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Seg 4 - FB Show Sept 19 Jim Mora · Coaches Corner

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  It's Duke and Yukon and Jim Moore with us on the Yukon Football Coaches Show.
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  Quick thoughts on Duke. I'm looking at this quarterback six four two twelve,
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  Riley Leonard. The dude was a basketball player in Mobile, Alabama.
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  He likes football more. He's had a terrific start to his season, you
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  know, throwing from one hundred and seventy seven a game. He's rushing a
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  ball well sixty nine a game. So again, another dual threat QB to
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  face. Yeah, I mean, he's honestly, he's a great player.
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  His mechanics are beautiful. He can run, he throws a wonderful pass.
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  He's on target, he knows where to go with the ball, has great,
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  great ability to get out and make people miss in the open field.
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  He takes care of the football. He just kind of does everything right.
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  He's got a great offensive line that he's operating behind. I mean, it's
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  one of the best offensive lines of football in my opinion, is referenced by
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  the fact that they are where they are nationally in the rushing statistics and they
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  don't give up sacks. He's got, you know, two running backs that
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  he primarily relies on to carry the ball. They're one of the top teams
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  in the country running the ball, and then they got receivers. They will
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  go catch the ball, get yards after the catch, and they're all willing
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  blockers. So offensively, it's a really good football team. And then on
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  defense, you know, they're giving up nine points a game in three game
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  through three games, so it's a hell of a challenge. You know,
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  they deserve to be ranked in the top twenty, and you know, like
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  you said, there at eighteenth, Well, that doesn't surprise me, and
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  it wouldn't surprise me if they were ranked higher. They're a really, really,
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  really good football team. And this quarterback is pretty darned special. Yeah,
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  it's interesting. Mike Elkoll their head coach, second year there. He's
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  a defensive guy, defensive coordinator in a number of places including Notre Dame and
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  Wake Forrest and Texas A and M So he's doing a nice job with that
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  duke program so far. And they're running backs Dalen Calhoun, as you mentioned,
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  Jordan Waters. They all run run the ball very well, and they're
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  i think one of their wide receivers if I'm correct on this, Jordan Moore
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  was a quarterback. Now he's a wide receiver and he's made twelve catches already
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  this year. Yeah, it was a quarterback. He's a heck of a
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  receiver. Though. I'm hoping that they don't do the double pass or something.
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  We'll be ready for that. But he's darn good receiver. Their receivers
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  are all really good players. They're tight end is very impressive. He's you
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  know, he's one of those guys that can block up inside and then you
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  split him out and he can get himself open. I mean, he's a
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  really good player. They're just a they're darn good football team. Darn good
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  football team. Yeah, they got to win over Clemson to start their season.
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  Hell of the opposition. As you mentioned to twenty eight points so far,
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  all this quick thought on your offense, team in the last five games
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  hadn't scored more than twenty you you know, made that point you said,
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  we got to get better, we got to start forcing the ball down the
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  field. Well, however you're going to do it. What's your thought on
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  the offensive side of the ball for Yukon, how do you get this thing
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  really generating some some I don't know what you want to call it. Some
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  force to get the ball down the field. You know, it's been a
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  struggle, you know, and I think you gotta you know, there's a
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  lot of reasons why. Number one is the second year in a row we've
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  lost our starting quarterback. You know, early in the season last week,
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  the second drive of the of the first game this year, you know,
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  I think it was early in the second quarter of the second game. So
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  that disrupts a little of your rhythm. Obviously, having a really a whole
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  new group of receivers, we disrupts your rhythm. Cam Ross didn't play much
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  last year at all. Jordan Porter wasn't here, Brett Buckman wasn't here.
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  So there's, you know, that consistency that builds through repetition. You know,
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  we haven't gotten there yet. We didn't run the ball especially well the
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  first three games, and so teams could you know, sit back and play
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  a little bit more coverage made it which made it hard. But all those
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  being things being said, they're really, you know, kind of they're just
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  excuses we have to find as a staff. We have to find ways to
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  get guys open. We have to we have to find ways to make sure
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  that we're putting our quarterbacks in position to do what they do best. And
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  then players got to go out and they got to execute, and they got
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  to make contested catches. You know, not every you're not always going to
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  be wide open. Sometimes you're gonna have to fight for the ball. And
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  when we get in those positions, you know, we got to win more
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  than we lose. And you know, the great thing is is you've got
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  a bunch of people here. They're committed to getting better and not at all
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  satisfied and and maybe disappointed, but not discouraged. So we're just gonna keep
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  keep looking for and emphasizing what we believe will work for us. It's Military
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  Appreciation Week this week, as Yukon takes on Duke Special, meaning obviously for
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  those who protect us around the world. We're gonna talk to Gilanni Stafford and
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  George Carroten and the latter half of the show. Coach Gilanni Stafford is an
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  interesting guy. I mean, bright dude, played linebacker, running back in
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  high school. Now you got him running the football. I mean everyone gets
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  excited to see that stuff. He got into the end zone last week.
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  Is he gonna be hard to control? Ego wise? Now this guy's scoring
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  touchdowns for you. No, not Jilani. He's as down to earth as
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  they get, hard worker, great kid. No one's gonna let his ego
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  get out of control, and it wouldn't anyway because he's just not built that
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  way. But it's fun to see you on ninety seven roll out on the
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  field with the offense and I love that way he dove into the end zone.
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  It's gonna make sure we take care of that football. So yeah,
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  listen, you know you're always trying to find ways to utilize the players on
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  your team, and Gilanni gives us a lot in that role. So but
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  it does not forget. I don't want him forget his primary role as to
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  be, you know, a defensive tackle, which maybe not as glamorous as
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  being a running back, but hey, very impactful. Yeah, no doubt
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  about it. We love him all right, coach. We appreciate it so
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  much. Thanks. We'll see you on Saturday, Yukon and Dupe. That's
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  Jamara. We're back with more. We're gonna talk to Jilanni, Stafford,
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  George Carraton as we continue on the Yukon Football Coaches Show.