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Seg 5 - UConn FB Show Aug 19 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: And we appreciate them for being here talking to Jim
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  Speaker 1: Moore Junior. As the Huskies get set to take on
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  Speaker 1: Central Connecticut. They'll do that at the rent on a
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  Speaker 1: Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. We've been around what Labor Day,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry. We've been around the offense a little bit
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  Speaker 1: and talk to some skilled players, some offensive lineman, quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 1: We haven't talked about defense, and defense is probably going
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  Speaker 1: to be where you fans are going to have to.
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  Speaker 2: Get educated because you're not going to recognize some of
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  Speaker 2: these people.
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  Speaker 1: But we've been watching him and obviously coach has been
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  Speaker 1: watching him and recruiting him and has brought in I
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  Speaker 1: think some experienced players and having seen them in action
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  Speaker 1: in the scrimmage and then today, it feels like the
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  Speaker 1: jump isn't going to be as big for them to
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  Speaker 1: get to a level that your defense can be outstanding?
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  Speaker 2: Is am I accurate with that? I hope you are.
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  Speaker 3: There's a lot of new faces, you know, nine new starters,
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  Speaker 3: and we're fortunate because we were able to do pretty
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  Speaker 3: well in the portal. At least we anticipate we did
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  Speaker 3: well in the portal. It still has to prove itself
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  Speaker 3: out adding some guys that had played at this level
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  Speaker 3: and played well at this level and big time football
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  Speaker 3: power for guys. But you know, there's that kind of
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  Speaker 3: that period of adjustment into our system and how we
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  Speaker 3: do things that's been happening. And unfortunately, the last couple
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  Speaker 3: of weeks, a couple of our key guys have been
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  Speaker 3: out with injuries.
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  Speaker 2: But they've played a lot of football.
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  Speaker 3: These guys we brought in and they understand the game,
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  Speaker 3: and they're smart, and they're conscientious and they're process oriented,
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  Speaker 3: and I think that we have a chance to be
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  Speaker 3: really good on defense. But you know, we'll see, we'll
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  Speaker 3: see what happens. We needed some of these guys back
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  Speaker 3: practicing and get them more assimilated into our system.
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  Speaker 1: Your background is defense, over the years on the pros
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  Speaker 1: and now here in college, you were the defensive coordinated
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  Speaker 1: for a couple of years. Here is instinct for a
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  Speaker 1: defensive player more important than communication or is it vice versa?
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  Speaker 3: It's neither. I mean, it's both. There's so many things
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  Speaker 3: that are equal. You know that one is not more
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  Speaker 3: important than the other. A great defense is a defense
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  Speaker 3: that communicates very very well, which means the players communicate
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  Speaker 3: well amongst each other.
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  Speaker 2: Is that pre snap or on, it's it's post, it's during.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you know, the communication is non stop on
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  Speaker 3: a football field. You just can't hear it from the stands,
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  Speaker 3: and especially on defense because every time an offensive player
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  Speaker 3: moves it changes everything on defense, and it has to
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  Speaker 3: be communicated. It has to be flawless and seamless, and
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  Speaker 3: that takes time to develop, you know, to be instinctive
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  Speaker 3: or not instinctive, to be commanding with the calls and
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  Speaker 3: precise in the calls. It takes time to learn those things.
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  Speaker 3: So when you're bringing a new group together important they
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  Speaker 3: practice together. And so that's that's why there's a little
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  Speaker 3: concern because some of these guys that are key pieces
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  Speaker 3: have not been able to practice. But like I said,
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  Speaker 3: they're experienced football players, so it doesn't take them as
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  Speaker 3: long to catch you up. So, you know, communication effort,
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  Speaker 3: you know, the way you finish the violence that you
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  Speaker 3: play with your hands. You know, good feet stand square
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  Speaker 3: being a great tackling defense. I'm gonna say it again,
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  Speaker 3: violence because violence is a virtue on defense. You know,
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  Speaker 3: that's something that you have to We're not talking about,
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  Speaker 3: you know what type of violence I'm talking about we're
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  Speaker 3: not trying to maim anybody, but you're trying to inflict
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  Speaker 3: a little punishment on your opponent in this sport. So
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  Speaker 3: those are the and then skill. You know, I want big, fast, mean, angry,
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  Speaker 3: smart guys on defense.
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  Speaker 2: Anybody out there want to get a uniform on listen.
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  Speaker 2: That's that's what defense is, isn't it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, like Mike, it's like Matt Brock says, you can't
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  Speaker 3: play defense unless you're pissed off. You know, you should
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  Speaker 3: get up every morning just angry about something if you
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  Speaker 3: want to be a good defensive player. I mean, think
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  Speaker 3: about Jack Lambert and Dick Buckets, those guys. I want
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  Speaker 3: guys like that, Ronnie Lott, Give me Ronnie Lotts and
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  Speaker 3: Jack Tatum's and those a guy, do you guys know
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  Speaker 3: who those guys are?
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  Speaker 2: Give me those? Yeah. I mean that's how you have
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  Speaker 2: to play defense. You have to have a chip on
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  Speaker 2: your shoulder, you have to have an edge. And I
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  Speaker 2: think we've got some of those guys. You know, You've
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  Speaker 2: got a linebacker from b YU.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, And we met him today after practice and he
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  Speaker 1: just looks he's a grad level guy. He looks like
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  Speaker 1: a football player he does. He's like a guy to
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  Speaker 1: run you on the field. You want to run away
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  Speaker 1: from him. Yeah, he's a great kid. And I'll tell
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  Speaker 1: you the bonuses that his girlfriend was an All American
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  Speaker 1: soccer player last year who also transferred to Yukon and
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  Speaker 1: will be on our women's soccer team and is one
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  Speaker 1: of the top defenders in the country. So we got
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  Speaker 1: we got a nice bonus there. But yes, is a
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  Speaker 1: really good player.
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  Speaker 3: And Tie Kwan King from Temple has played a lot
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  Speaker 3: of football. Brian Parham we brought in from University of Washington,
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  Speaker 3: He's played a lot of football.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 3: It's it's Our linebacking group is a really good group.
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  Speaker 3: I mean there's six seven guys that I feel they
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  Speaker 3: can all go in and play and play well for us.
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  Speaker 1: In Matt Brock's defense, your defensive coordinator is the linebacking
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  Speaker 1: position the most important, would you say.
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  Speaker 2: You and these most not? There's not like it's hyperbole.
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  Speaker 2: That's I know.
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  Speaker 1: Drives me crazy, and that's when we're getting along.
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  Speaker 2: They're all important.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, they all have different levels of responsibility, but they
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  Speaker 3: all are important, all different roles. But unless everyone's functioning
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  Speaker 3: at a high level, on defense. It's hard to be
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  Speaker 3: good on defense, you know. So there's no one that's
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  Speaker 3: more important, or no position that's more important. There are
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  Speaker 3: positions that demand different talents and skill sets and levels
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  Speaker 3: of intelligence and size and speed. But you know, everybody
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  Speaker 3: working together is another factor that makes a good defense.
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  Speaker 3: No one's more important than than than the next guy.
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  Speaker 1: All right, quick break, we're gonna talk about cornerbacks. That's
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  Speaker 1: the toughest position.
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  Speaker 2: That's the most important position.
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  Speaker 1: That is it Thanks to Jim moruncs with us alight
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