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Seg 2 - FB Show w Jim Mora Nov 25 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Back here in the Yukon Football Coaches Show, Bob Joyce
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  Speaker 1: filling in for Mike Crispino, who, of course is with
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  Speaker 1: the men in Hawaii. We've got Yukon football this weekend
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  Speaker 1: against you massive been amherst Our. Pregame coverage starts at
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  Speaker 1: ten to thirty. I'll have the hard outed group count
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  Speaker 1: down to kickoff, and then it's Mike, Winn and Adam
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  Speaker 1: from a girk Stadium shortly after twelve noon.
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  Speaker 2: Let's shift gears a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: The job that Gordy Samus has done, not only as
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  Speaker 1: the offensive line coach, where he's been your offensive line
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  Speaker 1: coach since you got here, but now he's in his
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  Speaker 1: first year as the offensive coordinator.
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  Speaker 2: But we'll get to that part in a minute.
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  Speaker 1: The job that he continues to do on the O line, Jim,
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  Speaker 1: because when the season began, the interior obviously needed some
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  Speaker 1: work because you had three people that were no longer
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  Speaker 1: there and you had to mix and match. I think
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  Speaker 1: Gordy's done a fantastic job with that. Now with the injuries,
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  Speaker 1: other guys have stepped up. I mean, you can't speak
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  Speaker 1: enough about what he's done alone with the offensive line
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  Speaker 1: and how those guys have accepted their roles. I know
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  Speaker 1: Chris Fortin has even had to move around a little
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  Speaker 1: bit in the offensive line because of injuries.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we've had to shuffle the deck and uh, you.
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  Speaker 4: Know when we lost Ban and then Brady and then
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  Speaker 4: as you know, Wes has been in and out of
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  Speaker 4: the lineup. And I just think it's a credit to
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  Speaker 4: the Gordy and all those guys. That's a really tight
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  Speaker 4: knit group. They work really hard, they work well together,
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  Speaker 4: they cross train for positions. Gordy's incredibly demanding, you know,
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  Speaker 4: being the coordinator and then having that massive responsibility along
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  Speaker 4: with coaching the offensive line.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's it's uh, it's.
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  Speaker 4: Demanding, it's not easy, it's top I think he's done
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  Speaker 4: an outstanding job. And if you look at some of
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  Speaker 4: the things that we've done statistically, and I'm not necessarily
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  Speaker 4: a big stats guy, but there are some things that
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  Speaker 4: I do look at. I'm impressed with the way we're
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  Speaker 4: progressing on offense.
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  Speaker 1: What about Gordie's evolving as an offensive coordinator? What have
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  Speaker 1: you seen from the start of the season in the
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  Speaker 1: now coming into game twelve, Has it changed much?
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  Speaker 4: No, because it's always been at a high level. He's
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  Speaker 4: he's incredibly smart. He knows what he wants to do,
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  Speaker 4: he teaches it well. He studies opponents, he studies other
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  Speaker 4: people around college football, pro football, you know, looking for
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  Speaker 4: ideas that can help us. He communicates well with the players.
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  Speaker 4: I think he's progressive and it's thinking, we don't get
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  Speaker 4: stale on offense. You know, we stick to concepts that
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  Speaker 4: we're good at, but we always have wrinkles that we need.
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  Speaker 4: And I just think he's you know, he relates well
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  Speaker 4: to the players, and I think people respond to him.
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  Speaker 4: And I've been incredibly, incredibly impressed with what he's been
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  Speaker 4: able to do.
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  Speaker 1: I went to practice on Thursday getting ready because I
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  Speaker 1: did the game, of course against Sarahcuse, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: you always kind of see what's going on. Now every
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  Speaker 1: team does this. They practice trick plays in practice. But
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  Speaker 1: the question is when do you use them or if
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  Speaker 1: you use them? What's your philosophy been like? Now, I
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  Speaker 1: grew up a Giants fan like Mike in the eighties,
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  Speaker 1: where Bill Parcells would roll the dice whenever he needs to.
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  Speaker 2: But what is your thoughts on that? When do you
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  Speaker 2: use them or if you use them?
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  Speaker 3: Well, you use them.
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  Speaker 4: If the opportunity you want to have things, but you
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  Speaker 4: don't just do it to do it right, you know.
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  Speaker 4: You if the opportunity presents itself, then you want to
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  Speaker 4: be ready to do it, you know.
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  Speaker 3: But you got to have a certain look. The situation's
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  Speaker 3: got to be right.
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  Speaker 4: You have to work on it constantly so that if
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  Speaker 4: the situation presents itself, then then you pull it out
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  Speaker 4: and you use it, you know. But it's all about
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  Speaker 4: the situation being right.
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  Speaker 2: Back to the offensive line for a moment.
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  Speaker 1: Two honors for your tackles, Valentin sent and Chase Lunt,
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  Speaker 1: who guys that were here when you got here, have developed,
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  Speaker 1: matured and now they're going to college All Star games.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously a lot of hard work.
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  Speaker 1: I know Chase Lunt was thrown to the fire when
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  Speaker 1: he was a skinny freshman offensive lineman to the guy
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  Speaker 1: that he is today.
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  Speaker 2: You've got to be pretty proud of what these two
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  Speaker 2: have done.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean they're amazing.
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  Speaker 4: They just their consistency, their leadership, their attitude, their work ethic,
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  Speaker 4: the way they hold themselves to a high level of
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  Speaker 4: accountability and those around them. I mean, they're awesome. They
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  Speaker 4: are just freaking awesome. And love them to death. I'm
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  Speaker 4: going to miss them and you know, be pulling form
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  Speaker 4: the rest of their lives. I mean, I love them,
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  Speaker 4: love them to death. They're both really good players. I
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  Speaker 4: think they'll both keep playing on Saturday on Sundays.
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  Speaker 1: So what's Chase like in the meeting room? I understand
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  Speaker 1: he's one of your go to guys.
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  Speaker 4: He so, you know, you're in a meeting and as
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  Speaker 4: you're up there talking, you always wonder am I getting
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  Speaker 4: through to these guys?
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  Speaker 3: You know?
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  Speaker 4: Are they hearing what I'm saying? Is the message? You know, succaint?
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  Speaker 4: Is it making sense? And all you have to do
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  Speaker 4: for reaffirmation is look at Chase and he's giving the
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  Speaker 4: head nod, you know. So you know, when I start talking,
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  Speaker 4: or any other coach starts talking, the first thing you
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  Speaker 4: see Chase and Val and other guys do start they
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  Speaker 4: pull out their notebooks and they start taking notes, you know,
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  Speaker 4: and that's not always common anymore, you know, in the
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  Speaker 4: digital but these guys are writing stuff down and I
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  Speaker 4: just couldn't appreciate him any more than I do.
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  Speaker 1: Let's stay with the offensive linement at the tight end spot.
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  Speaker 1: You told me on a Thursday, when did our pregame interview.
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  Speaker 1: That's the one spot that's been ravaged by injuries. You
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  Speaker 1: got to bring in Dominic Toy, who has seen a
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  Speaker 1: lot of significance, snaps lutely, John Bechtel. Now even Tank Green,
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  Speaker 1: one of the backup offensive linemen, is now wearing a
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  Speaker 1: tight end number in the game.
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  Speaker 2: The importance of those.
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  Speaker 1: Three guys alone to accentuate what Lewis Hanson's doing and
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  Speaker 1: just the jobs that they're filling because of the injuries
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  Speaker 1: that you have.
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  Speaker 2: What's been the what have you been pleased by these
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  Speaker 2: three guys?
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  Speaker 4: And we've had to make a lot of adjustments, as
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  Speaker 4: you said, just because of you know, the injuries. I
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  Speaker 4: mean we lost I mean, I think four guys to
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  Speaker 4: knee injuries, you know, and some good players. But it's
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  Speaker 4: given dom Toy a chance to develop. We really like him.
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  Speaker 4: We think he's a really good player.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 4: I think Blu has had to just you know, kind
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  Speaker 4: of expand his role. We've used Ezraah Anderson as a
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  Speaker 4: tied end. Now, John Bechtel's playing more. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 4: Alex Honigs kind of expanded. He didn't play last week,
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  Speaker 4: but he's good to go now. I think Christian Pace
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  Speaker 4: has just done a really good job of creating roles
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  Speaker 4: for all those guys and shuffling the deck as we've
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  Speaker 4: had injuries. And you know, I'm pleased with that position.
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  Speaker 4: I can't wait to get everyone back and healthy, you know,
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  Speaker 4: and all playing again, because it's a position that we
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  Speaker 4: put a lot of value in.
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  Speaker 3: We think it's a tough position to defend, and uh.
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  Speaker 4: We need we need the we need the ability to
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  Speaker 4: put different guys in there and create problems for defense.
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  Speaker 1: Now, if I'm not mistaken, at one point, Bechtel was
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  Speaker 1: a walk on, and I'm you always hear these stories
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  Speaker 1: across the country of the development of a kid who
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  Speaker 1: walks on, gets a scholarship and then does something well
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  Speaker 1: for himself. What can you speak of those type of guys, Jim,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure you've had a few during your days.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I was one.
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  Speaker 4: I mean I walked on at University Washington and earned
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  Speaker 4: a scholarship, you know, the spring of my freshman year.
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  Speaker 4: So I have a lot of respect for those guys
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  Speaker 4: that have the faith in themselves to go walk on it.
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  Speaker 4: It's a tough road, it's a long road, it's it's
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  Speaker 4: not easy. Oftentimes you're overlooked, underappreciated.
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  Speaker 3: It takes a.
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  Speaker 4: Lot of self confidence and gumption. It takes a lot
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  Speaker 4: of resilience to to kind of overcome feeling, like I said,
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  Speaker 4: overlooked and underappreciated. So I'm always looking for those guys
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  Speaker 4: that exhibit those traits that you know spell success, it
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  Speaker 4: looks like it can lead to success. And John's one
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  Speaker 4: of those guys. It's evident every day in the way
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  Speaker 4: he works, in his attitude, and the type of teammate
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  Speaker 4: he is, his selflessness. I just have a lot of
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  Speaker 4: respect for John and the other guys on our team
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  Speaker 4: that contribute his walk ons and contributing is a walk
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  Speaker 4: on doesn't mean that you're on the field on Saturday.
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  Speaker 4: I mean it's you know, you're oftentimes the selflessness of
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  Speaker 4: going out and being on the scout team, you know,
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  Speaker 4: and given the and its looks to our offense, our.
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  Speaker 3: Defense, that's you know, that's not a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 4: But they do it selflessly and with great energy and focus,
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  Speaker 4: and they know how important they are to the success
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  Speaker 4: of this team on Saturday, whether they're playing on Saturdays
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  Speaker 4: or not.
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  Speaker 1: All Right, more with Jim as the Ukon football coaches
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  Speaker 1: show continues in just a minute here onlear Field.
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  Speaker 3: Stay with us