WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:03.640 Let's find let's find out about breakfast and breakfast food. 2 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:05.559 So that's kind of an opening kickoff brought to us 3 00:00:05.559 --> 00:00:08.160 by our friends at Kickoff Coffee and Kickoff Coffeeco dot 4 00:00:08.199 --> 00:00:10.599 com first and foremost KCD. 5 00:00:10.679 --> 00:00:12.880 Where you be, how's it going? 6 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:14.039 I am home? 7 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:15.119 Still? 8 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:16.280 Isn't that crazy? 9 00:00:16.559 --> 00:00:16.719 Oh? 10 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:18.079 I mean normal answer? 11 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:21.000 Considering all of the moving that you have done recently 12 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:23.920 and everything that has gone on in your universe, the 13 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:26.679 fact that you are locked in place is kind of strange. 14 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:29.199 It's the longest time period I'm going to be home 15 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:31.679 for a while or have been home for a while, 16 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:33.520 So I'm enjoying it for a little. 17 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:34.159 Bit while it lasts. 18 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:36.159 All right, So let me ask you this, since I'm 19 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:40.200 an opening kickoff mode right now, what do you traditionally 20 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:43.359 do for breakfast? Considering that you are the at of 21 00:00:43.439 --> 00:00:45.560 the two of us, you are the athlete, what do 22 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:48.000 you traditionally do for breakfast? 23 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:50.600 I am like kind of one extreme or the other. 24 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:55.359 I'm either like a smoothie or like one of those 25 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:59.719 like energy protein like peanut butter, chocolate chip balls, you 26 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:02.359 know those things just to have a little something with 27 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:06.799 my coffee, or I'm like a brunch like eggs, bacon, 28 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:09.760 a bagel, sandwich with all of that, like and I 29 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:12.359 go hard at that, and I probably don't eat much 30 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:12.840 for lunch. 31 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:15.159 So I'm like one extreme. 32 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:17.280 Or the other, okay, because the reason I ask is, 33 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:20.640 you know, I because of just trying to get everything ready. 34 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:23.200 It's like I'm grabbing stuff out of the I'm grabbing 35 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:24.480 stuff out of the kitchen. 36 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:26.680 And they give you sixteen of. 37 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.040 This particular product that you buy and they say that 38 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:30.519 the daily serving is three. 39 00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:32.519 That doesn't work. 40 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:35.079 No, no, And that's what I'm saying. 41 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:40.519 It's like, so I'm you know, in my situation, literally 42 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:42.480 it's like, okay, five and a third. 43 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:43.560 This does not compute. 44 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:45.280 So do you carry it over to the sixth day 45 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:46.560 or do you just say to hell with it and 46 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:49.200 do the four on the one day like Friday or 47 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:50.920 something just to empty out the container? 48 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:53.799 You just finish it off. It's like when you have 49 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:56.599 an unread text or an unread email and it bothers you. 50 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:58.439 That's what I would feel like if I had the 51 00:01:58.519 --> 00:02:01.120 extra one, like, finish. 52 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:03.680 It off, let's go okay see, And that's the thing. 53 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:05.840 It's like for me, I'm like, look, there's gonna be 54 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:08.120 a day with four and I'm just gonna have to 55 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:09.759 deal with it. So, like I said, it was just 56 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:11.560 staring at me this morning as I was going into 57 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:14.319 the kitchen, I'm like, wait a second recommend it daily 58 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:17.039 serving is three. There are sixteen of them here, So 59 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:20.120 I was I was kind of freaking out a little bit, 60 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:21.800 and I didn't know if I was alone in my 61 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:26.000 assessments of just making sure that you know that I 62 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:28.360 was approaching this correctly and that my guilt should just 63 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:29.919 be kind of off to the side and not worry 64 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:30.319 about it. 65 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:32.360 Nah, you're fine, I'd say, go for. 66 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:36.319 It, Okay, I support that. Okay, just checking That's opening. 67 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:38.280 Kickoff rot was by a friends at Kickoff Coffee and 68 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:41.479 Kickoff Coffeeco dot com. Casey is far better at breakfast 69 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:42.039 than I am. 70 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:42.479 Okay. 71 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:46.479 Yesterday in we're going to talk a little college or 72 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:48.599 probably talk a lot of college, maybe a little MLS, 73 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:50.680 whatever else is on your mind here As you met 74 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:53.680 Leadoff on Tuesday yesterday you were paired with our friend 75 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:57.159 Glenn Davis and got to hang out and watch wake 76 00:02:57.199 --> 00:03:00.800 in Mississippi State. What some of your takeaways from that 77 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:04.520 particular match. As we are in the early season crossover 78 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:07.520 part of the non conference schedule early returns from Wake 79 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:08.759 and Mississippi State. 80 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:12.680 Well, I mentioned on Friday when we're looking at this, 81 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:16.080 that there's a lot of ACC versus SEC matchups in 82 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:19.639 these non conference schedules. This was another one that I 83 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:24.360 was really excited about because Mississippi State has a new coach, 84 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:27.000 Nick Zimmerman. He's been there six years and as an assistant. 85 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:30.000 This is his first year as head coach and taking 86 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:32.919 on a coach Antony Dlouz, who's been there for twenty 87 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:36.800 nine years, a Wake Forest program that's very well established 88 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:40.240 College Cup finalists last year. I thought it would be 89 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:43.319 very unique to see how this matches up because when 90 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:47.000 talking with both coaches, Nick Zimmerman even said they want 91 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:49.680 to possess the ball as well, and everyone that follows 92 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:52.919 in CAA women's college soccer knows that's what Wake's m 93 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:56.599 O is, and so I was kind of looking at 94 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:59.840 it going let's see if Mississippi State can get some possession. 95 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:02.960 Not only did they get the win, but they had 96 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:05.960 the vast majority of possession in the game at their 97 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:09.879 home field. It was a really good performance all around 98 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:13.039 from them, So I was really impressed with Mississippi State. 99 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:15.439 And that's not to say Wake Forest wasn't good either. 100 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:18.240 Going on the road second game in the weekend is tough, 101 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:21.040 but Mississippi State showed that they can play with. 102 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:21.759 The best this year. 103 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:24.519 And I want to go. 104 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:27.120 I want to go back a step because for those 105 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:31.680 that follow you on the social media's you, you had 106 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:34.959 the chance to go back to your old haunt also 107 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:37.279 on the weekend, and you had to be there bright 108 00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:37.600 and early. 109 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:39.000 We saw your cup of coffee. I guess it was 110 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:39.720 coffee that you. 111 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:42.639 That you It was coffee. It was coffee. Yes, I 112 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:44.240 brought that in. I needed it. 113 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:46.079 I had to arrive at like ten am, So that's 114 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:48.439 an early that's an early arrival for me. 115 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:51.879 For broadcasting you you ain't kidding, And it was a 116 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:54.399 chance for you to go back to to the Alma 117 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:57.240 and check out North Carolina in their early part of 118 00:04:57.279 --> 00:05:01.399 the season. So takeaways from that broadcast as well what 119 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:02.040 happened there? 120 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:06.399 Well, before I get into the broadcast, you seemed really 121 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:08.879 upset with me last week that I only owned one 122 00:05:08.959 --> 00:05:12.879 Carolina mug. I went to Franklin Street and I got 123 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:18.720 the ultimate Carolina mugul rameses. I was like, I cannot 124 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:20.839 be talked to like that, so I have to get 125 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:24.319 another Carolina mug, and I did went to the student 126 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:26.480 stores and got one, So there you. 127 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:28.839 Go, John, Nothing wrong with that, Nothing wrong with that 128 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:29.399 at all. I mean. 129 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:32.279 And the size of that mug that is a ram 130 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:35.319 I mean literally did That's the size of a ram truck. 131 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:38.800 That's not just a ram case it is And I 132 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:39.120 think I. 133 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:41.519 Could fit my whole pot of coffee that I brew 134 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:44.199 in the morning in this in one go, so it 135 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:45.759 gets its money's. 136 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:50.720 Worth for sure. But yeah, so I was really I 137 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:52.120 don't know, I don't know how to describe it. 138 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:54.839 Just grateful to be able to go on campus, you know, 139 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:57.600 like you said on my Instagram story, walking through where 140 00:05:57.639 --> 00:06:01.079 I used to train and into the state. Just to 141 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:04.160 have that opportunity was just a nice personal moment for 142 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:07.480 me to be able to do it. From a soccer perspective, 143 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:10.879 the expectation was that you and c would bounce back 144 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:14.040 after playing Georgia and having that loss against a team 145 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:17.360 like Rice, and even speaking with Brian Lee, the head 146 00:06:17.399 --> 00:06:21.920 coach of Rice, he has been trying every year to 147 00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:25.759 schedule against the reigning national championship for the past four years. 148 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:28.360 I think he's accomplished that three out of the last 149 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:31.319 four years, and he said, we know it's going to 150 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:34.800 be a huge task, but it shows us where we're 151 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:36.800 at and it gives us some confidence that we can 152 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:39.120 come up against anyone. So they take that into their 153 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:41.879 conference play. So the expectation was that you and c 154 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:44.800 was going to win this game, and they did. What 155 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:47.360 I'll say is I don't believe. And this isn't just 156 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:50.759 from an alumni perspective, from a truly analytical perspective that 157 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:52.920 it's not all doom and gloom. Because they have two 158 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:56.879 losses early in the season, one of their senior defenders 159 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:59.800 in midfielders, Tessa Della Rose, is still out. She hasn't 160 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:02.040 seen in any minutes this year, and she's a huge 161 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:05.439 leader and catalyst for success for this group. And their 162 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:09.720 entire starting roster is incredibly young sophomores and freshmen, with 163 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:13.680 only Kate Fosse and Olivia Thomas as upper classmens. So 164 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:16.399 while they figure all of those little kings out, while 165 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:19.399 they figure out their goalkeeping situation, I think it's going 166 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:21.959 to be completely fine as they start to get into 167 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:22.720 conference play. 168 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:25.639 When you look at the non region I mean, right 169 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:28.480 now through the ACC. You look at Pitt who's run 170 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:31.399 the table. They won their first four. Stanford has won 171 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:34.959 their first four, and the numbers are staggering that they 172 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:37.839 have put on the board so far, nineteen goals scored 173 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:40.720 in their first four matches. They've only given up two. 174 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:45.879 Virginia undefeated, Duke undefeated. Florida State undefeated right now at 175 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:48.000 two and zero, and they've scored seven in their first two. 176 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:50.680 Notre Dame still hasn't lost. And then you get into 177 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:55.079 a couple of one lost teams so far with Louisville, Miami, SMU, Syracuse, 178 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:57.360 votech Wake Forest, they're all three and one. I don't know, 179 00:07:57.399 --> 00:07:59.240 maybe they all find the same folks to beat up 180 00:07:59.279 --> 00:07:59.720 on or something. 181 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:00.199 I don't know. 182 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:04.000 BC col they're hanging out just a little above five 183 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:07.439 hundred North Carolina. Your your heels are two and two. 184 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:10.120 Clemson off to a hiccup. He start at one to 185 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:13.240 one in one, NC State at three and one going 186 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:16.160 through this first four matches in the ACC, I guess 187 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:19.480 we you know early returns on, all right, so I 188 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:21.879 guess give me all right, Well, let's play let's play 189 00:08:21.879 --> 00:08:23.680 stop light, all right, Let's go red light, yellow light, 190 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:28.000 green light. Okay, after the first four matches, is there 191 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:31.040 anybody right now that's like red light? You know, danger 192 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:33.679 Will Robinson kind of a thing. After the first four matches? 193 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:35.879 Is there anybody in the red light category for you? 194 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:38.320 In C State's going to have a tough year. 195 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:40.919 They have a new head coach, Gary Higgins there, who's 196 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:43.399 had a lot of success, but they've been down for 197 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:45.279 a couple of years and so it's not one of 198 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:47.720 those one year project type of things. So it's just 199 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:51.000 sticking with the staff, the new staff and getting through 200 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:53.279 this season I think is going to be incredibly difficult 201 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:56.000 for them. So I would say they're the main one 202 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:59.600 right now that I'm not surprised at the start because 203 00:08:59.639 --> 00:09:01.360 there's a lot of work to be done for the 204 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:02.240 new coaching staff. 205 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:07.240 Okay, So along those lines, how patient as a rule 206 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:12.000 are administrations these days when it comes to soccer From 207 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:14.759 what you've been able to gather, if it's a new coach, 208 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:16.639 if it's a new coach and a new coaching staff, 209 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:19.360 how patient are they are they looking at immediate returns? 210 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:22.639 Has the pressure been dialed up in this era when 211 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:25.639 it comes to sports and soccer too. 212 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:27.879 Does it drift off to there or is there more patients. 213 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:30.720 When it comes to new administrations and new soccer coaches 214 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:32.919 and things like that, what have you been able to observe. 215 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:35.039 One of the things you always have to think about 216 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:38.720 is how early is the recruiting process, because back five 217 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:41.600 six years ago, before we started having the transfer portal 218 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:44.360 and everything, it would take a good three to four 219 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:48.120 years minimum to see your players come in because women's 220 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:51.360 soccer recruiting was so early in the high school game. 221 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:53.440 Now it is still early. 222 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:57.399 Especially for your powerful conferences, but because you have the 223 00:09:57.440 --> 00:10:00.600 ability to have transfers, there's a little bit of a 224 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:03.559 tweak of expectation that it's a little bit earlier. But 225 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:06.720 I would still say in the first year, even two years, 226 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:11.080 you're not looking at vast turnarounds. What I think administrators 227 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:13.399 are really looking at, and from conversations I've had when 228 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:16.480 I was in the college game, was what does what 229 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:18.679 does the team look like? Are they heading in the 230 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:23.320 right direction? What's the whole morale and thoughts around the team. 231 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:26.039 And then you want to see those little results here 232 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:28.519 and there that you get that maybe you shouldn't have gotten, 233 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:31.200 and that's kind of shows that maybe the next year 234 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:32.159 will be the turning point. 235 00:10:32.559 --> 00:10:34.919 Tacy White hanging out with us, going over college soccer, 236 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:36.840 and we got a couple of things up our sleeve 237 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:39.399 a little later on here in the segment, as Casey 238 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:43.240 Bat's lead off here on our Tuesdays on SDHAM, all right, 239 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:45.960 we did red light. Who's in the yellow light for 240 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:47.960 you right now? Who you kind of sitting there going? 241 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:49.919 I don't know one way or the other after the. 242 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:54.240 First four Well, I think wake Forest and Clemson are 243 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:56.960 interesting for two different reasons. I think they're both yellow 244 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:00.480 light in some ways because wake Forest in a more 245 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:03.039 positive yellow light going to green was three and oh 246 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:07.080 coming into the game against Mississippi State. They beat SMU, 247 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:10.639 they beat LSU, and they beat Villanova, so a couple 248 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:12.519 of really good wins in there. Then went on the 249 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:15.960 road against a good Mississippi State team and lost. I 250 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:18.240 don't think that's going to define their season by any means, 251 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:21.120 but they do have a really young team that everything 252 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:24.399 clicked early. So I think there's a management piece now 253 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:26.679 of how do you deal with the loss and how 254 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:28.360 do you solve it and come back? So I think 255 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:30.559 that's an interesting one to watch, and I think Wake's 256 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:32.600 going to be very good, but I still put them 257 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:34.840 there because it's a bit of an interesting point in 258 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:37.519 the season for them to deal with that first loss 259 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:40.960 with a lot of freshmen and sophomores in their roster. Clemson, 260 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:43.039 you mentioned one one and one. I said, I think 261 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:45.360 it was two weeks ago. I was going to say 262 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:47.120 that I think they'll have a better year this year. 263 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:51.279 They lost a lot of players last year into the NWSL, 264 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:53.360 so it was a rough one for them. So I 265 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:56.120 think jury's still out on them to see if they can. 266 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:56.720 Turn the tide. 267 00:11:57.440 --> 00:12:01.000 And so, since you have Wake heading into the green 268 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:04.200 light category, who are your green lights? After the first four? 269 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:06.720 Who has has it been a pleasant surprise so far? 270 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:09.039 Has it pretty much been chalk of Yeah? I figured 271 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:10.039 these folks would be here. 272 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:13.919 It's pretty much the usual suspects in a lot of ways. Obviously, 273 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:16.399 Stanford being new to the ACC is a usual suspect 274 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:20.679 from a national perspective, not necessarily ACC so I would 275 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:23.919 put them in there. The amount of goals is pretty insane, 276 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:26.639 I will say that. So you got to tip your 277 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:30.000 hat to that Florida state we know is always going 278 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:33.200 to be a national contender from doing their first game though, 279 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:38.000 and watching them their dynamic attack, it's even more than 280 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:40.000 I think they've had in the last few years. They've 281 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:44.120 always been a possession oriented team and really war opposition down. 282 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:46.799 I think they have a really good balance of let's 283 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:49.200 just get after it and then let's slow it down 284 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:50.120 and be more methodical. 285 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:51.960 Yeah, because you've got to go see them against those 286 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:54.600 the lowdown dirty cheaters from the University of South Georgia. 287 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:54.919 James. 288 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:57.279 I'm not just supporting them because of you, but I 289 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:00.480 will so I will be honest a lot on the way. 290 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:03.360 But they're good for sure, no doubt. Sec. 291 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:09.759 Right now, you know you're still looking at non regions Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma, 292 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:13.639 South Carolina, Tennessee. Tennessee went out west and it's just 293 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:16.840 basically started thumping folks. They're taking care of business out 294 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:19.200 in the Pacific time zone before they come back here. 295 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:22.360 They're all four to no. Georgia Vandy three and one. 296 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:25.240 Mississippi State once once again the match that you called 297 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:27.639 with wake out of the blocks, they've won their first 298 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:30.279 two A and M. At two OHO and two the 299 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:32.759 low down dirty cheaters have actually won twice. I don't 300 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:35.720 know how that happened. I guess they cheated Oh, Missus 301 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:37.919 two and one, Auburn two to one and one, LSU 302 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:41.120 at five hundred, Arkansas at five hundred, Missouris at five hundred, 303 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:45.159 Texas one two and one. Early returns red light, yellow light, 304 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:48.159 green light in the SEC What do you think, Oh. 305 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:50.240 That's a good question. We have to start with Tennessee. 306 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:53.639 I'm gonna go the other direction because that makes that 307 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:55.600 loss that you and c had early in the season 308 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:57.480 looked very good. When you start going to the West 309 00:13:57.519 --> 00:14:00.600 Coast and beating up on top programs there as well. 310 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:04.879 Joe Kurt has been with that program for a number 311 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:07.720 of years. I don't even remember how long. I believe, 312 00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:09.679 and don't quote me on this. I believe I was 313 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:13.159 playing at North Carolina and he was an assistant goalkeeping coach. 314 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:17.120 It was either then or just after under Ange Kelly. 315 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:19.840 I know he was there for a while, So to 316 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:22.720 see him step into that head coaching role, I love 317 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:25.200 that just from a colleague perspective and that he got 318 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:28.600 that opportunity. But he has this team rolling, so they're 319 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:31.159 in a really good spot. So for a green light, 320 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:35.759 definitely Tennessee. I would even say Georgia is kind of 321 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:39.080 in that green light, maybe yellow light still kind of 322 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:42.879 to see what's going to happen. But Mississippi State is 323 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:44.080 a team that I think is in. 324 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:44.720 The yellow light. 325 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:48.360 They got a big win, like we said, first, wake 326 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:51.279 Forest tenth in the country at the time, but with 327 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:55.240 all the cancelations early in the season, they really hadn't 328 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:57.519 been tested. They had only played Jacksonville State in a 329 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:02.200 handful of exhibitions. Now, just wonder after getting that big win, 330 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:05.440 do they use that as a catalyst and it shows 331 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:08.320 really how good they are or are they just highly motivated. 332 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:11.480 They hadn't played games. They're at home under the lights 333 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:13.720 with wake Forest coming to you, and so they met 334 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:16.159 the challenge, which there's something to be said for that. 335 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:19.120 And Nick Zimmerman is known to be a great motivator. 336 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:21.279 He organizes his teams very well. 337 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:23.039 So will that be. 338 00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:26.000 Something that they can sustain throughout the whole year? So 339 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:27.639 I'll be interested to see that. 340 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:28.559 Okay. 341 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:32.440 Joe Kirk, by the way, after since you appropriately filibustered 342 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:35.759 for me, mainstay on the Tennessee sideline since two thousand 343 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:38.879 and seven, UT soccer head coach by vice Chancellor and 344 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:42.200 eighty Danny White April twenty ninth of twenty twenty two. 345 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:43.320 I was so close. 346 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:46.440 I graduated six last season, so I thought it was 347 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:48.919 close to when I was playing so a lot of years. 348 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:52.639 There's your there's your crossover with Joe Kirk. Let me 349 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:54.879 have you put your coaching hat on for a second? 350 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:01.279 Non region schedules or non conference schedules and you are 351 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:04.639 in a position to lay out a grid to get 352 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:07.519 you ready for conference play whatever conference you were in 353 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:11.679 were you? Are you of a mind that you want 354 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:16.519 to challenge yourself and whatever the non region schedule is, 355 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:18.440 line them up? And if I go and eight, I'm oh, 356 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:21.120 and eight? Do you want to mix? Do you want 357 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:23.200 to blend? Do you do the do you do the 358 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:25.240 belt curve to where you try to build into a 359 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:28.440 non region schedule? If you're a schedule maker as a coach, 360 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:32.519 which method would you pick and how would you address 361 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:34.639 it when you're talking about a college schedule? 362 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:36.600 Well, how honest do you want me to be? 363 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:36.759 Now? 364 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:39.279 I'm scared put it out? I mean, that's what we're 365 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:39.600 here for. 366 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:42.039 I'm not a very controversial person, but I'm gonna say 367 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:44.679 a couple of things that are just real. Uh, It 368 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:48.039 kind of depends on where you're at in your coaching right, 369 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:50.759 So how long have you been somewhere, how is your 370 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:53.799 team performing, because one of the things you have to 371 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:57.240 be careful with is going too hard and it looking 372 00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:00.240 like there's not a successful season, because some athletic directors 373 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:04.799 and administrators define success only by wins, even at women's soccer. 374 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:05.640 So if you've had a. 375 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:08.799 Couple bad years, you don't want to go crazy and 376 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:11.759 start zero to six. That's not looking good for job security. 377 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:14.680 So I'm gonna be honest right there. That's part of 378 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:17.559 things when you're not in a good spot as a 379 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:20.359 college head coach. So I wanted to address that first. 380 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:24.119 But let's say everything's hunky dory, you're not worried about it, 381 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:29.279 and you're looking at your schedule. My personal philosophy has 382 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:32.920 always been that conference is really what matters. 383 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:34.680 So you have an amount of. 384 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:39.240 Time preseason plus non conference to find out who your 385 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:42.000 team is, and that means what are we good at, 386 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:46.200 what are we exposed by, and how do we evolve 387 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:48.960 that or change that in a really short amount of time. 388 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:51.519 On top of that, you have to think about the 389 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:54.480 mental side of the game. I've always been very big 390 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:58.279 on the confidence side and building the mentality side. And 391 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:01.000 mentality and building confidence doesn't just mean that you win 392 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:04.000 every game. Like we talked about earlier, Rice wanting to 393 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:09.119 play the defending national champions, teams like that, Florida going 394 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:11.720 to Florida State first game of the year, talking with 395 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:15.240 Sam Bohan. They want to see how their team stats 396 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:18.400 up and then they can use that to build confidence 397 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:21.599 that they can go into conference play and compete with 398 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:25.079 almost everybody. And so all of those factors come into 399 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:27.640 play so that when you hit conference play you. 400 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:28.240 Can be rolling. 401 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:30.799