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Press Pass | GM Trent Baalke & Owner Shad Khan on Departure of HC Pederson, 2024 Season · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

• 0:01
  Speaker 1: Thank you, Amanda, and I hope everyone can hear me
• 0:07
  Speaker 1: so again, I appreciate everyone assembling here on short notice.
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  Speaker 1: As you know, this morning we announced my decision to
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: begin a search for the new head coach of the
• 0:21
  Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars, and the announcement followed a very warm and
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: positive discussion I had with Doug this morning and also
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: obviously last week and over the last year. As difficult
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: as the occasion was for both Doug and myself, I
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  Speaker 1: mean it served a reminder of Doug's quality as a
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  Speaker 1: head coach and a person. There's no doubt in my
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  Speaker 1: mind that this is the time to make a change
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  Speaker 1: in the best interests of the football team, community and
• 0:57
  Speaker 1: especially our fans. But this decision doesn't erase the fact
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  Speaker 1: that Doug did a lot of good things here in Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 1: I have a lot of respect for Doug and we'll
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  Speaker 1: always be grateful for his effort. Now we're in a
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  Speaker 1: moment of opportunity for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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  Speaker 2: I am energized by.
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  Speaker 1: What is possible with all we have to offer our
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  Speaker 1: new head coach and look forward to the process, a
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  Speaker 1: process that's already begun. So with that I'm happy to
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  Speaker 1: join and answer any questions.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, mister. Con're actually going to get started with
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  Speaker 3: Gene Frenette of a four to time junion.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, Shad and Trent, thank you for making yourself available. Shod.
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  Speaker 4: This is certainly nothing personal directed at you or at Trent.
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  Speaker 4: But at the heart of the matter, why is it
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  Speaker 4: you decided to split the baby in terms of your
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  Speaker 4: leadership structure? Why did you do it the way you did?
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  Speaker 1: You know, Gene, to use your example, because I don't
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  Speaker 1: want to throw the baby out.
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  Speaker 2: With the bathwater. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: We have a lot of things that are working that
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  Speaker 1: can always be improved and will improve, and there are
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  Speaker 1: other things that are not working that need to be fixed.
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  Speaker 1: So in you know, the coaching, that is an area
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  Speaker 1: that you know we need to fix now. But certainly
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  Speaker 1: over the last few years, I mean, we've built a
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  Speaker 1: football administration and you know a lot of things are
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  Speaker 1: working well.
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  Speaker 4: There. Can you say specifically what it was about the
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  Speaker 4: coaching that compelled you to make the move that you did?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, you know, Gene, I mean if we go back,
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  Speaker 1: you know, three years ago or three seasons ago, obviously
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  Speaker 1: we made the playoffs, were in the Division game. Last
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  Speaker 1: year we started off eight and three and then went
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  Speaker 1: one in five, okay, and didn't make the playoff. Was
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  Speaker 1: the winning season, but didn't make the playoffs. And after that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I started really right in Nashville, sat down.
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  Speaker 2: With Doug, Okay, what are we going to do?
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  Speaker 1: And he identified, you know, on the defensive side, we
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  Speaker 1: needed to change the staff and so on. And as
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  Speaker 1: the season, you know, progressed it. You know, obviously we
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  Speaker 1: weren't doing well. We were close, like yesterday, but not
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  Speaker 1: close enough to win the game. And then as I
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  Speaker 1: spoke to you know, Doug even last week for a
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  Speaker 1: good length of time, you know, I just came to
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  Speaker 1: the conclusion what we were doing was now working and
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  Speaker 1: a change in direction was needed.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you, Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Gene.
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  Speaker 3: All Right, we're going to go to Brent Martineau with
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  Speaker 3: Action News and then Mike Groco VSPN.
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  Speaker 5: HI there shot in Trent, Trent. You know how the
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  Speaker 5: league works. You guys obviously were disappointing this season based
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  Speaker 5: on expectations. Are you surprised you're still the general manager
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  Speaker 5: of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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  Speaker 6: I don't know if surprised is the right word. You know,
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  Speaker 6: that's ultimately, that's not my decision. That's the decision of ownership,
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  Speaker 6: and I certainly respect the decision that's been made and
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  Speaker 6: don't take the job lightly. You know, the real fact.
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  Speaker 6: The bottom line is we weren't productive on the field.
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  Speaker 6: We didn't win enough games, and I don't shy away
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  Speaker 6: from that. I'm just as responsible as anybody else. And
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  Speaker 6: you know, all we can do now is roll up
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  Speaker 6: our sleeves and go to work.
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  Speaker 5: And Trent, there were rumors last year or reports that
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  Speaker 5: you were contemplating retirement.
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  Speaker 2: Was that on the tape?
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  Speaker 5: Was that true?
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  Speaker 4: Was it?
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  Speaker 5: Is it on the table this year at all? That
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  Speaker 5: that's any part of your plan.
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  Speaker 6: The only discussion I would have if I was going
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  Speaker 6: to have a discussion like that, would be with my wife,
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  Speaker 6: So you know that that's not been on the table.
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  Speaker 7: You know.
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  Speaker 6: I think when you're in these jobs, you know there's
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  Speaker 6: a lot of thoughts that cross your mind. But you know,
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  Speaker 6: my focus is on getting this thing, this the ship
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  Speaker 6: right and in order to do that, you got to
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  Speaker 6: be fully in. You can't have one foot in, one
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  Speaker 6: foot out, and that's what I intend to do.
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  Speaker 5: Shod Do you think this obviously used it up in
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  Speaker 5: front of the team and said this was the best
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  Speaker 5: team ever assembled. Do you that with your actions today,
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  Speaker 5: it looks like you blame Doug and the coaching staff
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  Speaker 5: a little bit more for for disappointing. Is that fair
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  Speaker 5: to say?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know.
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  Speaker 1: I mean we're all in this together, Okay, So that
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  Speaker 1: includes me, obviously includes Trent, includes everyone you know on
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  Speaker 1: the of ball side.
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  Speaker 2: But I think.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, it's where we need, uh, you know, the most change,
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  Speaker 1: uh is really you know, is on the coaching side,
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  Speaker 1: and that's where we're starting.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you, Thanks Brett.
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  Speaker 3: We're going to go to Mike Derocco and then Mark Long.
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  Speaker 7: Hello, Sean, thank you. Uh did you at any point
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  Speaker 7: before you sat down and talked with Doug and trying
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  Speaker 7: consider a complete overhaul of the of the program or
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  Speaker 7: the franchise?
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  Speaker 4: And if so, why, well, you know.
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  Speaker 2: What is a complete overhaul of the franchise? Okay?
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  Speaker 1: We have I think if you look at it, health
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  Speaker 1: and wellness obviously of of the players, medical, you know, statistics, analysis, scouting,
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  Speaker 1: and you know number of other elements along with you know,
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  Speaker 1: contract administration, all of those areas.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we have.
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  Speaker 1: Really changed, improved circling over the last four or five years.
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  Speaker 1: So to change all of that is almost like suicidal.
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  Speaker 1: That you've got eighty five people working on that side
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  Speaker 1: and you say I'm going to get rid of them
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  Speaker 1: and find eighty five new people.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to be better than that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, that's that's like shooting yourself on the foot.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we need to go to work on something
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  Speaker 1: that is broken, that needs to be fixed, and continually
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  Speaker 1: be improving things that are working.
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  Speaker 7: I believe Trent was twenty five is the last year
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  Speaker 7: of Trent's contract? You do you give him an extension
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  Speaker 7: because it would seem a little bit lopsided to bring
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  Speaker 7: in a new coach with a GM who's on an
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  Speaker 7: expiring contract.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I don't think that's really you know, relevant.
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  Speaker 1: I think what's important is the structure we've had, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and you know it's work, which is both you know,
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  Speaker 1: Doug and Trent reporting to me and and that way,
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  Speaker 1: you know, if there are issues that can be addressed openly,
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  Speaker 1: you know, honestly, I think you know, you know, Doug
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  Speaker 1: was there this morning at mech he spoke to the
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  Speaker 1: players and uh so, I mean you know that there's
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  Speaker 1: no disharmony or you know, as far as that goes.
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  Speaker 1: So and you know, whoever a new head coach is,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's going to be my job that Similarly,
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  Speaker 1: our job is to support the head coach. What Trent
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  Speaker 1: is doing, what I'm doing, the rest of the people
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  Speaker 1: are doing. I really like, you know, service providers and
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  Speaker 1: serving the head coach to succeed.
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  Speaker 7: And just one more, one more, one more really quick.
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  Speaker 7: Is there any consideration of, uh, you know, bringing in
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  Speaker 7: an executive vice president the way you had with Tom Coughlin.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we can always uh, you know, it's got to
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  Speaker 1: be the right person, Okay, and it's got to be
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  Speaker 1: And frankly, I mean we need to add some people.
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  Speaker 1: I mean we're lean. Uh but uh, you know, if
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  Speaker 1: you look at again on h you know, the football side,
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  Speaker 1: I mean we've added people, We've changed some people, and uh,
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  Speaker 1: if we find the right person, definitely.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, Thanks de Rock. We're going to go to
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  Speaker 3: Marklong and the Associated Press and then Hey's carlines.
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  Speaker 8: I shot, thanks Trent. What I mean, I Trent hit
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  Speaker 8: on some picks and then there have been some misses there.
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  Speaker 8: This last free agent class was mostly a wash. What
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  Speaker 8: has he done to give you confidence? That this will
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  Speaker 8: this will work moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: Shot.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know, Mark, I think if you look at
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  Speaker 1: the body of work, and certainly over the last five years,
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  Speaker 1: you look at the building piece of building blocks of
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  Speaker 1: players we have we're building the team around. You look
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  Speaker 1: at our salary cap, you know, you look at the
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  Speaker 1: number of draft picks we have now and also making
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  Speaker 1: sure that our key players are you know, getting paid.
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  Speaker 1: All of that has happened, and you know, we haven't
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  Speaker 1: mortgaged our future so to speak, and you know some
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  Speaker 1: of the decision making. Do we pay our players and
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  Speaker 1: let him you know, walk so to speak, and then
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  Speaker 1: replace them with the draft and improve the players, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I mean that's happened in the last two drafts. Uh,
• 11:00
  Speaker 1: you know number one receiver and right tackle would be
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  Speaker 1: something marked that comes to mind right away. So I
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  Speaker 1: mean we can get in the granular thing overall, I think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's it's pretty good. And but again I
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  Speaker 1: think I want to go back to that all of
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  Speaker 1: the stuff that's been done. Every player that came in,
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  Speaker 1: whether through the draft or free agency, wasn't a person's
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  Speaker 1: choice like Trent or myself or the coach for that matter.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it was a collaborative effort that here, what
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  Speaker 1: are the schemes, what kind of players we need, and
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  Speaker 1: so on so and you know, so things didn't work out.
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  Speaker 1: It's just not one person's.
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  Speaker 8: I got you And for Trent, why do you think
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  Speaker 8: it didn't work out? And then what do you what
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  Speaker 8: is the plan? What's what can be a quick fix
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  Speaker 8: moving forward? What do you think is the quickest way
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  Speaker 8: to get to fix quickly?
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  Speaker 6: Well, I think the first thing we got to do
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  Speaker 6: is identify who the head coaches and then bring in
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  Speaker 6: a staff. And as Sean mentioned, there's a lot of
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  Speaker 6: good people in this building, from the coaches on through
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  Speaker 6: personnel and all the support staff. So you know, we
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  Speaker 6: don't need to fix everything. We just need to fix
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  Speaker 6: some things. And I think identifying that person that can
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  Speaker 6: come in and then sit down with the staff that
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  Speaker 6: we put together around him and really take a look
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  Speaker 6: at the roster. Again we do this with every year.
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  Speaker 6: Take a hard look at the roster, identify who the
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  Speaker 6: players are that you have to put in a position
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  Speaker 6: to win games for you, and then surround him the
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  Speaker 6: best you can with free agentsy and or draft picks.
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  Speaker 6: And that's the process. Isn't going to change. We just
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  Speaker 6: have to do some things a little different, a little better.
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  Speaker 3: We're gonna go to Hayes Carlin and then Jamal Saint Cirian.
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  Speaker 9: Hey, seat, I appreciate your time. Hey, Trent Shod, you
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  Speaker 9: mentioned being lean. I'm curious who outside of Trent do
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  Speaker 9: you lean on on football related decisions. Who's sort of
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  Speaker 9: your brain trust outside of Trent?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I think obviously you know, Doug was okay, the
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  Speaker 1: coordinators were so, like, you know, a decision like you know,
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  Speaker 1: Trevor for example, I mean I believe in him, but
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  Speaker 1: everyone whether his position, coach, oh see, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: everyone weighed in and it was very positive.
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  Speaker 2: I mean so, and then.
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  Speaker 1: You know, outside the football building, I think Ethan is
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  Speaker 1: another one. I mean, you know, really competent, You've got
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  Speaker 1: analytics that is, you know, gives you a measurement. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you know it's like we were I think twentieth last
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  Speaker 1: year on defensive side. We're thirty two now, okay, So
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  Speaker 1: that right there kind of tells you that and trying
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  Speaker 1: to get better. We got much worse and that's part
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  Speaker 1: of our problem. So you don't need someone's advice or
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  Speaker 1: you know, sounding board to tell you that I think
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  Speaker 1: those metrics kind of speak out very loud so and
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  Speaker 1: then you know, you end up with a network of
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  Speaker 1: not only other owners, but some of the NFL infrastructure
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  Speaker 1: to really get a sense and a viewpoint of, you know,
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  Speaker 1: where things are.
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  Speaker 9: And then from an alignment standpoint, having a new head
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  Speaker 9: coach that'll be on a separate timeline obviously from Trent
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  Speaker 9: who's been here for several years. Does that worry you
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  Speaker 9: a all that you won't be able to have a
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  Speaker 9: full pool of coaching candidates.
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  Speaker 2: No, not at all.
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  Speaker 1: I mean I think, you know, we have a very
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  Speaker 1: compelling case of what we can offer the head coach,
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  Speaker 1: I think, and you know that, I think the players
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  Speaker 1: where we stand, you know, on our draft, our salary, cap,
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  Speaker 1: the city, the bricks and mortars, the facilities, our division.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, it's a very very compelling case.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, but I want the head coach, which
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  Speaker 1: we did last nime. I mean, they need to be
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  Speaker 1: comfortable what we're doing. Our job is, I mean, you know,
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  Speaker 1: to be able to provide them with all the resources
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  Speaker 1: they want. Uh and uh so you know we'll go
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  Speaker 1: through that process and you know, and it's it's got to.
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  Speaker 2: Work for the great Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks say let's go to Jamal.
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  Speaker 10: Hey sew. The question I had was will the next
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  Speaker 10: head coach report directly to you?
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  Speaker 1: Doug reported directly to me. Okay, so really that was
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  Speaker 1: you know when we hired Doug. That was you know,
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  Speaker 1: the alignment of the process that he was reporting to
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  Speaker 1: me and Trent was reporting to me. Okay, and uh
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  Speaker 1: so and that would be uh you know that that's
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  Speaker 1: worked very well.
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  Speaker 10: Are there any qualities that stand out that you know
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  Speaker 10: you want in your next head coach?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I think, uh, you know, we obviously you know,
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  Speaker 1: want to I mean we want him to represent the
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  Speaker 1: city and the team obviously, well we want him to win.
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  Speaker 1: And I mean right now, you know we are the
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  Speaker 1: most predictable team on both sides of the ball, okay
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  Speaker 1: and football, you know, to win deception is a big
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  Speaker 1: part of it.
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  Speaker 2: Unpredictability.
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  Speaker 1: If you know exactly what we're going to do on
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  Speaker 1: offense or defense, you know, you better have d twenty
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  Speaker 1: two best players you know to help us win a
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  Speaker 1: football game. So being unpredictable is I think is modern football,
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  Speaker 1: and you know we have to be able to show
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  Speaker 1: that on the field.
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  Speaker 10: And one last one for Trent. What makes this time different?
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  Speaker 10: This is going to be your third head coach here.
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  Speaker 10: You had a few head coaches there in San Francisco.
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  Speaker 10: What are you going to do differently this time to
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  Speaker 10: make this marriage between you and a head coach work?
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  Speaker 6: The marriage is the right I think Doug and I
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  Speaker 6: were aligned, very aligned, and very open and honest conversations
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  Speaker 6: with Doug for three straight years. So I don't know
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  Speaker 6: that the marriage factor. You know this, this is a situation.
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  Speaker 6: You go out and you pick the best person you
• 18:03
  Speaker 6: can pick and and you you go to work. You
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  Speaker 6: roll up your sleeves and go to work. Nobody has
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  Speaker 6: a crystal ball. Mistakes are made and all the time
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  Speaker 6: in this business, and you got to you gotta self correct.
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  Speaker 6: And you know, Doug and I enjoyed some really good
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  Speaker 6: times here. And as Shod mentioned, you know that first
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  Speaker 6: year and a half, things were rolling and there were
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  Speaker 6: a lot of good things that Doug brought to this
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  Speaker 6: I don't want to I don't want to short sight
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  Speaker 6: that there are a lot of good things that Doug
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  Speaker 6: brought to this organization. And I certainly wish him well
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  Speaker 6: and his family well as he moves forward. But now
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  Speaker 6: it's about going on to the next journey and and
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  Speaker 6: trying to get this one right, uh, for the long haul.
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  Speaker 6: And that's not taking anything away from what what Doug
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  Speaker 6: accomplished here, because again, I think if you look back,
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  Speaker 6: the things he brought to this organization a lot of
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  Speaker 6: positives and I don't I don't want the fan base
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  Speaker 6: or anybody to forget that.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: All right, let's go to John Shipley and then Meo O'Brien.
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  Speaker 11: Set and Trent. Thank you for taking the time to
• 19:05
  Speaker 11: do this.
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  Speaker 2: Sean.
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  Speaker 11: I know that you said you don't believe, you know,
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  Speaker 11: retaining Trent will impact the potential candidate pool. But if
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  Speaker 11: there are candidates who have reservations not even specific specifically
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  Speaker 11: about Trent, but just about their not being a clean slate,
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  Speaker 11: I mean, what would your reply, I guess to that to.
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  Speaker 2: Be, you know, what do you mean by clean slate?
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  Speaker 11: I guess walking into a situation that already has a
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  Speaker 11: general manager, They're not necessarily coming in with somebody who
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  Speaker 11: they're starting at the same time as I guess I would.
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  Speaker 1: Say, I mean, it's so you know, you know, that's
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  Speaker 1: the definition of clean state. I mean, what we want
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  Speaker 1: to do is for them to have an environment where
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  Speaker 1: they're going to be successful. Okay, and uh, they say,
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  Speaker 1: I want my own quarterback. You know, I want my
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  Speaker 1: own health and wellness, I want my own doctors.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: You know it's like you do that unless they have
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  Speaker 1: identified I mean, somebody wants to say that. I would
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: want to really go through that, you know, in depth,
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  Speaker 1: because if we can get better, they have a better doctor.
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: And you know, Kevin Kaplan is like among the top
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: two or three best doctors in NFL for example. Okay,
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: same thing, a lot of things we're doing. I would
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: want to listen to them and get better. And if
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: they have reservations, you know, I would want to address
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: them honestly and openly. Okay, because our goal is they
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: need to be successful. What do we have to give
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: them to be successful?
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  Speaker 2: Okay?
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: So in you know, fear, preconceived notions whatever, you know
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: that really that can inhibit you know, the right performance.
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: But if they need something, they you know, I mean,
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: obviously we want to listen and we want to improve.
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: I mean, I know we can improve.
• 21:05
  Speaker 11: And then quick follow up from me, do you expect
• 21:07
  Speaker 11: this to be you know, as long as obviously hires me,
• 21:10
  Speaker 11: do you expect this to be a quick turn round,
• 21:12
  Speaker 11: even as quickly as maybe a year.
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: I mean I think so, I mean, if our defense
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: would improve, you know, get to the middle of the pack.
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: But we were what to intend this year. I mean,
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: how many of those games you know we could win?
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: And I think the schemes on offense just being less predictable.
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: I think, you know, we could be more productive on offense,
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: and we had the ability through the draft coming up
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: and salary cap to be able to you know, use
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: that to get more specific players we were seeking. So
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: I mean I expect this, you know, for us to
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: have success very quickly.
• 21:57
  Speaker 11: Thank you, And then just one question for you for me, Trent,
• 22:00
  Speaker 11: in terms of the interview process, do you guys expect
• 22:03
  Speaker 11: to put in request today or what what does that
• 22:04
  Speaker 11: timeline really look like from your guys end.
• 22:07
  Speaker 6: I think I think the short answer to that is yes,
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  Speaker 6: I mean, we're going to move quickly to get some
• 22:13
  Speaker 6: people lined up to talk to How long that process takes.
• 22:17
  Speaker 6: I think Shad mentioned it's going to take as long
• 22:19
  Speaker 6: as it takes to identify the right individual. And is
• 22:23
  Speaker 6: that one interview? Is that two interviews? I think you
• 22:26
  Speaker 6: know we're going to do our due diligence and be
• 22:28
  Speaker 6: very thorough in this process.
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 22:33
  Speaker 12: All right, we're going to go to me O, Brian
• 22:34
  Speaker 12: and Garry Smith, Hi, Trent and Shad, thanks so much
• 22:38
  Speaker 12: for doing this. I'd actually like to go back to
• 22:40
  Speaker 12: John's first question, Shod back to you. I know you
• 22:43
  Speaker 12: noted that if this head coaching candidate was to say, hey,
• 22:46
  Speaker 12: I think the medical needs to be reevaluated, the health
• 22:49
  Speaker 12: and wellness. If they were to say I would like
• 22:52
  Speaker 12: to reevaluate the front office and the general manager, what
• 22:55
  Speaker 12: would your response be?
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: My response would be how would you improve it? And
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: then if it is credible, you know, I mean you want.
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: To do it?
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: Okay, So what does how does a structure work? I mean,
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: I just want to make sure that this isn't about
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: eagle or power or you know, something more sinister, quite frankly,
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: and there have been some of those elements that I've found,
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: you know, in my experience in the NFL. I mean,
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: if it's a legit effort to get better than everything,
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: you know, it should be on the.
• 23:37
  Speaker 12: Table set as you made this decision. I'm just curious
• 23:42
  Speaker 12: and not to ask who your friends are around the league.
• 23:44
  Speaker 12: But I know once upon a time you use Bill
• 23:46
  Speaker 12: Pollian as a source for you who have been some
• 23:49
  Speaker 12: of the people you've leaned on as you made this
• 23:51
  Speaker 12: decision to fire Doug and keep Trent.
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: Well, I mean this is you know, my decision. Okay,
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: So and uh, you know, I think Bill Pollian that
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: you recommended. I mean, you know, I've known him obviously,
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: he's served on a various you know, NFL committees over time.
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: But uh, you know, these wouldn't be the kind of
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: things I'd be talking to him.
• 24:15
  Speaker 12: I was just curious in terms of, you know, are
• 24:17
  Speaker 12: you guys going to be using a searching firm or
• 24:19
  Speaker 12: was there any other allies you kind of used as
• 24:21
  Speaker 12: you came to this final decision.
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: I mean, this is uh, you know, this is my decision,
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: and uh, you know, and I think I kind of
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: articulated some of the reasons.
• 24:32
  Speaker 12: I think, a just just clarify, will Trent be leading
• 24:37
  Speaker 12: the search then? Or are you guys going to bring
• 24:39
  Speaker 12: an outside help?
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: No?
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: I think this is you know, I'm not sure what
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: you mean by leading the search. I think you know
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: we will put in uh, you know, our requests for candidates.
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: Uh and uh, and then you know, interview them, and
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: we want them to interview us. You know what we have, uh,
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: and really be open how we can be better, you know,
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: whether it's organizationally, people, whatever, and if it's you know,
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: legitimate compelling, certainly I'm open to everything.
• 25:16
  Speaker 12: The Jets hired a thirty third team search firm. That's
• 25:18
  Speaker 12: why I wasn't sure if you guys were using an
• 25:20
  Speaker 12: outside firm. Thank you, Shad, thank you.
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: Thanks Mia A. Right, we're going to skip Gary, whose
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: question was already asked, and go to Jordan Delugo and
• 25:27
  Speaker 3: then Zach Goodall.
• 25:30
  Speaker 13: Hey, thanks for doing this, guys, shod When you talk
• 25:34
  Speaker 13: about success, is there a clear understanding or a clear
• 25:39
  Speaker 13: goal in mind when it comes to success moving forward
• 25:42
  Speaker 13: for this franchise, Well, you know.
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: You've got to be you know, you have to be
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: shooting for the playoffs.
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: I think every year.
• 25:54
  Speaker 14: And and Trent, when you look at shooting for the
• 25:57
  Speaker 14: playoffs every year, do you feel like this can be
• 26:00
  Speaker 14: on very quickly when it comes to getting back into
• 26:02
  Speaker 14: the playoffs, maybe competing for the AFC South in twenty
• 26:04
  Speaker 14: twenty five, I do.
• 26:07
  Speaker 6: I think when you look at where we were in
• 26:09
  Speaker 6: twenty two leading into the twenty two season and going
• 26:12
  Speaker 6: from where we were in.
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: Twenty one to twenty two.
• 26:15
  Speaker 6: I don't think there's any reason why we can't repeat that,
• 26:18
  Speaker 6: you know. I think there's there's a lot of there's
• 26:21
  Speaker 6: a lot of good young players on this team. There's
• 26:26
  Speaker 6: a lot to look forward to, you know, and and
• 26:28
  Speaker 6: the fan base deserves it. They deserve a winner, and
• 26:30
  Speaker 6: that's what you set out to do every day you
• 26:33
  Speaker 6: wake up, come into the building, and you know, we've
• 26:36
  Speaker 6: got a great group of people in this building that
• 26:39
  Speaker 6: have that mindset, you know. So I do think this
• 26:43
  Speaker 6: thing can be flipped and flipped quick and looking forward
• 26:46
  Speaker 6: to to getting to work on it.
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: Thank you, Thanks Jordan, all right, we've got time for
• 26:53
  Speaker 3: two more. We'll do Zach goodall and then Justin Lewis.
• 26:57
  Speaker 15: Hi, Sean, and Trent. I appreciate you guys' time. How
• 27:00
  Speaker 15: influential I guess this goes to both you. How influential
• 27:04
  Speaker 15: will Trevor be in this process?
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: If at all?
• 27:06
  Speaker 15: Is he someone that maybe you would want to go
• 27:08
  Speaker 15: to to just consult with about potential candidates and get
• 27:12
  Speaker 15: his comfort level or leave him out of it? And
• 27:14
  Speaker 15: the decision to you guys.
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: You know, I mean I talked to the players regularly. Okay, so,
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: and I don't want to identify Trevor or anyone else
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: by name, but you know, listen to you know what's
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: going to make them successful. But this isn't, you know,
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: let's be clear, a second coming of Aaron Rodgers two
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: point Oh.
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: Okay, So.
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: It's it's I mean, you know, we're going to do
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: the right thing for the team, and obviously our goal
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: is if Trevor doesn't get better, the other players don't
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: get better, we're not going to win. So the coaches
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: coming in know who our foundational players are and they
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: have to be committed to, you know, making them better.
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: Thank you, Thanks Zach.
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: Right, We're going to finish with Justin Lewis of the
• 28:09
  Speaker 3: four to time Union.
• 28:12
  Speaker 16: Hi, guys, thanks for doing this. I was just gonna ask, Trent,
• 28:17
  Speaker 16: are you concerned at all about the injuries that kind
• 28:20
  Speaker 16: of I know it's obviously going to happen, but you
• 28:22
  Speaker 16: have five offensive starters go down towards the tail end
• 28:26
  Speaker 16: of the season and you know have to be put
• 28:28
  Speaker 16: on ir Is that a concern moving forward?
• 28:31
  Speaker 6: It's always a concern when you have injuries. You know,
• 28:34
  Speaker 6: some of them are unavoidable, and injury in this business
• 28:38
  Speaker 6: is unavoidable, and you've got to be able to overcome those.
• 28:41
  Speaker 6: You know, you look at Detroit, for instance, the number
• 28:43
  Speaker 6: of injuries they've had this year, and they're they're able
• 28:46
  Speaker 6: to overcome them. We aren't to that point. We need
• 28:50
  Speaker 6: to get there, but the players that you know, when
• 28:54
  Speaker 6: Sean mentioned earlier about the health and wellness of the
• 28:58
  Speaker 6: of the players and the group that we have working
• 29:00
  Speaker 6: with the players, it couldn't be any better. We don't
• 29:03
  Speaker 6: have a lot of soft tissue injuries, we don't have
• 29:05
  Speaker 6: a lot of minor things that take place. The injuries
• 29:08
  Speaker 6: we do have are unfortunate, but they're part of the business,
• 29:11
  Speaker 6: and again, you just got to be able to overcome them.
• 29:14
  Speaker 6: So I'm very confident in this group of players, and
• 29:18
  Speaker 6: very confident in the group that's working with these players
• 29:21
  Speaker 6: to keep them healthy and keep them going.
• 29:24
  Speaker 16: And then just one more for me to those guys,
• 29:28
  Speaker 16: Christian and Evan, do you think they'll be back going
• 29:30
  Speaker 16: into this next year?
• 29:32
  Speaker 6: You know, again, we're gonna I met with a lot
• 29:34
  Speaker 6: of these players this morning. A lot of guys stop
• 29:37
  Speaker 6: by after the team meeting and shared some thoughts with
• 29:40
  Speaker 6: them as we move forward, but there's gonna be time
• 29:44
  Speaker 6: to process all all of this stuff. These guys are
• 29:47
  Speaker 6: under contract, they're committed to this organization. We're going to
• 29:51
  Speaker 6: first work on getting a new staff in, your new
• 29:54
  Speaker 6: head coach, new leadership, and then you know, sit down
• 29:57
  Speaker 6: with them and go through the roster, every individual, their
• 30:01
  Speaker 6: specific situation relative to contracts and everything else. There's a
• 30:04
  Speaker 6: lot of things to process over the next couple of
• 30:07
  Speaker 6: months as we move forward, but it'll all be done
• 30:09
  Speaker 6: in due time.
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: Thank you, all right, thank you, Thank you Trent, thank
• 30:15
  Speaker 3: you Sean, and thank you to our media for participating today.
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you.