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Bothell Football Coaches Show Ep 1 · Bothell Football Coaches Show

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Greetings and welcome to the first episode of the Baffle Football Coaches Show with Tom
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Bainter. I'm your host Ryland Spencer along with me Coach Bainner. Coach.
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Passion Tequila dot com. That's Passion with one s Well Coach. Week one
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is in the books. Long trip out to New York for a game against
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Curtis High School on Staten Island before we get too far into the game,
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and different things that went on while we were out there. Why don't you
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give everybody just kind of a rundown of how a game against Curtis High School
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on Stalent, stat Island even comes about. Well, the first part of
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it is just getting to travel games. So we've we've traveled with KSA a
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couple of times now, and I knew we wanted to give our kids an
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experience, uh, you know, to see another city they may not have
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ever been to or may not see. And so the first thing we did
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was chose New York and KSA and I tried to find opponents. We we
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knew we'd had time to do it. It took a little bit longer than
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anticipated, but you know, we we had a couple opponents that were a
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little bit over our head, and we had a couple opponents that that we
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thought they thought we were over their head. So those came. Those games
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kind of come and came and went. Eventually I got a call from coach
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gambo At at Curtis and he said, I think we'd be a good matchup.
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We looked into it and we agreed to play each other and kind of
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over the course of about four months, that's how it turned out. But
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the trip was planned first, and we want our kids to get a wonderfully
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you know, educational experience by by doing some of the things that you can
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only do in New York. And we did those and that was outstanding.
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Yeah, we'll talk a little bit more about kind of the trip in general,
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not only the game, but some of the sights and sounds and different
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things that we saw while we were there. But you know, to be
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able to do something like that, you have to have great support, especially
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if you're traveling all the way out to a place like New York. The
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Booster Club auction was something that was huge this year and every year, huge
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to not only support the team, but some of the endeavors and different things
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that we got going on. The first person I would like to kind of
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touch on here for people I guess is Ronn and Salley Joe Nardoni. Now
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they've been hosting the event at Nardoland for a few years, but they've been
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just tremendous supporters of Boffel football and kind of Boffel in general. What can
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you tell me about them and kind of what they mean to the program.
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I met ron early in my coaching in in two thousand and and there were
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a group of men who graduated from Boffel High School years ago, and have
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a wonderful pride for the community of Boffel and Boffel football. They've been supportive
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and and everything we do. They were instrumental in the new scoreboard at Pop
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Kenny when when Pop Kenny was remodeled. They are always there to support in
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any way they can for Bofthel students and and and and me and our coaching
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staff and and certainly anything at Boffel High School. So the Nardoni's after after
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we had kind of exhausted options to hold our auction at different places, they
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offered their place and it's been the best. It's it's a wonderful museum if
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you will, of all things Bofthel and and uh it's it's just a it's
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just a great place to be. They they donate their their facility to us.
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It saves a lot of money. I can't express how important they've been
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in terms of just support, community support for me and our football program.
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Yeah, and you mentioned, you know, Nardo Land, the things that
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got going on out there, I mean a couple of like full service gas
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stations. You mentioned the scoreboard. I saw the old Pop Kennie scoreboard.
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I saw the goal posts out there. I mean, it's a it's a
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pretty wild set up. But all in all, it was a great night
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out there at Nardo Land. A couple other people. We want to talk
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about Ray I cough on the sound system. I thought it was tremendous and
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the auctioneer kind of having fun with people making jokes. Just truly just a
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tremendous night. But also, you know, the community stepping up and and
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giving so many different prizes. I guess you will auction items different things that
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went into supporting and GET and being able to raise money for something like a
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big trip out to New York as far as the trip goes. Before we
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talk about the game itself, let's talk about some of the things. Nine
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to eleven Memorial, There was the man Manhattan boat trip around the Hudson Army
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for West Point. Got to get out there for a little bit. Is
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there anything specific for you that stands out? Maybe it's kind of like some
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shining moments as far as off the field from what you experienced in New York.
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You know, I think the nine to eleven Museum and Memorial was was
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an epic part of our of our trip. You know, we we gave
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the kids a little bit of a about a twenty five minute power point presentation.
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The morning before we went, Coach Eniard put together a slide show,
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and we gave an educational experience because those kids weren't around when when this happened.
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Of course we as adults were, and so we gave him a flavor
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there. I would tell you that the ninety minutes we spent in that in
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the memorial was you know, one of the highlights just from the educational part
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to it. I talked to and spoke with our kids after, you know,
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what were some of the highlights. Many said that the nine to eleven
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memorial was was you know, very moving. It's uh, you know,
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you don't want to say it's it's great, like it was you know,
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fun, it's it wasn't, but it was very educational, emotional and and
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very moving and and I was very pleased with the way our kids took that
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in and and the things they had to say after. Uh. For me,
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the boat cruise, dinner cruise on the Hudson and we eat and you
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think, okay, we're gonna get some good sites and the next thing you
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know, our kids are dancing and and and and playing to the music and
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parents are there as well. And and I just sat back and I just
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noticed the groups of people who normally don't connect with each other all together.
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And you know, the important thing for me is that part of it,
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the connections with kids, the growth in relationships, the development of the Wii
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and the team and and uh, that was pretty evident there on that trip.
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That part of the trip west Point is it was another I think educational
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part to it. Uh. We got behind the scenes things to Luke Luke
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Prue and and uh a former player who played there, and he set us
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up with a you know, the football part of it, and that that
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was that was wonderful for our kids to see the weight room and the beyond
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the field and to go into their meeting room and and and to be a
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little bit of a part of the football piece of West Point and Army as
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well. But uh, you know that we did so many things that were
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fun. Those were probably the highlights. All right now, I'm a bigger
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guy myself. We got to talk about food for just a second half.
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The food on the boat I thought was great. Virgil's Barbecue, Allen start
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Us Diner. Any I mean even the even the big sub sandwiches we had
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out there at at Army. Anything stand out to you food wise? I
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liked the barbecue. Barbecue was good. I made the mistakes, as you
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know, I'm not a veteran like you. I will learn from this.
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But they got me on all of the appetizer stuff first, and I needed
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to I needed to control my uh my appetite there a little bit. Instead,
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I had all the wonderful things. And then when the big part came
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the meat and the potatoes and and you know, the salads and all that,
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I couldn't end old as much as I would have liked to. But
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I thought Virgils was outstanding. I liked the pizzas we had. I thought
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the pizzas we're great. We had pizza on the day before we boarded the
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bus for the airport, and I thought that was great pizza. I don't
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know, I think everything tasted good because of the win and the experience we're
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having. Well, let's talk a little bit about the game. Now.
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Defense pitches a shutout, coach, I mean, there's not too many,
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not too many things you can ask for more out of a defense than to
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pitch a shut out. I mean, I guess you could ask them to
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maybe only give up three points, but defensively, I'm sitting here in the
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classroom right now and coach Great Geen has given me a funny look. He's
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listening intently. Coach, what give me your thoughts on the defense and kind
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of the day that they had out there? You know, our defense played
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out standing. I would tell you that. You know, we go into
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this game and we only have two films on them, and we hadn't seen
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there there this year's team, and you're always curious about are they going to
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run what they did last year and are they going to look the same,
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And our defense played out standing. We were We were on their quarterback so
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much and so often that there are many many plays that never even had a
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chance to develop for them. And when they did escape the pocket for a
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few extra seconds, we covered them well down the field, so we got
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it. We we forced a couple of turnovers. I can't tell you how
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many tackles for losses and sacks we had. I you'll have the stats.
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I want to say they gained eighty yards the whole game. We were We
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were fabulous on the defensive side and played outstanding football, and when we did
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give up a couple of big plays, we came right back and and shut
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down the next you know, part of that drive. And so couldn't be
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more pleased with with the our our team speed to the ball and our effort
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and and still lots of room for improvement. So real, real happy and
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excited about our defense. Now when we move over to the offensive side of
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the ball. You know, you can practice all you want against the twos
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and the threes here at the practice field, but it's a little different stepping
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out there on Friday night under the lights, and especially in a I have
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to say one of the more beautiful settings I've ever been in out there at
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Curtis High School. But Tyson Hope six catches, one hundred and thirty yards,
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three touchdowns, also had an interception. On defense Jalen Yers thirteen of
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seventeen hundred and ninety seven yards, passing four touchdowns through the air, one
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rushing touchdown. I mean, the connection between those two is obviously looks like
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it's been happening for years. I mean, the way that they looked in
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Game one. Now, I'm sure there's a lot of room for improvement and
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there's I'm sure there's room for improvement all around on the offense, but it's
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kind of hard to say something like that. People at home are listening to
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here, seeing the score thirty four nothing and probably going, what are you
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guys talking about? Yeah, you know, they played an aggressive type of
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defense. They we knew they were going to play cover zero man man across,
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and I knew that they were gonna have a tough match up with some
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of our receivers, and and uh and certainly Tyson Hope. You know,
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a couple of things surprised me. Yes, Jalen surprised me. I didn't
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in pre actus. I didn't see that escapability, the the the extension of
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plays and and you know, we normally don't run our queue, and for
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him to have a great read and pull it and go untouched for twelve into
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the end zone was was was something that's really nice to see and something we'll
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have to continue to build our our offensive game plan around. But there were
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so many weapons that that didn't get to show because of you know, quick
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scoring drives or we had one play trick drive, and and and uh.
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But I will tell you the thing that probably surprised me the most was our
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offensive line, our ability to handle the pressure that that we didn't see coming.
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We we knew they sent five a lot, but we we saw six
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and seven almost every single play, and we had to we had to do
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some things on the run, and we had to The old line coaches were
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making adjustments, you know, in between drives on on how to you know,
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add in protections and slide protections and things that we we had you know,
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that talked about a little bit, but had didn't really have the time
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to practice. And and we we started a sophomore on the line, We
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started a new left tackle, We had some experience in the middle. And
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for those guys to take the pressure and the heat and uh and and then
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and and you know, just on the fly was real impressive to me.
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And I'm really proud of those guys and can't wait to see their growth as
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we continue throughout this season. Now, special teams, there wasn't really uh,
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probably not a whole lot to talk about. I mean, you only
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had one kick return and then that one, I believe when out of bounds,
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uh, a couple of punt returns. Tyson Hook made a tremendous play
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on one punt return, kick coverage, A couple of good kick coverages.
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One that two maybe that got away a little bit, but Mason Kim makes
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a couple of nice plays. Uh, you know, probably get a little
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bit hope, hope to get a little bit more action this week on the
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on the on the special teams, but uh, all on all coach,
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give you a kind of the last word on the game, you know,
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overall thoughts, just anything in general you'd like to say about the game.
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Yeah, we we had a you know, I'll just elaborate a little bit
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more on special teams we had. Our punt team was outstanding. We punted
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three times and they didn't bring a lot of pressure. I thought we moved
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the ball well down the field, and you know you try that. Those
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are big plays, right. Special teams are usually thirty plus yard changes in
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field position, which you know we take those things seriously. And our punt
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team did announce standing job. You know. Kickoff is the place where we
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found that we've got some holes to fill, or we've got some we've got
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some scheme to to adjust too, or we've got to get better there.
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We gave up a couple of long returns. Mason Kim saved us both times
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on great open field backside tackles preventing touchdowns and and that's that was a weakness
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that that certainly has to be addressed this week, and we will do that.
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You know, I would tell you this, we had as about close
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to the perfect trip you could have. We we had one of our flights
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delayed three hours and that was a negative TIV. Other than that and a
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little bit of traffic, we had an outstanding trip. We got done everything
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we wanted to and needed to. We we we we became stronger and tighter
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as a team. We got a great, impressive win Week one. We
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saw some things that most people will never see in their lives. And uh
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we we we got back and now it's uh we we We've celebrated that and
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and enjoyed that. Now it's time to move forward and and we're looking forward
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to Central Kids out this week. Let's see here, Coach, one last
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thing. I guess you know, I was going to ask you a little
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bit about Central Kids up but uh you know, you played them last year.
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Obviously not the same team, but uh you know, some different things
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on film, a lot of the same stuff that you're used to uh,
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you know, coach Mark Kiel. He's been there forever. I'm sure you
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guys have worked together on a few different things. I think he does cleats
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versus cancer also, and you've been a part of that. So maybe just
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speaking really quickly on Central Kids out. Yeah, you know, I well
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coached and coached. Kiel has been a big part of of the you know,
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the football and our state over you know, I probably I'll probably like
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with me last twenty four or twenty five years, super great human being and
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a wonderful football coach. You know, they started off poorly last year,
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won their last two and now they want a big game to start Week one.
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We watched them on film. They're they're just they're they're They're a little
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better and they were last year, and they'll pose a problem for us in
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some areas and a wonderful challenge. They will come ready to play, and
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they will be well coached and their kids play hard, and so this will
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be a great test for us to open the home part of our schedule at
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Pop Kenny, and so looking forward to hosting them and seeing them on Saturday
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night, and certainly they'll be ready for us. I guess one last thing
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I hadn't even thought about is he's sitting right here. Coach, we'll go.
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Did we get a scouting report and what the freshman look like at the
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norswhore jamb are you over the weekend? We did? I got a great
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report. I'm excited about our freshman team. We'll be playing a lot of
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they call it froshmore now, but we'll be playing some froshmore teams, but
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all so some some freshman teams. We gotta We got a game snuck in
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for two tonight. Actually we're playing Lake Washington and so coach will go and
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the staff have our freshmen ready to go. They are excited. We we
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missed him over the weekend, but excited to be back with them. And
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it's a good group, lots of kids. Our numbers are growing again.
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So we're really excited about what our freshmen are going to bring and do this
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year and curious and anxious to see us tomorrow night or excuse me tonight.
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All right, coach, Well that's it for this one. Thank you for
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your time, and we will talk to you next week. Thank you very
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much. Rowan. The freshman are hosting Lake Washington tonight at Boffel High School
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kioffs later for seven pm. Saturday, is the first home game of the
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season. Kickoff against Central Kitsap is seven pm at Pop Kenni. The parade
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from the school to the stadium will begin about five thirty PMS will be sure
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to get there early and cheer on the team as they marched down along ninety
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second Avenue before heading down the hill on one hundred eighty towards the Pop.
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Today's episode of the Coaches Show is proudly sponsored by Steve Brada and Melan Vien
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Cheek of Wilson Realty. If you need help with your real estate or just
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have questions, take a time out and give Steve a call at two O
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six two nine five ninety nine zero nine. I'm Rylan Spencer. You've been
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listening to episode one of the Boffel Football Coaches Show with head coach Tom Bainter.
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We will talk to you next week and go kus