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Pete Carroll: "I Can't Wait To See Our Guys Go" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Well, we kicked off the season with the hext of
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  Speaker 1: a ball game last night. Uh, it's fun to see
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  Speaker 1: it get started. We made it here. It is as
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  Speaker 1: close as we can get to going. Uh, everybody's ready
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  Speaker 1: to roll. And uh, you know you gotta wait and
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  Speaker 1: open up the Christmas package, see what you get inside
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  Speaker 1: and find out what it is.
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  Speaker 2: You can't wait to see our guys go. I've got
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  Speaker 2: to see.
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  Speaker 1: So many guys yous here calls.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of guys that have been out there. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's it's it feels good to have those guys.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we've been counting on 'em all along and
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  Speaker 1: and then you know, you go without for a while,
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  Speaker 1: so it's a nice boost to get them back out.
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  Speaker 2: And everybody held held through, made it no problem. So
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  Speaker 2: we're ready to go.
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  Speaker 1: He he didn't. He did a nice job. He did
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  Speaker 1: a nice job getting through. He worked and competed, got
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  Speaker 1: uh a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Of turns, but measured the whole time. They just feel
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  Speaker 2: like he's just got it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he he could he could possibly play. So
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  Speaker 1: we got him as questionable and we'll see what happens
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  Speaker 1: with that. But you know, I we got we gotta
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  Speaker 1: do long term thinking and make sure we're taking care
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  Speaker 1: of our guys as best we possibly can.
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  Speaker 2: And so we'll see what we do, what we do
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  Speaker 2: with that. Any limitations at all, those he's just told you.
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  Speaker 2: M n.
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  Speaker 1: He hasn't shown him one. Seriously, it's been amazing. Like
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  Speaker 1: I've been saying, it's it's really really cool to see
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  Speaker 1: how man.
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  Speaker 2: I know you were obviously hoping for the best as
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  Speaker 2: soon as you heard about theory that he is surprised.
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  Speaker 2: We'd always oh, every every everything has surprised me. Everything.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, you know, it could have been entirely different process throughout,
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  Speaker 1: but he was, uh, his true competitor. He's a real deal,
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  Speaker 1: and he he d demonstrated.
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  Speaker 2: That what what happened when DV was just just banged
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  Speaker 2: his shoulder a little bit. He's fine, he's fine. He
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  Speaker 2: expect to play. Yes, he just kept not yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: And and how about with with Ken Walker popping up
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  Speaker 1: on the injury report yesterday?
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  Speaker 2: Is he okay? You a good right now? He's fine.
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  Speaker 2: He's been screaming out here. He's doing great with the rookie.
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  Speaker 1: Is you know first day for all of the guys,
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  Speaker 1: is it anything any different?
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  Speaker 2: Coffee? You get to that just make sure we were
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  Speaker 2: right in your space.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, like John, I've been I've been working
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  Speaker 1: for this day for a long time with those guys,
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  Speaker 1: in particular in our language and our uh you know,
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  Speaker 1: our perspective and and how we wanna respond and do
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  Speaker 1: you deal with it and all of that. We'll find
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  Speaker 1: out how we did, you know, we'll find out if
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  Speaker 1: the guys are are able to play like they're capable.
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  Speaker 1: That that's really all. It's a it's a simple ask
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  Speaker 1: in a sense, but it's way harder to do than
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  Speaker 1: you know, anybody could do it if it was easy. So, uh,
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  Speaker 1: I'm hoping that the guys will will do their part,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and and play the game like we've been
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  Speaker 1: counting on them, and and and play really hard and
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  Speaker 1: and chase it around and do all the cool stuff
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  Speaker 1: that we've seen them do to get them to this point.
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  Speaker 1: It's a very very exciting, uh, young group of guys now,
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  Speaker 1: and they're gonna play, They're gonna be out there, are
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  Speaker 1: anything like call any game from the.
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  Speaker 2: Box or persons that do well.
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  Speaker 1: Years ago, when I was at San Francisco, i'd never
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  Speaker 1: been upstairs, and uh, George Sefer told me to go upstairs.
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  Speaker 2: You know. When I was there.
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  Speaker 1: For the two seasons, I was with them, and and uh,
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  Speaker 1: from the moment I got up there, I I I
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  Speaker 1: kicked myself because I didn't realize how much better it
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  Speaker 1: is to call the game from upstairs.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: It's just it's just better and and uh it's easier.
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  Speaker 1: You just clearer, y, you have more at your disposal,
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  Speaker 1: You have more uh information handed to you over your
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  Speaker 1: shoulder at all times, you know, and and you just
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  Speaker 1: really and you can see things happening. Not not so
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  Speaker 1: much to see the game. It's see what's leading up
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  Speaker 1: to the game. It's the substitutions. It's down the distance.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you immediately see the D and D when
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  Speaker 1: when you're upstairs, and and then you also see that
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  Speaker 1: you're the first one to see the guys coming on
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  Speaker 1: the field too. All of those things dictate how you
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  Speaker 1: make your calls, you know. So it's it's just a
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  Speaker 1: better place.
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  Speaker 2: I was. I was thrilled that he was.
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  Speaker 1: He was open for the thought and he went up
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  Speaker 1: there and thought, there's no question he wants to be
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  Speaker 1: up there.
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  Speaker 2: So he did it.
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  Speaker 1: No better?
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  Speaker 2: Did it work? Better? Things?
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  Speaker 1: Keep it?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it worked.
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  Speaker 1: It worked fine, and we're like, we were in full
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  Speaker 1: s you know, mid season form. So, uh, we had
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  Speaker 1: prepared for it and done a lot of work to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that we were ready and and it was
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  Speaker 1: easy going.
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  Speaker 2: Why do you lived up to the coordinators to figure
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  Speaker 2: it out? I didn't.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I wanna go upstairs and one, but but I
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  Speaker 1: was gonna engauge it on how he handled it, you
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  Speaker 1: know what he felt and uh, and so it worked
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  Speaker 1: out great.
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  Speaker 2: So we're we're excited about that. He said he wanted
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  Speaker 2: to do that blast year. But you obviously we're.
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  Speaker 1: Working in the new scheme and to get the assistant
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  Speaker 1: coaches that many of them first time.
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  Speaker 2: But how about the players playing that too, and just
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  Speaker 2: needing to have him.
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  Speaker 1: Down the well, No, you you miss a guy like Clinton.
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  Speaker 2: It's not like it's all or nothing here. It's a
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  Speaker 2: it's a great idea in all all areas.
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  Speaker 1: You you give up something, you know, he he's a
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  Speaker 1: great l uh sideline coach, and he's he's important to
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  Speaker 1: the players. He's the one that talks to him all
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  Speaker 1: the time, so they don't get the direct conversation with him.
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  Speaker 1: So you gotta have strong guys down there that do
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  Speaker 1: a good job and unfortunately, you know, our guys can
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  Speaker 1: handle it really well. That's part of the process in
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  Speaker 1: deciding whether it's gonna work out and all. And uh,
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  Speaker 1: so we put it all together and then he was
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  Speaker 1: all for it and made it work.
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  Speaker 2: So Carl and.
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  Speaker 1: Johnny down downstairs and and the other guys who are
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  Speaker 1: on the staff down there, they did a a a
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  Speaker 1: fine job of picking it up and uh and carrying
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  Speaker 1: the load down there.
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  Speaker 2: So that now that you putus toy, h how do
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  Speaker 2: you just field up the seam in general?
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  Speaker 1: That's how everything is going to hear. And you know, Bob,
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  Speaker 1: the the whole time it's been building towards getting to
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  Speaker 1: this point. You know, everything has been a a staging
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  Speaker 1: of it and uh, there hasn't been any setbacks.
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  Speaker 2: At any time. You know.
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  Speaker 1: The the the mentality of the players there if they're
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  Speaker 1: hungriness and that probably would be better if you said hunger. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: they're hunger, you know for trying to do something special
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  Speaker 1: with this season. It has been obvious the whole time.
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  Speaker 1: A couple of guys that we added, you know, Drake
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  Speaker 1: coming in and and uh, Julian coming in, you know.
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  Speaker 2: And Mario, those guys.
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  Speaker 1: They they've had a they've had an impact, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and as well to add to it, it's it's just
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  Speaker 1: been a great process for us to get to here
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  Speaker 1: and we get now I say all that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm really fired up, and we could we're as
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  Speaker 1: well equipped right.
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  Speaker 2: Now as we've been a long time.
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  Speaker 1: And we're young and feisty and ready to go too,
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  Speaker 1: which I love, and we have experienced leadership. So all
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  Speaker 1: of those elements come together to make it you know,
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  Speaker 1: very you know, very high hopes and and big expectation.
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  Speaker 2: And we went back and off.
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  Speaker 1: We we're gonna win every game, and we're gonna try
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  Speaker 1: doing it, but by winning this first one, and we'll
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  Speaker 1: see what happens.
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  Speaker 2: Next, you know.
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  Speaker 1: And and uh so there's been nothing but ups and
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  Speaker 1: positive you know. And the Fellaws have done a really
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  Speaker 1: good job. The leadership has done a really good job
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  Speaker 1: to hang with us and keep the young guys moving
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  Speaker 1: along and keep everybody in order. So it's it's been
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  Speaker 1: really cool.
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  Speaker 2: He's heart he said earlier this week. You were excited
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  Speaker 2: to get Mike Morris back into the mix here. What
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  Speaker 2: is it about having him back just six six three hundred?
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's he's just a different looking guy on
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  Speaker 1: our field than the other guys. And he's got he's
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  Speaker 1: got the stature. He's really smart. Uh, he's done a
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  Speaker 1: really good job playing technique for us and done some
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  Speaker 1: really good things. He's got a ton of learning to do,
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  Speaker 1: but he's he's a really astute learner and he's gonna
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  Speaker 1: figure it out. He's gonna be improving throughout the season.
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  Speaker 1: And so, uh, you know, I picture it. Once we
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  Speaker 1: saw him, got him on the field a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: I saw kind of what we thought, you know, he
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  Speaker 1: could become.
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  Speaker 2: And then we lose him for a bit.
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  Speaker 1: So it was frustrated to not have him because we
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  Speaker 1: were just getting going. So to get him back now
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  Speaker 1: with a couple of weeks on his belt and ready
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  Speaker 1: to go, oh so we're I mean, we're uh, I'm
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  Speaker 1: feeling he he's got a role to play and we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna we'll we gonna find some play in this game.
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  Speaker 2: Is the shoulder thing behind him or is this.
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  Speaker 1: U It's it's right over here, you know. Uh, it's
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  Speaker 1: I don't know that, you know what I mean. He
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  Speaker 1: we'll find out, you know, when he plays and see
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  Speaker 1: how he does. I mean, right now, he's in good shape,
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  Speaker 1: feels feels strong and all of that, and we'll see
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  Speaker 1: if if if he can sustain in the rehabit has
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  Speaker 1: really hurt help him, we'll.
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  Speaker 2: See, Oh yeah, did Jackson good? But you have to
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  Speaker 2: wait and see. Yah. That wouldn't that be terrible if
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  Speaker 2: I just broke it to you right now? Gosh, dart
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  Speaker 2: the on the on the young guys, you talked about
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  Speaker 2: the hunger. Just what did you see about the professionals
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  Speaker 2: them off the field, diving to the plate or taking
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  Speaker 2: care of their bodies and just making this making that
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  Speaker 2: transistently professionally. Yeah, yeah, I'm the There are no hitches.
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  Speaker 2: There has been there.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, f let me fix this one too. There
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  Speaker 1: have been no glitches. Yeah, uh along the way and
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  Speaker 1: do we.
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  Speaker 2: Edit these things? And you know.
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  Speaker 1: They're they're smart, you know, and then they're listening and
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  Speaker 1: they're taking they're taking from the the leadership, you know,
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  Speaker 1: what's important and how to how to do stuff. And
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  Speaker 1: they just have been on track the whole time. But
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  Speaker 1: we have any issues around the hotel guys off the field,
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  Speaker 1: and there's been nothing. It's been there's been nothing, you
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  Speaker 1: know that to to set us back at all. We
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  Speaker 1: haven't had any issues. So uh, it's just been on
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  Speaker 1: the field, practicing, working hard, having fun, meeting and doing
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  Speaker 1: all our stuff and and uh and it's just been
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  Speaker 1: impressive groups. So that's why there's such a build to
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  Speaker 1: this point. You know, it's just everything's been on a
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  Speaker 1: on the positive and.
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  Speaker 2: The unique experience of last night. You pay any attention
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  Speaker 2: little Lions and their staff as guys.
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  Speaker 1: Are watching you do the Lions of course, of course, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: of course, I mean, I mean the fact that they're
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  Speaker 1: playing that night and so we get to see the.
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  Speaker 2: Next uponment that we're saying yeah yeah, uh, I don't
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  Speaker 2: know that had.
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  Speaker 1: Any to do it, but it just you know, we're
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  Speaker 1: watching just as we you know, we're competing, and so
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  Speaker 1: we gotta see what we can see and what the
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  Speaker 1: what the game shows is you know, you you you
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  Speaker 1: get information that you don't get other times when you
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  Speaker 1: see a game out of that magnitude and that.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of exposure and all that. So it's good.
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  Speaker 1: Well we're pretty disciplined about it, you know, we're not
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  Speaker 1: confused by what we just saw, you know.
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  Speaker 2: It just it's uh, it was good to see him
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  Speaker 2: away get names something then.
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  Speaker 1: U have you settled on the left corner for Sunday
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  Speaker 1: starting with Corn of the Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're gonna see.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, everybody's gonna play. You know, those guys have
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  Speaker 1: all been working really hard, so everybody will get some
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  Speaker 1: play time.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see. Let them figure out when you when you
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  Speaker 2: figure it out
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  Speaker 1: Anything else good, you see it