WEBVTT 1 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:29.399 Welcome to one last go round of soccer is in 2 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:34.560 session presented by our friends at Kaiser Permanente. John here 3 00:00:34.679 --> 00:00:37.679 you there will go over the brackets one final time 4 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:42.119 and let you know how things finished up in the 5 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:45.960 GHSA Championships. You can go back and watch the matches 6 00:00:46.039 --> 00:00:48.840 on the NFHS Network. A big thanks to our friends 7 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:52.280 at the NFHS Network for letting us share the highlights 8 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:54.159 with you and letting us share the space with them. 9 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:57.600 It was great to be with Jared Smith on the 10 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:00.479 six A Championship games, and we knew that they would 11 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:02.079 take a while, and they did, but it was great 12 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:03.240 competition across the board. 13 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:04.079 We'll go over those. 14 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:09.319 Great to be paired with Jason and Maddie and with 15 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:13.040 Jessica Charman with her work that she'd did up at Duluth. 16 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:16.280 With our buddy mattein Rod and what he was able 17 00:01:16.319 --> 00:01:18.400 to do down at Mercer Makon. Justin Hannover a part 18 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:20.640 of it all, and so it was great to kind 19 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:22.359 of be all across the board when it. 20 00:01:22.319 --> 00:01:23.799 Came to everything there. 21 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:26.840 For the twenty twenty five Championships, we'll go over all 22 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:30.640 the brackets and how teams ended up getting to the 23 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:32.280 last game of the year and through the last game 24 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:34.760 of the year. We'll be catching up with Frank Zamora 25 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:36.519 when he gets out of class. I think coming up 26 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:39.239 here in a little bit and we'll go over the 27 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:43.799 Johnson Gainesville season. We will have an interview later this 28 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:49.280 week posted directly to our podcatchers with Virginia Kerns, the 29 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:51.640 head coach at Love It. We'll go over that championship 30 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:54.359 if you missed it this morning, it was a great 31 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:57.680 turnaround where we got to catch up with coach Jackson 32 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:01.599 at BT, we got to catch up with Declan Abernathy, 33 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:03.840 the head coach at Drew Charter, and got to catch 34 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:06.799 up with head coach Mary Deesek at Roswell and find 35 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:09.280 out about what it was like to win the championships 36 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:15.080 in four, two and five with those particular champs. And 37 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:17.560 so once again it'll be great to you go back 38 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:19.840 and listen to all of those interviews. You can go 39 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:23.120 back and watch it on the SDH network YouTube channel. 40 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:27.599 Our number one of the morning show today was coach Jackson, 41 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:29.719 Coach Abernathy, and coach Dezing, So you can go back 42 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:31.719 and listen and go back and listen and watch those 43 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:36.319 the full show from this morning is up on your 44 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:39.719 favorite podcatcher. What we'll do also is we will take 45 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:44.280 in session from this morning and post it independently, so 46 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:47.439 you can listen to those three coaches, plus the conversation 47 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:50.000 that we had with associate head coach at CHATTANOOGEVC on 48 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:52.360 the women's side, Mareon Butler as they get ready for 49 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:56.680 the WPSL season and probably one of the tougher conferences 50 00:02:56.719 --> 00:02:59.639 that is around. And so it'll be great to you 51 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:01.719 again catch up with all of those And it was 52 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:03.719 great to catch up with all those coaches and all 53 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:07.560 those folks this morning across the board when it came 54 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:11.240 to everything going on in both the GHSA and the WPSL. 55 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:13.599 So you can go back and watch that on the 56 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:16.560 SDH network YouTube channel, and you can also go back 57 00:03:16.599 --> 00:03:18.599 and listen to that the full show on your favorite 58 00:03:18.599 --> 00:03:22.039 pide catcher. But we'll take the individual sections the soccer 59 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:25.199 is in session morning hour or forty five minutes, and 60 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:28.240 we'll play that, we'll post that separate, and we'll also 61 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:32.159 catch up with our friends at Chattanooga FC. Now it's time, 62 00:03:32.199 --> 00:03:34.960 without any further delay, catch up with our friend Frank 63 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:38.000 some more and find out what it's like to be 64 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:39.520 a champ. 65 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:41.919 So how's it going, coach? 66 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:44.879 And it's going? Well? How about you? 67 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:47.599 You're the one who's busier and chasing after titles and 68 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:50.520 so have you had a chance to catch your breath 69 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:54.479 and celebrate. Because as I sit here and I look 70 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:59.319 at my brackets, Johnson gains Will because it is a 71 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:01.280 bracket and it is it is card stocks, so it 72 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:02.840 is heavy duty, so I could ride on it as 73 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:05.360 much as I could. So Johnson gaines Will here in 74 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:08.080 the middle means one thing. It means that you made 75 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:11.680 it through your bracket and coming through as team ten 76 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:16.360 ranked number four, knocking off Groves, the four day win 77 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:20.279 over Calhoun, then you had the turnaround the next day 78 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:23.120 over Chestity, shut out of a Cony County, and then 79 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:25.319 the win over Northwest Whitfield. When you look back at 80 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:27.600 this championship run, what sticks in your head? 81 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:29.120 Man? 82 00:04:29.319 --> 00:04:33.399 You know, it's it was a tough journey to get there, 83 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:36.160 you know, and again I think we've talked about it 84 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:39.439 last night, But the resilience that the voice showed throughout 85 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:42.399 those those couple of weeks, and the hard work and dedication, 86 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:45.160 you know, that is what I'm most proud of is 87 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:48.399 the fact that they never gave up, they never doubted 88 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:51.120 and that resilience that they had throughout. 89 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:56.560 How much time have you given yourself to celebrate the 90 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:58.519 fact that you finished top ten in the state of 91 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:01.839 Georgia depending on the pole couple of times over you 92 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:04.240 end up as a state champ you finished sixteen and four. 93 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:06.720 How much time have you given yourself to celebrate? Are 94 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:09.199 you still celebrating before you get ready for twenty six? 95 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:12.360 Yeah? No, you know, we're taking it slow. We are 96 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:17.560 definitely enjoying every bit of it, you know, with a community, 97 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:21.680 but you know, head coaching is difficult and we're planning 98 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:25.120 on now, you know, is a blessing obviously, but designing 99 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:29.800 the rings and fundraising for the rings and ordering shirts 100 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:32.000 and hats for the boys, you know, just a little 101 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:35.000 bit of all of that planning that goes in behind 102 00:05:35.079 --> 00:05:38.800 winning a state championship, you know, and obviously the reaching 103 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:42.040 out the community has reached out to us, and you know, 104 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:45.000 just giving us that moment to really enjoy and cherish 105 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:49.519 what these boys accomplished, you know, that has been important 106 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:52.199 for us as well as just taking that little pulse there. 107 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:57.279 So when you get the win and the clock hits 108 00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:02.199 zeros at the keecher and you hear the horn and 109 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:06.720 all of the celebration happens and everything. Does it sink 110 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:10.079 in immediately with this run that you've had? Did it 111 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:13.000 take a little bit? Did it take until everybody's sitting 112 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:14.680 there saying, okay, we need to take a picture with 113 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:17.800 the big old plastic thing the banner and the trop 114 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:18.680 When did it sink in? 115 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:19.759 You know? 116 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:22.879 I think I think honestly, it wasn't until the bus 117 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:25.680 ride back. You know, once everybody kind of settled in 118 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:29.120 and the adrenaline stopped pumping a little bit there on 119 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:31.279 our way back, you know, we started I started to 120 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:35.079 reflect on the season and that's when you know, I realized, like, man, 121 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:37.839 you know, everything we've won, we've gone through, and all 122 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:40.759 of the things that these boys have accomplished. You know, 123 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:43.639 that's really where it all sinked in. And I was like, yep, 124 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:45.360 you know, we're able to do it. But it was 125 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:47.319 on that bus ride back, I think. 126 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:53.000 And this was an inexperienced starting group. I'm not going 127 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:55.160 to say a young starting group per se, but it 128 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:59.199 was inexperienced in starting for Johnson Gainesville, and it took 129 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:02.079 a little while for this group to get where you 130 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:06.560 were looking for them to get to. And obviously there's 131 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:09.040 got to be a great sense of accomplishment seeing that 132 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:11.759 the message that you were trying to impress upon them 133 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:15.759 came through and they navigated through all of those obstacles 134 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:17.079 to come out the other side. 135 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:17.639 The way that they did. 136 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:20.759 Yeah, you know, again, it was it was a challenging 137 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:24.519 season for us, a different season for us. Nonetheless, you know, 138 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:26.519 we were very blessed with with a lot of talent 139 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:29.360 here at Johnson, and like you mentioned, you know, these 140 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:32.600 guys were an experience in terms of starting in big 141 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:35.800 games and and and you know, but they're ballers, you know, 142 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:37.839 and so I think it was just the matter of 143 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:41.120 time before it all clicked, you know, and then came together. 144 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:44.600 And you know, thankfully it clicked and came together at 145 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:46.079 the right time. I think we were playing some of 146 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:48.319 our better soccer there towards towards the end of the 147 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:50.560 season and during the postseason. And that's kind of as 148 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:52.480 a coach, that's what you want, you know, you want 149 00:07:52.519 --> 00:07:55.000 to be able to go through, you know, the ups 150 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:56.639 and downs early on in the season and try and 151 00:07:56.680 --> 00:07:58.439 figure out what the strengths are, and also what the 152 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:01.079 weaknesses are so that you can tweak and fix and 153 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:04.560 retweak and you know, kind of try and try and 154 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:07.439 make it as perfect as possible towards the end of 155 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:09.399 the season. That at the end of the day, that's 156 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:10.319 what matters the most. 157 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:12.920 How perfect was it at the end of the season, 158 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:15.040 and how much tweaking did you still have to do 159 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:15.920 in the postseason. 160 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:19.399 You know, at the end of the season, it's just 161 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:21.560 kind of maintaining that level there, making sure that we 162 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:25.000 had fresh legs throughout. You know, I think that our 163 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:26.879 chemistry was a lot better and we found you know, 164 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:30.360 we moved some pieces around and we started to find, 165 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:33.679 you know, our strengths on the field, and that was 166 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:35.879 it was huge, and it was at that point it 167 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:40.000 was just maintaining that polishing it, making it better in 168 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:42.159 terms of you know, kind of, hey, we did this 169 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:44.360 well this game, but now we have to look at 170 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:46.480 this and it's kind of just game to games, kind 171 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:49.000 of tweaking it a little bit and focusing maybe more 172 00:08:49.039 --> 00:08:51.480 on the chemistry and the final third versus you know, 173 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:53.559 the coverage in the back. And so it's just one 174 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:55.519 of those things that when we sit down with the 175 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:57.639 staffs on a day to day basis and kind of 176 00:08:57.720 --> 00:08:59.320 gentify the strength and weaknesses. 177 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:02.159 When you think of this senior class, what sticks in 178 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:05.960 your head? Man, These these guys, These guys know how 179 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:09.279 to win. You know this, This group went to the 180 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:11.799 state championship game every year of their high school career. 181 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:16.919 You know, they they won three out of four, which 182 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:20.519 you know, it's a lot easier said than done. They go, 183 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:23.559 I think into an elite group of high school players 184 00:09:23.639 --> 00:09:24.960 across any sport. 185 00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:27.159 I think you know that can say, hey, I played 186 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:30.080 in the championship game every year of my high school career. 187 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:32.799 I've won three out of four. This is also the 188 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:35.879 group that you know was name ranked number one in 189 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:40.399 the nation in twenty twenty three. You know, just multiple 190 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:44.360 players of the Year and all in All Region first team, 191 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:48.039 and you know, just a group of boys that came in, 192 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:50.480 worked hard, waited for their turn because a lot of 193 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:52.360 them did not necessarily start or got a lot of 194 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:55.519 playing time as freshmen. You know, they had to wait, 195 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:57.360 and they had to grind it out, and they had 196 00:09:57.440 --> 00:09:59.519 to earn everything that was given to them. But I 197 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:01.120 told them, I the end of the you know, at 198 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:02.919 the end of the game, I was like, this is 199 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:05.240 this is your legacy, this is what you leave behind. 200 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:10.360 You've set the standard really really high for the you know, 201 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:13.279 next next groups. I'm like, and that's that's really what's about. 202 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:16.720 You know, it's it's enjoying your four years, making memories, 203 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:20.399 learning obviously the game, but also just becoming better men 204 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:23.039 throughout the four years. And and you know, I hope 205 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:26.320 that they go off and do great things and their 206 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:27.600 next steps of life. 207 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:32.639 How hard is that to go four straight years and 208 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:37.519 be in contention for state championships and no one, everybody's 209 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:40.600 gunning for you. How hard is that for four straight 210 00:10:40.679 --> 00:10:43.320 years to accomplish what you've accomplished as a program. 211 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:45.240 Yeah, no, I mean it's it's tough. 212 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:45.679 You know. 213 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:48.840 It's it's grinding it every single day. It's not having 214 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:51.799 off days or you know, off off weeks. You might 215 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:53.759 be able to have an off game, but you know, 216 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:56.240 like you mentioned, it's it's just that standard that has 217 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:59.679 been set by all the classes that come through, and 218 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:01.919 every class wants to do it better. You know, I 219 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:04.159 already have some of the two years this year that 220 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:05.919 are saying, hey, we're going to do this next year. 221 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:07.919 And and you know we're going to continue the legacy. 222 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:11.159 And I think that's the beauty of Johnson Soccer is 223 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:15.320 that everybody is working together, you know, the community, the 224 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:18.559 coaching staff, or school or a men. And the boys 225 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:20.720 realize that, right and they know what they play for 226 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:23.080 and they know that what they play for is bigger 227 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:25.799 than themselves, and it's leaving that legacy and helping our 228 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:29.399 community unite and enjoy and have memories and you know, 229 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:31.840 just a little bit of happiness for our community. But 230 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:33.879 it's a grind, you know, it's a grind every single 231 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:37.320 day trying to maintain that level of excellence. You know, 232 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:39.879 it's once you get there, it's it's tough to stay there, 233 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:42.559 you know, And so the boys understand that it's it's 234 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:44.279 it's gonna take a lot of hard work for us 235 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:47.200 to continue to stay where we are. And and honestly, 236 00:11:47.240 --> 00:11:49.639 it's almost taking taking the program to the next level. 237 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:53.000 You know. I think every year something something improves within 238 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:55.399 the program and and you know, every every class is 239 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:59.799 known for something different. But yeah, it's it's tough, but 240 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:03.120 thankfully we're able to or at least up to now, 241 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:04.360 we've been able to maintain it. 242 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:08.399 How do you and the staff, keep yourself from losing 243 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:11.559 your sanity with the expectations that are there. I mean, 244 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:14.159 I know that you're all driven as a lot, but 245 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:16.360 how do you keep from how do you keep from 246 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:18.960 losing your mind and going nuts with with all the 247 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:22.279 noise around you, folks like me and all of us 248 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:24.600 here at SDH banging on your door as much, how 249 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:26.440 do you how do you keep your sanity with all 250 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:26.600 of it? 251 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:29.879 Yeah? No, I mean we you know, we understand that 252 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.399 with It's part of the job. You know, it's part 253 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:35.960 of the job, and and we try to obviously stay 254 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:40.279 as positive as possible and motivated within us. We have 255 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:43.240 a close group of coaches that you know, have helped 256 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:46.519 me built what we have here. We are all very 257 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:49.679 similar minded, and we all believe in the kids, and 258 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:51.720 we are here for the kids. And we know that, 259 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:54.120 you know, we lose one game, peoper, people are going 260 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:56.639 to talk if you know, we we're not doing as 261 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:58.440 well as you know, people are going to talk about 262 00:12:58.440 --> 00:12:59.639 at the end of the day. Yes, we can say 263 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:02.639 we're here the wins and losses, but in reality, it's 264 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:05.120 the kits that matter the most, you know, It's it's 265 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:08.000 making sure that they're okay, making sure that they're growing, 266 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:11.200 they're developing, that they're passing their classes, that they're you know, 267 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:15.080 staying out of trouble, and that really for us, that's 268 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:17.720 that's the driving force is Yes, we we love the wins, 269 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:21.080 right who doesn't you know every coach love the loves 270 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:24.480 the wins. We hate losing just like anybody else. But 271 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:27.279 you know, our focus is making sure that the players 272 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:29.879 here are are taken care of. And that's really what 273 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:32.840 drives us and motivates us to continue doing our best 274 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:35.919 and making sure that you know, everything's fine. 275 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:37.200 Frank's more of the head coach. 276 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:40.159 Johnson gainsl Boys winners in triple A knocking off Northwest 277 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:42.200 Whitfield in the last game of the year at mckeachern. 278 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:48.080 Do other coaches knock on your door and ask how 279 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:52.320 you handle certain situations, how you handle your day to day, 280 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:55.039 how you handle your operation? Is there a sharing of 281 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:58.440 notes between coaches or among coaches for when it comes 282 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.279 to why are you successful? How are you successful? Is 283 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:02.879 there note sharing amongst all of you? 284 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:03.360 No? 285 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:06.720 Absolutely, you know I have coaches that reach out to 286 00:14:06.799 --> 00:14:09.039 me about how we do things here at Johnson, and 287 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:11.639 you know, I love to share because again, this is 288 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:13.519 not just for me. You know, soccer is not just 289 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:15.840 for me. The success is not just for us you're 290 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:18.320 at Johnson. We want other programs to be successful. We 291 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:20.639 want soccer to grow because at the end of the day, 292 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:24.559 like I mentioned, is if soccer grows and schools become successful, 293 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:27.799 you know, there's more kids that get exposed, There's more 294 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:32.080 kids that get to enjoy and leave those memories. But yeah, 295 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:34.720 you know, I have multiple coaches that I you know, 296 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:37.559 talk to and help and there's a lot of coaches 297 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:40.519 out there that help me as well continue to build 298 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:43.200 my program. And you know, if I see that a 299 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:46.519 program around is doing something great, you know I don't 300 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:49.519 hesitate and reach out and have those conversations and share 301 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:52.279 because again, it's all just a growing process for everybody. 302 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:56.440 So who is on your speed dial when you have questions? 303 00:14:57.039 --> 00:15:01.360 You know, I have a good communication with Matt chiefs 304 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:04.559 over at you know, he's he's one that you know, 305 00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:08.960 we we talk throughout the season. One that we also 306 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:12.879 talked to is Snyder coach Snyder over at Westminster Scott 307 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:16.440 you know, and Chris Henry over at he's now at 308 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:19.759 North North Dacony. Girls, You know, I have quite quite 309 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:22.200 a few coaches that I go to and talk and 310 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:24.919 you know, share ideas with and bounce ideas back and forth. 311 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:29.600 Do you guys ever get a moment piece away from 312 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:31.519 all of us where you guys can just go, like 313 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:33.679 sit in the back room at a restaurant someplace and 314 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:35.679 just kind of share notes or do zoom or how 315 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:38.679 do you how do you have these kinds of conversations. 316 00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:41.799 Typically through through email and text messages every so often 317 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:44.639 a call, you know, you know, Chris Henry over at 318 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:46.960 North North Dacony is one of my closest coaches friends, 319 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:49.279 so you know, I call him every every so often 320 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:52.159 and we share, you know, just ideas. He used to 321 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:53.879 be at East Tall, he used to be one of 322 00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:57.080 a rival school, so you know, thankfully he's he's he's 323 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:58.759 now on the girl's side and I can share a 324 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:01.440 lot more with him. And but yeah, you know, it's 325 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:03.919 it's just especially throughout the season, you know, we're so 326 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:06.720 busy and it's hard to find time even for us 327 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:10.600 much less trying you know, catch dinner or lunch somewhere. 328 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:13.440 But it's always kind of on the go, you know, 329 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:17.799 texting back and forth, emails, we share video film. 330 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:21.480 And you know, nothing like nothing like share in film 331 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:24.159 and video and those kinds of things. Another couple of 332 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:28.799 minutes here with Frank Szmore from Johnson, Gainesville. When you 333 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:32.960 give yourself a little bit of time to breathe, where 334 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:35.320 are you right now in planning for twenty six? I'm 335 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:37.000 giving you no time to breathe. I need to find 336 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:39.720 out about next season right now? Are you when it 337 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:41.840 comes to scheduling and getting ready for all of your. 338 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:45.399 Y No, So our schedule, our schedule is completely done 339 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:49.799 for twenty six. Again, we start planning and you know 340 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:53.000 throughout the throughout the season, really I get emails about 341 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:57.759 teams wanting to play us, you know, as early as January. Yeah, 342 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:02.200 and so our schedule is is is done, you know, 343 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:06.799 trying to see the availability of the boys throughout the summer, 344 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:09.920 you know, trying to do a couple of seventy seven tournaments, 345 00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:12.359 couple of scrimmages here and there, just to kind of 346 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:14.400 keep the boys together before they go off and play 347 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:17.920 club in the fall. But like I told you, I 348 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:20.200 mean I think a lot of coaches would agree, the 349 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:22.759 work never ends. You know. You close the door on 350 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:25.960 the previous season and here's the summer, and now you're 351 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:30.279 you know, looking at summer work, summer trainings, and then 352 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:32.839 fall roll around and now you're looking at you know, 353 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:36.880 four on ones and all the planning, the fundraising to 354 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:38.680 make sure that the program's taking care of, you know, 355 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:43.160 the sponsorships, the ordering uniforms, ordering gear and all of 356 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:45.279 that stuff. And before you know it, season will be 357 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:47.079 here and you aren't kidding. 358 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:49.519 So then what we will do is let you go 359 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:52.039 and celebrate, because you've got some planning to celebrate. For 360 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:54.039 the remainder twenty five, you know that we'll be knocking 361 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:56.079 on your door as a great ambassador for the sport 362 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:58.200 here in the state of Georgia and for high school 363 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:00.279 soccer in general. Frank, we can't thank you enough for 364 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:02.319 all the time that you spend with us here at SDH, 365 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:04.599 rolling out the carpet as you always do, and we 366 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:07.480 come up to the dungeon during our high school broadcast schedule. 367 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:11.440 Go get some lunch, my friend. Thank you all season long. 368 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.759 We'll catch up with you before you know it. 369 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:14.759 Yep, thank you so much for having me there. 370 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:16.240 We go, Frank, some more of the head coach at 371 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:18.640 Johnson Gainsewell and like I said, you go to the 372 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:22.279 middle of the Class Triple A boys bracket, Johnson gainsell 373 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:24.319 right there in the middle. That means a one. So 374 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:27.759 Johnson gainswell. And also I heard Frank's phone vibrating, so 375 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:29.720 I heard the buzz, so I know that he had 376 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:32.279 to answer his phone and it was probably something incredibly 377 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:33.920 earth shattering that he had to get to. But I 378 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:36.000 can't thank guys like Frank enough. I can't thank all 379 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:39.240 the coaches that have been a part of our conversations 380 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:42.640 a week, all season long as they all figure out, Okay, 381 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:45.480 here's how we grow the sport, here's what's going on 382 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:47.200 in our part of the world. Here's how we make 383 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:49.720 things happen, and they get to do it, and we're 384 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:51.640 incredibly blessed that we get the chance to share all 385 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:54.759 that information with you when it comes to soccer is 386 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:57.359 in session and all of our high school coverage here 387 00:18:57.359 --> 00:19:00.359 at SDH. So once again Class Triple A boys Johnson 388 00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:03.079 Games will over Northwest Whitfield. Great season for coach Goodiers 389 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:05.039 and everybody up in Tunnel Hill as the Bruins made 390 00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:07.319 it to the last game of the year. So Johnson 391 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:10.000 Games Will comes from Team ten ranked number four. They 392 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:13.680 end up winning the championship again in the GHSA and 393 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:15.559 Class TRIPA A Boys A. Right, let's take a peek 394 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:17.920 at the other brackets, and like I said, this is 395 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:19.759 just going to be a random look at the brackets 396 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:23.279 because that's how they're stacked right here, So we'll let 397 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:27.920 you know once again. So ACA OVERLA Class A Division 398 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:30.880 two Girls. ACA makes their way through as the number 399 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:33.759 five ranked team team three out of Area six, knocking 400 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:36.039 off Lake a Cony Academy by the final two to one. 401 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:39.880