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Eric Weddle on Whitt becoming the Michigan Head Coach, Morgan Scalley era beginning, How should Scalley approach filling out his staff (?... · The Sean O'Connell Show

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  Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Shan O'Connell Show.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome in the Utah football legend Eric Weddle. He went
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  Speaker 1: on Twitter, he took to the fans space and he
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  Speaker 1: calmed the fears and the overreactions of Utah fans for
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  Speaker 1: like an hour.
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  Speaker 2: The other day.
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  Speaker 1: We're lucky enough to We're lucky enough to get him.
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  Speaker 1: Now on the Shan o'condall show, he dub what's up,
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  Speaker 1: what's up?
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  Speaker 3: My brother? Hey, it's never lucky to go on your show.
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  Speaker 3: I come on whenever you want me.
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  Speaker 2: My friends, I appreciate it. I appreciate it immensely.
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  Speaker 1: Uh So, look, obviously a crazy weekend, massive news that
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  Speaker 1: Kyle Whittingham. We knew Kyle Whittingham was done at Utah,
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  Speaker 1: and there were you know, a few of us who thought,
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  Speaker 1: maybe he is going to keep coaching, and Michigan said yep,
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  Speaker 1: and he said yep. And it's strange to see him
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  Speaker 1: saying go blue and wearing Michigan and Wolverines gear.
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  Speaker 2: But it's the reality. Now, what are your thoughts?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, holy smokes, is probably crazy seventy two
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  Speaker 3: hours for a lot of us, you tough hands and diehards,
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  Speaker 3: and never did we think Coach would be coaching somewhere else.
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  Speaker 3: But the reality is as he is, And how awesome
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  Speaker 3: for him? Right if the desire is there to still
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  Speaker 3: coach and rebuild a program that's in disarray, and shoot, man,
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  Speaker 3: why not go for it? And for us, for the
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  Speaker 3: Utes and our future is in the direction of Coach Scalley,
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  Speaker 3: and I couldn't be more ecstatic and excited for him
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  Speaker 3: and his direction and his vision that he wants to implement,
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  Speaker 3: and for all Utah fans like we love coach with
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  Speaker 3: and we wish him the best. But he's not a
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  Speaker 3: part of our program anymore. So uh, he's He's the
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  Speaker 3: head coach at University of Michigan. So my focus and
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  Speaker 3: my energy and what I'm trying to do is support
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  Speaker 3: the boys, our program, our university that I love so much,
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  Speaker 3: and our new head coach.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I think you and I are both excited about
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  Speaker 1: the new head coach. Morgan Scally is a guy that
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  Speaker 1: you played a lot of ball with. I watched him
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  Speaker 1: play a lot of ballf up close. He's the right dude,
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  Speaker 1: He's the right guy to take over this program. I
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  Speaker 1: think he's a brilliant individual. I think he's incredibly charismatic.
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  Speaker 1: I think there's some advantages that he has that even
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  Speaker 1: Kyle Whittingham, despite his experience, doesn't have. But this does
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  Speaker 1: feel like a little bit more of a rocky start
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  Speaker 1: to his tenure than a lot of us expected. How
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  Speaker 1: much does that affect this changeover for you? The handover
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  Speaker 1: we had kind of envisioned head coaching waiting to be
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  Speaker 1: like this really smooth.
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  Speaker 2: Rides off into the sunset, And that means like.
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  Speaker 1: Morgan keeps probably the entire staff together for the most part,
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  Speaker 1: and now he's gonna have to scramble a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: How's he gonna handle it?
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  Speaker 3: He's been he's been built for this moment. Yeah, is
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  Speaker 3: it not? Is it not perfect? On both sides? No,
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  Speaker 3: But Coach Wait is a stubborn individual. So this having
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  Speaker 3: a ceremonial send off with a statue and him riting
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  Speaker 3: off in his chariot, like, that's not Coach Waitt. Okay,
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  Speaker 3: everyone that knows them personally has somewhat of a close
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  Speaker 3: relationship with him, it knows that's not who he is,
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  Speaker 3: that's not what he'd want, and everyone just has to
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  Speaker 3: kind of accept that. And for Morgan, he's been prepping
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  Speaker 3: for this for the minute coach would stepped down. Okay,
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  Speaker 3: so of who's he going to have, what's he gonna have,
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  Speaker 3: what's gonna look like? Tension and recruits, and so he's
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  Speaker 3: preparing for this. And as a head coach, and I
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  Speaker 3: can only speak at the low level of high school.
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  Speaker 3: Right when you're embarking on this adventure, it's not an
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  Speaker 3: easy one and you're going to have challenges as a
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  Speaker 3: head coach. No, no one can prep you for that.
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  Speaker 3: But if you can and you're able to to get
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  Speaker 3: the guys in there that you want, that you know
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  Speaker 3: that we'll have your back and are loyal to you,
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  Speaker 3: that is a huge advantage. And now Morgan, rightfully so
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  Speaker 3: or rightfully not, whoever, whatever coaches want to be there, great,
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  Speaker 3: whatever coaches want to move on, go ahead. But now
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  Speaker 3: he's able to bring guys in that he wants. And
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  Speaker 3: now for the future, good batter indifferent. It'll be his
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  Speaker 3: way and his vision and his culture and everything else.
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  Speaker 3: So I am actually it's a blessing to this guys
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  Speaker 3: in the in the in the grand scheme of things,
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  Speaker 3: if if my honest opinion and I think we're going
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  Speaker 3: to be better for it.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, let's put this to bed one way or another.
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  Speaker 1: Here A lot of people immediately say, all right, Morgan,
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  Speaker 1: he's going to bring in Eric Weddle.
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  Speaker 2: Eric wedll is going to be on his staff.
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  Speaker 1: I keep I keep trying to I keep trying to
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  Speaker 1: tell people that's not a reality until your kids are
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  Speaker 1: out of high school. But I shouldn't speak for you.
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  Speaker 1: You tell us as as Morgan already offered you a job.
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  Speaker 3: Uh yeah, Morgan, I talk frequently. He's offered me the
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  Speaker 3: job multiple times a year after the year. I think
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  Speaker 3: it's I think it's an annual. You have a job
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  Speaker 3: waiting for for me. But like you said, the timing
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  Speaker 3: isn't right. He's gonna assemble I know, I know one
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  Speaker 3: of the hires. I'm not going to give that away
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  Speaker 3: for the safety's coach. And uh, you know, he's going
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  Speaker 3: to assemble an incredible staff that is going to be
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  Speaker 3: the best of the country in my opinion, and he's
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  Speaker 3: going to do an unbelievable job as a figurehead and
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  Speaker 3: the leader of our program and focus on on that.
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  Speaker 3: And I know he's excited for that day challenge, excited
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  Speaker 3: to for a new coaching and he's been a coordinator
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  Speaker 3: for a long long time. And that waits on you.
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  Speaker 3: So no, I'm not coaching, not yet. It maybe sooner
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  Speaker 3: than later when my son's gone and wherever he's gonna
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  Speaker 3: be playing college ball at. But I would love nothing
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  Speaker 3: more to stand on the sidelines next to Morgan and
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  Speaker 3: helping out the young manage this time. Is that right?
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  Speaker 1: Eric Weddle is our guest here on the Sean O'Connell show.
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  Speaker 1: I was asking people this today. I want I want
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  Speaker 1: your perspective on it. If you're Utah, if you're Morgan,
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  Speaker 1: if you're the athletic director of the athletic department, if
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  Speaker 1: you're the people who decide how money is spent, whatever, put.
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  Speaker 2: Yourself in any role you want.
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  Speaker 1: Do you try to fight it out with Michigan or
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  Speaker 1: do you just say, look, if they want to go
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  Speaker 1: to Michigan, they're going to Michigan. From either an assistant
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  Speaker 1: coach or a player perspective, once this transfer portal opens,
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  Speaker 1: Michigan has money that Utah doesn't. They have influence that
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  Speaker 1: Utah doesn't. They have prestige at Utah doesn't. Do you
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  Speaker 1: try and fight it out with Michigan or you just say,
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  Speaker 1: all right, we got to replace this guy, this guy,
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  Speaker 1: this guy. Can you win those battles? If you want
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  Speaker 1: to fight it out with Michigan, how would you approach that?
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  Speaker 1: Because I know how competitive Morgan is and how competitive
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  Speaker 1: you are. But also if a guy doesn't want to
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  Speaker 1: be there anymore, or if a guy thinks that he's
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  Speaker 1: got a better situation in Michigan you taught historically underwent
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  Speaker 1: and with his assistants.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, of course one of those guys is now
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  Speaker 2: the head coach.
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  Speaker 1: They've kind of just been like, all right, fine, you
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  Speaker 1: think you're going to have a better time at Alabama,
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  Speaker 1: go and will watch your replacement have a better year
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  Speaker 1: than you.
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  Speaker 2: How do you handle it?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? I think you're I know how I would handle it,
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  Speaker 3: And me and Morgan think very alike and a lot
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  Speaker 3: of things, and how trying to bring back the right
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  Speaker 3: kids that want to love our university in our community
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  Speaker 3: and the alumni and the and the things that bring
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  Speaker 3: back the identity per se. I think it's been lost
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  Speaker 3: over the last few years of just guys want to
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  Speaker 3: be here and stick it out. If you want to
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  Speaker 3: be here, then go, hey, we don't need to beg
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  Speaker 3: guys to be a part of our university. And let's
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  Speaker 3: get back to recruiting football players and we do more
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  Speaker 3: with less, and that's a compliment to our coaching and
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  Speaker 3: our development and guys that want to be a part
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  Speaker 3: of our program. So let's get the right guys that
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  Speaker 3: want to be here, that want to compete, that don't
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  Speaker 3: that don't frail at adversity and don't succumb to the
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  Speaker 3: levels of competition. Like we rise to competition, we rise
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  Speaker 3: to anyone that thinks taken out physical So let's get
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  Speaker 3: back to that. You know, like if you want to
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  Speaker 3: go to Michigan, go to Michigan. Kay go. We'll use
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  Speaker 3: that money and we'll use that for people that want
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  Speaker 3: to be here. Coaches included.
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  Speaker 1: This is a different perspective because I'm not asking you
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  Speaker 1: what it does to the UT here, But what does
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  Speaker 1: losing j Hill do to b Yu Man.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know if it's true or not. I've kind
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  Speaker 3: of you know, Jay and I are very close and
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  Speaker 3: I'm just being a supportive friend. And what an amazing
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  Speaker 3: job second half adjustment he did and they did as
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  Speaker 3: a team. It's really cool to see the success at
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  Speaker 3: BYU this year on you know rivalry aside, like it's
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  Speaker 3: awesome for the state, awesome for that program, but the
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  Speaker 3: man that are leading that program. So just going to
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  Speaker 3: give a shout out to them. Twelve what season. It's
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  Speaker 3: not easy to come by and should be congratulated. So
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  Speaker 3: I've just been there for him and I have impressed
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  Speaker 3: that issue. So I don't know what's true what's not true.
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  Speaker 3: If they do lose them, that's a that's a huge,
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  Speaker 3: huge loss. I don't even know how to compute how
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  Speaker 3: big of a loss it would be, not just as
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  Speaker 3: a as a coach. He's probably a top ten defensive
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  Speaker 3: coordinator in the country. You know, I don't even know
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  Speaker 3: how to measure it, but I know, I know, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: see a lot of ball and I put him in
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  Speaker 3: a in a high category. And then on top of that,
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  Speaker 3: just the leader, the type of man he is. I know,
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  Speaker 3: he's got goals and so you wish him the best.
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  Speaker 3: That's the case, but that would be a huge, huge loss.
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  Speaker 3: But you know Klannie's Klannie's the figureheads and he's the
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  Speaker 3: guy that rallies and can easily. I won't say easily.
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  Speaker 3: You're not going to just replace a guy like Jake,
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  Speaker 3: but it's on him to get it done and then
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  Speaker 3: hopefully he's been you know, grooming per se and preparing
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  Speaker 3: those assistants for the opportunity, or if it's an outsider,
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  Speaker 3: it's your job as the head coach to make sure
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  Speaker 3: that the defense coordinator does a job the right way
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  Speaker 3: and there's no draw stepback.
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  Speaker 1: As your you know, watching this staff be filled out
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  Speaker 1: and even you know, I think it kind of fits
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  Speaker 1: with what you're saying about player personnel. You got to
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  Speaker 1: get guys that want to be here, that don't view
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  Speaker 1: this as a stepping stone type job, et cetera.
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  Speaker 2: How unique of a job is the universe of Utah.
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  Speaker 1: We talk about how unique it is to be at
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  Speaker 1: like a service Academy or BYU because it's an LDS
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  Speaker 1: institution and the honor code and all that kind of stuff,
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  Speaker 1: But Utah has been a pretty unique job in my opinion,
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  Speaker 1: and it's a unique place, a unique university.
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  Speaker 2: We try to keep it that way.
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  Speaker 1: How important is it that the the guys that Morgan
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  Speaker 1: wants to bring onto this staff or you know, even
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  Speaker 1: like the support staff are the right dudes? No understand
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  Speaker 1: what Utah is? Maybe have Utah connections previously because we
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  Speaker 1: have a tendency as a ute fan base. You say, hey,
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  Speaker 1: who should be the next offensive coordinator? And it's just people,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's it's people.
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  Speaker 2: We already know.
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  Speaker 1: It's I've already seen Aaron Roderick do it. I've already
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  Speaker 1: seen Brian Johnson do it. Let's bring these guys back.
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  Speaker 1: You know how important is that a connection to Utah
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  Speaker 1: to be on the UTAH staff.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's I think it's twofold, Okay. I
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  Speaker 3: think definitely management and guys in the in the know
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  Speaker 3: are making decisions hand in hand when Morgan needed, in
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  Speaker 3: line with Morgan and his vision and what he uh
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  Speaker 3: sees fit for the program. Uh, whether it's players, whether
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  Speaker 3: it's any decision making needs to be a lockstep and
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  Speaker 3: in hand in hand with Morgan. And no better way
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  Speaker 3: to do that if you understand what you talks all
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  Speaker 3: about and understand our culture and in our history. So yes,
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  Speaker 3: I do think and uh that that some some history
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  Speaker 3: with our program is huge and beneficial. Uh, and especially
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  Speaker 3: on the defensive side of the football. Uh. Now, when
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  Speaker 3: we go to offense, I think it's just the best
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  Speaker 3: man to do the job. Uh. You know, we've we've
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  Speaker 3: gone through guys and different coordinators and good times at
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  Speaker 3: bad times. I just think it goes without saying across
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  Speaker 3: the board, but especially on offense. Sites you interview, you
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  Speaker 3: have an idea what you want your offense look like,
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  Speaker 3: and you go get the best guy to get the
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  Speaker 3: job done, and then you go support it. Makes sure
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  Speaker 3: you have the resources and get the right players in
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  Speaker 3: there that can execute and if you're able to adapt
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  Speaker 3: to the players that we do have to make sure
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  Speaker 3: we're successful. That's all that matters at the end of
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  Speaker 3: the day. Can you coach, can you get your guys
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  Speaker 3: to buy into what your preaching and your culture, and
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  Speaker 3: then can you get the job done as a coach
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  Speaker 3: for preparation getting your guys to play at the level
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  Speaker 3: that is acceptable to go with a championship?
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  Speaker 1: All right, I have to ask you an NFL question
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  Speaker 1: because for a couple of years now, every time I
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  Speaker 1: bring up my forty nine ers with you, it's you
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  Speaker 1: get to laugh and talk about how there's.
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  Speaker 3: No more laughing about them right now? Babe, how are.
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  Speaker 1: They doing it because Trent Williams played one snap against
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  Speaker 1: the Bears. Obviously you've been without Iyuk, You've been without Bosa,
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  Speaker 1: you've been without Fred Warner. Those are four of the
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  Speaker 1: best players on the team. You've missed party for half
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  Speaker 1: the season, and yet they're still in the mix for
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  Speaker 1: the number one seed in the NFC.
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  Speaker 3: I would probably say that this is one of the
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  Speaker 3: best coaching jobs I've seen in a long time. I
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  Speaker 3: don't know why Kyle Fanians not up for or a
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  Speaker 3: lock for Coach of the Year. Uh Rock Perty's playing
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  Speaker 3: at an MVP level type quarterback. I mean his eight
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  Speaker 3: game stretch this year twenty three total touchdowns I hadn't
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  Speaker 3: got read and that has happened in like twenty five years.
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  Speaker 3: So he's playing outstanding. I still think there are times
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  Speaker 3: where the pressure of the looks he gets a little
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  Speaker 3: frazzled and he can go to like a party that
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  Speaker 3: we don't like. It's very minimala nitpicking. He's been playing outstanding.
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  Speaker 3: My only negative that I could say is they're probably
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  Speaker 3: I don't know who's gonna win. We get tak It's
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  Speaker 3: incredible the job. I think it's the number one seed unbelievable.
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  Speaker 3: I just don't think they can win a super Bowl
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  Speaker 3: with that defense. I mean, that is the only thing
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  Speaker 3: holding the Niners back. And I think if they can
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  Speaker 3: matched up up with the Rams, or I think the
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  Speaker 3: Rams the only one that will beat them in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 3: If I'm being honest, I don't think the Eagles can.
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  Speaker 3: I don't. I don't know if they beat Seattle getting
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  Speaker 3: them at home again, like, I don't know. I just
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  Speaker 3: think the Rams are a baton shop. But I doubt
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  Speaker 3: they can win it this year because their defense is
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  Speaker 3: just not they're bad at that. Not because they don't
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  Speaker 3: not coach Bill just the last in the league of stacks.
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  Speaker 3: They don't get fresh on the quarterbacks, and they're not
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  Speaker 3: very good on the back end. So but the way
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  Speaker 3: Perty's playing, it doesn't matter. He's playing incredible. So they
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  Speaker 3: are fun to watch. I've watched them last couple of weeks,
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  Speaker 3: and really an impressive job that they're doing, and you
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  Speaker 3: can tell connected they are. Just it's just a great reminder,
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  Speaker 3: and I know I'm talking a lot about the Niners.
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  Speaker 3: It's a great reminder that it's not always the most talented,
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  Speaker 3: it's the best team, the most connected team that usually wins,
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  Speaker 3: and they're prime example.
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  Speaker 2: Of that are the Jacksonville Jaguars. Legit.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, they're legit. Do I think they're gonna win it? All?
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  Speaker 3: Though out of the AFC it's kind of a toss up.
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  Speaker 3: I think the Super Bowl winner is gonna be the NFC.
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  Speaker 3: But they're I mean yeah, I mean they're legit in
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  Speaker 3: the sense that they could come out of the SC.
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  Speaker 3: I think they willed them. All right, what is it?
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  Speaker 2: What is it?
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  Speaker 3: But I'm wrong a lot when it goes no work
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  Speaker 3: for it.
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  Speaker 1: That's everyone is now gambling their mortgage payments on what
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  Speaker 1: you just said.
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  Speaker 2: You're the expert here.
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  Speaker 1: What is the What is the football offseason look like
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  Speaker 1: in high school right now? I mean back in my day,
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  Speaker 1: it was just the football's off. You're not working out
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  Speaker 1: the football team anymore. You're playing basketball, you're wrestling, you're
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  Speaker 1: doing whatever. Is it like that still or are you guys?
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  Speaker 1: You guys are engaging with your team?
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  Speaker 3: Oh gosh, I'm there. You know we're on versus great
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  Speaker 3: But the fifth I'm back and I'm there every day,
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  Speaker 3: fourth period football. So we try to make it fun
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  Speaker 3: the offseason because if I if I did football every day,
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  Speaker 3: I wouldn't have a team. They don't quit, so that's
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  Speaker 3: the way these kids are nowadays, so we do. We'll
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  Speaker 3: probably start out January, Fever will probably be in the
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  Speaker 3: weight room half the class three times a week, building
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  Speaker 3: up to four times a week by March April, and
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  Speaker 3: then leading into the summer, and then the other half
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  Speaker 3: of the period it could be on the board, white
• 17:34
  Speaker 3: you know, whiteboard talk, football talk, leadership talk, get to
• 17:38
  Speaker 3: know your teammate talk, team building, that that type of stuff.
• 17:41
  Speaker 3: Then the other two days we'll be playing like basketball
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: or field hockey or just something so the kids can
• 17:49
  Speaker 3: have fun.
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: Is your son playing basketball for the school this year?
• 17:53
  Speaker 3: No, he's not. He's we're actually up training in Orange
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: County right now, QB stuff, So he's he's all in football. Man.
• 18:02
  Speaker 3: It's hard to hard to tell him to take a
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: break when he sees, uh, his dreams so close.
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: So did I did I see? Correctly? He got an
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: Elite eleven inviting Is that right?
• 18:15
  Speaker 3: He did? He did, which is which is cool, and
• 18:18
  Speaker 3: and uh he's excited to go see what what he's
• 18:22
  Speaker 3: got to improve and make some of that. So there's
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: a lot of stuff that's gonna he's got going on
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: the next six months, so figure out, you know, what
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: schools wanted for what and what he wants to do.
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: And he's, uh, he's working, So I'm just kind of
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: along for the ride.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: Well, you're doing a great job with him, and what
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: I know of your other kids that's also true there,
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: which I know is the most important thing you and
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: your lovely wife. Thank you so much for your time,
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: as always, have a happy New Year. We'll chat again soon.
• 18:53
  Speaker 3: You're gonna be in Vegas for the game, we got it.
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: We're doing a show here, so I'm not going to
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: be there.
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: Oh, of course, find this a couple of days.
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: Alright, go tell go, Tell all the good players to
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: stay all right, all right, Love you dude, Eric Weddle,
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: you taugh football legend and for the foreseeable future still
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: the head coach of the Rancho Bernardo Broncos