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I think last season he struggled with injuries. 22 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,480 Let's get to him a little bit better. In this segment. 23 00:01:05,519 --> 00:01:10,079 He could be possibly maybe Wide Receiver one. This segment's 24 00:01:10,079 --> 00:01:12,280 gonna be brought to you by Central Garage Utah. Central 25 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,799 Garage Utah dot com. If you have a garage door 26 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,799 that he's in need of repair, it's not working, don't 27 00:01:18,799 --> 00:01:21,840 get gouged by the competitors. They're gonna take advantage of you. 28 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,640 Not Kelly at Central Garage, Utais at Big Bay. You've 29 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,959 contact him today, give him a call shittem tech and 30 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,120 set up an appointment, get a quote. He's gonna do 31 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:32,640 the He's gonna do the best job at the right price, 32 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:34,480 the right job at the right price. Eight o one 33 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:36,680 six oh four two nine one nine eight one six 34 00:01:36,719 --> 00:01:39,200 oh four two nine one nine eight one six oh 35 00:01:39,239 --> 00:01:41,519 four two nine one nine That Central Garage, Utah, Central 36 00:01:41,519 --> 00:01:44,040 Garage Utah dot com. All right, let's get to it. 37 00:01:44,079 --> 00:01:46,040 I caught up with Reggie Frishnet, the six foot four, 38 00:01:46,359 --> 00:01:51,079 two hundred and seven pounder out of Mantai, Utah. Reggie 39 00:01:51,079 --> 00:01:52,799 Frishneck BYU Wide Receiver. 40 00:01:52,879 --> 00:01:53,359 Speaker 3: Reggie. 41 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: How is springball? 42 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,359 Speaker 3: Day two? It's great. You know a lot of competing, 43 00:01:57,439 --> 00:02:00,159 especially right now, a lot of rotation. But it's lot 44 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,159 of fun and can't wait for the next thirteen practices. 45 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's pretty crazy. The spring balls already here, Reggie. 46 00:02:06,599 --> 00:02:10,439 Take us through your your pathway to be Yu. I 47 00:02:10,479 --> 00:02:13,319 know you came out of like the Mantai e From 48 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,800 area in high school. What position to play in high school? 49 00:02:17,039 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, so Mantai high school, a little three A school. 50 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,159 I actually rotated between like tight end and like a 51 00:02:22,199 --> 00:02:24,800 big outside receiver because I was like the biggest guy 52 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:26,680 on my team, even like some of the linemen were't 53 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,560 as tall as me. So played. I blocked a lot 54 00:02:29,599 --> 00:02:31,879 in high school, but I also caught deep passes. That's 55 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:33,759 kind of what I was known for down there. 56 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: What was your height weight in high school? 57 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 3: Ooh height weight high I was probably maybe a little 58 00:02:39,319 --> 00:02:41,039 shorter now I probably six three in high school, but 59 00:02:41,039 --> 00:02:43,080 I was like one hundred and eighty pounds, so I 60 00:02:43,159 --> 00:02:47,479 was skinny. Now I'm like ten to eight, So found 61 00:02:47,479 --> 00:02:49,240 a few pounds since then. But it's been good. 62 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: You ended up at Snow Junior College out of high school? 63 00:02:52,039 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 3: Yes, okay, Snow how. 64 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 1: Did you get there? How did that process occur? 65 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,479 Speaker 3: Yeah, so it's kind of funny. Actually I was I 66 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,199 was planning to kind of just give football up because 67 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,039 I didn't really have any offers. I had a few 68 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,879 D two offers, and I was like, I don't want 69 00:03:05,879 --> 00:03:08,000 to go all the way across the country to play 70 00:03:08,039 --> 00:03:10,400 the Smarty two school. So I was planning to kind 71 00:03:10,439 --> 00:03:11,960 of just give football up. And then in the middle 72 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,960 of February, almost like right before signing day, Snow knocked 73 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:16,719 on my door and they're like, we'd love for you 74 00:03:16,759 --> 00:03:19,439 to come play for us, play tight end there. And 75 00:03:19,479 --> 00:03:22,039 then yeah, I ended up signing like two days later 76 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,120 after they knocked on my door. So it was it 77 00:03:24,159 --> 00:03:24,719 was great. 78 00:03:24,599 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: Which coaches from Snow recruited. 79 00:03:27,159 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 3: So it was Neil Powell, he former YU player, and 80 00:03:30,439 --> 00:03:33,599 then Zach Erickson text me and the tight end coach, 81 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,520 uh Laney. First, I don't coach Lane. I don't know. Yeah, 82 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:38,199 that's what we called it. 83 00:03:38,479 --> 00:03:41,639 Speaker 1: So you played one year there, one semester, one semester. 84 00:03:41,719 --> 00:03:43,719 You were just there for one semester. Yeah, and he 85 00:03:43,759 --> 00:03:46,360 played wide receivers I think recruited is a tight end. Yeah, 86 00:03:46,479 --> 00:03:48,280 and then you ended up playing wide huh. 87 00:03:48,319 --> 00:03:50,599 Speaker 3: So we had like summer workouts where we just go 88 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,039 like to the field and do like small stuff, and 89 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,759 I get there, they see my height. They're like, okay, 90 00:03:55,759 --> 00:03:59,159 he's tall, he has a bigger frame. And then they're like, hey, 91 00:03:59,439 --> 00:04:01,400 we're just gonna have you run. So I ran and 92 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,719 they're like, okay, actually you're a receiver. So gets the Fall. 93 00:04:04,599 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: Camp in like forty times or they just said you run. 94 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:08,319 Speaker 3: No, they just we were like running routes and I 95 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,120 was with the tight ends. They're like, this guy can 96 00:04:10,159 --> 00:04:13,319 actually run, So they moved me to receiver. And then 97 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:14,680 from there, I just. 98 00:04:14,759 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: Did you ever do track and field? 99 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 2: You? 100 00:04:16,319 --> 00:04:16,639 Speaker 1: I did it? 101 00:04:16,639 --> 00:04:17,319 Speaker 3: I played baseball. 102 00:04:17,319 --> 00:04:18,959 Speaker 1: Okay, you played baseball? What position you played? 103 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,319 Speaker 3: Based? Centerfield? Centerfield? Okay, so you can I can run? 104 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:21,759 Speaker 1: You can run? 105 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 3: Okay, there you go. 106 00:04:22,399 --> 00:04:22,759 Speaker 1: Okay. 107 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 3: And then Fall Camp came last in the depth chart. 108 00:04:25,519 --> 00:04:27,000 You know, they didn't know anything about me, a small 109 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:28,959 town kid, and just worked my way up and then 110 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,240 ended up starting the whole season, played every game. 111 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,639 Speaker 1: So yeah, and then I was looking at your statute. 112 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,000 I mean it was it a you pretty close to 113 00:04:35,079 --> 00:04:38,120 like a thousand yards receiving at snow and then like 114 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,000 sixteen receiving touchdowns something like that. 115 00:04:40,079 --> 00:04:42,519 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it was fifteen receiving touchdowns and like 116 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:44,959 eight fifty yards about. 117 00:04:44,759 --> 00:04:47,639 Speaker 1: So pretty gosh day in good season. Yeah, and like 118 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,000 what type of routes were you running? Were you just 119 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,199 a linear threat? Were you you know, you know, intermediate threat? 120 00:04:53,199 --> 00:04:53,800 Where were we at? 121 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 3: Definitely a linear threat. I would run a lot of posts, 122 00:04:57,199 --> 00:04:58,759 take posts, kind of just throw the ball up, a 123 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,920 lot of goes. And then the team started catching up 124 00:05:00,959 --> 00:05:02,560 on it. So by the middle of the season, I 125 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,439 just started running like some comebacks and like stutters and 126 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,000 then to goes, you know. But definitely I would say 127 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:08,879 I'm more of a deep threat. 128 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 1: For snow. I was okay and uh one semester and 129 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:18,120 then you're out. Offers start coming. We were offers you 130 00:05:18,199 --> 00:05:18,920 how did you get to week? 131 00:05:20,399 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 3: Yeah? So we were offered. And then I went on 132 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,120 a visit there, and I love the I love the 133 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,319 receiver coach there, Skyler Ridley. He was really great and 134 00:05:27,759 --> 00:05:29,879 he like talked to me like family, you know, and 135 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:30,560 I felt the love for. 136 00:05:30,639 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: Him over vau Cougar Now. 137 00:05:33,879 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 3: Skylar, Skyler. We love Skyler. And then I went on 138 00:05:37,879 --> 00:05:41,800 a visit up there. Actually they started winter workouts that Monday. 139 00:05:41,879 --> 00:05:43,680 When I visit that monday, kind of saw them work 140 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,800 out a little bit, and then I committed like two 141 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:49,000 days later and was up there that following Thursday and 142 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:49,839 then played spring ball. 143 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: There was great, So you play spring ball and then 144 00:05:52,959 --> 00:05:57,399 you're in the portal. Yeah, was there just a realization 145 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,600 that you were you were not to say that you 146 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,759 you could play at a higher level. That was the 147 00:06:03,759 --> 00:06:04,959 realization at that time. 148 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 3: Yeah. I went through springball, and like I would say, 149 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,600 the second weekend, I was kind of like I was, 150 00:06:09,639 --> 00:06:12,319 I was a starting guy there, and I just thought 151 00:06:12,319 --> 00:06:14,519 to myself, I talked to my dad and like I 152 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,000 just had a feeling that like I could I could 153 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,000 be more, you know, like I could play at a 154 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,279 bigger school. So I just took a chance and I 155 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:22,879 hit the portal after spring ball and. 156 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:24,639 Speaker 1: You had some film though, you had some tape from. 157 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,079 Speaker 3: Spring, some tape from spring. And then I think my 158 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:30,079 snow film helped a little bit because when the spring 159 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,000 portal now they don't have the spring portal. When they 160 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,439 was open, you know, I saw the players leave. I 161 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:38,720 saw Holy his name left from here wide receiver, yeah, 162 00:06:38,759 --> 00:06:42,600 wide receiver, Mary, Sorry, Yeah, I saw he left, and 163 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,480 I was like, you know what, maybe b yu. So 164 00:06:45,759 --> 00:06:47,560 I hit the portal and then next thing I know, 165 00:06:47,639 --> 00:06:50,120 Festie's calling me, and then I get here. 166 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:54,519 Speaker 1: So here in the summer, I mean obviously, so really 167 00:06:54,519 --> 00:06:57,600 interesting sequencing here out of high school. Don't even know 168 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,319 if you're gonna play. Yeah, last second snow comes long, 169 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,720 you're going to snow. You work up your starter almost 170 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,720 one thousand yard, fifteen touchdowns. Okay, after that, it's it's weaver. 171 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:10,879 I'm better than than this, not just not knock, not 172 00:07:10,959 --> 00:07:13,040 we but I can play at a higher level. Keelan 173 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:17,319 Transfers are like, well, there's opportunity out there now you're 174 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,600 at BYU. That that's a crazy sequence. And what what 175 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:21,120 year are you? 176 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,959 Speaker 3: Then, like, what's your So I read shirted last year 177 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,600 here at Uyu, So I'm a red shirt sophomore. This 178 00:07:26,759 --> 00:07:28,160 next fall, I of your redshirt sophomore. 179 00:07:28,319 --> 00:07:31,759 Speaker 1: So three years, three years left. Okay, So when you 180 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,120 were getting evaluated by FESSI and when he offered you 181 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,360 what what was it? What what skill set do you 182 00:07:36,399 --> 00:07:41,120 bring that that merit's a scholarship and opportunity to play 183 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,360 a bigger role, not only last year I mean you 184 00:07:43,399 --> 00:07:45,519 were playing, but an even bigger role this year. 185 00:07:45,879 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 3: You know, I'm a big kid, like we were talking 186 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,120 about I'm big, I'm fast, and I'm physical, you know, 187 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,279 the deep routes. I'm physical with press coverage and so 188 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,480 I get behind people really well just using my size 189 00:07:56,519 --> 00:07:59,600 and my speed. And then I'm also really I'm a 190 00:07:59,639 --> 00:08:01,439 fast I would say that's one of the big things 191 00:08:01,439 --> 00:08:03,000 you need to have in football, especially play at the 192 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,360 high level. So I was unable to pick up playbooks 193 00:08:05,399 --> 00:08:09,480 really fast and learn learn what coaches want, and so 194 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,639 like learned footwork like here. I learned a ton from Festi, 195 00:08:11,839 --> 00:08:14,560 just his coaching and like how to run routes, which 196 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,240 I think hopefully led to Festi liking me and offering 197 00:08:18,279 --> 00:08:18,519 me a. 198 00:08:18,439 --> 00:08:22,439 Speaker 1: Scholarship because you did. You you didn't participate in spring ball, 199 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:23,680 but you kind of had a little bit of an 200 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,839 offseason here at BYU is like the strength and conditioning 201 00:08:26,839 --> 00:08:28,920 staff and stuff like that, so they saw you run 202 00:08:29,199 --> 00:08:31,639 and then once fall camp came around. What happened last year. 203 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, so fall camp came around. It was like the 204 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,399 first week and I was getting I was running like 205 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,399 an over route, and I got my jersey pulled and 206 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,159 my whole I like my whole hamstring was like messed up. 207 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,559 I like pulled it really bad, and so I was 208 00:08:43,639 --> 00:08:46,039 out for it was a very long time, like through 209 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,519 the first two and a half games, and I got 210 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:50,960 back when we were playing ECU, and I was still 211 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,759 like on the fringe of playing, so they didn't play me, 212 00:08:55,399 --> 00:08:59,000 and then we get to the point where it's like 213 00:08:59,519 --> 00:09:01,559 red shirt. So I ended up red shirting that year, 214 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,039 but I ended up playing in six games. I played 215 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:06,639 from Texas Tech all the way into UCF, and then 216 00:09:06,639 --> 00:09:08,360 I sat the UCF game because that's when they were 217 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:10,600 debating if they read shooted me, which they did, and 218 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:15,200 I played Big Church Championship and Bowl game. So yeah, what. 219 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:16,799 Speaker 1: Was that experience like for you? I know, a little 220 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,519 bit of adversity. You probably had never had an injury 221 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,360 before and so that's your first What was that process 222 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,200 like for you? And obviously you got to play some which, yeah, 223 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,039 you got some targets, you got some catches, you were 224 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,879 out there blocking, et cetera. Give me that that that 225 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:32,639 process and how that went for you. 226 00:09:32,639 --> 00:09:35,799 Speaker 3: No, it's definitely hard. I, like you said, I was 227 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,600 never really injured before, so having a really bad hamstring 228 00:09:39,159 --> 00:09:41,840 was just hard, especially since this somewhere I've always wanted 229 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,240 to be. I wanted to end up and I wanted 230 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,360 to prove myself. Coming from a small town, so not 231 00:09:45,399 --> 00:09:47,559 being able to practice or play for the first bit, 232 00:09:47,799 --> 00:09:49,440 it was hard on me and my mental health. But 233 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,399 I came back and I worked really hard, which ended 234 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:55,440 me up back in their rotation, which is like which 235 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:57,879 top five. So I'm happy. I'm happy with how last 236 00:09:57,879 --> 00:09:59,480 season went. I think I grew as a person and 237 00:09:59,519 --> 00:10:00,679 as a player overall. 238 00:10:00,919 --> 00:10:03,279 Speaker 1: So I'm good friends with Braiden Brown. Were you ever 239 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:04,600 to meet with him during that process? 240 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 3: A little bit? 241 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,039 Speaker 1: Kind of keep your mind right. 242 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,399 Speaker 3: Yeah, I talked to him. I was I'm kind of 243 00:10:08,399 --> 00:10:10,480 a shy kid, so, like I say in my bubble 244 00:10:10,519 --> 00:10:12,159 a little bit, so I don't really like creasing out 245 00:10:12,159 --> 00:10:14,600 to people. But yeah, I talked to him. Braiden's great. 246 00:10:14,639 --> 00:10:17,120 I actually had a meeting with him a few weeks ago. 247 00:10:17,279 --> 00:10:19,679 Just see how the season's going. He's a great guy. Yeah. 248 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,759 Speaker 1: I love braid Yeah. So now what do what do 249 00:10:22,799 --> 00:10:24,919 you bring to this wide receiver room in order to 250 00:10:24,919 --> 00:10:27,519 be able to compete, to stay in the rotation and 251 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:29,840 obtain a bigger role in the offense. 252 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 3: I think I'm very consistent. Like we were talking, I 253 00:10:34,039 --> 00:10:36,200 work hard, I'm consistent and I will know the playbook. 254 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:40,039 I'm also like very fast and get behind people. So 255 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,000 I think any deep very fast threat. I mean, how 256 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,639 fast do you think you are? I mean, like you know, 257 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:46,039 you know what I mean? 258 00:10:46,399 --> 00:10:46,759 Speaker 1: We do? 259 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,679 Speaker 3: We do like Gates. I would say in like top 260 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,240 two three on the team with like Schmid and Trey 261 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:55,399 right there, so I I would say pretty fast, yeah, 262 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,559 but yeah. 263 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: And then I say Gates, what is that? 264 00:10:59,399 --> 00:11:01,879 Speaker 3: Gates are like we like lasers, like a ten yard 265 00:11:01,919 --> 00:11:05,879 split type forties forties Yeah. 266 00:11:05,919 --> 00:11:09,159 Speaker 1: So mph wise? How how what's your top end speed 267 00:11:09,159 --> 00:11:11,080 that you've been clocked at miles powerwise? 268 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 3: Today? I think we I think we did like max speed, 269 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:15,919 which was with a helmet and stuff, and I hit 270 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,879 like twenty one nine maybe twenty two, so I don't 271 00:11:17,919 --> 00:11:18,320 know for sure. 272 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,039 Speaker 1: Twenty two without paths, yeah, which. 273 00:11:19,799 --> 00:11:22,919 Speaker 3: Is very fast. Yeah. So that and then I feel 274 00:11:22,919 --> 00:11:24,639 like I have reliable hands, you know, put me on 275 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:25,960 the field and I'll make plays. 276 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,399 Speaker 1: So how are you blocking? Because I know you can't 277 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,360 get on the field unless festecs you're blocking. 278 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm a good blocker, that's I mean, I grew 279 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,120 I was in Mantai tight end, so big blocker. You know, 280 00:11:36,159 --> 00:11:38,639 I'm not scared to be physical and hit our crack 281 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:43,159 blocks and get get dirty with the linebackers. So yeah, 282 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:44,080 get after a little bit. 283 00:11:44,159 --> 00:11:45,759 Speaker 1: What was it like being a part of a like 284 00:11:45,799 --> 00:11:47,879 a championship squad, Lasher, I mean, you get to the 285 00:11:47,879 --> 00:11:50,519 Big TOL championship. I know you had success at Snow. 286 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:53,919 I'm sure you guys had success there at Mantai, got 287 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,519 some good talent there. But what was it like being 288 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,360 at the P four level Big twelve and watching your 289 00:11:59,399 --> 00:12:01,759 team be successful like that? 290 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:06,759 Speaker 3: It was crazy being around like players, great players, So 291 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,480 like where I learned the most, Like last year being 292 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,200 around Chase and Jojo and how they operate and how 293 00:12:13,519 --> 00:12:15,559 mature they are on the field. I think like just 294 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:17,399 made me grow as a person a lot. And then 295 00:12:17,799 --> 00:12:19,879 just like especially the fans here at Uyu and the 296 00:12:19,879 --> 00:12:22,120 crowd that we get. It's unlike anything I've ever seen, 297 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,480 so I loved it. It was a great time. 298 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 1: What would you say you like to do off the field? 299 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,759 Obviously football is a big component right now, but what 300 00:12:32,799 --> 00:12:34,200 are you doing off the field? What do you spend 301 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:34,720 your free time? 302 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 3: I love the mountains, mountains right by my house, so 303 00:12:38,759 --> 00:12:41,519 go in to the mountains, camp fish that stuff, and 304 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:44,159 then I love being with my family. My family is 305 00:12:44,159 --> 00:12:46,120 what keeps me centered. I love them so much. So 306 00:12:46,399 --> 00:12:48,120 let's spend time with my family and my sister. Go 307 00:12:48,159 --> 00:12:51,159 play sports with my sister, teach her some stuff. And 308 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,639 then also I love playing board games my house. We 309 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:55,759 have a big house with five other players. So we 310 00:12:55,799 --> 00:12:57,799 have like board game nights. It's a lot of fun. 311 00:12:57,879 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 1: Okay, who comes over to the border game nights? 312 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 3: A game play at my house. We have Ethan Thomas 313 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,399 and Key and need Ty Smith, Krek Clark, and Joe Douglas. 314 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:07,480 And then we also have like Bear and Tiger over 315 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:10,519 a lot. And then we just played Catan Secret Hitler, 316 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:14,639 like clue and stuff. So it's a lot of fun. 317 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: Love. But you mentioned your sister is she is there? 318 00:13:16,919 --> 00:13:20,279 There's another fresh net here at nd y U right. 319 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,039 Speaker 3: Are you related? Yeah, she's my cousins, second cousin. 320 00:13:22,879 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: Second cousin. Okay, and give us the exact pronunciation of 321 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:28,559 the last name, so everyone in Cougar Nation goes how 322 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:29,039 to pronounce it. 323 00:13:29,159 --> 00:13:33,399 Speaker 3: It's fresh next fresh neck. Yes, there you go, we. 324 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: Got it dialed in. Are you gonna be playing special 325 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:37,399 teams as well. This year are goin to try to 326 00:13:37,399 --> 00:13:37,639 get on. 327 00:13:37,639 --> 00:13:39,759 Speaker 3: Special I would love to be on special teams. Last 328 00:13:39,799 --> 00:13:43,279 year I was on ko R and punt return, so 329 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,360 I'm hoping to get back on those and then, honestly, 330 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:47,120 I would I'd love to play all special teams. Kickoff 331 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,519 Kickoff would be the best one for me, honestly. So 332 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:51,519 we'll just see how it plays out. 333 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 1: See that long stride exactly? 334 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 4: Can you? 335 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:56,639 Speaker 1: You can tackle too? Right now? 336 00:13:56,639 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 3: I can tackle. I played defense. I played corner in 337 00:13:58,240 --> 00:13:59,759 high school. Big corner. 338 00:13:59,799 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, he was bumping around to you. 339 00:14:04,159 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 3: I was pressing the whole time, and I would just 340 00:14:05,639 --> 00:14:07,679 sit there and I would just shock and jam them. 341 00:14:07,799 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, what's something about your family that you love? Like 342 00:14:11,519 --> 00:14:13,519 what stands out at you? Like if people come over 343 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:16,480 to the fresh Neck family reunion, what are they going 344 00:14:16,519 --> 00:14:16,799 to see? 345 00:14:17,639 --> 00:14:20,919 Speaker 3: We're just really close knit. Like my parents are more 346 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,159 like my friends other than parents. Like they're still great, 347 00:14:23,279 --> 00:14:25,840 great parents, you know, but like they're more like my friends. 348 00:14:25,879 --> 00:14:27,720 I just talked to him, like they're my friends and 349 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:28,919 we're just really close. 350 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: Were they athletes as well? 351 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 3: They were my dad? Actually he would just know like me, 352 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,080 And then he got recruited for receiver, switched to tight end, 353 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,399 and then he played at Washington State, and then he 354 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,080 actually went to the NFL for a preseason compact factor's 355 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,120 leg and just gave it up. And then in high school, 356 00:14:44,279 --> 00:14:46,039 my mom did gymnastics since she ran track. 357 00:14:46,679 --> 00:14:49,799 Speaker 1: So good good lineage, yes, very good lineage. 358 00:14:49,919 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 3: Yeah. 359 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: All right, Well, thanks Reggie, appreciate you that letting us 360 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:52,679 get to. 361 00:14:52,639 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 3: Know you today. Thank you guys. 362 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,559 Speaker 5: That was Reggie Freshneck in a little Player profile segment 363 00:14:57,639 --> 00:14:59,960 getting to know him. Will he be wide receiver one 364 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,600 and we will find out Reggie gonna be competing with 365 00:15:02,679 --> 00:15:05,399 the likes of Joe Siah Phillips obviously heard of him, 366 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:06,519 learning from Chase Roberts. 367 00:15:06,559 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 3: Well, we'll see from Reggie. 368 00:15:07,919 --> 00:15:09,679 Speaker 5: Got a little bit dinged up, but think we can 369 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,159 see big things from the big body, A lot of 370 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:14,080 big body receivers in this wide receiver room. 371 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:14,879 Speaker 3: We'll get to know Reggie. 372 00:15:14,919 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 5: That second was brought to you by Central Garage Door 373 00:15:16,679 --> 00:15:19,440 Sentra Garage, Utah, probably serving Utah for over thirty years 374 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,120 offering top quality garage door products and services. 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Let's 380 00:15:35,759 --> 00:15:37,519 go to break Darnold Dixon coming on next. 381 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 3: In a Cougar Beat. 382 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 5: You're listening to Cougar Sports one O three nine, ninety 383 00:15:40,519 --> 00:15:41,799 eight three, ESPN The Fan. 384 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,759 Speaker 2: This is a one oh three nine at ninety eight three. 385 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,559 ESPN Sports Center updates. 386 00:15:50,879 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 6: A ninety to sixty eight loss of Cincinnati last night 387 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:56,320 now leaves the BYU men's basketball team with three straight losses, 388 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,039 all of which come to unranked opponents. The team struggled, 389 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,320 turning the ball over a total of seventeen times, with 390 00:16:01,519 --> 00:16:03,159 nine of those turnovers coming from A. J. 391 00:16:03,279 --> 00:16:04,679 Speaker 3: De Bonsa and Rob Right the Third. 392 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,279 Speaker 6: AJ led the team and scoring once again, grabbing twenty 393 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,519 three points with Rob Wright the Third's twenty one and 394 00:16:09,559 --> 00:16:11,720 Alexei Coastagins fourteen points as the. 395 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,039 Speaker 3: Only Cougar is in double digits. 396 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,639 Speaker 6: The Cougar scored only four points off turnovers, while the 397 00:16:15,679 --> 00:16:18,480 Bearcats grabbed the whopping twenty one. Next up for BYU 398 00:16:18,679 --> 00:16:20,919 is Senior night against tenth Drank Texas Tech. 399 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:21,679 Speaker 3: On Saturday night. 400 00:16:21,759 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 6: Sticking with the men's team, the number six recruit in 401 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:26,960 the twenty twenty six class signed with BYU yesterday. Bruce Branch, 402 00:16:27,039 --> 00:16:29,120 the third was originally the number one rank recruit in 403 00:16:29,159 --> 00:16:32,480 the twenty twenty seven class before reclassifying, announces commitment on 404 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,600 ESPN's NBA today and gives Kevin Youngs three straight years 405 00:16:35,639 --> 00:16:38,480 signing a five star recruit. And the only other event yesterday, 406 00:16:38,519 --> 00:16:40,679 the BYU women's golf team wrapped up their play and 407 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,840 the Lady Luck Invitational in Las Vegas, finishing in twelfth overall. 408 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 3: Top couger on the leaderboard. M J. 409 00:16:45,519 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 6: Bargant finished tight for fifteen. 410 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 3: Now shifting over to women's. 411 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 6: Basketball, de Lanning Gibb was named one of the Anne 412 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,919 Meyers Drysdale National Players of the Week last week with 413 00:16:53,039 --> 00:16:56,360 her performance over Arizona State in Colorado. Also yesterday, Gibb 414 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:58,799 was named First Team All Big Twelve, and Olivia Hamlin 415 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:00,559 was named of the All Freshman Team team and landed 416 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:02,919 a spot on the All Big Twelve Honorable Mention Team. 417 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,640 Earlier today, given Hamlin led the BYU women's team the 418 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,599 first round of the Big Twelve Tournament looking for their 419 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,279 fourth grade win. 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Welcome in my guy Double 457 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,440 d Darnell Dixon, The Daily Heraldi in himself. 458 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:53,759 Speaker 3: What's up? 459 00:18:53,759 --> 00:18:54,079 Speaker 1: Double d? 460 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,279 Speaker 4: Very much pleasure beyond with you again, Ben. 461 00:18:57,559 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: Always a pleasure, always a blessing, talking ball with you, Darnell. 462 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:04,519 What was your reaction during the game last night watching 463 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,680 BYU fall to Cincinnati? Never really in the game, not 464 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:13,680 very competitive, turning the ball over, not playing good defense, 465 00:19:14,079 --> 00:19:18,480 can't buying a can't buy a bucket. Aj Maybe it 466 00:19:18,599 --> 00:19:22,880 may have been his biggest offensive struggle all season long. 467 00:19:23,319 --> 00:19:27,440 What were you thinking watching this thing unfold? Well? 468 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 4: I got to thinking about how Cincinnati is very much 469 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,440 in the same position BYU was the last year in 470 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,000 the league where they kind of got hot and started 471 00:19:35,039 --> 00:19:37,759 playing well at the end. And I started thinking, you know, 472 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:42,559 I don't do a Big twelve men's basketball power pool. 473 00:19:42,599 --> 00:19:44,680 I could do for the football just there's so many 474 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,680 games and everything. But if I were to rank BYU 475 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,799 right now in the Big twelve, where would they stand 476 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,920 as at and the way they're playing, I think I'd 477 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,279 rank them above Utah because they'd beat in Utah twice 478 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,920 and the Newts are in last place. But anybody else, 479 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:00,720 I don't know. If I I drink, I think d 480 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,519 YU might be playing about fifteenth best in the Big 481 00:20:03,559 --> 00:20:06,720 twelve right now, and that is such a fall from 482 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:08,960 where they were at one point in this season. And 483 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:11,519 you can certainly blame a lot of it on losing 484 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:16,279 Richie Fonders six games ago, but BYU have had basically 485 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,359 six games to figure out how to play without him, 486 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,680 and they might, you know, look like they figured something 487 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:24,480 out when they beat I with Tata home, But every 488 00:20:24,519 --> 00:20:27,160 other game, I mean they didn't. They didn't get blown 489 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:28,559 out when the Richie was playing for and they've been 490 00:20:28,599 --> 00:20:32,160 blown out twice since, and so there's not a lot 491 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,720 right going on. In fact, I wrote about my lead 492 00:20:34,799 --> 00:20:37,039 today was kind of like, you know, I almost feel 493 00:20:37,079 --> 00:20:39,279 bad writing anything about them because it it feels like 494 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,480 piling on because there's nothing good going on in that 495 00:20:42,599 --> 00:20:48,839 program right now other than there's Branch the latest sign 496 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:50,880 me who said, yeah, sign me up for this, I'll 497 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,519 go play for those guys. But other than that, I mean, 498 00:20:54,559 --> 00:20:56,519 what do you say that's positive about what they're doing? 499 00:20:56,599 --> 00:20:57,279 There's not much. 500 00:20:58,519 --> 00:21:01,599 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, if there was there any silver linings 501 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:02,480 to this game. 502 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 4: Maybe, you know, it's nice to see Alexi Coasters getting 503 00:21:07,079 --> 00:21:10,240 playing time and making shots and kept becoming more comfortable 504 00:21:10,319 --> 00:21:14,200 with more minutes, but you know, they started that Dean 505 00:21:14,519 --> 00:21:15,759 boop and he was awful. 506 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 1: He was terrible. 507 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 4: I mean, they're trying lots of different things. They're trying 508 00:21:20,759 --> 00:21:23,640 different starting lineups, and the deams had some decent games 509 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,799 this year where he's been, you know, very energetic and rebounding. 510 00:21:26,839 --> 00:21:30,759 But he did nothing in that game. So it's been 511 00:21:30,799 --> 00:21:32,920 a real struggle and you can see the frustration on 512 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:35,640 Kevin Young's face as he talks about it. We get 513 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,160 a chance to do a news conference with him once 514 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,640 a week, and you know, we're trying to phrase the 515 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:44,119 questions as nicely as we can, but you know, what 516 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,519 basically comes down to is why do you suck now? 517 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,319 Because there's still talent on that team. I really feel 518 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:52,839 like they have the ability to play with most teams 519 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,000 in the conference. They showed they can beat Iowa State 520 00:21:56,079 --> 00:22:00,440 with no Ritchie on the floor. But right now they're 521 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,400 at rock bottom and I don't know how they figured 522 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,359 their way out of it. They've got one game to 523 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,880 end the regular season at home against Texas Tech Senior 524 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,559 Day on Saturday, and then you know, the start of 525 00:22:10,599 --> 00:22:12,680 the Big Twelfth Tournament. This looks like they're playing in 526 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:16,960 the opening round as in probably a nine seed, and 527 00:22:17,079 --> 00:22:19,279 if they make the NCA Tournament, which their body of 528 00:22:19,319 --> 00:22:22,640 work might get them end probably maybe they might lose 529 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,680 the lost three games of the season, and that would 530 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,039 be a real shame considering where this team started from. 531 00:22:29,039 --> 00:22:31,599 Speaker 1: What if BU has to play Utah on the Big 532 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:36,799 twelve tournament and they lose to Utah, it ruins by season. 533 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:42,160 It it completely saves Utah season, Like I can see 534 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,559 it happening, doll d well. 535 00:22:44,599 --> 00:22:46,839 Speaker 4: It would put Utah or BYU fans out of their 536 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,759 misery for one and they would all go well, of course, 537 00:22:50,559 --> 00:22:52,799 of course this is how this season ends. You know, 538 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:54,680 you can just hear be why your friends talking about 539 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,640 it now? O? 540 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 1: Man? So I do like the silver lining Alexico. You know, 541 00:23:01,079 --> 00:23:03,640 I made the point like earlier. It was probably like 542 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,000 over a month ago, month and a half ago. I'm like, look, 543 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,880 this team's never gonna be good at defense. Let's not 544 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:10,799 act like they're ever gonna be good at defense. They 545 00:23:10,839 --> 00:23:12,640 don't have a great defensive scheme, they don't have a 546 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:17,720 defensive coordinator that I've been impressed by whatsoever. I was 547 00:23:17,799 --> 00:23:20,440 talking to my friend and he said, can someone please 548 00:23:20,559 --> 00:23:24,839 explain to me our defensive scheme. What was it called? 549 00:23:25,319 --> 00:23:28,039 Speaker 4: What do we do? There was a play last night 550 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:31,880 where to BYU defenders ran to a guy that didn't 551 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,079 have the ball away from the guy who had the ball, 552 00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:36,720 who had a wide open tree and made it. I 553 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,559 just how does that even happen? 554 00:23:40,519 --> 00:23:43,839 Speaker 1: I mean, I feel bad. I feel bad for Kevin 555 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,559 honestly because I think I don't think he really is 556 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,960 you know that I think he oversees the offense. I mean, look, 557 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:56,240 Isaiah Thomas, Okay, when Bruce Branched the third speaking of 558 00:23:56,319 --> 00:24:00,279 a positive silver lining and all this, Isaiah Thomas, two 559 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,880 time All Star played for Kevin Young, you know he 560 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,519 quote tweets Bruce Branch's thirst commitment. He says, look like 561 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:10,440 this is you know, big time little brouh, You're going 562 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:14,519 to a great coach in the NBA is an offensive game. 563 00:24:14,759 --> 00:24:17,480 No one plays defense. No one can't play defense. Maybe 564 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,400 they're just too good at offense to play any good defense. 565 00:24:20,759 --> 00:24:23,240 That's where ky Why has made his hay, That's what 566 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,599 Kay Why has done in order to get his payday right. 567 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:33,079 And uh he needs some help defensively or just go 568 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,920 zone and live with the consequences. To put your shooters 569 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:38,960 out there and go get buckets and see if you 570 00:24:39,079 --> 00:24:43,960 can have a freaking fast pace just back and forth, 571 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,920 high flying, high floor, high flying, high score and chicks 572 00:24:48,039 --> 00:24:50,960 dig the deep ball three point contest. That's kind of 573 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,640 where I'm at right now with this team. 574 00:24:55,039 --> 00:24:57,559 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, there's even more to be concerned about, 575 00:24:57,599 --> 00:25:01,319 I think with this program. And one of the reasons 576 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:05,559 I say that is because Kevin's whole premise with his 577 00:25:06,279 --> 00:25:09,160 program is we can develop you into an NBA talent. 578 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,160 Who on this team is getting better right now? Individually? 579 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,039 Certainly not as a team, But is there somebody on 580 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,960 this team that is getting better that looks like they're 581 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,960 a better players than were the season started. It's really 582 00:25:22,039 --> 00:25:23,839 hard to bring I mean, other than a Lexi coast 583 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,599 that you maybe. Other than that, I don't know if 584 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,680 there's anybody on this team's getting better. And if you 585 00:25:29,799 --> 00:25:32,960 build your program on look at all our NBA you know, 586 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:36,960 pieces we've got an NBA nutritionist, an NBA wait guy. 587 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,920 When we have all of that, why why do we 588 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,240 Why are we having all these players who aren't improving? 589 00:25:43,039 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think you make a really good point. 590 00:25:46,559 --> 00:25:50,039 We've asked that question too about mid season, Like who 591 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,359 on the roster from last year has gotten better? You 592 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,400 could you could say that, like rich is Richie. Was 593 00:25:56,559 --> 00:25:59,599 Richie better than he was the season prior? Some would say, no, 594 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:02,039 you know, he's kind of on part. In fact, he 595 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:06,640 was impacted negatively by having maybe a J and Rob 596 00:26:07,279 --> 00:26:10,640 take at times, the lion's share of the looks and 597 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:15,680 the lion's share of like the ISO basketball sets. That yes, 598 00:26:15,799 --> 00:26:18,519 led to a lot of scoring. But like he you know, 599 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:20,839 he's a catch and shoot guy. He runs off screen, 600 00:26:21,039 --> 00:26:23,920 he's he's a he is a He can put it 601 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,079 on the floor and get to the rim at times, 602 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,359 no doubt. But you wonder who was actually improved from 603 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:30,799 last year to this year that was on the roster 604 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:31,359 last year. 605 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,079 Speaker 4: Well, there was an improvement for Richie in terms of 606 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,359 his scoring per game. He went not not quite three 607 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:40,160 points I think, but his shooting percentage was down. Yeah, yeah, 608 00:26:40,519 --> 00:26:43,680 from three especially, I mean yep. Now, and you could 609 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:45,599 see that adjustment had to be made because you had 610 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,480 two other guys who had to have the ball really 611 00:26:47,839 --> 00:26:49,480 and but they were making it work. I mean, all 612 00:26:49,519 --> 00:26:51,440 three of them were averaging better than eighteen a game, 613 00:26:51,519 --> 00:26:54,000 and that works for you. I have most of most games. 614 00:26:54,039 --> 00:26:58,240 And you know, Richie, I think impressed a lot of people. 615 00:26:58,319 --> 00:27:00,960 That was it at Kansas breath ripped thirty three spot. 616 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:02,680 It was just really being why he was the only 617 00:27:02,759 --> 00:27:05,160 offense in the second half. And you know, Richie didn't 618 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,559 believe really that he was an NBA player until last 619 00:27:07,599 --> 00:27:09,519 year when Kevin said, I think we can get you 620 00:27:09,599 --> 00:27:11,920 in the NBA. You can play now the first time 621 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,119 Richie Kevina said, well maybe I can't. 622 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know. 623 00:27:15,559 --> 00:27:17,839 Speaker 4: So, you know, there's one thing, Ben that I want 624 00:27:17,839 --> 00:27:21,400 to I don't know if we we we spend a 625 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,440 ton of time with it. But last week you asked 626 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,799 me if I thought that, and this is concerning Richie, 627 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,920 that somebody, if somebody on the team, one of the 628 00:27:29,039 --> 00:27:31,279 leaders or one of the starters, had to be a 629 00:27:31,319 --> 00:27:32,720 member of the church. And I think I gave you 630 00:27:32,799 --> 00:27:36,799 a lame answer, but the giving it some thought and 631 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,119 I think it goes well beyond whether they're a member 632 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,160 of the church or not. And part of that is, 633 00:27:42,519 --> 00:27:45,680 you know, we're all built on our experiences. That's that's 634 00:27:45,759 --> 00:27:49,079 what we become because we've we spend time doing things 635 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,960 and experiencing things. And a couple of weeks ago when 636 00:27:52,319 --> 00:27:54,640 Jim's jersey was retired to have some of the color 637 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,759 out of they invited the media out onto the forward 638 00:27:58,519 --> 00:28:01,000 about the three point line to shoot pictures and video 639 00:28:01,079 --> 00:28:04,160 and things. And I'd never bet out on that floor 640 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:09,000 and looked around at eighteen thousand people. Now, certainly none 641 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,039 of those people were there for me, there for Jimmer, 642 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:15,400 but I still felt a really interesting feeling it was 643 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,640 and Rodnie can probably attested as if he looked around, 644 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,400 I'm sure he did. I felt a real intimacy with 645 00:28:20,519 --> 00:28:25,000 those people and a real love for Jimmer, and through Jimmer, 646 00:28:25,039 --> 00:28:27,400 I kind of felt that as well. So I'd never 647 00:28:27,519 --> 00:28:30,599 had that experience before. Jimmer certainly has, and a lot 648 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,400 of the athletes certainly had. And so when you're talking 649 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:38,440 about a basketball program like BYU, Richie grew up wearing 650 00:28:38,519 --> 00:28:42,039 BYU jerseys and knowing all the players' names and running 651 00:28:42,079 --> 00:28:45,480 around that church gym and going I'm Tyler Hawes. Tell 652 00:28:45,519 --> 00:28:48,319 ones that would looked at me play. And he had 653 00:28:48,599 --> 00:28:51,519 that love for the program and that intimate relationship with 654 00:28:51,759 --> 00:28:54,599 those fans, not just the ones in the arena, but 655 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,680 the hundreds of thousands of BOPLEU fans, the ones that 656 00:28:56,759 --> 00:28:59,400 show up when they go play in Texas and California 657 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,880 and New York wherever they go. Nobody on this team 658 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,279 has that. I mean they say basically, most of them 659 00:29:06,359 --> 00:29:08,640 put the uniform on for the first time four months ago, 660 00:29:09,759 --> 00:29:12,519 and they probably never gave BYU a second thought up 661 00:29:12,599 --> 00:29:14,480 until the time they were recruited by them, when they 662 00:29:14,519 --> 00:29:17,880 were eighteen or twenty or whatever age. They were so 663 00:29:18,559 --> 00:29:20,839 as opposed to, you know, whether or not they're remember 664 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,279 the church. None of these players have the experience of 665 00:29:25,559 --> 00:29:29,079 feeling like this is my school and I really want 666 00:29:29,119 --> 00:29:31,240 to play and win. For for a lot of them, 667 00:29:31,359 --> 00:29:33,039 this is the place where they go to school and 668 00:29:33,119 --> 00:29:36,519 play ball, and in some regards, this is where they 669 00:29:36,559 --> 00:29:39,200 pick up their check. And I don't want to despair 670 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,400 as the players are wrong say they're all just there 671 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,279 for the money. But their experiences are different. This is 672 00:29:44,319 --> 00:29:48,359 what I'm getting around to this whole idea is the 673 00:29:48,519 --> 00:29:51,079 experiences that they've had are way different than Richie. And 674 00:29:51,119 --> 00:29:54,079 if you ask Richie a question like what did you 675 00:29:54,119 --> 00:29:57,440 think about the fan support of the Rocks tonight? And 676 00:29:57,559 --> 00:29:59,519 if you ask a j the same question, you probably 677 00:29:59,519 --> 00:30:02,720 get this sick similar response. But it can't possibly be 678 00:30:02,799 --> 00:30:06,119 the same for both of those guys, the feelings and 679 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,640 the experience that they've had with that. So I think 680 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,640 that's definitely part of this end the season swoon, is 681 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,920 that these guys don't know where to reach out and 682 00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:18,440 don't know how to handle this whole situation or believe 683 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:20,960 in themselves or believe in the program or whatever, and 684 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,480 that's part whatever part motivates them. They don't know where 685 00:30:24,519 --> 00:30:27,680 to go with that Riachie did. And so that's a 686 00:30:27,759 --> 00:30:29,720 long way around at the question you asked last week, 687 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:31,039 and that shows I've got a lot of time on 688 00:30:31,119 --> 00:30:33,200 my hands because I sat around and thought about it. 689 00:30:33,279 --> 00:30:36,680 But that to me is where this program is at 690 00:30:36,799 --> 00:30:38,640 right now, and where a lot of programs around the 691 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,160 country are at where they're bringing in I mean, I 692 00:30:41,279 --> 00:30:44,279 do previews for every team BYU plays, do a little 693 00:30:44,279 --> 00:30:47,200 scattering porting, and most of the teams would bringing in 694 00:30:47,359 --> 00:30:51,400 twelve thirteen new guys. If you do that every year, 695 00:30:51,599 --> 00:30:54,720 what are you building. You're building one team each year. 696 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,079 You're not building a program, not not for longevity or anything. 697 00:30:58,759 --> 00:31:01,519 So you know, my concerns out in il and about 698 00:31:01,559 --> 00:31:03,839 the transfer port on what's going to create, But in 699 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,119 terms of how it relates to b YU and their 700 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,119 experience there. I think that plays a really big part 701 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:10,279 in what's happening right now. 702 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think there's Uh you wonder if k Why 703 00:31:14,519 --> 00:31:18,839 is learning through this process and you know his staff 704 00:31:18,839 --> 00:31:21,000 who's learning through this process a little bit? Now they 705 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,839 are bringing in some guys, some guys, some dudes right 706 00:31:24,359 --> 00:31:26,799 of some some some guys that I think grew up 707 00:31:26,839 --> 00:31:30,200 maybe being b A fans. But how long do they 708 00:31:30,599 --> 00:31:33,640 last at Bay? We've seen this before, Jake Walleen, It, 709 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:37,400 Tanner Toolson, Dallan Hall, like, they all came to be 710 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,079 a there elsewhere right now, one's at Virginia, Wane's at TCU, 711 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,559 ones at Clemson. Now could they help be YU win 712 00:31:43,799 --> 00:31:44,359 this season? 713 00:31:44,519 --> 00:31:44,759 Speaker 4: Sure? 714 00:31:45,559 --> 00:31:48,599 Speaker 1: Have they been stars for their respective teams, not necessarily, 715 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:52,720 but they've all seen significant playing time and even a 716 00:31:52,839 --> 00:31:56,480 starting role, and they're good basketball players. And the idea 717 00:31:56,559 --> 00:31:58,960 is you get the most out of the that that 718 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:03,920 b YU try it and true you know, legacy type 719 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,880 of kid and once they get to their senior year, 720 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,799 they can do something special. Right, So you wonder, you know, 721 00:32:11,079 --> 00:32:17,240 what's what's the GM thinking, what's justin young thinking, what's 722 00:32:17,319 --> 00:32:20,680 Ky thinking? Is that the bigger issue? Is it the 723 00:32:20,799 --> 00:32:24,160 player personnel issue or is it the scheme issue that 724 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:30,319 you're saying defensively? Is it the accountability that that isn't 725 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:36,079 really there? It seems right. Is that a coaching issue 726 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,400 more than it is a player issue? 727 00:32:39,119 --> 00:32:42,480 Speaker 4: Well, I hate it to be namby tamby about it, 728 00:32:42,559 --> 00:32:44,359 but it's it is a combination of all of that. 729 00:32:45,119 --> 00:32:47,559 And and you know, there's a disconnect between what the 730 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,240 coaches want the players to do and what they're doing 731 00:32:50,319 --> 00:32:52,920 on the floor. So you'd say, well, that's technical, that 732 00:32:53,079 --> 00:32:57,240 that's scheme wise, and everything like that. And then you 733 00:32:57,319 --> 00:33:00,279 look at the guys that by you brought in this year. 734 00:33:00,359 --> 00:33:03,720 Certainly AJ and Robert great, you know in terms of 735 00:33:04,359 --> 00:33:06,119 how you know, they've had some great moments and they 736 00:33:06,559 --> 00:33:08,759 they've probably lived up to the hype. I would imagine 737 00:33:08,799 --> 00:33:11,240 most people would say that, but there are certainly a 738 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:15,079 lot of guys on the roster that haven't. I mean, 739 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,000 they spent a lot of time recruiting, and they spent 740 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,279 a lot of time talking about these guys and trying 741 00:33:20,279 --> 00:33:22,960 to get him to fill roles. And that changed when 742 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,319 they had all the injuries. So some guys that were 743 00:33:25,359 --> 00:33:27,680 expected to play certain roles. We're having to play different roles. 744 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:32,759 I think they imagine Cannard Davis excuse me, as a 745 00:33:32,839 --> 00:33:35,359 Mowatt Meg kind of guy, and he's not. He's not 746 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:39,119 a defender, and he certainly is not shooting as well 747 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,519 as what shot last year once he got his speed 748 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:46,319 we got into the lineup. You know, time Rouss has 749 00:33:46,319 --> 00:33:48,519 been a disappointment, I think, and what he can do 750 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:53,200 out there. You know, I think Mihailo Boskovich hasn't gotten 751 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,799 a whole lot better. He's still kind of everywhere all 752 00:33:55,839 --> 00:33:58,359 over the place on offense and foul too much on defense. 753 00:33:59,279 --> 00:34:02,400 So I just I just feel like the coaching staff 754 00:34:03,119 --> 00:34:05,480 is definitely playing a role in this too, because you've 755 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,240 got to evaluate talent. You got to bring him in 756 00:34:07,319 --> 00:34:10,079 and figure out how they fit, and that hasn't worked out. Again, 757 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:14,079 the injuries have made mess of that. But I think 758 00:34:14,119 --> 00:34:16,119 there's a lot of guys on this roster that should 759 00:34:16,199 --> 00:34:18,400 be very comfortable at the end of the season that 760 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:19,440 they're going to be back here. 761 00:34:20,519 --> 00:34:23,039 Speaker 1: Yeah, Like, how many of these guys are on the 762 00:34:23,159 --> 00:34:25,360 roster next year? Do you think double D. 763 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 4: I don't know, I don't know. I mean, I would imagine, 764 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,159 you know, you take a look at the nucleus of 765 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,599 hopefully bringing back rob but you don't know, he could 766 00:34:34,599 --> 00:34:36,360 get offered a bunch, or feel like he needs to 767 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,119 go somewhere, or his body language hasn't been great for 768 00:34:39,119 --> 00:34:43,119 a few weeks far as I'm concerned. And then you 769 00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:45,400 got Bruce Branch coming in, and you got kJ Perry 770 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,960 who's already with the team, and I think there's some 771 00:34:49,599 --> 00:34:53,360 some strength to be there with Boops. I think Mike 772 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:59,920 probably will be back. You know, you wonder about somebody 773 00:35:00,199 --> 00:35:02,440 like Koslowski who has never even really played for me, 774 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:04,679 maybe played in a couple of games in two years. 775 00:35:05,119 --> 00:35:07,360 Maybe he wants a change in venue and hopefully he 776 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,800 can get healthy. I would imagine, you know, if you're 777 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:16,000 talking about fifteen roster spots, I would say there'll be 778 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,239 at least five or six new players, maybe more. 779 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:24,679 Speaker 1: Let me ask you this. I know you're a bystander, 780 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:29,440 you're an independent Capital Jay journalist, But put yourself into 781 00:35:29,519 --> 00:35:34,000 the shoes of every Cougar fan. Were you more ticked 782 00:35:34,039 --> 00:35:39,119 off last night because of one the poor ass passing 783 00:35:39,639 --> 00:35:42,239 or number two the brokeass defense. 784 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:48,800 Speaker 4: You know, for me, it would have been the fact 785 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,440 that check this out. So I crunched a few numbers 786 00:35:52,159 --> 00:35:56,559 because I was curious, basically BYU will down double digits 787 00:35:56,599 --> 00:35:59,559 for more than twenty seven minutes of that game. So 788 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:04,760 the minutes at least twenty seven, maybe a little bit 789 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:06,960 more than that, they were down double digits, and then 790 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,840 they were down nine for a while, so I would 791 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,599 say probably ten minutes of that forty minute game they 792 00:36:12,639 --> 00:36:16,320 were competitive. That's the most disturbing thing to me, because 793 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,320 every night's going to be different. You're going to miss 794 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,400 some shots, you're going to make some mistakes on defense, 795 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:23,960 but your ability to respond the adversity is really important, 796 00:36:24,639 --> 00:36:27,360 and they didn't do that last night at all. Adversity 797 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,840 hit him and they just died. And then they played. 798 00:36:31,159 --> 00:36:34,519 They played most of the game down double digits, and 799 00:36:34,599 --> 00:36:37,519 that's really discouraging as a player that you can't break 800 00:36:37,599 --> 00:36:41,320 into I mean, they were down I think from about 801 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,360 the eleven minute market the first half, they were down 802 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,639 double digits the rest of the first half. Open the 803 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:48,480 second half, they cut it to seven with a couple 804 00:36:48,519 --> 00:36:53,039 of baskets, and then I think down to eight. At 805 00:36:53,079 --> 00:36:55,199 one point it was forty eight to forty or something, 806 00:36:55,880 --> 00:37:00,239 and then for the last about I don't know that's 807 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,280 of the game. They're down doublenched again as many as 808 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,800 twenty six. So if you want to point at the offense, 809 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:09,360 it wasn't great. The defense was lacking. But the overall 810 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:12,039 feeling is you got to be competitive in those games 811 00:37:12,079 --> 00:37:15,199 and they weren't, just like they were competitive at home 812 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:18,760 against UCF. Yeah, you know, I'm thirty thirty six with 813 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:22,000 three minutes to go or three minutes played in the 814 00:37:22,079 --> 00:37:22,599 second half. 815 00:37:23,559 --> 00:37:29,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll be honest, darn. I think I was most disappointed. 816 00:37:29,159 --> 00:37:31,119 I was most ticked off in the poor ass passing, 817 00:37:31,599 --> 00:37:35,559 like I hate, like I hate when you have you know, 818 00:37:36,119 --> 00:37:41,800 two players essentially on I don't know, the extended elbow, 819 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:48,800 extended wing and there's like a lazy like a lazy pass, 820 00:37:49,159 --> 00:37:54,400 just a lazy pass that is easily stolen taken in 821 00:37:54,519 --> 00:37:57,800 transition you get an easy layup Like I'm like that 822 00:37:58,039 --> 00:38:01,719 is like the biggest faux pots in Like AJ did it, 823 00:38:02,119 --> 00:38:06,000 Rob did it, everybody did it, Like everyone's involved in 824 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:09,079 the poor ass passing anyway, that that probably got my 825 00:38:09,199 --> 00:38:13,039 goat the most. But dart out, uh real quick before 826 00:38:13,039 --> 00:38:16,119 I let you go camp Killani discussions Where have you 827 00:38:16,559 --> 00:38:18,480 where you've been gazing? Where have you been looking at 828 00:38:18,559 --> 00:38:21,480 the first three practices or so of Camp Kilani, twenty 829 00:38:21,599 --> 00:38:24,079 twenty six. What stood out to you about springball? 830 00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:28,639 Speaker 4: I think I think one of the things was hearing 831 00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:30,400 Aaron Rodgers talk about how he doesn't want to talk 832 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,320 about his younger player because he's afraid that they're gonna 833 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:37,559 get recruited out from under him. The paranoida is real already, right. 834 00:38:37,559 --> 00:38:42,480 Speaker 1: Yes, it is. Indeed it is, hey man that hey, 835 00:38:42,559 --> 00:38:44,880 even even with the portal window not open, I mean, shoot, 836 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,679 we've we've seen crazier things in this modern era nil 837 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,480 transfer portal world. Maybe someone hires the Laurie and says, 838 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:53,800 you know what I'm transferring, I can go get money elsewhere. 839 00:38:54,079 --> 00:38:57,079 Double D. We wish you a good day, good evening. 840 00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,440 Thanks for hopping on for a cougar beat weight. Everyone 841 00:39:00,519 --> 00:39:04,119 to follow Darnell at Darnell Wrights and to subscribe and 842 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:06,679 read The Daily Herald The Daily Heraldi, and himself is 843 00:39:06,679 --> 00:39:10,400 always penning pieces there alongside Uh with g Man Brandon 844 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:11,559 Siagerty thinks so about Double D. 845 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:13,760 Speaker 4: Hey, thank you have a great week. 846 00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:17,800 Speaker 1: Much love to the Double d. Uh and UH the 847 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,800 Daily Heraldi and guys, that's our show. We're sticking to it. 848 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:24,440 Download the podcast iTunes, Speaker, Google play Music, iHeart Radio, Spotify, 849 00:39:24,519 --> 00:39:26,880 give us a rating, give us a review. We appreciate 850 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:28,960 it when you do it. A couple of listeners reach 851 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:30,679 out to me and say, hey, we love the podcast, 852 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:33,480 we love the show. Thanks for for doing Like, hey, 853 00:39:33,519 --> 00:39:35,119 how can we improve the show? He's like nothing, man, 854 00:39:35,199 --> 00:39:37,519 just keep doing what you guys do. Word up, man, 855 00:39:37,679 --> 00:39:38,280 salute him. 856 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:38,519 Speaker 4: Man. 857 00:39:38,559 --> 00:39:40,280 Speaker 1: We we'll keep on doing what we do. But if 858 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,679 you do have any uh uh any insight uh any 859 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,199 constructive criticians, We're always willing to be coached up. We're 860 00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:49,760 coachable people. We can uh we can always uh make 861 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,639 the show even better. But Big Cougar roared everyone. 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