WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:02.560
<v Speaker 1>Michael Parker is joining us this morning. Cap What is

2
00:00:02.560 --> 00:00:03.120
<v Speaker 1>the word?

3
00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:08.839
<v Speaker 2>Good morning, John? The word is word is good?

4
00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:14.560
<v Speaker 3>Okay, Friday's beautiful weather here and I'm playing golf. Greg

5
00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:16.600
<v Speaker 3>caught me by surprise, so I only got about fifteen

6
00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:17.120
<v Speaker 3>minutes with you.

7
00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:17.440
<v Speaker 2>John.

8
00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:18.160
<v Speaker 1>That's all good.

9
00:00:18.199 --> 00:00:21.320
<v Speaker 4>No, if you're playing golf, and that's good because I

10
00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:23.120
<v Speaker 4>was going to say, is Greece the word? You know,

11
00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:25.800
<v Speaker 4>because it's got groove, it's got feeling, and so you know.

12
00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:29.079
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't think the Greeks have slept yet

13
00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:29.839
<v Speaker 2>from last night?

14
00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:32.880
<v Speaker 1>No, no, no, no, all right.

15
00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:37.359
<v Speaker 4>So we were getting into that discussion in the first

16
00:00:37.399 --> 00:00:41.200
<v Speaker 4>half hour of the show. And when it comes to

17
00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:45.600
<v Speaker 4>national team duty in Greece and when you're in a

18
00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:47.840
<v Speaker 4>moment like that where you end up with a big

19
00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:52.880
<v Speaker 4>upset after going through what they're going through with the

20
00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:57.200
<v Speaker 4>loss of a teammate and George Bulldog, how do you

21
00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:02.320
<v Speaker 4>navigate something like that where your heart is heavy and

22
00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:04.519
<v Speaker 4>your mind is elsewhere. It's got to be one of

23
00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:07.719
<v Speaker 4>the most difficult things you could ever face as an athlete.

24
00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:12.480
<v Speaker 4>As someone obviously who's never done anything like that, how

25
00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:15.400
<v Speaker 4>difficult is it to manage emotions and put things to

26
00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:18.439
<v Speaker 4>the side and at the same time try to use

27
00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:19.879
<v Speaker 4>it as a motivator. That's got to be one of

28
00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:23.719
<v Speaker 4>the most difficult things. Going through a difficult time and

29
00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:25.879
<v Speaker 4>still having to do your job. That's got to be

30
00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:27.680
<v Speaker 4>just one of the most difficult things that you could

31
00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:28.200
<v Speaker 4>ever face.

32
00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:31.239
<v Speaker 2>For sure. Absolutely.

33
00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:35.120
<v Speaker 3>I had a teammate in Denmark gets struck by lightning

34
00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:39.760
<v Speaker 3>at a reserve game and he was close to death

35
00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:44.359
<v Speaker 3>for you know, a couple of weeks and he ended

36
00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:48.920
<v Speaker 3>up pulling through and you know, doing okay. But yeah,

37
00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:53.879
<v Speaker 3>that's it's really challenging. But that's it's it's an extreme example.

38
00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:56.760
<v Speaker 3>But you know, one of the things we talk about

39
00:01:56.959 --> 00:02:00.640
<v Speaker 3>is being able to put everything else aside and focus

40
00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:03.519
<v Speaker 3>solely on the game and what's going on, right and

41
00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:10.319
<v Speaker 3>kind of that being able to compartmentalize and ignore everything

42
00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:12.360
<v Speaker 3>else for the time being. And I think that's that's

43
00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:14.120
<v Speaker 3>what you try and do, right And also I think

44
00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:16.719
<v Speaker 3>it gives you a little bit of motivation because you know,

45
00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:19.719
<v Speaker 3>like how lucky you are to be able to play

46
00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:21.840
<v Speaker 3>the sport and do your thing, and you know how

47
00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:23.960
<v Speaker 3>all the guys that are in the same situation would

48
00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:26.120
<v Speaker 3>want to do that, And you know, so they get

49
00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:28.439
<v Speaker 3>kind of play for that person a little bit as well.

50
00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:30.800
<v Speaker 3>Gives you a little bit of extra motivation for sure,

51
00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:33.960
<v Speaker 3>which I think it did for Greece yesterday.

52
00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:35.080
<v Speaker 2>You know.

53
00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:36.879
<v Speaker 3>So that's that's the way you got to tackle it

54
00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:39.840
<v Speaker 3>a little bit, and you know, but it's easier said

55
00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:40.919
<v Speaker 3>than done, for sure.

56
00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:41.319
<v Speaker 1>No doubt.

57
00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:45.319
<v Speaker 4>And then you get to have the moment that they

58
00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:49.599
<v Speaker 4>did yesterday, putting all of the emotion aside, when you

59
00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:53.280
<v Speaker 4>can go into somebody else's barn and come out the

60
00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:56.599
<v Speaker 4>other end with a massive upset that you can have

61
00:02:56.680 --> 00:03:00.000
<v Speaker 4>all kinds of momentum carry with you.

62
00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:03.000
<v Speaker 1>What is that like to be able to have.

63
00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:07.360
<v Speaker 4>The knowledge inside you that, yeah, I mean, even with

64
00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:11.400
<v Speaker 4>everything going on around you, that you that you can compartmentalize,

65
00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:13.680
<v Speaker 4>you can put something down and then you can come

66
00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:16.439
<v Speaker 4>out the other side with a large result that you

67
00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:17.840
<v Speaker 4>don't know where it's going to carry you at the

68
00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:22.840
<v Speaker 4>end of things, but you know you have it in you.

69
00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:23.800
<v Speaker 1>Get together to have a result like that.

70
00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:29.479
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think it's probably equal part joy and equal

71
00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:33.159
<v Speaker 3>part relief after the game. You know, getting through that

72
00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:35.000
<v Speaker 3>first game is always going to be the most difficult

73
00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:37.599
<v Speaker 3>after an event like that, And you know, to see

74
00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:40.800
<v Speaker 3>the team pull together and come through, because just as

75
00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:42.919
<v Speaker 3>equally what could have happened is they could have gone

76
00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:45.599
<v Speaker 3>out there and lost five zero and everyone would have

77
00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:48.080
<v Speaker 3>understood and said, you know, hey, that's a tough spot.

78
00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:53.000
<v Speaker 3>You know, obviously England's a far better team anyways on paper,

79
00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:56.199
<v Speaker 3>you know, plus of what happened, and so you know,

80
00:03:56.280 --> 00:03:59.400
<v Speaker 3>to come out there and have the performance that they did,

81
00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:04.759
<v Speaker 3>I'm sure they were relieved and excited obviously and thrilled

82
00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:08.039
<v Speaker 3>in the locker room. Now it's like, Okay, we're capable

83
00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:10.439
<v Speaker 3>of doing this right and that motivation is super high.

84
00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:12.319
<v Speaker 3>You know, can we do it again in a few

85
00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:15.240
<v Speaker 3>days or we're gonna have a huge letdown.

86
00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:20.319
<v Speaker 4>When it comes to those kinds of those those kinds

87
00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:23.920
<v Speaker 4>of moments that you have when you're when you get

88
00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:26.720
<v Speaker 4>to come out the other side in something like that.

89
00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:29.160
<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's it's.

90
00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:31.639
<v Speaker 4>Got to be a great lesson on a bunch of

91
00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:37.360
<v Speaker 4>different fronts, but on the same side, for England, it's

92
00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:39.399
<v Speaker 4>got to be a lesson at the same time where

93
00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:42.439
<v Speaker 4>you have all of this firepower, all of this star power,

94
00:04:42.759 --> 00:04:45.399
<v Speaker 4>and yeah, you could have eleven dudes out there who

95
00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:49.360
<v Speaker 4>are great as their own dude in their system with

96
00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:52.519
<v Speaker 4>their club. But sometimes the most difficult thing is to

97
00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:56.519
<v Speaker 4>take all of that, all of that greatness that's out

98
00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:59.279
<v Speaker 4>there and put it together as a unit when it

99
00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:00.600
<v Speaker 4>comes to and as you've done this.

100
00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:02.680
<v Speaker 1>With nacent things, oh you know what it's all about.

101
00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:06.600
<v Speaker 4>Having all of that experience and all these great things

102
00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:09.959
<v Speaker 4>that you guys do separately. The difficulty of piecing it

103
00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:13.079
<v Speaker 4>together and acting as one to try to come out

104
00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:14.319
<v Speaker 4>the other side, that's got.

105
00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:16.160
<v Speaker 1>To be just as difficult for sure.

106
00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:19.920
<v Speaker 2>And that's the importance of a great coach, right.

107
00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:23.439
<v Speaker 3>These guys don't need to be taught anything per se,

108
00:05:24.079 --> 00:05:26.480
<v Speaker 3>but how do you bring them together? How do you

109
00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:31.519
<v Speaker 3>get the right guys on the field playing together in

110
00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:35.240
<v Speaker 3>one cohesive unit? In England have struggled with that for

111
00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:37.319
<v Speaker 3>a long time. I mean, they've had some success under

112
00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:40.319
<v Speaker 3>south Gate and obviously got close, but it's never.

113
00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:45.879
<v Speaker 1>Going home if I'm drinking.

114
00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:49.959
<v Speaker 3>I actually really like a lot of the guys on

115
00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:53.560
<v Speaker 3>the English national team, but in general I can't stand

116
00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:56.360
<v Speaker 3>the English national team, and it's mostly because of the fans.

117
00:05:56.759 --> 00:05:59.839
<v Speaker 3>Their fans are so obnoxious and think that they are

118
00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:02.959
<v Speaker 3>by far the best and most superior and everything and

119
00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:05.720
<v Speaker 3>yet it's not coming home, and you know they just

120
00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:06.800
<v Speaker 3>show time and time again.

121
00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:11.600
<v Speaker 1>Why so oh boy?

122
00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:15.839
<v Speaker 4>Now that now that the United States says their new

123
00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:18.920
<v Speaker 4>manager that you're getting your first days of the Murcio

124
00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:23.639
<v Speaker 4>Pochettino end product coming up this weekend and in this window,

125
00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:26.879
<v Speaker 4>how I don't know. I'm not going to say the

126
00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:31.000
<v Speaker 4>word excited. But how are you gauging this first window?

127
00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:34.800
<v Speaker 4>What are you looking for? What are you looking at anything?

128
00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:36.480
<v Speaker 4>Are you just sitting there going yeah, okay, this is

129
00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:39.319
<v Speaker 4>a first window. We'll see how it all lays out.

130
00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:42.560
<v Speaker 4>It's friendlies. I just want to see like building blocks here.

131
00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:44.120
<v Speaker 4>What are your expectations?

132
00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:44.600
<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

133
00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:47.519
<v Speaker 3>I think that the thing I'm most curious about is

134
00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:50.439
<v Speaker 3>is more like what formation is he going to go

135
00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:53.519
<v Speaker 3>out there with and what personnel? Right, who in the

136
00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:57.480
<v Speaker 3>very beginning does he think he can get good results from?

137
00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:01.160
<v Speaker 3>And like is that the most athletic group, is that

138
00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:04.639
<v Speaker 3>the most super experienced group?

139
00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:07.480
<v Speaker 2>Is that the you know somewhere in between? Like what

140
00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:08.680
<v Speaker 2>is he basing it off of?

141
00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:08.920
<v Speaker 1>Right?

142
00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:12.120
<v Speaker 3>He said previously that playing time is super important. So

143
00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:14.439
<v Speaker 3>guys that aren't playing for the club team, are they

144
00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:17.079
<v Speaker 3>not going to play or are they still going to

145
00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:19.720
<v Speaker 3>be involved, right, like those types of things rather than

146
00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:23.360
<v Speaker 3>like you know, oh, shoot, do we dominate the game

147
00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:27.720
<v Speaker 3>or whatever? Like So, those are the things that I'm

148
00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:32.800
<v Speaker 3>curious about because not that not that things can't be changed,

149
00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:35.639
<v Speaker 3>but the guys that get first opportunities, it's there, it's

150
00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:38.959
<v Speaker 3>theirs to lose, uh and so, and just kind of

151
00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:41.879
<v Speaker 3>how he views that and where his initial mind frame is,

152
00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:43.040
<v Speaker 3>I think says a little bit.

153
00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:46.720
<v Speaker 4>How do you talk to your mentees about opportunity and

154
00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:51.560
<v Speaker 4>taking advantage of it, but at the same time not

155
00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:54.879
<v Speaker 4>you know, I'm trying to figure out how to phrase this.

156
00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:57.480
<v Speaker 4>It's like, you know, you you've got an opportunity in

157
00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:01.199
<v Speaker 4>front of you, but you don't want to overdo it.

158
00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:03.360
<v Speaker 4>You don't wanna, you don't want to be too eager,

159
00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:06.560
<v Speaker 4>you don't wanna you don't want to be somebody that

160
00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:10.160
<v Speaker 4>you're not in trying to secure your place in a

161
00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:13.399
<v Speaker 4>new situation. How do you talk to your mentees about

162
00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:15.920
<v Speaker 4>the first day at school with the new teacher and

163
00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:19.000
<v Speaker 4>making sure that you're not sucking up to the new teacher,

164
00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:20.800
<v Speaker 4>but you're showing the new teacher what you can be.

165
00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:24.480
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, first impressions are important. There's no doubt about it

166
00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:26.879
<v Speaker 3>on and off the field. And so you know, when

167
00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:30.839
<v Speaker 3>we're talking about on the field, you know, you've earned

168
00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:34.159
<v Speaker 3>an opportunity to not only be on the team, but

169
00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:35.559
<v Speaker 3>if you're in the starting lineup, to be in the

170
00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:38.559
<v Speaker 3>starting lineup, right, and that's based off of who you

171
00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:40.720
<v Speaker 3>are and what you've done, right, So there's no need

172
00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:43.600
<v Speaker 3>to be something that you're not. It's just go out

173
00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:45.600
<v Speaker 3>there and prove that you are the player that you

174
00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:47.879
<v Speaker 3>are and that you can do it, you know, on

175
00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:52.200
<v Speaker 3>a consistent basis, so that that would be how you know,

176
00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:55.960
<v Speaker 3>I would approach something like that with within soccer.

177
00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:58.559
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, no, there's there's no doubt about it. This

178
00:08:58.639 --> 00:08:58.960
<v Speaker 2>first thing.

179
00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:01.960
<v Speaker 3>You can come back from a bad first impression, but

180
00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:05.399
<v Speaker 3>it takes time. It does take time, and especially the

181
00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:09.279
<v Speaker 3>type of coach I enter a college player right now

182
00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:13.720
<v Speaker 3>and he didn't have the great first impression and his

183
00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:17.120
<v Speaker 3>coach and he's got a long battle ahead to try

184
00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:19.320
<v Speaker 3>and turn things around, and he hasn't gotten the playing

185
00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:21.960
<v Speaker 3>time that he wants because of it. And it's not

186
00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:24.919
<v Speaker 3>a lost cause, but it takes time because his coach

187
00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:27.480
<v Speaker 3>is like an old school typ coach. So yeah, those

188
00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:28.759
<v Speaker 3>first impressions are important?

189
00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:32.679
<v Speaker 4>What about four more minutes with Michael Parker's I've set

190
00:09:32.679 --> 00:09:35.039
<v Speaker 4>my clock to four minutes gets you a quarter till

191
00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:39.519
<v Speaker 4>Is it different with first impressions with old school coaches

192
00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:44.279
<v Speaker 4>versus younger coaches? In getting your feedback, it's like, Yeah,

193
00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:46.759
<v Speaker 4>the guy's like one hundred and seventeen years old and

194
00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:50.159
<v Speaker 4>he's stuck in his ways versus yeah, someone who's closer

195
00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:53.080
<v Speaker 4>to us in our age group. And I can, you know,

196
00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:56.039
<v Speaker 4>feel like I can relate better to the younger coach.

197
00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:58.159
<v Speaker 4>Do you have those kinds of differences when it comes

198
00:09:58.200 --> 00:09:59.639
<v Speaker 4>to navigating this kind of thing too?

199
00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:02.840
<v Speaker 1>Are these are those?

200
00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:05.559
<v Speaker 4>Are those older coaches stuck in their ways? And is

201
00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:07.960
<v Speaker 4>it Is it a harder climb with an older coach

202
00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:09.200
<v Speaker 4>than it is with a younger coach?

203
00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:12.759
<v Speaker 2>I guess in general more so yes, I think.

204
00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:18.240
<v Speaker 3>Like it is tough that that that balance John, because

205
00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:22.639
<v Speaker 3>that first impression is super important. Yet you don't want

206
00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:24.679
<v Speaker 3>to put too much pressure on yourself that you fail

207
00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:27.679
<v Speaker 3>in those moments. Because I remember a January one of

208
00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:31.360
<v Speaker 3>the first January camps with Klinsman, and a player had

209
00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:34.840
<v Speaker 3>gotten his first opportunity with the national team and he

210
00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:37.320
<v Speaker 3>played in the game and he did not do well

211
00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:39.440
<v Speaker 3>and that was it.

212
00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:40.279
<v Speaker 2>Like never again.

213
00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:41.200
<v Speaker 1>Uh.

214
00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:44.960
<v Speaker 2>And so it's just one example, but it happens.

215
00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:45.679
<v Speaker 5>Uh.

216
00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:49.440
<v Speaker 3>And so if you're not ready for that opportunity, you

217
00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:52.519
<v Speaker 3>might not get another. And that's just the reality of it,

218
00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:56.120
<v Speaker 3>especially at the high high level. Now, you know, talking

219
00:10:56.120 --> 00:11:00.679
<v Speaker 3>to youth players is obviously much different. But yeah, there's

220
00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:01.679
<v Speaker 3>an importance there.

221
00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:06.519
<v Speaker 4>Two minute warning, Two more questions. One at Landy United

222
00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:09.440
<v Speaker 4>next because next time I see you, I think it'll

223
00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:11.279
<v Speaker 4>be I think Greg's going to owe you a week,

224
00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:13.159
<v Speaker 4>So it might be before after the end of the

225
00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:17.720
<v Speaker 4>regular season. At Lanty United, still in it. They put

226
00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:22.039
<v Speaker 4>up a performance against Red Bulls and now they got

227
00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:25.399
<v Speaker 4>to they gotta take care of work. What is it

228
00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:29.679
<v Speaker 4>like in one of these situations where you gotta do

229
00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:30.799
<v Speaker 4>what you got to do.

230
00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:32.399
<v Speaker 1>You can't focus.

231
00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:34.799
<v Speaker 4>On everybody around you, but you know you're going to

232
00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:40.639
<v Speaker 4>be scoreboard watching on decision day, the difficulties of compartmentalizing.

233
00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:42.799
<v Speaker 4>They're in a situation where you just got to go

234
00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:45.679
<v Speaker 4>out and do your thing and hope that things fall

235
00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:47.679
<v Speaker 4>your way. When it comes to something like what at

236
00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:48.879
<v Speaker 4>Land United is going through.

237
00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:53.159
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, there's no doubt that you're going to be scoreboard watching.

238
00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:57.480
<v Speaker 3>It's just natural and it's going to happen. But it

239
00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:01.080
<v Speaker 3>doesn't matter if you don't win, right It literally nothing

240
00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:03.519
<v Speaker 3>matters unless you go out there and win. And so

241
00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:07.320
<v Speaker 3>that's obviously the most important thing. You go out there

242
00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:08.879
<v Speaker 3>and you win, and you end the season on a

243
00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:12.480
<v Speaker 3>high note with two straight wins. And will it be

244
00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:16.200
<v Speaker 3>absolutely disappointing if they don't make it in for sure,

245
00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:19.080
<v Speaker 3>and it won't be good enough. But at the same time,

246
00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:21.960
<v Speaker 3>that's all you can control right now. And we always

247
00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:23.840
<v Speaker 3>talk about control what you can control.

248
00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:24.919
<v Speaker 2>What you can can.

249
00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:27.799
<v Speaker 3>Control, and that is your performance against Orlando and going

250
00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:30.639
<v Speaker 3>out and getting three points and everything else is going

251
00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:32.759
<v Speaker 3>to happen the way it's meant to be, and hopefully

252
00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:34.879
<v Speaker 3>that's in Atlanta's favor.

253
00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:37.360
<v Speaker 1>So sub question one B, how much do you hate

254
00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:38.000
<v Speaker 1>the Purple team?

255
00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:46.799
<v Speaker 3>Honestly, there's a dislike, but they never beat me John,

256
00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:50.919
<v Speaker 3>so like it's tough to hate somebody that you just

257
00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:51.960
<v Speaker 3>dunked on for the.

258
00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:53.399
<v Speaker 2>Most of your career, you know.

259
00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:53.919
<v Speaker 3>So.

260
00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:57.440
<v Speaker 5>I don't know, they're just like another team, but I

261
00:12:57.440 --> 00:12:59.720
<v Speaker 5>get there's a rivalry and it was fun to play

262
00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:02.240
<v Speaker 5>against him in the rivalry and then Joseph cing him

263
00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:07.480
<v Speaker 5>do his thing and so but for me, honestly, I

264
00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:11.240
<v Speaker 5>probably disliked the Red Bulls more than Orlando because of

265
00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:13.320
<v Speaker 5>the games that we had against them when I was playing.

266
00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:16.639
<v Speaker 4>Yes, final question, Evan wants to know how Tidewater Landing

267
00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:17.799
<v Speaker 4>is going good.

268
00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:21.200
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's coming along on target.

269
00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:24.639
<v Speaker 3>We're looking at April opening, so we'll start on the

270
00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:27.639
<v Speaker 3>road for just a little bit. But yeah, everything's coming

271
00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:31.600
<v Speaker 3>along well. And we've got like our three D thing

272
00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:33.960
<v Speaker 3>going on and we're doing tours at the stadium and

273
00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:37.840
<v Speaker 3>so it's coming and yeah, we're excited at MF.

274
00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:39.799
<v Speaker 4>Parkerson on the two hundred eighty character AP at BG

275
00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:41.559
<v Speaker 4>Minnoring on the two hundred and eighty character APT Beyond

276
00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:42.759
<v Speaker 4>Goals Minering, go play golf.

277
00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:46.039
<v Speaker 1>You're the man, John, all right, you too, It's Michael

278
00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:46.279
<v Speaker 1>Parker