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Bothell Football Coaches Show Ep 29 · Bothell Football Coaches Show

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  Speaker 1: Greetings and welcome to the Bothell Football Coaches Show. I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host, Rylan Spencer. Along with me, as always, is
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  Speaker 1: the head coach of the Bothell Cougars, Tom Bainter. Coach,
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  Speaker 1: how are we doing?
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  Speaker 2: Doing well. Thanks, Rylan.
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  Speaker 1: order will go to Bothell Football. Coach, let's talk about
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  Speaker 1: Lake Stevens. the game last week, but I want to
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  Speaker 1: start with the fans, the parade, the atmosphere. I think
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  Speaker 1: we need to give a shout out to just everybody
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  Speaker 1: that showed up Friday night, from Cougs in the Courtyard
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  Speaker 1: that ASB did, the parade led by Officer Ware, and
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  Speaker 1: I think we need to give a shout out to
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  Speaker 1: the band, Mr. Zane Romanek. The things that the band
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  Speaker 1: does is just truly tremendous. And I want to give
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  Speaker 1: a specific shout out to Eli Yuhan. A young man
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  Speaker 1: played taps before the game, and it was outstanding. I
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  Speaker 1: just think everything that goes on is, I almost want
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  Speaker 1: to say it was a typical Friday night at Pop
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  Speaker 1: Keeney Stadium when Bothell football's in town.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I look at it as, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we get this all the time. You know, our band,
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  Speaker 2: our cheerleaders, our fans, our support from our administration, our community,
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  Speaker 2: that's what Bothell football is. And, you know, the parade
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  Speaker 2: down to the pregame to the music playing and band
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  Speaker 2: going on. And it's just fun atmosphere. Tom Try and
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  Speaker 2: I met at half field at midfield right before the
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  Speaker 2: game and we were exchanging pleasantries and he mentioned what
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  Speaker 2: a wonderful atmosphere it is down here. We don't take
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  Speaker 2: it for granted. We understand it is, but it always is.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of people pour their energy and effort into
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  Speaker 2: this and it's so much appreciated and so fun to
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  Speaker 2: be a part of.
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  Speaker 1: As far as the game goes, 41-10 loss to Lake Stevens,
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  Speaker 1: which You know, I mean, the easy way to say it,
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  Speaker 1: I guess, is Lake Stevens is a very good football team,
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  Speaker 1: and there's a reason why they are consistently in the semifinals,
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  Speaker 1: state championship games, things like that. All in all, though, Coach,
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  Speaker 1: some positives from Friday night. I mean, I think there was,
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  Speaker 1: you know, early on, there was a lot of really
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  Speaker 1: good things going on. And then, you know, specifically from
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  Speaker 1: my point of view, I thought the defensive line really
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  Speaker 1: did some tremendous things.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I'm going to start off with what
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  Speaker 2: you started off with, and that is, you know, we
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  Speaker 2: don't shy away from playing good football teams. I actually
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  Speaker 2: look forward to it. We used to play Bellevue when
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  Speaker 2: us and Skyline were the only 4A schools playing Bellevue
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  Speaker 2: when they were 3A, and you know, we played Mission
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  Speaker 2: Viejo when, you know, we were the fourth team asked
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  Speaker 2: that year, and the first three declined, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: you play great teams and great programs to see where
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  Speaker 2: you can still grow, right? To see where you can
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  Speaker 2: get to, and um, you know, if you, if you
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  Speaker 2: want to be the best, if your goal is to, to,
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  Speaker 2: to hang around in the top four in state, then,
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  Speaker 2: then you got to play those guys and you got
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  Speaker 2: to be able to, you know, analyze what you need
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  Speaker 2: to do to get there. Um, a wonderful football team,
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  Speaker 2: well coached, um, you know, you know, you can, you
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  Speaker 2: can argue that they're one of the top two or
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  Speaker 2: three teams year in and year out.
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  Speaker 1: Um, uh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So fun challenge. We had a great start. We, uh,
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  Speaker 2: We had a long drive, kind of the recipe we
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  Speaker 2: needed to do to stay in this game. We took
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  Speaker 2: an 18-yard sack, 18-yard loss on a pass play that
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  Speaker 2: we wish we could have back and do over. And
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  Speaker 2: who knows, maybe we end up with a field goal
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  Speaker 2: attempt or something there. But I love the way our
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  Speaker 2: kids played for almost two quarters. It started going south
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  Speaker 2: a little bit. And when you get that and feel
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  Speaker 2: that momentum slipping away and going the other way, it's
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  Speaker 2: hard sometimes for for anybody you see it in the
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  Speaker 2: NFL as well, where you, you know, just to not
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  Speaker 2: kind of give in a little bit. And, and, uh,
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  Speaker 2: I felt like we kind of did that in the
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  Speaker 2: second half, but, you know, hats off to them. Um,
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  Speaker 2: our D line played really well. Uh, their, their, their
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  Speaker 2: long runs came from, you know, scrambles. Um, uh, they
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  Speaker 2: had some, some, um, explosive pass plays, which you're going
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  Speaker 2: to get with the athleticism and speed that they have. And, and, uh,
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  Speaker 2: But all in all, I thought we competed really well
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  Speaker 2: for almost a half and lots to build on. We've
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  Speaker 2: got a lot to grow from there. And so we're
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  Speaker 2: excited about what we've learned and where we can go.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned just not shying away from anybody. I remember,
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  Speaker 1: I believe it was 2012, when I was doing media stuff,
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  Speaker 1: I remember putting out my preseason top 10 and looking
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  Speaker 1: at it and going, gosh, you know what? Bothell is
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  Speaker 1: playing the number one team in 4A. at the time,
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  Speaker 1: which was Skyline. They were playing the number one team
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  Speaker 1: in 2A right after that, which was Capital, and then
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  Speaker 1: came home and played the number one team in 3A,
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  Speaker 1: which was Bellevue. Not a lot of teams are willing
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  Speaker 1: to do that in the history in terms of consistently
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  Speaker 1: doing it. Lake Stevens is doing it this year. Bellevue
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  Speaker 1: has done it a few times here or there. It's
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  Speaker 1: one of those things that I think in today's game,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of teams like to shy away from the
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  Speaker 1: bigger names, maybe play one of them, But to try
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  Speaker 1: to play multiple teams like that is just not really
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  Speaker 1: common anymore.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a couple philosophies. I know a lot of,
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  Speaker 2: you know, one side of the coin is you want
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  Speaker 2: to just, you want to get wins and build momentum
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  Speaker 2: and get kids have confidence and things like that. The
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  Speaker 2: other part is you want to see where you want
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  Speaker 2: to be. You want to see who, I always want
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  Speaker 2: to play somebody better than us. There's no question about it.
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  Speaker 2: And Again, it's a different philosophy. People, they both work
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  Speaker 2: and they both don't work, I guess, at times, too.
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  Speaker 2: But I like the way our kids have responded from it.
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  Speaker 2: We watched the film. We've talked about it. We're looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to this week's opponent and improving day to day.
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  Speaker 2: And so we're excited about this week.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking of this week, Glacier Peak, 7 p.m. kickoff on
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  Speaker 1: Thursday night at Popkini. First Thursday game in quite a
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  Speaker 1: while for Bothell that I can remember at least. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: you have to go back to maybe the 2021 Kinko
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  Speaker 1: Championship game up at Eastlake. I don't know if I'm
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  Speaker 1: missing one in there, but Thursday game prep is a
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  Speaker 1: little bit different, especially when you've played a Friday night, Coach.
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  Speaker 1: So I guess maybe the quick, easy version of it.
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  Speaker 1: What is different about preparing on the Thursday game?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Great question. We, we just move everything up one day.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're not a football program that brings our
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  Speaker 2: kids in over the weekend, except for when we have
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  Speaker 2: a Thursday game. So, uh, we had a Saturday morning
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  Speaker 2: walkthrough and, uh, we didn't, we didn't discuss the night
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  Speaker 2: before and the game before it was all moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: We were talking about, uh, Glacier Peak and, and we,
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  Speaker 2: we basically did a, a virtual, uh, scouting report, but walkthrough, right? We, we, uh,
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  Speaker 2: we went over every facet of their game and, and, um,
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  Speaker 2: How we would align to things and how we would
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  Speaker 2: adjust to things a little bit. Monday was more like
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  Speaker 2: a Tuesday practice. Today will be more like a Wednesday
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  Speaker 2: and Wednesday will be a little bit more like a Thursday.
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  Speaker 2: We play Thursday which we hope will be a little
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  Speaker 2: bit like a Friday.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking of Glacier Peak, Bothell and Glacier Peak have played
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  Speaker 1: five times over the years. Bothell 5-0 all time. Last
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  Speaker 1: time we played was 2021 playoffs. I just mentioned the
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  Speaker 1: 2021 season but I don't want to go too crazy
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  Speaker 1: on it, but that was a game that was truly unbelievable.
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  Speaker 1: 49-35 win for Bothell. Coach, what do you just briefly,
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  Speaker 1: what do you remember from that game? I remember a lot.
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  Speaker 1: We were down 21 at half. And, you know, we
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  Speaker 1: had two kids crying in the locker room like the
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  Speaker 1: season was over, like the game was over. And I just,
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  Speaker 1: you know, that stuff frustrates me because that's a weak mentality. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we didn't make an adjustment at halftime except
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  Speaker 1: for one defensive thing. It was more about controlling their
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  Speaker 1: emotion and their mindset and their belief. I told them
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  Speaker 1: we're going to come out and we're going to score
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  Speaker 1: every possession we have. We fumbled the ball on our
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  Speaker 1: next possession but we held them and then we did
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  Speaker 1: score every possession. The mind is so powerful in life
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  Speaker 1: and in sports. You kind of follow what you believe
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  Speaker 1: and you can teach your mind to believe anything you
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  Speaker 1: want and when you think you can, you usually do. And,
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  Speaker 1: and that was what we needed to do in that
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  Speaker 1: second half. And we did, we got that and, uh,
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  Speaker 1: was proud of our kids. That was, uh, one of
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  Speaker 1: my favorite wins ever because of the ability to overcome
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  Speaker 1: your own negative thoughts. And so, um, you know, that's
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  Speaker 1: what I remember about that game. Do you happen to
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  Speaker 1: remember your post game interview from that game? I do.
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  Speaker 1: I do.
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  Speaker 2: I was excited.
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  Speaker 1: It was emotional.
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  Speaker 2: It was, uh, it was, you know, it was because, um,
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  Speaker 2: Because I felt like our kids learned a lesson that day.
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  Speaker 2: Certainly the ones who didn't believe in our own team.
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  Speaker 2: We learned something.
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  Speaker 1: That's life.
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  Speaker 2: You can't get down on yourself if you expect yourself
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  Speaker 2: to be successful. You can't get down on your team
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  Speaker 2: if you expect your team to be successful. So much
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  Speaker 2: of this football is mental. I just think that we're
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  Speaker 2: not real strong right now mentally at uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: adolescents in our society, we allow them to be weaker.
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  Speaker 2: We allow them to, it's okay. And, uh, it's frustrating.
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  Speaker 2: We need to, we need to work, grind through adversity and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we, we need to let them fail so
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  Speaker 2: they know how to, to win. And, and so, um,
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  Speaker 2: It's passionate. It's a passion that I have and I
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  Speaker 2: just think that football is a great way to teach that.
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  Speaker 1: A couple of familiar faces on the other side as
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  Speaker 1: far as the coaches go. Shane Keck, eighth season at
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  Speaker 1: Glacier Peak. Somebody that Coach, you're on some different committees
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  Speaker 1: and Coach Keck is on some different things. He's very
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  Speaker 1: big in the coaches association and obviously on the defensive
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  Speaker 1: side of the ball is former Bothell coach and former
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  Speaker 1: Bothell player Jason Rimkus. It's got to be fun to
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  Speaker 1: To go against those guys, it's kind of that thing
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  Speaker 1: that maybe people don't think about because it's team against team,
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  Speaker 1: and obviously it is team against team, but getting to
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  Speaker 1: compete from your standpoint against somebody that you know and
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  Speaker 1: love in Jason Rimkus.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, Coach Gak is an unbelievable leader of men,
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  Speaker 2: and he does a great job at his high school,
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  Speaker 2: and he contributes to football in the state of Washington,
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  Speaker 2: and he's a special– you know, member of our coaching
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  Speaker 2: fraternity in the state of Washington. Um, you know, Jason
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  Speaker 2: Rimkus is, you know, he, he was, uh, he was
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  Speaker 2: coming over and playing with our kids when they were
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  Speaker 2: little his senior year. And, and, uh, um, you know, he,
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  Speaker 2: my wife called him our third son for a while there. And, and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, then he became a student taught with me
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  Speaker 2: and coached with us and went, you know, went other places,
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  Speaker 2: came back and, you know, he's, he's a great, uh,
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  Speaker 2: football mind. He, he has a passion for the game. He, uh,
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  Speaker 2: understands it extremely well. And so, yeah, it'll be fun
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  Speaker 2: to be on the same field with those guys and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, to compete against them. And then afterwards, you know,
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  Speaker 2: handshake and a lot of respect I have for those two.
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  Speaker 1: So it'll be fun. A reminder, this week's game is
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  Speaker 1: Thursday at Popkini's, a 7 p.m. kickoff against Glacier Peak.
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  Speaker 1: This week's game is being broadcasted live on STSPN. Head
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  Speaker 1: to any of our social media channels and you will
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  Speaker 1: be able to find the link at some point. Coach,
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  Speaker 1: that's all I got for this week. Yeah, thanks for
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  Speaker 1: your time. Thank you. A reminder, the freshmen are home
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  Speaker 1: later tonight at 7 p.m. A 7 p.m. kickoff against
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  Speaker 1: Lake Stevens. Admission is free and the concession stand will
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  Speaker 1: be open. So head on over and watch the freshman Cougs.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Ryland Spencer. He's Tom Bainter. And you've been listening
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  Speaker 1: to episode 29 of the Bothell Football Coaches Show. We'll
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  Speaker 1: talk to you next week. And as always, go Cougs.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.