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And then we're into our interview portion here on Cougar Sports.
Gonna be down in practice. I forgot to say that.
I just forget to say that when I'm recapping things.
But want to let you guys know we are going
to be down there. We're going to be doing interviews.
I was able to get caught up with you know,
Evan Johnson last week they played the interview for you.
It was fantastic. Schmev got him back as a red
shirt sceener. You heard it from him. I guess I
can get the guy on the line his thoughts as well.
He said there was never a doubt in my mind
that I was leaving by you, you know, And obviously
I also asked him, Hey, how did it feel for
the fan base? You know, when you're on vacation with
your brother of no, schmiv.
Speaker 2: Don't leave, don't leave.
Speaker 4: He said, it feels great to be loved and have
people on your side.
Speaker 3: And that's the That's how contagious it is for this
BAA football culture right now, not the BYU basketball culture.
Though unfortunately Hoog's lost to Texas was not the game
that everybody wanted. It did bust my bracket I had
BYU going to the Sweet sixteen beating gonzag I thought
this third iteration of what we saw in the Big
twelve would carry over.
Speaker 4: Obviously not. It's gonna have to go elsewhere.
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in our guest of the program for this segment hour,
we got Darnell Dixon double D.
Speaker 4: How we doing today?
Speaker 5: Not too bad.
Speaker 6: I'm not quite ready for spring sports, but I guess
I gotta start getting into them, don't I.
Speaker 2: You do?
Speaker 3: And I know about this right because we It's crazy
that I've been doing this for five years but I've
known you guys doing this particular portion of setting things
up for about three Now I know how May gets
for you.
Speaker 4: I don't think I see you. I don't think I
see you at all during the month of May.
Speaker 6: Yeah, there's there's about a billion the high high school
games going on because they added boys and girls across
recently in boys volleyball. So the spring is just just
a mess with with tons of games. It's fun to
try to cover everything. But and I really I like
volleyball life. That there's volleyball in the spring, that's great.
But I wasn't ready for the basketball season end quite yet.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, well when did you When did you get back?
Speaker 4: When did you get back? Double d? I got back yesterday.
Did you get back the day after the game Saturday?
When did you fly home?
Speaker 7: No?
Speaker 6: I hung around for a while in Portland, Common Oregonian,
so you know, I kind of appreciate all the stuff
going on there. And plus I had a deal with
my hotel that if I had left, they would have
charged me more.
Speaker 5: So you know, I'm cheap. Oh, so I decided to
stay and went from there. That's just how I am.
This says how I roll.
Speaker 3: Hey, look, look, I'm out of cheapo either of the
same thing. Remember last year, and I don't know if
we've told people this story, but byu Is in the
Sweet sixteen thought they would get Alabama. They didn't, and
we hung around, darn know, and uh in Newark, we stayed.
Speaker 4: In there and we did we did.
Speaker 3: We did not because we didn't want to be cheap
os lose money on the Airbnb paid more money on
our flight, so we're like, you know, we'll fly back.
Speaker 6: Here, catch another couple of games, went some movie, you
know that kind of stuff.
Speaker 3: One hundred percent definitely did that. And look, I don't
know if I ever got your thoughts. What was it
like for you to see Cooper flag in person? Obviously
we watched AJ this whole year, but let's throw that
discussion in the mix, because that was a discussion last year.
But now that AJ has played the entire season, we
know Duke's roster was way different than BYU's. Would you
have taken would you have taken Cooper flag number one
or would you take AJ?
Speaker 4: Now having seen both of them play in person?
Speaker 6: Well, to be honest, watching Cooper Flag play last year
in the Elite eight against Alabama. I was like, yeah,
he's a good player, He's fine. I mean, I didn't
think he had a great game. I think, as I recall,
he shot less than fifty percent from the field, Duke
still won because they have a time talent.
Speaker 5: Yeah. See what he's doing in the NBA now, though,
it's just like crazy because you could see it.
Speaker 6: You can see it coming, because if you followed his
high school career a little bit and saw what he
was doing at the AAU level, he was dominating everybody
and so not too surprising. But it's kind of interesting.
You could draw a parallel here between you know, one
specific point in time as compared to taking the long view.
If you're looking at BYU basketball, you're like, man, twenty
twenty five, twenty six.
Speaker 5: Was a complete disaster. Well not necessarily.
Speaker 6: I mean, certainly they were expected to be better than
a first round excit, but they weren't. But I think
the future still looks pretty good for this program. I
think they still have a lot of good things in
place in terms of how much they can invest in
anil and the kind of players they can bring in,
and not every year you're gonna have five season ending
injuries and So I think if you take the long
you know, if you take the short of you and say, wow,
they look look terrible against Texas, well, they kind of
did for most of the game. Or if you take
a look at the view of you know, twenty three
and twelve is not exactly what you were expecting out
of this team. But if you look at the long
view and say, you know, you've seen all the things
that are building up, the kind of momentum that AJA
helped build up, that you would still feel pretty positive
about what BYU has in store for the basketball program.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you brought up obviously the resource allocations, things like that.
Before you get into a little bit more of that discussion.
What grade do you give this BYU season? It's tough,
and you can go numbers too, you can go want
to go one out of ten, I mean, not give
a letter grade if that's easier for it, whichever one.
But it's it's tough because I've never seen five season
ending injuries. And you saw last night the team that
lost Alabama speaking of them, they got BYU last year
spank Texas Tech because they didn't have their best player.
So obviously not having your best player, having depth plays
a factor. And you see that with other schools. You
see Arizona have depth, them go toe to toe. You
see Iowa State even though Joshua Jefferson did go down.
But if you don't have your best player double D
in depth, you don't win. So how do you grade
the season with that? And even the players that they
did pay to come here and play that it didn't
work out.
Speaker 5: Well.
Speaker 6: Here's what I would say, and again, taking more of
a long view of things, I'd give them a bee
because I've covered this team for a number of years
when they were in the Mount West Conference and in
the West Coast Conference where they were pretty much irrelevant
the whole season in terms of a national presence just
wasn't there like.
Speaker 5: Gonzaga was there.
Speaker 6: Occasionally Byu'd win a decent game, but when it came
down to it from the West Coast Conference specifically, they
had to basically win the West Coast Conference tournament to
get in.
Speaker 5: Most years, Yeah, it just hadn't built.
Speaker 6: That kind of resume to where even finishing as a
runner up they would get in.
Speaker 5: I saw that several times, So excuse me.
Speaker 6: I would say that that the fact that BYU was
in the next national prominence, especially in the non conference
schedule when they were playing at Massius Square Garden against
Yukon and all those games they played in the.
Speaker 5: Conference season as well, big games against Houston and Arizona
and Texas Tech.
Speaker 6: I still feel like it was a successful season because
they're putting things in place to be at national contender
every year. It'd be great if they could do that,
and they're trying to do that. And certainly the injuries
derailed a lot of the depth and the shooting because
those were wolf really big problems with this team late
in the season. But I would still give them a
good grade because they're making progress. This is so much
better than having to sit through them playing San Diego
and Pacific in Portland and just teams that are so
irrelevant that if you lose to them, it's a shock
you should beat them. They aren't in that situation now.
They're playing against teams that they have to come out
and play every single night, and we saw them come
out and have some really good wins. They did some
good things this year in conference play. They played Airs
on a tough couple of times. They beat Iowa State
at home, they beat Texas Tech at home, So I
would still give them a good, solid B for this season.
Speaker 5: The expectations are what they were.
Speaker 6: You know, most BYU fans and the national media expected
them to be a contender and at least be a
Sweet sixteen team, if not most people even talking about
Final four. And if they were fully healthy, who knows
what they might have done. I mean, you can just
take a look at the team that b Way you
lost to in the first round of the tournament. How
did Sean Miller lose fourteen games with Texas?
Speaker 4: I don't know, it's disappointed at they have no idea.
Speaker 6: How do you take a team with a seventh floorder
that's as good as that dude, with the kind of shooters,
the kind of athleticism, and how do you lose fourteen games?
I just the fact that they can turn it on
in the tournament is pretty amazing to me that it
happens that way and they're.
Speaker 5: In this Sweek sixteen.
Speaker 6: But anyway, so as far as Bway, he's concerned, Yeah, disappointing.
Speaker 5: They didn't finish.
Speaker 6: Out what we thought they were capable of. But I
still feel pretty positive about where this program's getting.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you have to be I think a lot of
fans because of AJ and the talent and San Diego
got top ten national championship now and maybe even you
know the national media, and I get why, right, But
that's what I said the lead eight. I just think
it's so hard to get to a final four. I
just think it is. I mean, you're seeing Rick Patino,
tom Izzo, Curley, all of these older older coaches still
get there right in the sweet sixteen. It's just it's tough.
It's nothing against Kevin Young, it's nothing against the staff.
They've done it. They've exceeded all expectations in my opinion,
with what has been placed upon them and with how
people view things. But I just think as a whole,
it's like, you got guys that have been doing this
for years, double D years, Like Curley's been the head
coach of Ukon for eight years, got two titles. I
just I don't know, man, Like it's it's gonna take
time before BUYU is able to get to that point.
But I think they're on their way because what was
the last time. I wait, then, that's never happened. Double
D three five stars have committed to the program, and
I believe Bruce branch will sign. He hasn't signed yet
from what I've seen, but three five stars in the
last three years.
Speaker 4: You have to look at that.
Speaker 3: Then you had the number one Juco, number one euro
player and then the number one high school player.
Speaker 4: That's progress in my opinion.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think they're doing a good job.
Speaker 6: And you know, it was interesting listening to Kevin Young
after the loss and he was talking about how watching
game video was painful at times as he kind of
watching this team kind of you know, I mean, And
he also said some things during the season. He said
it several times that they were had to dumb down
the defense, and I don't know if that's an indictment
of the coaching scheme or if that's an indictment of
the players they recruited. They have to say dumb down
so much. I mean, it's they just didn't get defensively
what they were and you do. Until they started to
just make it very simple and just switch everything or
just keep a guy in front of you, don't worry
about the peel switch or whatever.
Speaker 5: They were not having to worry about.
Speaker 6: This coaching staff had a real challenge this year as
they took guys who probably wouldn't have played a lot
and started to have to play them, you know, they
had to play.
Speaker 5: I don't think Alexi coachters was ready.
Speaker 6: He showed several times that he has the ability to
shoot the ball my question, but the other parts of
his game took a while to get going. And Den
boops the same way. I mean, that guy's still so
young in his basketball development. So I think this coaching
staff has a real challenge, as all coaching staffs do,
in building a roster and building it in a way
that makes it successful. You know, I look at Nebraska's roster.
Nebraska's in this week sixteen, it's a team by you
played excuse me in the preseason and lost by one point.
That roster makeup. They brought in some guys from different schools,
but they also have six guys from Nebraska, and the
roster they have several guys from surrounding states like Iowa
and Minnesota, just small town guys they really want to
win and are fundamentally sound, and they mixed it in
with a couple of guys who are really talented, and
they're in the sweet sixteen. I don't think that BYU
coaches did a fantastic job of building this roster. I
think there's some parts of it that just weren't clicking together.
And maybe you don't know that until you bring them together.
Sometimes I don't know, but you look at last year's
BYU team. That team probably wasn't as talented overall as
this year's team, but they played well together, like the
pieces fit together better. And that's the real challenge when
you have transfer portal and you have the nil going on,
You've got to find a way to put together a
roster that works together. Not just the fifty most talented guys.
You can find the guys that fit roles. And that's
the big challenge for every college staff out there because
they try to build.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you gotta find rolls and obviously you bring up,
you know, some of these guys and it's tough, right
double B because I feel like down the stretch of
the season, you saw a lot of good things from
ALEXI coachch Kevin Jung says that he held Canard Davis
Junior out. I thought Canard should have had the ball
in his hand more at the start of the season
when you saw his taper set. They're not gonna have
him facilitating. I understood why he had Dawson Baker and
they pickens. But I'm like, I feel like with Canard
on the floor, that could take some pressure off. And
you know that's not what they anticipated. But you have
to wonder with what Canard it look. Look, I'm just
gonna say it. I know no one wants to say it.
I'll be the bad guy. I don't mind being bad,
cop right. I had to tell me a little girl
when she saw me she didn't want me leaving for
work as she was pulling my leg and not wanting
to go to mom. I don't mind being bad back, Coop.
This roster's gonna look completely different next year.
Speaker 4: It just will.
Speaker 3: It's going to it has to, I think because Kevin
said the shooting around Rob Right hinting at Rob Right
coming back. Now we were told that by him that
he's either it's BYU or pro.
Speaker 4: There's no one between. So we will see.
Speaker 3: But if that's the case of double D, I'm looking
at this roster of guys that could come back and
I don't know what I'm being honest, just off the
top of my brain, thinking very fast, I think, Boop,
because you've seen the development even though it took a year,
but you saw what he was able to do. I
look at Canard, how he had to step up down
the stretch, and I look at Alexi.
Speaker 4: I'm like, are those the only.
Speaker 3: Guys besides obviously Dawson and Nate who want to come
back in KG? You said it for the retchit I'm
not talking about them. Tell my guys that played could
those are those the only three guys that are a
lot because everybody else pretty much up. Dominique Diomande posted
something as well. It sounds like, you know, he could
maybe be staying. How's this roster gonna look at your
double D because they need shooting.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's really hard to say.
Speaker 6: And the thing that Kevin Young mentioned was you know
these guys have options as well. It's not nice thing
is Kevin Young says, either you stay here go Some
of these guys may say, you know what, I want
to play, but I want to play for you know,
a Division two school, or I want to go someplace
where I can play thirty minutes a game, or you know,
maybe maybe someone else has an offer to go play
at a school near their home and they'd rather play
in front of family and friends. Yeah, all these guys
are gonna have options, and there's gonna be discussions for
sure between the coaching staff and these players, and they'll
decide what the best situation is. And Kevin Young already
has talked about hitting the transfer portal and and it's
kind of crazy, but you got to do it. And
it's just, you know, put your nose to the grindstone
and find out what you need and see what you
can find.
Speaker 5: I think they're gonna hit.
Speaker 6: That portal, excuse me, and then they're going to have
guys that are just going to be like, you know,
I just think my opportunity is like better elsewhere. Yeah,
you look at someone like Brodiy Kaslowski. I'd love for
him to stay. I think he's really talented, but he's
missed two seasons due to injury. Yeah does he does?
He want to change the scenery just so he can
kind of feel like he's not the same place where
he's been heard twice, you know. So there's there's lots
of changes I think in store. And as I go
through the teams that b YU plays every year, I
kind of take a look at the roster and see who.
Speaker 5: Left and who's come back.
Speaker 6: I still marvel at teams that put together, you know,
twelve thirteen, fourteen new guys on our roster every year.
Speaker 5: I just think that's so hard to sustain any.
Speaker 6: Sort of functionality with that when you're having to basically
reboot your roster every year. So I'm hoping that there's
less movement than more because there are some young players
that I think could be developed and should stay, but
there's other players that maybe it's time for them to
find another opportunity and maybe they want to. So that's
all going to be determined in the next few months,
and it's a huge job for the coaching staff, but
there's definitely changes that are going to be taking place,
no question.
Speaker 3: Luck where we give constructive criticism and or objective here
at ESP and the fan and on Cougar Sports, and
some may like it some and I don't care. That's
what our job is. That's all we're paid to do.
The b too experiment yay or nay? Will he be
on this roster next year?
Speaker 6: So here's here's the thing about about Ahmed is he's
a really young player. I mean, I know he played
two years in the G League, but that's not like
the same as old experience at all he has. He
has a skill for blocking shots. He's not great defensively,
he tends to get in foul trouble. He sets a
lot of the legal screens this year he did and
and he's also not much of an offensive threat.
Speaker 5: So if you're counting on him to step.
Speaker 6: Up and play a role such as what what kPa
Kitty did, I don't think that's reasonable to expect if
you want to keep him in your program and develop
him as a tour of three as a backup. Sure,
he's young, he can get better. I think that's that's
a possibility. But I do think one area of real
concern going into next year is finding some size and
not I mean, Keba's great at six', eight but you
got to get some six, ten six eleven seven foot
guys to come in here and make a difference on the.
Court and they didn't have that this, year And keba
got hurt and he was not the same. Player there
were there were times this last year and early in
this season where after a, Game i'm, like the most
influential player in that, game the guy Impacted, again most
of Was kaba on both ends of the floor as a,
defender as a, rebounder a shop, blocker as a, dunker
and we just didn't see. That late in the season
he shared occasionally where he could do, that but the
consistency was no longer there and he's. Gone so now
they have to come up with an idea how do
we fortify our? Interior is Is bulow a? Piece he could,
be but he's not going to be the guy that's
stepping in as a. STARTER i don't think he's just
not that ready.
Speaker 5: Yet so if you ask me your, NAY i say.
Speaker 6: Yay but being realistic about what he can possibly do
in this program if he continues to, grow and then
the fact that be where you need to go out
and get some.
Speaker 3: Size, yeah you're not, Wrong, ba he definitely needs to
go out and get some.
Speaker 4: Size So i'll ask you this.
Speaker 3: QUESTION i know we got to get you out of here,
soon But, fos if he had another, year definitely could
have helped this. Team i'm looking at back to the,
basket big or big that stretches the.
Speaker 4: FLOOR i, Said Dallen.
Speaker 3: HALL i know that we've talked off, record you, know
in our little group chats about D hall could have
helped this team And i'm actually as sending all takes On.
Dallin i'm sorry THAT i made that, take you, know
and at the moment we didn't, know and that's why
the end of the, season you. Wait But i'm looking
at it down the stretch Of texas With Volca titus
and the words Of Charles, barkley theis The titus because
he couldn't say his.
Speaker 4: Name still Love Charles.
Speaker 3: Barkley fus And Ali khalifa over the last couple of,
Seasons i'm, like, man those guys could have Helped ali
with his passion ability excuse, Me and they were stretching
the floor shooting the, three and Then fus was a
back to the basket.
Speaker 4: BIG i feel like you can go to your.
Speaker 3: Point Because Ali kalif was six ten six eleven And
fus was dominant. Paint they're missing that type of. Player
that's WHAT i, think what you're.
Speaker 6: Describing, yeah and the thing About fos specifically and even.
Speaker 5: Who girls we were just talking About.
Speaker 6: Khalifa, yeah they provide a very different look for the
defense when they come on the, floor like when WHEN
byu even last, year there were a bunch of guys
running around shooting the, ball shooting, threes you, know spreading the,
floor and all of a, sudden you bring In fus
and he's a back to the basket automatic score once
he gets.
Speaker 5: You on his. BACK i, mean the dude's really really.
Speaker 6: Good or Or, khalifa who is a high post wizard
as a. Passer when you give a defense a different,
look that causes them. Issues And Dawson baker would have
been a similar type player in terms of when he
comes into the, game all of a, sudden you got
to defend differently because of how he attacks the, rim
how he shoots. Threes and they didn't have, that so
they didn't have a lot of variety with their. Offense
they had Basically aj with the ball and all four
other guys stand around watching. Him AND i even looked
this UP byu averaged thirteen point three assists per.
Speaker 5: Game that's their lowest total in twenty one.
Speaker 4: Years, WOW i didn't know that.
Speaker 6: Twenty one years that they've averaged much better than. That
but that was because the kind of offense they ran
was put Bong age's, hand let him, work and that
kind of what they especially late this, season they had
that kind of depend on that BUT i think the
more variety you can put in your, offense the better
off you're going to be because the defense has to
make adjustments and you take advantage of areas where you're.
Strong there were some games Where loose was not as,
effective but there are other games where definitely he was
the guy that changed the game around because he came
in and all of a, sudden your low post guy
is going to the heart of the, basket freeing up other.
Guys so that's something that when they go out and
look in the. Portal are they looking for a stretch for?
It you, know a six to eleven guy that shoot?
Threes are They there's lots of different kinds of guys
that you can. Get Isaac davis AT uvu was once
A BYU's. Gradar he had committed to, them and he's
a back to the basketball post. Guy maybe they go
after someone like. THAT i don't, know BUT i think,
that LIKE i, said the more variety you get into your,
offense the harder it is whether teams to defend. You
and this YEAR i THINK byu was way too easy to,
defend especially at crunch.
Speaker 3: Time, YEAH i, agree you bring up all good valid,
Points so let's finish with. This gotta gotta get you
out of. Here on a football, NOTE i know you
just got, back BUT i know you were still dialed
in paying. Attention you've probably seen the numbers for everything
that you're saying that you heard that you're right online
who that could participate in THE Bau Football Pro day
as the best opportunity maybe to get their name called
during THE Nfl.
Speaker 4: Draft there's a bunch of.
Speaker 3: Guys people like What Mary bamba, did people Like Whatna
wall was able to put. Up but what are You
Chase roberts improved that forty times. Tremendously what say you DOUBLE? D?
Speaker 6: YEAH i think there's there's plenty of guys that have
that opportunity to to.
Speaker 5: Get a.
Speaker 6: Chance and that's all you need is a. Chance you
need to get in the right. Situation you need to
you need to find a coach who believes in you
right and AND i think that there's plenty of. Guys you,
Know Jack, KELLY i think teams are gonna love him
as a as a. LINEBACKER i think he's got a
really good chance of making some headway and getting in
a good. Opportunity And Tanner wall is one of those
guys that you're gonna put in camp and you're going
to realize he's making every plays in the right spot every.
Time and those kind of guys catch the attention of
the position coaches and then they fight for him with
the head. Coach when they start looking at you, know
who do we?
Speaker 5: Keep who do we? Cut they're like That Tanner wall.
Dude you watch his. Film every single time he's in
the right he's making, plays he knows where to be
and and he's and he's more athletic.
Speaker 6: Than you think he is and all that kind of.
Stuff SO i Think Tanner wall was somebody that's good to.
Pray and you know somebody else that is kind of
popped up on the radar recently is is long Snapper Garrison.
Grimes oh, yeah really, good really good. Grades he might
have an opportunity to stick with. Somebody and and as
we've we've found out over the, years if you get
yourself a good position as a long snapper, man that's
that's like one of the best gigs you can get
because you just get in, there you, know four or
five times a, game do your, job and get paid
a ton of.
Speaker 3: Money don't talk to me about L. J. Martin don't
talk to me about A Chase. Roberts don't talk to
me about A Tanner. Wall give Me Garrison, grimes give,
me give me slave deep, cut give me will give
me the specialist C ba you special. Teams it's the
best group on the football. Tailor, look it's all jokes
and being tongue in, cheek But i'm being serious. Though Garrison,
grimes will Far Ryan, rico like all those guys want
to be in THE nfl active rosters.
Speaker 4: Playing SO i think you bring up a great point
double d.
Speaker 5: Well Thanks, RON i appreciate that of.
Speaker 3: Course, actually last thing BECAUSE i saw this, earlier uh you,
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Speaker 7: Living Hey, Ben always fun to jump on with you.
Speaker 2: Guys, yes, Indeed, look you're in the human performance. Industry
that's what you. Do it's what YOU i, mean you're
still doing your own combines on. Occasion so you know
when you're when you're evaluating you know these pro day
numbers and these, uh these combine. Numbers you, know how
do you approach it right as a as a football?
Player and what role does the combine and PRO da
play in draft slots or even undrafted free agent?
Speaker 9: Opportunities, yeah, well the first thing you look at is
you got to look at the players, productivity.
Speaker 7: And then from there you either the way.
Speaker 9: That the PRO da numbers fit into, it it either
validates how they're, productive sometimes it doesn't validate, it and
then you kind of have to look deeper as through
how they were so successful or the other side of
the cone is guys that maybe weren't as successful on
the field as you would expect based off of the.
Speaker 7: Numbers you then dig.
Speaker 9: A little deeper and you come to find out other.
Things you wonder if they're, hurt maybe it's a scheme,
fit maybe they're just doing the. Position they just didn't
get their. Opportunity but there are for surely numbers that
are hint in a pro day or in the combine
that will get you into, camp maybe even get you
drafted if it's you, know at a position Like mamba
is one that's very interesting because of his speed AND
i mean he did have that phenomenal.
Speaker 7: Big play Against.
Speaker 9: Utah if you guys remember when they're driving DOWN i
think it was the first drive of the, game fly
sweep fourth and one and And mamba was running with
the the fly sweep guy the whole way and blasted
him for loss and we got the ball back and
it was a huge play in the. Game so you
look at that and you're, like, oh, okay well that makes.
Sense you, know he has the ability to then use.
Speaker 5: That on the.
Speaker 9: Field and then you look at him and coverage and
his size and his. Length there's a lot to work
with there and physical attributes that are very difficult to,
find especially combination, length.
Speaker 7: Speed so that's. It that's kind of how it's looked.
At it's gonna.
Speaker 9: Be it's not the end all be, all but man
for surely can't create more, studying more, searching more intrigue
about a, Player and LIKE i, said it can lead
that team to the point, like, oh this guy is,
rare we need to get.
Speaker 7: Him let's bring him. In and then another end of the,
coin it can be just a.
Speaker 9: Validator it's, like, yeah that's what we. Saw we saw you,
Know Carson, ryant he was he was guy at good
separation in his routes you, know or what have you
and so uh and then you, know you look at you,
know other other positions where guys maybe you're not you,
know you're you're looking at him Like, tanner you, know
you're looking at a guy that's he covers the, field
sidelines to sideline middle of the.
Speaker 7: FIELD i mean the guy played with middlefield.
Speaker 9: Safety Is Nick collins here in a four three, forty you,
know and it kind of makes. Sense you, know you
Got tanner running the four or five.
Speaker 7: And you're, like, oh how does he do?
Speaker 9: That and then if it's just you, know intellect and
breathing and understanding route, combinations that's also very telling because you're, like,
okay well that means.
Speaker 7: That. Yeah and by the, way there's a lot of
free safeties that are not forty.
Speaker 9: Fast but they very well can they're dialing into the rout, progressions,
coverages how they, fit quarterback, tendancies, film you, know they
do other things that make up for you, know maybe
not a fast forty time which are it's just a
valuable because at.
Speaker 7: The end of the, day it's about making plays.
Speaker 9: Right and so it's an, interesting you know process because
a lot of people get really excited about. Numbers sometimes
you go out and you maybe, think, OH i didn't
have good as NUMBERS i. Wanted but at the end
of it, all it's all about does it translate to
Playing and you got to do your best as a
prospect to help these scouts and these talented ealuators the
best you can help make that.
Speaker 2: Connection so give me a little breakdown of how they're
going to View Tanner. Wall he was A big Twelve
All big twelve, player multi year starter test pretty. Well
it doesn't have the forty, time but every OTHER i think.
Drill he looked really good in pro, agility three cone and.
Vertical he's. Explosive how is he gonna be evaluated By
and he's a missionary, too and he's a he's A
caucasian defensive. BACK i mean he's he's listed as a free,
safety strong. SAFETY i, mean, look what's upon a Time
Danny sorenson had had a fantastic combine all things, considered
he was on drafted free, agent played ten years in the.
Speaker 9: League, WELL i think they look at him as probably
the same because you never remember that it's not it's
not really where he gets slotted and drafted in a
lot of teams for every, team they're trying to get
guys as cheap as you, can, right they want don't
want to like if if they don't have to draft
ten or nobody's gonna draft.
Speaker 2: Him, yeah you.
Speaker 7: Know WHAT i mean by, That like that's that's The.
Speaker 9: Machita but but like you just proved With, daniel that
doesn't mean that they don't think he could be a successful.
Player as a matter of, fact the best talent evaluators
in THE, Nfl Bill belichick fits this.
Speaker 7: One Uh my Guy Ted thompson with The Green Bay
packer fits. This John sney with The Seattle seahawks fits this.
Speaker 9: Mold and they just look at draft as a medium draft,
pick as a medium of.
Speaker 7: Exchange that's. It they don't look at it, like, oh
the HIGHER i.
Speaker 9: Draft a, guy the MORE i expect him to be
a pro bowler or.
Speaker 7: WHATEVER i.
Speaker 9: Mean it's, ideal but in reality it's it's, Actually, okay
this is the player we.
Speaker 7: Want this is how we value, him this is how
we think other teams value.
Speaker 9: Him, okay the cost of getting him that equals a
first Round, okay we bring him.
Speaker 7: In you, Know and Like, TANNER i would.
Speaker 9: Imagine that they're, thinking, well most teams probably aren't going
to draft, him so that means we're gonna come with
a lot of money in free agent, market whatever that money.
Speaker 5: Is you.
Speaker 9: Know, again it's gonna be the bigting, war and we're
gonna get him in. Here as a free agent because
we feel like nobody else is gonna take meta draft.
Pick but we believe whether it's a free agent or
a first round or in these guys and we believe
that they have equal amount of. Opportunities for, sure it's
gonna be more with the first, rounder but still from
a on evaluator's, perspective it's looked at is, like these
guys are our, contributors and we're gonna give him.
Speaker 7: Every chance to.
Speaker 9: Contribute that's how these guys are looking at because that's
how much most the good, ones that's how much they
value their evaluating issue they're evaluating skills of players coming
in is they value them so much that everybody they
bring in they can see a future with that. Player
but then now that player has to go out, deliver
and if that player, does he's gonna be sticking. Around they're,
gonna you, know give him opportunities such as rep game, time,
reps gonna get him into the, rotation and all of a,
sudden you see the. Job you, know undrafted guys playing
and they're playing for a long. Time because again it's
not a the draft. Pick people he'd getting. Confused the
pick itself is not what the team is predicting as
to what your future.
Speaker 7: Is absolutely there is some of, that but not.
Speaker 9: Absolutely it's mostly a medium of exchange as to what
they feel like it's going to cost them to acquire your.
Speaker 2: Talents Is mariy bomb but you mentioned him a few.
Times is he the Next Mike? Davis the guy that
goes undrafted and stays in the league for you, know six,
seven eight?
Speaker 9: Years, MAN i mean That that's exactly WHAT i thought
of when he ran that, Time because, MAN i DON'T
i don't care if.
Speaker 7: That's at a pro, day you, know. Wherever that's a
heck of a fast.
Speaker 9: Guy, yeah you, Know and and then you combine that
with his physicality is length that's not.
Speaker 7: COMMON i. DON'T i would not be. Surprised i'm not
predicting it BECAUSE.
Speaker 9: I think the teams are all kind of locked into
the same mentality they won him as a free, agent
because there is some, unknowns as is his coverage, technique
how how solid that, is how how much he can
translate the mentality of A dB those.
Speaker 7: Teams BUT i think he has the tools to make it.
Speaker 9: Happen BUT i would not be surprised to see him
get drafted after, that just because of how rare that.
Is to find a guy with that speed to size
combination is just so, rare and you.
Speaker 7: Can't really teach, it you. Know it's like we could
teach him at a you, know, drap you, know chop
at the.
Speaker 9: Corner we can teach him how to you, know press,
man we can teach him do all this, stuff, which
by the, WAY i mean that's PROBABLY i, mean press
man is you know what he did to by you
and and a lot of teams are gonna be, like,
yeah we saw potential of, that SO i would have
be done LIKE i would not based on that Forty
it would not be shocked to see him get drafted.
Speaker 2: So late rounds, though you think five six seven type
of deal because of that high oh, yeah side.
Speaker 9: Yeah, well so you gotta remember, too a lot of
THESE i, mean these guys want to keep their jobs,
too remember. That, Okay so there's a there's So So
i'm trying To What i'm trying to do is help
help the listeners understand.
Speaker 7: The mentality of these decision.
Speaker 9: Makers the first mentality is we look at draft picks
as a monetary.
Speaker 7: System what does it take to get the player into our.
Speaker 9: Building even though we may value a guy as much
as some other teams value first.
Speaker 7: Rounds that's like what people don't.
Speaker 9: Get the second thing is is that if a guy
has looked at as kind of this like a mamba,
guy BECAUSE i would say he's not polished enough technique
wise to where they're gonna draft him to in a
slot that would be justifiable for like a starting caliber
dad like and that's first or fourth, round because what
happens is is there's too much of a downside if
he comes in and all of a sudden he doesn't pan.
Speaker 7: Out you really looked at as a time. Evaluator that's
a bad look for. You like.
Speaker 9: That that doesn't get you, fired but it for surely
starts to build the buzz around what is this guy?
Doing and then all of a sudden everything you start
doing becomes, extraly you, know extra. Scrutinized so, yeah the conservative,
APPROACH i would the highest sight see a guy that
came going unless you HAVE i, mean The cowboys could
be one of those teams that they just play with
house money because they don't. Care Because Jerry jones is
running of the fantasy football.
Speaker 7: Team RIGHT.
Speaker 9: I could see them pulling the trigger off third, round you,
Know but teams that have hired personnel departments that are
trying to prove themselves and really get a footing in
that world of player, acquisition they aren't gonna take a
huge chance in him because the downside of him not
pounding out just hurts their career too.
Speaker 7: Much and so there's not gonna be plenty Is there's
not gonna be.
Speaker 9: A lot of teams looking to take him like that
to take that. Risk so for sure they fit through seventh,
round but be probably his landing spot if he gets.
Drafted if he, Doesn't i'm gonna tell him. Ten those
guys are gonna they're going to attract high, dollars which
probably would be equivalent to getting drafted in the sixth
or seventh round in the free agent, market and then
they get the extra bonus of choosing the.
Speaker 2: Team, yeah and, UH i Think Carson bryan's an interesting
prospect as. Well you wonder with His he had a
great overall performance from WHAT i, saw three cone one
of the best shuttle four to two to two and
a solid forty time two coming in around that that
high four to, six low four seven. Number he's got
a good build to, him pretty good explosives at thirty
thirty three and a half inch, vertical a nine to
seven broad and bench of twenty. Three what what do
you expect From? Carson and did he improve his? Stock?
Speaker 9: YEAH i, MEAN i think a lot of our guys
are in, that you, know free agent six seventh, round
AND i WOULD i, mean with the money they're throwing
out these free agents right, Now i'd almost think it's
better to be a free agent to choose your your landing.
Speaker 7: Spot BUT i think he's in that same same, spot you,
know to to really.
Speaker 9: As a tight, end be a guy that they're, like,
hey we're going to draft you in the top four.
Speaker 7: Rounds you know.
Speaker 9: What we what we needed to see out of him was, more,
hey if you're going to man us, up you don't
have a chance kind of, situation you know What i'm, Saying,
like you can't like you the guys that they're going
to be for surely getting, drafted the guys that were
nightmare matchup wise in uh in. Coverage you, know that's
just the nature of you, know the, game you, know
AND i DON'T i wouldn't say that he showed enough
of that to where you're, like, yeah you, know he's
he's gonna get draft top four outs because his, NUMBERS
i would say justify him being drafted top four, rounds.
Right but the main thing that comes down to is
the fact that in his, plane he didn't really establish
himself as this this mismatched nightmare of teams just couldn't
figure out how to match The. Bob you, know he
got deeped up pretty good with some. Backers, now, yeah
he will loose and he had some good plays and
he should be proud of, that no, question but that
that doesn't move the needle enough to a team in my,
opinions could be, like oh, god we.
Speaker 7: Got to get him in the top four.
Speaker 9: Rounds, yeah you, Know, now if you want to see the,
comparison you know you turned To Jack. Kelly See Jack
kelly is the guy, that, yeah you, know they look
at and they're, like we've seen him already do what
we feel like translates to our. Level that means he's
he's immediately can be used and the downside of taking
him those top four rounds is minimized.
Speaker 7: Because we can see.
Speaker 9: It it's very evident he can rush the pass, or
he can move in. Space he's, physical he can you,
know hit, gaps he can diagnose the running, play he
can run with running, backs he can run with tight,
ends you, know all that Stuff Jack kelly. Showed and
so that's why the team's, like, yeah that's that's easier
for us to see the translation, because LIKE i, said
and that's really what it comes down, to what your
value is coming out of college is how easy can
a team see you fit in their scheme and be
successful at the next. Level and, that's LIKE i, said
that's why it's always incumbent on the player to help
these guys as much as possible because they just don't
have enough. Resources so the message to all these other
guys Like carson And tanner And, mambas hey help them,
out you, know and if they don't see it right,
now then go show it to them and they they'll
compensate you.
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a little keeping up with The cougar's talking Some cougar
football as well AS Byu. Prota Chase roberts. Improved he's
forty time ends up running a four five. ONE i
think he improved his twenty yard shuttle as well for
two eight and then a three coat of six' nine
six point nine zero at his height. HIS weight i
think those are. Impressive numbers why is it that there's
always a repency between combined forties AND pro? Da forties
typically it's about a. Tenth off it seems a tenth
slower at the combine comparative to the.
Speaker 9: Pro day that's a, GOOD one, i mean, just sir,
YOU know i mean we all know the famous downhill
track that we had on the.
Speaker 7: Old turf do you remember that, back then back of.
Speaker 2: The, day yeah the run. THAT down I know solberg
got to run on. THAT one i think he set
a record that that year on.
Speaker 5: That.
Speaker 9: Thing yeah and finally one of the scouts.
Speaker 7: GOT down i don't know if he got down on
all fours or.
Speaker 9: The stomach what he looked at, is, like way this,
is downhill, You Know, coach oman this whole time been
running so and that's not new by, the Way Like
OHIO state usc they would run on track.
Speaker 7: With, spikes yeah.
Speaker 9: You know so the there's that element of the actual
track that you're running on is just by nature because
it's maybe tilted one or whatever it is faster. Right
now the other element is a. Comfort level, you know
when you're at your, own space you're you're on the
field that you've trained on, for years you're around, your
people it's in the middle of, the afternoon you haven't
been put through all these different interviews and tests and.
Stress points that's just gonna be a situation where there's
a higher probability of high, level performance. You know and
that's and that's. By design that's why the combine is
set up the way. IT is, i Think like i've
mentioned on the air with, YOU before i do believe
they soften that a little bit because they do want
to see guys run faster because that means that that
more guys are going to participate at the combine in in.
Their environment and that's what these teams. Like deal they
want To see they want to see you in their
environment under their kind of pressure points and see how.
You respond, BUT yeah, I think i mean it's a
it's a, good thing. YOU know i, don't THINK like,
i Said, with chase it's gonna go drastically change. HIS
stock i still look at he's in The SAME but
i think those other guys were, he's, sixth seventh, you
know round, or fifth maybe fifth again with his his
inconsistency of being an absolute just, matchup nightmare because he could.
Have been, YOU know I think i think you showed
but nominal flashes of, hands time, you know the back,
shoulder stuff jumping over smaller receivers like he Did.
Speaker 7: Against utah, you know we'll see how much these teams
hold his hamstring, against him which some will.
Speaker 9: Some will, we'll, say hey you either play healthier or
we're gonna evaluate you like you, are healthy and if
you have, your hamstring we're gonna look at you like you're,
you're healthy and if you're, you're limited then.
Speaker 7: That's that's, on you you KNOW what, I mean that's
just how these.
Speaker 9: Teams are but that's OKAY because I think i think
he fits the MOLD and I think carson's the same
way OF what nfl teams are.
Speaker 7: Looking for AND like, i said the draft, PICK.
Speaker 9: Again i don't think people should get too caught up
with it because that's just the medium. Of exchange. YOU
know i can see both of, those guys all these
guys that, we have, you KNOW, even jt, you know
getting in there and really just making, it happen whether
he's drafted, or not just getting. In there AND, because jt,
you know at times last year was our best defensive.
Speaker 7: FRONT guy, i mean he had moments where he just
took the, game over, You KNOW and i think that's
that's a guy.
Speaker 9: RIGHT there i think if if THERE'S anybody i would,
Have like i'd bet on that he gets he gets
valued higher than. Everybody thinks he would be the guy
because they're they're highly valued, position, interior noseguards.
Speaker 7: Three techniques he's showing, tremendous growth.
Speaker 9: Like he's on a really, you know his curve is
steep and uh and then he, you know he tested
well considering how his size and, SO yeah I mean
i see that a lot of these guys to where
it's like just they just need to get in, the camp,
get new, good situation and just get. To WORK and,
i think, you know if they if they showed the
same kind of growth and attitude that they show TO
b yu and they're able to capture, that play which.
Is hard it's hard to capture that because plenty is,
you know in that staff just they create such a
fun environment plan a lot of coaches don't believe in
that a lot of coaches are the opposite when they
want to make it a common suffering to where everybody
has to bomb, through suffering and it's kind.
Speaker 7: Of annoying.
Speaker 9: You know, it's, like man he went from a place
where it's like the environment was conducive to be fun,
and loose and now it's like you have to you
have to find, a place a happy place within yourself
that's completely separate from the environment because they want to
make it hell and they want to see guys who
are going to respond because they feel like that that
kind of is the filter of who's going to rise
and be the tough guys and who they're gonna get.
Rid of you know that's hard for, some people but
all of them. Are, capable man all of them are
really good football players test. The world they, try hard they,
work hard, And Man i'm.
Speaker 7: I'm excited to see what comes of IT, because I like,
I said i.
Speaker 9: Can see all these guys just getting in the, right
position right situation and just, bohm exploding, being starters, you
know being Like A daniel sorenson's that's around for ten.
Speaker 2: FIFTEEN years i think it's interesting you BROUGHT, up jt
BECAUSE as i look at the list of guys that
aren't like the, draftable prospects they're more of the maybe
laid round or undrafted. FREE agent i feel like from
a football, player standpoint and maybe even a, twitch standpoint Actually,
LOW ki I Like. Austin laussa he's kind of a,
versatile kid a versatile athlete like guard to maybe even
put him. At center he tested out extremely, well TOO
so i think that'll bode well. FOR him i don't
know what his arm, length IS but i think his
hands are pretty big and pretty good arm. Length ANYWAY,
but jt for as a football player, and twitchy he
kind of reminds Me Of travis tweeloma back in, his
prime kind of like a little baby. Silver BACK and
i thought he tests OUT why i hope he finds
a spot, as like what do you think he's more
like a? Three tech is he a? Five tech what
do you see?
Speaker 7: Him?
Speaker 9: As, no no he was very good at anywhere from
three to one no meaning, nos, three, two zero you.
Speaker 7: Know knows out. To three and those guys are so
hard to find and they set.
Speaker 9: Your defense and THAT'S why, i mean if you're going
to overdraft on a guy to you overdraft on those,
guys because by, the way, guess why they're easier, To
hide they're easier to kind. Of fit they don't. Pan
out it's like they're kind of in. The mix they
don't get a lot. Of, stats ANYWAY a dB is
highly risky because they're always on an island and if, they're,
struggling man, everybody, Knows right SO if i was going
to bet on a guy that gets picked hire or,
maybe go, you know gets paid more than the free
agent market than maybe some, had thought IT'D be jt
because if it's the mold of a, premium position someone
that you, can hide meaning it's a little less risky
for these guys the.
Speaker 7: Town evaluators and then he's on a really.
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Speaker 2: From, you yeah one last thing be Bop camp koalani.
Still underway we're getting towards the end of. Spring ball
would have been. The storylines you've both been most intrigued
by players that have stood out to you. Thus far, Oh.
Speaker 9: Yeah bear's Good because bear has been very, very comfortable
like he is on it, man like he gets the ball,
Out quick he understands what the defense is doing. Very
quickly he presses all the defense's hot buttons in terms
of what's the weakness is he changes plays at the.
UNDER scrimmagine i think he was doing that, last year by,
The way but but you just see a comfort level
with him that's so impressive because at first LAST year
i saw a flash of that in his first practice
because it was the. Basic install but then as they
can't of install more, and more you can see him
with the old paralysis by. Over analysis and then during
the season you just saw this kind of, You know
roderick just trickling information to him as.
Speaker 7: He felt more and. More comfortable and Then By texas
tech And Then.
Speaker 9: Georgia, tech wow those, two games by, The Way and
i've said this on, there BEFORE maybe, i DID maybe i,
stoped SOMEBODY but I just i really am excited for
people to see when we played Teams Like texas tech again,
next year and we'll play some elite teams you told
you want with bear, fully healthy fully comfortable in, This
offense it's gonna be a fun thing.
Speaker 7: To see i'm just gonna.
Speaker 9: Tell you, right now because we saw in that, FIRST
drive i want everybody to Know That texas tech had
their hands on their hips looking at, each, other going
we cannot stop, this guy and.
Speaker 7: Lo behold, you know he hurts his antkle and all
of a sudden it just.
Speaker 9: Got difficult but he learned new information in That game
bear did and then he applied It Again georgia tech
when he still could have Moved And georgia tech was
thrown all the blitzes at him that. He could now
that he's back, to one he gained all that. New
information That's what. I'm seeing i'm seeing like a veteran
quarterback that's only.
Speaker 7: A sophomore.
Speaker 2: Pretty crazy see how far he's gone just. Within stars oh.
Speaker 9: My gosh and the thing is, he's huge, you know
like and he's not he's not a guy WELL that's
i mean because if, his size a lot of people
have seen, his number they see him know he's. A,
runner no this guy can literally sit in the pocket
and pick, you apart and then all of a sudden
sit in the pocket and once you're, you know if
you've got, everything covered he.
Speaker 7: Can break contain or break through.
Speaker 9: The middle of the pocket and all of, a sudden
now you're dealing with a three hundred earth two hundred
and thirty five maybe probably two hundred and fifty pounds
running back that's got some momentum builds up that can run,
you over make.
Speaker 7: YOU miss, i mean it's it's a.
Speaker 9: Beautiful THING it'ssy i really don't know if we've seen anyone,
Like Him.
Speaker 7: And i'm not trying to.
Speaker 9: Overhype him i'm always trying to think. Of comps, You
know taysom is a good Comp but taysom. COULDN'T throw,
i Mean he taysom throws. THE ball, i, thought well
but he's not at. This level this is a level
of throwing and running that and the running isn't the
streaky running like we see With A lamar jackson or,
you know like even you'll See That patch Mahomes And aaron.
Rodgers do this is, a, big physical wear you.
Speaker 7: DOWN runner i don't know if we've seen anything. Like
it it's a very.
Speaker 9: Fascinating Combination and roderick's done a nice job building. Him
up then he's done a nice, job responding and it's
just like to see him. THAT comfortable, i mean he's hard.
Speaker 7: To.
Speaker 9: Defend man To ask kelly when you get him on
again and say what's it been like With defending Bear,
To spring kelly, was like it's not. Been easy he
KEEPS reading, i Mean because kelly's got a lot of
really good deceptive, you know coverages and how they rotate
the safeties and you don't know what's coming until the
after the, ball snapped and it does not seem to.
Speaker 7: Bother bear and then if, You show i'm telling you
you show.
Speaker 5: Too quick.
Speaker 7: IT'S over i mean it. Is over it's like.
Speaker 9: It's done he knows what. You're doing he's, gonna adjust
he's gonna make make. You pay it's like the the
blitz counts, for nothing kind of what he did Look Against.
Georgia tech so.
Speaker 7: It's fun it's. It's fun we just, got to, you
know hopefully keep him healthy and keep.
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