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New Saints HC Kellen Moore Noncommittal On Derek Carr Status As Starting QB · AFR Saints

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  Speaker 1: day landmark day for the New Orleans Saints, as it
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  Speaker 1: is anytime you introduce a new coach, and Kellen Moore
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  Speaker 1: introduced on Thursday as the nineteenth head coach in New
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  Speaker 1: Orleans Saints history. Press conference there at the Saints facility
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  Speaker 1: in Metori. Missus Benson, Mickey Loomis, and Kellen Moore all spoke.
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  Speaker 1: Kellen Moore had his wife and two of his four
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  Speaker 1: children with him and generally speaking, a good day. It's
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  Speaker 1: what you'd expect. It was a common garden variety introductory
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  Speaker 1: press conference. There were some things we had to get
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  Speaker 1: to miss this. Has Benson started things off by uh
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  Speaker 1: kind of laying out what she and they collectively were
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  Speaker 1: looking for in a new coach.
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  Speaker 2: We wanted a coach that was exceptionally bright, creative, and
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  Speaker 2: most importantly, a tremendous leader. I believe that is exactly
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  Speaker 2: what we have in ellen Moore.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 4: Uh did.
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  Speaker 5: Did I? Did? I hear what I did? I hear
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  Speaker 5: what I think I heard.
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  Speaker 2: I believe that is exactly what we have in Ellen Moore.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I'm not so I'm not getting it. It sounds
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  Speaker 1: like she called him ellen.
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  Speaker 3: Moore Ellen Moore. Oh oh yeah, she said ellen Moore,
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  Speaker 3: Ellen Moore. She called him Ellen Moore, ellen Moore.
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  Speaker 4: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe she thought like the k was silent or something
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  Speaker 1: like that, like there's the cheese silent and chopp of tula's. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I do that in New Orleans, right, like chafunkta the
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  Speaker 1: tea is silent. Maybe maybe she's gotta get used to it.
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  Speaker 4: A little bit. Ellen Moore called him Ellen.
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  Speaker 2: Ellen.
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  Speaker 4: Hi, we are off to a rip roaring start, Ellen Moore.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, and there ain't no hiding it. She didn't
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  Speaker 4: trip over a what I mean? She does flat called him.
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  Speaker 2: Ellen ellen Moore.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, oh my god.
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  Speaker 4: But she got it right later in fairness, you got
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  Speaker 4: it right, Kellen. She did call him, Kellen, play it again,
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  Speaker 4: Ellen Moore, Okay, all right, all right, we've got something
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  Speaker 4: to talk about.
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  Speaker 1: I have a feeling you're gonna hear plenty of that
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  Speaker 1: over the next for as long as they allow me
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  Speaker 1: to do this radio show years. But Mickey Loomis went
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  Speaker 1: up as well and effectively talked about this coaching search
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  Speaker 1: in total, and he thanked everybody. But basically the reason
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  Speaker 1: that it dragged on as long that it did.
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  Speaker 4: As mentioned, this was a comprehensive process.
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  Speaker 2: It took longer than we anticipated simply because the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: kept winning.
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  Speaker 4: And that delayed our opportunity to make an informed decision.
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  Speaker 2: We appreciate their patience and cooperation with us during the process.
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  Speaker 1: Uh one of them. So then then Kellen Moore did
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  Speaker 1: take to the podium, and I thought he was impressive.
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  Speaker 1: Uh he's young guy, lots of energy and kind of
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  Speaker 1: gave off college coach program builder vibes. Is maybe the
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  Speaker 1: best way I could say it. But I think for
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  Speaker 1: for I think for most everybody, there's two primary questions
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  Speaker 1: we all know that Kellen Moore has to address first
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  Speaker 1: and foremost, and it's not going to be a singular decision.
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  Speaker 1: It'll be more with Mickey Loomis in the front office
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  Speaker 1: and everything, but one one is Derek Carr and the
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  Speaker 1: other is the salary cap and quite honestly, those do
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  Speaker 1: work in tandem. First, here was Kellen Moore when he
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  Speaker 1: was asked point blank the I mean the question. I'll
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  Speaker 1: play the answer here, but the question point blank was
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  Speaker 1: do you view Derek Carr as the week one starter
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  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five? Like there's no dancing around the
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  Speaker 1: like an ambiguous question, was a very direct question. Here
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  Speaker 1: was the answer.
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  Speaker 5: I've viewed as Derek Carr's a tremendous starting quarterback in
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  Speaker 5: this league. We're fortunate to have him, and we're excited
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  Speaker 5: to go through this process, you know, as we built
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  Speaker 5: this roster together again. I'm meeting these guys for the
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  Speaker 5: first time the last few days. We're excited to meet
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  Speaker 5: more of them and this will be a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 1: So he did not say, yes, Derek Carr is going
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  Speaker 1: to be the Week one starter. He also didn't say
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  Speaker 1: he won't be the Week one starter. That was a
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  Speaker 1: double negative. But I think you understand the point. He
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  Speaker 1: was non committal there with Derek Carr, so you could
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  Speaker 1: read it one way or another.
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  Speaker 4: Now.
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  Speaker 1: Earlier in the press conference, he did speak about Derek
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  Speaker 1: Carr as a player somebod who knows well.
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  Speaker 5: Derek's a tremendous quarterback in this league. I've had so
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  Speaker 5: much respect for him, the journey that he's been on.
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  Speaker 5: He's a starter in this league. He's a premier player
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  Speaker 5: in this league. He's had a great journey obviously, going
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  Speaker 5: from Fresno State to the Raiders and now here. You know,
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  Speaker 5: really excited to team up with him and go through
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  Speaker 5: this process. And so just like any player on this roster,
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  Speaker 5: you know, I just got here a few days ago,
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  Speaker 5: and I'm excited to go through this journey with all
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  Speaker 5: of them.
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  Speaker 4: He dropped a few.
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  Speaker 1: This league's there, I am happy to report. However, we
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  Speaker 1: did in fact get this.
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  Speaker 5: Players in our league.
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  Speaker 1: Hmm, mus we got in our league. I mean, the
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  Speaker 1: guy's adapting to the culture already already. I mean, he
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  Speaker 1: just let being called Ellen roll right off his back
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  Speaker 1: and jumped right into our league. You give me a
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  Speaker 1: I think this, and look, oh look, and I think this.
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  Speaker 1: Now we're cooking with Greece. Okay, we're going right back
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  Speaker 1: to the Peyton era. So Derek Carr. One part of this.
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  Speaker 1: The salary cap is the other part of this. And
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  Speaker 1: here's what Kellen Moore said, and look, in fairness, he
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  Speaker 1: didn't really shy away from this conversation, which I guess
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  Speaker 1: is sort of unavoidable.
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  Speaker 5: Certainly, the opportunity to go through the interview process allows
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  Speaker 5: us to have those conversations and quickly. Again, it's evident
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  Speaker 5: that the leadership here is tremendous. They're best in the
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  Speaker 5: business from a business side of this operation, and we
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  Speaker 5: feel very comfortable where we're going.
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  Speaker 1: We feel comfortable where we're going. But he didn't give
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  Speaker 1: an answer, and I know that as we talk about
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  Speaker 1: the cap in particular with Derek Carr, the only way
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  Speaker 1: that you're going to get real savings is a post
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  Speaker 1: June first designation, right, which would give you about a
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  Speaker 1: thirty million dollar cap savings. But that doesn't allow you
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  Speaker 1: that opportunity then to spend that money in free agency
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  Speaker 1: when the league year begins. So it's really a question
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  Speaker 1: of do you want to make that move now and
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  Speaker 1: not really have any cap savings, or do you want
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  Speaker 1: to wait a year.
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  Speaker 4: Let me rephrase, you'll have cap savings.
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  Speaker 1: It's just not gonna be reflected the point where you
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  Speaker 1: could spend it in free agency this year, or do
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  Speaker 1: you want to roll with Derek Carr another year, see
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  Speaker 1: what that may may be like, and then you make
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  Speaker 1: your decision moving forward. You all know where I stand
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  Speaker 1: on it. But I also think one of the other
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  Speaker 1: things that was very impressive about Kellen Moore Q play
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  Speaker 1: nine please muse and this is I think some understanding
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  Speaker 1: for a guy who's from Washington State, who played collegiately
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  Speaker 1: at Boise State, and now who has coached around the
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  Speaker 1: NFL in Dallas, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, who really has
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  Speaker 1: no ties, recognition, awareness of New Orleans of the city.
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  Speaker 1: He did talk about what the team, what the Saints mean,
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  Speaker 1: not only do the city but to the eight in
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  Speaker 1: the region, and I thought this is I thought there
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  Speaker 1: was a very strong amount of awareness in this answer.
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  Speaker 5: It's very quickly evident this is a tremendous city. The
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  Speaker 5: hospitality and the environment that they provided for the Super
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  Speaker 5: Bowl was really special. You quickly saw what makes this
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  Speaker 5: place an amazing city. And you know, as we've gone
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  Speaker 5: through this process, it just becomes more and more evident.
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  Speaker 5: We truly can't wait for this to become home.
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  Speaker 1: He said the right things, and I think there's part
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  Speaker 1: of that. Kellen Moore was at the Pelicans game with
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  Speaker 1: his family, got a nice introduction there, a nice cheer.
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  Speaker 1: I think there is a part of that. It's part
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  Speaker 1: and parcel with being the Saints head coach. When you
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  Speaker 1: embrace the city, and it's not just the Saints head coach,
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  Speaker 1: it's really anything in Louisiana, whether you're a coach or
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  Speaker 1: a player. We talk about it all the time. You
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  Speaker 1: wrap your arms around the place and the culture, it'll
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  Speaker 1: give you a big bear hug back and you'll never
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  Speaker 1: want to leave. That's that's why Sean hay and very
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  Speaker 1: seamlessly for the Super Bowl was interwoven into some of
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  Speaker 1: the pregame Nola Strong festivities, right, I mean it was.
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  Speaker 1: It was Sean Payton next to Gaile Benson in the
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  Speaker 1: quarter with the Lady Gaga Nola Strong performance. Drew Brees
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  Speaker 1: forever has talked about about that and about making this
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  Speaker 1: home and everything that the city and the franchise means
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  Speaker 1: of the city and the city of the region and everything.
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  Speaker 1: So when you have that awareness, it's gonna endear you
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  Speaker 1: to the people. It doesn't mean you're gonna win games.
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  Speaker 1: There are people who have endeared themselves here and it
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  Speaker 1: didn't work out as a coach or player either way.
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  Speaker 1: But that is a very significant part of being the
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  Speaker 1: Saints head coach. That isn't necessarily true elsewhere, Like that's
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  Speaker 1: not really the case with the Pelicans. They haven't set
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  Speaker 1: a hook culturally in South Louisiana yet. I'm quite certain
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  Speaker 1: if you got to Los Angeles, Jim Harbaugh doesn't need
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  Speaker 1: to be ingratiating himself to the people of Los Angeles
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  Speaker 1: because the Chargers probably people of Los Angeles probably even
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  Speaker 1: know the Chargers are there by and large. It's just
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  Speaker 1: different here. So, uh, Kellen Moore introduced and did address
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  Speaker 1: the first you know two things, primarily that he's gonna
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  Speaker 1: have to worry about cap quarterback and they'll continue evolves,
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  Speaker 1: move forward, and we'll work on missus Benson getting getting
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  Speaker 1: his name right.
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  Speaker 3: Ellen Moore