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  Speaker 1: The first couple days obviously acclimation, everybody getting used to
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  Speaker 1: the heat, getting used to communicating.
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  Speaker 2: With each other. But so far, so good.
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  Speaker 1: Every day were just trying to come in and get
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  Speaker 1: one percent better as a unit, as a team.
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  Speaker 2: That's the goal. We get one percent better every day
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  Speaker 2: off season program communication to now training camp.
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  Speaker 3: Even besides the five weeks away, I.
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  Speaker 1: Mean, obviously OTAs it was just the build up and
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  Speaker 1: once we came back into training camp, we were just
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  Speaker 1: still trying to build out of.
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  Speaker 2: What we learned the OTA is.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously we probably had to go back and refresh over
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  Speaker 1: some of the plays, but it was it wasn't like
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  Speaker 1: it was our first time hearing it. So with us
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  Speaker 1: coming in we was able to pick up on some
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  Speaker 1: of the things fast. But obviously some guys, as they
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  Speaker 1: give us a little load, we may mess up here
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  Speaker 1: and that. But that's what all this time is for meetings,
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  Speaker 1: walkthrough and everything like that.
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  Speaker 3: Just for this a feel this year team compare for
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  Speaker 3: the last few years.
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  Speaker 1: Man, I mean training camp go feel like training camp
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  Speaker 1: every year, especially here with the heat.
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  Speaker 2: But it's training camp.
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  Speaker 1: We all know it's a time where we all try
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  Speaker 1: to come together to help build the team chemistry to
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  Speaker 1: help get where we want to go.
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  Speaker 2: During the season. So it's great. It's a good break
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  Speaker 2: so far.
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  Speaker 1: It's gonna be training camp regardss, I mean it's going good.
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  Speaker 1: Coaching staff doing great. I feel like they're doing a
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  Speaker 1: great job with the play call. Like I say, we're
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  Speaker 1: just refreshing on the play so obviously they're not just
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  Speaker 1: pointing on it's not our first time hearing it.
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  Speaker 2: But the staffs so far is great. So what do
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  Speaker 2: you like about y'all s game? Man?
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  Speaker 1: I love I love the attack mentality, the type of
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  Speaker 1: just the mentality that Camp brings along. He's the same
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  Speaker 1: high energy guy every day and as a as a
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  Speaker 1: person looking at someone else, all you can ask for,
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  Speaker 1: it's them to be consistent every day and he's been
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  Speaker 1: that every.
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  Speaker 2: Day before that I did. I love that.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, a little competition get get to go against some
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  Speaker 1: of our teammates, which makes it a little bit funer.
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  Speaker 2: Just give you a little bit of ed, especially if
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  Speaker 2: you're a true competitor.
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  Speaker 3: How do you take more leadership role this year? What
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  Speaker 3: do you feel like you need to do?
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  Speaker 4: Me?
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  Speaker 1: I just I just think it's number one home in
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  Speaker 1: on me personally myself, I have to do things the
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  Speaker 1: right way first, uh, and then go from there. Just
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  Speaker 1: try to pour into the other players as they come
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  Speaker 1: to me, ask questions or like like I said, it's
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  Speaker 1: a couple of a lot of younger a lot more
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  Speaker 1: guys that's younger than me that's coming to me asking
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  Speaker 1: questions and things of that nature.
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  Speaker 2: And just leading by example on the field. That's the
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  Speaker 2: main thing, because I.
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  Speaker 3: Have a switch for you know, at one point, not
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  Speaker 3: too long ago, you were the young guy asking a
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  Speaker 3: ton of questions.
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  Speaker 2: Most definitely.
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  Speaker 1: I mean I always felt like I've been a leader
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  Speaker 1: ever since I've been a little kid. My mom always
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  Speaker 1: told me, Mom and dad I always told them.
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  Speaker 2: Not to be a leader, not a followers.
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  Speaker 1: So I feel like I've always been a Leader's just
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  Speaker 1: now it's it may be a little bit more broad
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  Speaker 1: to you all as far as the media and the
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  Speaker 1: fans and things of that nature.
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  Speaker 2: As I get older as a players.
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  Speaker 3: Your style or even more of the lead by example.
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  Speaker 2: Or more lead by example.
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  Speaker 1: I mean I talked with jokes, laugh around, joke around
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  Speaker 1: things of that nature, but I'm more of a go
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  Speaker 1: out there, get the job done.
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  Speaker 2: And obviously a lot of guys.
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  Speaker 1: They just see the hard work that I put in,
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  Speaker 1: dedication that I have for the love of the game.
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  Speaker 2: Aren't of the leaders life? Where are you there?
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  Speaker 4: Different now?
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  Speaker 1: Even coming into uh, I like to say, just my
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  Speaker 1: my mental aspect, and obviously in the film room, I
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  Speaker 1: know exactly what I'm looking for.
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  Speaker 2: But once I go into the.
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  Speaker 1: Film room, now it's not I have a more of
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  Speaker 1: a routine when it comes to film, study, treatment, things
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  Speaker 1: of that nature. So I feel like, just going in
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  Speaker 1: the year before, I'm a lot more mature when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to carrying how I'm carrying myself in the building,
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  Speaker 1: how am I going about myself outside of the building
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  Speaker 1: as well?
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  Speaker 5: And you see, don't live yourself as a rookie year
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  Speaker 5: as opposed to like last year.
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  Speaker 3: Now do you go, wow, what a different guy I am?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I wouldn't say different guy because like everybody know,
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  Speaker 1: I was, I was drafted off of potential.
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  Speaker 2: I've only been past rushing.
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  Speaker 1: I started pass rushing at defensive end probably say true
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  Speaker 1: my sophomore year of college. But now I'm just I
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  Speaker 1: always have athleticism to be great, but now I'm just
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  Speaker 1: starting to put everything together. So obviously it's some things
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  Speaker 1: that I'd be like, oh shit, I definitely could have
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  Speaker 1: worked on some things better right here. But obviously now,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, just trying to get one percent better
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  Speaker 1: every day every year, that's my main goal.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like it's work for you to get this pass.
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  Speaker 2: Rushing almost definitely, it's always room for improvement.
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  Speaker 1: But like I say, I feel like I'm establishing myself,
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  Speaker 1: especially amongst the team. That's all that really matters the
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  Speaker 1: outside world. It really doesn't matter what the media thinks,
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  Speaker 1: fans think so or anybody else. As long as I
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  Speaker 1: get my respect from my teammates and my peers, that's
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  Speaker 1: how that matters.
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  Speaker 5: Speaking of your teammates, just how much of an impact
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  Speaker 5: that's Eric Arms made over the last year and a half.
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  Speaker 5: I know he had a up and down here last year,
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  Speaker 5: but coming in.
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  Speaker 1: For me personally, he brings a lot of different things
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  Speaker 1: to the game.
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  Speaker 2: He's, like I said, he's a true vet.
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  Speaker 1: He's been around the game of He played in a
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  Speaker 1: couple probably two different generations of football. So it's just
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  Speaker 1: his mindset of how he breaks down certain plays, certain formations,
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  Speaker 1: and just even the smaller details, like you want to
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  Speaker 1: always hone in on small details, but I feel like
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  Speaker 1: very he does a great job of digging even deeper
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  Speaker 1: into what they're doing or why they're doing it this way.
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  Speaker 5: How much easier can that make it for younger guys.
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  Speaker 5: I know you're entering year four, but just learning your
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  Speaker 5: third defensive play. But having a guy like Eric or
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  Speaker 5: or a better to be able to carry.
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  Speaker 1: Along a couple of long makes them a lot easier. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: he's one of those guys like he's a laid back
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  Speaker 1: reserve guy as well, But if he knows that you're
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  Speaker 1: struggling with something, he's definitely gonna come up to you
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  Speaker 1: and say something, regardless of if you ask or not,
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  Speaker 1: just because that's the type of leader that he is.
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  Speaker 2: He's played in multiple defenses himself, and he.
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  Speaker 1: Knows how to categorize some things that maybe may be
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  Speaker 1: able to help the younger players.
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  Speaker 3: And Josh played together enough and kind of know what
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  Speaker 3: to expect from each person on every play, you know
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  Speaker 3: what I mean?
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  Speaker 1: Almost definitely like I'll talk about this my rookie year
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  Speaker 1: and years after that too. It's just like knowing who's
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  Speaker 1: on the other side of you, or knowing who's on
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  Speaker 1: the inside.
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  Speaker 2: Of you, what type of rusher. Is he what type
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  Speaker 2: of rusher? I'm mind.
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  Speaker 1: That's where times like this during camp you all come together.
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  Speaker 1: As far as communication he's taking. Is he taking a
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  Speaker 1: high rusher? I take a low rush when he takes
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  Speaker 1: this high wrestle. Just we all been on the same court,
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  Speaker 1: especially up front, I mean within that box, like we
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  Speaker 1: all have to be on one accord when especially number
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  Speaker 1: one when it comes to the run game, everybody has
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  Speaker 1: a job to do on every single play, and that's
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  Speaker 1: in the run or pass. So just playing with him
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  Speaker 1: for the going on four years now, I feel like
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  Speaker 1: I know him as a player and we work together
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  Speaker 1: very well.
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  Speaker 5: All right, Thanks than you've sort of seen from him
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  Speaker 5: since you've got here. And what type of player is
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  Speaker 5: he for?
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  Speaker 4: For people who man, he's he's a great player, obviously,
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  Speaker 4: but I said this the last time I talked to
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  Speaker 4: you guys. He's a great person. He's got a lot
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  Speaker 4: of leadership qualities. I don't think there's anybody in the
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  Speaker 4: building that doesn't genuinely love the guy. He just a
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  Speaker 4: great human being, got a great energy about him.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 4: It's credit to everyone that raised him because he's the
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  Speaker 4: type of guy like you love the coaching. You know,
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  Speaker 4: you love his teammates love playing with him, and his
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  Speaker 4: coaches love coaching.
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  Speaker 5: How much can that impact the locker room positively? Just
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  Speaker 5: just having a guy like that around, it's sort of steady.
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  Speaker 5: You gonta get too high and don't get too low
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  Speaker 5: in the fens coachable.
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  Speaker 4: He said, when I think when some of your best
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  Speaker 4: players are your best leaders, uh and the best people,
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  Speaker 4: that's a great thing, you know, because that's what sets
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  Speaker 4: the culture of every building. You know they're gonna go.
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  Speaker 4: The guys are going to follow the guys who bring
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  Speaker 4: that energy, and he brings a positive energy. I think
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  Speaker 4: it's obviously an overall net positive for the entire building,
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  Speaker 4: offense and defense.
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  Speaker 3: To have a guy like that, you know about him
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  Speaker 3: as a player got here. He's kind of like one
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  Speaker 3: of those anonymous really good players.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I did, because just Knowe Trace got at Georgia
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  Speaker 4: a little bit and some of the people, you know,
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  Speaker 4: we kind of run in the same circles coaches and
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  Speaker 4: some other coaches. I know. I remember Pete Jenkins was
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  Speaker 4: kind of a legendary D line coach going down there
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  Speaker 4: and had worked with him at Georgia and talking about
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  Speaker 4: him way back, you know, when he was in college,
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  Speaker 4: just the type of guy. He is always serious, you know,
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  Speaker 4: driven and wanting to be great. So that was really
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  Speaker 4: what I knew of Treymon and all that has been true.
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  Speaker 4: You know, you see, No, No, I don't think so
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  Speaker 4: at all. I think when he speaks, people listen, and
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  Speaker 4: you know, there's there's a lot to that that when
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  Speaker 4: when somebody who maybe people perceive isn't that you know, vocal,
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  Speaker 4: which he is. He's vocal in the building, but when
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  Speaker 4: he speaks it means something to the guy's on the
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  Speaker 4: team and people listen.
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  Speaker 3: I'm done.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, he's got a ton of potential. This guy's
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  Speaker 4: a limit for him. And it's just like every other physician,
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  Speaker 4: every other guy you know, doing it every day, every play.
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  Speaker 4: That's really what sets the tone for what you're going
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  Speaker 4: to do out there every day. And I think he
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  Speaker 4: you know, out there on Sunday, I should say, but
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  Speaker 4: he's a guy who brings it every play every day.
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  Speaker 4: You watch him in drow work, I mean, he's locked in,
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  Speaker 4: laser focused. So I'm excited for him, excited for what he's.
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  Speaker 3: Going to do this year, Excited to get him in
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  Speaker 3: your system too.
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  Speaker 4: Oh yeah, absolutely, Yeah, absolutely, you know when you know
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  Speaker 4: there's a guy like that, it's an exciting thing. You know,
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  Speaker 4: coaches getting a lot smarter when you got good players.
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  Speaker 2: So it's.
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  Speaker 4: Where after two days with this blue group, Yeah, I
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  Speaker 4: mean like usually, like any year in camp, you know,
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  Speaker 4: you got some of these early mistakes. And camp is
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  Speaker 4: a great thing because you kind of just get locked
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  Speaker 4: the way you do football for quite a while here
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  Speaker 4: and you really have a singular focus. And what it
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  Speaker 4: takes to get better at football is playing football, So
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  Speaker 4: you need constant repetition. It's you know, it's all about
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  Speaker 4: muscle memory and seeing things over and over and over again,
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  Speaker 4: talking about things in a consistent way, saying things the
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  Speaker 4: same way so we hear them the same way all
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  Speaker 4: the time. That's really as a coach, I think the
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  Speaker 4: biggest challenge in camp, you know, everybody speaking the same
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  Speaker 4: language and everybody driving the same points home and being honest,
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  Speaker 4: and you gotta be honest. So our guys have done
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  Speaker 4: a great job of that to this point. Obviously it's
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  Speaker 4: two days, but they're doing a really good job and
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  Speaker 4: hopefully continue to get better the defense.
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  Speaker 5: How much year makes Tuesdays.
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  Speaker 3: As the defensive guy. You know, how much do you
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  Speaker 3: have next Tuesday, sir? When heads go on, is you
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  Speaker 3: see these guys get off?
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  Speaker 4: Wats say, Yeah, that's that's always a huge deal, you know,
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  Speaker 4: and it's it's an exciting time for the players to
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  Speaker 4: But uh, the only thing we can control is what
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  Speaker 4: we're doing every day and that drill work that we're doing.
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  Speaker 4: I think that's such a critical part of coaching that
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  Speaker 4: you have to simulate the things that are going to
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  Speaker 4: happen in the game, and you got to be laser
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  Speaker 4: focused as to where you're standing when you're coaching the drill,
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  Speaker 4: where you're filming the drill from, you know, so they're
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  Speaker 4: getting constant, consistent feedback when they go out there in
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  Speaker 4: full paths that they can play at optimal performance.
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  Speaker 5: A lot of where to talk about just your defense
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  Speaker 5: is to attack more and the like there better have
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  Speaker 5: you seen them be able to play more freely?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah? I think the better you know things you know
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  Speaker 4: and the more you do something, that's when you play faster.
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  Speaker 4: You know, there's more anticipation when there's better communication. So
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  Speaker 4: the more and more you do things, more and more
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  Speaker 4: you see things. You talk about things in the meeting room,
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  Speaker 4: you walk through things and you get a chance to
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  Speaker 4: get it at a game speed. You're gonna communicate better
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  Speaker 4: and a call is going to help somebody. So when
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  Speaker 4: our team is communicating, that's when we're usually playing fast.
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  Speaker 4: And I see that through the transition of the spring
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  Speaker 4: end of the summer. I think our guys that are
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  Speaker 4: a good job of studying this offseason, and they were
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  Speaker 4: able to hit the ground running a little bit when
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  Speaker 4: they got out here. Communication was good.
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  Speaker 5: You've been asked this already, but in terms of rotating
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  Speaker 5: guys at both corner and safety, kind of seeing those
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  Speaker 5: different combinations, what's your expected timelines when maybe that shapes.
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  Speaker 3: Out and the depth sharp starts.
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  Speaker 4: I think you're always going through that throughout the season.
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  Speaker 4: And one of the beautiful things about football is it
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  Speaker 4: can be so personnel and package oriented. You know, based
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  Speaker 4: on the opponent, you know what they're putting out there
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  Speaker 4: from a personnel perspective, or who those guys actually are,
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  Speaker 4: what's the best matchup? A lot of times that decides
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  Speaker 4: who you play and who's playing in the game. So
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  Speaker 4: we try to do that all the way through, you know,
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  Speaker 4: all the way through to the end of the season,
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  Speaker 4: and I think that's a big part of evaluation as
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  Speaker 4: a coacher. A little bit extra.
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  Speaker 3: Work in between, like when there's a special team sperit
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  Speaker 3: or stuff like that. Does that stretch you guys out
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  Speaker 3: a little bit in terms of your planning and how
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  Speaker 3: it works around you.
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  Speaker 4: No, I would say Liam's done an unbelievable job with that.
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  Speaker 4: He is like down to the second with all that.
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  Speaker 4: It's it's honestly, it's impressive to watch because he does
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  Speaker 4: a great job of communicating with us. You know when
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  Speaker 4: he's gonna be with us, when he's gonna be meeting
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  Speaker 4: with us, when we're gonna have time on the field,
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  Speaker 4: and our coaches, Coach Miless, Coach Perkins, those guys have
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  Speaker 4: done a great job. And coach Les Gary uh in
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  Speaker 4: the meetings, they've done a great job playing and everything
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  Speaker 4: out with his meeting time and then having the stuff
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  Speaker 4: ready to go on the field so we can do
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  Speaker 4: you know, feet meets and walk and talks with him
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  Speaker 4: in between. If he's available, I.
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  Speaker 3: Would be going around a lot of great football players.
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  Speaker 4: When you see the three wide receivers going up against
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  Speaker 4: your defense, is this some moong or if not the
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  Speaker 4: fastest group of wide receivers. It's a great group and
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  Speaker 4: they are hard working dudes, you know, like they're they
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  Speaker 4: challenge it in practice, so you you couldn't get a
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  Speaker 4: better situation, you know, if you're a defensive player than
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  Speaker 4: we have here again the opportunity to play against great
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  Speaker 4: players every day. So they really are. It's a great group.
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  Speaker 4: It's a special group of guys.
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  Speaker 5: To have a guy like Eric Carlein said in the
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  Speaker 5: building in the defense just being able.
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  Speaker 3: To carry the guys along the wad.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, take Eric Scott as you know, you know, it's
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  Speaker 4: like Walter pay Man of the Year, the whole thing.
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  Speaker 4: He's got great leadership qualities and the people in the
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  Speaker 4: locker room, people look up to Eric because won his
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  Speaker 4: consistency and performance and just his personality is that of
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  Speaker 4: a guy that wants to help other people, you know,
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  Speaker 4: So that that is as a coach, it's a great
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  Speaker 4: thing to have, you know what I mean. And a
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  Speaker 4: guy that you can obviously is always going to be
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  Speaker 4: honest and that's where I was looking for, honest feedback
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  Speaker 4: from coaches to players, players to coaches, and I think
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  Speaker 4: he's done a great job with that. I appreciate you everything.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you