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Brian Fleury: "We're Going To Be Fast, Violent & Aggressive In Every Way We Possibly Can" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, appreciate everybody coming.
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  Speaker 2: Exciting day when to introduced Brian Fleury as our new
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  Speaker 2: offsive coordinator. No curious on how you know everything came about,
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  Speaker 2: but uh, I think the mentality going to the whole
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  Speaker 2: process was, hey, let's stick to our process. We had
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  Speaker 2: some really great talented coaches in house that we that
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  Speaker 2: we talked to and all the all those guys did
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  Speaker 2: a phenomenal job. Brian someone that uh that I've like,
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  Speaker 2: I've known about for for a while and we have
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  Speaker 2: some like some common relationships that that we shared, you know,
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  Speaker 2: kind of throughout our you know, throughout the coaching ranks.
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  Speaker 2: So I knew about Brian, I knew, I knew he
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  Speaker 2: was a great coach, and then we had an opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to talk to him, and uh, he just just did
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  Speaker 2: a phenomenal job.
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  Speaker 1: I think his vision for what he and what he
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  Speaker 1: believes in.
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  Speaker 2: Offensively and with a football team was aligned with how
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  Speaker 2: we wanted to and just uh, you know, hit the
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  Speaker 2: principal was in philosophy and how on how he goes
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  Speaker 2: about his business and how he coaches and what he
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  Speaker 2: wants from our offense. He took it straight out of
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  Speaker 2: our our culture graphics, So a lot of alignment, and
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  Speaker 2: it gave us an opportunity to have some great continuity
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  Speaker 2: and keep some great coaches as well, and let us
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  Speaker 2: take our offense to the next level.
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  Speaker 1: So they're really excited about it.
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  Speaker 2: We're off and running right now, trying to finalize our
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  Speaker 2: staff and excited to start our process.
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  Speaker 3: Mike, where did you.
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  Speaker 4: See that alignment in what ways you feel like you
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  Speaker 4: guys were aligned?
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  Speaker 2: Well, all the things we've talked about throughout the season
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  Speaker 2: in terms of connectivity, attention to detail, like the like,
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  Speaker 2: the chasing edges type of mentality, all all the mean
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  Speaker 2: didn't use those words verbatim, but he might as well.
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  Speaker 2: Have you know, just how we want to run off
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  Speaker 2: the football, I mean tactically, there's a lot of similarities
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  Speaker 2: as well, but just how how we do business. And
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  Speaker 2: it felt like he would he would be a great
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  Speaker 2: partner to work with.
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  Speaker 4: What does this opportunity mean for you?
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  Speaker 5: You've been around football for a long time.
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  Speaker 6: It means before this is the question, I just want
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  Speaker 6: to take an opportunity to really, you know, thank the
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  Speaker 6: York family and the San Francisco forty nine Ers organization
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  Speaker 6: for seven great years.
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  Speaker 7: That's a long time for us.
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  Speaker 6: My family and I have never been anywhere that long,
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  Speaker 6: and we have a lot of like lifelong memories and
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  Speaker 6: experiences from that, both inside and outside of football. And
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  Speaker 6: I also want to thank Kyle Shanahan for the opportunities
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  Speaker 6: he gave me in the building to take ownership of
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  Speaker 6: new roles and develop me to the point where you
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  Speaker 6: know I'm sitting here today. And so now to answer
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  Speaker 6: the question, the opportunity means a lot. I mean, there's
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  Speaker 6: I think there's only thirteen of these, you know, non
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  Speaker 6: head coach play calling jobs on the planet, and so
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  Speaker 6: to be considered one was an honor. And now to
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  Speaker 6: be standing here or sitting here next to Mike it
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  Speaker 6: I mean, I can't really express it any better than that.
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  Speaker 4: You might spend a little time with Kubiak, in what
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  Speaker 4: ways did that influence your philosophy at all?
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  Speaker 6: I would say both of us were more influenced by
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  Speaker 6: Kyle than anything else. I'm Clint's a good friend and
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  Speaker 6: a great football coach, and right away we bonded over
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  Speaker 6: similar views of football and how we see the game,
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  Speaker 6: what we think is important. So I wouldn't say he
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  Speaker 6: was as much of an influence as a good friend
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  Speaker 6: and colleague.
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  Speaker 3: Talk a little bit about what he saw in the
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  Speaker 3: alignment with both of you.
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  Speaker 7: But what does a.
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  Speaker 5: Brian Leary offense look like?
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  Speaker 7: It looks very similar to the one that just won
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  Speaker 7: the Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 6: It's more about how you play than what you actually
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  Speaker 6: are doing schematically. We're going to be fast and violent
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  Speaker 6: and aggressive in every way that we possibly can put
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  Speaker 6: pressure on defenses, both schematically and from a tempo standpoint,
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  Speaker 6: and just always have that type of mindset.
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  Speaker 5: Ran You started your NFL coaching career on the defensive
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  Speaker 5: side of the football, and you've you mentioned all the
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  Speaker 5: different roles that you've had over the years, But how
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  Speaker 5: has that prepared you for this opportunity to be a
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  Speaker 5: first time play caller in the NFL.
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  Speaker 7: It's prepared me in a lot of different ways. You know.
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  Speaker 6: I've been fortunate to, you know, share a staff room
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  Speaker 6: and game plan with a lot of people that I'm
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  Speaker 6: going to be facing off against.
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  Speaker 7: I know on this.
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  Speaker 6: Schedule, Deirante Jones for sure, but Luanna Roumo I shared
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  Speaker 6: a staff room with Herell Williams, Matt Burke, Vance, Joseph
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  Speaker 6: uh Demico, Ryans, Robert Salah, Aaron Glenn, Jeff Hafley, Anthony Weaver,
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  Speaker 6: and Brian Duker. So you know, I had a lot
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  Speaker 6: of insight into some of what the opponent is going
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  Speaker 6: to be doing in those cases.
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  Speaker 8: Mike, you said there was maybe some shared relationships you
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  Speaker 8: guys had or people you knew.
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  Speaker 7: Anybody really stood out.
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  Speaker 2: There was a big piece Brian Ducker's mutual friend Anthony Weaver.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously we worked together.
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  Speaker 2: Those were guys that have been singing his praises for
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  Speaker 2: a while, all the way back to Baltimore.
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  Speaker 8: See is the story true Brian that during the Super
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  Speaker 8: Bowl while ago you were sent up to bed after
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  Speaker 8: Washington was down ten nothing and you stayed at the
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  Speaker 8: top of the steps as they scored thirty thirty five points.
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  Speaker 6: A lot of research that that was a true story. Yeah,
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  Speaker 6: I was, I think seven years old. I grew up
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  Speaker 6: a Commander's fan because they were the only team in town.
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  Speaker 6: And after the first quarter was ten and others, and
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  Speaker 6: my mom told me to go to bed, and I
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  Speaker 6: sat there and listened to the second quarter where Doug
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  Speaker 6: Williams scored thirty five points from the top of the stairs.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, that's true.
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  Speaker 9: Rest right, the play calling experience, I guess how much
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  Speaker 9: you have at varying levels of your career.
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  Speaker 6: So I've called defense and special teams both at the
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  Speaker 6: collegiate level, have not called offensive plays, but have always
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  Speaker 6: been preparing to the thing about offensive play calling to
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  Speaker 6: me is the preparation is done ahead of time. You're
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  Speaker 6: thinking through the situations and putting plays in a list
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  Speaker 6: format of you know, when you get to second and
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  Speaker 6: one inside the thirty yard line, what are you gonna call?
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  Speaker 6: And so the preparation aspect of it I've already done,
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  Speaker 6: and now it's just a matter of like analyzing the
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  Speaker 6: information in real time and getting to the right play
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  Speaker 6: call on the sheet.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 8: Some people might find a daunting to take over an
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  Speaker 8: offense to set a franchise record for points and just
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  Speaker 8: want a Super Bowl. How do you kind of balance
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  Speaker 8: embracing what worked but also making sure you're true to
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  Speaker 8: your philosophy and how do.
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  Speaker 3: You want run things.
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  Speaker 6: I do think one of the advantages of taking this
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  Speaker 6: job is there is going to be a lot of continuity.
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  Speaker 6: I've already started to dive into everything that Clint was
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  Speaker 6: doing here last year, and the goal would be to
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  Speaker 6: maintain as much.
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  Speaker 7: Of that as possible.
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  Speaker 6: But there's also areas where we can supplement that with
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  Speaker 6: things that we've developed and done in San Francisco and
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  Speaker 6: or Kyle that you know, Clint wasn't there for or
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  Speaker 6: maybe didn't implement as much. So it's that's gonna be.
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  Speaker 6: The goal is to keep as much as we can
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  Speaker 6: the same, but I think there's definitely areas we can
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  Speaker 6: grow some different ways we can challenge the players that
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  Speaker 6: they should be looking forward to when they get back here.
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  Speaker 7: Right.
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  Speaker 4: That makes what elements make a good red zone offense?
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  Speaker 6: To me, the people that can run it in the
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  Speaker 6: end zone in the red zone have the most success.
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  Speaker 6: So having the dynamic run game down there, and different
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  Speaker 6: ways to attack people more horizontally than vertically just because
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  Speaker 6: the field's wider than it is shorter down there, and
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  Speaker 6: just doing stuff that's quarterback friendly. It's really just an
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  Speaker 6: execution area this offense from.
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  Speaker 3: From the other side. Handful of times this year. What
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  Speaker 3: stood out to you seeing it kind of in action
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  Speaker 3: with the guys that they have here and everything.
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  Speaker 6: You know, the biggest thing is that John and Mike
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  Speaker 6: have built a great roster. You know, there's a lot
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  Speaker 6: of really good talented players here and you know, Clint
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  Speaker 6: did a great job of putting them all in a
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  Speaker 6: position to showcase their strengths and minimize, you know, exposing
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  Speaker 6: their weaknesses.
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  Speaker 7: And so that's something I hope to continue.
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  Speaker 4: Complimentary football has been used quite a bit.
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  Speaker 8: What's the benefit of having the defense that we have
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  Speaker 8: and as you kind of scheme up the offense and
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  Speaker 8: that complimentary.
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  Speaker 6: Set, Yeah, it means training camp is gonna be tough,
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  Speaker 6: but it definitely is great to have that element, you know,
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  Speaker 6: on that side of the ball to protect them.
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  Speaker 7: Uh.
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  Speaker 6: You know, Complementary football means protecting each other in a
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  Speaker 6: lot of ways. If we can keep them off the
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  Speaker 6: field as much as possible, that allows them to be
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  Speaker 6: even better and fresher when they're on there. And then obviously,
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  Speaker 6: you know, there will be some times where maybe we're
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  Speaker 6: going through some difficulties offensively, and having the defense of
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  Speaker 6: this caliber can help you weather the storm.
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  Speaker 5: As a defensive coach in your past, do you ever
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  Speaker 5: just watch some.
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  Speaker 4: Of the things that Mike has drawn up and instead
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  Speaker 4: of looking at the offensive side, you're too busy looking.
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  Speaker 6: At what of course I mean, we obviously we played
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  Speaker 6: each other at Barnes and being in the division. There's
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  Speaker 6: a lot of crossover films, so I've seen a lot
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  Speaker 6: of what he's doing and have been impressed from Afar
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  Speaker 6: for a while.
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  Speaker 8: You've got two guys from this offense or Shi ken Walker,
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  Speaker 8: who are currently free agents. If if they're listening and
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  Speaker 8: trying to learn what this new offensive coordinator's gonna be like,
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  Speaker 8: what would.
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  Speaker 7: You tell them?
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  Speaker 6: I mean, I think they're gonna be very happy with
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  Speaker 6: the continuity that would exist here. Obviously they're coming off
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  Speaker 6: a very significant years for She'd obviously like got here
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  Speaker 6: midway through the season, but had an impact right away.
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  Speaker 6: And then you know, Kenneth obviously see a Super Bowl MVP.
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  Speaker 6: I can't dive too much into you know that because
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  Speaker 6: of the contract situation, but you know, I would love
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  Speaker 6: the opportunity to work with either one of them.
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  Speaker 4: Go back to your defensive background, do you think that
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  Speaker 4: shapes it all, like your approach to offense and how
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  Speaker 4: you structure things.
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  Speaker 7: And how you call it.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, one hundred percent does. And I was fortunate to
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  Speaker 6: work in a bunch of different styles of defense, so
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  Speaker 6: it just it makes it easier for me, I think,
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  Speaker 6: to diagnose how the defense is operating, how they're built,
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  Speaker 6: you know where the coverage structure is and how it
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  Speaker 6: works with the fronts, and you know what that allows
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  Speaker 6: me to do is probably quicker than maybe some other
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  Speaker 6: people get too ways to unlock that both formationally and
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  Speaker 6: then structurally and again put pressure on them to create conflicts.
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  Speaker 2: You have an.
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  Speaker 8: Overlap with John Benton as well, Sam Darnold, any anyone
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  Speaker 8: else you had to overlap with and what does that
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  Speaker 8: benefit you?
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  Speaker 6: Eric Salbert I coached him, I was his position coach
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  Speaker 6: for a year, and it just you know, gave me
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  Speaker 6: some insight into you know, my conversations with them before
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  Speaker 6: accepting the job were more just about the building and
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  Speaker 6: the quality of people and the culture here, and all
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  Speaker 6: of them had nothing but great things to say. So
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  Speaker 6: it just reinforced everything I kind of already thought from
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  Speaker 6: the outside and was excited to be a part of
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  Speaker 6: your three years.
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  Speaker 8: With Miami kind of what did you what did you
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  Speaker 8: do during that and how did that kind of change
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  Speaker 8: your career?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, it was an interesting time because you know, I'd
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  Speaker 6: just come off of coaching the outside linebackers in Cleveland
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  Speaker 6: and you know, wanted to coach. I do love the
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  Speaker 6: the educational aspects of it. The teaching, the relationships you
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  Speaker 6: have with the guys, and my role in Miami kind
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  Speaker 6: of took me outside of that role. It was more
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  Speaker 6: of a, you know, an analytics role, just studying league trends,
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  Speaker 6: game management philosophy, that sort of stuff. Mike Tannebaum was
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  Speaker 6: really kind of my my supervisor at the time, and
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  Speaker 6: he just said, do whatever you can do to make
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  Speaker 6: us better. And so I had a lot of free
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  Speaker 6: time to study things. And you know, when you're a
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  Speaker 6: position coach, you get kind of lost in the day
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  Speaker 6: to day like details and minutia of like making sure
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  Speaker 6: those players are right, like you obsess over it all
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  Speaker 6: the time, and being freed up from that really kind
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  Speaker 6: of allowed me to develop my own philosophy of how
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  Speaker 6: it would handle certain things. So at the time I
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  Speaker 6: was a little bit frustrated because I wasn't, you know,
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  Speaker 6: dealing with players directly, But in hindsight, it probably was
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  Speaker 6: one of the most valuable three year periods in my
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  Speaker 6: life just from a development standpoint.
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  Speaker 5: The current right.
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  Speaker 6: Now, I mean, like I said earlier, it's just the
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  Speaker 6: way the roster's built. There's a lot of talent, there's
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  Speaker 6: not many things to fix quite honestly, like they already
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  Speaker 6: they already play away. That's visible on the silent tape.
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  Speaker 6: You can see, you know, the culture on the film,
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  Speaker 6: and so I'm excited to just work with that and
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  Speaker 6: continue to build it.
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  Speaker 2: And then was there overlap when you were at forty
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  Speaker 2: nine ers?
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  Speaker 8: What relationship do you have with them?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah?
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  Speaker 6: Sam and I. I mean I was the tight end
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  Speaker 6: coach and run game coordinator there. He was the quarterback.
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  Speaker 6: So we talked a little bit in terms of the
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  Speaker 6: game plan. Sam's a great human being and I loved
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  Speaker 6: sharing the workspace with him. We have a good relationship
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  Speaker 6: and I'm excited to like help it grow and make
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  Speaker 6: it better.
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  Speaker 4: You can see the culture on the tape.
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  Speaker 8: What does that look like?
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  Speaker 3: How did how.
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  Speaker 4: Could you tell?
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  Speaker 6: I mean, it's it's violent, it's finishing, it's I mean,
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  Speaker 6: it's it's hard to describe, but you know when you
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  Speaker 6: see it, that's for sure. It's it's just people playing
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  Speaker 6: at a different level than everybody else.
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  Speaker 8: Like, when you're evaluating a coach who has not an
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  Speaker 8: extensive play calling background, how do you kind of evaluate
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  Speaker 8: that aspect of a decision.
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  Speaker 7: Like this.
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  Speaker 2: Going into I do think it's a bit over like
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  Speaker 2: a bit overrated somebody. At some point, all play callers
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  Speaker 2: have to be first time play callers. At some point
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  Speaker 2: you could tell how like Brian thinks about the game
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  Speaker 2: that I mean, look, you're gonna have to grow in
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  Speaker 2: any new role. But we have we have a lot
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  Speaker 2: of great people around here and a lot of great
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  Speaker 2: opportunities for him to get ready to go, and I'm
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  Speaker 2: really confident he's going to be off and running sooner
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  Speaker 2: or later. So I'm excited about It's gonna be a
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  Speaker 2: fun process to build this thing.
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  Speaker 8: A little more light for people that don't understand what
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  Speaker 8: a run game coordinator, pass game coordinator and other folks
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  Speaker 8: do to help contribute to the game plan and the
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  Speaker 8: plays that get.
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  Speaker 7: Well.
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  Speaker 2: Titles sometimes get you know, the titles get thrown around
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  Speaker 2: all the time. So it's really to me, it's it's
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  Speaker 2: how can we structure our staff and the roles and
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  Speaker 2: responsibilities that we can that we can kind of dish
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  Speaker 2: out throughout the you know, throughout the course of the
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  Speaker 2: week to generate one the best ideas for our for
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  Speaker 2: our players and help them put position to win games.
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  Speaker 2: But it does let them specialize in that area of
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  Speaker 2: the game that they can. They can do a great
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  Speaker 2: job like diagnosing how teams operate and you know, defensive
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  Speaker 2: mechanics things like that, and uh, ultimately it's really just
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  Speaker 2: there just you know, to serve, to serve Brian and
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  Speaker 2: whoever's whoever's calling the plays and make sure we come
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  Speaker 2: up with the best plan. But it does take on
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  Speaker 2: a different life based off of you know, the dynamics
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  Speaker 2: of each staff, the titles of like with you know,
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  Speaker 2: with Rick and Jake last year and their titles and
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  Speaker 2: their roles. That's going to look different this year, just
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  Speaker 2: because just because it's the new staff and new people
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  Speaker 2: like X's.
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  Speaker 7: And O's aside, What did you learn about Brian just.
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  Speaker 2: As a leader, Well, I just I feel like he
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  Speaker 2: has great command, he has great communication skills. There's a
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  Speaker 2: clarity and how he sees the game and what he expects.
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  Speaker 2: I think our players are going to really appreciate that.
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  Speaker 2: You know, like we talk about clarity a lot and
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  Speaker 2: being decisive and so I have note, like I'm very
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  Speaker 2: confident that what we're going to be asking our players
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  Speaker 2: to do is going to be very clear to them.
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  Speaker 2: And based on his relationships with his players in the past,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, we have a great resource here and
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  Speaker 2: Eric Sobert about how how he treats his players and
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  Speaker 2: how they go, goes about his business every day. He
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  Speaker 2: felt like he was one of us, you know, so
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  Speaker 2: I'm really excited for him to lead our offense.
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  Speaker 4: You said before that, like game days, because you're calling
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  Speaker 4: defensive plays, that's your focus, you don't really talk to
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  Speaker 4: Sam in the offense a whole lot. I'm curious does
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  Speaker 4: that set up impact the kind of leader that you
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  Speaker 4: want in your offensive coordinator, Like again scheme aside.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's there's a lot of I mean not just
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  Speaker 2: on game days, but really every day. At some point
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  Speaker 2: in the day, we're going in opposite directions and we're
• 14:16
  Speaker 2: with defense and they're leading the offense. I'm so that
• 14:20
  Speaker 2: that's That's one of the reasons I'm excited about Brian.
• 14:22
  Speaker 2: I can't wait to hear what happened that day, like
• 14:25
  Speaker 2: the things that we came up with, where we took stuff,
• 14:29
  Speaker 2: how we coached it, I mean all that type of stuff.
• 14:31
  Speaker 2: Like I'm excited to see how he takes it.
• 14:34
  Speaker 1: And that how it operates. So it's definitely part of
• 14:36
  Speaker 1: the decision.
• 14:39
  Speaker 5: Do you know if you have a preference between calling
• 14:41
  Speaker 5: a game from the booth on the field.
• 14:43
  Speaker 4: Or is that something you'll figure out.
• 14:45
  Speaker 6: My division would be to call it from the field,
• 14:47
  Speaker 6: but I would like to do both in the preseason. Uh,
• 14:49
  Speaker 6: There's just something to be said for having face to
• 14:51
  Speaker 6: face conversations with you know, every position group. And I
• 14:54
  Speaker 6: also think that it's important if you have things in
• 14:56
  Speaker 6: mind and you're anticipating calling stuff, to preview it with
• 14:59
  Speaker 6: those groups. And that's something I would like to be
• 15:01
  Speaker 6: able to do in person, which that that would be
• 15:03
  Speaker 6: the disadvantage from calling it from the booth.
• 15:05
  Speaker 7: I've spent a number of games up.
• 15:07
  Speaker 6: There, and I do think it, like, you know, the
• 15:09
  Speaker 6: taking some of the sensory out of it, like helps
• 15:12
  Speaker 6: and calms things from it as a play caller standpoint,
• 15:15
  Speaker 6: But I think ultimately I'll end up wanting to do
• 15:17
  Speaker 6: it from the field for those reasons.
• 15:19
  Speaker 5: Which does it help having coaches pertained on staff that
• 15:22
  Speaker 5: have had been past game coordinators or run game coordinators
• 15:25
  Speaker 5: that can be in that role upstairs while you have
• 15:28
  Speaker 5: the in person one on one opportunities them.
• 15:31
  Speaker 6: Some Yeah, I mean, like like Mike said that the
• 15:33
  Speaker 6: titles aren't really relevant, it's just that you know, They've
• 15:35
  Speaker 6: assembled a staff of a lot of quality coaches. It's
• 15:38
  Speaker 6: not just people that have the coordinator title or those experiences.
• 15:40
  Speaker 6: There's a lot of good coaches here that I think
• 15:42
  Speaker 6: are going to be able to help keep us on
• 15:44
  Speaker 6: track and in the right direction in a number of
• 15:46
  Speaker 6: different ways. You know, it's the having a really good, cohesive,
• 15:51
  Speaker 6: intelligent like staff is huge, and I think that's really
• 15:56
  Speaker 6: what we've assembled here.
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: Have some in house guys you took a look at
• 16:01
  Speaker 3: here as a part of this what what ultimately made
• 16:04
  Speaker 3: you decide that you know, Brian was the guy you
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: need to go with. And you know, despite we have
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: the relationship with these guys near us here, this is
• 16:10
  Speaker 3: the direction that's clearly kind of blanking at us that
• 16:13
  Speaker 3: we need to go with.
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: Well, I think I talked about it earlier, but I
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: think it's as simple as just going through your process.
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: I mean, you want to keep it as like the
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: continuity is really important. I think we were able to
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: do that still with hiring Brian, but look, this is
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: this is still year three for me, and so you like,
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: it's all about the process. You know, you just want
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: to you want to be disciplined to that and and
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: have respect for all the layers of it and all
• 16:39
  Speaker 2: the steps, and I felt like we did that and
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: it became clear that this was the best decision and
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: best way to go. You know, as we finished it up,
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: you guys believe.
• 16:48
  Speaker 8: That your quarterback coach is already in the building or
• 16:49
  Speaker 8: are you looking externally for that as well?
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: I'll just say, like with our with our staff, there's
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: some there's some similar some some moving parts that we're
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: working through right now, and who's going to coach the quarterback?
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: As part of those conversations.
• 17:02
  Speaker 9: You talk about this is you're now going into your
• 17:04
  Speaker 9: third year and you've already dealt with so much change,
• 17:07
  Speaker 9: and of course there was yesterday, ownership's sale process has begun.
• 17:11
  Speaker 9: How do you navigate through all that change knowing this
• 17:15
  Speaker 9: is only your third year as they coach?
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: Well, I actually think it's a little bit counterintuitive. I
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: don't think really much changes for us at this point.
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: So obviously that's going on and we'll work through it,
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: but as of right now, really nothing changes for what
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: we do day to day.
• 17:30
  Speaker 3: Brian, what kind of quarterback were you?
• 17:32
  Speaker 6: Not a very good one? I had some success in
• 17:36
  Speaker 6: high school and then went to college and it was
• 17:39
  Speaker 6: pretty clear early on that coaching was in my future,
• 17:41
  Speaker 6: more so than playing.
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: Like, stylistically, what was your stuff?
• 17:45
  Speaker 7: I'm not very fast or agile. I'm like was a
• 17:48
  Speaker 7: pocket passer for sure.
• 17:49
  Speaker 9: When did you realize you wanted to become a coach?
• 17:51
  Speaker 7: And who kind of pushed you the.
• 17:52
  Speaker 6: Direction I realized I wanted to be a coach. It was,
• 17:56
  Speaker 6: you know, kind of an interesting experience in college. You know,
• 18:01
  Speaker 6: I had an opportunity to compete for the job Spring
• 18:04
  Speaker 6: with two years left of eligibility, and ended up getting injured.
• 18:08
  Speaker 6: A younger player won the job, and I never really
• 18:10
  Speaker 6: got a chance to compete for it again. But immediately
• 18:12
  Speaker 6: I was asked to go out there and coach him
• 18:14
  Speaker 6: and stand in the huddle with him and like mentor him,
• 18:17
  Speaker 6: and so really that experience is kind of what nudged
• 18:19
  Speaker 6: me over the edge. I come from a coaching family,
• 18:21
  Speaker 6: you know. I was raised in large part by my stepfather,
• 18:24
  Speaker 6: who's a very successful high school coach, and so, I
• 18:26
  Speaker 6: mean it was always there, but I had had some
• 18:29
  Speaker 6: you know, confusion about which direction I should be going,
• 18:31
  Speaker 6: and then that kind of pushed it over the edge.
• 18:34
  Speaker 8: Maryland, Yeah, you come from an offense at least recently
• 18:38
  Speaker 8: that used to full back had a running back that
• 18:41
  Speaker 8: was heavily involved in the passing game as well. Do
• 18:43
  Speaker 8: you expect those to be parts of your philosophy here.
• 18:46
  Speaker 7: I mean, they're certainly on the menu.
• 18:47
  Speaker 6: Really, to me, the scheme should be reflective of the
• 18:49
  Speaker 6: players and the roster that you're going into the game with,
• 18:52
  Speaker 6: not even just the season, but the game, and so
• 18:54
  Speaker 6: those elements are certainly there, and hopefully teams will have
• 18:57
  Speaker 6: to prepare for them. But it's really, you know, just
• 18:59
  Speaker 6: kind of about getting on the grass with these guys
• 19:01
  Speaker 6: and seeing what the best possible combination of skill sets
• 19:04
  Speaker 6: is for us to win games, and then we'll build
• 19:06
  Speaker 6: the plan and the scheme around that part of it.
• 19:09
  Speaker 8: There's been a trend in the NFL this year, especially
• 19:12
  Speaker 8: about twelve thirteen personnel getting more tight ends out there,
• 19:14
  Speaker 8: trying to affect what the defense is going to match
• 19:18
  Speaker 8: with your tight end background. You know, where is your
• 19:21
  Speaker 8: philosophy related to that.
• 19:23
  Speaker 6: I'd love the ability to use different personnel groups, and again,
• 19:26
  Speaker 6: it's really just more matchup driven and it can be
• 19:28
  Speaker 6: more game to game. It's you know, putting the best
• 19:30
  Speaker 6: possible product out on the field to figure out.
• 19:33
  Speaker 7: What our winning formula is for that week and what I.
• 19:36
  Speaker 9: Was serious, like, you're eleven days removed from the ultimate
• 19:39
  Speaker 9: achievement in sports.
• 19:41
  Speaker 4: Are you still ride that high or are you right
• 19:43
  Speaker 4: back to business mode?
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: So it's humbling to be back at your guest to
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: day after the parade working on our team.
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: So that's where we're at right now.
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: But it's been a great process and at some point
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: there'd be a time to get away, but that's that
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: time is not now.
• 19:58
  Speaker 3: Daniel Ster, you mentioned moving parts.
• 19:59
  Speaker 4: Is that one of them or do you do you
• 20:01
  Speaker 4: know what role he's gonna be.
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Daniels here, I think his role is going to
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: evolve as we go. He's going to be a really
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: significant part of our offensive staff as well as helping
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: me with like program wise, bounced some ideas off of Brian,
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: So he's kind of kind of have his hand and everything,
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: and you know, I'm sure it'll evolve from there.
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: But we're really excited to have.
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: Him and zacharyor what's actually gonna coach our linebackers. Yeah,
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: it's great again and again Zach and I have had
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: a relationship for a long time. Came in came in
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: the NFL the same year, so we've known each other
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: since twenty fourteen. Just everything he's about as a coach,
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: and uh, just was an opportunity to add to our staff.
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: It's kind of like we see the coaching staff very
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: similar to like what we talked about with the seventy's
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: just how can we how can we get the the best,
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: most talented Seahawks style coaches in it and we'll figure
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: out the roles as we go and and become aligned
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: and do all that. And our our coaching staff has
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: been great with that and and uh, we're.
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: Excited to have these is a part of it now.
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Kirk staying with us and and we've got a
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: great role for him and it's gonna it's gonna be awesome.
• 21:10
  Speaker 9: And besides the culture the Seahawks have built, what else
• 21:13
  Speaker 9: about this area stands out to you and just what
• 21:15
  Speaker 9: football means here.
• 21:17
  Speaker 6: Yeah, it's it's an exciting place to play. It's one
• 21:19
  Speaker 6: of my favorite venues of course in the NFL. Like
• 21:21
  Speaker 6: that part of it's really exciting. And I've had the
• 21:23
  Speaker 6: opportunity to play here every year for the last seven
• 21:26
  Speaker 6: years and then a couple of times before that, and
• 21:27
  Speaker 6: it's just it's a really fascinating and exciting part of
• 21:30
  Speaker 6: the country to me. I'm I'm excited to immerse myself
• 21:33
  Speaker 6: in it over these next few weeks and months.
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: All Right, thank you everyone, great, thank you, congrat