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<v Speaker 1>This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera on

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<v Speaker 2>Hats Andy.

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<v Speaker 3>Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to I on the Ball here

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<v Speaker 3>on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera in with

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<v Speaker 3>me today. Is Troy sit a send from goazycatch dot com.

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<v Speaker 4>Are you doing, Troy?

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<v Speaker 2>Good? How about you?

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<v Speaker 5>How's your weekend?

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<v Speaker 3>It was good. I don't even remember what the hell

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<v Speaker 3>I did which made me play the perfect weekend. Yes, well,

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<v Speaker 3>I'll rain the little right. Everyone's the great flood of

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<v Speaker 3>Tucson never happened. It's getting my house ready for the summer.

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<v Speaker 3>Little little early monsoon. Yeah, a little giving for the summer.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I'm still recovering from my surgery, so I

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<v Speaker 3>did a little too.

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<v Speaker 4>Much with that.

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<v Speaker 3>I hope my doctor doesn't get e O at me.

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<v Speaker 3>So we'll see, we'll see. Good to see you, Troy.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks for getting some guests that you were doing your homework,

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<v Speaker 3>No problem, no, we get justin Spiras. At four seventeen,

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<v Speaker 3>he covers Arizona football, obviously from the website The Arizona

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<v Speaker 3>Day Star works for that other station.

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<v Speaker 5>In the mornings, and then Ronnie Palmer at three seven

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<v Speaker 5>running Palmer.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, could get a good story with.

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<v Speaker 2>Him, right Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>Former UFA linebacker played during the Tubs era and now

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<v Speaker 5>was on the staff I think, and has been a

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<v Speaker 5>defensive coach, analyst, you know, whatever you want to list

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<v Speaker 5>as a role. But was one of the main pieces

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<v Speaker 5>in terms of helping the team get back to a

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<v Speaker 5>Bowl game in two thousand and eight.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so we'll talk to him. He hasn't been on

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<v Speaker 3>the job very long, right, just started right before the

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<v Speaker 3>springball Well I was gonna say March ish around there. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, good, good, we'll talk about that. We're talking

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<v Speaker 3>a lot about baseball, softball. We won't have breaking news,

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<v Speaker 3>We'll just can you just talk about it?

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<v Speaker 2>Right?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? I think the big news of the weekend was

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<v Speaker 3>a baseball team. Yeah, doing what you did kind of

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<v Speaker 3>doors opened for them.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, once you get the home host team out

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<v Speaker 5>real quick, Yeah, and you don't have to face them,

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<v Speaker 5>it's a good day.

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<v Speaker 4>There was I who did that. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 4>you remember.

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<v Speaker 3>Back in two thousand and eight ish, two thousand and nine, whatever,

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<v Speaker 3>it was Panel and Dunlap took over first Loot and

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<v Speaker 3>uh squeaked into the into the tournament, and things fell

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<v Speaker 3>into place, and all of a sudden they were in

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<v Speaker 3>the Sweet sixteen.

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<v Speaker 5>They beat what Utah and then who was the well,

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<v Speaker 5>Cleveland State lost Cleveland State then yeah, yeah, yeah, and

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<v Speaker 5>then they got to to Louisville and louis will beat

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<v Speaker 5>the crap out of them. That's what Pedal said, I'll

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<v Speaker 5>never ever respect Patino again, and Patino keep the crap.

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<v Speaker 2>Out of them.

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<v Speaker 3>But it was it was you know, that was a

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<v Speaker 3>year when everyone said Arizon listening down year, and they were,

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<v Speaker 3>and they were when all circumstances of the events, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>Loot being out and Panel and and done up taking

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<v Speaker 3>over with Reggie and Sweet sixteen. Hey, a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>people would have killed for that. So Arizona gets now, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>right now, it's the standard. Right now, it's the standard,

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<v Speaker 3>right right. So I gave you these numbers. Someone to me,

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<v Speaker 3>uh and I you know, everyone thinks I'm mister snarky

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<v Speaker 3>and you know, paying the ass. So people have been

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<v Speaker 3>posting it was one that has two people in the

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<v Speaker 3>n NBA finals, right, Donnell and uh Ben Mathrin. So

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<v Speaker 3>it's eleventh straight year that they had at least one

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<v Speaker 3>right into the Plaust and I I, one of my

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<v Speaker 3>buddies posted that, and I said, well, how many final

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<v Speaker 3>fours they have in that time? And just just just

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<v Speaker 3>to throw it, just to throw it out there, just

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<v Speaker 3>from perspective. You can bring me these numbers that I'll

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<v Speaker 3>give you some more. And then then he kind of

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<v Speaker 3>threw one. I said, they've only been to two in

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<v Speaker 3>thirty years. They won't have been to two. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>we know the two thousand and one is las time

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<v Speaker 3>they got to the final four, but actually ninety seven

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<v Speaker 3>because ninety eight he didn't.

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<v Speaker 5>They had the best chance to repeat and they didn't.

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<v Speaker 5>And they've come a couple of ninety five they choked,

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<v Speaker 5>came close, came close. Sorry, ninety four they choked in

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<v Speaker 5>the final four. But yeah, yeah, well check Arkansas are

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<v Speaker 5>pretty damn good. Weren't they by like, what no, fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>No?

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<v Speaker 4>No, no, no, no, are you talking about Chicago?

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<v Speaker 3>No, I know Chicago, Rosemond Okay, yeah they choked, yeah

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<v Speaker 3>rosebud Okay, Yeah, yeah, I was going back your ninety four.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, they choked. That that's a good word. So

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<v Speaker 4>you know, it's it's it's it's tough, it ain't easy.

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<v Speaker 3>And then today Tommy gets another guy. I don't know

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<v Speaker 3>if you know what the guy's name.

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<v Speaker 5>I have the Ivan part, the last names got to

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<v Speaker 5>work on Germany. So waited for Byron me went nick

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<v Speaker 5>that I guess what they were.

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<v Speaker 3>They waiting because I know they had somebody lined up

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<v Speaker 3>for a couple of months now, didn't know where from

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<v Speaker 3>or who it was because of the Carter Bryon situation.

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<v Speaker 3>But Carter Bran makes it official today in a in

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<v Speaker 3>a tab right in a in a post, when we

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<v Speaker 3>already knew two three weeks ago, and he makes official,

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<v Speaker 3>So they make it official.

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<v Speaker 4>Did they have to wait for that?

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<v Speaker 5>I don't think they had to wait for it. And

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<v Speaker 5>yet again, remember the team hasn't announced it, like they've

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<v Speaker 5>been not announced the other international signings. They haven't announced

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<v Speaker 5>it themselves. But I think, uh, you know the lens

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<v Speaker 5>of international basketball, how you always see euro Hoops or

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<v Speaker 5>ESPN whoever break that news. They waited, probably intentionally until

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<v Speaker 5>Carter made his decision. It's probably been a decision already

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<v Speaker 5>by Ivan for a while.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and I saw my guy Babcock's list he has

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<v Speaker 3>he has him still going at fourteen and you wouldn't

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<v Speaker 3>come out if you were any less than fourteen.

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<v Speaker 5>No, And there's some that have him in the top ten,

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<v Speaker 5>in the top ten, yeah, there's a couple. There was

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<v Speaker 5>one on I believe it was Yahoo dot com has

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<v Speaker 5>him at ten, and then NBA mock Draft on NBA

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<v Speaker 5>dot Com has him at fourteen. Then there was one

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<v Speaker 5>at thirty two and twenty, but mostly in that lottery

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<v Speaker 5>pick area.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, I don't think so, so we'll see what happens.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I saw that what Aery McDonald has signed

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, you know, I'm an exciting team. Good good part,

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<v Speaker 5>good time to be there right.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, right, yeah, yeah, no question. Once Kaitlyn comes back.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm wearing my keln shirt. I have no idea why

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<v Speaker 3>somebody guy got it for me.

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<v Speaker 4>Some I'm wearing it. What else going on else?

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<v Speaker 5>I mean softball, you have you know to go to

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<v Speaker 5>Kennedy transferring entering the portal by far Arizona's best player

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<v Speaker 5>returning for next season. You could have made a case

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<v Speaker 5>for her to be the best player on the roster

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<v Speaker 5>last year. She didn't tweet up that Kim Dass broke

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<v Speaker 5>that news going through her sources. But huge loss for Arizona,

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<v Speaker 5>not a surprise. They've lost most of their pitching staff.

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<v Speaker 5>Wasn't exactly a great staff to begin with, lost a

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<v Speaker 5>couple of players in the portal already. So you're looking

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<v Speaker 5>at a complete rebuild after hosting a regional and it's

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<v Speaker 5>a dark time right now in my opinion.

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<v Speaker 4>No, it is after having a pretty good season up

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<v Speaker 4>to come on. Pretty good.

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<v Speaker 3>You and I thought about this last week a little bit.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't kick your ass again. Okay, no, but you know,

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<v Speaker 3>relatively speaking, you know, give it a big twelve. Yeah, well,

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<v Speaker 3>Texas text can be in the finals, maybe, yeah, what

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<v Speaker 3>do they have though?

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<v Speaker 4>They have that picture?

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, they have one star picture. But pitching makes breaks

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<v Speaker 5>the game, Oh no, no question.

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<v Speaker 3>And the best picture up until well her and tennessee picture,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, throwing seventy nine miles per hour, seventy eight miles.

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<v Speaker 5>Up until today. They just got down.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah right, some great games, and I was watching more

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<v Speaker 3>softball than I was baseball, although the baseball games were

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<v Speaker 3>pretty good too. You you watched and they were already

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<v Speaker 3>up by whatever they were up, said, this is nothing,

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<v Speaker 3>but the softball was very good entertaining crazy stuff, crazy

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<v Speaker 3>stuff the UCLA game, the LA organ, Yeah, the UCLA

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<v Speaker 3>organ where she didn't step on the home plate.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I thought she did.

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<v Speaker 2>No, she missed it.

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<v Speaker 4>I thought she did it. Let me see why I

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<v Speaker 4>paid ball. I played ball, and not that this qualifies me.

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<v Speaker 3>But if you saw her foot, it moved really strange

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<v Speaker 3>in the in the in the plate where you step

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<v Speaker 3>on something and it kind of moves with that.

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<v Speaker 4>It wasn't dirt, it was something.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>When I played second base sometimes I didn't touch the

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<v Speaker 3>base when it turned double play, but my inner inner

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<v Speaker 3>touched the base. I wasn't directly on it, but I

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<v Speaker 3>was touching it with my insights. Yeah, people would say, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>he didn't he touched it, he grazed it. It's good enough.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, So I think that was just my opinion. But

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<v Speaker 4>they obviously said.

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<v Speaker 5>She didn't touch it, didn't touch it, and it didn't

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<v Speaker 5>make any sense, although she did come back and touch it.

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<v Speaker 4>So I don't know the rules of the rules, and

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<v Speaker 4>whatever the rules said didn't make any sense.

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<v Speaker 5>No, and it almost costs right them the game justice

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<v Speaker 5>kind of Yeah, and that well that was Tennessee yesterday.

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<v Speaker 5>U c l A Tennessee and uh they were able

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<v Speaker 5>to take Yeah that the Organ game was good to

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<v Speaker 5>I mean this whole weekend of has been phenomenal, crazy,

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<v Speaker 5>but you know, Tennessee got it done and then Oklahoma

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<v Speaker 5>held on and right now they're going to be playing

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<v Speaker 5>Texas Tech.

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<v Speaker 4>Texas Tech Organ the winner of Oklahoma Oklahoma and Texas.

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<v Speaker 5>Play Oklahoma in Texas Tech twice and ninety is going

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<v Speaker 5>to pitch twice.

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<v Speaker 4>She pitched. Yeah in this whole thing. Yeah, it's the moment.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a moment.

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<v Speaker 5>It's the time of the year. I mean, you look

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<v Speaker 5>at UCLA when they had Rachel Garcia. She pitched every

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<v Speaker 5>inning until they're able to get her some help. But

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<v Speaker 5>if you have that one ace, they're gonna be pitching

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<v Speaker 5>every single ning.

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<v Speaker 4>Can you finch? Where are you?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>Alisha Hollowell, Yeah, who's the back in day?

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<v Speaker 4>Who's my back in the day pitcher?

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<v Speaker 5>Nancy Evans two weeks back, Kinsey Valery, Yeah, back in

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<v Speaker 5>the day. And you know we're like three maybe three

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<v Speaker 5>years apart or and I but you know, well you're

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<v Speaker 5>back in the day, two year old.

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<v Speaker 4>Get used to it.

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<v Speaker 3>Get used to it again. If you guys want to

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<v Speaker 3>You appreciate the call. Get us through the day. It's

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<v Speaker 3>gonna be a tough week for me. Everyone's gone, Dave

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<v Speaker 3>Silver's gone, Blake is gonna be later another day. We're

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<v Speaker 5>No, you know, you look at this Arizona recruiting class

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<v Speaker 5>number one on rivals dot Com. It's been there for

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<v Speaker 5>a while. Really it was like three. No, it was

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<v Speaker 5>Who's doing this rivals dot com? But who's Who's the

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<v Speaker 5>guy in Yahoo? They have their own recruiting services that

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<v Speaker 5>do the rankings, So we we personally do not get

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<v Speaker 5>involved in that. It would be but no, the Arizona

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<v Speaker 5>has the number one recruiting insight exact. The Athletic did

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<v Speaker 5>a story yesterday and then we moved into today. Was

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<v Speaker 5>the the top twenty five rankings given all the transfers.

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<v Speaker 5>I think Arizona finish eighteen o right right now with

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<v Speaker 5>the loss of Carter, Yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>And probably not with the addition of this guy, which

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<v Speaker 3>But eighteen okay, I think I post I post odds

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<v Speaker 4>Would you bet this? Would you put one hundred dollars

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<v Speaker 2>On this?

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<v Speaker 4>I think forty to one to win the National Championship

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<v Speaker 4>forty one?

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<v Speaker 2>No, No, I wouldn't.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a wait, it's a dead money. The issue for

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<v Speaker 4>me seventeen favorite.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, The issue for me isn't necessarily Arizona as a brand.

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<v Speaker 5>It's you're gonna be relying on freshmen a lot on

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<v Speaker 5>going to have a Cooper Flag style freshman or a

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<v Speaker 5>good guy. I mean, he's going in the NBA draft,

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<v Speaker 5>but he wasn't a guy that was gonna average eighteen

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<v Speaker 5>points a game and leave a team. You're right, So

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know. We'll see how Copete plays, We'll see

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<v Speaker 5>how Brandon Burry's plays. Because of those guys, aren't those dudes,

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<v Speaker 5>it's a tournament team that maybe could get to sweet sixteen.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe that's so maybe to the sweet sixteen. Guess where

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<v Speaker 5>Now, if they're phenomenal, it's it's a team that could

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<v Speaker 3>And it's another uh, with that you considered a well,

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<v Speaker 3>we'll see what they do in the in the regular season,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's gonna be.

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<v Speaker 3>It's gonna be a great watching year, phenomenal because of

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<v Speaker 4>And then and then comes March, and then now you're judged.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, yeah, and you're gonna be battle tested again during

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<v Speaker 3>the phone me how Ronnie Palmer? Are you a coach

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<v Speaker 3>on the football side?

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<v Speaker 4>Coach? How are you?

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<v Speaker 2>Man? I'm doing just fine.

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<v Speaker 3>Man.

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<v Speaker 2>It's off and running this summer, just just keeping busy.

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<v Speaker 2>How you guys doing.

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<v Speaker 4>We're doing fine. Hey, welcome home, by the.

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<v Speaker 2>Way, man, it's it's it's uh, it's pretty unbelievable to

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<v Speaker 4>You know, Uh, Coach Palmer.

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<v Speaker 5>I was a kid that grew up watching you and

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<v Speaker 5>the recruiting. Did you ever think back then when you

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<v Speaker 5>Did you have that coaching urge back in the day.

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<v Speaker 2>I think so. Uh, you know, anytime you're at that

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<v Speaker 2>the game. And and I've had some great mentors alone away,

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<v Speaker 3>So let's assume for a second you're twenty years old,

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<v Speaker 2>you know when you're when you're young, and you're you're

429
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<v Speaker 2>highly energetic. And I think that the biggest thing that

430
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<v Speaker 2>I took out of those years was, Man, those are

431
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<v Speaker 2>guys I'd run through the wall for And I always

432
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<v Speaker 2>knew that feeling, and I kind of bottled up that

433
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<v Speaker 2>feeling of being in twenty one nineteen, twenty years old

434
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<v Speaker 2>as a young freshman as a starter here at Arizona,

435
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<v Speaker 2>and just I wanted to be that type of coach.

436
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<v Speaker 2>The kid's gonna run through the wall for me and

437
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<v Speaker 2>just be excited not only to play football but just

438
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<v Speaker 2>about life and then hopefully leave the place better than

439
00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:36.599
<v Speaker 2>what you found it, and hopefully they could leave better

440
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<v Speaker 2>than what they were and that when they came in, you.

441
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<v Speaker 5>Know, when the NCAA change the rules were, they were

442
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<v Speaker 5>allowing analysts to be on the field and have practices

443
00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:48.200
<v Speaker 5>and getting more involved with coaching and kind of opened

444
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<v Speaker 5>the door for more coaching opportunities for everybody across the country.

445
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<v Speaker 5>How did it all come about you returning to Arizona?

446
00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:59.920
<v Speaker 5>Was that Brennan that called you? Coach Gonzalez that called you?

447
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<v Speaker 5>How did that all come together for you?

448
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<v Speaker 2>You know, that's a that's a pretty good story, man.

449
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<v Speaker 2>You know, I was actually in a really good position.

450
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<v Speaker 2>I was on my fifth year as head coach at

451
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<v Speaker 2>Monterey Peninsula College, which is a small junior college on

452
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<v Speaker 2>the West coast where my wife's from. It was a

453
00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:18.480
<v Speaker 2>very well, you know, well paying job. You know, I

454
00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:21.920
<v Speaker 2>did a lot of recruiting. We were having our version

455
00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:25.319
<v Speaker 2>of success coming off of an eleven no season, and

456
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<v Speaker 2>but I always had my eyes on returning to the

457
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<v Speaker 2>Division one level, getting that taste of a head coach.

458
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<v Speaker 2>You know, you just can't let that go. So I

459
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<v Speaker 2>do have aspirations of being a head coach at the

460
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<v Speaker 2>four year level. Coach Brennan at the time was at

461
00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:46.680
<v Speaker 2>San Jose, so I was always sending recruits his way,

462
00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:50.880
<v Speaker 2>going to his clinics, helping out in any way possible

463
00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:55.160
<v Speaker 2>with recruiting, meeting the coaches, big shout out to a

464
00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:59.359
<v Speaker 2>Lonzo Carter. Really started building my relationship with him, actually

465
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<v Speaker 2>before I became a head coach, but in my earlier

466
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<v Speaker 2>years at Northern Colorado, when I was an FCS coach.

467
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<v Speaker 2>But but really just started networking and building with those guys. Uh,

468
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<v Speaker 2>and then the plan is kind of aligned. And uh,

469
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<v Speaker 2>you know, when Brennan took the job at Arizona, I

470
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<v Speaker 2>still didn't reach out to him and didn't have a

471
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<v Speaker 2>great personal relationship with him. But a guy by the

472
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<v Speaker 2>name of Joe Salava was hired in January, and uh,

473
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<v Speaker 2>you know, I think so so highly of him and

474
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<v Speaker 2>what he's done in his career and just what kind

475
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<v Speaker 2>of a passionate leader he brings to this program. So

476
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<v Speaker 2>when he got the job, we worked together for about

477
00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:42.960
<v Speaker 2>maybe five or six weeks when I first got into coaching,

478
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<v Speaker 2>not together as position coaches, but I just knew him

479
00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:51.279
<v Speaker 2>from the staff and he called me and offered a job,

480
00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:54.400
<v Speaker 2>an opportunity to come back home. And I had actually

481
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<v Speaker 2>had accepted another job this coaching game is crazy, but

482
00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:02.279
<v Speaker 2>it was a no brainer to really look at this

483
00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:05.880
<v Speaker 2>opportunity and the kind of in that assistant d line

484
00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:10.799
<v Speaker 2>coach role, that's that's that's new to the college UH landscape,

485
00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:15.000
<v Speaker 2>and and really to really put my statement on this

486
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<v Speaker 2>program and really help elevate where we are now. And

487
00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:21.599
<v Speaker 2>and you know, Joe is Joe is probably the UH

488
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<v Speaker 2>was instrumental the most in this opportunity. I didn't know

489
00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:29.240
<v Speaker 2>Danny Brendan and I had met plenty of times, but

490
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<v Speaker 2>you know what, we weren't on a on a calling

491
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<v Speaker 2>each other basis. So Joe Salave is the was the guy. Uh.

492
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<v Speaker 3>The one thing that I've noticed not covering it on

493
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<v Speaker 3>the day to day for the football side of it, UH,

494
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<v Speaker 3>is how enthusiastic this group is, right.

495
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<v Speaker 7>Uh.

496
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<v Speaker 3>You talked about the defensive coordinator UH and Salva of

497
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<v Speaker 3>course and some of the other guys on the other

498
00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:55.799
<v Speaker 3>side of the ball. Just just youngish, very full of

499
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<v Speaker 3>life and ready to.

500
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<v Speaker 4>Go at it.

501
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. You know, that's that's that's part of the game.

502
00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:04.319
<v Speaker 2>And football is supposed to be fun, you know, and

503
00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:07.599
<v Speaker 2>the game's changed, you know, kids are changing. Twenty years ago,

504
00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:10.759
<v Speaker 2>it was yes or no, sir, and you were gonna

505
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<v Speaker 2>do with the coach said to do because coach said so.

506
00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:16.119
<v Speaker 2>Right Now, nowadays you have to really be able to

507
00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:19.480
<v Speaker 2>teach and mold young men in a different way. And

508
00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:24.440
<v Speaker 2>and part of our responsibility as coaches is to bring

509
00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:27.680
<v Speaker 2>that juice and to have fun and show the kids

510
00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:30.079
<v Speaker 2>that we can love them and we can make them work,

511
00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:32.319
<v Speaker 2>and we can push them and motivate them at the

512
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<v Speaker 2>same time. And it doesn't have to be ruling with

513
00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:38.119
<v Speaker 2>the iron fists, so to speak, you know, like like

514
00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:41.839
<v Speaker 2>the old school versions of football. So Danny does a

515
00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:44.839
<v Speaker 2>great job. He lets his coach. That's the one reason

516
00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:48.400
<v Speaker 2>why I thought this job was so you know, obviously

517
00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:51.839
<v Speaker 2>it's bare down and it's home, but I was going

518
00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:54.839
<v Speaker 2>to be treated as a coach even though I'm working

519
00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:58.079
<v Speaker 2>under coach slave. They give me my ability to coach.

520
00:24:58.119 --> 00:25:02.279
<v Speaker 2>They let me spend time and meetings, bring up good

521
00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:05.319
<v Speaker 2>points in in the in the UH, in our staff meetings,

522
00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:09.480
<v Speaker 2>and and have a voice. So usually that that respect

523
00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:13.200
<v Speaker 2>and that appreciation, it just kind of goes around our room.

524
00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:18.160
<v Speaker 2>And and our coaches are very very high energy, high motivating.

525
00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:23.119
<v Speaker 2>We're running chasing after guys during practice, and they understand that,

526
00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:25.279
<v Speaker 2>and I think it helps our players understand how much

527
00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.920
<v Speaker 2>we care.

528
00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:29.359
<v Speaker 5>As well, you know, going back to your playing days

529
00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:33.440
<v Speaker 5>and when you came to Tucson as a Texas kid,

530
00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:37.920
<v Speaker 5>just seeing the Texas influence. Get back to Arizona with

531
00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:40.200
<v Speaker 5>this coaching staff. I know it was strong with the

532
00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:43.039
<v Speaker 5>Mike steps coaching staff, but it went away there for

533
00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:45.559
<v Speaker 5>a while. How important do you feel it is for

534
00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:49.359
<v Speaker 5>this university to have their footprint in Texas and see

535
00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:51.880
<v Speaker 5>that again like it was back when you were playing here.

536
00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:58.400
<v Speaker 2>You know, that's a great question. I think it's very important.

537
00:25:58.480 --> 00:26:01.400
<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's the only thing that matters, but

538
00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:03.000
<v Speaker 2>it is a huge piece.

539
00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.440
<v Speaker 3>You know.

540
00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:07.519
<v Speaker 2>Obviously being in the Big Twelve Conference, Texas is very

541
00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:11.960
<v Speaker 2>very close and accessible for a lot of places. But

542
00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:15.839
<v Speaker 2>we have such rich history of Texas players, you know,

543
00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:19.799
<v Speaker 2>the Earl, Mitchell's, Mike Thomas, There's so many. The list

544
00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:21.920
<v Speaker 2>goes on and on of the guys that have had

545
00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:26.000
<v Speaker 2>successful NFL careers, and Stoops did a great job, you know.

546
00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:29.799
<v Speaker 2>I think part of the reason why I chose Arizona

547
00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:31.920
<v Speaker 2>because of the name Mike Stoops, and I knew what

548
00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:35.079
<v Speaker 2>he would bring from from a coaching standpoint. From a

549
00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:41.599
<v Speaker 2>defensive standpoint. And I can still remember my first recruiting visit.

550
00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:44.000
<v Speaker 2>You know, we had five or six kids from Texas.

551
00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:48.160
<v Speaker 2>And in that first recruiting class, Mike stoops Era, we

552
00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:51.759
<v Speaker 2>signed seven guys from Houston alone, and that's not even

553
00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:55.359
<v Speaker 2>counting the kids from San Antonio, from West Texas or

554
00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:57.920
<v Speaker 2>from up north or East Texas. I mean, we had

555
00:26:58.000 --> 00:27:01.160
<v Speaker 2>seven kids from the right of Houston area, and then

556
00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:04.279
<v Speaker 2>the following year it was Houston and Dallas, and the

557
00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:07.000
<v Speaker 2>year after that it was another big crop from Dallas

558
00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:10.480
<v Speaker 2>in Houston. So it's very exciting to see. Uh, you know,

559
00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:14.599
<v Speaker 2>Brendan gives me a lot of leeway with with talking

560
00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:17.200
<v Speaker 2>to a lot of the families and the Texas kids,

561
00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:22.359
<v Speaker 2>and I do have a really strong relationship with kids

562
00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:25.079
<v Speaker 2>from the South and when they hear a coach that

563
00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:27.119
<v Speaker 2>that can talk and look like them, or say some

564
00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:29.799
<v Speaker 2>of the same know some of the same areas or

565
00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:33.000
<v Speaker 2>you know. And we have quite a few coaches on

566
00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:36.240
<v Speaker 2>our staff that represent the state of Texas. So I

567
00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:41.880
<v Speaker 2>do think that's gonna be kind of a home for us,

568
00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:45.839
<v Speaker 2>along with Arizona and California of course respectively. But yes,

569
00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:47.440
<v Speaker 2>we're excited I'm very excited.

570
00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:50.160
<v Speaker 3>No, in fact, like you were saying, you can talk

571
00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:52.480
<v Speaker 3>to talk and walk the walk because you are one.

572
00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:56.720
<v Speaker 2>Of them, no doubt. And it's uh, you know when

573
00:27:56.880 --> 00:28:00.319
<v Speaker 2>when when parents have that conversation piece and you can

574
00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:03.839
<v Speaker 2>tell they're a little maybe uneasy right of their son

575
00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:08.759
<v Speaker 2>leaving leaving uh you know, the backwoods or leaving you know,

576
00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:11.119
<v Speaker 2>the home base and going you know further down I

577
00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:16.599
<v Speaker 2>in to to call it home. I can can leave

578
00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:18.759
<v Speaker 2>the rest assured that it's a great move and a

579
00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:21.799
<v Speaker 2>great decision, and and then kind of give them the

580
00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:25.079
<v Speaker 2>why and show them the layout, and you know, this

581
00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:27.960
<v Speaker 2>place is means so much to me and I know

582
00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:31.359
<v Speaker 2>my wife here. So it's you can come out here,

583
00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:34.160
<v Speaker 2>you can leave home. You can always go back and visit.

584
00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:37.440
<v Speaker 2>But then after a while you realize that leaving that

585
00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:40.920
<v Speaker 2>nest is is key to growing up as a man.

586
00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:44.160
<v Speaker 3>So did you after you got out of here twenty

587
00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:47.519
<v Speaker 3>some years ago, right, did you get into coaching right

588
00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:50.799
<v Speaker 3>away and ask that question for this question? Do you

589
00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:54.160
<v Speaker 3>think kids today are different? I'll know you kind of

590
00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:57.200
<v Speaker 3>answered this question twenty years ago. And in terms of

591
00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:59.559
<v Speaker 3>they want to learn, they want to be coached. Uh,

592
00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:01.599
<v Speaker 3>even though you have to kind of coach them differently

593
00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:03.680
<v Speaker 3>if you if you will given the money, you give

594
00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.759
<v Speaker 3>them the nil all stuff.

595
00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:08.240
<v Speaker 2>Well, I do think this day and age has changed.

596
00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:11.880
<v Speaker 2>You know, kids are more driven. There's a lot of

597
00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:16.240
<v Speaker 2>different ways to to brand yourself and to promote yourself

598
00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:20.559
<v Speaker 2>in I L is a huge tool that can can

599
00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:25.920
<v Speaker 2>create generational wealth. It can really change the framework of

600
00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:29.920
<v Speaker 2>one's life after football. We're back back in the day.

601
00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:33.079
<v Speaker 2>You know, our goal is the NFL. Yeah, and if

602
00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:35.240
<v Speaker 2>it was the NFL, you know, you kind of hit

603
00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:39.079
<v Speaker 2>that wall of you know, like what what, what's next?

604
00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:41.599
<v Speaker 2>What's going to happen next? So you know, psychologically I

605
00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:45.640
<v Speaker 2>could you can see a lot of athletes, you know, struggle,

606
00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:48.680
<v Speaker 2>so but no, you know, after I finished playing my

607
00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:51.359
<v Speaker 2>final season in two thousand and eight here in Arizona,

608
00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:56.920
<v Speaker 2>I signed an NFL contract with the Washington Redskins, which

609
00:29:57.000 --> 00:30:01.519
<v Speaker 2>is now the Commanders, and and you really for three years.

610
00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:05.079
<v Speaker 2>You know, it was a combination of four different contracts

611
00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:10.559
<v Speaker 2>you know, from NFL, UFL, and even CFL. So I

612
00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:14.119
<v Speaker 2>gave it three years, and uh really started trying to

613
00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:19.160
<v Speaker 2>look at the framework of what was next. Probably after

614
00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:22.640
<v Speaker 2>the rookie season you know, and and Tim kish had

615
00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:25.680
<v Speaker 2>offered me the h g A a couple of times

616
00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:29.559
<v Speaker 2>at Arizona, and and for some reason I continue to

617
00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:32.240
<v Speaker 2>turn it down. And I honestly think it was great

618
00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:35.160
<v Speaker 2>to turn it down, just because you never want to

619
00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.960
<v Speaker 2>look around and say what if?

620
00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:37.799
<v Speaker 11>You know?

621
00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:41.359
<v Speaker 2>So I think I was ready after that third year,

622
00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:46.680
<v Speaker 2>and unfortunately, uh Mike Stoops was let go a week

623
00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:50.160
<v Speaker 2>or two before I was hired on as a quality

624
00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:55.839
<v Speaker 2>control coach. So but but coach kishuh really helped introduce

625
00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:58.839
<v Speaker 2>me into the coaching profession and I haven't looked back.

626
00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.960
<v Speaker 2>So it's been great.

627
00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:04.319
<v Speaker 5>You know, obviously things change, especially from two thousand and

628
00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:08.960
<v Speaker 5>eight today, but just looking at the renovations and the

629
00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:12.680
<v Speaker 5>upgrades that Arizona's made with their facilities back when you

630
00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:15.200
<v Speaker 5>were a player here to what the players have now,

631
00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:18.759
<v Speaker 5>just her thought process of that and how much things

632
00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:22.079
<v Speaker 5>have changed with the football program and just the facilities

633
00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.759
<v Speaker 5>that they have now.

634
00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:28.119
<v Speaker 2>You know, that's a great question. Around two thousand and nine,

635
00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:32.720
<v Speaker 2>I saw the renderings of this this football facility and

636
00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:38.440
<v Speaker 2>expanding the stadium and the indoor facility. I think I

637
00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:41.440
<v Speaker 2>saw maybe a couple of years after that, and I

638
00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:46.279
<v Speaker 2>couldn't have dreamt of a Petter setup for Arizona football.

639
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<v Speaker 2>It's a lot different. I will say that for all

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<v Speaker 2>the alumni, all the Ogs that come back and experience

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<v Speaker 2>this place and look around, there was nothing better than McHale.

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<v Speaker 2>We didn't we didn't know that we were struggling down there.

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<v Speaker 2>We loved it down there at all the athletes. Like

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I met my wife down there in the

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<v Speaker 2>training room after practice one day. You know, is you're

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<v Speaker 2>you're in the same kind of dungeon, and so to speak,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, the basketball teams right there, the volleyball team,

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<v Speaker 2>the baseball team, and we're all there, you know, just

649
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<v Speaker 2>trying to figure it out before ni El, before all

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<v Speaker 2>these really cool indoor facilities and separate football facilities, and

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<v Speaker 2>we had our training table and our meal money and

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<v Speaker 2>life was good. But but now that you know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's special to see what college sports is doing for

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<v Speaker 2>all athletes and everything from the nutrition standpoint, the financial

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<v Speaker 2>literacy stuff that we do here at Arizona, the mentoring,

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<v Speaker 2>the tutoring, everything's so accessible for these kids that it

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<v Speaker 2>really elevates your opportunities for when you are twenty two

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<v Speaker 2>or twenty one or twenty three and on your way

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<v Speaker 2>towards graduation and leaving Arizona. You're you're already off to

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<v Speaker 2>a a better space career wise.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm also assuming that you probably got some bonus points

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<v Speaker 3>from the wife, maybe the kids coming back. Your wife

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<v Speaker 3>obviously played the ball here.

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<v Speaker 2>Lauren. She's fired up. You know, she's not fired up

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<v Speaker 2>to deal with the kids by herself all day. So

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if I got the bonus points or

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<v Speaker 2>if I if I owe a little bit. I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>I do, but she's fired up. You know. We had

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of sit down and in any opportunity for

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<v Speaker 2>a job, you kind of weigh those pros and cons

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<v Speaker 2>of the job is worth moving financially, is it's set

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<v Speaker 2>for us? And we Like I said, I had already

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<v Speaker 2>accepted another job, another division one job in another state,

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<v Speaker 2>and that job was very tricky for my wife and

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<v Speaker 2>I to navigate. And then the same week, Coach Slavea

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<v Speaker 2>calls and says, come on, let's roll man, and then

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<v Speaker 2>let's just say it was a shorter conversation for Lauren

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<v Speaker 2>and I to come back to Arizona. She was very

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<v Speaker 2>excited not only for me, but for our families, so

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<v Speaker 2>our girls can can see the layout here, they can

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<v Speaker 2>be around such elite people, not only people, but athletes

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<v Speaker 2>in a program that we found home, you know, over

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<v Speaker 2>twenty years ago. So very excited, you know, and very

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<v Speaker 2>very unique to to come here at this time and

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<v Speaker 2>just so motivated to see this place continue to grow.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, during the summer, you guys have a lot

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<v Speaker 5>of busy recruiting weekends with official visits and people taking

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<v Speaker 5>a look at the campus. I know this weekend was

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<v Speaker 5>a big one, and you can't talk specifics in terms

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<v Speaker 5>of players, but just the excitement level that you're seeing

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<v Speaker 5>from these recruits and prospects, getting to meet the coaching

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<v Speaker 5>staff and seeing what you guys are all about and

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<v Speaker 5>just how teens are progressing for Arizona on the recruiting ground.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, you know, you're nothing without recruiting. It's all

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<v Speaker 2>about people. We are in the service business, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>about serving these young men and their families. And the

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<v Speaker 2>recruiting piece has been elevated, uh in Brennan's tenure, Like

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<v Speaker 2>from last year to now, it's been elevated from what

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<v Speaker 2>I've been told from everybody in the in the athletics department.

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<v Speaker 2>We're we're very excited. This was actually my first official

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<v Speaker 2>visit last weekend, and we had a number of kids,

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<v Speaker 2>uh join in and commit. You know, we're keeping our

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<v Speaker 2>numbers small because we love the intimacy and I think

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<v Speaker 2>the families and the players really understand Coach Brennan as

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<v Speaker 2>a as a head coach and as a man, and

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<v Speaker 2>the staff and and we want we want everybody to

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<v Speaker 2>really feel like home here because that's what Tucson is.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you don't even have to sell it because

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<v Speaker 2>it is. It's just that it's it's such a home vibe.

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<v Speaker 2>There's good people, there's good people in the community that

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<v Speaker 2>want to take care of you. Uh, it's a true

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<v Speaker 2>college town. So a lot of stuff and ruiting. We

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<v Speaker 2>just put our best foot forward and we you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we we show who we are. But you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to over overdo anything or be fake or false in

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<v Speaker 2>any sense because this program and the facilities and everything

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<v Speaker 2>has been top notch. So I've actually enjoyed my first

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<v Speaker 2>official business I feel like I was an eighteen year

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<v Speaker 2>old kid again. I'm over there in the front of

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<v Speaker 2>the camera and dancing and hanging out and meeting people

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<v Speaker 2>and let's just say, a lot of change out here

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<v Speaker 2>at that you know, in the facilities. So it's been

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of fun seeing how recruiting is going. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a it's a challenge, but I I'm enjoying even the

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<v Speaker 2>bad points or the bad times and the good times

726
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<v Speaker 2>as well. But that's that's part of this journey which

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<v Speaker 2>is called football.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what it takes to be an eighteen year old.

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<v Speaker 3>I signed me up. Baby, I'm sixty. I need to

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<v Speaker 3>feel that way again. Coach, thanks to Yeah, yeah, no worry,

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks a bunch of good luck. We'll see you guys

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<v Speaker 3>in a couple of months. Already we started getting ready

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<v Speaker 3>for the next season training camp around the corner.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think we're about ninety ninety days to kickoff. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and probably less than sixty days or so until until

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<v Speaker 2>fall camp. So yeah, we're ready to go, very very

737
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<v Speaker 2>excited to see what we put out on the on film,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're just gonna keep getting better. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>know every day, fans.

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<v Speaker 4>Want to hear that.

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<v Speaker 3>Fans want to hear that, Thanks coach, Coach Palmer, all right,

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<v Speaker 3>appreciate it, Thanks a bunch. We're going to take a

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<v Speaker 3>break and come back on the other side, if you're

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<v Speaker 3>an Arizona men's basketball fan, you know it's been successful

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<v Speaker 3>for newly forty years.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, welcome back to I on the ball here on

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<v Speaker 1>Probably going to catch dot com.

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<v Speaker 3>And we got about ten minutes, probably about ten minutes,

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<v Speaker 3>eleven minutestry. I just want to call five two zero

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<v Speaker 4>This is a quick calling.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm expecting to call somebody specific I wanted to get

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<v Speaker 3>a hold of last week but didn't for a more

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<v Speaker 3>timely story.

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<v Speaker 4>Let's see if he calls in. I'll just texted him earlier.

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<v Speaker 5>What else going on, Choy, It looks like Arizona baseball

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<v Speaker 5>is going to be going to North Carolina as the

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<v Speaker 5>Darkules beat Oklahoma fourteen to four today, securing their spot

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<v Speaker 5>in the super regional.

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<v Speaker 4>What's your seed? They're the five seed, five seed, none seeded.

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<v Speaker 2>Not see that.

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<v Speaker 4>What does this do for Chip?

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<v Speaker 5>I mean it's the barrier that he hasn't been able

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<v Speaker 5>to break. You hosted a regional last year, got beat

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<v Speaker 5>oh and two Dallas Baptist knocked them out. It's a

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<v Speaker 5>big milestone for him. I mean, he was very emotional

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<v Speaker 5>after the win last night, saying that it's hard to

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<v Speaker 5>win these games, and it is, there's no question about it.

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<v Speaker 5>But you know, getting to be able to be in

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<v Speaker 5>a spot where you can potentially get the Omaha and

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<v Speaker 5>get the program where it wants to be, it's a

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<v Speaker 5>massive step for the program, especially in terms of recruiting.

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<v Speaker 5>You're going to be on TV during these games, more

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<v Speaker 5>people are going to see your brand out there.

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<v Speaker 3>We've talked about this before that probably baseball, softball, swimming

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<v Speaker 3>are more of the blue blood sports historically, right historically,

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<v Speaker 3>so getting to the get into Omaha is the holy grail?

849
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<v Speaker 4>Or is it realistic?

850
00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:16.199
<v Speaker 5>It's realistic? I think I think the standard should always

851
00:43:16.280 --> 00:43:19.639
<v Speaker 5>be for softball baseball, because of how things have changed

852
00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:21.880
<v Speaker 5>with an eel and everything, you should always be in

853
00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:24.840
<v Speaker 5>a super regional looking to compete to get to Oklahoma

854
00:43:24.880 --> 00:43:25.360
<v Speaker 5>and Omaha.

855
00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:28.000
<v Speaker 3>But is Arizona wealthy enough? And I think we're seeing

856
00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:31.599
<v Speaker 3>that in softball possibly where they don't probably have the

857
00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:34.000
<v Speaker 3>money or they don't have the coach. Whatever they're missing

858
00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:37.199
<v Speaker 3>coach I was gonna say coaching, I'll say coaching money. Uh,

859
00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:40.079
<v Speaker 3>whatever they're missing the missing link.

860
00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:43.119
<v Speaker 5>I think they have enough. I know they're enough money.

861
00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:46.599
<v Speaker 5>Enough money in the transport portal maybe not, maybe not.

862
00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:50.639
<v Speaker 5>But do you have enough resources, facilities and tradition to

863
00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:51.920
<v Speaker 5>recruit at the high school level?

864
00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:55.000
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, just because you growed up in a Rolls Royce

865
00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:57.360
<v Speaker 3>Troy doesn't make you a different Troy.

866
00:43:57.639 --> 00:44:00.119
<v Speaker 5>No, but you're not paying again, you're not paying these

867
00:44:00.199 --> 00:44:03.440
<v Speaker 5>high school kids millions of dollars like you're at the

868
00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:07.599
<v Speaker 5>college college basketball, college football level. Sure now the transfer

869
00:44:07.639 --> 00:44:11.599
<v Speaker 5>is sure Like again NIGRII Kennedyan exception. It's it's not

870
00:44:11.639 --> 00:44:14.880
<v Speaker 5>gonna happen, right, But can you at least find a

871
00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:19.079
<v Speaker 5>hitting gem pitching that small colleges and other programs have Tennessee,

872
00:44:19.119 --> 00:44:21.960
<v Speaker 5>they their pictures from South Carolina. Nobody knew who she

873
00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:25.599
<v Speaker 5>was and they went and got her. Why Why is

874
00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:29.360
<v Speaker 5>a program like Tennessee out recruiting. Well, they've expanded, they've

875
00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:30.599
<v Speaker 5>expanded their recruiting po.

876
00:44:30.760 --> 00:44:33.559
<v Speaker 3>And they're and they're good, but they're more recent good

877
00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:35.920
<v Speaker 3>than Arizona's recent I disagree really this.

878
00:44:36.800 --> 00:44:39.360
<v Speaker 5>Time this was their first one College World Series trip

879
00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:44.199
<v Speaker 5>in nine years and Arizona has been there three times. Okay,

880
00:44:44.760 --> 00:44:47.440
<v Speaker 5>so but yet they're able to recruit at a higher level.

881
00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:48.880
<v Speaker 4>Okay sec.

882
00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:53.519
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, Yeah, but again it comes down to coaching and

883
00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:55.719
<v Speaker 5>I think Chip Hall, you're you're in a position to

884
00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:58.440
<v Speaker 5>get to Omaha. So the recruiting is gonna go again.

885
00:44:58.480 --> 00:45:01.280
<v Speaker 5>You have White, spent Mason, it's been phenomenal. Yeah, players,

886
00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:03.679
<v Speaker 5>Summer Hills one of the top prospects, and then I'll

887
00:45:03.719 --> 00:45:04.519
<v Speaker 5>be draft coming up.

888
00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:06.639
<v Speaker 4>But those are the guys you want to get on

889
00:45:06.719 --> 00:45:07.360
<v Speaker 4>your team. Yeah.

890
00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:10.239
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, But the key for both programs over the last

891
00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:12.800
<v Speaker 5>couple of years, or really since the dawn the time

892
00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:15.079
<v Speaker 5>is do you have the pitching pitching in and recruiting

893
00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:19.440
<v Speaker 5>pitching and defense. And so if they don't get to

894
00:45:19.559 --> 00:45:23.960
<v Speaker 5>the Omaha, it depends on how you lose, I mean,

895
00:45:24.000 --> 00:45:25.679
<v Speaker 5>if you lose competitively.

896
00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:29.039
<v Speaker 3>Kind of like Arizona men's basketball. Yeah, it's been blown

897
00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:30.320
<v Speaker 3>out by Duke, it would have been all.

898
00:45:30.320 --> 00:45:32.159
<v Speaker 5>What the hell, it's the same old thing.

899
00:45:32.880 --> 00:45:35.199
<v Speaker 3>But they played well, they came back, they made a game,

900
00:45:35.239 --> 00:45:35.960
<v Speaker 3>blah blah blah.

901
00:45:36.119 --> 00:45:36.960
<v Speaker 2>So all the.

902
00:45:37.119 --> 00:45:41.199
<v Speaker 3>Season's been saved, even though it's still the same stuff.

903
00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:44.159
<v Speaker 5>Yeah. So for Arizona baseball, if you forced a game three,

904
00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:47.400
<v Speaker 5>let's say, and you lose the game in game three

905
00:45:47.480 --> 00:45:49.840
<v Speaker 5>and North Carolina moves on. Okay, they were the five seed,

906
00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:52.480
<v Speaker 5>they were one of the top top ten programs in

907
00:45:52.599 --> 00:45:55.440
<v Speaker 5>college baseball. You did a good job getting there. Nobody

908
00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:57.320
<v Speaker 5>thought you were going to get past Oregon. That's a

909
00:45:57.360 --> 00:45:59.920
<v Speaker 5>bright spot. Now you get swept zero to two and

910
00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:02.760
<v Speaker 5>you get blown out of those games. I mean, you

911
00:46:02.880 --> 00:46:03.800
<v Speaker 5>moved on to the next round.

912
00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:04.159
<v Speaker 4>That's good.

913
00:46:04.199 --> 00:46:04.639
<v Speaker 5>You got there.

914
00:46:05.320 --> 00:46:08.400
<v Speaker 3>But man, you weren't even competitive in it. Okay, well

915
00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:10.480
<v Speaker 3>you can paint more pictures. But I get what you're saying.

916
00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:13.320
<v Speaker 3>I don't know if I agree with that. But because

917
00:46:13.920 --> 00:46:16.519
<v Speaker 3>he's the fourth year in, right, she's fourth year in

918
00:46:16.639 --> 00:46:19.920
<v Speaker 3>at her place. We'll see, we'll see what it means,

919
00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:22.159
<v Speaker 3>because it's tough to win. Like I agree with him,

920
00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:23.840
<v Speaker 3>it's tough. There's so many good teams out there, got

921
00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:25.639
<v Speaker 3>good players, coaching, matters.

922
00:46:26.760 --> 00:46:30.679
<v Speaker 5>And for college baseball, even tougher than college softball is

923
00:46:30.800 --> 00:46:33.440
<v Speaker 5>the top recruits are going to them. I'll be draft.

924
00:46:33.480 --> 00:46:36.400
<v Speaker 5>Even if you're recruiting them, you're probably not going to

925
00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:40.400
<v Speaker 5>sign them. So that's another element to the college of course.

926
00:46:40.440 --> 00:46:41.599
<v Speaker 4>And that's the curveball.

927
00:46:42.039 --> 00:46:43.440
<v Speaker 3>That's the curve ball that you have to hit, you know,

928
00:46:44.119 --> 00:46:47.159
<v Speaker 3>curveball in college sports because they have a chance to

929
00:46:47.199 --> 00:46:50.039
<v Speaker 3>go somewhere else and get paid for real. Yeah, and

930
00:46:50.119 --> 00:46:51.800
<v Speaker 3>we'll see what happens. Good for him though, if they

931
00:46:51.840 --> 00:46:53.840
<v Speaker 3>go to North Carolina, see what they do with the

932
00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:56.880
<v Speaker 3>chance to And you know, to all those who believe

933
00:46:56.920 --> 00:46:59.559
<v Speaker 3>in momentum, they have momentum. I guess what sort of

934
00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:02.000
<v Speaker 3>other teams when they get to this point. Everybody has momentum.

935
00:47:02.239 --> 00:47:05.800
<v Speaker 5>I think softball and baseball is very different from football

936
00:47:05.800 --> 00:47:10.480
<v Speaker 5>and basketball in a sense that in terms of momentum,

937
00:47:10.559 --> 00:47:12.559
<v Speaker 5>in terms of like if you get a hot pitching

938
00:47:12.679 --> 00:47:15.440
<v Speaker 5>staff at the right time. In the posty Andy Lopez

939
00:47:15.480 --> 00:47:18.079
<v Speaker 5>when he won the national title, that pitching staff got

940
00:47:18.119 --> 00:47:19.800
<v Speaker 5>hot at the right time. They were good, but they

941
00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:22.320
<v Speaker 5>went on this role. Sure, and once you get pitchers

942
00:47:22.360 --> 00:47:25.039
<v Speaker 5>and roles, it really doesn't matter who they if they

943
00:47:25.159 --> 00:47:27.440
<v Speaker 5>believe in that it doesn't matter who they face you.

944
00:47:27.679 --> 00:47:29.920
<v Speaker 3>You will use the word momentum, I'll use the word confidence,

945
00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:33.480
<v Speaker 3>and then yeah yeah, because it's it's all one and

946
00:47:33.559 --> 00:47:33.800
<v Speaker 3>the same.

947
00:47:33.880 --> 00:47:35.559
<v Speaker 4>Pretty much depends what word you want to use.

948
00:47:35.679 --> 00:47:37.880
<v Speaker 5>Where I feel like, I feel like basketball and football

949
00:47:38.360 --> 00:47:40.960
<v Speaker 5>most of the time, and I get March madness, there's upset,

950
00:47:41.039 --> 00:47:43.400
<v Speaker 5>but most of the time, the better teams are gonna win.

951
00:47:43.519 --> 00:47:46.719
<v Speaker 3>The chucky well baseball not to share that could happen.

952
00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:51.039
<v Speaker 3>Texas is out, Vanderbilt's out, some of those teams that

953
00:47:51.079 --> 00:47:52.880
<v Speaker 3>it's like, it's hard to win, especially in baseball, well

954
00:47:52.880 --> 00:47:55.480
<v Speaker 3>and especially all sports, but baseball, since I know it

955
00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:58.079
<v Speaker 3>did very difficult because you can have a bad day.

956
00:47:58.159 --> 00:47:59.079
<v Speaker 4>It's how you play that day.

957
00:48:00.039 --> 00:48:02.360
<v Speaker 5>All Texas and number one overall Seat went out in

958
00:48:02.440 --> 00:48:05.880
<v Speaker 5>the regionals. I just feel like those two sports, you know,

959
00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:08.400
<v Speaker 5>if you have the confidence and your pictures are rolling,

960
00:48:09.039 --> 00:48:09.760
<v Speaker 5>you can beat anyway.

961
00:48:09.800 --> 00:48:12.800
<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, cat one, you have your Texas tech picture. Yea,

962
00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:13.599
<v Speaker 4>who she is?

963
00:48:13.800 --> 00:48:16.039
<v Speaker 3>You play harder, And I know people don't believe that,

964
00:48:16.119 --> 00:48:19.039
<v Speaker 3>but I definitely believe that. You know, we talked about

965
00:48:19.039 --> 00:48:22.079
<v Speaker 3>the Glora thing. When I asked that Lama and the

966
00:48:22.159 --> 00:48:25.960
<v Speaker 3>loora thing. And then Fafida comes in to me if

967
00:48:26.039 --> 00:48:28.920
<v Speaker 3>they played harder for you saw it? I saw I

968
00:48:29.000 --> 00:48:30.639
<v Speaker 3>saw it, and I was chris as a little for it.

969
00:48:30.719 --> 00:48:33.480
<v Speaker 3>But no, you could tell he just played harder there.

970
00:48:33.639 --> 00:48:36.960
<v Speaker 5>For whatever reason, there's that I don't know what it is,

971
00:48:37.119 --> 00:48:40.840
<v Speaker 5>but players see it in practice, especially no question, and

972
00:48:41.079 --> 00:48:43.840
<v Speaker 5>it's like, Okay, why wasn't this guy starting like it's

973
00:48:43.920 --> 00:48:46.760
<v Speaker 5>not even debate who's better. Why don't we roll with them?

974
00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:51.679
<v Speaker 3>We saw that with Dawkins and uh and uhlil Tate

975
00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:53.960
<v Speaker 3>And you're thinking, but you know, what do we know

976
00:48:54.039 --> 00:48:55.880
<v Speaker 3>because you know, maybe a practice, but what do we know?

977
00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:57.440
<v Speaker 4>What do we watch people?

978
00:48:57.519 --> 00:49:00.079
<v Speaker 3>Well, this guy's getting paid millions, you better make the

979
00:49:00.159 --> 00:49:02.119
<v Speaker 3>right decision until he doesn't.

980
00:49:02.239 --> 00:49:04.239
<v Speaker 4>And and uh fish was that.

981
00:49:04.280 --> 00:49:07.760
<v Speaker 3>Guy here with with the two quarterbacks and Rodriguez was

982
00:49:07.800 --> 00:49:11.960
<v Speaker 3>the coach back then. Yep, you know it says job

983
00:49:12.000 --> 00:49:13.679
<v Speaker 3>that's on the line that not yours are mine.

984
00:49:13.960 --> 00:49:17.199
<v Speaker 5>And again, sometimes they're not practice players, like cool T

985
00:49:17.400 --> 00:49:19.480
<v Speaker 5>was notorious not a practice player.

986
00:49:20.119 --> 00:49:20.599
<v Speaker 4>Basketball.

987
00:49:20.639 --> 00:49:23.920
<v Speaker 5>Derek Williams apparently wasn't very good in practice, but when

988
00:49:23.920 --> 00:49:26.199
<v Speaker 5>the lights turned on all of a sudden, it.

989
00:49:26.320 --> 00:49:28.599
<v Speaker 3>Just no, you see that I saw that a lot

990
00:49:28.760 --> 00:49:30.400
<v Speaker 3>for a lot of people. And if you're just good,

991
00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:33.360
<v Speaker 3>you're good, and that it doesn't matter either way. You know,

992
00:49:33.639 --> 00:49:36.360
<v Speaker 3>you're consistent all the way through ye good, good or bad.

993
00:49:36.360 --> 00:49:39.599
<v Speaker 3>It's like Gamon and Kalidklid just she just didn't work

994
00:49:39.639 --> 00:49:42.199
<v Speaker 3>as hard as Damon, and Damon was fantastic, and so

995
00:49:42.280 --> 00:49:45.000
<v Speaker 3>it was Kalid until they weren't until he wasn't right

996
00:49:45.400 --> 00:49:47.360
<v Speaker 3>because you have to you know, keep the keep the

997
00:49:48.159 --> 00:49:50.599
<v Speaker 3>momentum going if you will that way, that word. When

998
00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:53.239
<v Speaker 3>he went to Miami, he just didn't get any better well.

999
00:49:53.320 --> 00:49:56.960
<v Speaker 5>And again it's it's a drive that you could be talented, yes,

1000
00:49:57.239 --> 00:49:59.159
<v Speaker 5>but if you're not willing to put in the work,

1001
00:49:59.239 --> 00:50:01.159
<v Speaker 5>put in the extra and let's put in the extra

1002
00:50:01.280 --> 00:50:04.360
<v Speaker 5>weight room time, you're not going to make it. They

1003
00:50:04.360 --> 00:50:06.400
<v Speaker 5>don't know that that's maybe less talented than you.

1004
00:50:06.599 --> 00:50:08.719
<v Speaker 3>No question, because that's part of it. I mean, that's

1005
00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:11.199
<v Speaker 3>part of who you are. Getting better, getting better, one

1006
00:50:11.320 --> 00:50:15.079
<v Speaker 3>to be better. And you see it's like this, like

1007
00:50:15.119 --> 00:50:16.679
<v Speaker 3>we talked about this the beginning of the show. There

1008
00:50:16.760 --> 00:50:19.519
<v Speaker 3>was almost eighteenth ranked blah blah blah. Pretty good team, right,

1009
00:50:19.559 --> 00:50:22.679
<v Speaker 3>it's going to be fantastically loaded with talent. There's seventeen

1010
00:50:22.719 --> 00:50:24.480
<v Speaker 3>other teams that are going to be in a better

1011
00:50:24.559 --> 00:50:27.519
<v Speaker 3>boat or in a better situation in that boat, but

1012
00:50:27.679 --> 00:50:29.239
<v Speaker 3>nobody knows because they don't really follow it.

1013
00:50:29.639 --> 00:50:30.880
<v Speaker 4>They don't follow it until you see it.

1014
00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:33.039
<v Speaker 3>It's like Florida International back in the day, two three

1015
00:50:33.119 --> 00:50:39.519
<v Speaker 3>years ago, whatever you've seen it for Atlantic Atlantic, where

1016
00:50:39.559 --> 00:50:41.199
<v Speaker 3>they come from. They get to the final four and

1017
00:50:41.280 --> 00:50:43.119
<v Speaker 3>he says, well, I didn't notice them. You didn't notice

1018
00:50:43.119 --> 00:50:45.760
<v Speaker 3>them because you didn't look for it, you know, he said,

1019
00:50:45.760 --> 00:50:47.559
<v Speaker 3>where these guys come from, Well, they're pretty good.

1020
00:50:48.400 --> 00:50:49.760
<v Speaker 4>You wouldn't know until you pay attention.

1021
00:50:50.280 --> 00:50:52.280
<v Speaker 5>And you're going to find out a lot about a

1022
00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:56.000
<v Speaker 5>team just looking at college basketball right now, what they're

1023
00:50:56.039 --> 00:50:57.880
<v Speaker 5>going to do in the weight room with Chris rownas

1024
00:50:57.920 --> 00:51:00.599
<v Speaker 5>with the strength and conditioning coach and everything that goes

1025
00:51:00.639 --> 00:51:05.039
<v Speaker 5>on there. Carter Bryant I had a feeling and whoever

1026
00:51:05.119 --> 00:51:06.960
<v Speaker 5>interviewed him to I'm sure they did too when they

1027
00:51:07.000 --> 00:51:09.800
<v Speaker 5>interviewed him, because we got an opportunity to interview him.

1028
00:51:10.079 --> 00:51:12.079
<v Speaker 5>He went from one ninety five when he first stepped

1029
00:51:12.079 --> 00:51:16.760
<v Speaker 5>put on campus about two fifteen. He was soft, softy, yeah,

1030
00:51:16.840 --> 00:51:19.920
<v Speaker 5>but right before the season, Well, if you're gonna put

1031
00:51:19.960 --> 00:51:23.159
<v Speaker 5>on that much weight and get bulky and worth that

1032
00:51:23.239 --> 00:51:25.400
<v Speaker 5>hard in the weight room. They're gonna be a good player,

1033
00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:27.840
<v Speaker 5>and it showed up later in March for Arizona.

1034
00:51:28.079 --> 00:51:32.360
<v Speaker 3>Sure, sure, okay with that, we're gonna go take a break,

1035
00:51:32.440 --> 00:51:34.280
<v Speaker 3>come back here the top of the hour. I'm not

1036
00:51:34.440 --> 00:51:37.039
<v Speaker 3>gonna have any breaking news, so we'll just continue the show.
