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Mac & Bone Show - Bruce Arians Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Well, you knew you were never going to pool him. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: because he was probably the most one of the most
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  Speaker 1: prepared linebackers I've ever faced. And if you take the
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  Speaker 1: athletic ability, which was unbelievable, I'll pro everything, but man
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  Speaker 1: was he was so prepared. He knew it was going
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  Speaker 1: to happen before it happened.
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  Speaker 2: Just about every play coach, how often did you say,
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  Speaker 2: because other coaches and players that played against them would say,
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  Speaker 2: how in the world did he know we were going
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  Speaker 2: to do that when we just put it in this week?
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  Speaker 2: So did you also get that feeling with him of
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  Speaker 2: oh my god, how the hell did you figure that
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  Speaker 2: out so quickly?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: I mean every time you, like I said, you might
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  Speaker 1: sneak one past him early in the game that he
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  Speaker 1: hadn't seen and you're never going to get that one again.
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  Speaker 3: That's that's great. We're talking with Bruce arians former head
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  Speaker 3: coach in Arizona in Tampa, and you know he faced
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  Speaker 3: Luke a couple of times in the playoffs. Coach probably
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  Speaker 3: don't want to talk about those games. So the Bucks
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  Speaker 3: divisional rivalry games too, So there's a lot of sample
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  Speaker 3: size of you going against Luke Keighley that that twenty
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  Speaker 3: fifteen I'm gonna make coach relive these he may hang
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  Speaker 3: up on us the twenty good talk, I always say, Coach,
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  Speaker 3: the twenty fifteen champion NFC Championship game is my favorite
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  Speaker 3: sporting event in my twenty plus years of being in Charlotte.
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  Speaker 3: But then of course they go on and they get
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  Speaker 3: they get upset by Denver in the Super Bowl. What
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  Speaker 3: did you think of that team that Luke was a
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  Speaker 3: part of the defense, Cam Newton, and were you surprised
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  Speaker 3: they lost to Denver that year?
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  Speaker 1: No, I thought, defensively, it's one of the best teams
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  Speaker 1: and one of the most well coached teams I've ever faced.
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  Speaker 1: That linebacker crew, the whole crew, and then you know,
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  Speaker 1: the front, the whole front seven was outstanding. And then
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  Speaker 1: there was no there was no weaknesses. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: I was shocked in that championship game that we played
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  Speaker 1: as partly it was dead, but not shocked as they
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  Speaker 1: played as good. The thing about them was if they
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  Speaker 1: got ahead, well watch out that that was they got
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  Speaker 1: that that ball rolling with Cam and everybody, and you
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  Speaker 1: know the celebrations on the sideline, and so if if
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  Speaker 1: they couldn't get ahead. I was wondering if they could
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  Speaker 1: play from behind, so that I think that was the
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  Speaker 1: down ball against Denver Point.
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  Speaker 2: How surprised were you when Luke Keickley retired when he did,
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  Speaker 2: with what seemed like a lot of football years still
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  Speaker 2: ahead of them.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, not very. I think some guys know, you know
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  Speaker 1: that they've got priorities in life. He obviously attained every
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  Speaker 1: goal he wanted to as a player, So yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: mean those guys know. I think of some of the
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  Speaker 1: other guys, Patrick Willison, some other guys, they just knew,
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  Speaker 1: you know, And so it didn't surprise me at all.
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  Speaker 3: Coach, you're still with the Bucks, right, what is the
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  Speaker 3: capacity you're with the Bucks on? And are you joining
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  Speaker 3: us just to get intel on the division rival?
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  Speaker 1: Let's all the way, all the way. No, I'm no
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  Speaker 1: longer employed by the Oh okay, that contract ran up
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  Speaker 1: in February. I'm not a consultant anymore.
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  Speaker 3: So we can let it rip. We can tell you
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  Speaker 3: a secret.
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  Speaker 1: I can root from my boys, Joe Gilbert and Harold Godwin.
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  Speaker 3: That's right, you they were on your staff. They we
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  Speaker 3: talk all the time. Like last year we went through
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  Speaker 3: so many injuries on the O line, and we and
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  Speaker 3: and it just seemed like they always had the next
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  Speaker 3: guy ready to play with no drop off like that.
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  Speaker 3: Is that that that doesn't surprise you one bit?
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  Speaker 1: Huh No, No, I've watched that for was good for
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  Speaker 1: over twenty years. And and Joey too. I mean, those
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  Speaker 1: guys are tremenous coaches.
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  Speaker 2: What do you think of Bryce coach? And he made
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  Speaker 2: some progress last year, but it seems like it's polarizing
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  Speaker 2: when we talked to football people about Bryce and he's
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  Speaker 2: got the contract coming up. What have you seen from Bryce?
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  Speaker 2: Do you do you like Bryce?
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  Speaker 1: Or do you think that I think steady, steady improvement,
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  Speaker 1: stay in the same offense, man quick firing guys and
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  Speaker 1: changing offenses on him. These young quarterbacks don't get a
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  Speaker 1: chance to sit in an offense for three years anymore
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  Speaker 1: and learn how to play the game in the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: because if they don't run right away, they fire the
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  Speaker 1: quarterback coach or the offensive coordinator or the head coach
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  Speaker 1: and start all over again with them. Patience has a
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  Speaker 1: lost virtue with owners anymore.
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  Speaker 3: As the hell, it's so true, it's so true, and
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  Speaker 3: you you know it was only one year. But coach
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  Speaker 3: Canalis was down there in Tampa. What do you feel
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  Speaker 3: about him as a as a young head coach.
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  Speaker 1: I loved his energy. I thought he had great positive
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  Speaker 1: energy and was really very very related with the players
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  Speaker 1: and interacted extremely well. So yeah, I thought Dave had
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  Speaker 1: a really good future.
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  Speaker 2: He's given up play calling already to brad Inzick. How
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  Speaker 2: how selfless is that for a young coach as they're
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  Speaker 2: trying to build something, to already pass off the play
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  Speaker 2: calling for the benefit of the team, and he he
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  Speaker 2: says it's to free his mind up for the in
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  Speaker 2: game stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's a great move. You know, theyre'd
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  Speaker 1: have been together for a long time. I did the
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  Speaker 1: same thing with Byron Leftwiz, you know, once I knew
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  Speaker 1: he was more than ready to do the job. Actually,
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't have taken the Tampa job but had he
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  Speaker 1: not come with me, because I knew he was ready
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  Speaker 1: and I didn't want to do that anymore. So I
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  Speaker 1: think it's a good move. It does allow you to
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  Speaker 1: free up especially in end of half, in the game
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  Speaker 1: scenarios and plan ahead.
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  Speaker 3: Coach, we got to talk about your Hall of Famer too.
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  Speaker 3: We can't make this all about us here in Charlotte.
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  Speaker 3: Larry Fitzgerald first ballot Hall of Famer. And it doesn't
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  Speaker 3: matter what the score was at the end of Cardinals
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  Speaker 3: Panthers games, whether we want or not, Man, we knew
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  Speaker 3: Larry Fitzgerald was a headache to deal with. What was
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  Speaker 3: he what was he like to coach? And what in
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  Speaker 3: your as as a guy that coached him, what are
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  Speaker 3: the things that really made him special?
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  Speaker 1: Oh? Number one, He's a Hall of He's a Hall
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  Speaker 1: of Fame human being. Larry is one of the best
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  Speaker 1: people I've ever coached. And but his availability, he was
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  Speaker 1: always there, and he was always available at a very
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  Speaker 1: very high level. So it was like he loved coaching me.
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  Speaker 1: He never missed practice. He was always He was the
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  Speaker 1: perfect role model for all young players to follow.
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  Speaker 2: When you look at the great wide receivers ever, Randy
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  Speaker 2: Moss was the speed, size, combo work ethic for Jerry Rice.
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  Speaker 2: When you look at Fitzgerald the way he played the game,
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  Speaker 2: what was it about him as a player on the
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  Speaker 2: field that made him so special?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I had all those attributes. He had his size,
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  Speaker 1: he had a strength, he had a speed, unbelievable hands,
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  Speaker 1: and the best thing about Larry. You know, he hasn't
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  Speaker 1: celebrated a touchdown yet.
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  Speaker 3: It's true, Ry Barry Sanders like that. Yeah, that's an
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  Speaker 3: old school folks loved his approach. Right, Just play football, man,
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  Speaker 3: none of the other stuff.
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  Speaker 1: To go to ball the refians, celebrate with your team.
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  Speaker 2: It's true.
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  Speaker 3: It's true. This is the question, coach that if I
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  Speaker 3: ever got a chance to interview you, I wanted to
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  Speaker 3: ask you the mode. I am a York, Pennsylvania native,
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  Speaker 3: much like your much like yourself. I went to York
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  Speaker 3: Catholic High school. Coach, I made it through. I know
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  Speaker 3: you got a little crazy and ended up being asked
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  Speaker 3: to leave. You ended up at York High which was
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  Speaker 3: a huge rival in basketball. We had some battles with
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  Speaker 3: them in basketball. What was it like growing up in York, man,
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  Speaker 3: small small town? Uh and uh, and you're one of
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  Speaker 3: the you're one of the most famous. I would have
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  Speaker 3: to say it was a great man.
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  Speaker 1: York was an awesome place to grow. You know. I
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  Speaker 1: started a renovation of the park systems with Mayor Bracy
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  Speaker 1: when she was in office. And uh, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: grew up in the parks. Mom and dad were working
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  Speaker 1: in factories like everybody else's mom and dad, and you
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  Speaker 1: had somewhere to go. We went to the park every
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  Speaker 1: day and UH, you know, played every game known to man.
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  Speaker 1: And UH had had a great, great growing up in York, Pennsylvania,
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  Speaker 1: and UH great friends to this day.