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Seg 3 FB Show w Jason Candle · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Back on the UConn Football Coaches Show, Mike Crispino along
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  Speaker 1: with Jason Candle. Coach, we're going to talk to Hayden
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  Speaker 1: Pegg in a couple minutes here. The junior, Richard Jr.,
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  Speaker 1: he and Kavion Sherman are your leading tacklers right now, 34-piece.
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  Speaker 1: Hayden's had three breakups, pass coverage-wise. But can you tell
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  Speaker 1: us about the growth of players like this, a guy
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  Speaker 1: that has been around the UConn's campus for, he told me,
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  Speaker 1: four seasons now, getting a shot here to play and
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  Speaker 1: actually really contributing to what's going on. I mean, what's
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  Speaker 1: that say about a player like that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think he's, first of all, an
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  Speaker 2: elite human being. Goes about his process in his day
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  Speaker 2: the way a pro should and does. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just very mature and comfortable in his own skin. you know,
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  Speaker 2: he goes out with a great competitive spirit each and
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  Speaker 2: every day to practice. It was evident to me in
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  Speaker 2: spring practice that he was, you know, not just your,
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  Speaker 2: your average walk-on guy that's occupying a roster spot that
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  Speaker 2: he had, he meant serious business and he was going
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  Speaker 2: to try to make an impact on the team any
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  Speaker 2: way he could. He values his special teams reps, um,
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  Speaker 2: get some success there, tastes a little bit of that,
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  Speaker 2: and then just continues to, it just snowballs from there.
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  Speaker 2: So he's been playing great. Um, you know, we were
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  Speaker 2: rewarded and we put them on scholarship and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: one of those feel good moments for the team. And
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  Speaker 2: a lot of times coaches, I think, you know, they
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  Speaker 2: paste that stuff all over social media and it's almost like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you're doing it for your own attention as
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  Speaker 2: a coach, but you know, this is, this is, this
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  Speaker 2: was all about him and his ability to persevere and
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  Speaker 2: get to the point in time where it needed to
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  Speaker 2: be rewarded for his work. And I know his teammates
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  Speaker 2: really respect him and they appreciate how he approaches each
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  Speaker 2: and every day. And I definitely know our coaching staff
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  Speaker 2: does as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, his dad, Dave Pegg, played for Yale back in
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  Speaker 1: the late 90s. I mean, Dan Hurley talks about this
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  Speaker 1: in terms of recruiting players, and I'm sure you have
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  Speaker 1: this similar philosophy. How much do the parents matter when
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  Speaker 1: you recruit guys? I mean, because it's going to come
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  Speaker 1: down to how they were brought up and what kind
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  Speaker 1: of attitudes they have towards life and their confidence and
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  Speaker 1: their approach.
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  Speaker 3: And certainly Hayden Pegg seems like one of those guys.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think in recruiting, I say it often. I,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I tell parents, look, like if you screwed
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  Speaker 2: this up for 17 years, I sure as hell can't
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  Speaker 2: fix it in four. You know, like that's just what
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  Speaker 2: it is.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: So we want to make sure that, you know, we
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  Speaker 2: have guys that are a product of good parenting and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that doesn't mean that everybody has to have
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  Speaker 2: elite resources growing up.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, like there's kids that had really
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  Speaker 2: tough upbringings, but they have a great perspective because at
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  Speaker 2: the end of the day, they had you know, a
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  Speaker 2: great fundamental base from a parent, a grandparent, an uncle,
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  Speaker 2: a cousin, whoever was really, you know, the purpose and
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  Speaker 2: the why factor in their life to put them in,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a position where they could grow as an individual.
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  Speaker 2: And then they probably got around some really good coaches
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  Speaker 2: in high school and being in a good program and
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  Speaker 2: learning the lessons that, you know, that sports teaches you. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you don't have a chance to have a culture. You
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  Speaker 2: don't have a chance to have the good fabric of
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  Speaker 2: your team if you don't start there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Adversity is a word that came up a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: I think, over the last few days. I actually walked
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  Speaker 1: out of the stadium the other day. I went by
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  Speaker 1: some of the folks who I know who come to
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  Speaker 1: Tailgate and come to the football games.
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  Speaker 3: They've been doing it for years.
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  Speaker 1: And just listening to some of their comments, you know,
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  Speaker 1: talking about bouncing back from those deficits, getting the lead
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  Speaker 1: in overtime games, dealing with adversity. That's what I was
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  Speaker 1: hearing from some of the fans. I was happy about
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  Speaker 1: that because I felt like that was one of the,
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  Speaker 1: you know, kind of telltale signs of what happened on Saturday.
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  Speaker 3: How did you view that in the big picture? Well,
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  Speaker 3: I would agree.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm glad that, you know, that people see that
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  Speaker 2: sports are about momentum and if you can, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and it's about the pressure of those, you know, those
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  Speaker 2: situations when momentum flips. And I think, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: talk to our team all the time, like there's pressure
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  Speaker 2: in sports or, every turn and you're either applying it
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  Speaker 2: or you're, or you're feeling it.
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  Speaker 3: And, um, you know, if you can look at.
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  Speaker 2: The scoreboard and stare there or look at the stat
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  Speaker 2: sheet and, you know, look and put your energy in places,
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  Speaker 2: it doesn't matter, man. Oh man, you, that, that pressure
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  Speaker 2: is going to crush you. But if you can just
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  Speaker 2: focus on playing the next play and, you know, doing
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  Speaker 2: a really good job with your next rep that you get,
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  Speaker 2: you will, that, that momentum can flip because you'll start
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  Speaker 2: to apply the pressure back to your opponent. And, And
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  Speaker 2: a lot of cases we did that Saturday and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: give credit to Syracuse too, because they put us in
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  Speaker 2: some tough situations too.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Quick thought on, if you have any info on
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  Speaker 1: Javon Brown, he went down, he had to be carted
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  Speaker 1: off in the ball game. It was, it was a
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  Speaker 1: very emotional time for everybody, both teams kind of gathering there.
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  Speaker 1: Do we have any kind of update on his condition?
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  Speaker 1: What's happening with him?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Javon was discharged from the hospital Saturday night. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the neurological stuff is all clear, all of that stuff
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  Speaker 2: back to walking around here on his own two feet,
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  Speaker 2: you know, waiting to see what it's going to be
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  Speaker 2: like as far as, you know, how a timeline of
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  Speaker 2: when he's able to get back on the practice field
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  Speaker 2: and get back to play. But, you know, what, where
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  Speaker 2: everybody's mind goes when a, you know, a stretcher comes
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  Speaker 2: out on the field and, you know, you get into
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  Speaker 2: those types of situations, like all that stuff is long-term,
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  Speaker 2: I think all clear. And, you know, when I were
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  Speaker 2: just trying to do the best we can to, They're
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  Speaker 2: given the proper protocol to get him back and get
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  Speaker 2: him back on the field and doing what he loves
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  Speaker 2: to do.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, boy, that's good news, Coach. Appreciate hearing that.
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  Speaker 1: Back with more from Jason Candle. The UConn Football Coaches
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  Speaker 1: Show continues. Temple in Philadelphia on Saturday on Learfield.