went there once to pick up 209 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: my credentials because it was so far from my hut. 210 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: I wasn't gonna go there to work. I mean, even 211 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: like the an Indy the Media Center, you can stop 212 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: up there and get waters and food, and it's a 213 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 1: little everything centralized. You could sit there all day if 214 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: you want, and there's TVs and works. That's where I 215 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: work from. It's been hard to deal with it all 216 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: in Indy, right. Yeah. I don't like the sound of 217 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 1: any of this, don't get me wrong. I mean, we 218 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: might be two years from now, we might be like 219 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 1: Vegas was pretty cool. I get it. Media, the media 220 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: availability and that kind of stuff is way way down 221 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,719 Speaker 1: on the But you want to generate, you want to 222 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: continue to generate buzz about these things you want. I 223 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,200 Speaker 1: can't believe any of it's better for the players. Yeah, 224 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: you want your you want your your your players to 225 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: be you know, advertised and comfortable and all that stuff. 226 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: I just I don't know how moving it out of 227 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: Indianapolis does that. I don't know how. Oh the money, 228 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: I don't know what you gain and lost in the 229 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: Steelers case, Um, you know, losing St. Vincent College. Yeah, 230 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: they don't make they lose money on this situation, but 231 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: they do it for the fans. And you know, people 232 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: need to realize that are listening. Yeah, that's that's for 233 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: the fans. There are some bonuses of team building, without question, 234 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: and I think tradition is important. Absolutely. You gotta chuck 235 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 1: Nole Field and you know, I mean like and just 236 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: how much it means to the Latrobe area. And that's 237 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: the real losers in the situation two years running are 238 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: all the businesses and all the cool things they have 239 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: going on those couple of weeks or whatever too. They're vanished. 240 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 1: They gotta be crushed right now. They gotta be crushed. Yeah, 241 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 1: I mean I'm sure. Um, it sounds as though, and 242 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: I think you said this earlier, the Steelers plan on 243 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: going back. This isn't the thing. Yeah, but I mean 244 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: could go back in a reduced capacity, you know, I mean, 245 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 1: what would always would ever be the same. You know, 246 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: that goes back to my you know, argument with you know, 247 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 1: the NFL p A using this kind of as a 248 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 1: hammer to say, well we can't you know, because here's 249 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: the thing. The Steelers built a dorm actually uh Rooney 250 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: Hall at St. Vincent College specifically for their players to 251 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: have somewhere to stay during training camp. So they made St. 252 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,559 Speaker 1: Vincent's a better place. They made it a better place. 253 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 1: They rebuilt the football field they have. There's a football 254 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: team at St. Fenncent College in large part because of 255 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: the Steelers being there and my hunches, the fields wouldn't 256 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 1: be quite the quality they are now. They go out 257 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: and fix them every year. Um. So when they built 258 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 1: that dorm up there, it was with the idea, Okay, 259 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: we're gonna have to house ninety players and you know, 260 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: our coaching staff else and you know, and then there's 261 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: another dorm. There's a semi new dorm as well, where 262 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: you know, the everybody else stays, the in the team, 263 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,839 Speaker 1: the media relationship, in the in the doctors and the 264 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 1: scouts and all that stuff. And the dorm that the 265 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 1: Steelers built for Saint Vincent's and for those reasons obviously 266 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: doesn't stay empty during the school years. Yes, they use it, 267 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: but it was built with ninety players in mind. So 268 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 1: then the nfl p A comes back. One of the 269 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 1: things that they were insisting on was that every player 270 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: has his own room as opposed to being doubled up 271 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: in the dorm room, which is what they were, and 272 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: these are not. I mean, this is a nice new dorm. 273 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: It's not the it's air conditioned, it's it's this is 274 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: not like you know the Yeah, the seventies when I 275 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 1: first started, when I first started covering the Steelers Intree, 276 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: they were still staying back in the old dorm. I 277 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: can't even think Bonaventure Hall. Yeah, there's no air conditioning, 278 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: there's no none of that place. But the entire everybody 279 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: was contained in that one dorm. The players were in 280 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: the upper floors. We were on that believe the second 281 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: floor of the media was on the second floor. The 282 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 1: players had the top three floors. I believe you guys 283 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: didn't stroll up there. Whatever. But well, when I when 284 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 1: I started, when you wanted to talk to a player, 285 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: you went to the PR department and you said, Hey, 286 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna talk to Levon Kirkland day. Yeah, And he said, okay, 287 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 1: just go up. He's in room you know, four oh seven. 288 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: Knock on his door and tell him I sent you up, 289 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: and you sit there in his door, moom, and you'd 290 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: interview the player. Yeah, that's pretty cool. I mean you 291 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: heard stories in the old days, seventies or whatever. You 292 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: bump into Webby and say, hey, can I talk to 293 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: you later? Sure? Stop up the room three turty three 294 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 1: or whatever. You know, some of the older guys would 295 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: tell stories about you know, you go up and talk 296 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: to Bradshaw and he'd be sitting there talking to you. 297 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: Why strums his guitar, yeah, and stuff like that. You know, 298 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 1: it's a very it was a very relaxed setting because 299 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: you're talking to the player in his environment. Yeah, I've 300 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: all started some great stopping Myron's room for or whatever 301 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: to be a good time. Yeah, And there was some 302 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: of that. I mean times I obviously changed drastically. That 303 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: was fifty years ago, but there was still some of 304 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: that environment there. You see him on the way the 305 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: the you know treatment and of course the meals and stuff. 306 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: You're sitting right next to them. You're standing in line 307 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: with them and meals. You know, we probably won't eat 308 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: by them that at this point, or you know what 309 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: i mean. It's just and for your job, I'm sure 310 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: you get a lot of you know, more camaraderie, more trust. 311 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: They see you on a daily basis. Yeah, day right, 312 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: they know you're not threatening, you know, you know, hold 313 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: the door form as they go in. Hey have a 314 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: good one, you know, just little things like that. Yeah, 315 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: and you can have a common you can have a conversation. 316 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: I mean one of the you know, our area to 317 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: speak during the day with the players is right outside 318 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: the cafeteria, right right, a little grassy spot. You can 319 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: you know, you can pull a guy aside and you know, 320 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: have a conversation as opposed to being in the locker 321 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: room and you know, shoving a microphone in their faces. Different. 322 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: And you know, I watched Moneyball last night. I've watched it. 323 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: I never turned it off every time I stumbled. And 324 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: I'm watching I'm watching the beginning of it, whether where 325 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: they're they're talking to the players before the season starts. 326 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: First of all, most of the time, the media stuff 327 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 1: in those kind of movies is overblown. Like nobody's gonna say, 328 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: I think we're talking to uh Jeremy John b And 329 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: the woman's like, hey, it's been said you go to 330 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: strip clubs, and like, right right, you know, shove with 331 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: the with the TV cameras. Come on, that doesn't how 332 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: that goes? Right, He's standing there in a jog strap 333 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: and getting ready for whatever. Yeah, that doesn't exactly how 334 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: that goes. It's funny that's your line of work. And 335 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: there's not any football movies I like because none of 336 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: them look none of them even slightly realistic. None of 337 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: them are athletic enough. You know, most of the like, 338 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 1: you know, I played basketball, and most of the basketball 339 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:40,959 Speaker 1: movies I see aren't. You couldn't find an actor who 340 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 1: can actually play the game a little bit, someone that 341 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 1: could actually throw a ball. And yeah, you know there's 342 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: there's some athletes out that that act. You would think, yeah, 343 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 1: I would think, but anyways that we're a little picky 344 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: on those type of things. But um, yeah, so, I 345 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: mean it's just such a more relaxed in ronament for 346 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 1: the players. They get into a comfort zone, especially the 347 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: older guys who have been there. Yeah, you're going to 348 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 1: your six or seventh training campus, same fence in college. 349 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: It's almost like if you feel like, okay, okay, I'm 350 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 1: back here, I know where everything's at, I know what 351 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,360 Speaker 1: I need to do. Right, I'm gonna if I want 352 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: to get wings after practice or whatever, or you know, 353 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: they take the young guy out and show them, you know, 354 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: here's where you go and get wings or you know whatever. 355 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: You just can't do it, and it's bad for us. 356 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,880 Speaker 1: I mean, because it's a lot of fun. My back 357 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 1: won't mind sleeping in my own bed. I mean, I 358 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: hope the players a better bed than we do. I mean, 359 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 1: that's one of my only complaints. And sharing bathrooms with 360 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:41,479 Speaker 1: you guys. You can step up, people do that, but 361 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 1: part of it's just super cool. You know, Jim Colonies 362 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: across the hall from me. I'm sure you stay in 363 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: the same room every time, you know. I've in the 364 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: same room. Yeah, I've been in the same room for 365 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: for on the last twenty years, well not twenty years, 366 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 1: probably fifteen, because that dorms pretty new. We've been since 367 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 1: it's been existing. Yeah, I mean, I got I have 368 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 1: a Chazz Pala, the photographer from the the trip. His 369 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 1: room is next to mine, and Chazz likes to play 370 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: his guitar. It's you know, here Chazz strumming away over there. 371 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: He was the last time we were there, the last 372 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: couple of times he was there, he was. He was. 373 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: He learned how to play the entire Green Day Dukie album, 374 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 1: Who album, the whole album, so he just said here 375 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,199 Speaker 1: him strumming away over there, and like, alright, Chaz, the 376 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: album is like fifteen years old now he can probably 377 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: every time you hear that too, and you remember. I mean, 378 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:30,959 Speaker 1: it's just memories and it's those things, you know, And 379 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: I know you know right where uh Mike pursued his 380 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: room was at. He's in my pot and you know 381 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: you'll hear Mike in there in the mornings doing the 382 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: morning show and that kind of stuff, and then you know, so, yeah, 383 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 1: now all that's missed. It was all missed last year. 384 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: The evenings are even better, you know, just on a 385 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: personal level, but sit around talk football. Yeah, it's like 386 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 1: the shows exactly. You know, some of the Steeler people 387 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,919 Speaker 1: were around, fans are around. You do the night shows 388 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 1: from there, and everybody meets up the same spots, and 389 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 1: I don't know, it bummed me out, to be very 390 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 1: honest with you, I thought this year would be fine. 391 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: I know there's a lot of rumblings leading up to 392 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: this and no one sure. And maybe I'm just an optimist. 393 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 1: I thought, come on, the States opened up, everything's opened 394 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: up about wearing a mask anywhere. We gotta be able 395 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: to do this. And I probably was unrealistically optimistic, but 396 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: I'm not happy about it. No, I'm not happy at all. 397 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: And I can't imagine Mike Tomlin's happy about it, because 398 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,199 Speaker 1: I wouldn't think he would have He would have the 399 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:27,680 Speaker 1: team stay at Saint Vincent College year round if he could. 400 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: You might be the person I know well that likes 401 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 1: training camp the most. But maybe on the planet, Mike 402 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: Tomlin likes training camp at St. Fencent the most. There's 403 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: not a doubt in my mind because he's got there. 404 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: He's got their undivided attention for however long they're up there. Um, 405 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,239 Speaker 1: you know you it could be ten o'clock at night 406 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 1: and he could go knock on somebody's doors. Hey, let's 407 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,359 Speaker 1: talk about you know this, that kind of a coach, 408 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: It could be a player, it could be a scout, 409 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: you know right, would you see today? Yeah, that kind 410 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: of stuff is great, And I'm sure we used to 411 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 1: host when I was a pit we would host team 412 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: passing camps and stuff like that, and all the kids 413 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 1: would stay in the dorms. But at night, I mean 414 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 1: the coaches and the high school coaches and all of 415 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: us would sit around and crack a few cold ones 416 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: and talk football. The whole time, you know, not even 417 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 1: like what you see today, but the coaches would be like, 418 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: how do you run this play? And you know they're 419 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 1: all comparing notes from right And that's the other thing 420 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:22,199 Speaker 1: about it. Like, you know, we get a lot of 421 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: national guys that come into for training camp, you know, 422 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: so you see maybe Rick Goslin or you know, someone 423 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 1: of that. Some of those guys, you know, you go 424 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,160 Speaker 1: out and have you know, have some and you find 425 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:34,440 Speaker 1: out stuff about what's going on with other teams because 426 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: most of the time they're on tour and so they've 427 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,360 Speaker 1: got they've just been to Cleveland, and they've just been 428 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: to Baltimore, they've just been to Philadelphia or somewhere, you know, Buffalo, 429 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 1: one of those always checking out a few and writing 430 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: an article about it or whatever. You know. Even like 431 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: in those pit ones, our offensive line coach was notorious 432 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 1: for taking the whole dorm room with a white board 433 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 1: and all these high school old line coaches would go 434 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: sit with Tom Freeman and have a cold one and 435 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: talk about blocking schemes. You know, like they advantaged. Like 436 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: where all the old line coaches go, they're all with 437 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 1: coach Freeman talking you know, blocking stuff. You know, so 438 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff is I imagine I'm so out 439 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: of the college loop. I assume there was none of 440 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: those kinde of camps these past years. I hope they 441 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:16,919 Speaker 1: get to do it. It's good for the kids, it's 442 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 1: good for the coaches, it's good for you know, just 443 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 1: battering football in the area. But I'm gonna I'm sad 444 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: about Latrobe. I'll be honest with that. There's no way 445 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: around that. I'm upset about it for a personal reason. 446 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 1: I'm upset about it from a Steeler and fan reason. 447 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: So that's a bummer. Yeah, yeah, um, really a bummer. Um. 448 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,360 Speaker 1: So that's what we know at this point. We still 449 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 1: haven't gotten the schedule yet for training camp. Um what 450 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: it's going to look like. I'm sure, as we talked 451 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: about previously last week, you know, the Steelers had a 452 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: couple of different calendars ready to go. Said yeah, probably hypothetical. 453 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 1: But I got five different sheets on my desk, good, 454 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: you know, and they're gonna off to adjust them. Um Again, 455 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: I'm I'm speaking out a turn in a way. I 456 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: don't know what our schedule is, but I'm sure you'll 457 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 1: still hear from us storing camp in some way, shape 458 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: or form, you know, hopefully live, hopefully not from in studio. 459 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I was in studio too much last year. 460 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 1: I'm hoping to lease see football and camp. I'm now 461 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:16,199 Speaker 1: slightly worried about that, but I think it'll probably work out, okay, 462 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: you know, considering how many camp went and whatnot. So 463 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: we'll see. But I'm a little down. Yeah, Yeah, it's unfortunate. Yeah, 464 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,160 Speaker 1: so step back. Um, it is a big step back. 465 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: The Steelers, of course, will still play in the Hall 466 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: of Fame game August fifth, play the Dallas Cowboys. Who 467 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: are they are going away. They're going away to Oxnard, California. 468 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 1: You can go you can go away to camp and 469 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: go away out of state. Yeah. I think Vegas is 470 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,880 Speaker 1: going to California as well. And I think the Niners 471 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 1: go away. I mean a couple of those teams in 472 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: the West I think are still able to go away. 473 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: So maybe this was more of a p a issue 474 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:55,360 Speaker 1: than were than I realized. So unfortunate, but yeah, they'll 475 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:58,120 Speaker 1: They'll still they'll have four preseason games, so this will 476 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 1: be different in that regard from last year. There's gonna 477 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 1: be a preseason, so that's gonna be the interesting thing 478 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: about it. I think that's why you when you look 479 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 1: at it, the Steelers are going to have some of 480 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 1: their practices over at the U p M. C Rooney 481 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: Sports Complex because you gotta get ready for games, and 482 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 1: they can get ready for games more so than other 483 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,439 Speaker 1: teams and quicker than everyeah. I mean, so you know 484 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:22,679 Speaker 1: you can't have a practice and then have a fifty 485 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 1: fans in your stadium two days later. Right at your point, 486 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 1: I'm just thinking there are things that need to be 487 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: torn down. That's that's gonna be, you know, a big chore. 488 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: I would think you'd be a big chore, right right, 489 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: good point. And so people and they've even talked about 490 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: some fans being able to see some of these Hinesfield practices, 491 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: and so they are accommodating the fans most likely. But 492 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 1: I remember even last year, I felt like I short 493 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: changed our audience a little bit because during camp things 494 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 1: are still happening. It was such an abbreviating camp. But 495 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,640 Speaker 1: I was sitting in this damn studio, you know, Like, 496 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,400 Speaker 1: so I think will be better than that, for sure? Yeah, 497 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: I would. I would hope that this we did shows 498 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 1: from mini camp in the stadium. That would at least 499 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 1: we'd at least be able to do that and watch 500 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: practice and do live on what we're watching too. I mean, 501 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 1: if there's fans in the stadium, we can't. We couldn't then, 502 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 1: but we could talk about it afterwards if things came out. 503 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: But there's a lot I want to talk about, just 504 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 1: in terms of new schemes and new players and things. 505 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: I've already seen just the two practices I watched, let 506 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 1: alone the two that are the ones coming up where 507 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: they'll be hitting and padding and you know, padded and 508 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 1: people will be going a little harder and more known. 509 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 1: That's it's I mean, it's it's you know, the Steelers 510 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: have a training camp that is more physical than most. 511 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: I'm that's That's one of the things I'm really going 512 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 1: to be interested to see this year is the is 513 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 1: the physicality even ratcheted up a little bit more. I 514 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 1: think it will be because I think there's gonna be 515 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: we're trying to establish on the run game, especially the offense. 516 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 1: I mean, I think the defense we'll get ratcheted up 517 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: just because the offense is ratcheted up. But I don't 518 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: think that the defense needs ratcheted up, to be honest 519 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 1: with where the offense. I think they're gonna change the mindset, 520 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,120 Speaker 1: you know. I mean there's a it's easy to talk 521 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 1: about running the ball, not more, but better and then 522 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,719 Speaker 1: doing it. And I think Tomlin and company will realize 523 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: that or know that all. But you have to do it. 524 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,479 Speaker 1: You got to do it. Yeah. You can't just say, hey, 525 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 1: we're gonna do this and then you know, show up 526 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 1: in the first game and have it happened. You gotta 527 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: practice it. No, you gotta practice it, and you gotta 528 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: come off the ball, and you gotta move bodies and 529 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:24,120 Speaker 1: break a tackle here and there and pick up litz 530 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,680 Speaker 1: Is and especially the first round running back. Yeah, it's 531 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:28,679 Speaker 1: gonna be that's gonna be the interesting balance. I want 532 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 1: to see how they balanced that because I remember when 533 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 1: when Levy on Bell was a rookie UM, they were 534 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 1: tackling him live in that for you know, the first 535 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:39,880 Speaker 1: one right, that's where he actually that's where he heard 536 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 1: his foot he was practice. Yeah, and you're trying to 537 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 1: mix in some young quarterbacks too, and so there's a 538 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 1: lot to shake out. And I do think there'll be 539 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: a lot of physicality in this this you know camp, 540 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: but it won't be in Latrobe and that much. We know. Yeah, 541 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 1: that's unfortunate, but that's going to do it for this 542 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: segment of the Drive on Steelers Nation when we come back. Yeah, 543 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 1: well it was something a little different here for the 544 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: next segment, but certainly I had to talk about that 545 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,639 Speaker 1: because I'm crushed. Yeah, it just it is the news 546 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 1: and so but for my partner Matt Williamson, for Kellen 547 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 1: here on site, Kellen in studio with us UM, I'm 548 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: Dale Lally. We want to thank you for listening to 549 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 1: this edition of the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.