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All right, we're back Fred Rogan
and Jonas Knoxen today for Rodney. They

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have started the Jim Harbaugh news conference. Chargers are underway. Dean Spanos is

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speaking, and let's get out there
and thank you for all coming today.

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When I was talking with Jim this
past Tuesday, as he sat on the

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tarmac in Michigan his flight out here
was delayed because of snow, I told

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him how appropriate it was that his
press conference was scheduled for today. He

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asked, why is that. I
said, you're bringing the storm with you.

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It's supposed to rain all day.
I think I speak for everyone when

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I say we are all looking forward
to this season and the seasons to come.

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Thank you. I'd now like to
introduce John Spanos, President of Football

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Operations. He's the one that's as
spearheaded our coaching search and ge search over

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the last three weeks. Done an
incredible job. And so John, you

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want to come up, all right, this will be interesting. John was

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because there was a train of thought
that to get Hireball they would have to

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give up control John Spendos overseas football
Operations. Yeah. Well, first off,

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thank you all for coming today.
I know that driving in the rain

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in southern California can be a risky
proposition, to say the least. So

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I appreciate you all being here.
You know, this really is an exciting

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day. It's the culmination of a
lot of hard work by a lot of

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people. And before I get going, there is one person I just want

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to acknowledge in the crowd. Our
new general manager, Joe Ortiz, is

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here today. He just got into
town late last night. Yeah, give

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a round of cloth for Joe.
He His press conference is going to be

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next Tuesday, and I'm really looking
forward to introducing Joe then. And so

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Joe, welcome to the Charger family. Man. You know, before I

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introduce our new head coach, I
thought I talked a little bit about our

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process and what led us to coach
Hartbaugh. You know, when we made

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a change at head coach and GM. Before looking forward, we thought it

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was really important to look back and
reflect on where we were as an organization.

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What are some things that we had
done well, but really more importantly,

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what are the things we need to
do better? Where do we need

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to be better, especially as it
related to the head coach search. We

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formed an internal search committee that was
comprised of a very diverse cross section of

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our organization. And I want to
thank each person that was on that search

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committee because I got to tell you, we put in a lot of hours

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together. It was a lot of
hard work, you know, but it

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was important work. You know.
This was the most head coaches I think

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that we've ever interviewed in a search, at least that I've been a part

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of. We interviewed fifteen in total. And you know, I think because

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successful coaches can come from all backgrounds, all resumes, all styles, it

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was just so important that we were
really comprehensive in the search and that we

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put in the work. And this
was probably the deepest pool of head coach

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candidates of any search I've been a
part of. And I want to take

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a moment and thank each and every
candidate that took the time to interview with

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us. It was It was really
an incredible group. There were a lot

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of really deserving coaches. A number
of them got head coaching jobs this year,

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and I have a strong feeling that
many more are going to get head

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coaching jobs in the years to come. But I mean, I really enjoyed

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this process. I mean, we
got to talk to some outstanding people you

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know, made some really great connections, got to hear some really interesting insights,

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and even though it was a short
time, I feel like I was

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able to forge some relationships that I
know are going to last well beyond just

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this hiring cycle. So I'm really
grateful for that. I just want to

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thank you again to all the candidates
that took the time to interview. We

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talked internally about really being willing to
reimagine how we do things, and you

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know, that doesn't mean just doing
things differently for the sake of change,

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but it means really being willing to
explore all options, all possibilities, and

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gaining an understanding of what it's going
to take to get to the next level.

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One of the most important steps before
we began the search is, you

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know, identifying what it is that
we're looking for in a head coach.

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And a lot of time was spent
on that, you know, when we

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were able to identify specific traits in
the category of leadership, specific traits of

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football acumen. And then once you
have those traits, there's really three things

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that you have to evaluate those traits
in the candidates. Right, you have

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the interview itself, you have the
reference work that you do, and then

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you have the body of work from
the candidates. And you know, as

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we went through that process, and
as we completed the process, it became

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overwhelming, overwhelmingly clear that Coach Harbaugh
was a demand for this job. And

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I'll start with the body of work, because really, coaches body of work

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speaks for itself. You know,
so often when you're going through this process

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and you're looking at the body of
work of candidates, you're having to look

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at the job of a coordinator or
position coach, and you're trying to project

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how it's going to be as a
head coach. And that's fine, and

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that's worked in a lot of instances. But I've said it before and i'll

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say it again. I think that
there's an added bonus when a candidate has

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head coaching experience. Of course,
it's an even bigger bonus when that experience

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has yielded incredibly high level success.
And probably the biggest and most rare bonus

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of all is when it's happened not
once, not twice, not three times,

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but four times. And in each
of the four times when Coach Harbaugh

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arrived as his team, you know, they were struggling and he was able

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to completely reverse their fortunes and turn
them into winners, and of course this

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past year winning the ultimate prize in
college football and national championship. The second

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part, you know, that I
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And I want to take a moment
here and thank all the people that

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helped us in this process. You
know, I spent hours on the phone

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talking with external you know, friends
and colleagues and just respected people in the

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league whose opinions I really value.
And so thank you to each and every

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person who helped us with that part. And I was fortunate enough to speak

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with, you know, some people
who who've worked with coach Harbaugh. I

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spoke with some players who've played for
coach Harbaugh, and as you'd expect,

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you know, the feedback was just
was just tremendous. You know, one

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thing that is that became very clear
about coach. He is all about the

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team. He will do anything for
his players and anything for his team.

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You know, his drive, his
commitment to winning is unparalleled. He just

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gets his team ready to play.
He's able to instill a confidence and a

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competitiveness that's needed to win at this
level. You know, he brings out

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the best in his players, and
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he leaves a long lasting positive impression
on his players. As one of his

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former players told me on the phone, John, he completely changed my career,

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you know. And then the last
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course the interview process, right and
you know, with Jim, from the

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very beginning in the interview process,
I felt there was a very natural connection,

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you know, a shared vision,
shared values. You know, his

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ties to this team that they do
run deep. Obviously, he played here,

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he knows a lot of people in
the organization who are here who were

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here when he played. You know, my interactions with Jim go way back.

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And in the first interview, he
was able to recall a conversation that

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we had nearly twenty years ago when
I was on a college scouting trip and

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he was a college head coach.
And you know, all the traits that

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you hear about Jim, you know, they just really presented themselves in the

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interview. You know, his passion, his values of faith, family,

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and football. You know, the
fact that what you see with Jim is

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what you get. He's very upfront, he's very honest. He told us

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the other day you know, guys, I'm not a very good poker player.

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Okay, You're gonna know how I
feel. And I really appreciate that

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about you, Jim. And you
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end of the first interview in reference
to the just the the energy and the

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passion that coach was exuding, and
my father says, you know, Coach,

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you got me so fired up right
now, I'm gonna have to go

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get a workout. And when this
interview is over, and I have yet

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to confirms that if that workout actually
happened or not, but what I promise

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you, given the look in my
dad's eyes, if he did, he

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attacked it with an enthusiasm unknown to
mankind. Coach, I just can't tell

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you how excited and happy we all
are to have you and your whole family

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here today. Welcome home, coach. And with that, it's with great

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pleasure I introduced the next coach of
the Los Angeles Chargers, Jim Harbaugh.

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And you are listening live to Jim
Harbaugh's introductory news conference. That was John

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Spanos speaking. Jim is approaching the
microphone on a five to seventy LA Sports.

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Thank you very much, if I
just add one word. It would

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be gratitude for this opportunity, for
the guidance that I've received. Gratitude to

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the Spanos family, to Susie the
Dean, to John, the Mike Spanos,

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to the Rural family, Nicholas Ruhl
who had coached at Stanford and Mike

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you I coached at Stanford, Anna, Philip, the entire family, To

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the everybody in the Charger organization for
allowing me to have this opportunity. Gratitude

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to the players that have been great, Our communications have been outstanding. Appreciate

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them. Welcome me to the team. I believe we really share an important

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asset, which is being relentless.
I see that in the players that we

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have on this football team, and
the Spanos family. Amazing John, John,

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that conversation that we had, I
remember it well because in two thousand

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and four five I've coached an All
Star game and and in Las Vegas after

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the practice, John came up to
me and he, so, you run

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a really good practice. That's a
that's a professional type practice, you know.

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I like the way you coach.
That was really only the second time

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that a professional coach, owner,
general manager recognized that I might be pretty

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good and and and the first was
mister al Davis, who I have so

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much gratitude too. So to me, from that moment on, I knew

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you could recognize talent and uh,
this is like a young al Davis to

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me, Uh, so so cool. And and Dean, Uh, you

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know just uh, you know when
you said we're hungry to win, I'm

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hungry to win. I told you
that, and you you said you're starving.

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You know, it's just just resonated
with me so much. And uh,

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you've you're about it. You're grinder. You're one of the first in

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the building I've been watching, uh
and one of the last to leave through

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every single interview. You know,
you've been there twenty eight thirty some thirty

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some straight days. So just everybody's
been been great and so welcoming. You

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know. I just like the way
you do things like how you do it

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and what you do and and Ed
and and Uh and Fred and Catherine and

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and on and on. I could
list so many of that. I'm just

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very excited, you know, excited. I think about if I could describe

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it to you'd be like it'd be
like Morgan Freeman and Shaws, Shank redemption,

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you know red You know, I'm
so excited that I find I you

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know, I can't sit still or
or hold a thought in my head.

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You know what a free man would
feel before a long journey. And I

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just want to make it across the
border. Want to shake my friend's hand.

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That's that's how I feel. And
I want to get to you know,

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I want to win, want to
win the right way. Want to

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treat people uh uh uh in a
first class way, and uh, you

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know, get really good at football
and attacking each day. Like John said,

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I'm attacking it with an enthusiasm unknown
to mankind. I wanna. I

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want to especially thank uh my family
as well, my beautiful wife Sarah,

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who does so much. Thank goodness
for mothers, all that you do in

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supporting me, supporting our family.
Uh, you know the best, you

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know, just just the best thing
that's uh that's happened to me. You're

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there, You're the best, tremendous
and and my my kids. I'm just

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so proud, uh dad of seven. Uh my son Jay, who's a

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you know, a great man,
great husband, uh father, Uh,

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he's a great football coach. Grateful
for all the work he's done. Uh

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as a coach on our team at
Michigan. And and uh my son James,

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who's who's here? Uh, Gracie
who's not here but uh both both

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shining stars. And daughter Addie who's
who's here today? Fifteen? And Katie

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Katie bear? Uh and Jack Jack
the quarterback? And uh and my son

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Johnny's here today? What's up Johnny
doing all right? See where in the

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Jersey? Let's go, let's go. Yeah, so much to so much

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to talk about, uh, you
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what a? Uh? Oh?
And I also who I would not be

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here without is uh is my parents
Jack Harball, Jackie Harball, my mom

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talking about moms uh, you know, just the best uh and did nothing

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to be born into that family.
But uh just just luck. You know,

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my name should should be lucky.
You get so lucky lucky. Uh

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That's how I feel. My parents, uh and my brother John and my

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sister Jani just uh, just such
a blessing. And they weren't My mom

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and dad weren't able to make it
here today, but you know, I

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hope to get them out here to
uh to southern California soon. Kids,

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Dad, Mom. The kids really
love living next door to their papa and

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yai. So, uh, we'll
see we can we can get done there.

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So yeah, I would uh open
it up to uh the questions,

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uh, to probably talk about and
let's have at it. Coach. This

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is Uh, I'm Jim Hill KKL
nine News. Congratulations, you're a legend.

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No, no, no, you're
the legend. You're a lad.

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You're believe me, you're the legend. First of all, congratulations and good

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luck and by all of us here
today. What does this tell you about

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how popular this choice is by the
charges to get you as their head coach

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and the great expectations to come.
Well, thank you for that question,

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Jim, And you are you are
a legend. Uh. And we're in

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uh, we're in you know,
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uh Los Angeles, Southern California.
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winning and and it needs to be
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We're gonna be humble and hungry.
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That's our goal is to you know, treat people in the first class

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manner to win multiple championships. Uh
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I'm quoting Jackie Harball Now, I
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one game at a time, one
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Yeah, coach over here left right, right, all right, Bill

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Plaski Los Angeles Times. Now another
legend. Wow, you're right, Jim

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Hill is the legend. Thank you
for reckon. So this organization has a

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history of falling short of expectations and
very many painful ways. How do you

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change the culture? The team,
the team, the team It's gonna be.

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It's gonna be a team effort.
There won't be any uh any magic

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formulas. The only ones I know
are just good old fashioned hard work and

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teamwork. And that's the vision that
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the guidance. You know that this
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has to be done like a team. Uh. And the great family that

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they are team family, those those
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came up with one of the best
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together, win together. Uh.
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as as a team, collaborative,
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that I can do as a coach. You know. For our players,

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it's uh, it's about them,
those those helpful, those helpful warriors,

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those those uh mighty men, uh, so that they can be successful.

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in a position to be to be
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operating there is work. I mean, uh, you know, nothing was

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ever achieved without without work. So
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we can how productive we can be, how much we can dominate the day.

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uh, to have a great day
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a great day. Uh. Like
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day. That doesn't quite resonate with
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to chance. I mean, we
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that's that's what we're doing. And
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thankful for this opportunity and and ready
to attack it. Jim Daniel Popper with

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the Athletic I'm sure one of the
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getting to coach Justin Herbert at quarterbacks. So what excites you the most about

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about him as a player and as
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the the pros on this team.
Justin Herbert, you know, you

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see, I mean he's a as
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that's a that's a he's a crown
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Football League, Derwin James, there's
another one. Uh talking talking about somebody

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getting me fired up. I mean, I mean, let's go. You

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know, Justin Herbert walks up on
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all right, this is awesome.
Keenan Allen, you know we got

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uh you know we got guys.
Uh uh Sean Slater, I mean great

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you know, getting getting to work
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been what I the feedback I've been
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Uh, they want to work.
Uh, I can't wait to work.

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They're ready to work and uh and
they want to win and uh, hey,

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that's uh let's go. The uh
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up right now, We're getting it, getting it all set. Had a

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great day, uh just yesterday.
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going to going in there to home
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the shop back and I feel like
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let's get this thing right. Let's
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in here, then everything's everything's organized
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yeah, things are things are,
things are changing, things are different,

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and uh we want to get into
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that uh that weight room and let's
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it's a hunger you want to eat. I mean, this is this and

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all you can eat buffe right here. So let's get that work in.

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know, let's get it coached.
So uh yeah, let's go. Jim

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Disney, But what about playing for
Espano's family and coming in was there a

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comfort level when you when you interviewed
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Uh it it got emotional. I
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job I've ever taken and coaching,
there's been there's a real emotional tie there.

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it's a it's a gameplay by emotional
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a great level of emotion to it. I had the connection, uh and

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I meant that I was there because
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Dan Dilibo, who is the Catholic
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over to us D. You want
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D basketball game? And I'm like, yeah, let's go. Uh great,

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and look over and I go,
what's that. That's our that's our football

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stadium. I goes, let's go
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just looking at and being there,
I said, yeah, one senior,

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someday I'm gonna coach. I'm gonna
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then coach then die. If you
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please please call me? And Uh
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at the Raiders in my in my
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and and got that call. And
then I went and coached at USD.

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UH. Funny story. I'll tell
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to me when I was making that
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connection. Then the next was Stanford. I go to Stanford, UH to

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coach there. My dad had been
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Palo Alto High School as a junior
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back to the coach coach at Stanford. Then the forty nine Ers just it

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was just right up the road.
All these friends that are that are forty

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nine Ers fans and UH and UH
you know, grateful of Jed York,

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the York family, UH and the
the amount of incredible times that we had

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UH there. And then when it
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to Michigan. You know which is
which is you know means so much to

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me where I went to college.
UH, and now I'm going to the

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Chargers where I played in the family, the family it was just so sincere

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when I played. UH. And
this is this is from this is from

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Alex Spanos, UH to Dean Spanos
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I mean, this is a this
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and football. That's that's Uh,
those are my priorities. And as he

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said, as Dean said, I
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little hairs on my arm, we're
standing up watching that. All these memories

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are flooding back. You know,
none more than the last game I played

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with the uh, the Chargers junior
Seow and I exchanged jerseys and he signed

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it and I had that jersey hanging
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just so many things. But as
I just recounted all those steps in the

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coaching profession, it's it's the relationships
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I say that to to uh,
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UH, at those that I've coached
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Michigan. UH, those that I've
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when I was at the forty nine
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relationships and UH and now excited for
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and strong, trusting, lasting friendships. I mean it drives me high.

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Coach Bridge of Condon, NFL Network, congratulations on an exciting month talking about

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that you were at the top of
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And why the Chargers? Uh,
the opportunity was presented, and it

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I felt that they, the Spanless
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it clear that they liked what I
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and that's all you all you can
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you. Uh. So yeah,
I love of Michigan, but love of

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the NFL. And you know this
this opportunity, as my dad would say,

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who's got it better than us?
Uh? It just it was it

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was time. I got so many
And I said this the other day,

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but I only got so many our
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and uh, I want another shot. I want another shot at uh uh

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to be simply known as world champions, uh the Lombardi Trophy. You know,

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that's that's my mission. And UH
happy again, grateful to have this

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opportunity and and UH already attacking,
already a lot of work getting done,

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and just can't wait for uh,
you know, after this, we're gonna

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go over to the facility. We're
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think there's some still opportunity to you
know, look at it, Red Fred.

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Uh, we can we can look
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know, gets get some of the
equipment ordered that that we want. But

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it's just all that, all that
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each day right now is uh is
just filled with fulfillment of of just chipping

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away, just chipping away at things, and uh, you know, how

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can we make this to where we
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know, best environment uh to be
successful? Hi, Jim Lindsay theory with

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ESPN Uh. For as much as
Justin's accomplished, when you look at his

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statistics over the last few years,
is there any a particular area of his

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game that you're most eager to get
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next level? The thing that's just
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throws, watching his Uh. I
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I want to, you know,
get to where I watch every one of

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his NFL throws, every one of
his snaps. I mean the thing that's

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jumping out is just this uh you
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it's I'm waking up like real early
in the morning these days, uh going

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I gotta bring it. I gotta
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the word. And I want to
get a coaching staff put together and hired

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that you know, it's going to
be worthy of you know, of coaching.

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all the guys. I mean I
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uh, this is a talented group
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motivate, that's what's gonna drive.
So I'm really thinking about my accountability and

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just you know, making sure that
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and the things that I tell him
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exact, because I've because I've looked
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but it's gonna be It's gonna be
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yeah, I'm just I'm excited about
the challenge. You know. Let's see

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if I'm mad enough, you know, good enough coach and to uh to

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you know, to so that all
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want to work really hard so that
his hard work is going to be realized.

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Justin and every player on our football
team. And I know Joe's days

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next week. But from your perspective, with Joe coming from the Ravens,

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there seems like an obvious connection there. But what makes him a fit for

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you as as a general manager?
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get to meet every general manager that
the that the that the the organization interviewed,

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but I mean got got down to
Brandon Brown and Joe Ortiz and I'm

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like, wow, I mean I'm
blown away. I mean, great job,

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great job of uh selecting you know, these two men that you know

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and uh and then Joe just fabulous. You know, been with been with

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the Ravens last sixteen or seventeen years. Nobody knows it better, nobody knows

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uh the talent better. You know, does a phenomenal job. And he's

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earned it. He has earned it. Nobody been really given nothing, you

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know other than uh doing a doing
a tremendous job. So just so excited

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Joe to be partners with you.
I've only been in the building like uh

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uh uh And on the charges for
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man, I was getting lonely.
Now I uh, I feel like I

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got a partner. And he knows
he knows, Uh, he knows not

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only does he know the talent that's
across the league and and uh you know

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in in college football and and on
our team and me when you listen to

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him talk, I mean he knows
it. He knows it, knows it

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cold. So uh yeah, just
just excited and he knows you know,

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potentially you know, some of our
systems that we're gonna put in on on

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defense and and offense, and it's
a great fit and you know, just

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earned earned. What if you're talking
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And there's that tremendous track record there. Uh. And I know that

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I know that, uh for sure, Uh because I'm because my brother John

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and and and I trust a lot
of people in football. You know,

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I really do, uh in their
opinions and the recommendations. You know,

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not that I was making that decision, but uh, you know, uh,

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nobody I trust more than my brother, and well, my brother says,

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you know, somebody is good and
you you and Joe were going to

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get along great, and you're going
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uh yeah, I know it's gonna
be good. It's gonna be dynamic.

410
00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:22.519
Jim over here, you're right here
right. Dean kind of touched on this

411
00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:26.039
in his opening remarks, But I
was wondering how much of the interview process

412
00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:30.920
consisted of you interviewing them about the
resources that would be made available to football

413
00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:36.359
operations, and what were you told
that made you comfortable you know that like

414
00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:44.640
this could be the type of place
where you could win multiple championships. Interviewing

415
00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:47.519
me interview I wasn't. I mean, we were there, conversations. He

416
00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:51.599
was just you know, football talk, football dialogue. It was, and

417
00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:55.559
it was, it was. It
was great. I mean I really,

418
00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:57.799
I mean it started. It was
flowing so much that I was finishing.

419
00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:00.279
I felt like I was finished.
And some of their sentences, they were

420
00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:06.559
finishing some of my my sentences.
I mean, uh, and the resources

421
00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:12.599
we're about to go after the press
conference over to the new facility. I

422
00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:15.279
mean that the proof's in the pudding
there, so uh, like Dean said,

423
00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:17.640
I mean, you know, I
said I was hungry to win.

424
00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:21.400
He's starving to win. Let's go, you know, so uh, I

425
00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:25.519
have I have no doubt uh that, Uh. You know, it's it's

426
00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:30.720
all about uh winning and winning the
right way and uh and doing everything for

427
00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:37.119
this organization to apex. Like I
said, I believe Dean, the Spano's

428
00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:45.279
family and myself share an important asset
which is relentless and uh that's got a

429
00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:50.920
pretty good sense of uh you know, uh the sincerity of that. You

430
00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:55.640
know, they these they're sincere people
and uh, you know, I take

431
00:32:55.680 --> 00:33:00.279
him take him at the word.
And everything since has been you know,

432
00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:04.920
like I said, we're working,
We're working toward it. I feel good

433
00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:08.079
about it. Run Er, say, have been Detroit for your press,

434
00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:15.079
What do you think the state of
Michigan football is right now? And how

435
00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:21.920
much have you been talking to Sharon
about the transition process? Uh? And

436
00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:27.440
the coaches that you're taking as far
as h jesse mentor Ben Herbert, uh

437
00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:35.200
maybe a couple others. Sharona is
the right man for the job. Nobody

438
00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:40.640
else uh would be. I mean, that's that's the guy. And they

439
00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:46.359
got it right and uh and things
are uh see, there were top rated

440
00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:51.119
team right now, top five team, and I still think if it is

441
00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:57.440
one you know, the Chargers and
the Michigan Wolverines like one team. So

442
00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:04.039
in a great place, in a
great place. That much like when players,

443
00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:07.639
you know, leave the university to
go on to the to the pros.

444
00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:12.480
You know, there's a there's a
passing of the baton that takes place.

445
00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:15.280
Uh and you see J. J. Lee, but then I see

446
00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:21.559
Jayden, Denegal, Alex Orgy.
I mean next day they're they're on that

447
00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:27.360
that field, they're throwing with with
receivers. Uh, and there's an excitement

448
00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:30.360
there. I've been involved in that
as a player when when the quarterback ahead

449
00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:37.440
of me uh uh left or graduated. And it's the same for for coaches.

450
00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:39.440
I mean I've been talking to Sharon. He's on I mean the guy

451
00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:44.239
is on on fire right now.
I mean he's uh, he's uh,

452
00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:50.559
he's working recruiting and coaches like Jessin
Minter. I mean he's a he's a

453
00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:55.400
tremendous coach. We're going through a
process right now. Ben Herbert, I

454
00:34:55.440 --> 00:35:00.920
can't confirm that he's gonna be gonna
be a Charger And uh, I love

455
00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:06.760
the the passing of the baton was
there? Uh two Uh to Justin Tress,

456
00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:10.480
Jay Tress, you know, Uh, hugged it out and right there

457
00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:13.920
in the right there in the blue
am right in the middle of the uh

458
00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:19.480
the of the weight room. So
uh in great hands. And yeah,

459
00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:27.000
always gonna always gonna be a loyal
Wolverine. Yeah. As a follow up,

460
00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:31.599
was there anything that Michigan could have
done to keep you? Missigan?

461
00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:36.840
Was great? Like I said,
Michigan have a great love for Michigan,

462
00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:39.880
uh and great for love for the
for the NFL. Uh. And this

463
00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:45.800
this opportunity uh is something that and
and challenges is uh what I want to

464
00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:52.599
Jim Dana Paper with the athletic again. Your brother recently said that you may

465
00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:58.000
be the best team builder in football, and I'm curious philosophically, what are

466
00:35:58.039 --> 00:36:01.920
the important factors to building a good
successful football team and why do you think

467
00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:07.960
you've been able to do that throughout
your career as a head coach. Uh.

468
00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:09.719
Well, I'm not gonna let him
out affirm me. I mean John

469
00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:15.559
Harbaugh is he is, He's the
best of the best. Uh. There's

470
00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:21.559
there's there is nobody better, uh
in my opinion, And you know it's

471
00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:27.039
it's it's great. We we uh
you know, we've we've shared a room

472
00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:31.320
for for sixteen years. Growing up, we always lived in a house where

473
00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:37.480
John and I had to had the
same room. And and when there's you

474
00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:42.000
know, some some competitions broke out
from time to time. And when I

475
00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:45.639
was six, maybe my brother was
eight, We're living in Iowa, sitting

476
00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:50.400
and my dad came into the room
and then kind of kind of gets to

477
00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:53.800
quit talking so loud. But uh, I mean and he said it,

478
00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:59.639
I mean, you two YouTube brothers. Who could possibly have it better than

479
00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:02.760
you two be able to share your
hopes, your dreams, you can talk

480
00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:07.679
talk talk sports, talk, uh
talk your goals. H Who could have

481
00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:12.519
it better than you two? Nobody, Dad, nobody, Yeah, that's

482
00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:15.920
right. And he was right.
He was right. Uh you know we

483
00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:20.519
we we had that, you know
that this best friend relationship and and uh

484
00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:27.480
and talking talking football. There's there's
just nobody better, no no body,

485
00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:32.239
uh than John Harbal the way the
way the way he coaches, uh proofs

486
00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:37.000
in the pudding, the way uh, the way he builds teams, the

487
00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:39.639
way he the way he uh treats
people with a class and a grace.

488
00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:46.280
You know, just uh, there's
much gratitude for his example that he set

489
00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:53.719
Hige Chris raherm ESPN. You talked
about winning and multiple championships and the expectation

490
00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:57.519
year, but obviously this team was, you know, five and twelve last

491
00:37:57.559 --> 00:38:00.519
year. Do you expect you know
that? And yere one, you know,

492
00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:04.760
what does success look like for you
in the first year here? M

493
00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:07.440
That's a great question everyway. I
mean, it's gonna start with I mean,

494
00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:10.360
humble and hungry. I mean right
there. I mean that's that's where

495
00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:15.039
we are right now, humble and
hungry, and we're gonna we're gonna respect

496
00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:20.159
all our opponents and we're gonna we're
gonna strive that. Uh. You know,

497
00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:24.880
we're gonna earn their respect and we're
gonna earn our winning you know.

498
00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:30.000
The tough team, you know,
the resilient team, a relentless team,

499
00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:35.599
UH, physical team. Uh is
where we're gonna aspire to be. Don't

500
00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:39.079
let the Powder Blues fool you.
That's what we're gonna aspire to do.

501
00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:44.320
And and just just a follow up
for me, do you I know you

502
00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:46.719
said you're working through some things with
with coaches, but do you have plans

503
00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:50.800
to keep uh you know, any
of the coordinators that we're here, like

504
00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:53.280
Brian Ficken or Derek Gainsley. I
know you say you're working through some stuff,

505
00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:57.519
but wondering if you're keeping any of
those guys on staff. Yeah,

506
00:38:57.559 --> 00:39:00.199
we're working working through that now,
thanks for that question. Uh, you

507
00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:05.920
know, just some amazing, amazing
coaches. Uh and and and several that

508
00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:07.880
you mentioned there have been you know, having the conversations with and it's a

509
00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:13.199
practice uh process and uh, and
we're working through it. And we're working

510
00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:16.119
through it with with uh, with
Dean, with Ed, with John.

511
00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:20.639
I mean they've been right there,
hip by hip Joe just Joe now,

512
00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:22.719
Uh, we've been talking on the
phone, but now he's he's in town,

513
00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:28.760
just got in the last night.
So yeah, that's priority number one

514
00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:34.639
right now, alongside uh getting to
know the the players. But uh,

515
00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:37.079
you know, getting this staff,
you know, putting this staff together.

516
00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:40.000
Uh, you know, want to
want an all star staff. Uh you

517
00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:45.000
know, and that's you know,
worthy to you know, coach our players.

518
00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:52.360
And so that's that's what we're working
on. Jim, is there a

519
00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:57.000
timeline you would like to have that
done by? Uh? Yeah, I'm

520
00:39:57.000 --> 00:40:00.360
gonna I'm gonna be here working every
day until that So that's done. Sarah'll

521
00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:04.920
probably come home. Uh, for
a couple of days, but not until,

522
00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:10.400
not till that staff is that staff
is hired and locked cocked and ready

523
00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:15.159
to rock. And then your roster, it's no secret you guys are a

524
00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:20.239
bit over the cap. Uh what
point do you turn to the roster and

525
00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:22.119
start looking at that and saying,
you know what you guys would like that

526
00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:30.000
to look like next season? The
same amazing, amazing talent, amazing players

527
00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:35.840
on this team. And again,
Joe just got in last night, so

528
00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:38.159
uh, you know, we're gonna
we're gonna give them some some time,

529
00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:42.239
but but it's gonna be and be
a team effort. You know, after

530
00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:46.480
we get the staff staff hired,
then we're gonna really start start looking at

531
00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:52.480
the the roster and evaluating that and
getting ready for the combine. Uh you

532
00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:57.039
know that that'll be next on the
on the agenda too, and free agency

533
00:40:57.159 --> 00:41:00.280
when that opens, and then uh, you know, getting our systems and

534
00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:05.880
we're gonna get our systems in offensively, defensively, special teams and then get

535
00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:09.280
prepared for for installs for phase one, Phase two, phase three. So,

536
00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:16.119
uh, the great news is there's
there's a lot of work to be

537
00:41:16.199 --> 00:41:20.719
done, and uh, you know, it's just gonna gonna fill the days

538
00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:23.519
and they're gonna fly by. But
uh, that's what we're gonna do,

539
00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:30.400
tempt to dominate each day and and
be as productive as possible. Jim,

540
00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:34.440
what's the biggest immediate need when you
look at this roster? I know you

541
00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:37.320
just mentioned you still have, you
know, to get with Joe and figure

542
00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:45.719
things out. Really get get the
staff, get the staff higher. That's

543
00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:51.280
that's uh, that's the biggest priority
right now. And then for you,

544
00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:54.719
like what what are your conversations.
What have they been like with the players

545
00:41:54.719 --> 00:42:01.400
and with Justin and when do they
get really serious? They've been They've been

546
00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:07.119
incredible. Uh, what they've been
like has been incredible. It's uh,

547
00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:10.320
you know to a man. I
mean they just appreciate him too for getting

548
00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:14.800
back to me, you know,
and uh, you know, they they

549
00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:17.360
got busy lives and uh you know, some guys on vacation, some guys

550
00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:22.440
uh you know with their uh you
know, with their family. Uh.

551
00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:25.320
And yeah, Trey Pipkins got got
to beat him in the airport. You

552
00:42:25.320 --> 00:42:32.440
know, three great big kids,
uh you know, and uh and his

553
00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:36.360
wife and his dad. I mean, uh, just ready to go,

554
00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:38.000
coach, We're just ready to go, ready to get work. Happy you're

555
00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:42.079
here and uh, you know,
and I gotta you know, he's gotta.

556
00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:45.159
Then he had to get the kids
through the security, you know.

557
00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:50.880
Uh. But other conversations uh have
been just just as incredible. I mean

558
00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:53.400
the theme is guys are ready to
work, guys, uh, you know,

559
00:42:53.639 --> 00:43:00.920
very hungry to win. Coach ted
sober, local and national radio.

560
00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:07.039
Nice to see you. Welcome back
to LA. Speaking of LA nineteen sixty

561
00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:15.400
three years before you were born,
this team started. Yes, I'm probably

562
00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:17.239
one of the last guys left who
actually went to one of those games,

563
00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:22.320
but the first year. But what
is it like to come back to a

564
00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:29.039
team that you actually played for,
went off and did your thing and then

565
00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:32.360
came all the way back? And
I asked this to Phil Jackson twenty five

566
00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:37.559
years ago, exactly are you an
LA guy? How does that fit in

567
00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:44.079
your life? Is I an LA
guy? Yeah? Yeah, I think

568
00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:52.400
so. I aspire to be.
I mean the I mean growing up in

569
00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:57.159
the Midwest where I grew up,
you know, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky,

570
00:43:57.840 --> 00:44:01.760
and then we moved to California and
my junior and senior year of of

571
00:44:01.760 --> 00:44:08.840
of high school and then went back
to Michigan for uh for college. But

572
00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:13.760
my my growing up was and I
told told a lot of the folks when

573
00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:16.079
I was at the Rose Bowl.
I mean, uh it was growing up

574
00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:22.039
watching the Rose Bowl on New Year's
Day. I mean laying on your stomach,

575
00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:27.039
you know, hands under your chin, elbows on the floor, uh,

576
00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:36.800
looking at uh palm trees and mountains
and sun and uh ocean and wow,

577
00:44:36.840 --> 00:44:38.280
I want to be there someday.
My favorite show growing up is The

578
00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:44.119
Rockford Files. It's still my favorite
show. Uh ted Lasso has now tied

579
00:44:44.199 --> 00:44:49.360
to Rockford Files, but uh,
you know that's that was me as a

580
00:44:49.400 --> 00:44:52.079
kid. I mean it's all,
you know, driving that Camaro around uh

581
00:44:52.679 --> 00:45:00.320
l a and car chases and you
know, got a uh as the has

582
00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:02.719
the uh you know down there by
the beach, got the trailer down there

583
00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:07.920
to the beach. I mean,
I mean I got up. I told

584
00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:14.760
my wife's this cauld I tell him, yes, yes, okay, So,

585
00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:17.440
uh I want to I want to
drive my r V out. I

586
00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:22.159
want to drive my r V out
and uh and and go to a trailer

587
00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:25.960
park. Uh you know, like
down by the water or by Disneyland.

588
00:45:25.960 --> 00:45:30.800
There'll be two that I have researched
that are close to the facility, and

589
00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:34.920
uh, I want to Jim Rockford
it for the uh for the for the

590
00:45:34.920 --> 00:45:38.719
next couple of months, until we
moved to the new facility. That's I

591
00:45:38.760 --> 00:45:44.360
have that thought growing through my head. Jim. A quick follow up on

592
00:45:44.519 --> 00:45:49.159
the the timing of coming here and
leaving college. I've spoken to a lot

593
00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:52.639
of coaches. They don't like what's
going on right now with n I l

594
00:45:52.800 --> 00:45:55.920
it's just a different kind of a
job. If this happened ten years ago,

595
00:45:57.239 --> 00:46:01.320
would you still have made that move. I don't look at the obstacles.

596
00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:04.920
I don't look at it. I
mean every every job maybe has its

597
00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:09.039
downside or challenge or adversity. But
uh no, I have no no complaint.

598
00:46:09.639 --> 00:46:15.719
Uh. You know people that complain
when we we talk about Robbie,

599
00:46:15.719 --> 00:46:19.360
I mean that's a that's a common
plane. Net work comes from common plane.

600
00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:22.400
They want to get you to agree
with them. I H I got

601
00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:25.159
no complaints, got no complaints.
And uh, you know, love football,

602
00:46:25.480 --> 00:46:30.119
love coaching, Uh you know,
faith, family, football, and

603
00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:35.119
uh this opportunity. I just have
tremendous gratitude for him. And there you

604
00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:38.440
go. That's Jim Harball. His
introductory news conference. Uh, playing the

605
00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:42.760
role of James Gardner in the Rockford
Files. You know, he listened for

606
00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:47.519
forty five minutes. Jonas and Ted
Solball asked the best question, let's say,

607
00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:52.440
but he didn't get the legend treatment
that Jim Hill and Bill Platsky got.

608
00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:55.320
And by the way, I do
want to thank Jim Harbaugh and everybody

609
00:46:55.320 --> 00:47:00.239
for attending John Spanos's press conference.
You know, I just want all right,

610
00:47:08.760 --> 00:47:12.360
David will be on top of the
hour. It will not go forty

611
00:47:12.360 --> 00:47:15.800
five minutes, and when we come
back, we'll put a ball on Jim

612
00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:20.559
Harbaugh's news conference. Thought, we're
back. Jonas Knaxen today for Rodney.

613
00:47:21.599 --> 00:47:27.519
If you're still here, you heard
the Jim Harbaugh news conference. He's an

614
00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:30.280
entertaining guy. I'll tell you that, Jonas, he is. I got

615
00:47:30.280 --> 00:47:32.519
to ask you, are they normally
that long? I'm sorry at the press

616
00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:38.000
conference, well, you know,
everybody had a question. He acknowledged a

617
00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:45.880
few people as legends. He referred
to himself as Morgan Freeman in Shawshank Redemption.

618
00:47:45.039 --> 00:47:47.360
Yeah, that was a highlight for
me because I thought to myself,

619
00:47:47.440 --> 00:47:52.480
he quoted the scene from you know, him being so excited to meet up

620
00:47:52.519 --> 00:47:58.280
with his friend again in Shawshank and
I'm sure people in Michigan are quoting the

621
00:47:58.320 --> 00:48:02.760
part where, you know, the
warden reveals the giant tunnel and goes man

622
00:48:02.840 --> 00:48:06.280
up and vanished like a fart in
the wind. You know, that's probably

623
00:48:06.320 --> 00:48:08.599
how people in ann Arbor are feeling
right now now that Jim Harva's gone.

624
00:48:08.679 --> 00:48:13.079
But he gave him a natty on
the way out. He's fine. Yeah,

625
00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:16.320
I thought it went well. I'll
tell you I've not really spoken to

626
00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:21.079
him in the past, and you
know, those in the media have covered

627
00:48:21.119 --> 00:48:24.400
him for years. Seems very likable, seemed very down to earth. When

628
00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:29.280
you listen to him, he seems
a little disjointed. I think he's a

629
00:48:29.280 --> 00:48:31.760
guy who loves his brother very much. They are best friends. The new

630
00:48:31.800 --> 00:48:37.199
general manager comes from the Ravens.
His brother gave him the highest endorsement.

631
00:48:37.440 --> 00:48:40.480
I think it'll be fun. He
said he wanted to win. Dean Spano

632
00:48:40.519 --> 00:48:44.960
said he's hungry to win. So
maybe now it's time for the Chargers to

633
00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:52.440
start eating. Okay, does it
bother you or let me rephrase the question.

634
00:48:52.679 --> 00:48:58.199
When you see Jim Hill get the
first question? Yeah, you surprised,

635
00:48:59.280 --> 00:49:01.519
No, not at all, here's
why he's Helen Thomas at the Associated

636
00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:07.280
Press. Remember Helen Thomas. No, all right, So Helen Thomas worked

637
00:49:07.280 --> 00:49:13.360
for the EP for years, and
in every news conference, just because she

638
00:49:13.360 --> 00:49:16.639
had been there so long and as
a sign of respect, they would always

639
00:49:16.679 --> 00:49:21.679
give her the first question. What's
interesting is when I first got to town

640
00:49:21.920 --> 00:49:25.760
many years ago, I didn't know
the rules. I had no idea what

641
00:49:25.800 --> 00:49:29.960
the rules were, and quite frankly
at that point, didn't care. Oh

642
00:49:30.039 --> 00:49:31.679
so you blew her out to get
the first question in? No, I

643
00:49:31.719 --> 00:49:35.280
blew out Jim Hill, Oh good, yeah, good for you. You

644
00:49:35.320 --> 00:49:38.360
know what. I'm Team Rogan on
that little feuture. Yeah. But then

645
00:49:38.719 --> 00:49:42.920
but then I just went, no, you know that was that wasn't nice.

646
00:49:43.079 --> 00:49:45.639
So and by that point, honestly, I didn't care. I really

647
00:49:45.679 --> 00:49:49.519
didn't care if I heard my voice
asking the first question, because the first

648
00:49:49.599 --> 00:49:53.440
question is always a welcome to town, Hey, welcome, good to see

649
00:49:53.480 --> 00:49:58.239
you. The first question is always
one of those. The mass questions asked

650
00:49:58.719 --> 00:50:01.320
were if I plashed in, Ted, yeah, Ted sobl And by the

651
00:50:01.360 --> 00:50:05.960
way, a stunning development. I
know Capvin figures can can feel me on

652
00:50:06.000 --> 00:50:09.000
this, A stunning development that Ted
soble would name drop somebody he talked to

653
00:50:09.159 --> 00:50:13.400
years ago. Never once, I
couldn't have seen that coming from to just

654
00:50:13.440 --> 00:50:16.559
a stunner that that that would that
would take place there at that press conference.

655
00:50:16.599 --> 00:50:19.519
I just I thought it was.
I didn't know how you were going

656
00:50:19.559 --> 00:50:21.639
to feel about it, because I
know that you and Jim Hill have been

657
00:50:21.639 --> 00:50:29.280
feuding for decades now in southern California. That you and Jim Hill aren't feuding,

658
00:50:28.840 --> 00:50:30.480
there's why would I m Hill?
I don't know. I just thought

659
00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:34.000
that because like it used to be, are you you know there was like

660
00:50:34.039 --> 00:50:37.679
a big poll question back in the
day for people that were unaware are you

661
00:50:37.679 --> 00:50:43.199
going Rogan or are you chill with
Hill? And that was a big debate

662
00:50:43.360 --> 00:50:46.719
for years here on a lot of
the blowtorches around southern California. So,

663
00:50:46.760 --> 00:50:50.800
I do you know, it's funny. I never I was never aware of

664
00:50:50.840 --> 00:50:53.800
that, but I always looked at
it like this, are you chill with

665
00:50:53.880 --> 00:50:58.280
Hill? I would looked at it
like this. You know, Jonas,

666
00:50:58.320 --> 00:51:00.840
I'm not a great golfer, but
I learned long ago in golf, you

667
00:51:00.880 --> 00:51:05.920
know what you do? You play
your own ball and drink well that of

668
00:51:05.920 --> 00:51:07.760
course, well, and guess what
I's pretty good at both. Yeah,

669
00:51:07.800 --> 00:51:15.719
I think that's all chronicled. That's
why I'm going Rogan friend. That's what

670
00:51:15.760 --> 00:51:21.960
I'm talking about anyway. So he's
here, he's got to pick a staff,

671
00:51:21.960 --> 00:51:23.440
that's what he said. He's not
going home till that's done. Some

672
00:51:23.639 --> 00:51:27.880
questions about how many people were coming
with him from Michigan, he wouldn't specifically

673
00:51:27.880 --> 00:51:31.559
answer that. He said he spoke
with Justin Herbert and he is the gold

674
00:51:31.639 --> 00:51:37.920
standard we all know. That said
he's here for the long haul. He

675
00:51:37.960 --> 00:51:42.239
said he's here to win. He
said the Spanoses have committed and promised that

676
00:51:42.280 --> 00:51:45.440
he will have the resources necessary,
and at one point during the news conference

677
00:51:45.480 --> 00:51:47.760
he did say, you know,
when we get done here, well,

678
00:51:47.840 --> 00:51:51.000
he's got like four things he said
he was going to do the minute he

679
00:51:51.039 --> 00:51:53.519
was done. But one of the
things was he was going to go into

680
00:51:53.559 --> 00:51:59.559
the building and start ordering stuff.
And I thought to myself, do they

681
00:51:59.559 --> 00:52:02.920
have the money for that? Oh
jeez, Like damn, Fred, Like

682
00:52:02.960 --> 00:52:06.719
you can't even just let him enjoy
their day. They got the biggest name

683
00:52:06.760 --> 00:52:07.920
on the market and you got to
take a shot at him for how like

684
00:52:08.199 --> 00:52:10.119
well you said that, and I
thought, well, what is it?

685
00:52:10.159 --> 00:52:14.079
You're gonna say, we're gonna start
ordering equipment. What equipment? Okay?

686
00:52:14.079 --> 00:52:15.119
And I was wondering about that,
because what does he do, Like he

687
00:52:15.440 --> 00:52:19.880
goes into his office, he opens
up the top drawer and there's an east

688
00:52:19.920 --> 00:52:22.360
Bay magazine from back in the day, and he just starts ordering apparel.

689
00:52:22.440 --> 00:52:27.519
Remember East Bay Magazine. Everybody got
an east Bay magazine in the mail,

690
00:52:27.639 --> 00:52:30.639
even if you've never heard of est
Bay magazine, Like all of a sudden,

691
00:52:30.679 --> 00:52:32.199
it just showed up one day,
and you're like, I guess I

692
00:52:32.280 --> 00:52:36.480
need a pair of newman gloves.
I don't know, I guess this is

693
00:52:36.519 --> 00:52:38.719
something we've got to look. You
know, there's a there's a new tennis

694
00:52:38.800 --> 00:52:42.599
racket out. I guess I'll order
it and wait, you know, eight

695
00:52:42.639 --> 00:52:45.039
months for it to arrive. So
I was wondering about that as well,

696
00:52:45.079 --> 00:52:47.840
too, that they're gonna be ordering
new equipment. But the guy is going

697
00:52:47.880 --> 00:52:52.760
to be a quote machine, and
it's gonna get to a point where he

698
00:52:52.880 --> 00:52:57.639
never seems to get flustered with the
media, Like he never seems to get

699
00:52:57.639 --> 00:53:00.679
frustrated. I wonder if we're gonna
ge to a point where he just sort

700
00:53:00.679 --> 00:53:08.280
of comes up with the craziest things
to say to try and get people to

701
00:53:08.320 --> 00:53:13.760
stop asking certain questions, because if
you want to try and get information out

702
00:53:13.800 --> 00:53:15.760
of Jim Harbaugh, good luck.
Like even you know, when Ted Soble

703
00:53:15.800 --> 00:53:20.199
asked the question about if this was
ten years ago, would you have left

704
00:53:20.239 --> 00:53:24.239
college football because of the changing landscape, he navigated around that beautifully. Like

705
00:53:24.280 --> 00:53:28.800
he really does CounterPunch well with the
media, which is what's gonna make it

706
00:53:28.840 --> 00:53:31.159
a lot of fun. The Jim
Harba's here, and if I tell me

707
00:53:31.199 --> 00:53:37.320
I have this correct. Was Brandon
Staley making four million dollars a year?

708
00:53:37.440 --> 00:53:40.840
I know we don't always know the
disclosed amount for coaches, but was Brandon

709
00:53:40.880 --> 00:53:45.360
Staley making four million a year?
That was the report report. Yes,

710
00:53:45.800 --> 00:53:51.199
so Harbaugh's making four times that much
according to reports. You bet you're ass

711
00:53:51.199 --> 00:53:53.519
he's going to be here long term. You're not going in here? Are

712
00:53:53.559 --> 00:53:58.880
you kidding me? In fact,
it would not surprise me if they blew

713
00:53:58.920 --> 00:54:01.920
Easton, stick out of me.
Harbor By the backup quarterback for sixteen mil.

714
00:54:02.039 --> 00:54:06.840
Come on, all right, David
Massa, well join us. We'll

715
00:54:06.840 --> 00:54:10.840
get back into the Dodgers as we
continue today. Plus Vickillby along with some spirituality,