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Football OC Nunzio Campinile - July 23 · Coaches Corner

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Speaker 1: Where everybody's doing me and it's been a lot of fun.
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Speaker 2: You know, great people, and I think coach has done
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Speaker 2: a great job of putting the players in coaches in
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Speaker 2: a position that they could get to know each other
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Speaker 2: and really get to you know, build true relationships. And
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Speaker 2: I think that's gonna be a key to not just
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Speaker 2: our season, but you know college football.
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Speaker 3: Go and Coote, but from some of the personality that
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Speaker 3: skill sets on that quarterback, you oh.
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Speaker 2: Sure, I mean, you know, personality wise, I think they're
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Speaker 2: all good leaders that you know, some guys maybe probably
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Speaker 2: a little bit more you know, comfortable speaking up, I guess,
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Speaker 2: you know, than others. But you know, I think you've
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Speaker 2: got a unique group of guys, you know, and you
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Speaker 2: kind of co h in age group like Peter Tucker
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Speaker 2: is really mature, is very smart. I think they've done
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Speaker 2: a great job coaching. I'm in developing and then uh,
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Speaker 2: you know, he's really smart. Guy's great leaders, really prepared.
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Speaker 2: You know, Ko is a phenomenal athlete and he's the
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Speaker 2: best gifted and throwers I've ever been around. He's really
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Speaker 2: hard working, you know, he has obviously he's a familiarity
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Speaker 2: with the system, which is great, and you know he
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Speaker 2: understands a lot of what what coach is looking for.
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Speaker 2: You know, Jake's been, uh been really you know, he's
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Speaker 2: a great student of football. Also, you know, he's a
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Speaker 2: smooth thrower, smart guy, knows season well. And then I've
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Speaker 2: seen some great things at the boat. You know, since
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Speaker 2: he's he's getting healthy, which is really exciting.
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Speaker 1: He's a talented guy and smart. Most football and sports aren't.
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Speaker 3: What do you see as the separator? What maybe you
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Speaker 3: don't see that, but what will be the separator to decide?
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Speaker 2: Well, you know, it's funny, you know when I started
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Speaker 2: talking with coach last winter, you know, one of the
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Speaker 2: things we talked about, you know, what are you looking forward?
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Speaker 2: Is like, you know, you're the best player and you know,
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Speaker 2: and he wasn't being the wise guys you know, seriously,
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Speaker 2: who gives us the best chance to win? So I
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Speaker 2: think when you take those talents and put them together,
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Speaker 2: you know, you take some of those leadership skills and
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Speaker 2: put them together, and guys that make great decisions, a
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Speaker 2: little bit ball accurately on time.
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Speaker 1: Obviously you want it to be to extend to make plays.
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Speaker 2: But I think in the end, it's like you know,
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Speaker 2: who helps us move from all the best and puts
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Speaker 2: us in the best position to win games.
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Speaker 1: And you know that that's kind of the quarterback job.
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Speaker 1: What will the system be?
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Speaker 3: Can you describe the way the offense will run this year?
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Speaker 1: Well, I think we all believe very struggling that so much.
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Speaker 2: But it's built around what are the players capaball, you know,
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Speaker 2: and that's a big part of it. So I think,
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Speaker 2: you know, who ends up being the starter we will
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Speaker 2: have an impact on the way you see some of
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Speaker 2: those things play out. I mean, there's so many different
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Speaker 2: ways to do it, things that I think the definitency is,
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Speaker 2: like we're.
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Speaker 1: Going to be committed to being balanced.
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Speaker 2: To running the football, to being physical on a tough team,
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Speaker 2: but you know, will be multiple and personnel, you know,
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Speaker 2: depending on which guy is standing back there, you know
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Speaker 2: how much we choose to run the quarterback opposed to
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Speaker 2: throw it and we're going.
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Speaker 1: To drop back and round Pio stuff. Some of that
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Speaker 1: kind of remains to be seen.
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Speaker 2: One thing I love about the system is that has
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Speaker 2: the ability to adjust based on the players that are
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Speaker 2: on the field. And I think that's a critical I
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Speaker 2: think it's critical and all the football, but It is
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Speaker 2: certainly critical in today's college football, where your roster changes
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Speaker 2: so much so quickly. You know, I think the system
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Speaker 2: is really easily adjusted to the guys that are on
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Speaker 2: the field, and that includes injuries over the course of
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Speaker 2: the season.
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Speaker 3: Is it important to get to a decision on your
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Speaker 3: your starter as quickly as possible or is it more
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Speaker 3: important to let the process play out and make sure
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Speaker 3: you make the right decision.
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Speaker 1: It's a tremendous question.
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Speaker 2: Obviously, the sooner you do it, that's probably the best
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Speaker 2: for continuity. But at the same time, we certainly want
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Speaker 2: to make sure that we're right, you know, so we
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Speaker 2: don't want to rush to judgment on something.
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Speaker 1: You know, guys need to have enough reps to have
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Speaker 1: the opportunity to development.
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Speaker 2: But you know, it's also from the continuity and leadership standpoint,
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Speaker 2: We've got to get to a decision as quickly as
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Speaker 2: it can, but most importantly, we've got to make the
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Speaker 2: right decision.
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Speaker 1: We'll so much of offensive line offensive success. It's at
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Speaker 1: least offensive line. How do you see your offensive line
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Speaker 1: shaping up? Well, I think the biggest thing is going
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Speaker 1: to be developing continuity.
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Speaker 2: I think we've got at least ten guys that you
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Speaker 2: know are ready to contribute and play, you know, keep
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Speaker 2: guys healthy. That's going to be a big part of camp.
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Speaker 2: Developing continuity with those guys up front. Coach Brukin's done
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Speaker 2: awesome job of working with those guys and you know,
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Speaker 2: just getting the foundation the fundamentals.
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Speaker 1: I think that's going to be a critical part of it.
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Speaker 2: But we've got plenty of talented there and then we've
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Speaker 2: got some young guys that are going to come.
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Speaker 1: Along as the season goes. So, you know, I think
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Speaker 1: we're right now ready to be got.
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Speaker 2: Too deep online, which is pretty good for some young
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Speaker 2: guys behind them, that we're going to get some great
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Speaker 2: reps in camps.
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Speaker 3: With so many new players to us, you understand that
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Speaker 3: you extreamline the evaluate your process.
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Speaker 2: Have you ever changed the way you evioate because you
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Speaker 2: haven't look at so many different guys.
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Speaker 1: I don't think we've changed the way that we evaluate.
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Speaker 2: I think that the big thing is that we have
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Speaker 2: to understand that, you know, maybe some guys require a
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Speaker 2: little more patience, a little bit more time, you know,
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Speaker 2: in what it takes for them to develop.
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Speaker 1: So we try not to.
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Speaker 2: Make decisions but strictly based off what we see in spring.
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Speaker 1: You know that we have a whole nother twenty five
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Speaker 1: practices to get through. So we have to really make
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Speaker 1: those decisions.
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Speaker 2: So that you know, uh, if we see the growth
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Speaker 2: in the progress and you know there's some other guys,
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Speaker 2: maybe it'll maybe it'll come for him and you know October.
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Speaker 2: But there's plenty of talented guys that we can get
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Speaker 2: the ball in your hand and put them in that
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Speaker 2: position to be successful. So uh, you know, I think
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Speaker 2: we're trying to have a sense of urgency and also
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Speaker 2: be patient with think with them in the.
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Speaker 1: Sty as they learned post so much to learn a
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Speaker 1: few rosster a new players. Oh that's really untrue as well.
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Speaker 1: If a fans are watching, is who's standing out?
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Speaker 4: Maybe the next Joe Finiana, next Skyerville, the next time Edwards.
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Speaker 1: There anybody authensity that you.
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Speaker 4: Can lead to right now that's gonna you know, be
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Speaker 4: a guy scoring points and making it thinks.
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Speaker 1: That many proud you know, I think there are. So
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Speaker 1: we've really got a bunch of really good rooms.
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Speaker 2: I mean, I think in the receiver room we've got
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Speaker 2: a bunch of talent, and I think that.
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Speaker 1: You'll be able to play. You know, eight nine, maybe ten.
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Speaker 2: Guys over the course of the season and the home
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Speaker 2: whether we still help them. You know, there's some guys
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Speaker 2: that have some experience in the system, like Jady Wilby's
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Speaker 2: really stood out. I think he's a really talented player.
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Speaker 2: But to be honest, that there's a lot of really
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Speaker 2: good guys in that room.
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Speaker 1: I think the same for the running back room. You know,
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Speaker 1: we've we've got a bunch of guys that.
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Speaker 2: Can compete and contribute. Uh, you know, the tight end room.
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Speaker 2: Matt Reagan has been phenomenal, and these young guys are
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Speaker 2: coming along.
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Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be really good. But you know,
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Speaker 1: Matt's kind of look a little bit more like experienced
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Speaker 1: senior guy and he'll do a great job for us.
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Speaker 2: So I don't know that we're ready to say hu,
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Speaker 2: those guys are gonna be yet, but I do think
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Speaker 2: that we've got plenty of talent and you know it's
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Speaker 2: just gonna be you know, kind of rise to the occasion.
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Speaker 4: On the opportunity to if you're touching on the old mine,
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Speaker 4: the ty cans a guy who decided to stay right,
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Speaker 4: and what does that say about a guy who know
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Speaker 4: and a lot of people hunting in the NL right
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Speaker 4: here about and you know what the guys have to
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Speaker 4: say about him against take him out and want to
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Speaker 4: stay here now.
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Speaker 1: Over you guys. Yeah, really really impressive guy.
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Speaker 2: You know, his work ethic, his intelligence, leadership, he's really
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Speaker 2: been like a steadying force and really kind of help.
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Speaker 1: I think when you're trying.
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Speaker 2: To build a culture, you need players that are bought in,
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Speaker 2: and he's been brought in since the day we got
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Speaker 2: here to do anything he can to help. He's been
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Speaker 2: a great leader. He's an excellent player, So I think
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Speaker 2: it says a lot about you know.
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Speaker 1: His character and the type of type of person that
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Speaker 1: he is. But he's a heck of a player too,
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Speaker 1: and I think that's important in the leadership standpoint. You
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Speaker 1: have a guy that guys.
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Speaker 2: Can point to that's played a lot of football, a
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Speaker 2: lot of winning football.
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Speaker 1: He's going to be a big part of our success
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Speaker 1: here a Northeast guy.
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Speaker 5: What do you make of the trajectory that Yukon has
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Speaker 5: been on and getting a chance to join this staff
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Speaker 5: at this point.
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Speaker 2: Well, you know, we obviously had the opportunity to play
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Speaker 2: against these guys the last two years, and there were
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Speaker 2: two great games in my opinion, So I got to
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Speaker 2: see them play a ton before I got here. Was
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Speaker 2: really impressed with, you know, the grove, the development this
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Speaker 2: program in the last couple of years, and I think
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Speaker 2: the trajectory that we're on, we're in, we have an
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Speaker 2: opportunity to build off some you know, really impressive success
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Speaker 2: in this last couple of years. I think the players
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Speaker 2: understand that they're coming in the middle of thing. We're
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Speaker 2: kind of an opportunity to take the ball and run
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Speaker 2: with it and grow. And so I think anyone that's
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Speaker 2: paying attention to football can see the ability for this
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Speaker 2: program to continue to rise. And you know, this year's
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Speaker 2: gonna be a great opportunity for us to do that.
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Speaker 1: Ali's code. How does the balance of running backs? You
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Speaker 1: have a horse and in rotation.
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Speaker 2: You know, I think there's I don't think you want
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Speaker 2: guys taking twenty five to thirty carries a game. I
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Speaker 2: think it's really important too, because we want them to
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Speaker 2: play in twelve, thirteen, fourteen, you know, or many games
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Speaker 2: we can get them to play, and we want them
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Speaker 2: to play in every game. So it's important for us
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Speaker 2: to use them with the things that they're good app
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Speaker 2: it's important for us to make sure that if guys
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Speaker 2: can help us, we get them on the field.
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Speaker 1: And I think that we have the type of.
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Speaker 2: Room that we can get multiple backs on the field
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Speaker 2: at one time, which obviously helps spread some of those
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Speaker 2: carries out, and you know, it makes us a little
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Speaker 2: tougher to the bend, you know, based on personnel. So
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Speaker 2: I think over the course of the season should balance out.
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Speaker 2: You know, you may get into a game where guy so,
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Speaker 2: she's got the hot hand and he gets twenty five touches,
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Speaker 2: and that's awesome, But I think we want to make
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Speaker 2: sure that we take care of the bodies and make
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Speaker 2: sure that they're able to play in the game.
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Speaker 1: He has a part of our facility of the skill
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Speaker 1: sets in that.
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Speaker 2: Room absolutely, you know. I mean some of the you know,
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Speaker 2: there's there are some guys that you say like, hey,
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Speaker 2: these guys can do everything. The other guys say like, hey,
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Speaker 2: really dynamic on the perimeter outside runners.
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Speaker 1: Other guys that you are.
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Speaker 2: Going to be able to kind of pound the ball
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Speaker 2: between the tackles, And I think when we put that
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Speaker 2: combination out of there, we've got a pretty pretty deep
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Speaker 2: That's part of work for the coach hand and why
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Speaker 2: did you want to work with Well, you know, it's funny,
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Speaker 2: we didn't really know what jo I think maybe the
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Speaker 2: only guy on the offensive staff in some way, shape
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Speaker 2: or for him, hasn't you know, worked with him.
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Speaker 1: Before And just you know, everything.
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Speaker 2: That I was able to observe from the outside people,
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Speaker 2: I know that you know, mutual friends and stuff in
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Speaker 2: this business. I've never heard a bad word about the guy,
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Speaker 2: and you know, being here with them six seven months,
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Speaker 2: I could say like he's incredibly high character human being.
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Speaker 1: He's doing this for the right reasons.
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Speaker 2: He loves the players, he cares about him, he supports him,
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Speaker 2: but at the same time he's going to challenge him,
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Speaker 2: hold him to high standard. I think all the things
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Speaker 2: that I grew up in this business, in this game
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Speaker 2: that I believe in are represented out here on the
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Speaker 2: field every day with the way he handles himself. So,
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Speaker 2: you know, he's a joy to work with. He really
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Speaker 2: is a He's a really smart football coach. He's got
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Speaker 2: great ideas, he's open minded. At the same time, I
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Speaker 2: know he's got a great balance of what he brings
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Speaker 2: to the table. It's not a shock that he's had
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Speaker 2: to love the success to himself.
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Speaker 5: Coach Candle said, a long way out until we play
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Speaker 5: and nowhere it's shattering news in the quarterback room. But
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Speaker 5: when it comes time to picking a guy, what are
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Speaker 5: you looking for?
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Speaker 2: I was just saying earlier, like, you know, I think
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Speaker 2: in the end it's like, who's the guy gives us
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Speaker 2: the best chance to win?
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Speaker 1: You know, And I think that you can.
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Speaker 2: Constantly adjust the scheme based around the skill set of player. So,
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Speaker 2: you know, a lot of it has to do with
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Speaker 2: the leadership, the intangible things. Obviously there are certain physical traits,
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Speaker 2: but this offense is built in a way that we
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Speaker 2: can adjust to the talents of the guys and you know,
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Speaker 2: all the players, but especially the quarterback.
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Speaker 1: I think that's a critical So you know, what are
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Speaker 1: we looking for?
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Speaker 2: You know, a great leader, great decision maker, guy that
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Speaker 2: can deliver the ball accurately on time. But you know,
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Speaker 2: we're willing to adjust the scheme a little bit based
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Speaker 2: on which one of those guys gets the questions finding
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Speaker 2: at Italian restaurants, Yeah, well I guess some West Harbor
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Speaker 2: the companies I don't get them.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, he actually give it. Coach, I haven't been there yet.
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Speaker 3: Sorry, if you talked about this earlier, but I'm the talent,
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Speaker 3: the quarterback for them.
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Speaker 1: How much is there? Are you pretty upheat about the
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Speaker 1: people you have a chance to pick it up?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think we have a lot of talent. We've
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Speaker 2: actually got really good depth.
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Speaker 5: Uh.
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Speaker 2: You know, I've been fortunate the last couple of years
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Speaker 2: to coach a couple of excellent quarterbacks.
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Speaker 1: But it's hard to.
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Speaker 2: Have the depth that we have, Like I've been really
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Speaker 2: impressed with, you know, I think we'd have three guys
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Speaker 2: that you'd say, like, hey, if that guy's a starter,
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Speaker 2: you can win a lot of games with them. And
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Speaker 2: then you know, when I look at Polk Polston as
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Speaker 2: a freshman, you know, he wasn't able to really do
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Speaker 2: much in the spring, but you know he's got a
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Speaker 2: ton of talent too.
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Speaker 1: So you feel really good about the room from.
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Speaker 2: That standpoint, you know, And the big thing is going
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Speaker 2: to be, you know, getting them enough reps so that
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Speaker 2: you know, we can have that guy whoever that guy
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Speaker 2: happens to be ready, you know.
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Speaker 1: For the first game, because there's there's plenty of talent
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Speaker 1: so different are the.
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Speaker 2: Similar enough that you don't have to make major changes,
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Speaker 2: but you know, different enough that they all bring something
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Speaker 2: a little bit different to the table, and I think
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Speaker 2: that will make us unique to to defend.
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Speaker 1: And if you know, for any reason at some point
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Speaker 1: during the season then you have to make a change
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Speaker 1: to the injury or whatnot.
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Speaker 2: You'd feel like somebody couldn't sit there and say, like
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Speaker 2: they know exactly what.
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Speaker 5: We're going to be.
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Speaker 1: How long does it take to pick a quarterback?
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Speaker 2: I mean, is it something that will happened went through
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Speaker 2: twelve camp or yeah? Like kind of like I was
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Speaker 2: saying before, I think that we want to make the
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Speaker 2: decision as quickly as we can, but at the same time,
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Speaker 2: it's the most important that right, So we really have
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Speaker 2: to be judicious about picking the right guy. And you know,
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Speaker 2: sometimes it's super obvious. You get out there and be like, hey,
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Speaker 2: you know that's the guy in this case. I think
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Speaker 2: it's really competitive, and I think that makes a lot
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Speaker 2: of fun for the fighters. I'm sure it's stressful for him,
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Speaker 2: but you know that them having to learn how to
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Speaker 2: handle it stresses part of what helps you am fairly
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Speaker 2: with the great clothes you.
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Speaker 4: Speaking of competitive, I know you have a lot of
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Speaker 4: talent in your running back room.
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Speaker 2: Sorry, I've already addressed this, but you know, can you
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Speaker 2: talk about the versatility or your running backs.
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Speaker 1: I know they have good resumes coming and just looking
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Speaker 1: at their stats. Yeah, A yeah, it's it's a great room.
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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, you look at a guy like
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Speaker 2: Kenji who he's kind of like in every down back
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Speaker 2: that you feel like, you know, he can he could
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Speaker 2: pound the ball.
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Speaker 1: He's got speed.
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Speaker 2: You could use him as a receiver sinceres got he
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Speaker 2: leads speed, you know, but he does have great vision
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Speaker 2: and uh he's physical. You know, I think he can
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Speaker 2: line up all over the field.
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Speaker 1: Uh.
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Speaker 2: You know, so as you watch some of these guys,
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Speaker 2: I think that you know, Trey Cornish is a big
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Speaker 2: guy that he had a great.
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Speaker 1: Spring, like you know, he took him maybe a couple
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Speaker 1: of practices to get comfortable and then all of a
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Speaker 1: sudden you see him.
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Speaker 2: He's like, uh, you know he's to work with somebody
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Speaker 2: guys like a bully ball pictor coacher.
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Speaker 1: N I's like, you know, he don't want to tackle
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Speaker 1: that guy, you know.
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Speaker 2: And uh, you know I had the opportunity to coach
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Speaker 2: Jadon Hart for a couple of years, so he does. Ah,
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Speaker 2: he's a really versatile back. You know, he can do
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Speaker 2: a lot of things and catch the ball, he can block.
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Speaker 2: Uh you know, so all these guys, you know, bring
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Speaker 2: something to the table, and you know, certainly don't mean
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Speaker 2: to leave anybody out, but like, you know, I think
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Speaker 2: we've got a.
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Speaker 1: Really good earl. You know, it's funny. I haven't seen
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Speaker 1: him yet, but uh, you know, I I spent a
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Speaker 1: lot of time with his dad and all the high
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Speaker 1: school coach New Jersey, and he's you know, he was
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Speaker 1: tremendous to me, I know, if a young coach, so
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Speaker 1: I really always appreciated that with him at all. I
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Speaker 1: have not Coach Candle brought in writer tred Glyn. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: what have you seen out of him? Talent wise? Skill wise,
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Speaker 1: he's phenomenal. I mean he's got great size.
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Speaker 2: Great ball skills, hard worker, tough, he can run. I mean,
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Speaker 2: Skuy's that women for him.
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Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be a great player.
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Speaker 2: You know, he might have saw a little bit of
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Speaker 2: it in the spring game, but I mean I think
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Speaker 2: he will be by the middle of the year.
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Speaker 1: I think people are looking around, say, man, that guy
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Speaker 1: that he's really personal, dynamic player. We talk a little bit.
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Speaker 2: About he's here Howard dto you know on the spring
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Speaker 2: with sure, I mean great speed, great vision, really hard workers,
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Speaker 2: a good pass protector, He's tough. He's a really versatile player,
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Speaker 2: which I think is a really important skill for running back.
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Speaker 1: He can get him the ball in space.
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Speaker 2: H He's not the biggest guy, but he's certainly tough
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Speaker 2: enough and sees it well enough to run the ball
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Speaker 2: from the backfield. So I think he's got a you
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Speaker 2: a chief break season, you can keep up
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Speaker 1: Thanks to you guys.