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Speaker 1: Jared Bledsoe, former BOE Wide rechiever, talks on ball today.
Speaker 3: Jared, how you living?
Speaker 4: What's up? Man?
Speaker 5: I'm doing well?
Speaker 4: How are you?
Speaker 1: I'm doing awesome man. Now it's a great day to
be at Cougar. All these well in Cougar Country. I
know the basketball season fell short of expectations, but uh,
I think there's a lot of positivity out there brewing
in Cougar football and Cougar Nation. We got Alumni Week
as well, Jared.
Speaker 3: This week we're celebrating the alums.
Speaker 1: Are you going to be at Alumni Day and you're
are you going to be participating in the Alumni Game?
Speaker 5: Yeah, so I'll be there on Friday and then yeah,
I'm I'm participating, So you're cross no injuries and uh,
and just just have a good time.
Speaker 4: I wish the weather was gonna be better.
Speaker 3: Look, it's gonna be.
Speaker 5: All the time been it's been beautiful all March, and
then all of a sudden it's gonna be forty six
degrees on on Friday.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a little nippy, little nippy, no doubt
about it. So you know you may have to wear
your tights and long sleeves in this game.
Speaker 3: Are you gonna wear the short day?
Speaker 4: Like?
Speaker 1: So everybody knows like Jared wears flip flops. So are
you gonna wear any socks with your your low cut cleats? Uh,
you're gonna wear shorts? What are you gonna be wearing?
Speaker 5: That's a great question. I think I'm gonna see how
I feel being in the cold again and if I'm ready,
But yeah, no, I I I will make sure that
I'm warm. But that way as much's it more important
for me to be warm than to care how good
I look. I'm never I'm excited to get.
Speaker 1: Yeah, who are you excited to? Kind of you know,
reconnect with from the alums. I know you're you're you're
well connected with the current team as well, is the
coaching staff, et cetera. But who you look into maybe
interact with once again. From the rosters that are going
to be showing up, these former Cougars that are showing up.
Speaker 5: Well, I'd like to catch the passes again from Brandon Doughlan.
You know, yeah, I love Brandon and so that'll be
fun where I think we're on the same the same
team as well, So there's I think it's gonna be
a lot of fun. I hope that that we have
a good turnout, and you know, I'm really anxious to
just kind of see how how this YU team sizes
up come this fall. You know, I can't I can't
wait to see what they're gonna do.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a lot of optimism. Right.
Speaker 1: Seventy percent of their production returns, which is is pretty insane.
Their top twenty in returning production in college football, and
so expectations are right.
Speaker 3: Barrelok's phenomenal right now, he looks really really good.
Speaker 1: The defense is stacked from a talent standpoint at every
single position.
Speaker 5: You want to you know, I had I had one
of the uh I won't I won't use his name,
but but one of one of the very thought after
players that that uh J Hale wanted and and Michigan
would have wanted from Bay to transfer. And I had
him in the shop the other day. We were talking
and I and I just asked him, you know, what
what it is you know about b YU that kept
everybody here And and one of the pieces of the
puzzle that that I hadn't really thought about is his
mindset was it looks better when I'm looking to go
to the NFL, it looks better for me that I
stayed in one place. And if the scouts are starting
to see that, and they're paying better attention to those
guys that are focused and where they're at and they're
not transferring every year, so you know, I thought that
that was very interesting. And then just the culture of
itself and and the feeling that these guys get that
no matter who the coaches are, it's the players that
are playing, and they're gonna they're gonna get out there
and and prove that that everybody staying for a reason.
And I think it's fun to see some of the
coaching staff and you know, I'm not going to say
it's a relaxed vibe, but it's definitely not as tense
as it has been in the past. Now for an
Aaron Rodgers has not had to be been in this
position of having to return quarterback again and knowing what
he has and moving forward. So I think that it's
been fun to just see that. I think that everybody
knows what we have. It's just a matter of being
able to game plan properly, make the right adjustments during
the game in order to make sure that we stay
on top and just stay on the gas.
Speaker 4: But I think that this.
Speaker 5: Team is very well positioned to do really well next year.
Speaker 1: Yes, you mentioned Aaron Roderick, and does it even to
the state like, does Aaron get enough credit for what
happened last year offensively with Bear coming in becoming the
starter and leading b YU along with the defense, good
special team's unit as well to a top twenty five
season in twelve wins.
Speaker 5: Unfortunately for the common fan, I think it takes two
or three years of success for an offensive coordinator before
they'll actually start giving him credit. I mean, it's one
hundred percent he's not getting what he deserves within the
fan base.
Speaker 4: Within national media.
Speaker 5: Yeah, he's getting what he's being. He's being seen as
who he is and I think BYU fans, and we
need to get on board and make sure that we're
back in an incredible offensive coordinator who is in the
ear of our outstanding quarterback and who's making the decisions
on what we do next and how we game plan
and and how we beat the other team and how
we take our personnel and maximize them to beat the
one on ones that that we face on the other
side of the ball. So he's done really well. I
think he'll continue to do well. He's recruited well. I mean,
who's coming after Bear? You know, we've got the one
of the top recruits in the nation. He was on
his mission out writer and it'll be great to see
him come in as well and maybe fill.
Speaker 4: The shoes right after Bear.
Speaker 5: But he's doing something right and I would love for
him to get the credit from from the fans, the
WYU fans that I think he deserves better. And then
I think he's getting nationally, but I think it'll take
this year really showing what he can do for the
fans to buy in all the way.
Speaker 1: So Aaron was asked a question about you know, wide
receiver room and what we have there, because there's you know,
question marks right Chase.
Speaker 3: Is going on, Parker's no longer part of the program.
Speaker 1: He got some new faces, unproven players, et cetera, and
he said, we will have enough weapons, and he went
on to discuss you know, guys like Tainakua, Reggie Frishnet,
and he didn't want to forget you know. He also
I think he talked about Jojo Phillips definitely taking a
step forward as well. When we when we talk about
having enough weapons, is it just enough to have enough
weapons or is this just an average room, an above
average room, or do we have some true playmakers in
this room?
Speaker 5: Depeeld Well, I think, I definitely think there's playmakers in
the room. But in order for those guys to make plays,
so much has to go into the you know, from
the game plan, to the right play calling and to
everybody doing doing their job on those plays in order
for that player to make those plays. And I think
we're going to have that. I do believe that the
receiver room is they have proving to do. We have
to see them play in a game situation, not just
discreens practice, make an amazing catch that in a game situation,
and and they're going to prove themselves. And like I've
said the whole time, I think there's going to be
two or three that really stand out and become those guys.
And but it'll be I'm anxious to see who those are,
but it's gonna take game testing in order for me
to buy in that one of them is that guy.
Speaker 4: Or two or three of them.
Speaker 1: Kyler Casper is a guy that you've got, you've become
familiar with. Aaron Roderick like gushed over Kyler Casper in
this interview, Well, what is the potential for this young man?
Great size, comes from great stock. His dad was an
NFL wide receiver. He got recruited organ If you're a
wide receiver and getting recruited organ and you didn't like transition,
like they didn't like push him to like tight end,
that means he's a wide receiver right Like he's still
and he was trending to be a I think pivotal
piece within that wide receiver room before his injury delaying
his his season last year.
Speaker 3: What can we expect from Kyler Casper?
Speaker 5: Well, I have high expectations for him. I think that
he knows how to use his size, and he's you know,
sometimes you get these big, real tall receivers in and
they're just not as a durable might not be the
right word, but but you know what I mean, Like
in and out of breaks, they're not quick, they're you know,
they have a long stride, but maybe they don't use
that stride well, or they have this body that all
they need to do is use it for leverage or
to give themselves a chance on a ball and use
their height properly. But the one thing that I think
that he does is that he knows how to utilize
what he has and I think that's I've seen that
in spring ball and so that's going to be fun
to see. And just being able to stretch the field.
He's a deep call. He's a deep ball guy, you know,
and he's an he's an easy corner of the end
zone guy to out jump, you know.
Speaker 4: Some of these shorter dvs. So I think that.
Speaker 5: He but but once again, it also brings it back
to he's he's unproven game time at b YU. You know,
obviously he played well growing up in order to get
an opportunity at Oregon so the potential and the talent
is there, and and it's all going to have to
do with these receivers and the quarterbacks coming together and
really being able to bond and get their timing down properly.
And I think that, you know, this guy's the limit
for him if he if he comes out and does
what I think he can do.
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Speaker 1: Jared Bledze, former b YU wide receiver talking some BYU football,
little Camp Killani by the way, BYU baseball, getting getting
beat up right now, bottom of the fourth. They're down
nine to one to Kansas State. Not looking too hot
right now, giving up a lot of runs. Eleven hits,
nine runs on eleven hits BYU with only one run
one hit.
Speaker 3: And I think it was actually it was a beautiful.
Speaker 1: It was a jack on one four hundred and fifty
two feet I think to the right, want to say,
maybe right center field. Anyway, that's the only run boy
you has and the only only hit that they have
all game right now, so hopefully they can turn it around.
But going back to BYU football, what what do you
think was accomplished in spring ball?
Speaker 3: Right?
Speaker 4: Like?
Speaker 1: What was what was kind of the quest the goals
during spring balls from your vantage point? And what do
you feel was accomplished offensively, defensively special teams wise?
Speaker 5: I think a big piece of it was the new
coaches having the opportunity to coach their playing, their players
and be fully involved in kind of setting the tone
for what they expect.
Speaker 4: From the players.
Speaker 5: And it's always good to build a bond with your coach,
especially your position coach, and spring ball is a great
time to do it because it's a little bit more
relaxed in your day to day and you know, it's
not every day and so there's just a different focus there.
But I think the opportunity for these new coaches to
get in there and learn learn what they're playing, are doing,
and how they can coach them better and and the
schemes can kind of start getting put together. And I
think that's you know, I think realizing, you know, we
got what we thought we had and now it's time
to figure out how to go game in and game
out and game plan.
Speaker 4: Properly and perform to the best their abilities.
Speaker 5: And I think they're just going to have a really
good season. I mean, there's there's potential that this could
be one of those magic seasons, but you know, it
takes a lot of hard work to get there.
Speaker 4: But I think that they're putting it.
Speaker 3: In bee way.
Speaker 1: You just received a commitment from Titan to young product
Atnounticus High School and harrim And High School. Really good player,
two way player. I can play linebacker, tight end for
the KuPS, but most likely to be on the defensive
side of the ball. We're catching up with him at
five thirty. But one of the things that I heard
through the Great Vine is that one of the reasons
why he chose Bieley is because he's got to practice recently,
and he talks about like the vibe, the energy, how
coaches coach players, how players communicate with coaches, and he said,
like the energy was just so electric and so positive,
and it was such a vibe. He told himself. Essentially,
he's like, I got to be a part of this.
I gotta be a part of this. And when it
felt right. He's like he's early in the process. Quite honestly,
he didn't have to commit right Now's March thirtieth, March
thirty first, he's committing right now because of you know,
the you know, being down there practice of film, the
vibe right like you've been down there many times and
we don't have to go into detail about all things
that you know at practice, but man, what is that
vibe like? Well, how would you describe the practice vibe
with this this coaching staff, this crew led by Kilane.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it's high energy, you know, and the
high and it's a contagious energy. And I just believe
that the players know who they are and they know
what they have and and you can feel that as
a group. You know, it's it's not there's not a
lot of question marks going into this year. You know
that a lot of that has been feeled before or
the springball even started. You knew, especially when you have
in this day and age where these it's so easy
to leave, you know, it's so easy. They made it
so hard for us to transfer. There were consequences. There
were you know, you got to shit out a year
if you wanted to go D one. Otherwise you had
to go to Division two NAI and so they make
it so easy to transfer that I think that they're
starting to feel that too, how easy it is to
just come and go. And I feel like that these guys,
knowing that everybody came back, even though maybe some could
have got paid better or they could have went to
the league, I.
Speaker 4: Think they just feel it.
Speaker 5: They just know who they are and what they have
and you're just got to make it transmit under the field,
you know, and it would be it is set to
be what I think will be a really really fun
season for the team in for the fans love it.
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On the flip side, We're gonna welcome in Lee Kamard.
Speaker 3: Coming up next college basketball Cougar Sports.
Speaker 1: BYU Women's basketball heading to the wb I T Championship Game. Uh,
they're the only team in the state of Utah still
playing ball and Lee Kamard doing things that no other
head coach in by women's basketball history have done.
Speaker 3: Most wins in a in the in.
Speaker 1: A rookie season from a BYU women's head coach, and
he continues to win, continues to survive in advance.
Speaker 3: How crazy football teams you care about?
Speaker 2: Wins, losses and everything in between.
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the only team in the state of Utah that's still
bawling out is the Lady Coops of Brigham Young University
led by Lee Kamard.
Speaker 3: They're balling out.
Speaker 1: They're in the championship game for the wb I T
They're gonna be taken on Columbia. Columbia is a team
that has had a great season twenty four and eight
on the year and uh and by you want to
tear right now twenty six and eleven. But they have
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the season, playing their best ball and into tournament play.
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in BYU women's basketball history.
Speaker 3: We've got Lee Kamard, the bucket getter. What's that lead?
Speaker 4: Hey? What's going on?
Speaker 3: Hey?
Speaker 4: Man?
Speaker 3: Still? Uh yeah? Great season? One more, baby, one more?
How's it feel? Don't it be?
Speaker 1: In the post game Sceinnario post season tournament scenario like this?
So you gotta have a lot of gratitude for the
squad and what they've been able to accomplish this year.
Speaker 4: Absolutely, it's been such a special group to be a
part of and I just you know, for me, obviously
I want to win, but I just want their hard
work and urgency and just desire to get rewarded, you know,
because they've done everything that they're supposed to and then
approach it the right way and excited to go to
go to have a great competition.
Speaker 1: One last time, give us a little scouting report on Colombia.
As I mentioned, they've they've won a lot of ball
games this year, twenty four and eight. Their non conference.
Speaker 3: They did some work.
Speaker 1: They beat Saint John's North to go to State col
Wisconsin or so that's the postseason, excuse me. In the
in the regular season, Butler, Ohio, they had wins against
South Dakota State, Manhattan, Wagner, Seaton Hall. Is a nice
victory for them. What do you see on film? Give
us a little scattering report.
Speaker 4: On Yeah, they You know, you watch these games in
the postseason. It was such an interesting dynamic of being
right on the bubble, which this team was as well,
and then playing in this w B a T. And
it's amazing now, but the drop down of emotions that
night when you're watching the selections show something that you
have to overcome and our team has done a great job.
And they've done a great job. And you see some
other teams that have played in this tournament and you
can just tell, like, hey, they're ready for spring break.
This season will be over. And then with our game
Monday against Kansas and preparing for Columbia, now, you can
just tell watching them on film that they're not ready
to be done either. And you know, there's a lot
of similarities. They play really hard, they're tough, they share
it really well. I feel like watching them, how connected
they are as a team is as good as it gets.
They got a really good player that scores a lot
of points. You know, twenty points are just over twenty
points a game, and we got to work cut out
for us. It's a high quality team, and they got
a little bit more experience in this They got a
few older players, and they've been, you know, a little
bit further in postseason play than we have of late.
Speaker 1: You guys knocked off Kansas in order to get to
the championship game earlier this season February fourth, you lost
by twenty one to Kansas.
Speaker 3: What changed? What happened? What was the difference this go around?
Speaker 4: You know, every team that we've lost to and got
a second crack, Yet this year we've been successful. I
think that speaks to the characters group. But when we
played them in early February, and that's not to knock
the outcome of that game, we had about the flu
going through our group, and our energy level was completely
different that night to what it was Monday night. I
think I think that surprise the players on Kansas a
little bit yesterday that it wasn't just oh, we're not
going away, you know. It was a very similar game
to the February or fourth game, and then we just
had we just had a little bit more plays made
and the game was was really close, but we were
up nine with twenty nine seconds up, and it shouldn't
have been as close as it was, but we found
a way to just hold on at the end.
Speaker 1: Yeah, those are stressful moments, right quartersolls through the roof.
If you haven't been in those situations, it can get
pretty dicey decision making. You're trying to scheme up things
to they create low rist scenarios. But explain kind of
those final those winning moments in situations like that, what
you're trying to communicate to your team and how to
how to calm them down and and not have them
be so you know tight in those uh, those tough situations.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, it's one of those things where I'm
glad we're still playing and didn't have a duke moment
in the NCAA tournament. But but but our group, the
group especially that was on the court at the end,
there is so much that we're going to learn from
those five possessions, even you know, at the very end.
And all we had to do was get it in
and get fouled, and we did it good. A couple
of times we had we had a little apprehension of
passing it in and a little apprehension of hey, is
this where I'm supposed to go? Should I go get it?
You know, and and so we talked a little bit
about it. But I guarantee you the next time we
get in that situation, those five specifically, they'll be ready
to go.
Speaker 1: Lee Kamart, head coach b A Women's basketball Here in
your Utah ESPN Radio network, you mentioned something I think
is is really important when you have a letdown, right,
you're a bubble team and you feel like you got
to you have a chance to get into then cua
temper you don't make it. There can be a kind
of an emotional, psychological, you know, physical impact and it's
difficult to recover from that. How would you say this
team like internally reacted to it?
Speaker 3: Who led?
Speaker 1: How did you guys react as a coaching staff? Like
what allowed you guys to get over that hump and
get down, you know, get down to the right path
so you could win in the postseason.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'll tell you exactly what happened, at least in
that moment we're watching the selection show came down to
the last last ten seed game playing game, which was
on the Thursday Saturday or Saturday Monday. So we're like, okay,
this is us, and then it wasn't us. And then
there was still about fifteen minutes before the WBIT show,
and we just brought it everybody into the film room
and I just said, all right, let's all take a minute,
and it's his voice or how we're feeling right now,
you know, And they shared their frustration, annoyed, upset, a
few other choice words, you know, but frustration and was
kind of the overall thing. And we just talked it
in reality, like, hey, that's what it is. You know,
we didn't do enough to put ourselves in that tournament.
We left it the chance, and if that's the case,
there's a chance that we're disappointed. And now we have
this opportunity to prove you know, those that made that
decision right, or proved them wrong. And it was an
interesting few days leading up to that first game the
wb I t against Alabama A and M. Like the
energy in the gym, like physically they were there, the
psychological like there was this cloud of just disappointment and frustration.
And as you prepare for a tournament where you know, hey,
we're going to play a game, that first game is
so hard. So it added another dimension of we got
to somehow somebody find a way to play and win
this game. And I think good things can come from
just getting our feet under us in this tournament, you know.
And that's kind of been the case. And we got
Alabama A and M on our court played great. You
could tell they were excited to take a little bit
of frustration out on somebody other than their teammates, and
in each game they just prepared properly and approached it
the right way. And even when we were down last night. Yeah,
last night to Kansas, there was no there was no there.
There hasn't been doubt, you know throughout this tournament with
our group, and they played tremendously. You see the chemistry
just tightening and getting better, and you see the confidence
building even in just some of the little things that
we do. Some of the younger players are just it's
almost like I don't know exactly what you want, what
we're supposed to be doing, what my teammates expecting me.
It's just the confidence that is just running through this
program right now.
Speaker 1: I know you're focused on your squad, your team, your tournament,
but have you guys been able to take in some
of the NCAA tournament, the women's NCUBA tournament any thoughts
and look, TCU handed you guys a tough loss, but
they got deep, they went I believe, to Elite eight.
Speaker 3: Like, is there some validation.
Speaker 1: There seeing that, you know, how you competed into the
Big twelve this year and what you could have maybe
done in the NCUBA tournament had you been given that opportunity.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, no doubt. I mean we've all been following it,
both sides of it, men and women on the women's side,
it's been pretty clear all year year. Hey, there's the
four teams and then there's a gap, and then there's
a lot more parody after that. I thought, I thought TCU,
depending on the matchups, could have potentially been there. I
think they just ran into the war. I thought if
they would have got somebody other than South Carolina or
u C. L A, they could have been there, if
they got UCLA or Texas. But but they those four
teams have been the best teams all year and it
hasn't even been close as far as the metrics and
just scores, you know what they're doing. So should be
a great final four. We're watching that. But you know what,
we're just kind of running our own little race over
here and we're making wherever we are, you know, the
big time for us. And this tournament's been great. They
they they've done a great job of making the athletes
feel pour in and the welcome party and some of
the other things, fullic escorts and everything like that. But
it's gonna it's been such a good thing for this
group and it'll be huge for the group going forward.
Speaker 3: In tournament time.
Speaker 1: Is there is there like a standard protocol of like
you know, your practice time, you when you're eating, when
you're sleeping, when you're napping, when you're stretching. Like what
has been the the the protocol since you guys got
out to Wichita and you're away from your home court
or at these big twelve courts that you have some
familiarity with.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean they the tournament kind of has pre
selected times. Hey, this team who's playing in this game
practices or shoot around is this time it's already kind
of mapped out. We got together before and just kind
of picked a based on this shoot around time of
this practice slot. Where do we want to eat, is
it the hotel we want to go out? What do
we want to do our free time? How long do
we want to practice? What do we want to practice?
You know, we got to the gym today and it
sounded like it sounded like Columbia was having a knockdown,
drag out type practice. And you know, we we got
after a pretty good today and had predetermined that we're
going to practice hard in the event that we won
on Monday in preparation for the championship game, and so
all those things and I've told you this before, but
just those are some of the things that I am
really very thought thoughtful on and what I feel is
best for our group in the moment. Kind of get
a medical report after the game, and do we want
to change anything based on what happened. We kind of
had a small little ankle tweet before yesterday's game and
in our shoot around, and so it was like, do
we want to tape or not tape and shoot around tomorrow.
So all those things fact we're in. But the main
thing is just the group still got that hunger with
them and that desire to prepare the right way. Had
a great practice today, get some good fuel in tonight,
and then yeah, get a pre game tomorrow and throw
that thing up and get after.
Speaker 1: It in this tournament, right, these games that you've played
in thus far, have you been surprised by anything or
did you kind of know who your team was going
to be And they've they've become and met that standard
of who they can be in this tournament.
Speaker 4: Yeah, they've you know, they've kind of showed me. Prior
to the Big Twelve, we kind of have gotten a
rolling you know, in the three games leading up to
that conference tournament. Had this setback with TCU and I
would say the first quarter was just too much to overcome.
But they kind of it started to all click down
where I mean, we should approach this game and not
really talk about anything specifically defensively, and they just kind
of know what they're trying to do, what they're looking for,
how they want to do it, who's doing what and when.
And again, like I think that that chemistry is tangible
right now within the group when you're in the in
the in the battle, but also outs. It's been a great,
great trip for for the team as well. UH, And
you know's just leave it at that.
Speaker 1: Lee Kamart, head coach by women's basketball, talking to his
lady Cooks right now as they prepare for the w
i T w B I T championship game. It's going
to be on UH on Wednesday, five pm, I believe
is tip off of them not mistaken.
Speaker 3: ESPN two is where you can check it out at.
Speaker 1: So make sure you're watching this game, Kugarnation, make sure
you're supporting this women's team.
Speaker 5: UH.
Speaker 1: Any thoughts Lee on the h on the the most
recent you know you have media availability right before the
championship game, before the semi finals as well, and Uh,
you mentioned how this tournament has been awesome. Uh, they've
really made the ladies feel special and the teams feel special.
Speaker 3: What is that The media, uh support been like as well.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's there's been quite a lot of coverage. Uh.
And when we did our press conference, I think a
lot of the kugarnation has seen kind of some of
those answers that have gone viral. Sabbath Day and you
know how we observe it, you know, type of thing
that was packed, you know, and uh there was a
local it was b y U, it was Kansas. It
was also national media. You know, we're on ESPN too tomorrow.
It's our second now h national TV game. I think
on the season we said a and the probably had
something to do with and just din't so close, but
we said a second A semi final record attendance for
the game yesterday, which I think speaks to a little
bit to our program in Kansas. And you know, it's
it's been well well put on. You know, it's it's
a it's an ant a run tournament. It's the equivalent
of the n I T on the men's site. Somebody
already owns the rights to or the name of trademark
of w N I T. So the NCAA came in
and made it the w B I T and they
select the teams, they run the whole thing. Uh, it's
very well done. And I've been really impressed coming out
to Wichita and their approach to it and the media
coverage for it. Don done more interviews probably than that
i'd like to, you know, or that I've done for
any any type of game. Uh, and you know it's funny.
Coach Coach Rose text me Monday, Hey, good luck tonight,
And I know you love all those interviews that you
have to do, so but no, it's been good. The
host people, people hosting us at the hotel, the hotel people,
everything's been fantastic.
Speaker 3: Well, you're doing great work man.
Speaker 1: Really happy that you've had such a successful first season
and many more to come. Final thing, just because I've
been pinged about it. B what you find how do you.
Speaker 3: What role can you play?
Speaker 1: What role do you play in the mentorship of your
team off the court, Because I have a lot of
B A fans that they're hoping praying that a power
couple you know, can can be created, you know, for
by U Athletics you know, posterity, you know what I mean.
So they got their fingers crossed that somehow, some way,
you know, a power couple can can come from your
one of your one of your players Delaney give and
one that's playing in the n b A.
Speaker 3: You know, do you ever you consult like? Hey, like
you got to be looking out for these things.
Speaker 4: You know, I stay I stay out of people's apartments
mostly if they're if I feel there's a need, Uh,
I just give them a charge to to be smart.
You're very visible. Uh. People know who you are and
they're they're watching you. You're you're making an impact on
young lives that are watching you. But but I mean
you talk about delaying specifically, she is, you know, as
good as it gets, as far as her as a
person and a character, and any anybody would be lucky to,
you know, to be able to spend some time with her.
She's just fantastic. And you know what, from top down,
I would put our our fifteen against anybody in the
country as it pertains to to people and how they
carry themselves.
Speaker 1: Yeah, there are awesome people on and off the court.
There's no doubt about it. Hey, you got yourself a wonderful.
You know, you create a power couple. You got some
great prospects coming down the pipeline for BYU and of
I'm gonna be as good as le though anyone, and
even gonna be as good as that the dad.
Speaker 4: In this situation, you know, a couple won't probably could
if they had a little more dog in them. You know,
we'll wait to see, We'll wait to see if they
have that. You know, the dad had that. He didn't
have much else, but he did have a little fiery
dog in him, So we'll see.
Speaker 3: Okay.
Speaker 1: So your philosophy on this, because I've had many debates,
is the dog developed or is it innates?
Speaker 4: In your opinion, i'most turn that back on you before.
What do you think, Ben? You played the game at
a high level. What do you think, Man?
Speaker 3: I think most of it's innate.
Speaker 1: And then you have these unique catalysts that brings out
more of a dog, right, the adversities, the refining fire.
But it has to be a part of your genome already.
Like I remember, like losing a boys and girls club
basketball game in the championship game when I was like,
I was like ten, right, maybe it was the nine
year old or something. They forced me left. I hadn't
developed the left yet. I was really a good athlete,
could dribble, the ride and all that stuff. They scouted
me bro and they got me forced left. I turned
the ball over a few times and that to this day.
I mean I went home immediately after that game, and
I dribbled with my left hand, probably before fifteen hours straight.
I don't even know if I slept worked on left
handed layups never again.
Speaker 3: So like that brought out that failure.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I wanted to fight, so I remember I got
I fouled out that game.
Speaker 3: I kicked the ball.
Speaker 1: I tried to kick the ball at the ref and
so like, I think there has to be catalysts though,
to really bring out the dog. If everything is kind
of soft throughout, even if you have a little bit
of dog and things go easy, it doesn't bring out
the dog. And so I think I think it's mostly
genetic biochemistry, but then there has to be catalysts along
the way to maximize the dog.
Speaker 3: You know, I know that's my thought.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I only have sons, o guys, I'll speak from
from my boys. I think that until they really get
some testatus of room flowing through. You know, you can't
really tell. They show signs of it when they're younger, sure,
but but until until they you know, start to mature,
even if they don't have it prior to that, I
think you know, as they start to mature physically, that
dog can get them there. Uh. But but if, in
my opinion, if you if you're you know, started to
mature and you're kind of just a little passive and
a little you know, just got a little puppy in you,
you know, it's gonna be hard to really bring that
dog out. You know, that competitive spirit of hey, when
my back's against the wall, ready to go, you know,
in a in a competitive throw it right, you know,
that type of thing. So uh and yeah, So that.
Speaker 1: No, I think it's it's great insight because I have
those conversations a lot because with dads, right, and like, hey,
how can I get my son to be more competitive?
Like there's a little bit of both, right, there's a
little bit of nature and nurture with it. Having three
sons though, you know, I mean, I'm sure they get
in some little fisticuffs, little little battles there that brings
out some good competitive fire, competitive spirit within reasons, So Lee,
good luck in the championship game.
Speaker 3: Will be rooting you on.
Speaker 1: We'll be watching, hopefully the lady coops you're coaching up.
Can can you know have a little bit of dog
in this championship game just like you did back in
the day.
Speaker 4: I think they got more than I ever had. This
is a tough group looking forward to tomorrow. Thanks for
having me, Ben they go.
Speaker 1: That's Lee Kamarat, head coach by women's basketball, getting his
team prep getting ready for that Columbia game, the wb
I T Championship game tomorrow five pm okay on ESPN two.
Make sure you watch that game and support them coogs,
those lady cooks. They're at out at Wichita, Kansas and
Charles Cocharina, So check it out.
Speaker 3: Twenty six and eleven on the year the.
Speaker 1: Most wins in a rookie season for any DYU women's
head coach. Shout out to Lee Kamard taking on Columbia
twenty four and eight on the season that has some
bucket getters themselves. We'll go to pray guys, please don't
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