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Episode 12- The Winning Streak Continues · Friday Night's At The Creek

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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, and welcome back to another edition of Friday
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Speaker 1: Nights at the Creek. Coach, I don't know what to
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Speaker 1: say other than congratulations. What a heck of a role
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Speaker 1: you guys are on, 10-0, winning big. This past Friday
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Speaker 1: night against Vincennes, Lincoln 29-0. Again, just congratulations on the
0:36
Speaker 1: great success that Indian Creek football is having this year.
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Speaker 2: I really appreciate that. I know I've said it multiple
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Speaker 2: times on here, but it takes an aligned administration. It
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Speaker 2: takes aligned student athletes. It takes an aligned staff. There's
0:51
Speaker 2: so much that goes into this, and I think the
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Speaker 2: head coach sometimes gets too much credit for better or worse.
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Speaker 2: You know, if it's going really well, the head coach
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Speaker 2: is just beloved for all the winning. And if you're losing,
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Speaker 2: it's completely that person's fault. So we're enjoying it right now.
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Speaker 2: But I think the biggest thing that I want people
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Speaker 2: to understand is how much goes into this and how
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Speaker 2: many people are involved in the process of having a
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Speaker 2: great football program.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely. It takes a lot. And there's a lot of
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Speaker 1: things that goes on behind the scenes that people don't realize.
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Speaker 1: You know, Coach, we talked just briefly about this off-air,
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Speaker 1: but being on the road a lot takes a lot,
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Speaker 1: but there's a lot that goes into it. It's not
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Speaker 1: like being at home. You've got to pack the headsets.
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Speaker 1: You've got to pack extra this and that. And it
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Speaker 1: takes a lot of people behind the scenes to make
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Speaker 1: a successful football program and make it look easy.
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Speaker 2: Well, I told someone the other day, us being on
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Speaker 2: the road as much as we have been recently– would
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Speaker 2: be much more difficult if we didn't have such great administration.
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Speaker 2: The fact that they let us leave early, the fact
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Speaker 2: that they allow us to take multiple buses, the fact
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Speaker 2: that they just say, hey, what do you need and
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Speaker 2: how do we make it work? It makes my job
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Speaker 2: and all of our jobs so much easier. The other
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Speaker 2: thing that I would add on top of that, the
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Speaker 2: ability to take 80 kids down there and experience that.
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Speaker 2: and see what a sectional football game is like and
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Speaker 2: being able to travel our freshmen and allow them to
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Speaker 2: see that and be a part of that and cheer
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Speaker 2: on their teammates has been really, really good. And I've
2:30
Speaker 2: talked to coaches before. They were like, Hey, we would
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Speaker 2: never be allowed to do an early release or whatever.
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Speaker 2: So their willingness, their willingness to help out and do
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Speaker 2: all those things has just been incredible and just truly
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Speaker 2: appreciated because they're allowing us to be successful and do
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Speaker 2: what we think needs to be done in order for
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Speaker 2: us to win football games. and that's not taking priority
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Speaker 2: over anything. Um, but just knowing that, Hey, football is
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Speaker 2: important around here and we're going to give you what
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Speaker 2: you need to be successful is, uh, it just means
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Speaker 2: more than anyone knows.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely. And I would also, uh, argue that doesn't only
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Speaker 1: just help the school and the morale, but it also
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Speaker 1: is a big impact on the community as well. I mean, that,
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Speaker 1: that kind of puts you guys on the map. I mean,
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Speaker 1: this coming Friday night, uh, You're going to be on
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Speaker 1: the road against Sullivan, 7.30 kickoff at Sullivan. But, yeah,
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Speaker 1: it's really putting Tafaga on the map and showing a
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Speaker 1: little community pride there.
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Speaker 2: Well, and I think what gets lost in the mix
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Speaker 2: is when you have 80 kids on the roster, that's
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Speaker 2: one in four kids, one in four boys are on
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Speaker 2: the football team. So to have that ratio, like if
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Speaker 2: it's a positive experience and we are doing what we
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Speaker 2: should be doing around the school, that's a, big impact
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Speaker 2: on the student population and hopefully in a positive way.
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Speaker 2: So I think for Trafalgar and Indian Creek, Indian Creek
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Speaker 2: football has always had a lot of pride and been
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Speaker 2: a strong program. But I think for our fans and
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Speaker 2: our community, it's great to see it be where it
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Speaker 2: is expected to be and doing what we've been doing
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Speaker 2: at a high level. We just want to put a
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Speaker 2: product on the field every single week that makes the
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Speaker 2: community proud. We want to play hard. We want to
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Speaker 2: be respectful. We want to play at a high level.
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Speaker 2: We want to play high IQ football. We want to
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Speaker 2: play a brand that the community goes home and says,
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Speaker 2: we really enjoy this. We respect it. And we want
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Speaker 2: to get behind it.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely coach. And you know, you've been doing a heck
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Speaker 1: of a job with that. And you got another notch
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Speaker 1: under your belt this, this past Friday with a nice victory.
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Speaker 1: 29 to zero over Vincent's Lincoln. And you did it
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Speaker 1: on the road.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Vincent's has played really well throughout the season. They
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Speaker 2: haven't been shut out all season and coming off of
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Speaker 2: a buy and making a two hour road trip, you know,
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Speaker 2: you have to get reacclimated a little bit to what
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Speaker 2: that game field looks like. You're in a new environment.
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Speaker 2: You don't know what to expect at an old stadium.
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Speaker 2: So yeah, it was very good to see our defense
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Speaker 2: play at such a high level. And it was very
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Speaker 2: good to see our offense bounce back in the second
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Speaker 2: half after having a little bit of struggles in the
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Speaker 2: first half. So to be able to stay together, figure
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Speaker 2: those things out and get going and being a second
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Speaker 2: half team was good to see. And you know, I
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Speaker 2: told our kids at halftime, we needed to be in
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Speaker 2: a little bit of a tighter ball game and just
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Speaker 2: be able to respond to that.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. And, You know, like you said, you had the
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Speaker 1: bye week coming off the bye week, the drive not
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Speaker 1: trying to make excuses for anybody, but at the same
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Speaker 1: time trying to make sure to get a little bit
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Speaker 1: of that dust off of you and get ready to
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Speaker 1: go and play back some Indian Creek football.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: And I think having an opponent that you don't know
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Speaker 2: and trying to get your bearings and how are we
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Speaker 2: going to handle this and all those different things. It's
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Speaker 2: the first playoff game. And we have things that we
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Speaker 2: want to accomplish. It was good for us. And my
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Speaker 2: message to the team at halftime, we were up nine
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Speaker 2: to zero. I said, you guys need this. You guys
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Speaker 2: need this. I said, if we were up 42 to
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Speaker 2: zero at the half, we wouldn't learn anything about ourselves.
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Speaker 2: And it's not, it's not a lot of adversity, but
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Speaker 2: we turned the ball over three times in the first half.
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Speaker 2: And how are we going to respond? What are we
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Speaker 2: going to do? Are we going to make adjustments? And
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Speaker 2: we got to go through those things a little bit. So,
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Speaker 2: I thought our defense was phenomenal from the very, very beginning.
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Speaker 2: I don't, I think Vincent's might've had two first downs,
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Speaker 2: but to be able to go through that a little
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Speaker 2: bit and learn about some things and talk through it
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Speaker 2: and get better was a good experience for us and
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Speaker 2: something that we needed to go through heading into round two.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely. Coach, you know, you brought up something that you
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Speaker 1: had three, three turnovers. And as you know, as you
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Speaker 1: get deeper and deeper into the playoffs, the, three turnovers
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Speaker 1: can be costly. Yeah. You know, one turnover can be costly.
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Speaker 1: And like you said, trying to get those lessons learned early,
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Speaker 1: for lack of a better word, probably is beneficial to
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Speaker 1: the team long term.
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Speaker 2: Well, and I think understanding the scenarios, I told the
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Speaker 2: kids on Monday when we were rewatching the game, I said,
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Speaker 2: one of those is on me and the way that
7:27
Speaker 2: I manage the game. I felt like I made a
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Speaker 2: mistake in the game management portion with the way that
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Speaker 2: the scenario unfolded. And I said, I'm going to own
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Speaker 2: this one. Now the other scenarios like, Hey, here is
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Speaker 2: where we could have been better and what could have
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Speaker 2: been changed and the coaching points that go with it.
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Speaker 2: But I think it's important for the kids to hear
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Speaker 2: from me, like, Hey, I put you in a bad
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Speaker 2: situation on one of these and I'm going to wear that,
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Speaker 2: you know? And, and one of the kids chimed in
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Speaker 2: and cause I said, this one's on me. And they
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Speaker 2: were like, well, it's, it's on all of us. And
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Speaker 2: I said, that's fine. I said, but I'm telling you
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Speaker 2: as the head football coach, I screwed you in this situation. And, um, I,
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Speaker 2: I think that I want them to understand that I
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Speaker 2: am going to make head mistakes as the head football
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Speaker 2: coach and that they're going to make mistakes as the players.
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Speaker 2: And we've all got to get better and be able
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Speaker 2: to own those things. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Well, and I think that just kind of goes back
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Speaker 1: to that team mentality, you know, and it was kind of, uh,
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Speaker 1: Nice to hear the team jump up and, you know,
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Speaker 1: kind of rally around you and say, you know, coach,
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Speaker 1: it's on all of us, you know, in terms of that.
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Speaker 1: And I think that's a very strong message and probably
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Speaker 1: the right mind frame you need to be going as
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Speaker 1: you go deeper and deeper in the playoffs.
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Speaker 2: For sure. And you talk about having to buy and
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Speaker 2: knocking the dust off. No one feels bad for us.
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Speaker 2: We got a week to get healthy.
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Speaker 1: Right.
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Speaker 2: You know, we didn't. No one's sitting here saying, oh,
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Speaker 2: poor Indian Creek, like had to knock off the rest
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Speaker 2: from having a week to rest up. So it's just
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Speaker 2: things that you have to do. You figure it out
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Speaker 2: and you get better.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. You either figure it out and get better
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Speaker 1: or you go home at this point in the game. Correct.
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Speaker 2: And just take that pressure off of you and just say, hey,
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Speaker 2: go play your game and it's okay.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, Coach, kind of shifting gears just a little bit,
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Speaker 1: you know, you come off the big victory. Now you're
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Speaker 1: in the process of making another road trip, this time
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Speaker 1: to Sullivan again, 7.30 kickoff. Sullivan's a 6-5 team. You know,
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Speaker 1: we were kind of talking off the air. I had
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Speaker 1: a chance to watch Sullivan very early in the season.
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Speaker 1: They look like a team that's kind of big up front.
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Speaker 1: But they like to play a lot of offense. They're
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Speaker 1: not afraid to pass. They're not afraid to run. But
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Speaker 1: as I was discussing with you off air, one of their,
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Speaker 1: I don't want to say weakness, but one area of concern,
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Speaker 1: if I was Sullivan, is they don't play a lot
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Speaker 1: of defense.
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Speaker 2: Well, the way I would phrase it is they, they
10:06
Speaker 2: like to win in a shootout.
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Speaker 1: So sure.
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Speaker 2: What that means to me is they're going to take
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Speaker 2: chances on defense. They're going to try to cause chaos and,
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Speaker 2: And if they gash you or you gash them, they're
10:20
Speaker 2: going to be OK with it. And they're going to
10:22
Speaker 2: try to get the ball back and score again. They've scored,
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Speaker 2: I believe, 150 some points over the last three games.
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Speaker 2: So you're going to see a high powered offense that's
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Speaker 2: scoring a lot against a defense that's playing at a
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Speaker 2: high level. Now, for us offensively, we're going to try
10:40
Speaker 2: to take advantage of areas where, you know, maybe they've
10:44
Speaker 2: given up points. But, you know, they're going to be
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Speaker 2: ready to play, man. They want to win a sectional.
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Speaker 2: Like we've said for the last month and a half,
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Speaker 2: everyone wants to knock off the team that's undefeated. That's right.
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Speaker 2: So they, you know, I'm sure that people are going
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Speaker 2: to look at the records and say, oh, Indian Creek
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Speaker 2: should win this game. Or, you know, it doesn't matter.
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Speaker 2: It's sectional championship. And Sullivan's going to be ready for us.
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Speaker 2: And we've got to live in the present moment and
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Speaker 2: handle our business. So they're hot, man. They've won three
11:17
Speaker 2: straight games. They've scored 150 points, and they're going to
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Speaker 2: be ready for us, and they're going to be ready
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Speaker 2: to play at a high level.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, it's something that you just mentioned, scoring
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Speaker 1: 150 points over the last three games. This last win
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Speaker 1: for Sullivan, they had the win over Scottsburg, 56-42. As
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Speaker 1: you said, and I think you said it correctly, really
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Speaker 1: a big shootout game for them.
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Speaker 2: Well, they're running back at over 300 yards rushing. I
11:48
Speaker 2: don't care who you play. That's difficult to do. I
11:51
Speaker 2: don't care if we line up against a little league team.
11:53
Speaker 2: That's going to be hard to do. So it's one
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Speaker 2: of those things that you can't take for granted because, oh,
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Speaker 2: Scottsburg has struggled at times this year. Well, yeah, but
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Speaker 2: you still executed well enough to go rush for 300 yards. Um,
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Speaker 2: the kid, the French kid, the starting running back for Sullivan,
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Speaker 2: he's on the cover of the gridiron digest is one
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Speaker 2: of the 25 best football players in the state. So, um,
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Speaker 2: we gotta be ready to contain that dude. Uh, they
12:23
Speaker 2: got a six foot six receiver and a quarterback that
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Speaker 2: can get it to them. Um, so it's going to
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Speaker 2: be a really good matchup. You know, we know that
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Speaker 2: they're going to be, uh, excited to go compete against
12:34
Speaker 2: a good defense and, uh, we gotta be prepared to
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Speaker 2: take advantage of that.
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Speaker 1: So, yeah. And I think you're exactly right. You know,
12:40
Speaker 1: it's a sectional championship. Everybody's going to be bringing their
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Speaker 1: A game because everybody wants to win that sectional and
12:49
Speaker 1: move on to the next round in the playoffs. So
12:52
Speaker 1: it's going to be important for, you know, Indian Creek
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Speaker 1: fans be there, be loud, get that 12th man, because
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Speaker 1: that's going to make a big difference come game day. Absolutely.
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Speaker 2: And, you know, I thought we had a really good
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Speaker 2: crowd at Vincennes. We expect to have another really good
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Speaker 2: crowd and for us to travel well. For most people,
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Speaker 2: travel well means a little bit shorter distance than two hours.
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Speaker 2: But that's our situation. And we're excited about it, man.
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Speaker 2: And the thing that I told our kids this week,
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Speaker 2: you know, we've been playing football at Indian Creek for
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Speaker 2: 57 years. And we have four sectionals. In 57 years,
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Speaker 2: we have four sectionals. So, you know, we're going for
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Speaker 2: number five. And we want to take some pride in
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Speaker 2: that and do something that hasn't been done very often.
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Speaker 2: And for our seniors to be able to say that, hey,
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Speaker 2: our seniors and our juniors and our sophomores, for them
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Speaker 2: to be able to say, hey, I've been a part
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Speaker 2: of 40% of the sectionals in school history, that's a
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Speaker 2: really cool feeling and something that we want to be
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Speaker 2: able to celebrate, hopefully, and go accomplish.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely. Absolutely. Coach, one thing I wanted to ask you is,
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Speaker 1: as you go deeper and deeper into the playoffs, what
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Speaker 1: does practices look like? I mean, obviously, at some point,
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Speaker 1: I assume the conditioning is over, but you still got
14:16
Speaker 1: to get out there and hit, but you don't want
14:17
Speaker 1: to hit too hard because you want to make sure
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Speaker 1: everybody's healthy and ready to go. What does a practice
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Speaker 1: look like, and how do you prep the deeper you
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Speaker 1: get into the playoffs?
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Speaker 2: So, for us– I try to schedule or format things
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Speaker 2: in a way where the routine doesn't change. And I
14:37
Speaker 2: think the biggest, one of the bigger things that you
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Speaker 2: want as a coach is you don't want kids to
14:43
Speaker 2: feel like you get into the playoffs and we've got
14:45
Speaker 2: to do something different for us. It's like, how do you, Hey,
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Speaker 2: the structure and the system is in place for a reason.
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Speaker 2: We don't want to be like, Hey, we got to,
14:55
Speaker 2: now we got to put on the pads and we
14:56
Speaker 2: got to hit every day or pads off and we
14:59
Speaker 2: got to be super safe. Like for us, we want
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Speaker 2: a routine. We believe a championship routine should be the
15:05
Speaker 2: same from the very beginning to the end. Now, to
15:08
Speaker 2: your point, are we going to condition a little bit
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Speaker 2: more in August and early on than we are later
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Speaker 2: in the year?
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Speaker 1: Absolutely.
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Speaker 2: That's for sure going to be the case, um, because
15:17
Speaker 2: you're fighting to get into shape, but as it cools
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Speaker 2: off and you get acclimated and you figure out who
15:22
Speaker 2: you are, um, you're going to try to keep those
15:26
Speaker 2: same routines. And I think the kids thrive on routine of, Hey,
15:31
Speaker 2: I know a Tuesday practice is going to be a
15:33
Speaker 2: padded day and we're going to be physical. And, you know,
15:36
Speaker 2: are we going to do as many good on good sessions? No,
15:39
Speaker 2: but that's because you develop players throughout the year so
15:41
Speaker 2: they can play scout team and continue to give you
15:43
Speaker 2: a great look. So I think that our routine isn't
15:47
Speaker 2: going to change drastically. Now, if we're in a situation
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Speaker 2: where we were to come out of a game and,
15:52
Speaker 2: we're beat up and we feel like we're playing hard
15:54
Speaker 2: and we could use a day. Yeah. We might alter
15:56
Speaker 2: those things, but we're coming off a buyer. So we,
16:00
Speaker 2: we got to take advantage of that and you know,
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Speaker 2: keep the format the same. Now, if there's individuals that, Hey,
16:06
Speaker 2: it's a long season and they're a two way player
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Speaker 2: and they need a day of rest and they're a
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Speaker 2: high IQ kid, we could see like, Hey, it's okay
16:13
Speaker 2: to rest this day and you can take advantage of that.
16:16
Speaker 2: Before we've been fortunate enough to not be in that
16:18
Speaker 2: scenario in that situation. And you know, we will accommodate
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Speaker 2: and do what we need to do.
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Speaker 1: As it happens.
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Speaker 2: But we really, really want to keep that same routine
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Speaker 2: and make sure our kids understand that we do what
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Speaker 2: we do because we believe in it and we're not
16:33
Speaker 2: going to change it for anybody. So that's, that's kind
16:36
Speaker 2: of a long answer to a lot of different things.
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Speaker 1: No, no, I really appreciate that. But, but I see
16:43
Speaker 1: the value in that, you know, humans are, we're a
16:47
Speaker 1: creature of habits. So we want that routine in there.
16:51
Speaker 1: But at the same time, you got to be smart.
16:53
Speaker 1: You don't want anybody to get hurt. And then at
16:55
Speaker 1: the same time, if you see somebody that is struggling
16:58
Speaker 1: a little bit or needs a little extra rest, you're
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Speaker 1: willing to make those adjustments on the fly and accommodate them.
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Speaker 2: Well, and you don't win football games in the postseason
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Speaker 2: by being careful. You know what I mean? And I
17:12
Speaker 2: think that, you know, you talk about you don't want
17:16
Speaker 2: anyone to get hurt, but I don't want anyone to
17:18
Speaker 2: get hurt in week four either. you know, like it's just,
17:22
Speaker 2: it's just, it's just how do you navigate those things
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Speaker 2: and build in a process and a practice that accommodates
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Speaker 2: everything and tries to do the full scope? Is it
17:32
Speaker 2: going to be perfect? No, but I think that you
17:35
Speaker 2: have to be able to manage and navigate everything and
17:39
Speaker 2: try to do all those things and create a system
17:41
Speaker 2: in place where it's built for a Week zero, it's
17:45
Speaker 2: built for week five, and it's built for week hopefully
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Speaker 2: 14 or whatever it is to be able to go
17:51
Speaker 2: through that process.
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Speaker 1: Now, that's a valid point, Coach, that you don't win
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Speaker 1: championships by taking it lightly or being safe, but you
18:01
Speaker 1: also don't need to take unnecessary risk either, I would assume. Right. Yeah, yeah. Coach,
18:07
Speaker 1: I know we're getting here close on time. Some of
18:10
Speaker 1: your key takeaways for victory come Friday night.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we got to take care of the– on offense,
18:17
Speaker 2: we got to take care of the ball and we've
18:19
Speaker 2: got to limit penalties. And we just got to make
18:22
Speaker 2: that an area of focus this week in practice. And
18:26
Speaker 2: I think that for us, we know that. That hasn't
18:29
Speaker 2: really been like a major MO for us on that
18:32
Speaker 2: side of the ball, but you don't want it to
18:34
Speaker 2: become that. So we've got to be better in those
18:36
Speaker 2: categories on the offensive side of the ball. On the
18:38
Speaker 2: defensive side, I think for us, we've got to continue
18:43
Speaker 2: the momentum and keep building. But I also think that
18:47
Speaker 2: we've got to stay humble and hungry and understand the
18:50
Speaker 2: formula that got us here and understand that, Hey, like
18:54
Speaker 2: no one's going to bow down to us and not
18:56
Speaker 2: that we have that problem, but that would be my
18:58
Speaker 2: message to that group is, Hey, let's not become cocky
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Speaker 2: and arrogant about it and be able to navigate, you know, what,
19:06
Speaker 2: what got us here and how we are able to
19:08
Speaker 2: perform at that level from a special team standpoint, I
19:11
Speaker 2: thought we really thrived. On punt return, I thought we
19:15
Speaker 2: had excellent field position because of really good punt returns.
19:19
Speaker 2: I thought our kickoff return team, even though we were
19:21
Speaker 2: only on the field once, got us out to the
19:23
Speaker 2: 50 and also got us in great field position. Hit
19:26
Speaker 2: a field goal on Friday, did miss an extra point,
19:30
Speaker 2: but we're really clean in the operation from there. So
19:33
Speaker 2: I think those are things that we need to be
19:35
Speaker 2: able to handle and do at a high level for
19:38
Speaker 2: the rest of the postseason. And be ready to go.
19:41
Speaker 2: And specifically on Friday night, those are areas of focus
19:45
Speaker 2: that I think we want to be able to hone
19:48
Speaker 2: in on and do what we need to do. We
19:50
Speaker 2: know that we're on the road against a team that's
19:52
Speaker 2: white hot, playing at a high level scoring a lot
19:55
Speaker 2: of points. And we've got to be able to be,
19:59
Speaker 2: you know, present in that moment, take advantage of it.
20:03
Speaker 2: And like I said, I told the kids at the
20:05
Speaker 2: beginning of the week, it's an, it's a chance at immortality.
20:08
Speaker 2: And what I mean, immortality, what that means to us
20:10
Speaker 2: is if you win a post-season trophy, like you go
20:13
Speaker 2: up in the gym with your picture on the wall forever.
20:17
Speaker 2: So that's something that you have to do. A conference
20:20
Speaker 2: championship doesn't get you that an undefeated regular season doesn't
20:22
Speaker 2: get you that you can be one in nine and
20:25
Speaker 2: go win a section on your, your face is going
20:27
Speaker 2: on that wall because that's something that we want to
20:29
Speaker 2: do here is we want to celebrate post-season success and
20:33
Speaker 2: We want to be playing our best in October and
20:35
Speaker 2: November and the weather's changing. Like you get to do
20:39
Speaker 2: something special, you know, it's daylight savings time. You make
20:41
Speaker 2: it to daylight savings time, you get the lights on
20:43
Speaker 2: to practice and it's, it's fun. So just living in
20:49
Speaker 2: that moment and enjoying it and getting better and fighting
20:53
Speaker 2: for seven more days together. That's, that's all we have is,
20:56
Speaker 2: is the front, the fight in front of us and
20:59
Speaker 2: we're all just going to battle. So, you know, a
21:02
Speaker 2: team that truly loves each other and wants to spend
21:04
Speaker 2: more time together. And we're just fighting for that each
21:07
Speaker 2: and every week.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely. Well, coach, we wish you nothing but the very best. And,
21:13
Speaker 1: you know, as we said, you know, get out there,
21:18
Speaker 1: make your presence known come Friday night, because I really
21:23
Speaker 1: believe in that 12th man mentality. I think the players
21:27
Speaker 1: and coaches all feed on that from a positive standpoint
21:30
Speaker 1: and And you're teaching history. This is the fifth time
21:33
Speaker 1: that you're going for a sectional championship in Indian Creek history.
21:38
Speaker 1: So the community, I'm sure, is going to be out
21:41
Speaker 1: there supporting you and supporting the team. And I think
21:44
Speaker 1: it's going to mean a lot to not only you,
21:46
Speaker 1: but also the players as well.
21:48
Speaker 2: We need absolutely everyone there. And I just people don't
21:54
Speaker 2: understand what it means to look up and see a
21:56
Speaker 2: full crowd, especially on the road. You know, there was
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Speaker 2: Beach Grove where we were there and it was just like,
22:02
Speaker 2: holy cow, the stands are full. And it's not because
22:05
Speaker 2: it's a surprise, but, you know, it means something to
22:08
Speaker 2: you that you got your people behind you, your community
22:10
Speaker 2: behind you. So if they're able, we would love to
22:14
Speaker 2: have as many people there as possible. I know it's
22:16
Speaker 2: not a short trip. I know gas isn't particularly cheap
22:19
Speaker 2: at the moment, but can always carpool. So we need
22:24
Speaker 2: as can be there. And it just means the world to.
22:27
Speaker 2: our kids and our program that those people go above
22:29
Speaker 2: and beyond to support us. And we just hope to
22:31
Speaker 2: make them proud on Friday.
22:33
Speaker 1: Absolutely. Again, this coming Friday night, seven 30 kickoff going
22:38
Speaker 1: against Sullivan at Sullivan coach. We wish you nothing but
22:42
Speaker 1: the very best where we're rooting for you to bring
22:44
Speaker 1: home that fifth section on championship. And as always stay
22:48
Speaker 1: healthy out there. And we look forward to talking to
22:51
Speaker 1: you again next week and future episodes for the rest
22:55
Speaker 1: of the season.
22:56
Speaker 2: Well, we hope you can make the trip from your
23:00
Speaker 2: spot up in Terre Haute. See you down there at
23:02
Speaker 2: a game. And we appreciate all you do to promote us.
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Speaker 2: And go Braves.