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exciting weekend. I felt football. football. A lot lot

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of fun, games. ran game was a a

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thriller. unbelievable. What do you make of

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out here in Los Angeles. We in Los

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We got We We had Roman. We had

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Jack, we We had Fernando. we Now we

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got Puka. had Quite a player. we got Quite

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a player. His size is impressive His size

1:00

is impressive. And toughness. He really, he makes

1:02

a lot of plays of plays. and got the

1:04

hair, the flow. I I mean, he's

1:06

got got the look and he's a fun guy to fun

1:08

guy to watch. caught one You know, he balls, it

1:10

one of those balls. had eyes in the back of like

1:12

he had eyes in the back of his head. It was

1:14

over his head and he caught it and he kept his it

1:16

it was. do you do that? I you do that? mean,

1:18

you've seen everything you can see. You had grunk,

1:20

you you had moss, you've had everybody. How

1:22

do you, how guys do that? do that? Well,

1:25

I think that's why why the

1:27

NFL, you don't really see see the

1:29

officials ever rule un -catchable ball Because

1:31

all these guys have such

1:33

amazing athleticism to jump and one catch

1:35

and all that, that virtually every

1:37

ball is catchable. So even

1:39

the ones that sometimes you look

1:41

at it and say, say not

1:43

it's not he couldn't have caught

1:45

that ball. They have these spectacular

1:47

plays and so the officials, I

1:49

think, have pretty much said

1:51

there are almost no passes that

1:53

are un -catchable. that are uncatchable so why why

1:55

those interference calls, but yeah, these

1:57

guys are phenomenal. They really are they

1:59

really are. make of that game overall and

2:01

I guess we could go back and dissect

2:04

it but a 44 to 42 game isn't

2:06

decided on one play but if you were

2:08

to go back you'd kind of want to

2:10

know why why is Josh Allen sneaking the

2:13

ball there on with three timeouts? Yeah, that

2:15

was really, that was a big play in

2:17

the game and had they run some kind

2:19

of a rollout where he could run or

2:22

throw it out of bounds if he wasn't

2:24

going to make it or throw a pass

2:26

and if it's incomplete, you know, you run

2:28

a few seconds off the clock, but using

2:31

that first time out changed the whole dynamic

2:33

of the game unless Buffalo was able to

2:35

recover the onside kick, they really didn't have

2:37

a chance to win and they only needed

2:40

a field goal. So that was a. Yeah,

2:43

that was a big one. I'm not

2:45

sure. I'm not sure about that, but

2:47

I'd probably like to have that call

2:49

back. Josh Allen, seems to me, and

2:51

I don't have a vote, looks like

2:53

the MVP, and he probably could have

2:55

been a couple of times in his

2:57

career, and Saquan Barkley is doing all

2:59

kinds of great things, too, as he

3:01

embarks on Eric Dickerson's record. Josh Allen,

3:03

three touchdowns passing, three touchdowns rushing, and

3:05

it's still not enough. But the guy's

3:07

been phenomenal. And you saw it up

3:09

close and personal for all his years.

3:11

Yeah, unfortunately. And he got a lot

3:13

better from his first two or three

3:15

years in the league. He really improved

3:17

a lot. I think the big thing

3:19

this year is just, you know, he's

3:21

not turning the ball over and there

3:23

he was again yesterday with all that

3:25

production and no turnover. So his decision

3:27

making I think is. He's gotten

3:29

much better even though he's capable of

3:32

making a lot of spectacular plays. I

3:34

think this year he's done a better

3:36

job of not not taking as much

3:38

of a risk except when he really

3:41

has to and he made a couple

3:43

of tight throws yesterday but down by

3:45

10 points those are the kind of

3:47

throws you need to make. And he's

3:50

done a much better job of protecting

3:52

the ball and helping the defense. But

3:54

then at critical points in the game,

3:56

making the plays that he needs to

3:59

make, whether it's scrambling, extending plays or

4:01

making a pinpoint pass into type coverage.

4:03

know either right Barclays in that conversation.

4:05

I would also say I think Lamar

4:08

Jackson the the Ravens would be in

4:10

a lot of trouble without him I

4:12

think he bales them out of a

4:14

lot of plays and even though their

4:17

record is is what it is it's

4:19

eight and five I think but they

4:21

Where they would be without him given

4:23

their number of offensive penalties and negative

4:26

plays offensively that he's able to overcome

4:28

on some second and 20s and third

4:30

and 15s and all that have been,

4:33

I think he's at a remarkable year

4:35

too, so those three guys have all

4:37

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what I'm going to call him, Dan

4:57

Campbell. Every time he goes out on

5:00

the field. What's going on

5:02

on fourth down particularly with a chance

5:04

to win the game and you're afraid

5:06

to give the ball back and now

5:08

you have a chance to lose the

5:10

game because you're going to go for

5:12

it in a situation that that that

5:14

that has people scratching their heads. It

5:16

doesn't mean it's a good call because

5:18

he made it. Yeah, you know, that's

5:21

a tough one. Jim, I think you

5:23

have to really know what's in the

5:25

what's in Dan's mind, what he's thinking.

5:27

I would say and I've been in

5:29

this situation a few times when When

5:31

your team isn't balanced or as balanced

5:33

as you like it to be, you

5:35

have a really explosive offense and maybe

5:37

a defense that's just not quite as

5:39

confident in, you know, in Detroit's case,

5:42

the number of players they have on

5:44

injury reserve, the depth that they lack

5:46

right now on defense, that sometimes you

5:48

kind of get that feeling as a

5:50

head coach that if we can make

5:52

one more first down, if we can

5:54

gain four yards here and make a

5:56

down we can end the game and

5:58

I don't have to put my defense

6:00

back out there who maybe you feel

6:02

are a little under man based on

6:05

whatever the circumstances are whether it's injuries

6:07

or the way the game has gone

6:09

or the conditioning or maybe a couple

6:11

things that have happened within the game

6:13

that you just don't feel good about

6:15

and and you rather lay it on

6:17

the best unit of your team to

6:19

you know win or lose as opposed

6:21

to maybe putting your not

6:24

your best unit out there in a

6:26

more conventional decision. So I'm not sure

6:29

if that's it, but I could see

6:31

it. I could see it being that

6:33

way. I could see it. I could

6:36

see Dan feeling like, okay, we don't

6:38

make one play here on offense to

6:40

gain two yards or four yards or

6:43

four yards or five yards or whatever

6:45

it is. If we make it, we

6:47

win, play here on offense to gain

6:50

two yards or four yards or four

6:52

yards or five yards or five yards

6:54

or five yards or five of the

6:56

confidenceidence I have. So is conventional coaching

6:59

or what we would term smart coaching?

7:01

Is that all? Is that whole book

7:03

been thrown into the gutter and washed

7:06

away because of analytics, because of change

7:08

in rules and just because of changing

7:10

times and offensive power? Is conventional coaching

7:13

gone? I don't know if

7:15

it's gone. I think there's a little

7:17

bit of a maybe a shift in

7:19

philosophy. But I think in the end

7:21

as a coach, as they coach, every

7:23

decision you make, you want to make

7:25

what you feel is the best one

7:27

for the football team. Or whether that's

7:29

to go for or pawn it or

7:31

kick a field goal or take a

7:34

safety or use a timeout or whatever

7:36

it is, the decision you make is

7:38

what you feel is, gives the best,

7:40

the team, the team the best for

7:42

the best for the football team. They

7:44

don't all work out, of course, but

7:46

that's your intent in making them. And

7:48

sometimes you make a mistake. Sometimes you

7:50

just blow it and make a mistake.

7:52

But I'd say most of the time,

7:54

I feel like there's a strategy that's

7:57

employed and it's what the coach feels

7:59

like was the best decision at that

8:01

time. When they work out, it's a

8:03

great decision when they don't work a

8:05

bad decision. You know, you're on the

8:07

line to make those calls and that's

8:09

that's our job and as a head

8:11

coach and so you go ahead and

8:13

do it. But I do think that

8:15

the intent is to do, even though

8:17

it might be the percentage might my

8:20

favorite a little bit differently, I think

8:22

for that moment in time, that team,

8:24

that coach and then sometimes the momentum

8:26

plays into it too. You think Singler

8:28

are going well and your team has

8:30

some momentum, then sometimes you tend to

8:32

be a little bit more aggressive than

8:34

when it's not? You ever doubt yourself?

8:36

while it's happening? Well you definitely doubt

8:38

yourself after it happens when it doesn't

8:40

work out. But while it's happening do

8:43

you say you know do you have

8:45

that doubt self doubt creep in sometimes?

8:47

I think sometimes there have been a

8:49

couple times where you make a call

8:51

and then as you see the play

8:53

unfold even before the ball snap you

8:55

start to say Oh boy, this isn't

8:57

too good here. This isn't really where

8:59

we want to be. Now, if you

9:01

have a time out, you can take

9:03

it or if you have a quarterback,

9:06

like, you know, Tom failed me out

9:08

a few times too, where he didn't

9:10

like the look of it and would

9:12

either change the play or take a

9:14

time out or do something to prevent

9:16

us from running a bad play. And

9:18

again, I've said this before about saying

9:20

it again. of all the great things

9:22

that Tom Brady did as a quarterback

9:24

and did for me and for the

9:26

Patriots. He made a lot of great

9:29

plays, but he also avoided so many

9:31

bad plays. Turnovers, pre-snap penalties, negative plays

9:33

in the running game, pressures because of

9:35

protection issues. that he was able to

9:37

change or adjust. He made so many

9:39

decisions to keep us out of negative

9:41

yardage plays so that we avoid the

9:43

second and 13s and the third and

9:45

11s and and where you're trying to

9:47

gain more than 10 yards hard enough

9:49

to gain 10 yards in three downs

9:52

to try to gain 13 and two

9:54

or you know whatever the number is

9:56

just you just you know it's just

9:58

more of an uphill battle. I think

10:00

the great quarterbacks Mahomes has been in

10:02

that category for sure. Josh does a

10:04

good job of that too, Stafford. Those

10:06

guys avoid a lot of bad plays.

10:08

And so the team's not too many

10:10

times in that overly difficult situations, they

10:12

just have really no chance to get

10:14

out of. And then it's either turnovers

10:17

or bad field position that it leads

10:19

to on the other end, getting knocked

10:21

out of field goal range. I'd say

10:23

Lamar has a number of those plays.

10:25

He just finds a way to overcome

10:27

them. They're in second and 20s, they're

10:29

in second and 15s, they're in third

10:31

15s, but he overcome, and eventually I

10:33

think that catches up to you, and

10:35

you know, it's why they're eight and

10:37

five, that they have too many days

10:40

to overcome, and obviously had some, you

10:42

know, problems in the earlier in the

10:44

year defensively, which that seems to have

10:46

gotten better, but long yardage in football

10:48

is just, it's really, really hard. And

10:50

Jim, if you have any good third

10:52

and 15 plays, third and 18 plays,

10:54

I'm sure that any coach would love

10:56

to have those, because you're always looking

10:58

for one in that situation. There aren't

11:00

a good place, really. You know, you

11:03

don't know how many great plays I

11:05

have sitting in this chair. You just

11:07

haven't, you would have no idea. Every

11:09

coach would need him. No coach has

11:11

a good third and 20 play. They're

11:13

just aren't very rejected. That's why I'm

11:15

still in this chair. Speaking

11:19

about being in this chair, let's

11:21

change the subject to coach. You want

11:23

to coach next year? Well, I would

11:26

consider it. I've had enough of

11:28

this chair already. Yeah, I know. This

11:30

chair has actually been really comfortable with

11:32

you, Jim. But I've had some conversations

11:35

with the Chancellor at North Carolina. So

11:37

we'll see how that goes. We'll see

11:39

how it goes. I think it caught

11:42

folks by surprise that college coaching might

11:44

appeal to you. Can you explain your

11:46

decision-making process and why that does appeal

11:49

to you if in fact that's the

11:51

root you go? Well, again, I have

11:53

an open mind and have a, I

11:56

think the college game is close. program

11:58

game that's ever been with the new

12:00

kind of landscape in college football. So

12:03

yeah, I've explored it and we'll see

12:05

how it works out. I think it's

12:07

widely assumed that you'd like to win

12:10

another Super Bowl. And I think it's

12:12

widely assumed by those of us who

12:14

make these assumptions that you'd like to

12:17

break Don Shula's record. Is that and

12:19

are those two things in the forefront

12:21

of your mind? Yeah, Jim, I don't

12:24

have any set goals. I'm open to

12:26

different opportunities going forward and I don't

12:28

survive any as they come. I feel

12:31

like you're kind of at the podium

12:33

again. Well,

12:36

then that would be on to Cincinnati.

12:38

Coach in all seriousness, it's being reported

12:40

by Adam Schefter that you met or

12:42

had a meeting for five hours yesterday

12:45

with North Carolina and it seems to

12:47

be going in a path where, you

12:49

know, this is serious consideration not only

12:51

on their side, but your side. How

12:53

far are you along in this and

12:56

is something inevitable? Again, I think it's

12:58

a process of just understanding, you know,

13:00

what the mutual goals, expectations, and resources

13:02

are. to find out whether it's a

13:04

fit and in the process and it

13:06

will just see how it goes. But

13:09

this is not to say that pro

13:11

football does not still hold tremendous appeal

13:13

to you. Yeah Jim I mean I'm

13:15

open to you know a number of

13:17

thoughts I've had an interesting year this

13:19

year working to and somewhat of an

13:22

analytical and media role. Football at either

13:24

the college or the professional level does

13:26

interest me and I would explore those

13:28

opportunities as well and ultimately see what

13:30

everybody has to offer and what would

13:32

be the best fit for me and

13:35

potentially another organization or it could be

13:37

in the media. You

13:39

know, I like the media, Jim. You love

13:41

the media. Yeah, it's, it's, it's, uh, probably

13:43

your second love. It's up there. It's getting,

13:46

it's gaining ground. Well, the media's been good

13:48

to you. Yeah, at least this year. I

13:50

like working with, I like working with the

13:52

people on the media, so, um, it's been

13:54

good. Well, it's been fun to have you,

13:57

and, uh, on to Cincinnati. All right, we're

13:59

not gonna badge of the witness anymore. Coach,

14:01

we'll follow it. You're gonna let us know

14:03

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14:06

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14:08

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How do you explain these last four

15:30

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15:33

is that's going on here with you

15:35

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15:37

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15:41

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15:43

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15:45

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15:47

you explain what goes on here with

15:49

these chiefs every week? Just win. Yeah,

15:51

no, it's an interesting year. Things have

15:53

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15:55

The commissioner's got what he wants. A

15:58

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16:00

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16:02

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We had a couple changes in there

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16:23

one of the great things has got

16:25

to be the amount of situational football

16:27

you've been had an opportunity to coach

16:29

from this year on all three phases

16:32

offense defense special teams you won on

16:34

offense you've made stops on defense may

16:36

plays in the kicking game and and

16:38

then the complementary football that the Chiefs

16:41

have played this year, you know, with

16:43

all three units working together and, you

16:45

know, playing off of each other, this

16:47

has had to be a, from that

16:50

standpoint, it had to be a great

16:52

educational and instructional opportunity to get the

16:54

team to understand how all this works

16:56

together and how you need a full

16:59

team to win. It just can't, I

17:01

mean, I love my home, but it

17:03

doesn't play defense, you need everybody. That's

17:05

right. That's right. You said it great

17:08

there. I'm coach. That, you know, I

17:10

was just talking to the coordinators about

17:12

that, that if nothing else of this,

17:15

it's been fun to work the different

17:17

situations. You work so hard on these

17:19

things. during training camp and you try

17:21

to cover everything and but to have

17:24

it actually happen live is been a

17:26

good challenge. So and the guys have

17:28

hung right with it to hear the

17:30

response from the players and their input

17:33

in these situations has been accurate and

17:35

It kind of makes you feel like

17:37

all that time that you spend doing

17:39

it has been worth it. Yeah, and

17:42

if you change the situation by just

17:44

a couple of seconds or add a

17:46

timeout or subtract a timeout, it's a

17:48

whole new situation and it brings in

17:51

a different variety of calls and strategies.

17:53

So, you know, as a team, I

17:55

just got to think you've got to

17:58

be prepared for any close game. There

18:00

isn't really... that hasn't come up that

18:02

you haven't already dealt with this year,

18:04

that's just great for your team to

18:07

learn from. Yeah, no, you're right. We've

18:09

seen a few different things and the

18:11

fact that it's happened on all three

18:13

phases, that's a unique part of it.

18:16

Well, I'm not saying that we won't

18:18

see something new because it seems like

18:20

every week we're seeing something new, but

18:22

that's what makes the job exciting. Andy,

18:25

can you explain how winning becomes a

18:27

habit? Yeah, well listen, I think it

18:29

starts with good locker room. You've got

18:31

to have good guys in there that

18:34

believe in what you're teaching them and

18:36

the coaches have got to be able

18:38

to present themselves the right way to

18:40

get that trust. Like I said, Jim

18:43

earlier, that's been kind of one of

18:45

the neat things to see here. It's

18:47

just you're bringing new guys in that

18:50

are from different, these different cultures at

18:52

different places. And they buy in, they

18:54

go, you know what, I kind of

18:56

like this, the way it is, the

18:59

way it's structured, and they jump right

19:01

in and can give you positive games

19:03

on both sides of the ball. So

19:05

it's, or being a third kicker, you

19:08

know, you come in and you just

19:10

step in and you go, okay, put

19:12

me in for the game where I'm

19:14

good with it, let's go. I mean,

19:17

I know this is where I got

19:19

to do. What did you

19:21

tell the third kicker? We know what

19:23

you told the second kick here. We're

19:25

with you until you miss one and

19:27

then we're going to kill you. What

19:29

did you tell this? What did you

19:31

tell Matthew yesterday? Yeah, so he was

19:33

with us before last year. So we

19:35

are a couple years ago maybe it

19:37

was, but anyways we've had some familiar

19:39

kicks with him as you'd say, but

19:42

he I think everybody's got confidence in

19:44

him. He presents himself that way. He's

19:46

quiet, but he's a confident kid and

19:48

We know he's going to go in

19:50

and give it his best shot and

19:52

I think you saw that yesterday. I

19:54

mean we were content right where we

19:56

were at. Just go make the kick

19:58

and let's go. You know, you had

20:00

to use the extra crossbar to do

20:02

it, but I mean, that's all right,

20:04

you know. Actually, that's the upright, Jim,

20:06

but... Yeah, that's the upright, yes, the

20:08

doink. The doink. I told him, for

20:10

a guy that's got the name right,

20:12

let's kick it a little bit more

20:14

to the right and we'll be okay.

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So, coach, you happy that, Coach Bellicheck,

20:36

considering college football and won't possibly, possibly?

20:38

Be on the pro side lines. I've

20:41

said it before, he's the greatest and

20:43

whatever he chooses, he can go high

20:45

school, wherever he wants to go. He

20:47

deserves a right, whatever makes him happy.

20:50

I think the NFL though would be

20:52

missing a great part if he decides

20:54

he wants to come back. He might,

20:56

listen, he might be enjoying this retirement.

20:59

I mean, he's done this a long

21:01

time, so might be enjoying that. It's

21:03

been it's been really been interesting to

21:05

to get a you know a real

21:08

perspective of the NFL college football You

21:10

know working with people like Jim you

21:12

know on the broadcast side the analytical

21:14

side a little bit. It's been a

21:17

it's actually been a fun year. I've

21:19

enjoyed it Well, you're giving, you know,

21:21

I told you this before and I,

21:23

you're a humble guy this way, but

21:26

I, you're giving people things that they

21:28

just can't get from anybody, but you

21:30

and the way you're doing it and

21:32

your experience and that, I think people

21:35

are eating that part up. But I

21:37

also know that you're, you're a coach.

21:39

And so if you decide to want

21:41

to stay out, you've already done everything.

21:44

So, you know, it's a. You got

21:46

the freedom to do whatever you want

21:48

to do man. Well, the good thing

21:50

is, Andy, when I go into different

21:53

cities now, they don't throw stuff at

21:55

me anymore. That's right. right. That's a

21:57

positive. It's a positive. When

21:59

not so bad.

22:02

When you're not connected

22:04

directly with the

22:06

team, Yeah, you're not not,

22:08

you're not as as much as you are

22:10

when you're part of the team. team. everybody's coach.

22:13

coach, see. you go. go. The U.S. lead's coach. Coach, how do

22:16

you how do you get reinvigorated? I

22:18

mean, you sleep at the office, at you

22:20

go at this from training camp. I

22:22

mean, you take this approach and take this

22:24

minute of your day is valuable and

22:26

we appreciate your spending some time with

22:28

us here on this show. we appreciate me

22:30

out and bail us out here on let's go

22:32

and we're grateful to that this show. every minute

22:34

of the day is accounted for how do you

22:36

how do you for, how do you

22:38

yourself. yourself? Yeah, listen,

22:41

I think we enjoy doing what

22:43

we're doing. we're doing. And that's that's why you

22:45

can do all these things. It's

22:47

not something that I look at. I look

22:49

at. From the other side, people go, oh, you you

22:51

a a lot of time doing that. doing I

22:53

enjoy doing what I'm doing. what I'm So

22:55

it makes it easy that way. it easy that

22:57

way, through the hard, I'm not saying that you don't not

22:59

saying a you don't put in a lot of hard

23:02

work, you put that in, but you you doing

23:04

the work. the work. Yeah, when you do it, you

23:06

enjoy what you it it doesn't feel like

23:08

work. work. right, right, yeah. And you know you

23:10

know what, Jim, when we got into this,

23:12

this? you you never got into it for

23:14

the NFL or for the money or anything else,

23:16

you get into it it because you love

23:18

the sport, you love being one of the

23:20

people, other you love being part of the

23:22

team. part of the team and and so I speak for

23:24

myself, I'm sure Andy the same

23:26

way. It's just grown into a

23:28

great opportunity and and you know one that

23:30

you you know, one that you really when

23:32

you But when you start, you don't

23:34

think about that. You just think about

23:37

the about the the relationships and joy of the game

23:39

and the competing. and competing and it becomes

23:41

more than that. than that That's really a

23:43

gravy on it, but you but you don't

23:45

get into it for that, for that. I think

23:47

it's always good to remind to remind, I remind myself that,

23:49

you know, why You know you why do you love

23:51

football? Because of football, know, not because

23:53

of what it provides for you, you, of

23:55

football. football. And that's, my dad dad taught me that a

23:57

a good lesson. Yeah, that's that's a

23:59

great one. I tell the play I tell

24:01

the players that you know we do

24:04

the the players get to vote on

24:06

your facilities and do all this stuff

24:08

and they we got kind of downgraded

24:10

on it I'm going I've been there

24:12

too Andy yeah I go this place

24:14

is great man I start all the

24:16

San Francisco State I mean this is

24:18

the greatest thing ever right here so

24:20

I was selling hot dogs every Tuesday

24:22

and Thursday you know to pay for

24:24

the players to have a training camp.

24:27

So I get it. And this, everything

24:29

to me is up there. We've got

24:31

green grass out here. We don't have

24:33

to pick the rocks off the field

24:35

and throw them out in the, you

24:37

know, two leaves there. So it's a.

24:40

This was all good. So Andy my

24:42

first year at Baltimore we because the

24:45

Orioles played in the stadium and you

24:47

know we had to saw the

24:49

infield and everything else we we walked

24:51

out of the stadium pressed the walk

24:54

button to go across 33rd Street

24:56

practice on Eastern High School across the

24:58

field with all our uniform and everything

25:00

walking across the street to go

25:02

to practice at a high school that

25:05

literally didn't have one blade of grass

25:07

on the entire field. So you

25:09

know what it's that I bet you

25:11

loved it at Sac State. I mean,

25:14

I loved making $25 a week

25:16

working for the Colts. It was great.

25:18

I mean, yeah, that was great. So

25:20

Vic Rowan was a old-time coach.

25:22

He was at San Francisco State for,

25:25

I don't know how many, 40 years,

25:27

50 years, whatever it was, it

25:29

was forever. And so I got to

25:31

learn from him, which was, he was

25:34

just a football junkie, and had

25:36

every playbook. from all these different colleges

25:38

throughout the country and the NFL.

25:40

And he had, it was like a

25:42

library in there. And so I was

25:45

able to go in and grab

25:47

these different playbooks and kind of read

25:49

through them and see what teams were

25:51

doing. And then he had studied

25:53

them, so he would get up there

25:56

and explain some of the stuff that

25:58

he had talked to the coaches

26:00

about. It was a great experience. And,

26:02

you know, I loved it today. there.

26:05

I also taught with it, so

26:07

we're coaching and teaching and doing everything

26:09

else with it. It's great experience, but

26:11

it makes you, it builds a

26:13

foundation, like you're saying. It builds that

26:16

foundation, it's that you can kind of

26:18

bank on at this level here

26:20

where you get really everything. I mean,

26:22

I remember asking Mike Homer, I said,

26:25

when you retire, I mean, who's

26:27

going to do your laundry? I mean,

26:29

that's... Andy

26:32

as always we appreciate your time. Good luck in

26:34

Cleveland. Everybody's really looking forward to the next Chiefs

26:36

game because you guys just figure out a way

26:38

to win and in those moments when everybody's wondering

26:40

and we just know that Patrick's gonna figure out

26:42

how to pull that magic out of the hat.

26:44

It's not even a magic act anymore. It's just

26:46

expected. It's really amazing to watch and we thank

26:48

you so much for your time. You guys are

26:50

great for ratings. Yeah, no. I know. It turns

26:52

that game off. I appreciate you Bill. Dog on

26:55

it. You're doing great man. You look great too.

26:57

Yep. You too. Yep. Yep. Coach they've really got

26:59

it go in there and you know how hard

27:01

this three peat is to do. It hasn't been

27:03

done and you had a couple of attempts at

27:05

it and and now it's going to become more

27:07

and more in focus. How do you keep your

27:09

players just on the task at hand? In other

27:11

words, just do your job and just do it

27:13

today. Oh yeah, I think that's it. Jim is

27:15

really focused on today and what the next game

27:17

is. Don't get ahead of your skis and try

27:19

to make sure that you make every day, every

27:21

opportunity count because that's how you continue to improve

27:24

and get better and keep your edge. Sometimes it's

27:26

good to hear that message from somebody other than

27:28

the same person who's been all year, or 150

27:30

times or however many meetings it's been. It's good

27:32

to change it up and find a different way

27:34

to to send the same message, but Really it's

27:36

about consistency and and performance execution consistent performance. So

27:38

we're all going to make mistakes. Everybody's going to

27:40

make them but You you try

27:42

to make as few as

27:44

possible and make sure that

27:46

you and your teammates don't

27:48

make big mistake, the big

27:50

mistake but the communication mistakes

27:53

just we're just not all

27:55

doing the same thing

27:57

together just that just comes

27:59

from you know repetition and

28:01

trust. All right, Coach, right you so

28:03

you so much for

28:05

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