1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: Jerry Jones joins us now right here on your home 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: of the Cowboys, brought you by Ford, the official vehicle 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: of the Dallas Cowboys. Ford is the best in Texas. 4 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: And a good morning to you, sir. How you doing well? 5 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: I'm great and looking forward to this weekend, really looking 6 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: forward to this game. Yes, sir as, are we What 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: do you guys need to have success with in order 8 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: to score on this strong Jaguars defense consistently on Sunday? Yes, 9 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 1: we do need to get our balance going. And I 10 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: emphasize the balance. And that's what's dicey about this thing, 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: is that and why we think we are within reach 12 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: of really being able to have our offense going the 13 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: way we would hope and we reach a balance, we 14 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: don't We don't have to go out and obviously become 15 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: an overnight four hundred yards a game passing team, but 16 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: we do need to get balanced in our passing game. 17 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 1: That'll lope up the running game. There you go. And 18 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: so I emphasize balance, and what needs to happen is 19 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: that the number of targets to wide receivers. Is it 20 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: the throw itself to the wide receivers. What needs to 21 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: happen in order to create that balance in your mindket 22 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: think you can get some balance by injecting Dak into 23 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: the running game and we're talking maybe two more plays 24 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 1: that he would basically threaten or make the defense aware 25 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: that what he's capable of doing. I think we know 26 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: that that's there. We've we you have to have his 27 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: threat of the run in our game to do some 28 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: things we want to do with Zeke. I think you 29 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: got to get Zeke outs side and the passing game. Yes, 30 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: I do think we've got to utilize Beasley in his 31 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: unique skills of separation. And certainly it didn't hurt us 32 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: to open up the game against the Giants with the 33 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: deep throw for a touchdown with Austin. Again, it's balance, 34 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: and when you're depending on many which most teams are, 35 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: many aspects of your offense, then you get out of 36 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: culture a little bit, get to depending on because of 37 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 1: what the defense, which often dictates what I'm talking about here. 38 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: But if you can get that balance going, even in 39 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 1: the face of in Jacksonville's case, where they've got some 40 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: defense that take away some of these options for you, 41 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: they're good man defense, and I think that compromises us 42 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: a little there. You had to on occasion throw in 43 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: the face of what they do best. You have to 44 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: go to a part of the game. So without going 45 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 1: all over the place here, we've just gotta get some adjustments. 46 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:16,959 Speaker 1: That's why it's an all end thing. We've got to 47 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: get some adjustments in different phases and when that starts hitting, 48 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: it open up. So, Jerry, you mentioned the defense for 49 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 1: Jacksonville and you mentioned Ezekiel Elliot. I want to go 50 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: back to two sixteen draft because it kind of changed 51 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: both of these franchises where you guys went thirteen and three. 52 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: Last year they go to the AFC Championship Game. How 53 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: tough of a decision was it when you guys were 54 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: picking four and I believe it was thirty four Zeke 55 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: versus Jalen Ramsey and Jalen Smith versus Miles jack As 56 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: those guys were picked right around the same areas well. 57 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: In both cases, you can let's start with the premise, 58 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: you can't have both. There's no way to get both 59 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: if you've got down this, so it's either are YEA 60 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: and in both cases what the other one brought to 61 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: the table. Obviously one out. Jalen went out and so 62 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,839 Speaker 1: did Zeke what Zeke brought to the table. I don't 63 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: think we have to back up a second relative to 64 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 1: what Zeke brings to the table. There's no laddage. It's 65 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 1: not the ones you miss in the draft. It's what's 66 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: the ones you get and how they pan out. And 67 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: so Zeke has been everything we thought he would be. 68 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: And obviously Jalen has two and right on time. Jalen 69 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 1: didn't surprise us as all that had how he took 70 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: to evob and to a rehabbing as you remember. I 71 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: know you've heard it a thousand has, but we had 72 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: the doctor that did the surgery right here on our 73 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:53,119 Speaker 1: staff and we felt that he could get it back. 74 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: Did we know, of course not, but we did know 75 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: that he was rare and I emphasized the word in 76 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: Jalen Smith. And if he did get back, he could 77 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: you could have had a major addition to your team 78 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: with the second pick. Yeah, and two huge plays last 79 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,239 Speaker 1: week from Jalen Smith. That was really awesome to see. 80 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: Now as far as Zeke, how is he doing. Is 81 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: he compromised in any way? We've seen him limp it 82 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: off a few times. Is that something that's going to 83 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: be a factor week to week for him. Well, first 84 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: of all, we might have seen him limp off, but 85 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 1: I didn't see it compromise him when he got back 86 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: out there at all in any way. And so that's 87 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: the key. You know. Again, you can get in trouble 88 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: mentioning any other player's name in comparison. But I can 89 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: remember Jimmy Brown, I can remember Emman Smith. Every time 90 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: they got up after a run, you'd think they weren't 91 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 1: going to make it to the huddle, and they had 92 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: the ease around and get in the huddle and then man, 93 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: here they came. Emma actually told the story of how 94 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: his dad told him said, you're jumping up right after 95 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: you get it and expending a lot of energy after 96 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 1: you've been tackled. He said, just just lay there, let 97 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: him get off of you, and kind of ease up 98 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: and get your breath, get back and then blow up. 99 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: Jerry And watching Tyrn Smith against jadeveon Clowney on Sunday night, 100 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: it looked like Klanney got the best of him quite 101 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: a few times. Is that health related with Tyron with 102 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: an ankle there was he fighting through something or is 103 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: that just a really good player just winning on a 104 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: few plays well, I think it's more of the ladder 105 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: of your of your question, but Clowney, you can't expect 106 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: him not to make some plays, and so you know 107 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: you've got two really great players, and with Tyron actually 108 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: having done it more. And so no, I wasn't at 109 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: all disappointed with how that matchup turned out. You're always 110 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 1: disappointed when you have a have a some pressure or 111 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: have a play that you kind of assume will get 112 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: blocked and then it doesn't. But then you've got to 113 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: quickly realize that is clowney that he's going against. What 114 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: do you guys know about how Travis Frederick's coming along, 115 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: and would your record as the season goes on dictate 116 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: how if he would or wouldn't come back this year. 117 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: It could, it had in situations of our before with 118 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: other players, but we don't know. Again, I would emphasize 119 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: that what we knew last week when we put him 120 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: on IR that we didn't know six seven weeks earlier, 121 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: is that he was going to need some weeks of 122 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: rehab just to get his muscle and his strength back. 123 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: When we first didn't put him on an hour, he 124 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: had that muscle and he had most of that strength, 125 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: his inactivity in that area has lessened that muscle and 126 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: that strength. That'll take him now some weeks to get 127 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: it back. So that even if his syndrome were at 128 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: it were at a stage that we could that he 129 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: could play, and he felt that he could, he'd have 130 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: to get strong again. So we've got the time per 131 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: hour now, but we don't want to in any way 132 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: give up that at this juncture that he might be 133 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,359 Speaker 1: back for the latter part of the year in the playoffs. 134 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: And then, Jerry, there are articles out about trade rumors 135 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: around the NFL, and some of the trade rumors have 136 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,439 Speaker 1: the Cowboys looking at certain players. Are you guys right 137 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: now talking possibly to teams to add some players to 138 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: the twenty eighteen Dallas Cowboys. Not really, but again again 139 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: not really, not really Again, You're always chuming. That's part 140 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: of it. You're always conversing, talking that goes on in 141 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: every industry. Always should be looking if there's something that 142 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: matches up in anticipation as you move along this year 143 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 1: of where we may be on our roster. You're always 144 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: chuming around if you're doing your job. It's the Jerry 145 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: Jones Show here on the fan. You mentioned playoffs, there 146 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 1: a few moments ago, and Eagles, of course one last night, 147 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: but they're just three and three is the defending Super 148 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: Bowl champ. So my question is do you have a 149 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: good idea of how many wins you think it'll take 150 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: to win this division? I don't. I really don't. And 151 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 1: we all know you can guess within two or three 152 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: whether it's going to take eight, nine or ten or eleven, 153 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: But other than that, you don't. And obviously we've got 154 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: an interesting thing happening as we get out of the 155 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: gate here for ANFC East, and injury will impact this 156 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: ultimately to some degree. It always does, and certainly go 157 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: back to how we started this interview today, how we 158 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: come together and how we put the nuances and adjust 159 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: over here, how we come together and get it going. 160 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,959 Speaker 1: We've got to do better, and we I think we will. 161 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 1: It's not moving the mountain to get better. Do you 162 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: mind when a player like Alan Hearns, you know, speaking 163 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 1: frankly and honestly from their perspective on why things aren't 164 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: going smoothly from your perspective? Is that a distraction or 165 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: an issue when a when a player gives a frank 166 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: answer to questions like that, Every every relationship. But whether 167 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: it be close in or an extended relationship, every relationship 168 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: has on the other end of it a different perspective, 169 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: and sometimes it just implies it's very nature that you're 170 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: at cross purposes with the other side of it, and 171 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: just think about it. That goes with it. And so 172 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: you want candid answers, and I want them to give 173 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:32,359 Speaker 1: them to you in the media. But sometimes if they 174 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 1: basically take issue with well, really, I did a pretty 175 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 1: good job on that route that for instance, Well, if 176 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: you did a good job, why didn't we make the play? 177 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: Why didn't they come to you? Or why didn't Well, 178 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: it implies that either it was a dicey play called 179 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: by the coordinator a coach, or an issue with the 180 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: quarterback in this particular case, because a receiver, there's two 181 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: of them more and there's him in the quarterback. So 182 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: I'm I would say through my experience over all these 183 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: years that when someone's asking you for an answer, why 184 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: didn't you get in an hour earlier? Jerry, come on? Why? Well, 185 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: I don't know why. I just uh, just for god, 186 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: I don't know why I didn't get in. Well, you 187 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: have you ever heard that? Yeah? From time to time 188 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,719 Speaker 1: we all have we like to get here earlier. I 189 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: don't know why that's satisfactory. Yeah, I'm going to incriminate 190 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: you the way you say. Yeah. Good point is that 191 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 1: the reason that Jason Garrett is much more reserved, like 192 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: he's not very forthcoming with a lot of information. He's 193 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: very conservative with what he'll say. Do you think that's 194 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: probably the biggest reason. I think so, I think so. Listen, 195 00:12:54,520 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 1: Jason Garrett is he is absolutely the real deal. There's 196 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: no fraud in Jason Garrett. And so he had just 197 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: rather give you a clever or a no answer with 198 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: a little bit of sensitivity to it. He'd rather give 199 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: you an answer than just you know, I'm not going 200 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: to come in in some cases, and that gets you 201 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: in trouble every time, almost just to give an answer. 202 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: I haven't learned that yet. So you know, if you 203 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,959 Speaker 1: if you've got to close in read on him. You know, 204 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: and by the way, he's well thought out, and you 205 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: better when you are sitting down and going over but 206 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,079 Speaker 1: what about this way, or how about doing it that 207 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: way or what have you, you'll have a nice, good 208 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 1: logical reason for it not having gone that way every time. 209 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: And so he thinks it through. He works hard. The 210 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: main thing everybody order is how hard he works. You say, well, 211 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: that's not enough, we'll all work hard. But he works 212 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: very hard. He's got outstanding background in her game. He's 213 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: gained a Harvard or whatever kind of degree, the best 214 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: in the world in the NFL through being your head 215 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: coach of the Dallas Cowboys, and I want to put 216 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: all of that together and use it. Now. Does he 217 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: have some things that others may do better, or does 218 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: he have some things that he could do better? Of course, 219 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: but what we've got here is an asset that I 220 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: think we'll get us to where we want to go, 221 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 1: and that's a championship. Jerry, since you're being so kind 222 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: to share your in depth perspective on that situation, which 223 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 1: we appreciate, I've been meaning to ask you a question, 224 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: and I don't mean to be a jerk, but you 225 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: know it's out there, and I'm wondering what you think 226 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 1: when you hear people say maybe you're too close personally 227 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: with Jason Garrett to make a tough business decision on him. 228 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: You're not being a jerk at all anyway about any 229 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: matter that's fair game with our fans. That's fair game 230 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: with everybody. And I love it that everybody makes it 231 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: fair game. I'd really do. I just want us to 232 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: have that kind of interest in what we're doing. And uh, 233 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 1: I clearly understand when we have expectations and don't meet them, 234 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: and those those feelings are not unique to any of us. 235 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: Everybody's got the same kinds of feelings. So I get it. 236 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: I understand it. I have known that when this thing 237 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 1: goes the other way or or doesn't meet expectations, get ready, 238 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: there's going to be a lot of criticism about things 239 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: that many times aren't even related to the game or 240 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 1: to the shoot. Now. I don't mean to talk in 241 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: theory or philosophically here. Specifically, when you win, your jokes 242 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: are funnier, you're when you win. You've got more personality 243 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: when you win when you lose. Lou Holtz used to 244 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: when he was coach at Arkansas. He was a wonderful speaker, mesmerizing, 245 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: but he would do magic tricks and as a part 246 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: of his speaking, he would actually do these magic tricks 247 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: and he was good at it, and so all of 248 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: a sudden he started not winning. And of course you 249 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: can imagine the stuff he got over those magic tricks. Now, 250 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: people said, if you'd try to be a little less funny, 251 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: try to be a little less entertainment, a little less magical, 252 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: and think about structuring the offense, or or think about 253 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: what he's really there for. And as to win a 254 00:16:56,640 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: football game, he could leave those magic tricks at home. Well, 255 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: that thing really fell out of favor. And do you 256 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: get my point? Some things that were great, funny, witty, 257 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 1: sharp become the opposite when you don't win the football games. Well, 258 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 1: we appreciate it as always, Thank you so much for 259 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: the time, and give them heck out there Sunday. We'll 260 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,360 Speaker 1: be pulling for you. You're back, guys, looking forward to it.