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DK Metcalf: "The Offense Has Potential To Be Great" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: I still pretty early on. But what are your thoughts
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  Speaker 1: of this offense? Have to get got all the time.
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  Speaker 1: But uh, like you said, man, it's pretty early. I've
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  Speaker 1: only been here a couple of days throughout the off season.
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  Speaker 1: But from the days i've been here, I like Coach
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  Speaker 1: Grubb his motivation, how every day he's strictly the same person.
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  Speaker 1: He's always motivated us to be our best selves. So
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  Speaker 1: that's one thing I like about him. And Uh, this offense,
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  Speaker 1: I think, you know, it has a lot of potential
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  Speaker 1: to be great, you know, especially with the weapons that
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  Speaker 1: we have, uh, in our in our receiver room, tight
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  Speaker 1: end room, running back room, and even the O line. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: the veteran leadership that we that we brought in this
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  Speaker 1: off season, I think, uh, it has potential to be special.
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  Speaker 2: DK just at the off season doing ating interesting? And
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  Speaker 2: then what did you do for your pays for you know,
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  Speaker 2: the nice few days?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, sir, during the off season, I've been chilling working out,
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  Speaker 1: nothing interesting going on with my life. But uh, yeah
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  Speaker 1: that's pretty much it.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: And then what was the second question? My bat like that, No, sir,
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  Speaker 1: I've been scared to pick up the guitar. Uh stopped
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  Speaker 1: the ASL beginning to May, and I'm gonna pick it
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  Speaker 1: back up July.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Els and Death. But as far as football then,
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  Speaker 2: just getting ready for the next three days, what did
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  Speaker 2: you do?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, just work out, look over plays, watch film.
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  Speaker 1: Like I said, I've only been there a couple of
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  Speaker 1: day a couple of days, so the film study really
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  Speaker 1: was a major key part of me being prepared to
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  Speaker 1: have the confidence to come out here and line up
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  Speaker 1: and run the place.
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  Speaker 2: What gives you good impression of pretty special on offense?
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  Speaker 1: With the weapons that we have on offense? You know
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  Speaker 1: the O line. You know, we brought in Laken, George
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  Speaker 1: fanis back. You know, we still got the two headed
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  Speaker 1: monster with Can and Zach in the backfield, Noah, we
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  Speaker 1: brought in Farrell Brown from the Patriots, and then uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know me, Locke, Jackson, Bobo, Derek, a laundry list
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  Speaker 1: of receivers that have you know, great uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: attributes to add to this offense.
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  Speaker 2: How would you describe the offense stylistic.
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  Speaker 1: As the pard the other offense play the uh? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: every offense that I've played in, from Shoddy to Shane
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  Speaker 1: to now, they all have their you know, unique you
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  Speaker 1: know variations, but I like the way, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: grubs offense is very explosive and he tries to push
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  Speaker 1: the ball downfield.
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  Speaker 2: Preparing for this offense. Did you take a chance to
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  Speaker 2: watch Washington film and his coach Grubb talking all about
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  Speaker 2: how he used Roma Duens. They may be using that
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  Speaker 2: as a comparison for place.
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  Speaker 1: For you in the song, No, sir, I mean I
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  Speaker 1: haven't watched too much of you Dub because you know,
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  Speaker 1: this is uh the Seattle Seahawks, So just taking it
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  Speaker 1: one day at a time with the installs that he's
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  Speaker 1: installed for us. We haven't talked much about you know,
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  Speaker 1: Roma Dunes that he was a great uh you know
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  Speaker 1: player at U Dub. But I'm just trying to you know,
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  Speaker 1: add DK metcalf to you know, grubs offense.
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  Speaker 2: What you're just kind of getting to know Mike McDonald
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  Speaker 2: kind of what are your thoughts on him? And then
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  Speaker 2: kind of the you know, obviously that Pete is your
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  Speaker 2: first coach.
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  Speaker 1: Here for the first four years, right, you know, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: it's a learning curve for me because you know, I've
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  Speaker 1: been accustomed to one way for five years and you know,
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  Speaker 1: just with coach Mike, I think his leadership and the
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  Speaker 1: way he views football. He's a defensive coach. That's one
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  Speaker 1: thing I don't like about him, but you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: it's good for our team. But uh, I just like
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  Speaker 1: the way how he's you know, open. He he loves communication,
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  Speaker 1: open communication, talks uh to each player, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: just he's bringing his own style to Seattle. And you
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  Speaker 1: know that's what I like. He's not trying to copy
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  Speaker 1: uh you know anything uh that anybody's done the past.
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  Speaker 1: He's just bringing Mike McDonald to UH Seattle Seahawks. He
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  Speaker 1: said the days. No, it's m uh voluntary.
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  Speaker 2: What kind of growth are you seeing with Jackson from
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  Speaker 2: you're with uh?
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  Speaker 1: I think just the next step for Jackson and my
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  Speaker 1: opinion is just continue to just to be consistent along
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  Speaker 1: with you know everybody else. Just come in here uh
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  Speaker 1: every day and just being the same player, uh from
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  Speaker 1: day one, so you know, there's no hiccups during the
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  Speaker 1: season or no hiccups during training camp. Everybody knows what
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  Speaker 1: they're gonna get, uh, you know, from Jackson from fourteen,
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  Speaker 1: from you know, Lock, from everybody on the UH Seahawks.
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  Speaker 1: So just consistency all across. And would you think in
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  Speaker 1: his bookie season awaiting Forrest, I mean he was great
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  Speaker 1: with the chances and opportunities that he had. He uh
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  Speaker 1: took advantage of him very well and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: made a lot of plays.
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  Speaker 2: What did you the last two years is kind of
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  Speaker 2: nine and seven and obviously they play offs one time,
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  Speaker 2: But what do you think kind of has happened if
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  Speaker 2: you guys could get past that the sort of thing
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  Speaker 2: and you don't make a good.
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  Speaker 1: Pet of around lay out Uh consistency. Uh, like I
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  Speaker 1: spoke before, like every we we would play great some
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  Speaker 1: games and then not play great uh you know other
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  Speaker 1: other games. So just being consistent and being you know,
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  Speaker 1: a team that's hungry every Sunday or every Monday, Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: whatever day we line up, it's gonna be, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the same team that you see on film is gonna
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  Speaker 1: be the same team that you fell on on game day.
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  Speaker 2: So downs today, you guys are good enjoying practice with
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  Speaker 2: the banks, And I guess that's talk that has happened
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  Speaker 2: there previous years before you're a doctor, got doing happen.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I've never done it, so you know, we'll see
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  Speaker 1: when we get there. D K.
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  Speaker 2: There's talk about expending the NFL regular season again to
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  Speaker 2: any team games. What do you think about that?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, it's above my pay grade. So if we play
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  Speaker 1: eighteen games, I'll be out there for eighteen games. Wow.
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  Speaker 2: To get a new give a new receiver coach in
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  Speaker 2: prison of Jackson? What's it in life so far getting
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  Speaker 2: to know him? And how's he different from previous receiver
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  Speaker 2: coaches that you've have?
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  Speaker 1: Uh? I think he he's different with with the his approach.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Sandy was very technical, Nate was very technical.
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  Speaker 1: He he's technical as certain to a certain extent, but
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  Speaker 1: he's really trying to, you know, learn the plays along
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  Speaker 1: with us, you know, with this offense. So uh, really
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  Speaker 1: haven't had a chance to see, you know, how he
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  Speaker 1: coaches out there, you know, on the field. But looking
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  Speaker 1: forward to it, he seems like, you know, he knows
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  Speaker 1: exactly what he's talking about with releases and route stems
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  Speaker 1: and everything. So it'll be interesting to see once the
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  Speaker 1: season get started.
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  Speaker 2: Do you pay attention to the contract? I like, justin Jefferson,
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  Speaker 2: it's kind.
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  Speaker 1: Of some of the other receivers get my pops told
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  Speaker 1: me growing up, never pocket watch, So you know, congratulations
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  Speaker 1: to all the receivers out there and everybody getting paid.
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  Speaker 1: But nah, I don't pay attention. Can't he have been
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  Speaker 1: around him with office. He's a do you undersa anthing
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  Speaker 1: different about you know how he's some coaches would.
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  Speaker 2: You approaching you?
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  Speaker 1: Uh? Like I said, man, uh with coach Grub he
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  Speaker 1: tries to make sure everybody, you know, brings their best
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  Speaker 1: self every day. And so like speaking on Geno, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's trying to learn the offense very long with uh
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  Speaker 1: right along with everybody else. But you know, his attention
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  Speaker 1: to detail. His leadership is really you know blossoming right
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  Speaker 1: now with you know, a whole new staff and everything,
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  Speaker 1: and uh, you know, everybody's just following Geno's league because
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  Speaker 1: he's the quarterback. Uh, he's the one that's gonna be,
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  Speaker 1: you know, commanding the huddle. So just his leadership this
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  Speaker 1: year I think is really just stood out.
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  Speaker 2: The relationship being Carol to surprise, and.
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  Speaker 1: Like I said, man, that's about my pay grade. I
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  Speaker 1: love Pete. You know, he's the one. Uh he's the
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  Speaker 1: reason that I'm standing uh right here in front of
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  Speaker 1: y'all along with you know John, but uh, you know
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  Speaker 1: he was a great coach for me. Uh, can't dismiss
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  Speaker 1: what he did for me in this organization, you know,
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  Speaker 1: before I got here and when I got here. So
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  Speaker 1: he's a great coach, a Hall of Fame caliber coach
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  Speaker 1: in my opinion. But uh, you know, just sad to see,
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  Speaker 1: you know, somebody lose their job like that. But no,
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  Speaker 1: I've had conversations with him since then. He's doing good,
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  Speaker 1: and you know that's all I can do is uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, just keep in contact with him, cause, uh,
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  Speaker 1: he gave me an opportunity to play in his league, y'all?
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  Speaker 2: Would you be would you be okay for the shorter
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  Speaker 2: offseason and a longer training him?
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  Speaker 1: Uh? Like, Like I said, man, it's the all seasons voluntary.
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  Speaker 1: So if I if I have an off season for
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  Speaker 1: six months, I'm I'm taking all six months.
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  Speaker 2: You're still doing any trap stuff for the for a
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  Speaker 2: couple of years old years ago?
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  Speaker 1: Uh no, sir, not not this off season. Just mainly
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  Speaker 1: football work and speedwork, right. Yeah, yeah, thank