This week we're talking all things Hokies Football Fall Camp. We go position by position to breakdown the depth chart battles taking place and what the ramifications of those battles might mean for the Hokies 2021 campaign.

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Welcome back to the boundary
Corner podcast.

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My name is Curtis Wilson.
I'm Brian Sigler.

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What's up buddy?
How you Doing Wednesday night,

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Wednesday night, folks pressing
record to go through a ton of

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stuff tonight man.
Me and Brian.

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We set on the production meeting
for two and a half hours a day,

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getting all this stuff together,
it was fun, it took some time,

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but email, we was a lot of stuff
to kind of arrange and digest.

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So we can make sure that we were
getting everything to you guys

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that we think you need.
So yep.

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And guys out there we are
pressing record on Wednesday

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night, we're going to be doing
some streams on Wednesday night

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to and during the weekday
Wednesday, nights are going to

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be nice to her present record.
We're going to start dropping on

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Thursdays now so as the season
gets on, you've got a couple

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days to press play, on any of
our formats to Give a listen to

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the game.
So in a way Bridle is you can

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say this is the beginning of our
fall Camp, you just stay nice.

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We're we're kind of breaking
ourselves in as we Start for the

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season.
As you guys know, we're going to

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be going live after on after
every game in the season.

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Those episodes will probably
drop on Monday in full.

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Give you a couple days to
digest.

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Those we're going to be back in
the booth again on Wednesday.

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Drop it on Thursday, give you a
couple days to digest those

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before, it's game time.
So it should be a pretty good

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format for you guys.
Give you something to have twice

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a week, but enough time to kind
of Digest.

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And not, not overwhelm you with
content here.

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Exactly.
This is also a move to save me

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and brine sleeping hours because
Tina Brown were talking the

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other week in her, like a great
doing on Thursday, the issue

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doing on Thursday is normally,
there's some type of football

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game on which after we finish
recording, we're looking at it,

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we're watching we're talking
back and forth.

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The next thing you know, we've
down four to six beers and then

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the next thing you know, it's 30
and we have to be at work and we

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both have to be up early to get
our kids ready, see Curtis said

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12:30, but he's really mean in
130 and true really.

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You know, by the time there's
been, there's been several

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nights where I'm like, okay,
well I've stayed up this long.

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I might as well go ahead and do
everything I want to do to this

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this recording so it can get out
first thing instead of waiting

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till the morning.
So exactly.

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So this was a move that is for
the listener to You guys

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multiple days to download the
content?

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Take a listen, but it's also for
our bodies.

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Because as we were joking,
Brian, if you ever do anything

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on Thursday night and it doesn't
matter whether you were in

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college or now, as we are in our
30s, with kids and real jobs,

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Friday's will the carrot, you
feel like, it's okay.

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I can go on three hours of
sleep, tomorrow's Friday the

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weekend after that.
Yeah, I can make it eight hours.

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I can I can you know punch in
punch out and then if I need to

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get some extra sleep, I got that
opportunity.

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If I need to do a little power
nap before I head out on a

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Friday night, I can do that.
That mean that's it's that's

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what it's all about.
Whether you're 20 or 40, you can

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always make that excuse to get a
little foul on Thursday night

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because Friday, is always going
to be a short one for you, or at

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least it feels that way.
Exactly.

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And when you legitimately do
that every weekend in the fall,

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Plus obviously Saturday nights,
where up late.

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Anyway, recording watching the
late games and then would you

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like me sometimes if you all
remember from last season

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sitting on a deck freezing my
ass off.

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Exactly.
And Gatlinburg recording the the

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postgame podcast.
Exactly.

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Hilarious.
Right.

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Well tonight guys, what we're
going to be looking at is we are

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going to be looking at Camp
battles for the season.

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Obviously we had press
conferences last week, you know,

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media got access shout out some
of the info, you know, credit

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Andy, bitter - Zola Mike Barber
amongst other, guys are going to

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be getting into that before we
jump onto that, we have had a

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few commitments since we last
met with you guys.

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So let's start and take a look
at those guys and and one other

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big subject that broke just the
other day.

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Let's start with DeAndre Martin
out of Life.

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Christian Academy here in the
r-va DeAndre originally from

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Durham series ranked with the
North Carolina recruits.

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He is ranked 21 to a top 25
players from down there, three

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star rated as an 87 by 24/7 and
he is a hoss 63 and a half about

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290 pounds and man, look in here
a solid offer list.

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You're looking at Florida,
State, Tennessee, South

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Carolina, and UVA, all offered
as well.

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So that interest from multiple
Schools for I, what did you see

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from this tape?
This is a big kid and I think,

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you know, we talked about
getting some of these new

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pipelines.
This is definitely one that we

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need to get in with life like
Christian Academy but I like the

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way Martin plays, he's got good
size, kind of a good first step

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for a guy that big especially at
the high school level.

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So I like what he's bringing to
the table.

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You know, I think an 87 is
probably about right?

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In terms of, we're waiting for
him.

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I would put him kind of as that
high three-star range.

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So I think to 47s, probably
right on the money, there could

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be 86 to 88 was kind of the
range.

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I was expecting so 87, came
right in the middle there.

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And, you know, we're looking, I
don't know if he's going to get

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enough ratings from the other
venues to really to pull that

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composite rating out there.
But 87 solid.

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I like the kid, I'm excited to
get him in and I love that.

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We're still, you know, focusing
on these these big kids coming

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out of the high school ranks and
not some of the undersized guys

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that we've been looking at
before, you know, pushing 64

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pushing 295.
That's exactly what you want.

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From an interior defensive
lineman, absolutely primary

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recruiters were Ron Smith and JC
price and essentially beat out

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South Carolina and Shane This
one.

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So, again, solid offer list
solid size at a Uprising sort of

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Prep School here in the r-va
Life Christian Academy.

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They've got quite a few, guys.
It's like they're building some

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down there, so definitely a good
way to start the pipeline there.

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Now Brian, just a few short
hours ago, we got another

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commitment.
Yes, we did Mansoor delay.

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Yeah.
Mansur Delaney.

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Yeah.
That was a.

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That was a, that was a pretty
big one too.

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You know, I know you got the
probably you got the measurables

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there, you can go ahead and read
those off for it.

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I mean Corner 61 180 pounds.
So solid cornerback size their

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number 15 player in Maryland,
rating in 86.

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But we know about lower star
rank kids coming out of

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Maryland, especially cornerback
position and pretty solid

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awkward list.
You know, with, you know,

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obviously us BC Louisville
again.

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Another UVA offer we had Last
battle with Maryland there which

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is good wind, you know, Michael
I feel he's been recruiting very

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well done at Maryland.
The last couple years and he is

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a hell of a recruiting head
coach.

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So what do you see in four men?
Sore after he delayed us an

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hour?
Wow word is he didn't delay is

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the guy doing his editing, the
latest he was, he was waiting on

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it at it, waiting on it that
it's so ended up being about

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what about an hour and 15
minutes later than anticipated

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drop somewhere around.
Around 6:15 6:20?

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Yeah, he was he was aiming for a
5:00 announcement.

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Originally so you know, I'll say
this before I get into what I

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see on tape, Winning the battles
against the South Carolina's and

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the Maryland's you always say,
it's what we've got to do.

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Consistently.
Yes we do.

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We're going to lose a few here
and there to the Blue Bloods.

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We can't lose commits that we
sit well with two programs that

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we are level with or above in
terms of overall talent and

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Prestige.
So getting these wins,

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regardless of what you think
about the individual player is

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Look good thing.
So I say that to say this,

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looking at Delaney's tape, I
like the way he plays from a

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physical standpoint does a
really good job redirecting

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receivers getting them off their
path.

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Probably is going to need to
work on kind of turning hips and

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making sure that if he's not
able to get any sort of, you

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know, physical element at the
snap of the football that he's

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in the right position.
Throughout the entirety of the

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route.
But overall, I think he's a guy

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that can potentially contribute
to us in the future.

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So I like this pick up, you
know, it's not, it's not

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necessarily moving the needle
for us, but at the same time,

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it's a solid pick up in the type
of pickup, we need to

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consistently go out there and
win.

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Absolutely, it's also a region
of the country, we need to

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continue to grow the
relationships with and if we

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need to get these type players,
you go back 25 years ago when

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you take a look, Get that 95
team and I know that's a long

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time ago folks but there were a
lot of Maryland kids, the

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fuller's-earth in Maryland, we
always had a decent pipeline up

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there.
Really big when Billy Hite was

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there with the math of feel like
Billy can walk in there, just

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about get any player in but it's
having that whole piece because

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we always talk about what?
What's what's of recruiting

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blueprint, right?
You can't get 20 guys from

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Virginia and sit on that.
It's getting as Brian always

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wants three or four in the top.
10 6 to 8 in the top 20 in

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Virginia.
And then pick one or two, all

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primarily two or three off from
North Carolina.

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South Carolina, Georgia Florida.
And now the end of the day in

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Texas, pick one or two off of
there and occasionally from

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somewhere else in that region.
That's how you build a program

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like Virginia Tech.
You want 45 percent or so from

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Virginia.
And you want at least four of

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those guys to be top 15 players.
Yep.

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That's what you want.
Crap, preferably two of them to

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be top ten and then you kind of
go from there.

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I mean we could fill the the
team Ginny kids every year.

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But at this point, the way other
schools are recruiting.

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We do well, but we would, we
still wouldn't get to where we

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need to be.
So we still need to cast that

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net especially to those areas
that we sit well with

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historically like Marilyn, like
Duval like some of the areas in

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Georgia that we've kind of
started to carve out a path in

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like the, the Triad, I mean,
we've done really well in the

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Triad.
Of late.

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So that's where we.
I mean if you're if you're

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talking outside of Virginia,
that's where we need to focus.

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Like Texas is great.
We get a couple guys from there

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every cycle, that's fine.
But you still got to cultivate

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those traditional pipelines that
you have established since, you

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know, the early 90s.
Absolutely, in taking a look

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here, mean, we have a class of
twenty one so far and a tour

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from Virginia.
So they're right in that range

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that you come over on about 45%
from the state.

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And then again, I'm just looking
here and got not talk about the

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Triad Xavier Simmons.
You got a couple guys from

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Texas.
You got some Pennsylvania, guys.

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You got some Georgia, guys, you
guys from South Carolina, guys.

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So this is the blueprint that
should have never stopped, but

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it did, but will digress on that
one time.

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All right, other big news this
week, that broke and I'm sure

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everybody's heard it by now,
with Babcock gets an extension.

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The 2029.
That is a long time away.

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Yep.
Get the math behind our sons

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will be driving when which
contract is up, this is

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accurate.
Yeah, so as far as what are you

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thoughts?
I mean, what do you think with

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which so far in his first seven
years at Virginia Tech?

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So I think there's there's kind
of two angles to approach this,

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and the first is going to be,
I'll separate it by how he's

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done, in terms of hiring and
managing talent for the athletic

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department.
And then I'll bring you down in

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terms of overall athletic
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So on that first piece outside
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as probably, any AD in the
country, in terms of getting

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coaches in With Talent getting
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sports competitive across the
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He's a damn good job at that.
and, Say what you will about

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Fuente.
But that wasn't necessarily a

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bad hire.
When it happened, it wasn't the

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preferred higher, but it wasn't
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It hasn't worked out but
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going to say that.
It was a whiff.

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I'm going to say that.
He probably had some options

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that may have been a better fit
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But there wasn't any red flags
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have been a bad hire when that
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So it is what it is at this
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that's where this comes into the
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For Excellence launching.
And Regardless of what happens

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with went away, whether he's
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whether he rides out the
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think overall.
They've said you've done well

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enough, where we're going to let
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Yeah, you're going to get one
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One more shot at this.
While you're you're here based

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on your overall track record we
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better this time in terms of
finding a fit and I Coming over

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all.
Now, you'll say Fuente is a bad

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fit, just I think Flint with
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but I think Fuente is a bad fit
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that fans wanted or expected
coming off of beamer, I think he

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did a good job of respecting.
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things about Virginia Tech
coming in, but he didn't kind of

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get the nuances of what the fan
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That's 100% true.
You go from prank, who is just

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at that point in time and even
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was lovable, Grandpa figure.
Even if you go back, when we

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were younger, if he was here,
people that met him, he was a

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very approachable person where
people pay is not and could that

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change of one day, maybe maybe
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If if you get 12 wins a year,
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cuz everybody love you
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But if one day here at the time
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You look like two or three guys
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had to get in.
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Now, what's happened,
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Is not good, especially the last
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two, because people jump on, and
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And after we were 19 and eight,
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And we were on the doorstep of
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game like on the doorstep.
If that happens in 16, The

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Narrative changes but he had a
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bigger programs were going to
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athletic department.
I mean everything's competing

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Everything dip, everything's
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You know you had softball.
Make it to Super Regionals.

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You had so many guys in
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Make it track and field
outstanding when the ACC again

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baseball had a, heck of a run
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Just forgot how to play
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But so many things are doing
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Soccer is ranked again, soccer
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believe.
Think since what's been here?

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Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong
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success.
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opportunity because he's built
everything right where wit make

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this mistake and this is where
we're going with for Wente is,

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and you've said it numerous
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And I'm sure you've set it to
other folks.

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He came in and he cleaned up the
other stuff first instead of

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paying attention to football
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Now once he realized that what
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got to do something with, he has
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The facilities upgrade the
dining hall upgrade.

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The student dorms it went, it
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happened.
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okay, we're behind and things
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gotten caught back up.
And, you know, do we sit here

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and say, if he starts spending
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program, when he first comes in,
Are we where we are?

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We don't know.
We can speculate and say no we'd

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have better facilities easier
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We wouldn't have the run-in with
Baylor and all that stuff

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whatever.
But overall, he's put everything

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else on good footing and now he
is focused on the football

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program and that's what's got to
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Absolutely.
And, you know, we can look and

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pick apart things and and
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But I mean, looking back at
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At that point, did we look at
what was happening as a trend or

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as a blip blip?
So but then you had 14 yet,

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fifteen different gone and then
you had with maybe thinking new

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head coach might be enough to
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for me to get these other pieces
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drop off.
He was good for two years, it

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wasn't good for the four or five
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Start getting these things in
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So not not saying that, that was
the mindset, but, but trying to

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think about it from a strategic
plan standpoint, that might have

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been kind of the angle.
He was going at and just things

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didn't quite hang on long
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In both the the pre Foo era and
the the sense Foo era to really

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make it look like, you know, the
design that he had in his head

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at the time.
But it's the it's like the early

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through there and then 18 was
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of the lake through era.
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obviously what saves his job and
I know we're going to probably

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argue that all season with
people Brian but what saves his

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job?
I know I've got a number of my

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head, you've got a number in
your head will be revealing that

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in a few weeks and so who knows
that's going to be the

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interesting thing because Is in.
For some people, it might be a

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moving Target depending on what
the wins and the losses look

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like.
And for some people, it might

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be, if you don't hit this
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think you should be gone.
So it's going to be different

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for different people.
And, you know, that's Wednesday

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forward to having some of you
guys discussed this with us.

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It has we, you know, shake down
some of these wins and losses

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this season because I'm sure
that A point that topics going

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to come up whether it's every
week for good or ill every week

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is going to come up every week.
All right, now guys, before we

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get into looking at what's going
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we are going to go take a quick
pause for a message from our

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All right, Brian.

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Let's start it out here.
Let's start on the defensive

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side of the ball.
Let's take a look at the

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defensive ends first, and I
don't think this was going to

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shock anybody, you know, curl,
the reports were seeing out

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there Mari bar.
No, Taiwan Garbutt up in the

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first group, you know, obviously
J, Hamm during the presser

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mentioned last week.
Barn is just scratching the

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surface of his ability and he
thinks that he's going to put

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pressure on offenses that have
to adjust to him which is going

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to make a thing.
Easier for Garba in the rest of

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defensive line and probably the
rest of the whole defense and I

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agree completely with him on
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Yeah, I think that was a good
assessment.

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I mean the type of just the
physicality and the speed and

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athleticism and he brings
they're going to be shading

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protection, his way chipping
with tight ends.

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That's going to potentially take
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Out of a route is least in the
early part so that that tight

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end now because Has more or less
a check down type option and not

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somebody, you know, running a
seam or or any other kind of

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complex route in the middle of
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So there's a bunch of things
that that can happen from that

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aside from just the trickle-down
of you know, guy like Jordan

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Williams not getting a double
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one on the other side.
Like there's just so many things

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that that opens up and take some
pressure off those other guys.

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So, having Bardot be able to,
you know, take another step is

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going to be important this year
because, you know, we talked

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about how how much of a step he
took from Week 1 to the final

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week of the Season.
Not really having a, you know, a

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true fall Camp to prepare and
not really having the ability to

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practice each week on the
position like he wanted to.

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So and he even mentioned
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Kind of the first off season in
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been 100% healthy going into the
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So I think that's going to play
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And you know, he's obviously
with with some of the things

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last year, he's dealing with
some of the expectations that

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have been put put on him.
We're talking about that right

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now.
Me and what we're discussing

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right now.
We're putting some expectations

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on him, but he talked about
keeping that kind of a head down

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mentality and just kind of, you
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Making sure that he's focusing
on the right things as he heads

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into the season.
So that's going to be big and

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hoping to see some big things
from him this year.

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No doubt all no doubt.
And in hearing those words out

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of his mouth during his presser,
you know, last week was really

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good to hear especially about
the offseason because you know

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we mentioned we mentioned you
know him being healthy for the

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first time.
Well this is really his first

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full offseason a An in-depth
name, you know, he didn't get

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spring last year.
We know how jacked up camp was,

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so he's getting full spring,
he's getting full fall.

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He's got, Billy's got JC really
tenured guys to teach him, which

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is great because you've seen
those guys in their work and

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what they produced on the field,
which is awesome.

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The blonde, he'll Adams, Jalen
grip and running with the twos.

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Obviously the defense, Event
position was really hurt by the

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Alec Bryant Justin Beatles and
you know, wound transfers.

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I think Jalen Griffin might have
something, a little shocked to

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see Eli Adams up there.
But again, that's what we're

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running with right now and you
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I have a feeling I'm going to be
sneaking and sniffing around

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trying to crack at too deep
along with Alfred Binet, Yeah,

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look to see.
Probably a couple guys in there

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in the freshman class either
propping pop into deeper

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rotating in there with a three
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The big question is, does Belmar
get his conditioning back and is

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he healthy enough with the
issues?

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He's been dealing with thing
from the end of last season, to

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be able to be pretty, you know,
a big rotational factor for us

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this year, if he is then, And
you know that's going to help us

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because that means the guy like
Eli Adams is probably sliding

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into the kind of the three deep
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Yeah and you get a little cold
Nelson, who just looks like a 25

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year old man.
Right now I'm not an 18 year old

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kid as a freshman in college.
What can they do again?

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What Wilfred can do?
We mention just a couple weeks

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ago with the transfer, he played
defensive end and he racked up

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some stats at the Preparatory
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So it's me really interested in
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Let's stay on the defensive
line.

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Brian, let's take a look at
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Were you shocked to see Jordan
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the first team out there?
Not super shocked, you know,

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seeing Kendricks out there
instead of Pollard wasn't wasn't

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too shocking.
They've kind of been kind of the

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the 2A and 2B D.
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I think what they're probably
going with is having with Jordan

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and Mario.
You've got even though with

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Pollard putting on a little bit
of weight the offseason those

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guys are more or less kind of
the same same body type with

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William.
Dropping a little weight, this

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offseason and and Kendricks
bumping up just a hair that

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gives you a little bit more
flexibility with, you know,

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slides across the defensive
front, almost having an

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interchangeable, one and three
technique.

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Whereas, with your second unit
there, Pollard in Josh fuka, you

446
00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:37,700
have more defined roles where
Pollard is.

447
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,300
Absolutely.
A three technique and fuga is

448
00:27:40,300 --> 00:27:44,000
absolutely that one technique.
So, That's probably where

449
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,800
they're heading with with that
type of alignment.

450
00:27:47,100 --> 00:27:51,100
So I have no problem with with
Mario up there versus versus

451
00:27:51,100 --> 00:27:52,900
Pollard.
But all those guys are going to

452
00:27:52,908 --> 00:27:56,300
get run, we talked about built
here, link style here, he's

453
00:27:56,300 --> 00:28:00,100
going to rotate it.
At least two sets of Guys,

454
00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:02,800
across that defensive line if
not three.

455
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:07,600
So you know, first team second
team, I mean, the the difference

456
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,300
in snap count is going to be
minimal.

457
00:28:11,700 --> 00:28:14,500
Yeah, absolutely.
I in the other thing that we had

458
00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:16,600
mentioned, mean, you talking
earlier day during our

459
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:20,900
production meeting was, you
know, you can let you can bring

460
00:28:20,900 --> 00:28:22,700
polity.
And with Jordan, let Jordan play

461
00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:25,800
the one, you know, you can bring
Fuji in at the one.

462
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,900
Let Jordan played the three or
bring food gonna let Mario play

463
00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:32,100
the three and you have some
mix-and-match options where you

464
00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:35,500
talked about Bill rolling
rotating guys.

465
00:28:35,500 --> 00:28:38,600
Moving guys constantly, well,
you've got enough guys, even

466
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,700
though you get two guys who are
really primary, setters, You get

467
00:28:41,700 --> 00:28:43,500
two other guys, who can
constantly move.

468
00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:47,300
And I mean, I think that's going
to be a key a for keeping those

469
00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:49,900
guys fresh.
But be forgiven, different looks

470
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,300
on the beginning of the line
now.

471
00:28:52,300 --> 00:28:54,400
Something else that was
mentioned.

472
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,300
I think it was.
Was it Pollard in mentioned it,

473
00:28:56,300 --> 00:28:58,400
right?
We talked about Desmond, my

474
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,700
Moody, um, Desmond down in the
Tampa area.

475
00:29:01,700 --> 00:29:06,900
You know, the three-star commit
last year comes in big 63 220

476
00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:11,500
already.
So, already would probably a By

477
00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:14,900
to play maybe not in the best
shape to play coming from high

478
00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:19,100
school but you hear that name
mentioned by one of the leaders

479
00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:21,600
on the defensive line.
It makes your head pop up and

480
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,400
obviously Max Philpott the wall
phone.

481
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,200
Yeah.
If you probably had to give me a

482
00:29:28,300 --> 00:29:30,600
third group, it will probably be
those two.

483
00:29:31,900 --> 00:29:35,400
It sounds like mammootty is
coming on pretty quickly there,

484
00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:41,200
obviously, big body guy and you
let you like that out the gate.

485
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,800
But the thing I look at is, you
know, you talked about a little

486
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,800
bit conditioning wise, is he
going to be able to stand up to

487
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,500
a snap count, but as a third
string or even with that with a

488
00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:55,800
steady rotation, that tearling
likes to employ that third line,

489
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,600
is it going to get a lot of run
but any run, he can get this

490
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:04,900
year is to our benefit so
hopefully we'll see something

491
00:30:04,900 --> 00:30:08,200
from him.
But you kudos to Max Philpott

492
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,300
earning a scholarship, having a
big offseason in the weight room

493
00:30:11,300 --> 00:30:14,300
is As well, a lot of lot of
kudos to him on that front as

494
00:30:14,300 --> 00:30:18,100
well.
So good for him to kind of kind

495
00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:20,400
of push.
Some of these other guys guys

496
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,200
forward a little bit.
I mean some of the some of the

497
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,000
things we're seeing him flying
up the depth chart in the

498
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,700
offseason where he was more of a
Norwood afterthought at the

499
00:30:28,700 --> 00:30:31,200
start of 2020.
Well it's absolutely.

500
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,500
I mean, I think that's where it
with the defensive tackle group,

501
00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:36,100
you feel good.
And even with the defensive line

502
00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:39,700
in general, you still feel good
about it because you still to

503
00:30:39,700 --> 00:30:43,800
me, I think the As Pollard, you
can play in the big end if you

504
00:30:43,808 --> 00:30:45,600
need it too.
If you wanted to give a

505
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:49,200
different look but those groups
feel good.

506
00:30:49,300 --> 00:30:52,700
Now, the next group, there
wasn't much out there about it.

507
00:30:52,700 --> 00:30:55,700
I don't think it shocked,
anybody look at the linebacking

508
00:30:55,700 --> 00:30:57,800
corps, brine is highly films is
down.

509
00:30:57,900 --> 00:31:00,600
Is anybody shot?
No nobody's, nobody's.

510
00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:07,100
People are mad, because thanks a
lot of people hate Dax and, you

511
00:31:07,108 --> 00:31:14,600
know, other than for what?
Just You know, playing solid

512
00:31:14,700 --> 00:31:17,800
football, not spectacular
because he was a cop, 150 guy

513
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:20,600
and you know playing out of
position for three years.

514
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:28,000
I mean I get some of the the
great white height tape tape,

515
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:37,000
Buzz surrounding him, a great
for what I mean, it's You know,

516
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:42,700
so I get some of that like, you
know, he was four star, you

517
00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:49,500
know, Bud, Foster prototype type
player and output, hasn't

518
00:31:49,500 --> 00:31:55,100
matched expectations.
But the fan base, you know, the

519
00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:59,100
fans that are passionate in his
corner or very passionate and in

520
00:31:59,100 --> 00:32:03,800
his corner, and for those that
point out the flaws sometimes

521
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:09,200
that can frustrate them with the
Credit given relative to the

522
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:13,400
output, so I get that.
But at the same time, I mean

523
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:18,200
he's played solid, if
unspectacular most of the time.

524
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,400
Yeah.
And he's been playing out of

525
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:27,700
position, pretty much since he's
been on campus will see if being

526
00:32:27,700 --> 00:32:31,300
at his natural position for a
full offseason.

527
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:35,200
Some of the other things that
were gaps in his game, go away a

528
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:38,200
little bit.
That's my hope for him if he can

529
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:42,900
take any Step At All.
While playing a position, that's

530
00:32:42,900 --> 00:32:44,800
more of a fit for his
athleticism.

531
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,700
That's that's going to be.
He's gonna have a pretty good

532
00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:49,200
sees.
I'm not saying he's going to be

533
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:53,700
some sort of all-acc caliber
player but I don't think we need

534
00:32:53,700 --> 00:32:57,600
that with some of the guys we
have on defense of wine.

535
00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,600
And some of the guys we have on
the back end, we just need him

536
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,100
to be where he needs to be every
play and make the tackle.

537
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:08,000
We need him to be the old school
quarterback of the defense.

538
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,900
Get everybody lined up.
Make sure everybody's on their

539
00:33:09,900 --> 00:33:11,800
route assignment, fill the gap.
Right.

540
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:15,300
Get off the block when you need
to find last part is going to be

541
00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:16,800
the part that he needs to work
on.

542
00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:19,700
I'd like to see somebody about
from Camp.

543
00:33:19,900 --> 00:33:22,600
So, if you're listening video,
folks out there, let's see how

544
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:26,900
he's doing on that now.
Justin Fuente addressed allant

545
00:33:26,900 --> 00:33:31,100
is down, I tell you what, for us
that follow it closely, a lot of

546
00:33:31,100 --> 00:33:34,800
folks were hyped when you know,
talked about Tisdale gain and 18

547
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:40,100
pounds Tisdale up. 22 2008.
He played about 218 a couple

548
00:33:40,100 --> 00:33:44,500
years ago and was Fast I can't
see 10-pound slowing him down

549
00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:47,600
that much which is great.
And then he just talked about,

550
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:51,100
you know, the focus and the
maturity and he's in a

551
00:33:51,108 --> 00:33:54,000
completely different place than
where he has been in the past

552
00:33:54,400 --> 00:34:00,000
and Alan Tisdale at backer has
that capability to be.

553
00:34:00,900 --> 00:34:05,000
In my opinion, he could be an
all-acc player now, is he going

554
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:09,900
to beat remain or, you know, a
DB Probably not.

555
00:34:11,100 --> 00:34:14,300
But be Tarik.
That's a good one.

556
00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:20,800
So, it's not, it's not like he's
down here.

557
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,600
We're getting.
We're going to get a bump up

558
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,800
from Dax because we have more
athletic guy out there.

559
00:34:27,100 --> 00:34:29,699
Now by all means what I like to
see him become Tremaine.

560
00:34:29,699 --> 00:34:32,000
Yes everybody would or a DVD
hell yeah.

561
00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:34,400
But I think it was great to hear
that.

562
00:34:35,300 --> 00:34:37,100
Yeah.
And I think, you know, I think

563
00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:39,600
the bigger thing, like, the
weight gain is great.

564
00:34:40,300 --> 00:34:44,400
It was me.
It to take on inside the Box

565
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:49,100
blocks, because regardless of
what you say, anybody says

566
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:53,100
taking on blocks inside the box
is different than taking on like

567
00:34:53,199 --> 00:34:57,100
a tight end leading out on a
running play, or a crack from a

568
00:34:57,100 --> 00:35:00,300
wide receiver or anything like
that from outside.

569
00:35:00,300 --> 00:35:02,800
The box, playing inside the box,
has a different Beast.

570
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:07,900
You got tackles guards and tight
ends coming at you, coming at

571
00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:11,500
you from different angles.
I mean, it's It's a different

572
00:35:11,500 --> 00:35:13,800
Beast.
So the weight gain is going to

573
00:35:13,808 --> 00:35:17,200
help him with getting off those
blocks, standing up to those

574
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:20,100
blocks, and not, not getting
pushed out of the gap.

575
00:35:21,900 --> 00:35:24,800
Now the other part of it, the
focus immaturity is going to be

576
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:29,000
big for me because more
frustrating than anything with

577
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:33,100
Tisdale's play last year.
Wasn't he was too small or he

578
00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:37,200
wasn't wasn't able to take on on
blocks.

579
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:41,900
It was sometimes you look lost.
He'd have a play where he just

580
00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:44,600
completely blew up with the
offense was trying to do in the

581
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:48,100
very next play he get the wrong
read and be five yards out of

582
00:35:48,107 --> 00:35:51,200
position.
And that was kind of, that was

583
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:54,800
the maddening part of his game
is that, you know, he just

584
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:58,700
seemed like hadn't hadn't, quite
put everything together with the

585
00:35:58,700 --> 00:36:03,200
defense and some of that could
be attributed to the install in

586
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,300
a covid year.
And some of that was just, it

587
00:36:05,300 --> 00:36:08,900
seems like maturity, white,
might not have been quite where

588
00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:11,800
it where it needed to be in
terms of picking up the Playbook

589
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:15,400
and getting everything down pat.
So seeing that the coaches are

590
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,300
calling out specifically that
the focus and maturity have

591
00:36:18,300 --> 00:36:22,100
definitely improved.
I hope to see that on the field

592
00:36:22,100 --> 00:36:24,800
because I think the kid can
flat-out play.

593
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,200
I just need to see it more
consistent.

594
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:32,100
Absolutely well, second teamers
Dean Ferguson.

595
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,100
I don't think that's a shock.
A lot of people have heard of

596
00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:37,400
Dean name more and more and more
hurting like he's going to be

597
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:40,200
one of those guys that's going
to need to step up because

598
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,200
obviously dachshund his they'll
do play a role on special teams.

599
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:49,300
Now, the Shocker of this group
is CJ McRae at backer CJ, fits

600
00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:52,100
the mold Old right?
I don't think anybody's going to

601
00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:57,500
deny, you know, deny that.
CJ's a call link your guy and I

602
00:36:57,500 --> 00:37:02,800
think, you know, you sit here
You know, 63 220.

603
00:37:02,900 --> 00:37:05,700
He's kind of Tisdale, which is,
there was a 19.

604
00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:12,300
Obviously if he's second team,
he's done something in a pretty

605
00:37:12,300 --> 00:37:14,900
short period of time to get
there with the three other guys

606
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,900
on the roster so that that makes
you feel good about that.

607
00:37:18,900 --> 00:37:20,300
Dove obviously.
Don't hear the name.

608
00:37:20,300 --> 00:37:23,000
Keyshawn artist but we know
Keyshawn can play.

609
00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:28,300
It's again, it's one of those
groups where I feel good about

610
00:37:28,300 --> 00:37:31,800
going into the season.
It's a group that I feel good

611
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,800
about and I actually feel better
about it now than I did

612
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,700
necessarily A probably of even
just a few months ago.

613
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:41,300
Yeah, especially with with
knowing what I know about

614
00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:43,600
Tisdale.
Now I had a really big question

615
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:47,400
mark about backer because I
wasn't sure what to get from.

616
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:51,600
Tisdale wasn't sure how fast CJ
McCray was going to come along.

617
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,800
And while there's still some
question marks whether Dax is

618
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,800
gonna translate.
Now it is more natural position,

619
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:03,400
you feel like he's, you know,
you're not going to see

620
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:05,100
necessary.
Even if you don't see a boost,

621
00:38:05,100 --> 00:38:07,600
you probably not going to see a
drop off relative to what we had

622
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:13,400
last year with Rook.
So I'm hoping that with with

623
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:17,200
Tisdale, really, taking a step
and hopefully learning to be

624
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,400
more consistent in this play.
That's going to pay some

625
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,400
dividends with the run and not
put as much.

626
00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:27,400
Each on the our safeties to have
to make tackles in the Run game,

627
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,200
because that was a big problem
last year.

628
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,300
Well, absolutely.
Well, speaking of the guy,

629
00:38:32,300 --> 00:38:36,800
making tackles there is nickel
with position and Shamari

630
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:43,100
Connor, tomorrow Connor makes
tackles and you know, Feel like

631
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,600
J Hamm kind of gushed over and
Brian.

632
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:48,800
Yeah.
I mean it was definitely he was

633
00:38:49,300 --> 00:38:53,900
took a good amount of time with
a question related to Jamari to

634
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:58,300
kind of talk about Shamari.
The person kind of reserved

635
00:38:58,300 --> 00:39:01,300
until he opens up with you but
once he does you know, sorry to

636
00:39:01,308 --> 00:39:05,100
get him to stop stop talking and
that, you know, he's kind of

637
00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:08,100
stepped into more of a
leadership role heading into

638
00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:12,000
this year.
Being a third year starter kind

639
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:16,400
of being one of the veterans on
the a unit, And it's good to see

640
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:20,100
because it means, we're going to
need leaders at all levels on

641
00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:23,100
the defense and having a guy
that, you know, everybody

642
00:39:23,100 --> 00:39:26,800
recognizes as a dog.
Yep, taking on that leadership

643
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:28,100
role.
That's going to be big for that

644
00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:32,300
defense because they're going to
follow his lead and he brings a

645
00:39:32,308 --> 00:39:34,100
lot of intensity when he's on
the field.

646
00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:40,000
In him also, noted that he seems
to be getting better with kind

647
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:44,300
of reading the offense, pre-snap
and getting a lot better in his

648
00:39:44,300 --> 00:39:46,800
coverage technique, which was
probably the biggest weakness of

649
00:39:46,808 --> 00:39:51,000
his game last year was, was how
he played in coverage, that's

650
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,000
not.
And if he can clean that up to a

651
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,900
significant point, you know,
we're going to be in a much

652
00:39:56,900 --> 00:39:59,500
better place than we were last
year.

653
00:40:00,300 --> 00:40:04,000
He had some games where he he
looked like the best player on

654
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,000
the field.
He had a couple games we're

655
00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:11,100
outside, the Run game, he was
struggling and if he can clean

656
00:40:11,100 --> 00:40:14,000
up that element a little bit
that's going to be pretty big.

657
00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:17,100
You kind of put him back in
that.

658
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,300
I mean I'll say this if he can
if he can get a little bit

659
00:40:20,300 --> 00:40:22,400
better coverage, he's gonna
handle that position.

660
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,600
Similar to help mooc handled it
when he was here.

661
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:28,800
So yeah, it can see that and if
that's been the focus and again

662
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:33,800
the coverage wasn't terrible.
It was again, I'll put it kind

663
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,800
of like that it was solid but
there were times he had the

664
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:39,800
lapses and, you know, sometimes
they're at the worst time.

665
00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:43,700
So again, I hear that and to
hear, that's probably been his

666
00:40:43,700 --> 00:40:45,700
Focus because he's always a
thumper, he'd always put his

667
00:40:45,700 --> 00:40:47,200
nose in there.
He'd always try to make the

668
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:51,200
tackle.
We take a look death, while in a

669
00:40:51,207 --> 00:40:55,500
Seer people's Mike Hawkins, who
younger guys?

670
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:00,900
Not shocked to see Nikes name
but little shock of seeing this

671
00:41:00,900 --> 00:41:02,900
year, people.
Because I feel like Nike we'd

672
00:41:02,900 --> 00:41:05,200
heard a little bit more about
him at the width position.

673
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:10,400
So that is the one thing about
this position that scares me a

674
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:15,200
little bit.
Is we do not have the death and

675
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,600
it's like you said tomorrow
being a leader tomorrow being a

676
00:41:17,607 --> 00:41:22,400
dog.
You know he has to he has to

677
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:23,200
stay clean.
Yes.

678
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:27,900
To stay healthy and yeah, yeah,
I don't know who the next great

679
00:41:29,700 --> 00:41:34,500
nickel whip is going.
To be in this defense I'm hoping

680
00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:37,100
it's Nasir people's.
I mean sound I mean I know Nasir

681
00:41:37,100 --> 00:41:39,300
people's is really kind of you
kept.

682
00:41:39,300 --> 00:41:44,600
You keep hearing his name
mentioned as kind of a guy that

683
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:49,800
is right on the edge of kind of
making an impact, we heard him

684
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:51,900
his name a little bit that the
start of last year.

685
00:41:51,900 --> 00:41:56,200
So you know, maybe he's taking
some steps and can can be a good

686
00:41:56,200 --> 00:42:00,400
Reserve but more than likely of
all the positions on defense,

687
00:42:02,300 --> 00:42:05,700
Connors probably the one spot
where he's not going to come off

688
00:42:05,700 --> 00:42:10,000
the field unless he's injured or
being late in the game.

689
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:15,500
Yeah, we got a lead more than
likely.

690
00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:17,200
He's going to, he's going to be
on the field.

691
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,800
Pretty much every snap, every
meaningful snap, at least.

692
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:24,900
So Abso-freakin'-lutely, the
concern there is not so much

693
00:42:24,900 --> 00:42:28,900
2021, it's kind of what's next.
What's her name?

694
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,300
Absolutely.
All right, let's roll on, let's

695
00:42:31,300 --> 00:42:33,700
take a look at probably, again
to of the stronger positions.

696
00:42:33,700 --> 00:42:35,600
On defense.
Let's take a look at safety

697
00:42:36,100 --> 00:42:41,600
where hell of a story Devin
Hunter running with the ones and

698
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:46,300
at the boundary safety position
and chianti Jenkins running with

699
00:42:46,300 --> 00:42:50,400
the ones that the free safety
position and then Devon Taylor

700
00:42:50,700 --> 00:42:54,700
and Take daily backing them up,
guys, with the experienced guys,

701
00:42:54,700 --> 00:42:59,500
with playing time.
And then Jr, Walker and Jalen

702
00:42:59,500 --> 00:43:01,300
Stroman or third three, deep
there.

703
00:43:04,700 --> 00:43:06,800
There's not a whole that is
about it.

704
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:11,800
I mean, you know, the only thing
you would you would ask for is

705
00:43:12,500 --> 00:43:18,500
if you had like one guy that was
like all-acc caliber that was

706
00:43:18,500 --> 00:43:21,700
coming back.
That that's really the only

707
00:43:21,700 --> 00:43:24,200
thing you could ask for in this
group and in terms of just

708
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:29,600
experience and knowing that
everyone in at least in the two,

709
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:36,800
deep can handle their role and
everyone in the 3D has talent

710
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,400
and ability even if they're
somewhat unproven.

711
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:43,700
I mean that's that's as solid as
you can expect from that unit.

712
00:43:43,700 --> 00:43:48,600
So and I'm hoping for big things
from Devon Hunter, you know,

713
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:50,000
he's been back with the team I
think.

714
00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:54,100
I think for long enough at this
point to kind of get his his

715
00:43:54,100 --> 00:43:57,800
football legs back under him and
the fact that he's sitting at

716
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:03,100
the one spot tells me that he's
where he needs to be.

717
00:44:03,300 --> 00:44:08,100
Also the fact that tay was moved
over to free says a lot.

718
00:44:08,100 --> 00:44:11,100
Hell tells tells me that Devin
is where he needs to be

719
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:15,800
absolutely and you know it's
great to see jaelen strong and

720
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:18,700
already in the 3D but I don't
think Jalen's going to Redshirt.

721
00:44:18,700 --> 00:44:21,300
I think Jalen's going to be
doing A ton of special teams.

722
00:44:21,300 --> 00:44:26,400
I think that one's going to have
some packages and it's just that

723
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:30,600
group it's just everybody has
experience on the field.

724
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:34,300
Connor is obviously motivated
out of his mind and you talked

725
00:44:34,300 --> 00:44:36,800
about having an old all-acc
caliber guy.

726
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:41,600
We lost him last year.
Could he have been that all-acc

727
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:44,200
caliber guy?
He was so highly touted, coming

728
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:48,500
out of high school, he batted
waited his time to get that

729
00:44:48,500 --> 00:44:51,600
chance and then you know what
happened is what happened you

730
00:44:51,607 --> 00:44:53,900
know about last year at this
point in time.

731
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:56,900
And again, it's just a great
story.

732
00:44:56,900 --> 00:45:03,100
Let's hop over Brawn to another
room that is again, you started

733
00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:05,800
going down, it's just players
all over the place.

734
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:12,000
Cornerback room.
You know remain Waller did not

735
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:16,200
was not there Friday as a cold.
Mast up there.

736
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:17,400
They're taking all the
precautions.

737
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:22,200
They can first time really
healthy starting since 19 when

738
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:30,900
he was an absolute baller.
Yep. and, you know, We talked

739
00:45:30,900 --> 00:45:35,700
about him, the injuries last
year and everything that's

740
00:45:35,700 --> 00:45:37,900
happened.
We're hearing him about being

741
00:45:37,900 --> 00:45:40,100
the leader him talking to guys
about it.

742
00:45:40,100 --> 00:45:44,000
They getting it.
So you've got that older voice

743
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:48,700
in the room that?
Yes, he was there last year, but

744
00:45:48,700 --> 00:45:51,600
when you're not on the field,
it's tougher to bark, right?

745
00:45:52,900 --> 00:45:57,900
Yeah, it's tougher to bark and I
think, you know, we talked

746
00:45:57,900 --> 00:46:00,800
about, I mean, the ideal
scenario is probably what we

747
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:06,500
were looking at, pre covid last
year with an all-acc guy coming

748
00:46:06,500 --> 00:46:10,300
back.
A guy that was right right below

749
00:46:10,300 --> 00:46:15,000
that opposite him.
Even, you know, I know Walter

750
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:16,800
never really got healthy last
year.

751
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:21,100
That's probably the ideal.
This is probably the number two.

752
00:46:21,100 --> 00:46:27,000
This is because you No a healthy
Waller is is a baller.

753
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:32,700
He also he's a friend you know
Fringe all ACC player probably

754
00:46:32,700 --> 00:46:40,700
at his healthiest so you got him
on one end you got a true

755
00:46:40,700 --> 00:46:44,300
freshman that played damn good.
The specially kind of thrown

756
00:46:44,300 --> 00:46:45,700
into the fire with Dorian
strong.

757
00:46:45,700 --> 00:46:49,400
Last year was an All-American.
Give that credit because you

758
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:52,200
don't ya not playing freshman
All-American.

759
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:56,600
Yeah.
You got Armani, Chapman solid

760
00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:58,500
bit, little bit bigger body
Corner.

761
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:02,300
If he can improve a little bit
in man-to-man coverage, he's

762
00:47:02,300 --> 00:47:06,800
going to be damn good as well.
Rhian Marie, kind of does a

763
00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:10,400
little bit of everything, I
think he's probably a little bit

764
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:13,500
better in coverage, but not as
good in the Run game

765
00:47:13,500 --> 00:47:18,800
occasionally and You know, you
got a freshman like DJ Harvey

766
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:25,600
coming in, I think he's going to
may not make make a an on-field

767
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:30,700
impact this year, but having him
is kind of that, third or fourth

768
00:47:30,700 --> 00:47:35,200
line quarter on one end.
I think you'll see him at least

769
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:38,700
take full advantage of of all
the snaps you can get in the red

770
00:47:38,700 --> 00:47:42,000
shirt year but he might end up
doing enough on special teams

771
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:45,000
like a Jalen Stroman, where he's
going to, he's going to have

772
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:49,300
another impact for us this year.
So yeah, the other piece and we

773
00:47:49,300 --> 00:47:52,300
always talk about you talk about
taking tomorrow off the field.

774
00:47:52,300 --> 00:47:55,900
Is if you ever go against a team
where you need a true nickel

775
00:47:55,900 --> 00:48:01,400
corner of all those guys, I
think that is DJ hard now we'll

776
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:04,800
see because really we didn't get
to see last year.

777
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:09,300
What hand would do in situations
where they would continuously go

778
00:48:09,300 --> 00:48:11,700
at a Nickelback versus a true
Corner?

779
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:14,700
Yes, I'd be interested to see if
maybe he doesn't work his way up

780
00:48:14,700 --> 00:48:18,200
but still he walks in the door.
They His own, he's practicing

781
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:19,700
with the threes.
It means he's probably getting

782
00:48:19,700 --> 00:48:24,000
runs with the twos he had.
I think the question with, let's

783
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:28,600
go back a little bit to the
nickel Corner doing, you know,

784
00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:30,100
looking Beyond this year a
little bit.

785
00:48:30,100 --> 00:48:34,300
I know that that's kind of off
topic, but do enough other young

786
00:48:34,300 --> 00:48:37,000
guys at the safety position.
Come along, where you can move a

787
00:48:37,008 --> 00:48:39,600
Jalen strowman to a nickel
Corner as well.

788
00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:46,300
Maybe maybe I mean and maybe on
the nickel Corner Deb maybe you

789
00:48:46,300 --> 00:48:49,000
don't worry as much about
because you do have Devin Taylor

790
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:52,000
who's kind of a Swiss army knife
that you probably could put

791
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:56,100
there probably could not get the
most out of it, but you could

792
00:48:56,100 --> 00:48:59,600
probably have three or four
coverage sets will be like he

793
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:01,400
will do this.
Okay, we'll be okay.

794
00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:06,800
So maybe that's the view on it.
But you know again, defense kind

795
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:11,000
of top to bottom, you know,
definitely feeling Better than

796
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:12,700
where we were just a few months
ago.

797
00:49:13,100 --> 00:49:16,300
Yeah, I think you feel with the
defense that, you know, you may

798
00:49:16,300 --> 00:49:21,200
not get the top-end play that
we've had in our best years but

799
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:23,700
unlike last year there's not a
lot of holes.

800
00:49:23,700 --> 00:49:27,700
They're not there's not a lot of
spots where you can point at and

801
00:49:27,700 --> 00:49:33,100
say I'm concerned here defensive
end as long as we stay healthy.

802
00:49:33,100 --> 00:49:37,600
I feel okay about that's
probably the thinnest group in

803
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:41,100
terms of what we're looking like
beyond the Lime.

804
00:49:43,900 --> 00:49:47,000
But I mean really every other
group you feel pretty solid

805
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:51,200
about first line and at least
comfortable with with the second

806
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:55,000
line.
So, yeah, I think you just hit

807
00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:58,500
the nail on the head, this group
isn't going to be 2020, or 2018

808
00:49:58,500 --> 00:50:00,700
type metrics.
I think you're looking at

809
00:50:00,700 --> 00:50:07,400
probably 20 19, 2016.
I don't think they, I don't

810
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,700
think they have the 2017 them.
No.

811
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:12,900
But that's a 2016 would be.
I think they're a little bit

812
00:50:12,900 --> 00:50:15,400
better.
Then 2019.

813
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:19,400
I don't, I don't think they may
be quite hit 27.

814
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:22,100
Got it somewhere around the 20
2016 year.

815
00:50:22,100 --> 00:50:26,700
Which I mean if we can get that
and do something on offense,

816
00:50:26,700 --> 00:50:30,500
which were about to get to, we
might be, okay, something on

817
00:50:30,500 --> 00:50:32,600
offense pom, pom something on
offense.

818
00:50:32,900 --> 00:50:35,700
Well, the something on office
this year, Bryan, is for the

819
00:50:35,700 --> 00:50:41,100
first time in the 10-year of
this coaching staff.

820
00:50:41,100 --> 00:50:43,500
We do not have a camp battle,
right?

821
00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:47,500
And Burmeister is, you know,
locked in at the number one spot

822
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:51,200
coach one day said during this
presser, you know, it's much

823
00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:55,400
easier on that one person to
have that going on.

824
00:50:56,200 --> 00:51:00,700
And, you know, even corn said it
helps expand the passing game

825
00:51:00,700 --> 00:51:05,500
when you just have one guy which
what you get because you know as

826
00:51:05,500 --> 00:51:06,700
being you were talking through
it.

827
00:51:06,700 --> 00:51:10,300
You're like well if it's only
one guy, You know, you don't

828
00:51:10,300 --> 00:51:14,500
have to have ten plays and we'll
have to get you reps on 10 plays

829
00:51:14,500 --> 00:51:16,700
but I got to get him and him rip
something plays.

830
00:51:17,100 --> 00:51:19,800
It's like you're going to get
these ten plagues.

831
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:23,600
And these ten plays in these
templates makes perfect sense,

832
00:51:23,700 --> 00:51:26,800
at least to me, but maybe a
minute, you can install your

833
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:31,400
offense at a much quicker pace.
You're not having any and all

834
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:34,500
coaches are going to trickle in
wrinkles throughout the year

835
00:51:34,500 --> 00:51:38,000
because you have to do that
because you have to give each

836
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:39,200
defense.
Something new to look.

837
00:51:39,300 --> 00:51:46,100
Look at as you go along, but in
terms of Day, One packages and

838
00:51:46,100 --> 00:51:48,300
things that are kind of the
bread and butter, you can have

839
00:51:48,300 --> 00:51:53,100
all of your bread and butter
fully installed, and your

840
00:51:53,100 --> 00:51:55,900
quarterback is fully comfortable
with all of those because you're

841
00:51:55,900 --> 00:51:58,800
able to wrap them a lot more
than if you're having a truly

842
00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:02,600
split snaps between two or three
quarterbacks.

843
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:07,300
So that's only going to help
Braxton because the more reps,

844
00:52:07,300 --> 00:52:10,500
the more comfortable he gets
with The offense with the

845
00:52:10,500 --> 00:52:14,700
receivers with the nuances of
picking up and knowing where the

846
00:52:14,700 --> 00:52:17,100
blitz is coming from, in certain
situations.

847
00:52:17,100 --> 00:52:21,500
So that's going to help it.
I mean, how much it helps is is

848
00:52:21,500 --> 00:52:27,300
to be determined, but it's
better better than the

849
00:52:27,300 --> 00:52:31,600
alternative.
I will say, I like of all the

850
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:38,200
positions that you kind of want,
someone pushing quarterback is

851
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:40,400
probably the one you don't.
I mean you want somebody that's

852
00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:43,500
going to make sure your
quarterback is feels a little

853
00:52:43,500 --> 00:52:45,700
bit of.
I can't go out there and half

854
00:52:45,700 --> 00:52:49,900
asset but you don't want a
quarterback, that's constantly,

855
00:52:50,100 --> 00:52:56,500
you know, waiting for the hook
Yeah, that's never good for a

856
00:52:56,500 --> 00:52:58,800
quarterback.
So it's the minutes out.

857
00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:02,300
We finally have them in tality
where a quarterback isn't isn't

858
00:53:02,300 --> 00:53:04,600
worried about.
If I play a bad game, I'm

859
00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:06,100
getting yanked.
Yeah.

860
00:53:06,100 --> 00:53:09,900
And that's the in cornelison set
it, and I'm glad he said it,

861
00:53:09,900 --> 00:53:12,900
it's one of those things that
finally, it's addressed by the

862
00:53:12,900 --> 00:53:16,200
coaching staff, about how
mentally of that player like you

863
00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:18,400
said.
But if the whole team and it's

864
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:21,200
not just the to me it wouldn't
be just the offense but the

865
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:24,400
defense like okay who's only
quarterback, you know, we what

866
00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:26,500
kind Game we play in this week,
we're going to be doing the

867
00:53:26,500 --> 00:53:31,400
Notre Dame game from 2019 when
we slow it to a snail's pace and

868
00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:34,000
try to run clock or is it
something different?

869
00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:36,900
Now, some melts and you know,
this is obviously physically, we

870
00:53:36,900 --> 00:53:42,100
can see you know Braxton has
gotten bigger looks like he has

871
00:53:42,100 --> 00:53:46,000
gotten stronger, you know?
And he mentioned it.

872
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:48,600
He's not going to be shying away
from any sort of contact or

873
00:53:48,607 --> 00:53:51,800
anything like that, but he's
going to try to be smart.

874
00:53:52,300 --> 00:53:56,300
I like to hear that as long as
we Don't put him in those bad

875
00:53:56,300 --> 00:54:01,800
situation because Ryan when you
saw that number and he was one,

876
00:54:01,800 --> 00:54:05,200
it was like, what?
Twenty two point seven miles per

877
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:08,800
hour?
That's fast, that's that's

878
00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:10,300
Elite.
That is League.

879
00:54:10,300 --> 00:54:15,200
Like the top on the NFL level
was is was was green moster.

880
00:54:15,500 --> 00:54:20,200
Luckily I'm a Niners fan 23 at
93 miles an hour and that's Ian

881
00:54:20,300 --> 00:54:21,600
mean.
You're talking about a

882
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:24,400
quarterback who can do that and
he may not have been running in

883
00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:27,700
pads like the kids like you guys
in the NFL are but that's still

884
00:54:27,700 --> 00:54:28,900
past.
Yeah.

885
00:54:31,100 --> 00:54:32,800
What do you feel about the
backups Grand?

886
00:54:38,300 --> 00:54:41,600
One G PB, how long we got now
know.

887
00:54:41,600 --> 00:54:50,400
So I feel as good as I felt
about the backups last year.

888
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:52,500
I feel as bad about them this
year.

889
00:54:52,500 --> 00:54:56,000
And that's I'm not trying to
knock knocks Kate.

890
00:54:56,000 --> 00:55:00,000
Um, I'm not trying to not
Connor, blumrich or Taj Bullock

891
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:03,100
and Taj obviously gets a pass
because he's been on campus now

892
00:55:03,100 --> 00:55:13,000
for like six weeks, yes or eight
weeks, whatever it is, but It's

893
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:18,900
just there's no sense of if
Braxton goes down we're going to

894
00:55:18,908 --> 00:55:21,800
be all right.
There is I don't I don't have

895
00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:24,900
that feeling.
Now, there's a scenario where if

896
00:55:24,900 --> 00:55:28,200
Braxton goes down we can still
win a couple games.

897
00:55:28,500 --> 00:55:32,200
Yeah.
We won't but but but I mean,

898
00:55:32,700 --> 00:55:38,100
we're in a worse scenario than
we were in 2018 after JJ goes

899
00:55:38,100 --> 00:55:39,800
down.
Yeah.

900
00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:41,900
And we're with Willis the rest
of the way.

901
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:43,800
We're in a worse scenario than
that.

902
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:45,900
At least Willis.
You knew he had.

903
00:55:45,900 --> 00:55:49,300
Even though it was a Kansas and
he had won one game, he had

904
00:55:49,300 --> 00:55:52,300
played a significant amount of
snaps, you take the Clemson game

905
00:55:52,300 --> 00:55:54,200
away.
Last year, Knox has played

906
00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:57,700
nothing, and I know Felipe's
pleased, you know, he said I'm

907
00:55:57,700 --> 00:56:00,600
pleased with his understanding
of the offense and Joseph

908
00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:02,400
videos.
Today he was out there running,

909
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:06,200
he has a little athleticism
nowhere near BB's but it's got

910
00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:09,200
at he's got a twitch but he
doesn't have the Elite Speed

911
00:56:09,200 --> 00:56:11,200
that will really.
He's not a.

912
00:56:11,300 --> 00:56:15,800
So let's, let's talk about how
our offense runs, right in the

913
00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:20,400
running game you know, whether
it's jet motion, whether that's

914
00:56:21,700 --> 00:56:24,800
whether it's other other window,
dressing motions that we put in

915
00:56:24,800 --> 00:56:30,900
place you know there's inverted
v r read option Hence all those

916
00:56:30,900 --> 00:56:34,300
things, those things don't work
as well.

917
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:39,200
If there's not a true threat for
that quarterback to hurt the

918
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:46,200
defense and out.
I mean I feel like So Knox

919
00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:51,200
doesn't have so much of that.
Connor has that but almost zero.

920
00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:56,000
Elements of the passing game
that I would that I feel

921
00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:59,400
comfortable with.
And then ties is too much of a

922
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:03,000
work in progress at this point
because of how short of time

923
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:07,500
he's been on campus and running
the offense where he probably

924
00:57:07,500 --> 00:57:11,300
has the highest ceiling of the
30 absolute bloody up, but the

925
00:57:11,300 --> 00:57:15,000
lack of experience is probably
the barrier, right?

926
00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:18,000
Well, if you talk about the live
experience being there six

927
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:19,900
weeks, I mean there's a hole in
the floor.

928
00:57:22,300 --> 00:57:24,900
I mean, let me see her like no
not going to college, but look,

929
00:57:24,900 --> 00:57:26,400
I think he does have the highest
thing.

930
00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:29,500
I think he has that potential to
be a Jerrod Evans type figure,

931
00:57:29,900 --> 00:57:35,300
but he's young.
He just got here and you can't

932
00:57:35,300 --> 00:57:38,000
depend on that if for nothing
else, do not ruin.

933
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:41,500
That kids mental makeup by
saying, we're going to put you

934
00:57:41,500 --> 00:57:45,400
out there and it's like you know
it's just different.

935
00:57:45,400 --> 00:57:49,200
So yeah don't feel great about
what's behind me because great

936
00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:52,200
about BB.
You tell me BB's healthy 12

937
00:57:52,300 --> 00:57:57,900
Games this year, you know we
have a Fighting Chance because

938
00:57:57,900 --> 00:58:00,800
of those legs and because of his
athleticism and now is more

939
00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:03,700
knowledge of the offense.
I think we'll be in most every

940
00:58:03,700 --> 00:58:07,800
game if Braxton Burmeister is
more or less healthy, for 12

941
00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:10,600
games, we will be in every game.
We won't win.

942
00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:16,500
Them will be good, we'll hit it.
Will ya, you know the question

943
00:58:16,500 --> 00:58:20,700
becomes What happens if we don't
have them?

944
00:58:21,300 --> 00:58:25,100
And what I see is that there
might be depending on when that

945
00:58:25,100 --> 00:58:27,100
would happen.
There might be three games on

946
00:58:27,100 --> 00:58:30,000
the back half of our schedule
that are still potentially

947
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:31,900
winnable.
In the rest, you could pretty

948
00:58:31,900 --> 00:58:36,400
much say or losses, Duke
Syracuse and Georgia Tech.

949
00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:39,200
Maybe maybe the would be, the
only games.

950
00:58:39,200 --> 00:58:41,400
I would say.
We had a Fighting Chance in the

951
00:58:41,400 --> 00:58:44,100
conference.
If Braxton goes down, midseason

952
00:58:44,100 --> 00:58:46,800
isn't available for those games.
Got you.

953
00:58:47,300 --> 00:58:49,400
All right, another place where
there's Question.

954
00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:54,000
There's the number one guy is
tight in Big Stone Gap.

955
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:58,300
James Mitchell on the Mac you
list, you know, big thing food,

956
00:58:58,300 --> 00:59:01,900
talked about how he's improved.
His blocking James is already

957
00:59:01,900 --> 00:59:09,000
kind of a athletic freaking self
but I mean he had a chance to go

958
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:11,700
to the NFL, he didn't because he
knew if he came back and he

959
00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:16,900
improve those small areas just
to hair instead of getting

960
00:59:16,900 --> 00:59:18,800
drafted in the sixth or seventh
round here.

961
00:59:18,900 --> 00:59:21,600
He could be one of the first
tight ends off the board.

962
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:25,300
Let's talk about something else
too because, you know, we heat a

963
00:59:25,308 --> 00:59:28,500
lot of Praise on Herbert last
year and because of Herbert and

964
00:59:28,500 --> 00:59:31,500
because of some of the other
areas that we were struggling in

965
00:59:31,500 --> 00:59:36,800
offensive Lee Mitchell didn't
quite get a season to show show

966
00:59:36,800 --> 00:59:40,400
out as much as we would have
wanted him to probably.

967
00:59:40,400 --> 00:59:43,300
We're going to see less of a
true emphasis on the running

968
00:59:43,300 --> 00:59:45,200
game.
This year, we're going to have

969
00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:48,400
to throw the ball, more this
year to win games.

970
00:59:49,200 --> 00:59:52,500
And that's going to benefit
James Mitchell stock, not only

971
00:59:52,500 --> 00:59:55,200
with us, but also in terms of
the drafts.

972
00:59:55,200 --> 00:59:58,800
So that's going to be big in the
fact that he's improved.

973
00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:04,000
His blocking means that he is
the is, you know, truly a 3 down

974
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:09,700
type player and because of his
athleticism, you can be moved

975
01:00:09,700 --> 01:00:12,400
and lined up, pretty much
anywhere across the skill

976
01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:15,200
positions on the line of
scrimmage.

977
01:00:15,200 --> 01:00:19,800
So that's going to be big funny.
He see mentioned It doesn't have

978
01:00:19,800 --> 01:00:22,300
any name image and likeness
Till's yet, that was kind of

979
01:00:22,300 --> 01:00:25,600
shocking to me because I mean,
he's a walking talking.

980
01:00:27,400 --> 01:00:30,100
Like Virginia Tech image.
You would think someone at this

981
01:00:30,100 --> 01:00:32,600
point would have would have put
something in place, like reached

982
01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:34,500
out to him.
I know he's not necessarily

983
01:00:34,500 --> 01:00:38,100
pursuing it actively himself but
he feel he would have gotten a

984
01:00:38,100 --> 01:00:42,000
lot of a lot of calls at this
point, already told you there is

985
01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:50,300
some rock calling like a fault
line yard work or SB Cox company

986
01:00:50,600 --> 01:00:55,000
in Blacksburg that you just call
him and say we just want to use

987
01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:58,900
your face and put Big Stone Gap.
Then our Stone company behind

988
01:00:58,900 --> 01:01:00,800
you.
It's so easy.

989
01:01:01,900 --> 01:01:06,100
Any such a likeable guy to man.
I mean especially y'all, if

990
01:01:06,100 --> 01:01:10,600
y'all didn't see it go back and
look at his interview in the

991
01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:15,000
grit.
Definition he won't work.

992
01:01:15,200 --> 01:01:17,200
He worked stick-to-itiveness in
there.

993
01:01:17,200 --> 01:01:19,600
He worked in.
It was doing what you said.

994
01:01:19,600 --> 01:01:22,200
You're going to do, even when
you're not in the frame of mine,

995
01:01:22,300 --> 01:01:26,300
when you said it, like he worked
in the whole spiel.

996
01:01:27,200 --> 01:01:32,600
That that we see on those those
media drops from The Well, when

997
01:01:32,600 --> 01:01:36,000
Pete was doing the media drops,
for Virginia Tech football,

998
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:38,700
social media.
We haven't seen them quite as

999
01:01:38,700 --> 01:01:42,500
frequently since the summer
began their might.

1000
01:01:42,500 --> 01:01:44,400
There might be a reason for
that, I'm not sure.

1001
01:01:46,000 --> 01:01:50,700
Anyway, moving on, let's let's
look at this.

1002
01:01:55,700 --> 01:01:59,700
He talked about the versatility
of and with Drake and Gallo

1003
01:01:59,700 --> 01:02:06,400
behind him, they're not kill him
but they are essentially one who

1004
01:02:06,400 --> 01:02:09,000
wore when you pass catching
version him.

1005
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:12,200
One's more of a run blocking
version of him Gallo the room.

1006
01:02:12,200 --> 01:02:18,900
Blocker great, the catcher,
which we also feel hope they

1007
01:02:18,900 --> 01:02:22,000
decide to put him outside
sometimes.

1008
01:02:23,100 --> 01:02:27,100
Because Brian is someone that
coached, when you have someone

1009
01:02:27,100 --> 01:02:29,400
like big gap.
And let's say, he's, let's say,

1010
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:34,400
he's only in line and he flexes
you have choices to make her eye

1011
01:02:35,100 --> 01:02:37,000
as a defensive coordinator, all
right?

1012
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:40,600
If I leave a corner back out
here and they run a Jet Sweep,

1013
01:02:40,600 --> 01:02:44,200
if he gets his hands on and he's
going to set the edge and

1014
01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:47,400
they're going to have a lane.
Well, I've told you man, we need

1015
01:02:47,400 --> 01:02:51,800
to go, 22 Personnel, need to get
where to get Mitch Mitchell and

1016
01:02:51,800 --> 01:02:54,500
Gallo out.
Are we need to get Holston and

1017
01:02:54,500 --> 01:02:56,900
Blackshear out there in the same
package?

1018
01:02:57,600 --> 01:03:02,500
You can put Mitchell out there
at the Z opposite tray at The X

1019
01:03:03,900 --> 01:03:07,200
Gallo at the why you got Tay at
the slot and then you got

1020
01:03:07,200 --> 01:03:09,700
Blackshear.
That can work everybody pretty

1021
01:03:09,700 --> 01:03:13,600
much anywhere.
So, Do it, do it Ronald's.

1022
01:03:13,600 --> 01:03:16,600
A lot of 22 and a lot of 12
Personnel this year as you're

1023
01:03:16,600 --> 01:03:17,700
going to hear them talk about
it.

1024
01:03:17,700 --> 01:03:21,200
A lot.
Speaking of wideouts, let's look

1025
01:03:21,200 --> 01:03:26,500
at the wide receiver room.
First one, nice shot, kind of a

1026
01:03:26,508 --> 01:03:28,700
shot because we didn't hear his
name in the press conference,

1027
01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:31,900
but we're hearing out there.
Praise the store at The X.

1028
01:03:31,900 --> 01:03:35,000
No shot.
No and Jones.

1029
01:03:35,100 --> 01:03:37,600
Thomas Jefferson Richmond,
Virginia.

1030
01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:41,400
The RBA is the too deep at The X
awesome here.

1031
01:03:41,600 --> 01:03:45,400
Kid, that's big.
I'm sure some of that has to do

1032
01:03:45,400 --> 01:03:48,900
with the changa Hodge injury but
him coming home that fast is is

1033
01:03:48,900 --> 01:03:53,700
huge is because him cracking the
2D business just of

1034
01:03:53,700 --> 01:03:55,900
circumstance.
Obviously with Chang of going

1035
01:03:55,900 --> 01:03:58,500
down there was a need there but
him stepping up and being with a

1036
01:03:58,900 --> 01:04:04,800
kind of navigate the debris
there as it was that quick and

1037
01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:08,100
be a 2d player.
First time on campus that's

1038
01:04:08,100 --> 01:04:11,400
going to be huge for him.
So kudos to him obviously.

1039
01:04:11,500 --> 01:04:13,900
Trey lock down the eggs.
He's locked it down the last,

1040
01:04:15,100 --> 01:04:18,800
like, three years of this point.
So yeah, that's not a big

1041
01:04:18,800 --> 01:04:24,800
shocker.
What did you think about the the

1042
01:04:24,800 --> 01:04:29,200
Z with kind of essentially Kayla
Smith and Jaden pay?

1043
01:04:29,200 --> 01:04:35,700
You kind of being 1A and 1B
we've heard, you know, the steps

1044
01:04:35,700 --> 01:04:39,800
came Smith is taken to get
better, but to hear rotating

1045
01:04:39,800 --> 01:04:42,900
with pay you, I'm Nerd.
If this is a thing that you use,

1046
01:04:42,900 --> 01:04:49,300
Jaden back in to that Z position
because I think would be the

1047
01:04:49,300 --> 01:04:51,300
right move.
Make sure he's comfortable,

1048
01:04:51,300 --> 01:04:55,100
don't give him the full workload
essentially don't overwhelm them

1049
01:04:55,100 --> 01:04:57,800
when you have someone like Caleb
who very capable plate.

1050
01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:03,400
What if this trend keeps up?
I think eventually for the end

1051
01:05:03,400 --> 01:05:06,500
of Camp if they can if we
continue to get the access I

1052
01:05:06,508 --> 01:05:10,200
mean, Jane pay you, there's
going to be one of the Caleb.

1053
01:05:10,200 --> 01:05:15,400
Very capable back up but you
know, the other thing about the

1054
01:05:15,400 --> 01:05:19,000
Z is, you got other guys that
can play it, we have a versatile

1055
01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:23,200
room.
You know, you've got tadion and

1056
01:05:23,200 --> 01:05:26,400
Rahim could play the Z if
needed, right?

1057
01:05:26,900 --> 01:05:29,800
If you need it.
Now, obviously we've got enough

1058
01:05:29,800 --> 01:05:31,800
slot receiver between table a
chair.

1059
01:05:31,900 --> 01:05:35,800
Lofton.
And I mean, I know you have

1060
01:05:35,800 --> 01:05:37,400
things.
You want them to do with black

1061
01:05:37,400 --> 01:05:40,000
tear.
You visualize things like you

1062
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:42,000
want to hear.
You want him out here, I want to

1063
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:43,300
hear.
I want to hear.

1064
01:05:45,800 --> 01:05:48,100
What do you think it's about?
The the slot.

1065
01:05:48,100 --> 01:05:53,600
Because that's where we have
three guys that are really

1066
01:05:53,600 --> 01:05:56,900
excellent at it but also three
guys that can play elsewhere

1067
01:05:57,000 --> 01:06:00,600
needed Well, I think the big
thing when we talk about the

1068
01:06:00,600 --> 01:06:04,300
slot you obviously Tavian is
probably a better fit in the

1069
01:06:04,300 --> 01:06:06,700
slot.
Then he was playing Z like he

1070
01:06:06,700 --> 01:06:09,900
was forced into duty kind of the
last couple years and months,

1071
01:06:11,600 --> 01:06:13,500
he's more natural playing from
the slot position.

1072
01:06:13,500 --> 01:06:17,600
When you look at Blackshear,
when you look at day one Lofton,

1073
01:06:19,600 --> 01:06:23,200
both of them sliding in is kind
of the the to a and the to be at

1074
01:06:23,200 --> 01:06:26,600
that position.
Some of that's by this St with

1075
01:06:26,600 --> 01:06:29,400
Blackshear being someone that
you're going to Line up at truly

1076
01:06:29,400 --> 01:06:31,300
multiple positions, not just
moving in throughout the

1077
01:06:31,300 --> 01:06:34,300
formation.
But some some snaps, he's going

1078
01:06:34,300 --> 01:06:36,500
to be a true running back in
some.

1079
01:06:36,500 --> 01:06:38,700
He's going to be a true slide
and some snaps.

1080
01:06:38,700 --> 01:06:41,900
He's going to be a little bit of
everything depending on, you

1081
01:06:41,900 --> 01:06:45,300
know, what's needed from the
play called, and the design that

1082
01:06:45,300 --> 01:06:47,500
was from head.
Coaches mouth.

1083
01:06:48,100 --> 01:06:50,600
Yeah, you would be lined up all
over the field.

1084
01:06:51,900 --> 01:06:58,400
We wrote that down and I think
Brian might be like, if He's not

1085
01:06:58,400 --> 01:07:01,500
lined up all over the feeling
that you and see after a few

1086
01:07:01,500 --> 01:07:03,700
drinks.
Brian might be tweeting at the

1087
01:07:03,700 --> 01:07:05,800
coach.
You said you'd be everywhere.

1088
01:07:06,000 --> 01:07:08,600
I'm dropping the Morpheus gift
show me.

1089
01:07:12,300 --> 01:07:14,800
Say so we lined up all over the
field, show me.

1090
01:07:16,100 --> 01:07:21,500
But for real though, having
Blackshear have that hybrid

1091
01:07:21,500 --> 01:07:24,300
role, not only gives Lofton the
opportunity.

1092
01:07:24,300 --> 01:07:28,000
When likes your is more in that
running back stage.

1093
01:07:28,100 --> 01:07:32,100
Each of the game, you know, Loft
and being the the true spell

1094
01:07:32,100 --> 01:07:36,900
Forte or coming in.
If they if we're mixing up how

1095
01:07:36,900 --> 01:07:41,200
our receivers are lined up and
we've shown that take and play

1096
01:07:41,200 --> 01:07:44,000
outside so there might be some
times when taste slides out and

1097
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:47,300
you bring in in Lofton to be the
true Slaughter bringing

1098
01:07:47,300 --> 01:07:49,700
Blackshear to be the true slot.
So there's going to be things

1099
01:07:49,700 --> 01:07:52,100
that we can do with mixing up
where we deploy our wide

1100
01:07:52,100 --> 01:07:54,200
receivers.
That's only going to be a good

1101
01:07:54,200 --> 01:07:57,000
thing because we can work on
matches matchups against

1102
01:07:57,000 --> 01:08:00,800
Defenders, depending on the
skill set of our wide receivers

1103
01:08:00,800 --> 01:08:02,600
and try to create those
mismatches.

1104
01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:04,700
Absolutely.
And weighing off his name is

1105
01:08:04,700 --> 01:08:07,700
more by the Pope, the head coach
and the offensive coordinator

1106
01:08:07,700 --> 01:08:09,600
again.
A lot of expectations for him.

1107
01:08:10,100 --> 01:08:13,900
This is a talented room.
Super talented group, I think

1108
01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:19,000
every day we mentioned you feel
like could do something as long

1109
01:08:19,000 --> 01:08:21,399
as they are, put in the right
positions with the right game

1110
01:08:21,399 --> 01:08:26,300
plan every week, do you do them?
Wrong, is what's going to make

1111
01:08:26,300 --> 01:08:30,500
this room?
Not And I don't think you'll

1112
01:08:30,500 --> 01:08:34,000
disagree with that.
Now, let's let's jump on over to

1113
01:08:34,000 --> 01:08:37,399
running backs.
Because I don't think it's a

1114
01:08:37,399 --> 01:08:39,300
shot.
Caleb holsten's running with the

1115
01:08:39,300 --> 01:08:43,700
ones and he said, a couple
things that I think called your

1116
01:08:43,700 --> 01:08:46,800
ear when he spoke to the media
back last week.

1117
01:08:48,200 --> 01:08:52,100
Yeah, that's the big thing was
that he was watching a lot of

1118
01:08:52,100 --> 01:08:55,899
tape and talking with Khalil
Herbert and trying to impact the

1119
01:08:55,899 --> 01:08:59,700
outside zone game in the same
way that Herbert was able to in

1120
01:08:59,700 --> 01:09:02,000
2020.
And that's going to be big for

1121
01:09:02,000 --> 01:09:06,100
him because if he can, I don't
necessarily expect some of the,

1122
01:09:07,200 --> 01:09:10,000
the big ones.
Yeah, like like her bird busted

1123
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:13,399
because Herbert died.
Only had great patience in the

1124
01:09:13,399 --> 01:09:16,600
outside Zone.
And once he hit the hole and got

1125
01:09:16,600 --> 01:09:20,200
to the second level, he was so
good at making that one arm

1126
01:09:20,200 --> 01:09:23,600
tackle.
Miss that turned like a 15 or 20

1127
01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:28,200
yard, gain into a 40 to 60 yard.
Touchdown, very treaty.

1128
01:09:28,200 --> 01:09:29,899
Did it against NC State and
Duke.

1129
01:09:29,899 --> 01:09:32,600
He did a handful of other times
throughout the season.

1130
01:09:33,800 --> 01:09:38,500
You know, big plays were kind of
a Hallmark for him and I don't

1131
01:09:38,500 --> 01:09:41,800
necessarily expect all of that
from Holston, but if he can just

1132
01:09:41,800 --> 01:09:45,399
work on that patients and
hitting the whole, if the right

1133
01:09:45,399 --> 01:09:49,399
time and waiting for those
blocks to set up. you know,

1134
01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:57,100
sometimes with a running back
speed is great but having being

1135
01:09:57,100 --> 01:10:01,000
able to Throttle Down and then
quickly throttle up when the

1136
01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:05,900
whole opens is just as important
as having that that raw speed

1137
01:10:07,000 --> 01:10:11,000
Truman and obviously you can
tell he's very comfortable this

1138
01:10:11,000 --> 01:10:12,900
year.
Some jokes going on with Jordans

1139
01:10:12,900 --> 01:10:16,400
Wilson, Jordan Williams him and
James Mitchell and oppressor and

1140
01:10:16,400 --> 01:10:19,900
that's something else you'd like
to see the guys are loose.

1141
01:10:20,300 --> 01:10:21,700
They're throwing joke,
questions.

1142
01:10:21,700 --> 01:10:24,300
They're hanging out there
watching each other's interviews

1143
01:10:24,500 --> 01:10:29,700
and that was for numerous guys.
Now, I don't know how happy you

1144
01:10:29,700 --> 01:10:33,300
are to hear this but you know,
Like she was going to get some

1145
01:10:33,300 --> 01:10:39,400
runs with the running back one's
and you know, but it's at least

1146
01:10:39,400 --> 01:10:42,500
it was said by cornelison that
they've tried to put too much on

1147
01:10:42,500 --> 01:10:44,900
him last year and had him
thinking way too much.

1148
01:10:46,400 --> 01:10:51,300
And I think maybe that was a
necessity because of depth

1149
01:10:51,300 --> 01:10:54,900
issues.
Because for me and you tell me

1150
01:10:54,900 --> 01:10:57,800
if I'm right or wrong Brian,
come coming in last year.

1151
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:03,000
We were hoping that we would be
seeing him elsewhere.

1152
01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:04,400
Not at the running back
position.

1153
01:11:05,300 --> 01:11:10,400
We're expecting him to primarily
be lobbying occasional to the

1154
01:11:10,400 --> 01:11:15,500
occasional change of pace back,
but mostly lining up as the

1155
01:11:15,500 --> 01:11:21,300
primary or secondary slot
receiver, and we didn't see much

1156
01:11:21,300 --> 01:11:24,100
of that, until towards the end
of the season, and it seemed

1157
01:11:24,100 --> 01:11:25,300
like towards the end of the
season.

1158
01:11:25,300 --> 01:11:30,300
He got better at they, have
better deploying him, but

1159
01:11:30,300 --> 01:11:34,200
because of that, they didn't use
him as traditionally in the

1160
01:11:34,200 --> 01:11:35,400
running game.
And I feel like we're probably

1161
01:11:35,400 --> 01:11:39,500
going to get a little bit of a
mix of from a receiver

1162
01:11:39,500 --> 01:11:41,200
standpoint.
What we saw at the end of last

1163
01:11:41,200 --> 01:11:45,100
year but they're still going to
deploy him most often as as kind

1164
01:11:45,100 --> 01:11:48,100
of a number two running back
which isn't as long as you're

1165
01:11:48,100 --> 01:11:50,100
doing the other things I don't
so much.

1166
01:11:50,100 --> 01:11:54,000
Mind him being a spell
especially if he having known

1167
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:57,200
the offense a little bit more
working a little bit more on on

1168
01:11:57,200 --> 01:12:00,700
some of his vision and I don't
think he has bad Vision.

1169
01:12:00,700 --> 01:12:03,800
I think just sometimes early in
the snap.

1170
01:12:05,700 --> 01:12:09,600
He makes his first decision
isn't always the best decision.

1171
01:12:10,500 --> 01:12:13,100
And then kind of, once you've
committed to a path, it's hard

1172
01:12:13,100 --> 01:12:16,800
to kind of redirect and make the
right choice there.

1173
01:12:18,600 --> 01:12:20,000
So just a little bit more
patience.

1174
01:12:20,000 --> 01:12:23,200
Like I said, sometimes
throttling down and waiting for

1175
01:12:23,200 --> 01:12:27,200
the blocks to get where they
need to be, is better than

1176
01:12:28,300 --> 01:12:30,100
hitting the whole hard.
You want to hit the hard on,

1177
01:12:30,100 --> 01:12:33,200
like, short yardage plays and
things like that.

1178
01:12:33,200 --> 01:12:36,300
But for plays that are trying to
go outside You want you want the

1179
01:12:36,300 --> 01:12:38,100
blocks to get where they're
going to be because that's going

1180
01:12:38,100 --> 01:12:41,500
to give you the best
opportunity, to turn a turn it

1181
01:12:41,500 --> 01:12:44,400
into a big play.
So hopefully he learns a little

1182
01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:49,500
something like Holston from from
her word on that front but I

1183
01:12:49,500 --> 01:12:52,100
feel okay about it.
I know I've said I don't want

1184
01:12:52,100 --> 01:12:56,200
him just to be a spell back, but
if the next guy we're going to

1185
01:12:56,200 --> 01:13:00,900
talk about can carry some of
that spell back load.

1186
01:13:01,400 --> 01:13:06,200
That gives Blackshear the
opportunity to Really work from

1187
01:13:06,200 --> 01:13:10,800
the slot while also occasionally
being that you know, offensive

1188
01:13:10,800 --> 01:13:13,500
weapon that you need.
But also being that that number

1189
01:13:13,500 --> 01:13:15,400
two, running back and that and
we're talking about Keyshawn

1190
01:13:15,400 --> 01:13:19,100
King here who is fully back with
the team.

1191
01:13:19,400 --> 01:13:23,700
Seems to be the primary backup
behind Blackshear and Holston

1192
01:13:23,700 --> 01:13:29,200
and we're going to need him to
play a role this year and be

1193
01:13:29,200 --> 01:13:33,600
consistent when he gets on the
field in that role it sounds

1194
01:13:33,600 --> 01:13:38,300
like some of the things that
were problematic last year that

1195
01:13:38,300 --> 01:13:40,200
have been worked on.
He's put on a little bit of

1196
01:13:40,200 --> 01:13:44,500
weight and it sounds like he's
been working harder in the film

1197
01:13:44,500 --> 01:13:47,700
room as well to understand the
offense and be able to carry

1198
01:13:47,700 --> 01:13:50,300
some of that load.
So looking forward to see

1199
01:13:50,300 --> 01:13:52,900
Keshawn King because he's a hell
of an athlete.

1200
01:13:53,100 --> 01:13:57,500
You know, we saw that in 2019
when he got a significant amount

1201
01:13:57,500 --> 01:14:01,300
of run that year so hopefully
will, at least see kind of

1202
01:14:01,300 --> 01:14:06,100
something similar heading into
2021, and another name Mentioned

1203
01:14:06,800 --> 01:14:10,600
was Marco Lee and I know this is
going to make a lot of people

1204
01:14:10,600 --> 01:14:12,500
out there happy to hear that
name.

1205
01:14:12,900 --> 01:14:15,800
Oh yes.
All we saw him a little bit at

1206
01:14:15,800 --> 01:14:20,600
the end of the season.
Big boy runs with power

1207
01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:26,400
freakishly strong also went a
frequency, strong different, and

1208
01:14:26,400 --> 01:14:31,700
pads.
Yeah you know and with him they

1209
01:14:31,700 --> 01:14:35,600
talked about him not having that
time hair last year with Good

1210
01:14:35,600 --> 01:14:38,700
kind of getting a his body in
shape, again, kind of getting to

1211
01:14:38,700 --> 01:14:41,400
know the Playbook which I still
didn't like just because of his

1212
01:14:41,400 --> 01:14:44,400
size, like, you can find one or
two power plays.

1213
01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:47,800
We're gonna confirm one with him
and something else.

1214
01:14:47,800 --> 01:14:51,900
Cornelison said, and in this is
where you hope going back to

1215
01:14:51,900 --> 01:14:53,200
Keyshawn.
King.

1216
01:14:53,800 --> 01:14:59,100
He wants to see two guys emerge.
The hope is its Jalen and

1217
01:14:59,100 --> 01:15:04,400
Keyshawn. because the hope is if
you have those two guys emerge

1218
01:15:05,900 --> 01:15:11,100
You can have, you can have a
Raheem Blackshear, be sort of

1219
01:15:11,100 --> 01:15:13,200
that, he's the third guy will
throw them in here.

1220
01:15:13,200 --> 01:15:15,900
We're getting a few carries, but
since we're going to have him

1221
01:15:15,900 --> 01:15:19,900
all over the place.
We don't have to focus on him

1222
01:15:19,900 --> 01:15:22,700
spelling, you don't have to
depend on him.

1223
01:15:22,700 --> 01:15:25,800
For those spell carries, you can
depend on him to be an offensive

1224
01:15:25,800 --> 01:15:29,500
weapon that can be deployed from
the backfield but he doesn't

1225
01:15:29,500 --> 01:15:34,100
necessarily have to be that guy
that's going to get you 12

1226
01:15:34,100 --> 01:15:35,800
carries a game and need to get
you.

1227
01:15:35,800 --> 01:15:39,100
At least like 50 yards on those
carries exactly how he's not

1228
01:15:39,100 --> 01:15:43,000
going to have to be that guy.
He doesn't need to be that way.

1229
01:15:43,000 --> 01:15:45,900
And by all means with Braxton is
the quarterback.

1230
01:15:46,900 --> 01:15:49,600
You can't do the powers.
Practice is not built like that.

1231
01:15:49,600 --> 01:15:53,700
I know he got bigger I drown but
please use more girly correctly.

1232
01:15:54,200 --> 01:15:58,800
I feel like he's so big that on
the third and to his body alone,

1233
01:15:58,800 --> 01:16:01,100
hitting the line, could probably
get you a yard and a half, and

1234
01:16:01,100 --> 01:16:03,200
he just gets a little push.
He's going to get you the first

1235
01:16:03,200 --> 01:16:07,300
down.
So, find the right role for him.

1236
01:16:07,700 --> 01:16:09,800
You know, he looks like in pads,
right?

1237
01:16:10,000 --> 01:16:14,800
Who's that?
Lee Suggs don't, I'm not making

1238
01:16:14,800 --> 01:16:19,000
a comparison to ability.
I'm saying in paths, he looks

1239
01:16:19,000 --> 01:16:21,200
likely sucks.
I'm gonna get a little bit

1240
01:16:21,200 --> 01:16:25,400
better after we get off here and
all right, so Braun, we have

1241
01:16:25,400 --> 01:16:27,400
saved.
Of course, you know, the best

1242
01:16:27,400 --> 01:16:32,200
for last / you, taking a look at
the offensive line and, you

1243
01:16:32,200 --> 01:16:34,600
know, cornelison mentioned
during his press conference,

1244
01:16:34,600 --> 01:16:38,600
they weren't as deep as we are
last year and we super-deep last

1245
01:16:38,600 --> 01:16:41,700
year, but he's feeling better
about the depth now than we did

1246
01:16:41,700 --> 01:16:44,100
before the spring me and you
talk about a we're kind of

1247
01:16:44,100 --> 01:16:48,700
feeling the same way.
Except for like one position and

1248
01:16:48,700 --> 01:16:54,200
that's the first position.
The left tackle is the to is

1249
01:16:54,200 --> 01:16:55,700
Daryl, Bailey, who just looked
over.

1250
01:16:55,700 --> 01:16:58,800
I don't think that's the true
too, but he's running with the

1251
01:16:58,800 --> 01:17:03,000
tools to get reps.
I think he'll be he'll get

1252
01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:06,300
there, perfect.
But I will say this, look at

1253
01:17:06,300 --> 01:17:10,200
looking at him and practice.
While a couple of those snaps,

1254
01:17:10,200 --> 01:17:12,000
his technique didn't look the
best.

1255
01:17:12,300 --> 01:17:16,200
He looks the part at this point.
Yes, he's long.

1256
01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:21,400
He's got kind of that more
thicker, lower body, but that

1257
01:17:21,400 --> 01:17:24,400
long length up top that you want
from a left tackle.

1258
01:17:24,700 --> 01:17:28,400
Yeah, so he's looking the part
that's a good thing.

1259
01:17:28,400 --> 01:17:32,700
Number one, number two,
everything I see is fixable,

1260
01:17:33,500 --> 01:17:37,100
that's good.
So there's nothing to say I was

1261
01:17:37,100 --> 01:17:39,400
saying, okay, well, that's not
going to get any better.

1262
01:17:41,100 --> 01:17:45,400
So if he's if he's doing the
right things technique aside,

1263
01:17:45,900 --> 01:17:48,800
then I mean, That could be
something, I'm not necessarily

1264
01:17:48,800 --> 01:17:51,500
saying, if to neuter goes down,
I feel good.

1265
01:17:51,500 --> 01:17:55,000
But I'm saying if if he can take
the steps from this seasoning,

1266
01:17:55,000 --> 01:17:57,300
the next season, you at least
feel a little bit better about

1267
01:17:57,300 --> 01:17:58,900
the position going into next
year.

1268
01:17:59,400 --> 01:18:02,800
And then the big question is the
move for tenuta from right to

1269
01:18:02,800 --> 01:18:07,700
left, going to going to be good
enough to hold down that

1270
01:18:07,700 --> 01:18:11,400
Blindside.
I think that that's a big that's

1271
01:18:11,400 --> 01:18:15,300
a big question to.
I think we feel better about the

1272
01:18:15,300 --> 01:18:18,200
left side than we do the right
side which we're going to get to

1273
01:18:18,700 --> 01:18:21,700
but you know there's still some
question marks with that

1274
01:18:21,700 --> 01:18:25,600
especially you know, I think
regardless of how well it's a

1275
01:18:25,600 --> 01:18:29,100
new to plays this year, you're
not going to see Christian Daris

1276
01:18:29,100 --> 01:18:31,700
all level play this year so
there's going to be some

1277
01:18:31,900 --> 01:18:35,000
regression on that front.
The question is, how much is

1278
01:18:35,000 --> 01:18:36,400
that going to be?
And how much of that is

1279
01:18:36,400 --> 01:18:39,800
mitigated by what Braxton
Burmeister brings to the table?

1280
01:18:39,900 --> 01:18:43,500
From an athletic standpoint.
Absolutely the question is for

1281
01:18:43,500 --> 01:18:48,400
tenuta is his run is blocking
his always good really it reads

1282
01:18:48,400 --> 01:18:53,800
out on that the past buying a
good and the hope is he brought

1283
01:18:53,800 --> 01:18:57,300
the level up again don't expect
their self-respect and aerosol

1284
01:18:57,300 --> 01:19:01,400
type things you know you will be
disappointed when we are saw

1285
01:19:01,400 --> 01:19:06,300
went to next level in past Pro
from from one year to the next

1286
01:19:06,300 --> 01:19:09,400
every year we did.
They went from the seeds will be

1287
01:19:09,400 --> 01:19:13,600
to and They pretty much
grade-wise 100% in the three

1288
01:19:13,600 --> 01:19:16,700
years, he played.
So now, I will say this and it

1289
01:19:16,700 --> 01:19:19,800
goes to the next position of
left guard.

1290
01:19:20,200 --> 01:19:24,000
He's got a absolute horse with
him and lettuce Smith starting

1291
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:28,000
out there.
So, I think that is, will

1292
01:19:28,000 --> 01:19:33,500
probably help Luke a ton, you
know, they're showing Jesse

1293
01:19:33,500 --> 01:19:35,700
Hanson as the backup.
We have talked about several

1294
01:19:35,700 --> 01:19:38,200
times, he's one of those guys
that needs to step up.

1295
01:19:38,300 --> 01:19:43,200
If you tell me Hanson, Up to
where he can be a true left

1296
01:19:43,200 --> 01:19:45,700
guard.
Fill in for lettuce, I'm going

1297
01:19:45,700 --> 01:19:47,700
to see.
She has always put yours named.

1298
01:19:47,700 --> 01:19:51,400
I'm sorry.
That's going to make us feel

1299
01:19:51,400 --> 01:19:56,200
better and really in that
interview Brian, are his presser

1300
01:19:57,000 --> 01:20:01,500
Smith's leadership is showing
through solid with the stuff

1301
01:20:01,500 --> 01:20:03,900
earlier in the year with Vice
and Brock in them.

1302
01:20:03,900 --> 01:20:08,000
But you saw even more, you know,
on that presser.

1303
01:20:09,100 --> 01:20:11,200
Yeah.
I mean, It definitely seems like

1304
01:20:11,400 --> 01:20:16,000
let's see the Smith and broke
off under the de facto leaders

1305
01:20:16,000 --> 01:20:20,700
on this line and it showed in
the interviews from early last

1306
01:20:20,700 --> 01:20:24,400
or late last week and it showed
in some of the offseason stuff

1307
01:20:24,400 --> 01:20:28,000
we've seen last year.
And in this year, I think, let's

1308
01:20:28,000 --> 01:20:30,100
see the Smith.
Definitely took a step last year

1309
01:20:30,100 --> 01:20:33,000
towards that leadership role.
And it's only gotten stronger

1310
01:20:33,300 --> 01:20:37,600
heading into 2021.
He talked about carry over from,

1311
01:20:37,600 --> 01:20:40,100
you know, the good year last
year and he's like carry Isn't a

1312
01:20:40,108 --> 01:20:43,100
thing got to stay focused on
each game.

1313
01:20:43,600 --> 01:20:47,300
No game, or season really
carries over one from the other,

1314
01:20:47,300 --> 01:20:50,300
it always has to be about
preparation and execution each

1315
01:20:50,300 --> 01:20:53,200
week each season.
So that be that that's, that

1316
01:20:53,200 --> 01:20:56,700
tells me that he's ready to lead
and ready to kind of say, the

1317
01:20:56,700 --> 01:21:00,500
right things to the other guys
to make sure that they're doing

1318
01:21:00,500 --> 01:21:04,300
the right thing day-to-day, and
week-to-week to get those wins.

1319
01:21:05,000 --> 01:21:09,200
And he talked about just across
the board for the line you guys

1320
01:21:09,200 --> 01:21:11,300
coming in and getting In some
extra film and workouts on

1321
01:21:11,300 --> 01:21:13,000
weekends.
So that mean that shows that,

1322
01:21:13,500 --> 01:21:16,700
you know, that leadership from
the player leaders is trickling

1323
01:21:16,700 --> 01:21:19,200
down to the rest of the team to.
So, that's good to see.

1324
01:21:20,400 --> 01:21:23,200
Oh, absolutely.
And when he mentioned that, I

1325
01:21:23,208 --> 01:21:24,800
think he was referring to the
whole team.

1326
01:21:25,200 --> 01:21:27,400
Yeah.
Being the whole team out there

1327
01:21:27,400 --> 01:21:31,100
on weekends and days off, still
working still grinding.

1328
01:21:31,600 --> 01:21:34,900
And, you know, I think we as
fans, I think that's something

1329
01:21:34,900 --> 01:21:39,600
we want to hear, because I think
a, it shows you, it means a lot

1330
01:21:39,600 --> 01:21:41,100
to these players.
And hopefully it's the

1331
01:21:41,100 --> 01:21:45,300
understanding of what Virginia
Tech football is is, is that

1332
01:21:45,300 --> 01:21:47,400
extra hard work?
Is that extra effort?

1333
01:21:47,500 --> 01:21:51,200
Is that grind?
And you don't talk about grand

1334
01:21:51,200 --> 01:21:54,600
extra effort, the guy started at
Center Brock Hoffman being

1335
01:21:54,600 --> 01:21:57,600
backed up by Johnny Jordan is
that guy you know, cornelison

1336
01:21:57,600 --> 01:22:02,600
talked about and you've already
mentioned it leader big leader

1337
01:22:02,600 --> 01:22:07,200
on the line and you can tell, by
the way he carries himself, very

1338
01:22:07,200 --> 01:22:11,300
confident kid and obviously a
hard worker now.

1339
01:22:13,200 --> 01:22:15,500
Brad did call him out and talk
about, he had to get more

1340
01:22:15,500 --> 01:22:19,000
disciplined.
How many, you know, felt like it

1341
01:22:19,000 --> 01:22:20,500
felt like it was every other
game.

1342
01:22:20,500 --> 01:22:25,900
He was doing a 15-yard penalty
herding, a drive, which shows,

1343
01:22:25,900 --> 01:22:28,000
you know, he's got the nasty
streak to him but, you know,

1344
01:22:28,000 --> 01:22:29,100
Brian.
You played it.

1345
01:22:29,200 --> 01:22:30,800
Sometimes.
You got to pull that back.

1346
01:22:30,800 --> 01:22:35,200
That you're going to hurt more
than help and obviously playing

1347
01:22:35,200 --> 01:22:37,100
Center, usually one of the
smarter positions.

1348
01:22:37,100 --> 01:22:40,100
So you feel good.
There, you feel?

1349
01:22:40,100 --> 01:22:41,600
Good.
You bring in an all Big.

1350
01:22:41,600 --> 01:22:45,500
Ten guy and Johnny, Jordan To be
the backup in the way.

1351
01:22:45,500 --> 01:22:49,000
It's looking Johnny, obviously
he's there will mention a few

1352
01:22:49,000 --> 01:22:50,400
minutes.
He's getting some run it right

1353
01:22:50,400 --> 01:22:53,700
car to one of the things from
Brock, some presser kind of

1354
01:22:53,700 --> 01:22:57,100
culture here. yeah, I mean, you
mentioned a couple of the big

1355
01:22:57,100 --> 01:23:02,600
ones was You talked about corn,
talking about his leadership and

1356
01:23:02,600 --> 01:23:04,800
his confidence.
And, you know, we know he's

1357
01:23:04,800 --> 01:23:08,600
confident, we've seen the Social
Media stuff, but he also said he

1358
01:23:08,600 --> 01:23:10,300
has hard work to back up that
confidence.

1359
01:23:10,300 --> 01:23:11,600
I think that's what you like to
see.

1360
01:23:12,300 --> 01:23:15,700
You know, you confidence kind of
can tend towards arrogance, if

1361
01:23:15,700 --> 01:23:19,100
you're not backing it up with
doing the right things, while

1362
01:23:19,100 --> 01:23:22,700
you're saying, the right things
and talking a big game, so he

1363
01:23:22,700 --> 01:23:25,100
definitely backs it up.
He definitely needs to rein in

1364
01:23:25,100 --> 01:23:29,000
that, those personal fouls and
some of the Holdings there was A

1365
01:23:29,008 --> 01:23:31,700
few Holdings but I think the
personal fouls were bigger just

1366
01:23:31,700 --> 01:23:35,000
because that's, you know, that's
up here that's not in the course

1367
01:23:35,000 --> 01:23:38,900
of of a play, you know.
You get out of position or you,

1368
01:23:39,300 --> 01:23:41,200
you know, you make a mistake
with your hand placement.

1369
01:23:41,200 --> 01:23:45,900
It's it's a the whistle blew but
I'm still, you know, thinking

1370
01:23:45,900 --> 01:23:48,000
I'm a badass and I'm going to
finish this playoff.

1371
01:23:49,100 --> 01:23:51,000
We play hard as hell.
And then when the whistle blows

1372
01:23:51,000 --> 01:23:53,900
you stop, that's that's that's
just how it has to be.

1373
01:23:54,800 --> 01:23:57,800
You can be as dirty as you want
to be, but do that shit between

1374
01:23:57,800 --> 01:23:59,800
the whistles?
That's The Steel Net.

1375
01:24:00,100 --> 01:24:04,500
So moving on, Brock dropped a
little bit of weight.

1376
01:24:04,500 --> 01:24:10,100
This off season 1, 2 3, 10.
Yeah, I think that's going to be

1377
01:24:10,100 --> 01:24:14,800
good for him, whether he ends up
Center guard, or potentially

1378
01:24:14,800 --> 01:24:17,800
sliding out to tackle, like some
coaches have talked about, and

1379
01:24:18,700 --> 01:24:21,700
that I said, I'm comfortable
with if that's the best.

1380
01:24:22,200 --> 01:24:24,500
If we have that, gets our best
five on the field.

1381
01:24:25,700 --> 01:24:27,600
I don't think that's an ideal
situation.

1382
01:24:27,600 --> 01:24:31,100
If that happens at Tells me that
we've got a big problem at right

1383
01:24:31,100 --> 01:24:33,700
tackle.
I'm not necessarily that Brock

1384
01:24:33,700 --> 01:24:36,200
is just a versatile player.
You know you do.

1385
01:24:36,200 --> 01:24:40,100
I'm saying I mean it's a sign
that we're we're in a little bit

1386
01:24:40,100 --> 01:24:43,600
of trouble if that's happens,
but I'd prefer that over putting

1387
01:24:43,600 --> 01:24:45,900
a right tackle out there that
can't get the job done.

1388
01:24:47,100 --> 01:24:51,900
So as we're talking about that a
little bit, he also talked about

1389
01:24:51,900 --> 01:24:57,500
Johnny, Jordan coming in said
said he came in at start of

1390
01:24:57,500 --> 01:24:59,000
summer.
He's worked hard.

1391
01:24:59,000 --> 01:25:02,500
He's acclimated with the unit,
you know, kind of came in and

1392
01:25:02,500 --> 01:25:07,200
said, and did the right things
and they're really starting to

1393
01:25:07,200 --> 01:25:08,800
gel a little bit there and click
there.

1394
01:25:09,500 --> 01:25:12,500
And, you know, he said, he was
also excited about how much work

1395
01:25:12,500 --> 01:25:16,000
Silas is an see got, and in the
spring.

1396
01:25:17,000 --> 01:25:19,700
And it feels like that's going
to help that's going to help

1397
01:25:19,800 --> 01:25:22,300
long term, regardless of,
whether he ends up winning that

1398
01:25:22,300 --> 01:25:26,800
spot at Right Guard or not.
Because having that extra work

1399
01:25:26,800 --> 01:25:30,500
is only going to be good for
this unit from a deaf

1400
01:25:30,500 --> 01:25:33,300
perspective because that's,
that's the biggest concern

1401
01:25:34,400 --> 01:25:36,500
outside of right.
Tackle is what, what, what

1402
01:25:36,500 --> 01:25:39,200
depths going to look like, if
one or two guys go down, it's

1403
01:25:39,200 --> 01:25:42,400
very true.
And we regard as the other piece

1404
01:25:42,400 --> 01:25:46,600
that I want to say that caught
my eye year for the presser was

1405
01:25:47,000 --> 01:25:50,500
Didrik Gioia Brazilian jiu-jitsu
over the year.

1406
01:25:50,900 --> 01:25:53,500
And if you ever heard about it
is one of those really

1407
01:25:53,500 --> 01:25:57,600
disciplined martial arts.
So, I feel like that's him

1408
01:25:57,600 --> 01:26:00,800
knowing like, I've got to get
better, I've got to get smarter,

1409
01:26:01,400 --> 01:26:04,800
I've got to be able to take
control and tone it down because

1410
01:26:04,800 --> 01:26:07,200
if you remember there were a
couple drives last year.

1411
01:26:08,100 --> 01:26:10,200
We're they were going to need to
push it in.

1412
01:26:10,200 --> 01:26:12,900
We have the defense on their
heels, he makes a mistake.

1413
01:26:13,800 --> 01:26:16,800
Himself recognizing that and
then taking up something outside

1414
01:26:16,800 --> 01:26:18,600
of football to help with that is
huge.

1415
01:26:19,100 --> 01:26:23,600
Now, Brian he mentioned Silas
Dan Z Silas danji and Johnny

1416
01:26:23,600 --> 01:26:27,900
Jordan are the 1A 1B at Right
Guard.

1417
01:26:28,500 --> 01:26:31,400
Backed up by the Freshman Caden.
More who I know you love with

1418
01:26:31,400 --> 01:26:35,300
the nasty streak.
I feel fine about this.

1419
01:26:35,800 --> 01:26:38,400
I do.
I love to see Silas get it just

1420
01:26:38,400 --> 01:26:42,500
because he's been here so long.
Worked his ass off to get in

1421
01:26:42,500 --> 01:26:46,700
that type of position and he's
also a huge human being.

1422
01:26:47,100 --> 01:26:51,000
And you like there would be some
intimidation with against some

1423
01:26:51,000 --> 01:26:53,800
teams.
Yeah, I mean, he's a, he's a big

1424
01:26:53,800 --> 01:26:58,400
man and in the Run game.
I feel 100% confident that he

1425
01:26:58,400 --> 01:26:59,800
can hold down the guard
position.

1426
01:27:00,400 --> 01:27:05,300
The question is, is there.
Enough discrepancy in in past

1427
01:27:05,300 --> 01:27:09,900
Pro relative to what Johnny
arkadin can bring to the table.

1428
01:27:10,700 --> 01:27:13,700
That takes him out of that
position and moves into into a

1429
01:27:13,700 --> 01:27:17,000
more of a reserve role.
That's going to be the big

1430
01:27:17,000 --> 01:27:19,600
question there.
But I mean he's got a nasty

1431
01:27:19,600 --> 01:27:21,600
streak.
This is a guy.

1432
01:27:21,600 --> 01:27:24,900
Let's let's rewind a little bit
that we were talking about.

1433
01:27:25,400 --> 01:27:30,600
Was slotted into start at tackle
in 2019.

1434
01:27:30,900 --> 01:27:37,600
Yep.
Sorry, 2018, 2018, and injury

1435
01:27:38,800 --> 01:27:41,300
ahead of that.
The opening game, Chris and

1436
01:27:41,300 --> 01:27:43,600
aerosol gets that job and never
lets it go.

1437
01:27:43,600 --> 01:27:49,000
And, you know, Silas has kind of
been a 2d player ever since, but

1438
01:27:49,000 --> 01:27:50,900
never, never quite getting over
the hump.

1439
01:27:50,900 --> 01:27:54,300
And hopefully, you know, this
was his opportunity and he's

1440
01:27:54,300 --> 01:27:57,900
able to take advantage of it.
Beeping, let's talk about,

1441
01:27:57,900 --> 01:27:59,100
Johnny, Jordan, a little bit
more.

1442
01:27:59,100 --> 01:28:02,000
Here, we didn't talk to him
about him very much, other than

1443
01:28:02,400 --> 01:28:05,200
Howie's acclimated with the unit
here.

1444
01:28:06,900 --> 01:28:10,100
He's going to be a significant
player for us even if he's not a

1445
01:28:10,100 --> 01:28:14,300
Frontline guy because he's one
injury away from either starting

1446
01:28:14,300 --> 01:28:19,000
at Center or guard.
Yeah, because he's going to be

1447
01:28:19,000 --> 01:28:21,300
the neck if he's not starting at
Rygaard.

1448
01:28:21,300 --> 01:28:24,100
He's gonna be the next best
player at all interior line

1449
01:28:24,100 --> 01:28:25,400
positions.
Very true.

1450
01:28:26,300 --> 01:28:30,700
Very true.
The important he is, he is such

1451
01:28:30,700 --> 01:28:35,100
a such a cock right now that if
he can become That Swing

1452
01:28:35,100 --> 01:28:38,300
interior.
Got it makes you feel better a

1453
01:28:38,400 --> 01:28:41,600
because we know we can rotate
guys in and out or someone get

1454
01:28:41,600 --> 01:28:45,300
Nick, you have a capable back up
in this big Frank you're talking

1455
01:28:45,300 --> 01:28:47,300
about a guy who is been waiting
his turn.

1456
01:28:47,900 --> 01:28:52,000
How about Tyrell Smith running
with the wrong ones, right?

1457
01:28:52,000 --> 01:28:56,600
As Camp begins and up to this
point, I have not seen any

1458
01:28:56,600 --> 01:28:59,500
notification that he has not
lost that job, and I hope he

1459
01:28:59,500 --> 01:29:04,700
doesn't lose that job.
Because Tyrell is someone that

1460
01:29:04,700 --> 01:29:09,400
I've seen people mention, you
know, he has some great feat for

1461
01:29:09,400 --> 01:29:11,000
a tackle.
Yep.

1462
01:29:11,300 --> 01:29:15,000
Nothing else.
It might as well as run games,

1463
01:29:15,000 --> 01:29:16,200
not great.
You know what?

1464
01:29:17,300 --> 01:29:21,200
I think our officers even with a
lesser right tackle.

1465
01:29:22,200 --> 01:29:24,000
You can be strong the wrong
game.

1466
01:29:24,600 --> 01:29:28,300
I'll take this Pasco this year.
Now currently they're putting

1467
01:29:28,300 --> 01:29:30,700
Clements and Shake as the
backup.

1468
01:29:31,800 --> 01:29:34,500
Kind of maybe a little shocked
to see ships named not Clements.

1469
01:29:34,500 --> 01:29:39,600
I know he was working over there
but do you hope the man who's 25

1470
01:29:39,600 --> 01:29:42,900
can hold it down?
Yeah, I do.

1471
01:29:44,200 --> 01:29:46,800
Although I feel better about
Clemens.

1472
01:29:47,000 --> 01:29:53,300
Than I did, I think at the start
of spring and the fact you got

1473
01:29:53,300 --> 01:29:55,700
Bob shake, at least gives you a
little bit more depth.

1474
01:29:56,100 --> 01:29:58,500
I feel like at this point,
Clements is probably the true

1475
01:29:58,500 --> 01:30:02,100
number two, but they're giving
shik some run to number one

1476
01:30:02,100 --> 01:30:08,300
acclimate him to to the system
and, and to kind of that, that

1477
01:30:08,300 --> 01:30:11,400
that's a position in general
that needs to be pushed because

1478
01:30:11,800 --> 01:30:15,200
there's no clear kind of leader
in the clubhouse.

1479
01:30:15,200 --> 01:30:20,200
I feel like, you know, Vamsi had
some Advantage because he

1480
01:30:20,200 --> 01:30:25,300
started the whole spring.
He's a veteran, whereas Tyro

1481
01:30:25,300 --> 01:30:27,700
Smith.
This is really his first first

1482
01:30:27,700 --> 01:30:33,700
run at being kind of the number
one here so he doesn't really

1483
01:30:33,700 --> 01:30:37,600
have it locked down while you
know some of these these younger

1484
01:30:37,600 --> 01:30:40,900
guys and a Juco transfer or
making a run at that position.

1485
01:30:40,900 --> 01:30:44,400
So there's truly a competition
that I think, working working

1486
01:30:44,400 --> 01:30:46,200
Bob Shake in there as quick as
possible.

1487
01:30:46,200 --> 01:30:51,500
We'll only Push those guys
harder, you know, if Ty Smith

1488
01:30:51,500 --> 01:30:58,800
comes out juice, I'll be happy.
Just because If he, if he wins

1489
01:30:58,800 --> 01:31:02,600
that battle I think that he's
kind of the the one that's easy

1490
01:31:02,600 --> 01:31:06,100
to cheer for because you know,
those other guys have have some

1491
01:31:06,100 --> 01:31:09,100
some time in their career to get
there.

1492
01:31:09,100 --> 01:31:12,300
So This is going to be it for
him.

1493
01:31:12,300 --> 01:31:13,800
He's not I don't think he's
gonna go for.

1494
01:31:13,800 --> 01:31:16,900
What's it will be ninth year.
Hey eight.

1495
01:31:17,700 --> 01:31:21,900
I'll just the screen but I don't
think he's going to go in that

1496
01:31:21,900 --> 01:31:26,200
direction.
And still do I feel great about

1497
01:31:26,200 --> 01:31:30,000
offensive lined up?
No, no.

1498
01:31:30,000 --> 01:31:31,400
I feel like I'm kind of with
corn.

1499
01:31:31,400 --> 01:31:34,100
I'm concerned about death, but I
feel better than I did at the

1500
01:31:34,100 --> 01:31:37,900
start of spring.
Exactly, exactly.

1501
01:31:38,300 --> 01:31:41,800
So on you know, Things I've
never said before.

1502
01:31:41,800 --> 01:31:46,800
I agree with Brad, Carl Nelson,
Austin and listen.

1503
01:31:46,800 --> 01:31:49,100
He's on coming.
Be messaging you and being like

1504
01:31:49,100 --> 01:31:52,600
Oh talk about Brad.
Now, we cared about, you know,

1505
01:31:53,100 --> 01:31:56,000
we just call it like we see it,
you know, in our eyes and the

1506
01:31:56,000 --> 01:31:58,200
best way we can.
All right, let's roll on.

1507
01:31:58,200 --> 01:32:00,800
Just a few other things that
were kind of notated, you know,

1508
01:32:00,800 --> 01:32:03,300
ham talked about that.
The coastal has a ton of

1509
01:32:03,300 --> 01:32:05,000
returning quarterback in.
This is true.

1510
01:32:05,400 --> 01:32:10,900
You guys Sam how back You've got
the Eric King that you got Kenny

1511
01:32:10,900 --> 01:32:17,200
picket on your 14 of whom, 15
touchdowns and and 11

1512
01:32:17,200 --> 01:32:19,900
interceptions.
And a guys this is this has and

1513
01:32:19,907 --> 01:32:25,800
always will be a Kenny Pickett
hate podcast, but you know what

1514
01:32:25,800 --> 01:32:28,400
do you think I'm talking about
was with having that many guys

1515
01:32:28,400 --> 01:32:31,500
come back.
You get to kind of look at tape

1516
01:32:31,500 --> 01:32:34,200
and see essentially learning the
nuances, the way they like to

1517
01:32:34,200 --> 01:32:37,800
distribute, you know, and how to
affect their plan to maybe do

1518
01:32:37,800 --> 01:32:41,500
things.
They don't want to do for us.

1519
01:32:41,600 --> 01:32:44,200
There are some there is some
tape on Braxton because he did

1520
01:32:44,200 --> 01:32:47,900
play in multiple games last
year, so it's both ways.

1521
01:32:49,900 --> 01:32:54,600
But, you know, it is one of
those things and, you know, you

1522
01:32:54,600 --> 01:32:57,500
have how who lost a ton of
production guy, you had his for

1523
01:32:57,500 --> 01:33:00,000
high skies.
Get drafted King coming off a

1524
01:33:00,000 --> 01:33:03,600
knee, CL.
It is not an ACL that was torn,

1525
01:33:03,600 --> 01:33:07,800
like in September October of
last year, an ACL is torn at the

1526
01:33:07,800 --> 01:33:12,100
end of the season.
And he said he's going to be

1527
01:33:12,108 --> 01:33:15,500
ready.
Week 14, Alabama, which man.

1528
01:33:16,200 --> 01:33:19,600
Yeah you would.
I hope mean I'm not saying it's

1529
01:33:19,600 --> 01:33:21,600
not going to happen and I'm not
gonna say he's not going to be

1530
01:33:21,600 --> 01:33:24,200
fine.
You know we've seen in the last

1531
01:33:24,200 --> 01:33:29,100
few years, that ACL is more of a
six-month injury.

1532
01:33:29,400 --> 01:33:34,400
Now, that it was a full year
injury crew but it's getting

1533
01:33:34,400 --> 01:33:37,300
back up to game speed.
I'm watching TV every day, it's

1534
01:33:37,300 --> 01:33:42,700
sure both and it's honestly The
mental is going to be where

1535
01:33:43,500 --> 01:33:47,700
where I questioned at the most,
for a guy that uses his legs, as

1536
01:33:47,700 --> 01:33:50,400
much as he does both in the
running game of the passing

1537
01:33:50,400 --> 01:33:51,700
game.
I mean, with the way they moved

1538
01:33:51,700 --> 01:33:54,800
the pocket and the way they use
him to influence defense has

1539
01:33:56,200 --> 01:33:58,900
with his feet, that's going to
play a role.

1540
01:33:59,500 --> 01:34:01,400
So is the mental going to be
there?

1541
01:34:01,400 --> 01:34:04,100
I don't think the physical is
necessarily going to be a

1542
01:34:04,100 --> 01:34:08,400
problem but you know, we've seen
it some now with even some NFL

1543
01:34:08,400 --> 01:34:12,000
quarterbacks Burrow in
particular, you know, they

1544
01:34:12,000 --> 01:34:17,600
talked about he's a little
little trigger shy early in in

1545
01:34:17,600 --> 01:34:20,800
Camp and I don't know if you're
going to see some of that with

1546
01:34:21,500 --> 01:34:26,400
with dear King as well, true.
That other things was obviously,

1547
01:34:26,400 --> 01:34:29,300
it feel like this is brought up
by just about, you know, all the

1548
01:34:29,300 --> 01:34:31,400
coaches were there differences
in 2021.

1549
01:34:31,400 --> 01:34:37,800
I mean, it was a as close to a
normal offseason as possible.

1550
01:34:39,200 --> 01:34:43,000
They got the full workouts in
and the winter.

1551
01:34:43,400 --> 01:34:46,900
They got the full Spring ball.
They've got the summer workouts

1552
01:34:46,900 --> 01:34:52,200
working together when you're
getting a normal fall camp and I

1553
01:34:52,200 --> 01:34:56,000
mean the entire student body is
at 96% for Virginia Tech.

1554
01:34:56,000 --> 01:35:00,300
I'm assuming that the football
team is up there.

1555
01:35:00,300 --> 01:35:06,000
We will fit with them, requiring
exemptions aside with them as

1556
01:35:06,400 --> 01:35:08,800
requiring vaccinations to be on
campus.

1557
01:35:08,900 --> 01:35:12,900
It's more than likely the
football team is in lockstep

1558
01:35:12,900 --> 01:35:15,500
with those percentages.
I would imagine it's probably

1559
01:35:15,500 --> 01:35:18,700
only a very small amount if
anybody which is a great thing,

1560
01:35:20,000 --> 01:35:22,500
you know.
And no thing ham talked about

1561
01:35:22,500 --> 01:35:26,900
was just data.
Just data in general and more

1562
01:35:26,900 --> 01:35:30,300
opportunities in the one thing I
think he said, Brian that you

1563
01:35:30,300 --> 01:35:33,400
could really hear how much is we
got to sit in a room together

1564
01:35:33,400 --> 01:35:37,600
this year and talk about things
and discuss this data and what

1565
01:35:37,600 --> 01:35:41,200
we're seeing and and zooms great
things.

1566
01:35:41,200 --> 01:35:46,400
Like what we do right here are
great, they are but to sit in a

1567
01:35:46,407 --> 01:35:52,000
room with someone and read body
language and different tones in

1568
01:35:52,000 --> 01:35:55,000
the voice and, you know, this is
what they're focused on their in

1569
01:35:55,000 --> 01:35:58,300
this room.
Well, by is knocking at the door

1570
01:35:58,300 --> 01:36:01,000
over there.
I mean, I'm really been working

1571
01:36:01,000 --> 01:36:03,800
hard on being Prime earlier.
They just chatted a couple

1572
01:36:03,800 --> 01:36:06,800
minutes and Brian's kind of
we're talking about this and

1573
01:36:06,800 --> 01:36:09,100
Rise looking at an email from
work and I hear some say.

1574
01:36:09,100 --> 01:36:11,700
So next thing I know is Brian's,
like, I'll be there in five

1575
01:36:11,700 --> 01:36:12,900
minutes.
I'm doing something.

1576
01:36:14,500 --> 01:36:16,400
I deal with the to.
Can you imagine being a

1577
01:36:16,400 --> 01:36:18,900
Collegiate football coach and
trying to go over this game

1578
01:36:18,900 --> 01:36:22,000
film?
Hey, take the dog out.

1579
01:36:22,200 --> 01:36:26,800
What shit what'd I miss?
Couldn't imagine doing that.

1580
01:36:26,800 --> 01:36:31,800
So, you know, get that
opportunity to actually sit in

1581
01:36:31,808 --> 01:36:35,100
the room with your, with your
team, with your guys, with your

1582
01:36:35,100 --> 01:36:40,100
staff.
I think the only thing it can't

1583
01:36:40,100 --> 01:36:43,300
get worse right now and I'll say
something else.

1584
01:36:43,500 --> 01:36:46,000
I mean, this is, this is just
for my observation and it is

1585
01:36:46,000 --> 01:36:48,500
necessarily anything
football-related.

1586
01:36:49,100 --> 01:36:58,600
But for coaches in the past, if
I was at home and watching film,

1587
01:36:59,600 --> 01:37:03,700
my family knew I was definitely
100% working and not to bother

1588
01:37:03,700 --> 01:37:06,500
me.
When all you do is work from

1589
01:37:06,500 --> 01:37:09,500
home.
Home that delineation between

1590
01:37:10,500 --> 01:37:15,800
work, Brian and coach Brian.
And exactly.

1591
01:37:15,800 --> 01:37:20,800
Dad Brian is, that's a lot.
It's a little blurred.

1592
01:37:20,800 --> 01:37:26,200
And, you know, sometimes the you
know, say what you will, you

1593
01:37:26,200 --> 01:37:28,100
might get a call out and be
like, hey you got it, like you

1594
01:37:28,100 --> 01:37:30,900
said, go walk the dog, like okay
I'm watching film.

1595
01:37:30,900 --> 01:37:35,600
But again those lines get
blurred when every day is, you

1596
01:37:35,600 --> 01:37:37,600
know, sitting at home and not
Not at the office.

1597
01:37:38,500 --> 01:37:41,800
So they understand the mind
wanders, man.

1598
01:37:42,800 --> 01:37:48,000
Did you get a lot more
distracted when when you got

1599
01:37:48,000 --> 01:37:52,300
kind of those elements in not
just You know, work from home.

1600
01:37:52,300 --> 01:37:55,600
I can get as much done work from
home, but it's I get it done in

1601
01:37:55,600 --> 01:37:57,700
a lot different ways.
True.

1602
01:37:59,700 --> 01:38:03,100
And I think some of that took
some time to get adjusted to.

1603
01:38:03,700 --> 01:38:06,900
I do.
I'm very productive in spurts.

1604
01:38:07,000 --> 01:38:09,600
More than I am when I'm in the
office, it's more more of a

1605
01:38:09,608 --> 01:38:14,100
spread out.
It's a flood situation.

1606
01:38:14,100 --> 01:38:15,500
The obvious, it's more of a
flow.

1607
01:38:15,500 --> 01:38:18,500
Where is when I'm home, I get a
lot of work done and then I kind

1608
01:38:18,500 --> 01:38:21,300
of all right.
Now, I'm just going to have half

1609
01:38:21,300 --> 01:38:24,200
time where I'm just working on,
maybe emails and clearing those

1610
01:38:24,200 --> 01:38:27,100
out and not not focused
necessarily on.

1611
01:38:27,700 --> 01:38:30,000
You know what, I put on my
Agenda to start the day.

1612
01:38:30,000 --> 01:38:34,400
So absolutely.
And you talk about, you know,

1613
01:38:34,400 --> 01:38:36,200
all that.
And you here for Wednesday,

1614
01:38:36,200 --> 01:38:40,300
really stressing about
refocusing on, you talk about

1615
01:38:40,300 --> 01:38:47,200
identity building the identity
because he its kind of his go-to

1616
01:38:47,200 --> 01:38:49,900
point, whether you love him or
hate him, you know?

1617
01:38:49,900 --> 01:38:54,400
It's the truth if you don't have
and it's what you kind of way,

1618
01:38:54,400 --> 01:38:56,700
you just mentioned learning how
to work from home.

1619
01:38:56,700 --> 01:38:59,800
You have to build an identity of
how and to work from home with

1620
01:38:59,800 --> 01:39:01,700
all the different variables in
your own house.

1621
01:39:02,500 --> 01:39:06,000
Last year, a ton of variables
and what we're learning is

1622
01:39:06,000 --> 01:39:08,100
everyone's code experience was a
little different, everyone had

1623
01:39:08,100 --> 01:39:11,100
to deal with it and how it
affected certain teams was

1624
01:39:11,100 --> 01:39:13,200
different.
And when you're talking about 8

1625
01:39:13,200 --> 01:39:16,700
weeks, and not having guys,
Austin mentioned in last week,

1626
01:39:16,700 --> 01:39:18,700
the guy who was the 2D big
guard.

1627
01:39:19,100 --> 01:39:21,600
Who's the 3D that Center is
asked to play center.

1628
01:39:22,300 --> 01:39:25,100
So now you've got three deep
Center 3D guard.

1629
01:39:25,100 --> 01:39:27,000
Who knows what's going on on the
outside?

1630
01:39:27,000 --> 01:39:31,100
But to his point is big piece
was campus when we build our

1631
01:39:31,100 --> 01:39:33,400
identity.
We get to know each other.

1632
01:39:34,500 --> 01:39:37,600
In because it's it's what it's
six off.

1633
01:39:37,900 --> 01:39:42,300
Six on one off, five on one off
for on one often 31 off and then

1634
01:39:42,300 --> 01:39:44,400
it's mine game week and then
it's game week.

1635
01:39:45,600 --> 01:39:48,700
You're slowly integrating who we
are going to be as a team this

1636
01:39:48,700 --> 01:39:55,400
year in.
That's big you know if they come

1637
01:39:55,400 --> 01:39:57,900
out here and they stink up the
joint, will it be surprising?

1638
01:39:57,900 --> 01:40:01,800
No but at least this year you
can say you didn't have any

1639
01:40:01,800 --> 01:40:05,000
handcuffs on me, man.
No handcuffs, I mean you know,

1640
01:40:05,000 --> 01:40:10,600
excuses on that in as well but I
will say this The team seems as

1641
01:40:10,600 --> 01:40:15,000
Loose as I've ever seen them in
a good way.

1642
01:40:16,600 --> 01:40:20,100
They seem like they're having
fun, but they also seem like

1643
01:40:20,100 --> 01:40:25,500
they're focused on proving the
doubters wrong, and I'm hoping

1644
01:40:25,500 --> 01:40:28,200
that's a good recipe for Success
on the field.

1645
01:40:31,700 --> 01:40:34,300
But they again they seem a
little bit more.

1646
01:40:37,300 --> 01:40:40,900
Kind of like those older teams
like the camaraderie is there?

1647
01:40:40,900 --> 01:40:43,900
I mean it definitely feels a
little different this year.

1648
01:40:44,800 --> 01:40:48,100
I don't necessarily expect
significant differences in the

1649
01:40:48,100 --> 01:40:53,800
win-loss column, you know.
We'll we'll probably get to some

1650
01:40:53,800 --> 01:40:58,800
of that in a future episode.
But absolutely, I think this is

1651
01:40:58,800 --> 01:41:01,300
going to be a lot more fun to
watch.

1652
01:41:03,600 --> 01:41:06,500
Then it was at times last year,
because at times last year.

1653
01:41:07,800 --> 01:41:10,800
Khalil Herbert aside.
It was a little frustrating to

1654
01:41:10,800 --> 01:41:13,400
watch.
I'm hoping this is as fun to

1655
01:41:13,400 --> 01:41:19,000
watch as 2016 2017.
Yeah, I'm hoping that's where we

1656
01:41:19,000 --> 01:41:21,500
are.
Has anything come across the

1657
01:41:21,500 --> 01:41:26,400
wire in the last hour and 42
minutes perhaps nothing.

1658
01:41:26,400 --> 01:41:29,400
That I think we should really
talk about right now.

1659
01:41:29,500 --> 01:41:31,000
I think, I think we're good to
go buddy.

1660
01:41:31,300 --> 01:41:32,500
All right.
Well that's going to wrap up

1661
01:41:32,500 --> 01:41:35,300
this episode of The Boundary
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1662
01:41:35,300 --> 01:41:39,000
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1679
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1680
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