WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Gannon Takes Over 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:04.960 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles. Oh 0:00:05.080 --> 0:00:08.639 and ahead, he got jacked. This is the Big Red 0:00:08.800 --> 0:00:14.120 Rain presented by Santanford in Gilbert. Mary's gonna score touchdown 0:00:14.320 --> 0:00:17.239 Slam to the ground by Buddha Baker Like a torpedo. 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:22.880 He came flying into the backfield. The rage is brought 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:28.040 to you by satan Ford in Gilbert. Are you Santanford 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:31.440 State Farm? Talk to an agent today at eight hundred 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:37.160 State Farm, And by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts visit Acy Cardinals 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:45.960 dot Com, Slash Podcasts, The Reds, Rising Guard, Temperaturizing Vision, flurring, 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:50.400 rage taking over. Here's Paul Calvci. I'm ready. I'm one 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:54.080 hundred percent ready. I'm telling you i'mready. And Ron Wolflee, 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:58.240 it doesn't get any better than that boy, unleash the 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:05.160 far So. After meeting, interviewing, and spending a little time 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:08.840 with a brand new head coach, Jonathan Gannon, you know 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:12.200 what I did next? Wolf? What was that? BOLLI? I 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:15.680 immediately went out to the practice field here at Cardinals HQ, 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:20.040 and I hit the blocking slat Oh stop, and then 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:22.480 I set up the tackling dummies like ran through the 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:25.160 tackling dummies. I gave a couple of them the forearms shiver. 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:27.479 Let me tell you something. I am ready to come 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:31.360 off the ball on this very special edition head Coach 0:01:31.560 --> 0:01:34.720 edition of the Big Red Rage, presented by Santan Ford 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:38.039 and Gilbert. We are Santan Ford, and I might need 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.640 to pace myself here in the offseason, but you know what, 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:43.480 that energy today was infectious and boom. I was ready 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:45.600 to go. You're ready to hit him high, hit him 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:48.840 pie Pipe. I'll give you the effort, Ron wolf I'll 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:50.560 be the try hard guy. If nothing else, you can 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:54.520 bring the analysis here that was already me. I was 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:57.520 the try hard guy. Folly, you can't have that one, 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:01.280 I know. Okay, So here we go, Ron Wolfley, there, 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:04.040 Paul kelvc here and in front of the media, meeting 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:07.680 the media and the red seat Jonathan Gannon, and we 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:09.960 will hear from the head coach a little bit later. Yes, 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:12.639 we'll go one on one a little bit later and 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:14.799 we'll do that meet and greet. But first let's get 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:19.200 a few impressions. First impressions based on his opening press comments, 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:22.200 Ron wolf Lee, what says you, man, PAULI, where do 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:24.480 you begin on this one right here. First of all, 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:27.360 I like his demeanor. I like the fact that he 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:31.360 wasn't way up here. I like that. I know that 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:33.880 he's a high energy guy, but I like the fact 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:37.120 that he was more even keel for the most part 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:41.240 coming into this. You know what, he's an excitable guy. 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:43.960 I love the fact he said it's also very humbling, 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:46.080 and I think that was one of the reasons why 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:50.760 it was very even keel throughout the entire press conference, 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:54.639 to me, was because he knew what was going on. 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:57.639 He knew the moment was huge. Even though he's a 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:02.520 high energy guy and he's an excitable guy. The humility 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:06.400 that he displayed realizing what was going on at this 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:09.000 press conference and the fact that he's forty years old 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:11.280 and here he is a head coach and the National 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:15.280 Football League guy. I loved the context of this, Paul, 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:19.679 and I love the quiet confidence that he conveyed when 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:22.119 he said, we're going to win games. Don't get it twisted. 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:25.000 We're going to win games. And he let that hang, 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:28.040 you know, Like you said, he looked like he'd been 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:30.320 there and done that before, even though he's a first 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:32.960 time head coach and we're gonna ask him about that. 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:34.480 Just you know, was he nervous. I mean a lot 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:36.440 of those first time head coaches meeting the meeting, he 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:40.000 certainly didn't look it. And the more he spoke and 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:43.800 the more he answered questions, the more I understood, Okay, 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:47.560 this indeed is a good fit. This is what they 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:51.080 were looking for. You understand how many boxes he checked. 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:54.200 In fact, the owner, Michael Bidwell, he spoke a little 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:57.160 bit about that about how everything aligned. I think he 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.040 came in with a vision and plan that the vision 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:01.680 aligned with where we want to be about getting back 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:03.920 to the top of the NFC West and competing in 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.240 January and competing to get to the Super Bowl and 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:09.880 win it. So that's number one with a vision, his 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:12.560 plan he outlined, it's the view that he had of 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.120 our elite quarterback and getting him back to being the 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:17.440 playmaker that he is. Think of some of the big 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:21.640 boxes that Jonathan Gannon checks, his philosophy and approach with 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:24.159 Kyler Murray, especially working the last two years with the 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:28.880 jail and Hurts. The accountability issue that Michael Bidwell identified 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:33.839 going into the offseason maybe the driving reason why significant 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:38.119 changes were made in the organization at GM and head coach. 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.920 You then look at the energy and leadership he brought today, right, 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:43.320 and then the final thing is the more he spoke, 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:46.720 you just come to realize. Okay, he was an integral 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.520 part of taking a four win team two years ago 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:52.720 to the Super Bowl. Yeah. So if anybody's been there 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:55.960 and done that, look what he did. You know Nick 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:59.440 Sirianni and that staff with the Philadelphia Eagles. Yeah, you know, 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:02.159 I thought it was cool that Michael actually reference that 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:07.640 the plan and the vision that he thought Coach Gannon had. 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:10.640 And for me, when I think about that, the plan 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:13.840 and the vision Paul, I can hear him saying, we 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:16.400 need to be adaptable, right, So that's what we need. 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:19.400 We need adaptable, we need violent, we need explosive, we 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.240 need smart. I love the fact that he had this 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:26.719 four point vision, so to speak. That he emphasized that 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:30.480 to me really got me jacked up because that says 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:33.120 what the plan is and what the vision may be 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:35.680 going forward. Because Baali can have all the schemes in 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:38.520 the world, of course, but you got to populated with 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:41.760 human beings. And you know what when he said that, 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:45.839 and the room was loaded with Cardinals players, they're a 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:48.479 bunch in the front row, including Kyler Murray. There were 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:51.640 a bunch in the back. Byron Murphy was next to 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:54.159 me in the back because we were doing live coverage 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:56.200 before and after so Boom. I'm trying to get a 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:59.400 view around some of these big players and almost all 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:02.000 the players added a couple of fist pumps in there 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:04.920 as he put in, you know, as he said the 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:09.919 word violent, explosive, and smart. You know, I think maybe 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:12.920 inside manti Astinfort was cheering as well. In fact, he 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:16.599 was asked the Cardinals due GM, why Jonathan Gannon. Ultimately, 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:20.480 our process led us to Jonathan. Jonathan's energy when he 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:23.640 entered our room. It was NonStop from the beginning. His 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:27.479 reputation as a leader, his ability to connect to players, 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:31.360 to staff, to the rest of his coaches, his ability 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:33.880 to work with a personnel department and provide a vision 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:35.599 for the type of players that we're going to go 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:40.000 out and seek. It was apparent that Jonathan shared a 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:42.400 lot of the same values that I value and that 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:44.960 Michael values. In fact, Michael Bidwell said at one point 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:47.480 that he was a little subdued Jonathan Gannon based on 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:50.440 what he was like during the interview. I was like Okay. 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:52.880 You know, man, what's the energy level going to be 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.160 like when they get out there on the grass. So 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:58.760 you know, you tell me, Wolf, I mean, to what 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:02.280 degree do you believe team takes on the personality of 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:06.839 its head coach? And how significant is that? Yeah, Paully, 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:11.360 it does. There's no doubt he's an aggressive guy. He 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:13.680 really is. I can tell just by some of the 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:17.480 words that he uses, the fact that he actually used violent, 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:19.880 He used that right there. We all know. It's within 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.720 the context and the paradigm of playing the game of 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:25.920 football once you step in between those white lines. But 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:30.120 that is a strong word to use, Paul, even inside 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:34.040 that paradigm, that is a strong word to use in it. 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:39.720 To me, it's like saying I love you, okay, it's 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:42.880 it just makes me feel good because that is the 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:45.920 game of football. When you step in between those lines. 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:48.840 You've got to step in between those lines with some 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:53.600 bad intentions, and it's okay, because it's all right to 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:56.760 do that inside those lines. And then you step outside 0:07:56.800 --> 0:07:59.320 those lines and you love people and respect him and 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:01.680 treat him better than yourself. Paul, You've heard me say 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:04.800 this for years. It's just the truth. It's one of 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:07.520 the things that I love the most about the game. 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:13.160 And man, just listening to Jonathan Gannon, he taps into that, 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:17.160 and that tells me they're gonna go out Paulie and 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:21.720 they're gonna look for players that fit that mode, no doubt. 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:23.920 In fact, he was on NFL Network and they asked 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:26.560 him about his offensive philosophy because and we're gonna get 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:28.520 into this a little bit later. You know, yes, he's 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:30.680 a defensive coordinated the last couple of years, but he 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:34.360 has a very definitive sense of what he wants on 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:36.760 the offensive side of the ball. And in response to 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:38.880 one of the questions, he said, and I quote, we're 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.640 gonna throw it over people's heads and run it down 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:46.400 people's throats. Wait, that's a great line there. So that's 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:50.000 to your point. That just further illustrates your point. Well, look, 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:52.440 we've all seen the video of him in his truck 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:55.720 pulling up to the Eagles facility before the NFC Championship 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:57.880 game and then rolling down his window, right, and he 0:08:57.920 --> 0:08:59.520 was egged on by a lot of the fans like 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:03.240 Jared and he yells out, we're gonna bleeping gut these 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:07.439 guys to me, and we're gonna ask him about that 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:09.199 when we have him on here momentarily on the big 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:11.959 red ray Sean I thinking, but to me, him rolling 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:16.199 down his window, that's really a window into his personality. Honestly, 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:19.319 I think that's who he is. That's aw ultra aggressive 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:22.360 he is as a coach and a competitor. What are 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:25.680 you saying, bully that words matter? And you know that 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:28.600 they do. And again, it's one thing to say it. 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:30.120 Now you got to go out and you got to 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:33.079 back it up. You got to mean it, because many 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:35.120 times you can actually see a guy and you can 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:38.439 get a little mesmerized by the guy's talent. You can bully. 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:41.800 There's no doubt about that, there's no denying that. And 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:43.760 a lot of times you forget that. The game of 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:47.040 football is not played just by athletes. It's not played 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.600 by people that have a ton of talent. It's also 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:53.160 a combination of toughness that you need as well. There's 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:57.240 got to be some standard in each player of toughness, 0:09:57.360 --> 0:10:00.760 some level of toughness that you need to bring into 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.040 that locker room that can go out there and then 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:09.679 use that talent inside that paradigm that incredibly physical, aggressive, 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:14.320 tough paradigm known as an NFL football game. In order 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:16.960 to tap into all that talent, you got to have 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:20.640 a monicum of toughness. And that's something they're going to 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:23.400 be looking at and trying to balance in every guide ball, 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:26.960 every guy Paul they bring into that locker room, they're 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:29.160 gonna have to balance that. And you know what, as 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:32.240 a head coach with a scouting background as well, he's 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:34.320 got an eye for that sort of stuff. In fact, 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:37.760 he was asked Jonathan Gannon on the one characteristic each 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:40.880 member of the team will have. I know Monny and 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:44.480 Michael have heard me say this multiple times. Everybody that 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:46.440 we bring in here or that is here or that 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:50.720 will be a cardinal, will have elite football character because 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:53.559 you will not hit your ceiling if you don't have that. 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:56.560 And what I mean by that is is you have 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:59.120 to be team first, and that's how we're going to 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:01.000 build this team. He said. It goes back to when 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:03.720 he was a kid, his coaches, his dad. It's not 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:06.400 about you, it's about the team. That was another answer 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:09.040 he gave. That's just part of the DNA of how 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:12.240 he goes about running a football team, and it goes 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:16.040 back into the whole accountability thing that Michael Bidwell, Manias 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:19.760 and fort we're looking for. Because look, leadership takes different forms. 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:24.439 We know that, and his style of leadership I think 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:28.120 is going to be not only a modern style where 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:30.400 it connects with the players, but there's gonna be some 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:33.240 old school aspects of it as well, where there's gonna 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:36.600 be a lot of tough love and some significant expectations 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:39.240 that it's not just about you, and a lot of 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:40.840 guys are gonna be asked to do things and maybe 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:42.839 aren't going to help them all that much in their 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:47.040 contract negotiations, but it'll be better for the team, no doubt, Paulie, 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:49.200 And that got me excited. I really did. What are 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:52.360 the possibilities that are out there? Right though? First of all, 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:55.560 it's every guy. This is what he made it a 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:59.480 point of emphasis to say every guy that we bring 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:03.760 in here is he's got to have elite football character. Pollie, 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:07.640 That to me, I love that kind of terminology. You 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:10.840 have a culture, you have a way that we do 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:14.560 things around here, and every guy that we consider, we're 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:17.240 going to drag him through that culture and see if 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:20.160 he actually makes it to the other side before we 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:23.240 bring him in here. I love that mentality and I 0:12:23.280 --> 0:12:27.559 hope they stick to that with the elite football character. Well, 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:29.400 on the other side, here on the big Red Rage, 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:32.559 we're gonna meet and greet Jonathan Gannon. Next we'll ask 0:12:32.640 --> 0:12:36.560 him about accountability, his playing for Kyler, right, his vision 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:39.160 for the offense. You know, we'll ask him about the 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:41.480 video of him rolling down his window right shouting out. 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:44.680 Eagles fans. By the way, join the season ticket priority list. 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:47.560 Check out the opponents because you'll get your seats and 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:50.120 the ability to select your seats before the general public. 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:54.360 We're talking that Giants, Cowboys, Ravens, Falcons, and Bengals all 0:12:54.400 --> 0:13:01.600 on easy Cardinals dot com slash priority List. I am 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:04.120 extremely excited today to be in front of you and 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:07.120 I have the honor of introducing Jonathan Gannon as the 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:12.400 next head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. Just know this, 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:16.920 We're gonna be adaptable, we're gonna be violent, we're gonna 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:20.559 be explosive, and we're gonna be smart and all three 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:25.720 phases go into that. And we will maximize the talents 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:28.560 of the players that we have, and that's how we're 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:31.520 gonna win games. And don't get it twisted. We're gonna 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:41.800 win games, Adaptable, violent, explosive, and smart. The vision, the blueprint, 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:45.559 the DNA of the Arizona Cardinals going forward. And when 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:48.120 those words were uttered, I was standing in the press 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:51.120 conference room next to a bunch of players, and every 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:53.800 one of them nodded, a couple of them fist pumped. 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:56.720 And now we have the man who said those words, 0:13:56.720 --> 0:13:59.800 who now leads the Arizona Cardinals onto the field of 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:03.560 effective immediately. The eleventh head coach in Arizona Cardinals history, 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:07.120 Jonathan Gannon, joins us on the Big Red Rage presented 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:12.480 by Santan Ford in Gilbert Coach. Welcome and congratulations. Thank you, Paul. 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:14.880 I appreciate it. Excited to be here and excited to 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:17.199 get ready to work. Were you nervous at all? I 0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:19.000 got to ask you one question. I've seen a lot 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:21.320 of press conferences, a lot of first time head coaches, right, 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:24.440 you didn't appear to be nervous whatsoever, even with all 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:27.280 the cameras in the packed auditorious Yeah. No, I you know, 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:30.840 the last two years in Philly, that's a tough media market, 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:34.360 so I kind of got baptized by fire. But no, 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:38.200 I think you just answer questions what's your what's in 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:41.760 your head, and what's in your heart, and if you're honest, 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:44.320 you don't have to worry about what you're saying. And 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:47.360 so that's how I kind of do it. But it's 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:50.040 an exciting time obviously to be in that but I've 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:52.760 been in that setting before, obviously not as a head coach, 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:55.480 but you know, it's part of the job, all right. 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:57.280 So tell me about the emotion of the moment because 0:14:57.280 --> 0:14:59.040 we can talk about what's straight ahead and we'll talk 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:01.680 about that all offsea. But you're now one of thirty 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:04.880 two after fifteen years in the NFL. What was it 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:08.360 like to be offered the job. Yeah, it's it's it's exciting, 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:11.560 but it's humbling, you know, because there's a lot of 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:14.600 good coaches that helped me get to this seat, and 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:17.240 uh maybe that never had gotten an opportunity to do 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:20.960 now what I'm doing, but you know, you just you're 0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:23.800 very it's a it's a grateful moment because of all 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.760 the people that helped me get here, and I'm so 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:30.400 grateful for working for all those guys and learning from 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:34.000 all those people. But uh, you know, really excited, really grateful. 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:36.600 It's really humbling. What do you think landed you the job? 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:39.760 What are your strengths? I would say, you know, just 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:42.440 sitting down with Michael and Mannie just talking about the 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:44.760 vision of how I want to build a team and play, 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:49.200 and I think my strengths would be is I care 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:52.560 about the players. And I've done a good job in 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:56.640 my career so far of getting to maximize the players 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.760 and you know, and get them to hit their ceilings. 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:04.480 But you know, ultimately it's servant leadership. You got to 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:06.840 you got to care about the players as people first 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:09.400 then as then as players, and you want to see 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:12.640 them do well, you know. And I think the other 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:15.160 thing that they really liked, and I think that it 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:18.880 helped our defense and Philly was to explain to them 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:22.040 and tell them the reasons why that the team goes 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:25.000 above themselves. It's not about you, It's about the team. 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:29.040 And you know, when they understand how they fit in 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:31.560 and their role that they fit in to the defense 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:34.400 or to the team, they can accept that and really 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:37.440 be very productive and be a star within their role. 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:39.760 And that's what you're looking for. However, many guys you 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:41.840 got up on game day, are we are you a 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:44.920 starring your role, and your role can change from week 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:46.680 to week. It can go up, it can go down. 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:49.880 But as long as guys recognize that, then they're on 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:52.640 board with what you're asking them to do. There's high 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:56.280 accountability and ultimately you got to go out and play 0:16:56.320 --> 0:16:59.120 good football. Jonathan Gannon is our guest on The Big 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:01.800 Red Rage. According brand new head coach, when the season 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:05.800 ended and changes, the roommate Michael Bidwell cited accountability and 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:09.359 need to improve. He cited that in hiring you, that's 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:13.120 job number one. How do you define accountability? Especially from 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:16.960 a player's perspective, winning behavior? So what I mean by 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:20.200 that is there's there's winning behavior. Will show them exactly 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:23.680 what that looks like and hold them to that standard. 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:27.399 And ultimately that's what your culture is. It's your daily 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:30.080 actions on a day to day basis of how are 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:33.000 you improving your process? How are you getting better as 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:35.720 a player? And the accountability And you heard me say 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:37.960 that in the presser was you know, I think people 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:41.960 sometimes cringe because they think that's a negative word. It's 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:45.040 it can be, but it can also be in more 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:49.080 so used in a positive way. There's positive accountability. Hey, 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:51.960 this is what we're talking about that's winning behavior right there. 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:55.119 That's what we need to keep doing. Good job, And 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:58.240 so the players will they'll know that for us, but 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:01.400 we're we won't shy away from conflict. We'll show them 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:03.280 this is what winning behavior looks like and this is 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:05.560 what it doesn't and we need to improve these things 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:08.880 or we'll lose. And you're coming off an operation where 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:11.240 you went from a four win team to the super 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:14.119 Bowl in two years? What did you learn? What did 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:16.520 you learn? What can you apply immediately from what you 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:20.080 were just part of accomplishing in Philly? Yeah, process driven, 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:25.639 being very enthused about what you're doing, and high accountability 0:18:26.119 --> 0:18:31.000 and high communication and everybody. When everybody's on the same 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:34.320 page and they understand their role, how they fit into 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:37.040 the team, then it allows you to do your job 0:18:37.080 --> 0:18:39.520 at a high level. And so that's what I would say. 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:41.480 That's why I say about Nick. You know, that's what 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:44.479 he did a phenomenal job about. And then you know, 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:48.000 the backburner to that is is being adaptable. You know, 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:50.800 we started going out one way and we changed because 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:53.240 it wasn't working. Then we got it going a little 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:56.359 bit and then it wasn't working and we changed or 0:18:56.520 --> 0:18:58.800 then we doubled down on some things that we know 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:01.440 to be true too when it was working, or maybe 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:04.440 if it wasn't working, Hey, we know, sooner or later 0:19:04.560 --> 0:19:07.040 the results will come. We gotta keep doubling down on 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:11.240 our process. So just the clear vision that Nick had 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:15.200 for everybody in that organization how to win games. What's 0:19:15.200 --> 0:19:18.320 your vision for Kyler Murray? Michael Bidwill cited that was 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:21.280 a big factor in you're hiring maximizing Kyler, getting him 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:23.760 back to the playmaker we've seen him be. What sort 0:19:23.800 --> 0:19:26.920 of relationship do you envision, especially as a defensive head. Come, yeah, 0:19:26.920 --> 0:19:29.400 We're gonna have a great relationship. You know, he's he's 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:32.800 a direct reflection of me, you know, and he's the 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:35.679 player that position, is the player that's most like a 0:19:35.760 --> 0:19:39.199 coach on that field because he touches it every snap. 0:19:39.680 --> 0:19:44.200 But you know, the vision that we have for him 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:46.359 is is to maximize his skill set. And say, well 0:19:46.400 --> 0:19:48.600 that's kind of general. No, it's not. He can throw 0:19:48.640 --> 0:19:50.960 it over your head, he can beat you on first, second, 0:19:51.119 --> 0:19:53.080 third level throwing it, and he can beat you on 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:55.800 the first, second, third level running it. And when you 0:19:55.880 --> 0:19:58.320 have a type of player like that, well that's what 0:19:58.320 --> 0:20:00.719 we're gonna do. We're gonna When you have to defend 0:20:00.720 --> 0:20:03.280 a guy like that, it puts the defense in conflict 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:05.199 and you can't do everything that you want to do 0:20:05.280 --> 0:20:07.840 as a defense because you know that he can beat 0:20:07.880 --> 0:20:11.440 you different ways. So with him understanding, I'll work hard 0:20:11.480 --> 0:20:15.800 with making sure that he understands from a defensive perspective, Hey, dude, 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:18.280 you're not gonna get this because they can't run those 0:20:18.320 --> 0:20:21.680 calls because of this, or you're gonna get a lot 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:24.800 of this because of who you are. So what's our 0:20:24.840 --> 0:20:27.239 plan for that? Because I know they're gonna spy you. 0:20:27.640 --> 0:20:29.680 I know they're gonna three man rush, two man rush, 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:32.440 four man rush, and they're gonna spy you. So that 0:20:32.680 --> 0:20:35.160 stresses out the coverage. So that's make sure we're doing 0:20:35.160 --> 0:20:37.680 a good job with that. A lot of different things 0:20:37.680 --> 0:20:40.640 that we'll talk about as we get going, but he'll 0:20:40.680 --> 0:20:44.600 have a very very clear understanding of how he needs 0:20:44.640 --> 0:20:47.600 to operate running the offense and what defenses are going 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:49.720 to try to do to stop him, because that is best. 0:20:49.720 --> 0:20:52.320 He keeps up defensive coordinators all night. Yes he does. 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:54.040 He was one of the hardest guys to prepare for 0:20:54.200 --> 0:20:56.040 this year. I mean That's why I say he's a 0:20:56.119 --> 0:20:59.639 legit problem. And although you're looking for an offensive coordinator, 0:21:00.080 --> 0:21:01.800 you have a vision as to how you want to 0:21:01.800 --> 0:21:04.760 play offense. I no doubt, yeah, and I'll and I 0:21:04.800 --> 0:21:07.040 will definitely, I'm gonna talk to a lot of people. 0:21:07.119 --> 0:21:10.199 I got some good guys in mind, but you know 0:21:10.760 --> 0:21:14.160 it goes into being adaptable. I don't want a system guy, 0:21:14.760 --> 0:21:16.560 I really don't. I want a guy that's been in 0:21:16.680 --> 0:21:19.200 multiple systems because I wanted to be able to sure 0:21:19.280 --> 0:21:22.120