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Episode 8- Recap of Shelbyville Game! · Friday Night's At The Creek

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  Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, and welcome back to another edition of Friday
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  Speaker 1: Nights at the Creek with Coach Gooden. Coach, 6-0, you've
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  Speaker 1: got to be feeling good, and congratulations on that big
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  Speaker 1: win last Friday night.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, getting through the first two phases of the season,
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  Speaker 2: you know, your first three games and then your second three, like,
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  Speaker 2: we're down the home stretch, and it's crazy that we're
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  Speaker 2: already heading down into the final third of the regular season.
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  Speaker 2: But it's pretty special to be doing it at 6-0, and...
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  Speaker 2: Doesn't happen very often. So we're trying to live in
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  Speaker 2: the moment and enjoy it. Take it one day at
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  Speaker 2: a time, one week at a time. And all those
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  Speaker 2: cliches that, you know.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. Coach, we were kind of talking off the air
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  Speaker 1: that just seems like yesterday that we kind of started
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  Speaker 1: that the podcast and the episode. And here we are
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  Speaker 1: getting ready to go into week seven. And as you said,
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  Speaker 1: week one seems like an eternity.
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  Speaker 2: It does. It does. And it's funny because it's, you
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  Speaker 2: get to the end of the season. It's like, how
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  Speaker 2: did it get here so fast? But then you try
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  Speaker 2: to think back to that first game. And like you said,
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  Speaker 2: it just feels like years ago. Um, so each, each
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  Speaker 2: day and each week has a life of its own. And, uh,
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  Speaker 2: it's just, it's a fun process, especially when you're winning. Um,
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  Speaker 2: and you just kind of got to relish it and,
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  Speaker 2: and man, you kind of got to catch your breath sometimes.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a, it's a wild ride. But this has
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  Speaker 2: been just a really, really fun group to be around
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  Speaker 2: every single day.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I bet. I bet. Especially when you're winning, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure there's a special group anyways, but it makes
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  Speaker 1: it a little better when, when you get the W's
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  Speaker 1: on Friday night. That makes a huge difference.
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  Speaker 2: So.
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  Speaker 1: Well, let's talk about Friday night, kind of jump into
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  Speaker 1: that game. Uh, I know you and I kind of
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  Speaker 1: talked about it a little bit, being a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more competitive than what the final score showed on Friday night,
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  Speaker 1: 42 to nothing. It's a Shelbyville, uh, to, to lead
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  Speaker 1: you to a six, no start.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Shelbyville has been in every game this year. They
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  Speaker 2: were three and two going into the game. They have
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  Speaker 2: not had a game that unless I'm forgetting one, um,
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  Speaker 2: where they haven't really been competitive and, uh, man, their,
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  Speaker 2: their losses were seven to zero to beach Grove. And
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  Speaker 2: then they lost to try West at the buzzer as well.
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  Speaker 2: So we were, you know, fully anticipating, Hey, this is,
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  Speaker 2: this is a team that's playing hot right now. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: felt like we had some advantages matchup wise in different spots,
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  Speaker 2: but 42 points is, uh, I didn't necessarily have that
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  Speaker 2: in my brain, you know, 42-0. That was going to
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  Speaker 2: transpire that way. I thought it could. But for it
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  Speaker 2: to go down the way that it did is a
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  Speaker 2: testament to our kids and the way they executed it
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  Speaker 2: and how we handle our business on Friday.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. Maybe talk a little bit about your thoughts
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  Speaker 1: of the game and then how it progressed throughout the night.
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  Speaker 2: Well, number one is our defense was phenomenal and phenomenal
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  Speaker 2: might be an understatement. They've been incredible all year, but
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  Speaker 2: we were talking last week how they're holding people to
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  Speaker 2: nine points per game and somehow they lowered that average
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  Speaker 2: to seven. So that's, I mean, and Shellyville scored a
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  Speaker 2: lot of points, man. They scored 42 the week before.
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  Speaker 2: They scored more points on Tri-West than we did. And, man,
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  Speaker 2: just had them off balance all night. They struggled to
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  Speaker 2: make a first down. You know, they had one drive
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  Speaker 2: that they kind of sustained, started to go backwards and obviously,
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  Speaker 2: you know, had to punt. So that was number one.
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  Speaker 2: Number two would be our offense's resilience. Spluttered a little
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  Speaker 2: bit against Tri-West in the second half. Uh, started out
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  Speaker 2: the game with two interceptions and, uh, you know, ended
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  Speaker 2: up scoring on the next possession and then had another
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  Speaker 2: punt set scenario. They ended up muffing it. And after that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think we scored on our next five possessions, um, unanswered. So, um,
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  Speaker 2: for us on that side of the ball, just seeing
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  Speaker 2: us continue to push through that, um, Hunter Worley, our, uh,
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  Speaker 2: receiver had four touchdowns in the first half for 157
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  Speaker 2: yards and five catches. So he's up for any star
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  Speaker 2: player of the week, um, to do that. And just
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  Speaker 2: 30 minutes of football, I'm sorry, not even 30 minutes
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  Speaker 2: of football, 24 minutes of football, um, is incredible, uh,
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  Speaker 2: for us to get the running clock and, uh, In
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  Speaker 2: the first half, and I know you and I have
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  Speaker 2: discussed this before, 35 points and a half is very
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  Speaker 2: difficult to achieve. To do that after two interceptions is
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  Speaker 2: even more difficult. So to be in that scenario and
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  Speaker 2: be able to put them away the way that we did.
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  Speaker 2: It was awesome. Just jumped on them, had some opportunities.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we talked about the muff punt. We had
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  Speaker 2: a fork down stop by our defense. They went for
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  Speaker 2: it in their own territory. And then all of a
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  Speaker 2: sudden it's 21-0 and then have an opportunity to bury them.
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  Speaker 2: And we just took advantage of it and did it. Um,
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  Speaker 2: so those are all really good things to see. Um,
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  Speaker 2: Paxton Walters, uh, he had a long run. Um, and
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  Speaker 2: so did Patrick Dowdy felt like our own line did a,
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  Speaker 2: did a really, really good job again. Um, and just
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  Speaker 2: top to bottom ended up being another really good night. So, um,
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  Speaker 2: special team six for six on PATs. Um, when we
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  Speaker 2: had to punt, it was good. Um, Obviously, weren't perfect,
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  Speaker 2: but to be able to get a takeaway in that
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  Speaker 2: phase can be back-breaking. I think them muffing that punt,
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  Speaker 2: us recovering it, really swung the momentum of the game
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  Speaker 2: in our favor.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. You're riding high, going 6-0, and we'll talk a
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  Speaker 1: little bit about this in a little bit, but you're
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  Speaker 1: going to be going against Speedway this coming Friday night
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  Speaker 1: at home at 7 p.m. You've got to be feeling
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  Speaker 1: really good about where you are as a team heading
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  Speaker 1: into that last few games before the sectional draw. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, when you feel like you don't have
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  Speaker 2: to redirect the, um, what's the word I'm looking for here.
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  Speaker 2: When you don't feel like you have to redirect their focus, uh,
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  Speaker 2: weekend and week out and don't feel like, Hey, they're
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  Speaker 2: looking onto the next thing. I think that's really, really good. Um, And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you're not trying to, you know, now do
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  Speaker 2: you feel like you need to send the message and
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  Speaker 2: steer the ship?
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: You got to steer the ship, but you don't, when
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  Speaker 2: you don't feel like you're constantly chasing them to redirect
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  Speaker 2: the behaviors, um, and the focus of the team, you know, they,
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  Speaker 2: they typically do a really good job of focusing in
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  Speaker 2: on the task at hand and, uh, understanding one week
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  Speaker 2: at a time and that this is a really good
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  Speaker 2: conference and there's no bye weeks.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I think you're exactly right, coach. Uh, you'd
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  Speaker 1: rather be in that position where, you know, you got
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  Speaker 1: to keep the ship going straight, but that's probably not
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  Speaker 1: your main focus or worry.
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  Speaker 2: And if that's your job, you know, that that's what
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  Speaker 2: we sign up to do is steer the ship. You
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't become a head coach if you don't want to
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  Speaker 2: do that. But, you know, you lay a message down,
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  Speaker 2: you put a foundation down, you give them their reminders.
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  Speaker 2: And if that's, you know, And the rest of it's
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  Speaker 2: coaching football. And, you know, they feel like you don't
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  Speaker 2: have to, you know, make them not look into the future.
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  Speaker 2: And they are a pretty focused team on the task
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  Speaker 2: at hand. That's a good feeling.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. It's got to make you feel pretty good, too,
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  Speaker 1: that your defense, like you said, went from only giving
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  Speaker 1: up nine points and actually brought that down two points
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  Speaker 1: to seven. That's got to be pretty impressive, make you
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  Speaker 1: feel really, really good about the team.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm going to throw a bone to our, our
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  Speaker 2: young bucks here and our JV. We played the third
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  Speaker 2: quarter with our varsity and our JV came in and
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  Speaker 2: didn't give up any points. Yeah. You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 2: And so that's a, that's a tip of the cap
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  Speaker 2: to those guys for both the offense and the defense.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there weren't any major turnovers on offense. The
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  Speaker 2: defense held their ground and got to stop. And to me,
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  Speaker 2: that's a, we're not a stat program. I'm not a
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  Speaker 2: big stack guy where it's like, Oh, we gave up points.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we gave up 28 in the second half
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  Speaker 2: to covenant Christian last year because we put the JV
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  Speaker 2: in the whole second half. And we had guys that
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  Speaker 2: were like, Oh no, like we gave up 28 points.
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  Speaker 2: It's like, guys, that doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's about getting those guys reps and we're
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  Speaker 2: not looking for the lowest point total in the state.
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  Speaker 2: We're just looking to be the best football team we
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  Speaker 2: can be and win football games.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. And making sure that next class or that next
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  Speaker 1: man up mentality is ready to go, because before you
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  Speaker 1: know it, we're going to be talking about next season. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: And it's just the only stat that matters is winning
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  Speaker 2: and losing and getting those reps. So is it cool
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  Speaker 2: to only be giving up seven points per game? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's awesome. It's phenomenal, to be quite honest. But, you know,
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  Speaker 2: if our young guys come into the game and make
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  Speaker 2: a couple of mistakes, we're not going to freaking bury
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  Speaker 2: them for it. Like it's just what it is. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: It's part of the game, part of the learning process. And, uh,
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  Speaker 1: like you said, it's all about getting reps at this point,
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  Speaker 1: ready to go when their numbers called.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. You know, um, coach, uh, we talked a little
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  Speaker 1: bit about this off air as well. It's hard to
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  Speaker 1: believe that, uh, next Sunday is selection Sunday, October the
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  Speaker 1: 11th is going to be here before we know it. And, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Kind of makes me a little sad. That means football
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  Speaker 1: is coming to an end for the high school.
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  Speaker 2: Kids. Absolutely. It's coming to an end at the end
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  Speaker 2: of October. And, you know, it's kind of a reference
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  Speaker 2: that we have for our kids, you know, as we
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  Speaker 2: get to this time of the year and start to
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  Speaker 2: remind the seniors, like, hey, your clock's ticking and you
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  Speaker 2: never know when it's going to end. But, you know, if...
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  Speaker 2: we're not dialed in on the prize. We just call
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  Speaker 2: that tears of October. Um, you know, if, if you're
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  Speaker 2: not focused in doing what's asked of you and you're
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  Speaker 2: gonna be crying tears of October, um, obviously the goal is,
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  Speaker 2: to be celebrating in november um but uh we're not
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  Speaker 2: locked in on what we need to do you know
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  Speaker 2: tears of october sneak.
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  Speaker 1: Up on you yeah and it's real you want to
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  Speaker 1: be crying uh right around thanksgiving when you win the
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  Speaker 1: state title right.
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  Speaker 2: Oh that's everyone's goal so.
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  Speaker 1: So coach you talked a little bit about um you
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  Speaker 1: know 42-0. The fans love it. The scoreboard shows 42-0.
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  Speaker 1: But you also said it wasn't perfect. There were some
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  Speaker 1: things you need to tighten up. Any insight of what
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  Speaker 1: listeners should be looking for?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, you start the game with two interceptions.
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  Speaker 2: That's not ideal.
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  Speaker 1: And now.
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  Speaker 2: Now with that, is that more interceptions and two series
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  Speaker 2: than we had the whole year? Yeah. So that's like
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  Speaker 2: some silver lining that that's not like, I don't think
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  Speaker 2: that's an identity crisis.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: It's just not the way you want to start a
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  Speaker 2: football game. But getting that cleaned up and, getting a
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  Speaker 2: day better. And I felt like we had a really
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  Speaker 2: good Monday and learn from some of those mistakes. Um,
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  Speaker 2: and I think, you know, we need to work on
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  Speaker 2: things on offense, like, Hey, when we get into our
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  Speaker 2: goal line package, we need to not have an illegal
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  Speaker 2: procedure penalty. Um, when we are on a defense, you know,
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  Speaker 2: what are our, how do we perfect, you know, those
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  Speaker 2: run fits and different things. Now you've really got to
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  Speaker 2: nitpick with that group because they gave up less than
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  Speaker 2: a hundred yards from scrimmage. We kicked a field goal
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  Speaker 2: and only had 10 guys on the field. So that's a,
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  Speaker 2: that's an oopsie right there. So, you know, I don't
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  Speaker 2: know that everyone sees that on a Friday, but if
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  Speaker 2: we're trying to win close football games and, and meaningful
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  Speaker 2: football games, those things cannot happen. And for me, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm okay with mistakes. Like we've said multiple times, nobody's
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  Speaker 2: going to be perfect. But when it's, hey, we're missing
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  Speaker 2: a person, or hey, we're not going through our process.
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  Speaker 2: It's just errors that happen in week six that can't
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  Speaker 2: continue to happen. Right. It's our job to fix that
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  Speaker 2: and figure out ways to make it better. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: things are going to happen. Everything's not going to go perfectly,
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  Speaker 2: but we just got to find ways to clean those
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  Speaker 2: things up and just stay on those details. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You know, if you have only 10 guys on the,
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  Speaker 1: on the field on a week one or two, you
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  Speaker 1: can check it up and go, okay, maybe some nerves,
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  Speaker 1: we got to get some things going. But like you said,
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  Speaker 1: you get game six, seven, I mean, those mistakes can't happen.
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  Speaker 2: Well, and it's as simple as, hey, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: these are scenarios that people don't always think about. So
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  Speaker 2: we were on the, I want to say, 35 or 40.
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  Speaker 2: So we were outside of field goal range. We took
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  Speaker 2: a really long sack. And so in high school football,
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  Speaker 2: a PAT or a field goal, wherever the ball lands
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  Speaker 2: is the same as a punt. Okay. So if the
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  Speaker 2: ball goes into the end zone, you get the ball
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  Speaker 2: on the 20, it's a touchback. So for us, we
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  Speaker 2: were saying, hey, let's just kick it, screw it, and
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  Speaker 2: if the ball lands in the end zone, we'll give
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  Speaker 2: them the ball on the 20. Well, you get an
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  Speaker 2: offensive lineman that sees, hey, we're around midfield. We're probably,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Jacob Gumerson's a really good kicker for us.
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  Speaker 2: But 50 yards is hard for anybody. And so he's
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  Speaker 2: looking like, oh, we're punting. I'm not on punt team.
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  Speaker 2: And our communication that, hey, it's field goal was not
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  Speaker 2: very good. So the guy runs.
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  Speaker 1: Off the field.
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  Speaker 2: You get 10 on there. And everyone's like, why, why
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  Speaker 2: did we have 10? Well, you know, we got to
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  Speaker 2: communicate better that it's a PAT or it's a field goal. And, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, what, what that thought process is. So that's
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  Speaker 2: how mistakes or errors like that happen. But as coaches,
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  Speaker 2: we've now got to say, okay, we've got to communicate
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  Speaker 2: when we're going on the field. Like, hey, it's field
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  Speaker 2: goal and make sure it's clear to everyone that we
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  Speaker 2: need our 11. And, hey, we need to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that we're counting our guys. And that's how we clean
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  Speaker 2: up that process. But that's just a way that that
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  Speaker 2: kind of flips through the cracks and you end up
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  Speaker 2: with 10 guys on the field and not the scenario
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  Speaker 2: you want.
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  Speaker 1: But you'd also rather have that at week six when
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  Speaker 1: you're up 42 to nothing than– in the playoffs and
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  Speaker 1: it can make a break based on a penalty.
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  Speaker 2: Correct. And so it was, it was choppy because it
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  Speaker 2: was like, what do we do? Because we didn't, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when we took the sack, we went really far backwards
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  Speaker 2: and we weren't expecting to be in that scenario. And
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  Speaker 2: then we're like, well, let's punt. And I made decisions.
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  Speaker 2: I coach, well, let's just kick the field goal and
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  Speaker 2: wherever it ends up, we'll take it. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: those are, those are just communication pieces that you got
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  Speaker 2: to get better at.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, and like I said, I'd rather know that
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  Speaker 1: week six and seven, than I would during the playoffs. Absolutely. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: and that's great to know that those are going to
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  Speaker 1: get fixed. Kind of shifting into, before we get into
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  Speaker 1: the Speedway game, like I said, next Sunday is October
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  Speaker 1: 11th is when they're going to have Selection Sunday, as
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  Speaker 1: I like to call it. Do you guys do anything
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  Speaker 1: special during a lot of schools? We'll get together to
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  Speaker 1: see where they're going to be. Do you guys have
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  Speaker 1: anything planned?
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  Speaker 2: So our kids and coaches, so our, our kids like
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: to host at one house. Um, and then coach Waltz
• 15:20
  Speaker 2: likes to, uh, call coach Waltz, the mayor of Trafalgar. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: he knows everybody. Coach Waltz likes to have all the
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  Speaker 2: coaches over and, uh, he likes to make barbecue and
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  Speaker 2: have the wives over and, uh, Kind of just have
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  Speaker 2: a coach's gathering. So our kids do something on their
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  Speaker 2: own and we'll usually go to one house or a
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  Speaker 2: couple of different houses. The coaches will all go to
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: Coach Waltz's house with the spouses and just hang out.
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  Speaker 2: He likes to do a big spread and big feast
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  Speaker 2: for everyone. So that's his day. He booked it, I think,
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  Speaker 2: in January and started taking RSVPs for it. But he's
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  Speaker 2: got a whole, I believe, pork shoulder ready for the football,
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  Speaker 2: for the coaching staff.
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  Speaker 1: Ah, well, you can't beat that, uh, on Sunday. And
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  Speaker 1: it's just kind of that fun time where, uh, that's
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  Speaker 1: when everything starts to happen in terms of guesses, who
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  Speaker 1: are we going to get now that the guests are
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  Speaker 1: now the selection is taking place. Are we traveling? Are
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: we home? It's just kind of one of those fun days.
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: I think it's a good, not only for the kids,
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: but also for the community and also the coaching staff
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: as well. Just, uh, just a great atmosphere. Absolutely.
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: And you know, you get a reset on your record,
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: you're zero and zero and you got to go, go
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: do it. Yeah.
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: Well, coach, we also talked a little bit about JV
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: freshmen starting to wrap things up. It's that time of
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: the year where things start to kind of slow down.
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: Sounds like you've had a really good, impressive JV freshman
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: year as well. And the future looks bright for you guys.
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Uh, JV and freshmen struggled a little bit this weekend. Um,
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: but we're at the time of year and our freshmen
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: finished the season two and three. Uh, they actually played
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: a very tough schedule. Um, they played Martinsville and Bloomington South, uh,
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: freshman teams and then wrapped up the year against Eastern
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: Hancock's JV, who's also six and O. Um, so they
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: finished the year two and three. I thought they did
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: a really, really great job with wins over cascade and
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: tried central. Um, but we're at the point in the
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: season where those JV and, uh, freshman teams will combine
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: together and become one team. And they'll kind of ride
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: out the last three weeks of the season as one squad.
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: And I think it's good at this time of the year,
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: you know, you're carrying a roster of, on each of
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: those teams in the twenties and for them to be
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: able to go compete, you know, obviously it means reps
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: are going to be a little bit harder to come by.
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: But I think it gives them an opportunity to kind
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: of become one unit and play on the same team
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: and learn to function together, which is what they've done
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: in the past, but to be able to have a
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: freshman season and the way that our staff has been
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: able to figure that out and navigate it has been really,
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: really good. And it's going to be fun to see
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: our JV team as a, you know, as one big
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: team with the JV and the freshmen, uh, for these
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: last three weeks of the season.
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: No, absolutely. And be able to get five games in
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: as a freshman squad, uh, it's pretty impressive because I
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: know a lot of, uh, teams, uh, struggled to find
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: opponents and for you guys to get in five, I
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: think it's pretty impressive.
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: Well, and, and we never had the plan of nine, uh,
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: you know, nine's a lot, especially when you don't have
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: any in the conference. Um, I know the mid-state has
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: a few teams, and the mid-state's got 4A and 5A
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: schools that are maybe struggling to have a freshman team
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: or don't have one or whatever. For us to get
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: five games in and make sure that we have kids
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: getting reps and getting better and not just standing on
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: the sideline is a really, really big deal. So now
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: we'll kind of get to, hey, when we play an opponent,
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: can we do a fifth quarter and get extra reps
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: and see what we can do to make sure that
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: we're getting everyone in and Getting those reps.
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. It's going to be paying big dividends down
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: the road. Like you said, it's all about the reps,
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: not so much about the wins and losses.
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: Coach, do you want to talk a little bit about
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: your middle school program, youth programs?
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: Yes. Yeah, middle school has been off to a great start.
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: Seventh grade has only lost one game this season, and
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: eighth grade has lost two. But outside of that, man,
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: they're playing really, really well. Our coaches are doing a
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: phenomenal job of developing those kids. We've got around or
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: over 60 kids between those two rosters, so us having
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: a freshman team looks like it will continue so it's
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: good to establish that and be able to you know
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: continue to build that and you know to be able
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: to grow the program in that direction and have success
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: seven through 12 is something that we don't take lightly. And,
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: you know, we try to make sure that every kid
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: has a great middle school experience and continue to have success.
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: So in our Bantam leagues doing a great job, you know,
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: I believe we, are very, very healthy in those classes. Um,
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: they play a unique schedule. Uh, they play, uh, you know,
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: we're not an in-house league, so we travel to play
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: other teams. So our Bantam league will play Southport. They'll
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: play Columbus. They will play, uh, Edinburgh trade central. Um,
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: So they play a lot of bigger programs. They play
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: those Columbus teams down there. Um, and, and I think
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: it's really, really good for them, um, to be able
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: to go out and do that. So, um, another great
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: Bantam season as well. And, uh, really appreciate all those,
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: all of those volunteers, you know, that put in their
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: time and effort to help those guys, uh, have a
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: great season.
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: Well, you know, my hat's off, uh, to put in
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: the hard work now that's going to pay dividends, uh,
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: in the future. And it looks like the, uh, future
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: is bright for Indian Creek football.
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: Yes. And, uh, man, it's not just me. It's takes
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: a village and it's a football community. And that's a, uh, man,
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: that's the whole lot of people, man. So there's a
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: lot of people putting in a lot of time and
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: effort for this thing to continue to grow. And you
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: just can't understate how appreciative we all are for the
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: time and effort of all those people.
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, coach, the other thing I want to talk
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: to you about before we head over to, uh, talk
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: about Speedway is, um, starting to see some, uh, comments
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: of your success, 6-0, putting you up for Coach of
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: the Year, and I think that's a great honor. Any
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: thoughts on that? I'm sure you don't want to think
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: about that because you've got football games to win, but
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: any thoughts?
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: You know, any time that my name as the head
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: coach gets mentioned for success, it's a team award. It's
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: a staff award. I do not do this on my own.
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: It's a wife award. There's so many people that go
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: into this. So to me, that's an Indian Creek award.
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: So it's humbling to have your name attached to discussions
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: like that. Um, but you don't do that without a
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: great community. You don't do that without great support. Um,
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: and man, there's just so many people that go into
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: making this thing successful. Um, and on top of that,
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: you know, you're any coaches, nothing without their players and
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: to just have players that, um, truly care and want
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: to be successful and want to be great. You know, that's,
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: that's what matters. So, um, to me, that would be,
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: you know, that's a nomination for Indian Creek. you know, schools, community,
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: our coaching staff, our kids, you know, my family, that's,
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: that's everybody. That's not just me. Yeah.
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: Well, congratulations and keep up the great success. And hopefully,
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: you know, they'll be calling your name at the end
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: of the year. Appreciate the kind words.
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: Well, coach, let's talk a little bit about this upcoming
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: game on Friday night, Speedway seven o'clock kickoff Speedway three
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: and three at this point, They took a loss this
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: past Friday to Tri-West. Got beat 56-7. Thought so on
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: Speedway coming into town on Friday night.
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: Yeah. So Speedway last year was one in nine and
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: they're three and three already this season. So I think
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: you can kind of read between the lines there that
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: they're much improved. Um, they are actually still a young team.
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: They were young last year and they're, I think return
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: double digit people next year. Um, so they're going to
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: continue to get better and grow. Um, I think last
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: year was kind of the youth movement for them, um,
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: had some injuries and, um, Number three for them is
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: a really, really good player. He did not play against
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: us last year. And I think that was a struggle
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: for them because he is a dynamic player for them. Offensively,
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: you know, they've had some success. They scored some points
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: this year. And, you know, I think that they do
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: a lot of different looks and variations. Quarterback has, you know,
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: had a little bit of an up and down season.
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: He started the year, I believe, through six touchdowns against
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: Heritage Christian. So he started out, you know, really hot.
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: They've had some turnovers lately. So I think that for them,
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: they're just trying to get back to level a little bit.
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: But I think that they're a very, very well coached team.
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: Coach Clampett does a good job on the offensive side.
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: And Coach Buster also does a really good job on
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: the offensive side of getting some good looks. And I
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: think that they can stress you quite a bit on offense. And,
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: you know, it's well thought out, well done defensively. They've
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: given them some points come conference season, specifically against Greenwood
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: and Tri-West. Some of that was not all on the defense.
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: I think they had two pick sixes against Tri-West, and
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: they had one against Monrovia as well. So that makes
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: it difficult, and obviously that doesn't fall on the defense.
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: But I think when you look at their defense, they're
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: really trying to make you sustain drives. They're not trying
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: to give up the big play. And they're trying to
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: add athletes onto the field to make you sustain those
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: drives and make you, you know, they'll get after you
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: in the blitz game as well, man. They'll send five
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: or six. They'll come at it from different angles. And they,
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: you know, I think really just want to make you
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: sustain those long drives and not hit big shots over
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: the top on them.
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, it's, uh, it looks like it's going to
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: be another, uh, good test for your defense come Friday
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: night and, uh, put the pressure on them, uh, up front.
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: Absolutely. And, you know, there's rain in the forecast right now,
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: so that could be a unique element to the game. Uh, obviously,
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: you know, Creek doesn't rise without a little bit of rain, but, uh, I,
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: I think that, uh, From that perspective, you know, we've
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: got to get mentally prepared for what that could look like.
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: It could not rain at all. It could rain a lot.
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: And we've got to be, you know, I tell the kids,
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: you know, this is a four-wheel drive vehicle. You know,
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: like we're all terrain and we don't make excuses and
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: we're going to figure it out. So it's going to
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: be warm, warm-ish all week. Not warm like beginning of
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: the year.
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: That was hot. But it's going to be... Yeah, it's
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: going to be.
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: Around the 80s, and then we're going to get to Friday,
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: and it's going to be about 65 degrees and rainy.
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: So it's going to be hard to simulate that. Those
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: are things that we'll work on and practice throughout the week. But,
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: you know, we'll have a plan in place no matter what, and,
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: you know, we're going to give it hell.
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. Well, Coach, we wish you nothing but the very
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: best this coming Friday night against Speedway at 7 o'clock kickoff.
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: Any last thoughts? or last words you want to give
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: before we wrap up another edition of Friday Nights at
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: the Creek? No, excited.
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: You know, this is our group of 19 seniors last
• 27:14
  Speaker 2: home game of the regular season. We'll be on the
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: road for the last two. So closing out a three
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: game home stretch against Speedway and kind of wrapping up
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: the first nine weeks of school, wrapping up and getting
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: trending towards fall break. It's kind of the, you know,
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: bow on the freaking first half of the season. And,
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: you know, we're excited to get another opportunity to go compete,
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: go play against another solid Hoosier legends conference opponent and
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: try to keep this thing rolling in the direction that
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: we want it to. But we're going to go through
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: our process day by day and man, just soak up
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: every moment that we have with this team.
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. Well, coach, we wish you again, nothing but the
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: very best. This coming Friday night, 7 o'clock, kickoff against
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: Speedway at home. Coach, as we do each and every week,
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: we wish you nothing but the very best, and most importantly,
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: stay healthy out there on Friday. Absolutely, and I
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: Appreciate you, and go Braves.