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2023: Have Faith · Houston County Football Coach's Show Jeremy Edwards

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Speaker 1: All right, guys, welcome into another week of talking ho
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Speaker 1: coach football. It's Houston County football, and boy, we got
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Speaker 1: a good one to talk about this week. And joining
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Speaker 1: us now to help us break down the game Friday night,
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Speaker 1: and there's nobody better to do it than the head
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Speaker 1: coach himself, Jeremy Edwards checking in with us and joining
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Speaker 1: us on the Houston County Coaches Show and coach, let
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Speaker 1: me start off by saying, yeah, man, hated for you
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Speaker 1: with the loss, but it sounded like everything I was told.
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Speaker 1: It was a great game back and forth.
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Speaker 2: I'll tell you what, Phil, I appreciate you having me on.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Sure, Yeah.
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Speaker 3: It was a phenomenal atmosphere for high school football in
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Speaker 3: this state.
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Speaker 2: Our community came out huge.
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Speaker 3: You know, obviously it was a televised game, but it
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Speaker 3: didn't keep people from coming and filling the seats.
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Speaker 2: And it was it was loud.
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Speaker 3: It was everything you ever want in a high school
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Speaker 3: uh football game, experience for the for the kids, for
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Speaker 3: the fans, for coaches.
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Speaker 2: Just an unbelievable night.
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Speaker 3: Unfortunately we just came out on the on the short end.
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Speaker 3: But uh, you know, a good like I said, good
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Speaker 3: experience and something we could learn from.
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Speaker 1: I got you so, coach. I. You and I were
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Speaker 1: talking before we before I pressed record, uh as for
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Speaker 1: to to capture the audio for the show, But you
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Speaker 1: had told me that kind of started telling me how
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Speaker 1: things went. I had mentioned to you that, hey, Lissa,
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Speaker 1: you know, let's let's save it for our listeners. So
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Speaker 1: let's do that. Obviously, this was a big game coming
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Speaker 1: into this game, there was a lot of talk about it.
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Speaker 1: You mentioned the fact that there was a TV station
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Speaker 1: there to do the game, and uh, you know, which
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Speaker 1: is not surprising. And of course it sounds like the
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Speaker 1: fans that were there and the fans that watched got
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Speaker 1: every bit of their money's worth, so to speak.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, you know, it was a a great night.
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Speaker 3: And uh, you know, we we start off the game
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Speaker 3: and you know, the Chroma kid who's a absolutely phenomenal
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Speaker 3: player and sounds like, from what I can tell, a
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Speaker 3: phenomenal kid as well.
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Speaker 2: So you know, a big, big, big tribute to to him.
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Speaker 3: And obviously he's raised well and and so I know
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Speaker 3: he's a really good player.
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Speaker 2: I mean it was hard to stop.
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Speaker 3: And he scored on the first play from scrimmage and
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Speaker 3: we had a hard time slowing him down all night.
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Speaker 3: You know, talking with coach Fabrizio, I think he was
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Speaker 3: a little dinged up. He had a calf deal. But shoot,
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Speaker 3: you couldn't tell. I hate to see him one hundred percent.
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Speaker 3: So it was, uh, you know, he we we we
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Speaker 3: knew going in that he was he was the guy,
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Speaker 3: and you know, he was always advertised, and you know,
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Speaker 3: we had our opportunities, uh in the we just didn't finish,
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Speaker 3: you know, when we had those opportunities, and and really
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Speaker 3: the fourth quarter was kind of the kind of the
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Speaker 3: downfall for us.
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Speaker 2: And so it's it's you know, it's.
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Speaker 3: One thing to lose, but you know, it's like I
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Speaker 3: talked to our kids on yesterday when we brought a
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Speaker 3: bit and watched the film, and you know, it's all
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Speaker 3: about lessons, not losses. So we've got to learn from this.
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Speaker 3: And if we can learn from it, put it behind
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Speaker 3: us and respond in the right way. You know, I
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Speaker 3: think we're going to be okay, but you know, definitely
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Speaker 3: some things to learn from from Friday night.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. And uh, and look, I mean, like you said,
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Speaker 1: you know, there's a lot of football to be played. Obviously,
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Speaker 1: you would have loved to have won the region opener.
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Speaker 1: Uh for both of you guys. But again you'll have
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Speaker 1: plenty more chances, or a few more chances anyway, So
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Speaker 1: let's talk about you mentioned the fact that crow maa
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Speaker 1: actually scored. Annie Crowma actually scored on the first play
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Speaker 1: from scrimmage. Take us back to that moment.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we got the kickoff, dada fird.
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Speaker 3: So we got the start off, and you know, unfortunately
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Speaker 3: we went three and out. Had a couple of plays
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Speaker 3: targeted right, we just didn't execute them where they.
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Speaker 2: Could have been big plays, and so we punted. I
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Speaker 2: believe we only punted one time at the in the
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Speaker 2: first half. Twice in the game, I think.
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Speaker 3: I actually think we out gained him, you know, for
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Speaker 3: sixty to I don't know what it was, but he
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Speaker 3: ran for three twenty seven alone, So if that tells
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Speaker 3: me anything about his ability. You know, going into half,
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Speaker 3: it was twenty eight to twenty eight, and so you know,
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Speaker 3: we felt pretty good about that.
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Speaker 2: It was kind of a back and forth deal and made.
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Speaker 3: Some adjustments defensively and really came out on fire in
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Speaker 3: the second half, you know, and brought it to thirty
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Speaker 3: five to twenty eight with the opportunity to start the
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Speaker 3: fourth quarter, you know, to get it to forty two,
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Speaker 3: to twenty eight, and unfortunately we.
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Speaker 2: Got a fourth and one.
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Speaker 3: Had been using the same same play on fourth and
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Speaker 3: one that had been you know, we went for several
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Speaker 3: fourth downs throughout the game and had been one hundred
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Speaker 3: percent and uh, their guy made a great play and
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Speaker 3: made us bounce it and we didn't get the fourth
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Speaker 3: and one. You know where we were right there in
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Speaker 3: the red zone, you know, to start the fourth quarter
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Speaker 3: to score. So that was a missed opportunity, and we
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Speaker 3: got the ball back, drove down again to get inside
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Speaker 3: the red zone, had to converted fourth down.
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Speaker 2: Uh, missed a wide open guy on the same play.
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Speaker 3: We converted fourth down right down the middle of the field,
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Speaker 3: or we would have had a we would have scored
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Speaker 3: on that play, but we missed it, and uh, you know,
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Speaker 3: ended up getting down to the four yard line and
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Speaker 3: had unfortunately had a bad snap lost some I lost
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Speaker 3: about eight yards on that that play.
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Speaker 2: And then on the.
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Speaker 3: Next play, you know, the kid d lineman for them
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Speaker 3: thirty three, you know, he made a great play and
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Speaker 3: sacked aj from behind and the ball came loose and
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Speaker 3: they recovered. So you know right there, you got two opportunities.
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Speaker 2: At that point.
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Speaker 3: It was you know, thirty five thirty five. Yeah, you know,
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Speaker 3: so we had a chance to go up on him again,
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Speaker 3: and I think, you know, after that, we just kind
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Speaker 3: of really, for lack of a better words, we kind
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Speaker 3: of fell apart. You know, they scored to go up
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Speaker 3: forty two thirty five and gave us a minute left,
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Speaker 3: but unfortunately we lost one of our tight ends to
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Speaker 3: a knee injury, and so we were kind of a
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Speaker 3: little bit you know, we didn't have an opportunity to
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Speaker 3: do what we wanted to do, and so we kind
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Speaker 3: of had to change what.
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Speaker 2: We were what we do offensively a little bit.
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Speaker 3: And they were able to pin their their ears back
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Speaker 3: and unfortunately sacked us several times to end the game.
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Speaker 2: And you know, so that was the way it ended
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Speaker 2: and not the way we draw it up, not the
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Speaker 2: way that we envisioned it. But at the same time,
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Speaker 2: you know, that was a really, really good football team.
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Speaker 3: You know, talking with coach for Brizio after the game,
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Speaker 3: you know, he said that, you know, let's play again
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Speaker 3: in the state championship, and you know that, you know,
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Speaker 3: that would be an awesome deal.
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Speaker 2: But we got a lot of football left. Obviously we're
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Speaker 2: not at that level yet, but we want to peek
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Speaker 2: at the right time.
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Speaker 3: And so we've got to go back and fix these
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Speaker 3: mistakes and move on to North Side this week and
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Speaker 3: try to get this taste out of our mouth.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, well, I tell you that was kind of
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Speaker 1: how I envisioned the game. You broke it down for
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Speaker 1: us perfectly, and we do appreciate that. And I'm guessing
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Speaker 1: there at the end that there was a safety there
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Speaker 1: at the very end of the game.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, So we, like I said, we had about a
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Speaker 3: minute left and we've done good in that situation in
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Speaker 3: the very game we had to do.
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Speaker 2: It, and but we operated with four wide.
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Speaker 3: You know, our tight end was out, and you know,
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Speaker 3: we felt like we needed to throw it. And uh,
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Speaker 3: you know, when you're one dimensional like that against a
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Speaker 3: good pass rush like Lee County, they're going to get
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Speaker 3: to them.
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Speaker 2: And they they got a match up on us that
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Speaker 2: was tough on us. And yeah, so we took We
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Speaker 2: started off and gained eleven, got into about the twenty
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Speaker 2: three yard line and then from there we took two
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Speaker 2: sacks in a row.
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Speaker 3: The last one he didn't get rid of it and
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Speaker 3: then they ended up getting the safety that kind of
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Speaker 3: end the game.
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Speaker 2: We tried an onside kick but wasn't successful. So yeah,
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Speaker 2: it was Uh, it was tough. It was hard to swallow.
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Speaker 3: And you know, whether you win or lose, you give
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Speaker 3: yourself twenty four hours to kind of you know, in
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Speaker 3: our case the assault for about twenty four hours.
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Speaker 2: But we got to get back to work. This this
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Speaker 2: region is not easy.
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Speaker 3: We got in county rival with Northside and so Saturday,
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Speaker 3: you know, it was not a lot of fun. But
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Speaker 3: you know, shoot, you gotta the sun comes up Sunday.
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Speaker 3: You got to go back to work. And that's what
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Speaker 3: we're gonna do. So our kids will respond, I know
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Speaker 3: they will. We built culture here that you know for
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Speaker 3: moments like this, and so we'll we'll go back to
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Speaker 3: work today on the practice field and get ready for Northside.
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Speaker 1: Yeah absolutely, and I guess coach, Yeah, you know, one
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Speaker 1: of the things I think about in situations like this,
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Speaker 1: you know you are and I've said this before, you know,
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Speaker 1: the ultimate motivator, high energy guy. Uh, that's why you're
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Speaker 1: a winner. That's why you've got a winning football team
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Speaker 1: that has done quite well since you got there. All
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Speaker 1: those things being said, though after a loss like this,
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Speaker 1: I guess there's this part there's a sentiment of hey,
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Speaker 1: you know, we're such competitive, we hate to lose. We've
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Speaker 1: preached that around here, and but comes that time where
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Speaker 1: you also have to say, Okay, we've got to get
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Speaker 1: back up because now you know, hey, season must go on.
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Speaker 1: So I can see where that fauset is kind of
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Speaker 1: hard to turn off, turn back on. Is that kind
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Speaker 1: of an accurate description.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean nobody likes to lose. In the way
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Speaker 2: that it happened.
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Speaker 3: You know, it was where you had opportunities to kind
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Speaker 3: of put a really really good team.
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Speaker 2: Away and and and again that that was the unfortunate part,
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Speaker 2: you know, the fourth quarter. It really just came down to.
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Speaker 3: The fourth quarter, our lack of execution. Them them, I
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Speaker 3: mean Tipper had Lee County. They got a really good
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Speaker 3: football team and uh do a really good job and
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Speaker 3: have for several years. So we're trying to get to
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Speaker 3: where we can be consistent at that level.
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Speaker 2: But you know, when things happen, you know, events happen,
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Speaker 2: you got to figure out how you're going to respond.
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Speaker 2: We got to.
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Speaker 3: Choose we're gonna respond and how we respond is going
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Speaker 3: to dictate how we h the rest of.
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Speaker 2: The season goes.
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Speaker 3: So we can sit around and you know, feel sorry
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Speaker 3: for ourselves, or we can get back up and keep
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Speaker 3: fighting and realize that heck, we're a good football team too.
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Speaker 2: We just didn't make enough plays.
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Speaker 3: In the end, we were good enough to win, h
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Speaker 3: you know, but we just didn't uh, we didn't make
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Speaker 3: the plays.
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Speaker 2: And that's what this game comes down to.
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Speaker 3: Usually when you have two good teams like this, it
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Speaker 3: comes down to a handful of plays.
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Speaker 2: And that's what it was, you know.
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Speaker 3: The But again, it's a tip your hat to coach
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Speaker 3: Fabrizio and Lee County. I mean, they've they got a
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Speaker 3: really good football team to come into our place, pack
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Speaker 3: like it was and loud, and you know, they kind
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Speaker 3: of weathered the storm and ended up pulling it out
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Speaker 3: on the in the end.
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Speaker 2: So you know, maybe we'll meet them again. But you know,
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Speaker 2: we can.
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Speaker 3: Only focus on being one to O this week and
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Speaker 3: a wan to no mentality. So that's all where that's
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Speaker 3: all we're locked in right now is on the door side.
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Speaker 2: Eagles absolutely so.
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Speaker 1: They by the way, just escaped by the hair of
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Speaker 1: their chin, ey chin chin with a close loss to
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Speaker 1: tiff Ken I think I think went overtime. So obviously
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Speaker 1: high school football is upon us. Reaching play is upon us.
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Speaker 1: You've got to turn the page. You just mentioned it.
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Speaker 1: So now you've gotten North Side one of Robbin's and yeah, man,
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Speaker 1: there's no time to salt here, coach, right, you got
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Speaker 1: to get back up and get ready because you got
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Speaker 1: a North Side team. Hey, they are on the other
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Speaker 1: side having escape with a win and they're wanting to
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Speaker 1: take advantage of that and trying to keep their momentum going.
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Speaker 1: So got to get the troops back up and ready
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Speaker 1: to go, right, that's.
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Speaker 2: Right, And we got to go back over to the Mac.
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Speaker 3: We were there two weeks ago playing Warner Robins, so
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Speaker 3: we'll get an opportunity to go back over there. And
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Speaker 3: last year's game versus North Side was you know, we
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Speaker 3: had to respond and we did in the second half
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Speaker 3: and ended up pulling it out in a really art
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Speaker 3: fought game. And those guys are they got tough kids
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Speaker 3: over there, and and they're hungry, and so uh obviously
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Speaker 3: we're gonna get their best shot. Everybody's best shot, you know,
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Speaker 3: and uh, you know, we just got to uh focus
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Speaker 3: on ourselves. Focus on executing the things that we weren't
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Speaker 3: able to execute and not so much worry about opponents
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Speaker 3: at this point, you know, fixing fixing us because I
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Speaker 3: think we're I think we're real close.
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Speaker 2: We're just not there yet.
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Speaker 3: But then it's still about midway through, and we got
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Speaker 3: plenty of time to, like I said, try and peek
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Speaker 3: at the right time.
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Speaker 2: And so I like where our team's at.
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Speaker 3: I like their their mentality when they showed up yesterday,
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Speaker 3: and so I know that they'll they'll respond in a
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Speaker 3: positive way.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and without a doubt. So coach talk about uh,
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Speaker 1: north Side Warner Robbins and uh, you know what's the
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Speaker 1: greatest challenge that you see when having taken a look
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Speaker 1: And of course I know you guys uh being in
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Speaker 1: the same county and you know, you guys all know
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Speaker 1: each other and kind of know each other's tendencies. That
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Speaker 1: being said, what are some of the things that you're
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Speaker 1: concerned with as you get guys get ready to game
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Speaker 1: plan for north Side one of Robbins.
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Speaker 3: Well, they obviously they've got a new coaching staff and
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Speaker 3: so that they're doing some different stuff from the past.
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Speaker 2: Schematically, you know, they've they've had some. Uh, they've had
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Speaker 2: some injuries with their quarterback going.
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Speaker 3: Down a couple of weeks ago. He returned against Tiff.
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Speaker 2: You know, so they they're able to adapt.
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Speaker 3: Uh, you know, it looks like they're able to adapt
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Speaker 3: from you know what they have week to week. They're
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Speaker 3: playing a couple of guys both ways. But they've had
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Speaker 3: they've had some good wins this this year, and they've
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Speaker 3: had some that have slipped by them. You know, they
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Speaker 3: played Warner Robins really tough and ended up.
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Speaker 2: Losing that one. The quarterback was out when they dropped
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Speaker 2: the game to Chris, So you know, I think when
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Speaker 2: they got all their guys healthy, you know, they're they're
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Speaker 2: a tough out. So again, a lot of our kids
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Speaker 2: know those kids.
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Speaker 3: And so it's going to be another you got to
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Speaker 3: get them up for another game, you know, Like we
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Speaker 3: knew this was going to be for us.
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Speaker 2: We talked about going into the storm. You know, we
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Speaker 2: had Warner, Robbins, Lee and.
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Speaker 3: Northside back to back to back before we can get
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Speaker 3: another bye week. And so we've got to do a
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Speaker 3: great job of motivating our kids and getting them locked in.
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Speaker 2: But offense and defensively for them, I mean, they've They've
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Speaker 2: got really good players. They do a lot of good things,
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Speaker 2: and you know, we've just got to uh, we got
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Speaker 2: to do what we.
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Speaker 3: Do and and and come out with the victory in
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Speaker 3: the end going into our bye week.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, without a doubt. And then of course so important
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Speaker 1: to get this win, as you said, and then go
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Speaker 1: into the bye week at at one in one. I
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Speaker 1: thought you still think of course that uh, very interesting matchup.
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Speaker 1: I think it's going to pose for you guys. Uh
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Speaker 1: is of course AJ going up against Ricardo Jones. They're
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Speaker 1: all everything safety well.
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Speaker 3: Uh, actually Ricardo Jones is no longer on the team.
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Speaker 2: Uh what, yes, he is. I believe he was dismissed.
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Speaker 2: I don't want to speak for for their coaching staff,
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Speaker 2: and from my knowledge, he's no longer on the team
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Speaker 2: at at North Side, so wow, you know, and last
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Speaker 2: year when we played them, he was injured. He's a
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Speaker 2: really good football player. And so.
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Speaker 3: Again I don't want to speak on it, but I
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Speaker 3: don't know the details, but I know that he is.
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Speaker 3: He was not at the game last week and I've
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Speaker 3: been told he is no longer on the team the
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Speaker 3: North Side.
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Speaker 1: I believe that. Okay, Well, you know, uh in regardless
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Speaker 1: of the details that is. Uh, you know, that's obviously
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Speaker 1: a big matchup that you guys at least there you know,
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Speaker 1: won't have to worry about. And I'm not saying you
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Speaker 1: don't have to worry about the next guy up, but uh,
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Speaker 1: kind of a shocker there because he's a you know, again,
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Speaker 1: a big time player. But anyway, there's a lot of
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Speaker 1: other playmakers for northse Ide Wanna Robins. You mentioned the
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Speaker 1: fact that you know they've got the new the new
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Speaker 1: head coach, and uh, again, it's going to present an
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Speaker 1: excellent opportunity for you guys to try to get even
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Speaker 1: in the region. And that's the big important thing here, right.
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Speaker 3: Absolutely, you know, I mean, and and like I said,
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Speaker 3: I think it's also uh, you always want to get
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Speaker 3: a win going into a bye week, you know, like
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Speaker 3: right now, obviously we're moving past it, but you want
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Speaker 3: to get back in the winner's column to get.
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Speaker 2: The taste out of your mouth after a loss.
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Speaker 3: So going into a into an off week, you know,
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Speaker 3: a bye week, it's fall break. It'll be fall break here,
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Speaker 3: which obviously we'll still practice and then we got a
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Speaker 3: monster game than the following one. But yeah, I mean,
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Speaker 3: you want to get that that momentum going back again
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Speaker 3: and and feeling good about everything.
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Speaker 2: And so it's a it's a huge game for us.
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Speaker 2: Every game is a huge game because it's the next game,
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Speaker 2: you know, And so that's what we always talk to
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Speaker 2: them about. And you know, we got it.
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Speaker 3: We can't worry about two weeks down the line. We
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Speaker 3: got to worry about right now and today we're going
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Speaker 3: to try to win today. Uh, Monday's practice is big
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Speaker 3: for a menstall standpoint and game plan, and so we
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Speaker 3: got to have a great day today. And I know
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Speaker 3: our kids will, like I said, I keep saying, I
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Speaker 3: know they'll respond because this is the type of thing
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Speaker 3: stuff that we train them, you know, mentally in the
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Speaker 3: off season, when we do all of our culture stuff.
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Speaker 2: It's for it's for moments like this. You know, it
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Speaker 2: was all easy, you know, it wouldn't it wouldn't be
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Speaker 2: as fun.
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Speaker 3: I know that sounds doesn't sound right to say that,
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Speaker 3: but you know, as a coach, you know, these are
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Speaker 3: the challenging moments where you figure out what you're made of.
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Speaker 2: So we're gonna we're gonna figure it out and we're
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Speaker 2: gonna move forward.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, And speaking of moving forward, coach, I'll kind
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Speaker 1: of give you the fint. Well, I will give you
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Speaker 1: the final word here. You know, what was the message
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Speaker 1: or what still is the message to the team? Uh
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Speaker 1: you know, after a loss like what you guys experienced
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Speaker 1: Friday night, what do you do I mean, because everybody
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Speaker 1: looks up to you, you know, and and that's after
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Speaker 1: a win or after a loss. Especially after a loss.
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Speaker 1: You know, kids want the guidance, you know, they want
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Speaker 1: to the mentor Uh. So again with the final word here,
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Speaker 1: what do you tell these guys? What have you told
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Speaker 1: these guys? What did you say Friday night in the
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Speaker 1: locker room following the game?
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Speaker 3: Coach?
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Speaker 2: Well, it's all about lessons, not losses. You know, there's
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Speaker 2: an opportunity to get better.
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Speaker 3: You know, failing is learning, and we didn't get it done,
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Speaker 3: but we've got an opportunity, you know, the next week
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Speaker 3: to make it right. And you know, we can't control
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Speaker 3: the events that happened, but we can control our response,
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Speaker 3: which ultimately is going to dictate the outcome. And so
19:56
Speaker 3: we've got to make sure that, you know, we control
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Speaker 3: our response and we handle this and a you know,
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Speaker 3: we try to take the positives from it and move
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Speaker 3: forward and uh get back to playing Hoko bear football.
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Speaker 1: There you go, coach. I know you'll have your guys
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Speaker 1: ready for north Side and the game after that and
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Speaker 1: the game after that. This is uh uh, this is
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Speaker 1: very temporary and uh so I know you guys will
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Speaker 1: bounce back in a big way. A lot of season
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Speaker 1: left to play and for you guys, you've definitely got
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Speaker 1: the team where you're hoping that you know, you guys
20:30
Speaker 1: will be going deep in the playoffs. So uh, listen,
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Speaker 1: we thank you for coming on. I know it's never
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Speaker 1: easy to talk about games, especially after like that one,
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Speaker 1: uh after a loss, but uh, we do appreciate you
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Speaker 1: coming on and sharing with us the details of the
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Speaker 1: game as far as you know, uh the psyche of
20:47
Speaker 1: the team, as well as looking forward to your next
20:49
Speaker 1: going to be a north Side coach.
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Speaker 2: Yes, sir, Phil, I appreciate you having me on. Always
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Speaker 2: good to.
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Speaker 1: Talk with same here, coach. Thanks Jeremy, Yes, sir, Bye bye.
20:59
Speaker 1: All right, guys. Yeah, that's the thing about doing these
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Speaker 1: coaches shows. You know, after a loss, you know, uh,
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Speaker 1: you always hope that the coach is all uh well,
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Speaker 1: first of all, you have they'll still talk to you,
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Speaker 1: but they do in class act all the way. Jeremy
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Speaker 1: Edwards great guy personally and professionally. I think a lot
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Speaker 1: of them and you kind of see why they're Here's
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Speaker 1: response to his team losing, but they'll be back. You
21:21
Speaker 1: can bet your bottom dollar on that. And we look
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Speaker 1: forward to talking to coach Edwards every week and next
21:27
Speaker 1: week right here on the Houston County Coaches Show with
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Speaker 1: coach Jeremy Edwards and myself Phil Jones, right here at
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