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Press Pass | Head Coach Liam Coen: "...the sky's the limit." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: Good afternoon everyone. To the man of the hour, Liam
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Speaker 1: and his sons right there, Jackson Callahan, his dad, Tim,
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Speaker 1: mother in law, Edna, it's my pleasure to welcome you
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Speaker 1: all to Jacksonville, Florida, and to everyone watching online, thank
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Speaker 1: you for joining. We're here today because we're coming off
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Speaker 1: of very disappointing season. Our fans, our partners deserve better,
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Speaker 1: much better, and that's why three weeks ago I announced
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Speaker 1: that we would search for a new head coach. When
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Speaker 1: we interviewed ten remarkable candidates for the positions, two things
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Speaker 1: became clear to me. Number One, that this wasn't a
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Speaker 1: moment of regret for the Jacksonville Jaguars. This was a
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Speaker 1: moment of progress, optimism, and confidence that we will achieve
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Speaker 1: the ultimate goal as long as we have the right man.
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Speaker 1: And number two, that man was Liam Cohen. Why Liam's
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Speaker 1: outstanding body of work speaks for itself. Quarterback development is
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Speaker 1: the bedrock of modern NFL, and Liam has delivered that
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Speaker 1: wherever he's coached. His outstanding reputation preceded our first interview
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Speaker 1: on video, and everything we heard about him from top
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Speaker 1: people throughout football, solicited and otherwise was confirmed. When we
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Speaker 1: met Liam here last week. Liam was bright, prepared, ambitious us,
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Speaker 1: and he inspired us. I knew then that Liam was
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Speaker 1: our man, and we got our man. So with that,
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Speaker 1: it's my privilege to introduce to you the head coach
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Speaker 1: of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Liam Kohn.
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Speaker 2: Thank you, Sead.
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Speaker 3: As I said last week, this is a moment of
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Speaker 3: a lifetime. I'm grateful for your confidence in me. I
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Speaker 3: also appreciate that you're saying that you inspire that I
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Speaker 3: inspire you because you do the same to me.
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Speaker 2: It's amazing to hear.
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Speaker 3: I want to thank people along this way in terms
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Speaker 3: of the process to get here, Tony Kahan, Tony Boselli,
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Speaker 3: Mark Lamping, and Ethan Waugh. I genuinely thank you for
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Speaker 3: your honesty and trust throughout this process. I owe a
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Speaker 3: great debt of thanks to a lot of the coaches
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Speaker 3: that I've gone through the process with and given me
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Speaker 3: opportunities to.
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Speaker 4: Coach because that's what I love to do.
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Speaker 3: Todd Bowles in the Tampa organization, Sean McVay and the Rams,
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Speaker 3: Mark Stoops at Kentucky, Mark Whipple at UMass, my alma mater,
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Speaker 3: Phil Estis at Brown, and Don Brown, who is my coach,
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Speaker 3: as a player and a mentor to me in this profession.
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Speaker 3: They were all great football minds, but one thing they
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Speaker 3: had in common was leadership. And that's what this is
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Speaker 3: all about. It takes complimentary football at.
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Speaker 4: All three phases to be great.
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Speaker 3: Offense, defense, and special teams. How do we want to
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Speaker 3: play the game and that's fast, fundamentally sound, attacking, situational masters,
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Speaker 3: and tough both mentally and physically. You see players in
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Speaker 3: the room right here, Guys that I've had conversations with already.
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Speaker 3: It will always be about you, always. It is players
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Speaker 3: over plays. How do we make this as much about
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Speaker 3: the players and making this about bringing out the best
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Speaker 3: in you? That's what this is about. Jacksonville, the community.
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Speaker 2: Do all.
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Speaker 4: How do we do this together? This has to be collaborative.
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Speaker 3: I want it to be as collaborative as possible for
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Speaker 3: us to go to the next level, take the next step,
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Speaker 3: and for us to have found a home for the
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Speaker 3: first time in a long time that we can maybe
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Speaker 3: plant some roots and truly being a community and a
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Speaker 3: family that we love and trust. Onto the theme of family,
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Speaker 3: you're told at.
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Speaker 4: A young age when you meet the one.
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Speaker 3: And what that does for your life and I met
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Speaker 3: my one five years ago. Ashley, you have made me
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Speaker 3: a better person every single day and I would not
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Speaker 3: be here without you. You make me better, You make
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Speaker 3: us better. You will make Jacksonville better. I love you.
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Speaker 3: My sons, Jackson and Callahan Wild Jackson, Jacksonville, Callahan Town.
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Speaker 4: I mean, here we go.
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Speaker 3: What an opportunity for them to see these guys. That's
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Speaker 3: who I want them to see. That's who I want
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Speaker 3: them to be around. That's where I was in locker rooms,
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Speaker 3: on the field with those guys from all different walks
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Speaker 3: of life, all different backgrounds, all with the same goal.
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Speaker 3: I want my kids to be them. Edna Kevin, my
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Speaker 3: wife's family, truly thank you for the support. Jock, my agent,
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Speaker 3: but a friend, first guy to pick me up on
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Speaker 3: the plane, off the plane in LA. We'll never forget it, man.
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Speaker 3: And to my dad, my best friend. I was lucky
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Speaker 3: enough as a kid to grow up and have my
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Speaker 3: hero the dream and my best friend in the house.
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Speaker 3: That's something, guys, we all know.
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Speaker 4: That's special.
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Speaker 3: And I've learned so many things from you, Pops, going
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Speaker 3: through this process of life, and I cannot thank you
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Speaker 3: enough for your support and love and finally to my
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Speaker 3: angel up in heaven, my mom, Elizabeth.
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Speaker 4: I wish you could see it. I wish you could
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Speaker 4: see it, because this is pretty cool.
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Speaker 2: This is pretty cool.
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Speaker 3: I cannot thank you guys for this moment. Shod You
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Speaker 3: just made a dream absolutely come true. And we're gonna
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Speaker 3: work our tails off to bring championships to Jacksonville.
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Speaker 4: Thank you so much, and we're ready to get to work.
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Speaker 2: Thank you.
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Speaker 5: All right, thank you, gentlemen. Now we're going to open
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Speaker 5: up the Florida questions from the media. We have microphones
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Speaker 5: flanking both sides of the room, and we just asked
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Speaker 5: that you identify yourselves and your media outlet before asking
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Speaker 5: the question. And if you could be direct, you know,
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Speaker 5: clear of who you're directing the question too, that would
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Speaker 5: be helpful too. So why don't we begin. Who's got
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Speaker 5: the first question today?
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Speaker 2: Gene?
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Speaker 6: This is for Liam. Congratulations though, welcome to Jacksonville. Before
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Speaker 6: I get to forward, thinking about your opportunity here, could
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Speaker 6: you just briefly go over last week a lot of
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Speaker 6: reports that you were going to stay in Tampa for
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Speaker 6: a substantial pay raise, then you changed your mind decided
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Speaker 6: to interview here. Could you talk a little bit about
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Speaker 6: what made you change your mind and was there any
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Speaker 6: in any way any misgivings in your mind about changing
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Speaker 6: your mind, not about pursuing ahead coaching opportunity.
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Speaker 2: Thank you, Geene.
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Speaker 3: Look, the opportunity to coach in Tampa was was a
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Speaker 3: phenomenal one to get my feet wet in the NFL
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Speaker 3: as the offensive coordinator, and I thank them so much
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Speaker 3: for that opportunity. As you continue to do more research
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Speaker 3: and gaining more information as you go, it started to become,
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Speaker 3: you know, more clear with every hour that this was
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Speaker 3: an opportunity that you just can't pass up for so
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Speaker 3: many different reasons, and you ultimately want to do truly
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Speaker 3: what's best for you and your family, and that's what
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Speaker 3: this came down to. I will always love and remember
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Speaker 3: those guys in Tampa, my players, those guys, love them
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Speaker 3: to death. But this is an opportunity to also go
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Speaker 3: and do it with some new guys, right, and to
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Speaker 3: go reach and touch people, because that's what coaching and
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Speaker 3: teaching is and that's what this opportunity is all about.
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Speaker 2: And extremely thankful for that.
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Speaker 3: But head forward, eyes up, and we're moving forward.
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Speaker 6: Just just to be clear, was that did this have
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Speaker 6: anything to do with the change in the front office structure.
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Speaker 3: This was completely about an opportunity to work for an
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Speaker 3: owner and a group of people with a group of
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Speaker 3: players that needed some help. And that's what coaching is, right,
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Speaker 3: That's what coaching is all about, is trying to go
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Speaker 3: help people and be around people.
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Speaker 2: So no, that was not that was not the factor.
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Speaker 6: Okay with okay, beyond beyond the opportunity to develop a
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Speaker 6: quarterback like Trevor. What is it most that excites you
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Speaker 6: about this opportunity?
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Speaker 2: Right?
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Speaker 3: You see this place, Look at this right now, right,
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Speaker 3: look at this the community, what we're doing in the future,
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Speaker 3: the opportunity to be a part of something different. Right,
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Speaker 3: Let's be honest, this is different.
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Speaker 2: That's awesome.
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Speaker 3: That's that's exciting for me and for my family to
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Speaker 3: truly be a part of something different, to go impact
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Speaker 3: and influence football players and people and staff.
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Speaker 2: That's what this is all about.
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Speaker 3: It's about trying to be a part of change and
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Speaker 3: improvement and go try to go do something different and win. Right,
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Speaker 3: Winning cures a lot. Winning cures a lot, and that's
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Speaker 3: the goal.
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Speaker 5: Okay, We're gonna go over here on the right.
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Speaker 7: Rick bolue Blase, Well I'm welcome to Duval Rick Blue
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Speaker 7: with nine A two point five FM and ten ten XL.
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Speaker 7: Been a lot of speculation, but we haven't heard it
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Speaker 7: from you. You will be calling offensive plays.
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Speaker 2: Yes, Rick, absolutely, we'll be calling football plays.
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Speaker 7: How important is it for stability?
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Speaker 2: You know, stability?
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Speaker 7: Now with Trevor, this will be the fourth different play
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Speaker 7: caller as he gets ready for his fifth year, with
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Speaker 7: just a perfect scenario for you, as far as you
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Speaker 7: know what you've seen so far in his four years
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Speaker 7: and where you believe.
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Speaker 2: You can take him.
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Speaker 3: I was telling Trevor this the other day that I've
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Speaker 3: watched him, you know, live as a freshman in high school.
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Speaker 3: It was Beauford High School against Carrol Wood Cartersville. Excuse me, sorry,
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Speaker 3: I was in the South George. I was in Georgia. Man,
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Speaker 3: that's all I knew. And I was seeing this freshman
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Speaker 3: in high school play the position at a high level,
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Speaker 3: standing tall, making throws, delivering, and I walked out of
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Speaker 3: there like, man.
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Speaker 2: This guy's this is different. I had no idea who
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Speaker 2: he was.
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Speaker 3: And then you fast forward to now right, how do
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Speaker 3: we make Trevor Lawrence in this offense as dynamic and
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Speaker 3: explosive as we can be. Right, we've got to build
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Speaker 3: it around him as well. Right, We've got to make
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Speaker 3: every part of this about improvement, and he will be
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Speaker 3: a part of that process.
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Speaker 2: He's earned that, right.
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Speaker 3: I cannot respect his toughness and mentality and work ethic
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Speaker 3: more than I do already from Afar and this will
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Speaker 3: all be about Trevor right now.
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Speaker 8: Jamal Saint Cyre News for Jacks, Mister conness is for you,
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Speaker 8: what was this search process like and what was it
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Speaker 8: about Liam that convinced you that he was the right
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Speaker 8: person for this job.
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Speaker 1: Well, I think we, you know, interviewed ten potential candidates,
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Speaker 1: and I think with the lack of success we've had here,
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Speaker 1: certainly over the last year and a half, you know,
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Speaker 1: it's a chance for reflection from me. I think what
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Speaker 1: was the fundamental thing that we need to address? And
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Speaker 1: the number one thing obviously is the quarterback position and
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Speaker 1: our commitment to Trevor.
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Speaker 2: I think it's.
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Speaker 1: Well known and I you know, we believe in him.
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Speaker 1: So it started with that and that was the fundamental
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Speaker 1: question really to all the candidates, how would they do it?
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Speaker 1: And after we got done with that, it was very
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Speaker 1: evident to me that Liam was the guy.
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Speaker 2: And you know, I never met Liam.
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Speaker 1: Till the process started, but I had heard about him
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Speaker 1: quite a bit over the last year from really, as
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Speaker 1: I said, solicited and un solicited. NFL has several events
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Speaker 1: and you know I've been to him. The topic comes
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Speaker 1: up and his name was prominently mentioned. So I really
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Speaker 1: wanted to make sure that he was.
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Speaker 2: Part of the ten.
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Speaker 1: And as we went through the process, I mean it was,
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Speaker 1: you know, absolutely compelling.
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Speaker 2: He's the right guy for us.
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Speaker 8: And can you take us through how everything kind of
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Speaker 8: came together last week because it seems like it may
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Speaker 8: have been a bit of a rollwind a couple of days.
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Speaker 1: Well, it's very quick. He's our guy, and you know
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Speaker 1: we got him, simple as that.
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Speaker 5: Okay, let's go Demetrius if we could kid him Mike.
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Speaker 9: Dimitrius Harvey with the Flourida Times Union of Liam. Just
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Speaker 9: you were able to be here in Jacksonville during training camp,
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Speaker 9: during joint practices, I'm curious what you were able to
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Speaker 9: learn about maybe the team a little bit, and then
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Speaker 9: obviously the facility and all that.
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Speaker 2: Great question to Metris. That was a huge opportunity for
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Speaker 2: me to see this. I walked through these halls and
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Speaker 2: oh my, this place is awesome, and you start to
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Speaker 2: see it.
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Speaker 3: And then during the course of practice those few days,
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Speaker 3: you're obviously.
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Speaker 2: Competing against the defense on.
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Speaker 3: One side of the field, and I kept hearing oohs
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Speaker 3: and ahs on the other side, and you start to
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Speaker 3: you go back and wash the tape and you see
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Speaker 3: them throwing the football and BTJ going down the field
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Speaker 3: and these guys making plays, and that was cool to see.
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Speaker 2: I got an opportunity to talk to Josh heinz Allen
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Speaker 2: that day.
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Speaker 3: I got an opportunity to talk to Luke Fortner that day,
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Speaker 3: Guys that I had had a you know, relationship with,
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Speaker 3: if you will. Those were all little parts of this
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Speaker 3: right where you got you have an opportunity to look
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Speaker 3: back and say, man, that thing's got a shot, right,
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Speaker 3: and that that gets you excited. And I think that
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Speaker 3: that was the beginning, as you mentioned, of really looking
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Speaker 3: at this as the opportunity that it became.
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Speaker 9: I'm curious to you sort of touched on it, But
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Speaker 9: just from what you've seen from Afar about Trevor and
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Speaker 9: the rest of the team, what do you sort of
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Speaker 9: make of it? You know, heading into this sort of
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Speaker 9: new chapter.
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Speaker 2: I've mentioned this to the guys, this isn't a four
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Speaker 2: win team.
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Speaker 3: Yes, that is the that is the the record, but
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Speaker 3: this is not a four win team.
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Speaker 2: Okay, how do we go.
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Speaker 3: From winning games to not losing them? I think that
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Speaker 3: that's something we've got to address and that is got
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Speaker 3: to be in our veins, our in our DNA. The
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Speaker 3: culture of winning. I've learned it from the Los Angeles
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Speaker 3: Rams and from a ton of other great organizations on
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Speaker 3: how to go win football games, and.
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Speaker 2: So I think that that's something that it has.
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Speaker 3: We have to start as a team as a group
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Speaker 3: and show how we're going to go do it straight ahead.
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Speaker 10: Joe with amrprom Wsad and Savannah. I have a question
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Speaker 10: for Liam and for the owner. First, Liam, you can
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Speaker 10: start working with with your team on April seventh, because
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Speaker 10: you're a new head coach. What are you hoping to
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Speaker 10: gain in that two week process.
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Speaker 2: That's a great question.
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Speaker 3: Culture first and foremost, like, what is the culture that
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Speaker 3: we want to establish, the direction in which we're going
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Speaker 3: to go and how we're going to get there, that's
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Speaker 3: first and foremost. After we start to establish the standard
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Speaker 3: and how we want to do things, then we'll get
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Speaker 3: into the fundamentals and techniques in which we want to
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Speaker 3: participate and play the game at Then you start to
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Speaker 3: get into the scheme while continuing to educate and address
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Speaker 3: the culture, the culture, the standards. And that's where it's
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Speaker 3: going to all start, is when these guys get in
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Speaker 3: the building, and it'll probably start before that with the
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Speaker 3: staff building and trying to get this thing within the
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Speaker 3: building itself.
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Speaker 10: Me and then Mark, oh ahead of course, Oh sorry, owner,
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Speaker 10: what can you give us a quick update on the
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Speaker 10: timeline for the GM search and like, is there a date,
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Speaker 10: like an end all date, because you want to prepare
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Speaker 10: for the NFL draft to be prepared.
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Speaker 1: I think that date is February twenty eighth. I believe
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Speaker 1: that's the NFL mandated. I think our priority is obviously
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Speaker 1: to get Liam settled in and you know, have him
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Speaker 1: build his staff and then you know, start the search.
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Speaker 1: But you know, we're hoping to be done by that date.
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Speaker 11: Yeah, Hi, Liam, nice to meet you. Me, Obrian Tenon
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Speaker 11: xcel A lots of good How are you? A lot's
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Speaker 11: been made about going back and forth between college and
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Speaker 11: the pros. I know you've spoken about it before. How
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Speaker 11: you feel play calling, getting those reps. That was what
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Speaker 11: was paramount. That's why you moved back and forth. If
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Speaker 11: you could just describe the last four or five years
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Speaker 11: going back and forth and perhaps how strategically, maybe even
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Speaker 11: this has set you up for this opportunity.
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Speaker 2: Here today, that's a great question.
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Speaker 3: The foundation of my career started in college and locker
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Speaker 3: rooms in Maine and Brown and UMass, places that, let's
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Speaker 3: be honest, don't have a ton of resources. So you
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Speaker 3: learn kind of your DNA as a coach in some
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Speaker 3: of those places, right, And then in the last few years,
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Speaker 3: you get an opportunity to go coach in the National
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Speaker 3: Football League, which has been the dream. Then you make
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Speaker 3: a decision that ultimately was a little dicey at the time,
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Speaker 3: I'll be honest. You go back to a place where
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Speaker 3: you just had success and had a great opportunity to
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Speaker 3: be at, but that was all done to go call
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Speaker 3: plays again, right, And that was the experience that I
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Speaker 3: kind of missed that year in LA. Knew why I
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Speaker 3: was going to take that job, but ultimately probably underestimated
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Speaker 3: some of the leadership that goes with calling plays and
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Speaker 3: truly running the show on offense. Things have changed in
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Speaker 3: the landscape of college football, right, that's we all know that.
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Speaker 3: And when you start to have a young family, things change,
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Speaker 3: your priorities change, and the National Football League does provide
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Speaker 3: a little bit more of an opportunity to be a
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Speaker 3: father and a h been and a friend. And that's
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Speaker 3: kind of why we've done the back and forth for
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Speaker 3: the last few years. But I'll be in the NFL
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Speaker 3: hopefully for a while.
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Speaker 11: And one more just from me, Shot, at what point
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Speaker 11: during the search did it become a parent that there
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Speaker 11: needed to be a parting of ways with Trent and
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Speaker 11: the organization?
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Speaker 1: Well, you know, after the ten video interviews were done
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Speaker 1: and we were ready for that was a transition, transition
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Speaker 1: point for me to reflect and what was the right
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Speaker 1: thing for the organization. And that's when I decided that
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Speaker 1: it was time for a change.
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Speaker 12: Okay, Mark, along with ap Shot, you were so matter
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Speaker 12: of fact saying he's our guy and we got our guy.
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Speaker 12: But like, there had to be some work on your end.
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Speaker 12: That last Wednesday, Trent's out and I assume you got
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Speaker 12: on the phone with Liam and convinced him to change
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Speaker 12: his mind and get back to Jacksonville and let's get
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Speaker 12: this done.
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Speaker 1: You know, Mark, one thing that was different about this
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Speaker 1: search that I was directly involved with the candidates and
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Speaker 1: their representatives. Okay, so you know I was involved with
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Speaker 1: all of them specifically.
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Speaker 12: How did you How did you get that he was
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Speaker 12: going back to Tampa? How did you get him on
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Speaker 12: Wednesday night on the phone to change money at bactor Thursday?
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Speaker 4: Does say a lot about your conviction.
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Speaker 1: That he was never I mean I believe that, Yes,
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Speaker 1: I believe he's the right person. And as I said earlier,
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Speaker 1: I mean I'd heard a lot about him and then
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Speaker 1: to get to meet him on video and why this
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Speaker 1: I felt was just a great fit the Jaguars and
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Speaker 1: Liam modern football and uh so you know that's how
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Speaker 1: things went.
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Speaker 13: Dan, Let's go ahead, please, Dan Hickin tend to XL
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Speaker 13: and CBS. Mister conn Liam, Welcome to Jacksonville. Shot. I'll
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Speaker 13: start with you as you formed this front office, reports
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Speaker 13: that you used Tony Boselli helped you out, and the
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Speaker 13: coaches searched with you in the forefront. Is there a
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Speaker 13: role for Tony going forward in the front office or no?
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Speaker 1: Well, you know we are going to have a position
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Speaker 1: and you know we're checking with the league what the
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Speaker 1: rules are when we have to follow and you know,
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Speaker 1: and then we'll take it from there.
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Speaker 13: Okay, and Liam, real quick, welcome to Jacksonville. Just want
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Speaker 13: to know how you were able to take a ground
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Speaker 13: game that struggled in Tampa eighty yards a game, eighty
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Speaker 13: eight yards a game and make it one of the
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Speaker 13: best in the NFL in one year.
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Speaker 3: That's a great question. I think those guys at first
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Speaker 3: started with their willingness and openness and a little bit
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Speaker 3: of humility to not want to be at the at
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Speaker 3: the bottom anymore.
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Speaker 2: That was the reality right last two years.
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Speaker 3: The previous two years, those guys they wanted more from themselves.
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Speaker 2: They wanted a.
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Speaker 3: Different respect level around their peers than around the NFL.
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Speaker 3: And so all we did was come in with the
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Speaker 3: mindset of it takes all eleven, all eleven to get
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Speaker 3: better in the run game, Mike Evans Hall of Famer,
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Speaker 3: digging out support on the front side of runs, selflessness,
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Speaker 3: quarterback being involved, everybody being involved. And you started to
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Speaker 3: show them examples of that. Whether it's in La Minnesota,
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Speaker 3: whatever it is Green Bay, a ton of different places
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Speaker 3: run a similar system and have had similar success running
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Speaker 3: the football, which now also helps the past game. The
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Speaker 3: defense the special teams, and so I think the buy
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Speaker 3: in was pretty quick, but those guys knew it had
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Speaker 3: to happen.
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Speaker 14: Rock please Mike Rocco with ESPN, Liam who has sort
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Speaker 14: of been the people that have really influenced you in
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Speaker 14: the way you call plays, the way you kind of
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Speaker 14: design your offense, and you know obviously work with Sean McVay.
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Speaker 14: So would you consider yourself part of the Sean McVay tree.
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Speaker 2: Definitely. Yeah.
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Speaker 3: I think it starts off with him my dad right
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Speaker 3: here in terms of the mindset. He was a play call,
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Speaker 3: an offense, offensive designer, you know, and he always instilled
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Speaker 3: the player's overplays mentality. And then you go to Brown
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Speaker 3: with Phil Estes to you mess with Mark Whipple and
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Speaker 3: then continue to go and then yeah, I think getting
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Speaker 3: to the rams in with Sean that was where I
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Speaker 3: learned truly the game. I think in a lot of ways, right,
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Speaker 3: I got my if you will, PhD in coaching and
24:28
Speaker 3: learned at a different level to be around him, the
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Speaker 3: Kevin O'Connell's, the Zach Taylor's, those guys, the Matt Lafleurs,
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Speaker 3: to be around them to see how they operated. This
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Speaker 3: is the way I would like to do things. You're
24:42
Speaker 3: always going to have your own twist on it, but
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Speaker 3: I'm proud to say I'm in the Sean mcvatrie.
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Speaker 5: Thanks for your patience, Brent.
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Speaker 15: Brent Martineau from CBS forty seven, Fox thirty Action Sports
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Speaker 15: Shock Shot. Just begin with you. Do you regret three
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Speaker 15: weeks ago not hitting the reset button with front office
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Speaker 15: and coach? And over these last three weeks? Have you
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Speaker 15: learned something different in this process maybe than previous processes.
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Speaker 1: You know, my goal is to do the right thing
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Speaker 1: for the team, and you know I believe I'm doing that.
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Speaker 15: Have you learned anything in this process?
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Speaker 2: Every day is learning.
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Speaker 1: Okay.
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Speaker 2: If you're not learning, you're dying.
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Speaker 1: So life for me is about continuous improvement and continuous learning. Okay,
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Speaker 1: I've learned a lot today. Okay, me too. Okay, Liam welcome, Okay,
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Speaker 1: so let's it.
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Speaker 2: Please throw some easy questions like that.
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Speaker 15: Okay, Liam, welcome to Jacksonville. How much does what is
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Speaker 15: a head factor into how you viewed this? Because obviously
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Speaker 15: I have this year, but it's a limited capacity inside
25:52
Speaker 15: the stadium in twenty six, no home games in twenty seven,
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Speaker 15: new stadium in twenty eight? Was that a part of
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Speaker 15: the equation for you when you're looking at this job.
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Speaker 3: I've actually looked at that as an exciting part of
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Speaker 3: this honestly. You know, my wife been in the military,
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Speaker 3: born in the Philippines, moved all over her childhood. I've
26:13
Speaker 3: moved around a lot throughout this process and throughout my
26:17
Speaker 3: career here, so we're kind of used to that. Honestly,
26:19
Speaker 3: we embrace that and to try to bring home wins
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Speaker 3: to Jacksonville. That is important to protect our home turf.
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Speaker 3: It's going to be a little bit different, it's going
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Speaker 3: to be a little complicated over the next few year years.
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Speaker 3: But if we don't embrace that, then we have no shot,
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Speaker 3: right if we can go start to build something that
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Speaker 3: people are really proud of over these next two years.
26:42
Speaker 3: In year three, wherever we're playing, we want people to
26:46
Speaker 3: come and then to go into this next one that
26:49
Speaker 3: we're coming into. I mean, sky's the limits. So that's
26:52
Speaker 3: something that we're excited about.
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Speaker 15: Is that a mentality, by the way, to embrace even
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Speaker 15: the London games and how much do you embrace the
26:59
Speaker 15: idea we're this team has played and at times played
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Speaker 15: well over there.
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Speaker 2: My wife's favorite city, you know, it's a great place.
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Speaker 3: It's something cool, unique, different that ultimately, like I mentioned before,
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Speaker 3: that you want to be a part of you want
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Speaker 3: to be a part of change. You want to be
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Speaker 3: a part of something unique, and that's what this opportunity
27:18
Speaker 3: does present.
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Speaker 2: It isn't the norm. Nothing about this has been the norm.
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Speaker 3: But that's really cool. That's really cool to be a
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Speaker 3: part of that. And we're excited about it.
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Speaker 5: And front row straight ahead, Alessander.
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Speaker 16: Please, maam Alexander pomp brand news for Jacks. What about
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Speaker 16: this team excites you the most?
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Speaker 2: I think the leadership first and foremost.
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Speaker 3: I believe that you look at Josh Heinz Allen the person, right,
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Speaker 3: Trevor Lawrence the person. I mean, these guys have done
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Speaker 3: unbelievable things throughout this community already, right, so we know
27:54
Speaker 3: and I know that I'm going to be going to
27:56
Speaker 3: work with unbelievable people first and foremost. Right, then you
28:00
Speaker 3: look at twenty draft picks over the next two years. Right,
28:03
Speaker 3: you look at some of the players already currently on
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Speaker 3: the roster that did some great things this year. Well,
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Speaker 3: everybody needs a coach, everybody needs a player, We need
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Speaker 3: each other. And I am so looking forward to doing
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Speaker 3: this collaboratively with them, with this staff, there's so many
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Speaker 3: good pieces.
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Speaker 2: You got a rookie wide receiver that you can do
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Speaker 2: a ton with.
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Speaker 3: You got two running backs that you can do so
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Speaker 3: many good things with, and a defense that, man, they
28:29
Speaker 3: can go. We just got to put them in some
28:31
Speaker 3: of the better positions to be successful, and I think
28:33
Speaker 3: we can do that. Special teams what a great shining
28:37
Speaker 3: spot for you guys this year. We got to continue
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Speaker 3: to do that and be special on special teams. There's
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Speaker 3: so many good things about this roster, and like we
28:46
Speaker 3: mentioned before the future the next few years, that's truly
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Speaker 3: what's exciting as well.
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Speaker 16: My fault you mentioned it earlier. How are you going
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Speaker 16: to change this franchise into a consistently winning culture?
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Speaker 2: Starts with communication.
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Speaker 3: It starts with the alignment in communication at every level,
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Speaker 3: right building first and foremost the best staff that we
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Speaker 3: can build, because it's, like I mentioned, it's about these guys.
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Speaker 3: So how do we put the best coaches in place
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Speaker 3: to help these players reach their full abilities? Okay, now
29:22
Speaker 3: with the front office, how do we continue to build
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Speaker 3: there and get this thing fully in alignment so that
29:29
Speaker 3: then when we go into the off season program. We're
29:32
Speaker 3: all on the same page. We all understand the vision
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Speaker 3: and the goal. When I walked into the Los Angeles
29:38
Speaker 3: RAMS building in twenty eighteen, I had never felt anything
29:42
Speaker 3: like that before in my life. It was a different
29:45
Speaker 3: introduction to coaching. And you saw a building. Every single
29:50
Speaker 3: person that was in that building, and a part of
29:52
Speaker 3: that thing was in alignment.
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Speaker 2: And I think that's the key. Okay, we got room
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Speaker 2: for two or three more.
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Speaker 5: We're going to go, John and then Hayes.
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Speaker 2: Liam, John Shipley on Sports Illustrated. Working for guys like
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Speaker 2: Sean and Todd and Tampa. What did you learn from them?
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Speaker 2: Just what it takes to be a leader of an
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Speaker 2: entire program. That's a good one, John.
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Speaker 3: I think the vulnerability to be honest with yourself when
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Speaker 3: you do make mistakes, being able to own up to them,
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Speaker 3: to be able to move on. If we can all
30:25
Speaker 3: be honest with each other in this building, we'll be
30:29
Speaker 3: able to grow.
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Speaker 2: I think that's the first thing. The ownership.
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Speaker 3: The ownership's not just in the good times, it's truly
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Speaker 3: in the adverse times. And how do we handle success
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Speaker 3: while also being able to handle adversity.
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Speaker 2: Those were things that I learned from Sean.
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Speaker 3: We had to learn some hard We had a difficult
30:47
Speaker 3: season in twenty twenty two that formed us, that changed us.
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Speaker 3: We've talked about that year and how difficult that was,
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Speaker 3: but we're better from it. And so those experience is
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Speaker 3: that ultimately helps mold who you are, what you're made of,
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Speaker 3: and I hope to be able to bring that here
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Speaker 3: as well.
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Speaker 17: Heyce, please congratulations gentlemen. Heyes, carline with ten ten xl shot.
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Speaker 17: What's your vision in terms of putting the fifty three
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Speaker 17: together and how much, say Liam will have in the
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Speaker 17: construction of the team.
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Speaker 1: I think you know, obviously a head coach, he's the
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Speaker 1: head coach, and you know we've never had a player
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Speaker 1: come in here that the coaches didn't want, you know,
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Speaker 1: so I think it's imperative that you know he's involved
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Speaker 1: in every player coming in is someone he wants.
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Speaker 17: And then Liam once again, congratulations. How do you assess
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Speaker 17: the lines of scrimmage here and where do you guys
31:47
Speaker 17: need to get better?
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Speaker 3: I think we would all you know, agree that it
31:51
Speaker 3: needs to improve, right. I think that when when you
31:54
Speaker 3: look at first and foremost the offensive side of the ball,
31:58
Speaker 3: you know you want that you in that group. It's
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Speaker 3: the first thing when you break the huddle that the
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Speaker 3: defense sees. I want that to mean something. We want
32:08
Speaker 3: that to mean something, and it will. And that's a mentality.
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Speaker 3: That's personnel, that scheme, that's technique, that's fundamentals, that's attitude.
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Speaker 3: That's something that we need to make sure we instill.
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Speaker 3: And then on the defensive side of the ball, I
32:22
Speaker 3: think we all know that we've got some talented dudes there.
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Speaker 3: We've got some guys that can really go. How do
32:27
Speaker 3: we continue to ensure the inside? But we got three
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Speaker 3: We've got multiple guys up front that can do some
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Speaker 3: good things. We've got to put them in a position
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Speaker 3: to be successful.
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Speaker 2: That's our job. The guys are there.
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Speaker 3: We can continue to add in that room, right, add
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Speaker 3: multiple different positions as well.
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Speaker 2: But that's where it starts.
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Speaker 3: As you mentioned, to go in playoff games and to
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Speaker 3: go do it, you've got to be able to run
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Speaker 3: the football and stop the run first and foremost,