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O-Zone Podcast: Mike Caldwell · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the Ozone Podcast presented by by Star Credit
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  Speaker 1: Union with Jaguars senior writer John Osan. Welcome to this
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  Speaker 1: week's Ozone podcast and the guest today. I'm excited about
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  Speaker 1: and I think a lot of fans are excited to
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  Speaker 1: learn about the Jaguars coaching staff, to learn about these
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  Speaker 1: guys who are gonna be leaving the team in the future.
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  Speaker 1: Today's guest, defensive coordinator Mike called Well, Mike, I appreciate
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  Speaker 1: you join us. Well, thanks for having me and I
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  Speaker 1: guess just talk about this opportunity. It's a chance of
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  Speaker 1: a lifetime. You've been waiting going through the ranks, saying
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  Speaker 1: finally get the opportunity. Um, thankful for Doug and uh
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  Speaker 1: Jaguar organization to have me with the coordinator and I'm
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  Speaker 1: ready to go. How how did that happen? What was
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  Speaker 1: your relationship with Doug and sort of how did that develop? We? Uh,
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  Speaker 1: we played together back in Philadelphia and we worked together.
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  Speaker 1: We both were quality control coaches breaking into the league
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  Speaker 1: and just develop a relationship or friendship there and he
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  Speaker 1: just carried over throughout the years and he got this opportunity,
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  Speaker 1: which I was grateful for, and he uh brought me along. Now,
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  Speaker 1: when you were playing, I was coaching something you wanted
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  Speaker 1: to do. Was it always in the back of your
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  Speaker 1: mind or how it How did that start? Really? Uh,
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  Speaker 1: it wasn't. Coach Read had asked me one time on
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  Speaker 1: a practice field, if you once you're retired, if you
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  Speaker 1: want to coach, come talk to me. I was like,
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  Speaker 1: there's no way in the world. I coached, and then
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  Speaker 1: it ended up. I have three kids, and my oldest
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  Speaker 1: daughter I was coaching her co ed basketball team, and
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  Speaker 1: I just got the bug there did the minority internship,
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  Speaker 1: loved it, and I've been coaching ever since. Now your
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  Speaker 1: relationship with Doug did you got I guess you guys
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  Speaker 1: never talked about coaching, never really talked about that when
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  Speaker 1: you were together when you played, right, Yes, not until
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  Speaker 1: we were together coaching. Okay, What was it that appealed
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  Speaker 1: to you about coach change? Why this path? It was
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  Speaker 1: when I did the internship, just getting back around the guys,
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  Speaker 1: being able to instill my knowledge onto the players, and
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  Speaker 1: from there just it was just natural I could consider
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  Speaker 1: myself a teacher and just being able to go out
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  Speaker 1: there and teach younger guys. And that you've been through
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  Speaker 1: the same position they're going through, and just helped him
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  Speaker 1: understand the game and helped him grow as players and people. Now,
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  Speaker 1: what did Andy Reid say he saw in you that
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  Speaker 1: made you him believe that? I don't know what he saw,
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  Speaker 1: but he we were were I was stretching and he
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  Speaker 1: came in and he the question came up to me,
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  Speaker 1: and I was kind of caught me off guard, but uh,
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  Speaker 1: he said, no way, I want to work, No way
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  Speaker 1: all those long hours. And I was like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: after getting into it, Uh, if something you love, it's
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  Speaker 1: really not work. And I love coaching, so it works
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  Speaker 1: out good. What is it about Doug Peterson that inspired
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  Speaker 1: confidence to make this move? For you? Really? Just uh,
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  Speaker 1: knowing Doug as a player, then also as a young
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  Speaker 1: coach and seeing his passion the intelligence when your quality control,
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  Speaker 1: you kind of get a feel of the whole organization,
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  Speaker 1: and we both were in that position. So being able
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  Speaker 1: to sit there and talk to him late nights and
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  Speaker 1: just understanding that his vision and then seeing what he
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  Speaker 1: did in Philadelphia, it was just the opportunity for me
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  Speaker 1: that you know, no brainer. What is Todd Bowles meant
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  Speaker 1: to your career? He's been a great influence. UM, not
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  Speaker 1: only Todd, but Jim Johnson, UM, John Harball, just different
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  Speaker 1: different people throughout my career have been great influence, but
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  Speaker 1: TODs specifically it's really Uh when he got the Philadelphia
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  Speaker 1: with me, it was we saw things similar, not always
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  Speaker 1: a light but very similar. And his approach to the
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  Speaker 1: game as far as pressure packages with the Jim also
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  Speaker 1: was really fond of. Yes, So just being able to
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  Speaker 1: understand that when you're on defense you're able to dictate
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  Speaker 1: to the offense. It's always a plus for you. So
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  Speaker 1: that my next question is going to be philosophy. It
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  Speaker 1: sounds like if you have if you have a philosophy,
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  Speaker 1: that's it, but the defense can dictate. That's the thing.
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  Speaker 1: We want to go out there. We want to be aggressive.
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  Speaker 1: We want to play aggressive style defense. Want to attack
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  Speaker 1: the offense and make them adjust us and understand what
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  Speaker 1: they're doing and just be able to go out there
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  Speaker 1: and have fun and fly around and make place how
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  Speaker 1: closely or how much I guess the question is did
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  Speaker 1: you talk to Tied about defensive coordinator responsibilities and what
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  Speaker 1: do you expect the transition? Uh, maybe the biggest challenge
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  Speaker 1: I think we've were together so long I was able
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  Speaker 1: to understand some of us the role and now being
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  Speaker 1: put into that role, just understanding that you know, you
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  Speaker 1: have a plan detailed, detailed about it. And it goes
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  Speaker 1: back to teaching. I'm able to teach my coaches what
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  Speaker 1: I know, what I want to get accomplished, and then
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  Speaker 1: we'll all teach that to the players, and if you
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  Speaker 1: communicate and get everybody on the same page, success will come.
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  Speaker 1: Played eleven years for I think a million teams, Well, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: a lot um. How does that help? Not only uh
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  Speaker 1: haven't played so long, they haven't played for so many
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  Speaker 1: different organizations. Does that help you relate to I guess
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  Speaker 1: all levels of players. I guess it does. Because you've
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  Speaker 1: been in so many locker rooms with so many different
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  Speaker 1: personalities you can adjust. And again goes back to teaching.
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  Speaker 1: When one guy see it this way and called it this,
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  Speaker 1: and then you're on two or three different teams, you
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  Speaker 1: can relate to that person to understand what he's thinking
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  Speaker 1: and then put your terminology to his mindset, and then
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  Speaker 1: it's easier for the transition. Now you've listed off a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of guys you've been around read and you started
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  Speaker 1: out with Belichick and Uh. Uh so that's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of guys who've had a lot of success. Um, what
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  Speaker 1: did you take from each of them? Uh? I guess
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  Speaker 1: it's in terms of leadership really, leadership wise, first thing,
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  Speaker 1: you have to have a trust of your players. You
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  Speaker 1: have to show them that you care about them and
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  Speaker 1: that you're on the same page with them. And that
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  Speaker 1: page is we're all trying to get better, we're all
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  Speaker 1: trying to win, and that's the main focus. We want
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  Speaker 1: to bring championships to any organization. The spoke about it earlier.
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  Speaker 1: We want to bring a championship to this organization and
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  Speaker 1: that's what we're here to do. And if everybody's on
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  Speaker 1: the same page, we can all work for that one
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  Speaker 1: common goal and that's what uh everybody is trying to
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  Speaker 1: do is win. Now, you played a long time and
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  Speaker 1: looking back, you played a lot of games against the Jaguars.
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  Speaker 1: When you played, you played against him when you were
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  Speaker 1: in Cleveland and Baltimore. Any memories at all from those
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  Speaker 1: games and stand out. One thing that stands out is
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  Speaker 1: when the stadium starts chanting Duvall. That's that's pretty powerful.
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  Speaker 1: That's the That's the big thing that stands out. I
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  Speaker 1: know you haven't done a deep dive, so to speak,
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  Speaker 1: on the defense yet, but early impressions of what you've
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  Speaker 1: got to work with. The first thing you see as
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  Speaker 1: the entire defense is how hard they play. You turn
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  Speaker 1: on the film and you look like these guys are
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  Speaker 1: getting after it. These guys are tough upfront. Uh, Miles
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  Speaker 1: talked to him. I spoke with him yesterday, and he's
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  Speaker 1: the guy that flies around on the second level. And
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  Speaker 1: then in the secondary you have a mixture of young
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  Speaker 1: guys and some veteran guys that you have a group
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  Speaker 1: that again, the thing that stands out is how hard
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  Speaker 1: they play and you see the passion about it. And
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  Speaker 1: then talking to a few of the guys, Uh, you
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  Speaker 1: know they want to win, and that's what we're here for.
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  Speaker 1: Do you anticipate major change in terms of how these
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  Speaker 1: players I have to play for you, in terms of scheme,
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  Speaker 1: personal how they'll fit. I think, Uh, it's really not
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  Speaker 1: a scheme I'm really looking for. I'm trying to put
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  Speaker 1: our players in the best position to utilize their ability.
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  Speaker 1: And that's why we're gonna do it. Whether it's three
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  Speaker 1: four or four three. When't get the guys out there
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  Speaker 1: that are making plays and let him go out there
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  Speaker 1: and do it. You said at the top, opportunity the lifetime.
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  Speaker 1: Excited about it, Oh, really excited about it. Uh anxious,
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  Speaker 1: ready to get get my hands on the guys. And
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  Speaker 1: you know, right now we're going through with the coaching staff,
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  Speaker 1: which is great, being able to teach those guys what
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  Speaker 1: we're going to get accomplished and then being able to
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  Speaker 1: have it trickled down to the players. My Callbo, congratulations
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  Speaker 1: on the opportunity. We look forward to working with you
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  Speaker 1: and thank you for being on the A Zone podcast.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for having me