WEBVTT 1 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:10.439 Welcome to a one v one where we get to 2 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:12.359 catch up with Jay and Luke, the head coach of 3 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:15.960 the CU Cougars. They had a busy time last weekend. 4 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:18.640 They're gonna be bigger this weekend. Thanks for dropping by 5 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:19.679 as you always do. Jay. 6 00:00:20.239 --> 00:00:21.719 Oh guysh thanks for having me. John. 7 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:26.640 Let's go back and we had the preview going into 8 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:29.160 rounds one and two. Let's take it a game at 9 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:33.439 a time, and what did you learn about yourself after 10 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:36.840 that first win to get you into round number two? 11 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:40.600 You think you know? I keep saying it over and over. 12 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:43.960 Just super proud of this group of young ladies because 13 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:48.880 we don't rely on one player and we're getting goals 14 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:53.840 from multiple multiple players. Defensively, we're pitching a shutout, which 15 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:58.719 is awesome. And you know that that first game it's 16 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:01.719 always tricky. You know, you're the highest seed, you're playing 17 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:04.680 against an eight seed, and so you don't know where 18 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:08.159 the minds are the players. But I felt like we 19 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:09.159 deserve to. 20 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:09.760 Win the game. 21 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:14.359 I don't think we were particularly sharp, certainly not where 22 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:17.760 we were on Sunday. Someday was a whole different story. 23 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:22.560 We were really really sharp. But again, when you get 24 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:27.000 to the postseason, John, it's just surviving advance and we 25 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:28.879 were able to do that. We didn't play our best, 26 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:33.359 but we won three nothing against Francis Marion. We advanced 27 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:36.760 and put ourselves and the opportunity to play against Katabo 28 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:37.000 on the. 29 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:41.840 Sunday and you could get Kataba on the Sunday and 30 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:44.519 you put up six and the win there against the 31 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:48.480 number seventeen team in the country. When you looked at 32 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:51.159 the scoreboard when this was over, if I had told 33 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:52.920 you going in that you were going to put six 34 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:55.079 on the board against the number seventeen team in the country, 35 00:01:55.079 --> 00:01:55.840 what would you have told me? 36 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:00.000 You know, it's crazy how the game of soccer worked. 37 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:04.920 And it's almost like everything we hit was on frame 38 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:08.000 and if the goalkeeper spilled it, we were right there 39 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:10.800 for a tap in. We got a couple tap in 40 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:13.080 goals that the goalkeeper spilled and so. 41 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:16.560 Gosh, it was just everything went right for us. 42 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:19.120 I thought we played really, really good soccer in that 43 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:20.280 first half and. 44 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:23.800 You know, got my hackers off to Kataba. 45 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:27.000 They only lost three games all year, and unfortunately two 46 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:30.159 of them were to us, but they're a really well 47 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:35.879 coached team and I don't think six nothing truly reflects 48 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:37.039 the difference. 49 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:39.840 Between the two teams. But just on the day, we 50 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:40.840 were very, very good. 51 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:45.360 And you mentioned the different goal scorers, and it has 52 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:47.879 been one of the hallmarks of your season. If my 53 00:02:48.039 --> 00:02:52.159 memory serves, seven different goal scorers for the nine goals 54 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:55.520 on the weekend in these two wins to get you 55 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:59.759 into round number three, once again reinforcing the idea of 56 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:02.240 the of the collective that you got there at CSU 57 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:02.759 this year. 58 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:05.840 Yeah, you know, it was really cool. 59 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:11.560 Back in April, we brought in Christine Lilly, former US 60 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:14.400 women's national team player, a good friend of mine, and 61 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:17.759 she came on campus to do something called Girls in 62 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:21.039 the Game, and we got to spend three days with 63 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:25.719 her in Columbus and it was awesome because she kept preaching, 64 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:29.719 you know, everything as team first, team first, team first, 65 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:32.759 and so we've kind of taken that mantra and really 66 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:37.199 made sure that our players realize that we are a 67 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:41.479 team and the way that you're going to advance in 68 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:46.280 playoffs is if everybody contributes. And so you're right, Jen, 69 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:49.919 seven different goal scores is awesome and I feel like 70 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:53.599 in years past maybe that could have been one of 71 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:57.680 the reasons we weren't ultimately successful. In the end, we 72 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:00.000 would have a young lady that would score twenty twenty 73 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:03.599 two goals a season, and if that young lady didn't 74 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:08.080 play well, we probably lost the game. Whereas this year, gosh, 75 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:11.360 it's just awesome to have seven or eight girls that 76 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:12.639 have ten goals or more. 77 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:18.120 It's it's fantastic because if I'm going up against you, 78 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:21.800 you're hard to game plan in that idea because it's like, Okay, well, 79 00:04:22.319 --> 00:04:24.439 so and so has this many goals. Okay, well but 80 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:26.000 so and so has this many. Then you've got to 81 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:28.079 keep going down the list. Well they've got this. It 82 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:31.279 makes it difficult for teams to key on one individual 83 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:33.920 because if they try to do the what we refer 84 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:36.560 to as positional gravity. Let's just say, you know, you 85 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:38.959 want to sit there and oh, okay, Hungerford, well double 86 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:41.000 team herb. That means that there's one less person to 87 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:44.800 mark everybody else. So it's hard to have this multiple 88 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:47.319 choice test every single week. And I'm sure you drive 89 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:49.040 folks crazy trying to defend you. 90 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:53.079 And no, you're right, John, I think you know part 91 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:57.319 of the process this year has been you know, in 92 00:04:57.399 --> 00:05:00.920 years past, it was like, Okay, Rachel swideguards eighteen goals. 93 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:04.800 Like Rachel, don't pass the ball, just you keep the ball, 94 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:08.959 don't pass it. I know that you're better off just dribble, 95 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:14.160 penetrating and scoring yourself. Whereas this year we're really really 96 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:17.199 sharing the soccer ball. And so I think you're right. 97 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:21.199 It's very, very tricky because I tell the girls love 98 00:05:21.279 --> 00:05:24.240 to take one player on then slot it to somebody 99 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:27.040 else that's going to be wide open because another player. 100 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:29.399 Has stepped over. It's a double team. And so I 101 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:33.519 think that's just been a real plus for us this year, 102 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:36.720 and super happy that everybody's. 103 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:40.800 Buying in and again we just hope it continues. That's 104 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:43.600 the that's the tricky part with this little Thanksgiving break. 105 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:45.519 You know they're gonna have two days off this week, 106 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:48.279 The little tricky John, little tricky. 107 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:54.319 How do you navigate a holiday break knowing that there's 108 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:56.879 another test that you've got to study for, knowing that 109 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:00.519 you've got to pass that test keep going. How difficult 110 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:02.480 is it for a staff and players to navigate a 111 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:03.160 holiday break. 112 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:07.800 No, it's definitely something that that's looming in the back 113 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:11.680 of my mind. I do feel like we have to 114 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:16.160 give autonomy to our players and make sure that they 115 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:20.240 know we trust them, make sure that we value family. 116 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:24.040 And you know, we trained Monday after the game. We 117 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:28.000 trained Tuesday, yesterday, now today, and tomorrow is going to 118 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:29.720 be off for a holiday, so a lot of them 119 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:35.519 are home with their families, and some of our international students, 120 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:39.759 they've gone home with our current roster players, you know, 121 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:44.279 because they're obviously not flying back to Dubai or Colombia 122 00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:48.800 or Japan. But no, we're back at work on Friday, 123 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:52.839 and you know our girls are I guarantee they're not 124 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:55.279 just sitting in front of the television right now. 125 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:57.319 They're out getting workouts in on their own. 126 00:06:57.439 --> 00:07:01.959 And again, the culture of this program is just because 127 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:04.079 a coach is not present doesn't mean you can't get 128 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:07.560 a workout in. So a lot of our young ladies, 129 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:10.920 i'd say about ninety percent of them are getting workouts in, 130 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:15.160 and then the other ten percent are probably resting because 131 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:18.399 their bodies are late in the season and they're just 132 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:21.079 kind of shutting down the engine for two days. But no, 133 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:24.079 they're getting workouts in. I fully trust them, and we'll 134 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:25.199 go back to work on Friday. 135 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:28.120 You mentioned something that I want to ask you about 136 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:30.879 and it's the foreign players that are far from home 137 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:34.800 on a holiday, and you mentioned how they've paired off 138 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:37.480 with teammates and they've gone and become part of the 139 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:40.000 extended family and they get to kind of hang out 140 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:44.000 with their teammates. When you have a situation like that, 141 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:47.199 I imagine that it's hard to navigate at times for 142 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:49.800 the student athlete because they want to be close to home, 143 00:07:49.839 --> 00:07:51.399 but they've got a family. What's it like to see 144 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:54.600 the family come together like that where they're spending time 145 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:57.519 with their teammates and being introduced to family here on 146 00:07:57.560 --> 00:07:59.480 this side of the planet that they're on. 147 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:02.240 Yeah, it's been awesome, John. 148 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:04.800 I think that the coolest thing that I've seen this 149 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:09.360 year was I picked up Ui Suzuki from Atlanta International 150 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:14.040 Airport back in August on the fourth of August, and 151 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:18.360 Uhi had never set foot in America and she really 152 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:22.120 honestly doesn't speak very good English at all, very little 153 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:25.920 usage of words. She can read it, she can write it, 154 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:31.079 but very very difficult to speak it well. Sarah Hungerford, 155 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:33.559 who's one of our current roster players, she's a junior. 156 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:37.320 She met us at Georgia Soccer Park up in Atlanta, 157 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:42.519 and Sarah took the time to meet with Uhi and 158 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:45.559 drive her down to Columbus and check her into her 159 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:49.279 dorm room. And so when it came time for all 160 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:50.759 of us to figure out what we were doing for 161 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:53.000 the holidays, I said, Hey, if anyone is here, you're 162 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:56.879 welcome to come to my house. But Sarah invited Ui 163 00:08:57.120 --> 00:09:00.720 to go down to Savannah with her. So Ui is 164 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:05.759 down there with with Sarah's family. Doesn't speak very good English, 165 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:07.759 only knows a couple of words. 166 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:09.320 She knows a lot of soccer terms. 167 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:13.159 So you know, Sarah stopped by the office yesterday right 168 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:15.279 after probably said all I need to bring a soccer 169 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:18.519 ball because that's the one thing OUI does now, and 170 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:24.360 also that Ui tends to do better with kind of 171 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:29.320 visual aids. And so they brought my coaches board with 172 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:33.440 him to Savannah because again they're going to talk soccer 173 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:35.440 a lot, and it's easier for her to use the 174 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:39.559 magnets and so but just sweet as all get out, 175 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:42.559 and gosh, oh, he's got nine goals for us this year, 176 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:44.960 which is awesome as a freshman. I think she's one 177 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:47.840 of the leading goal scorers as a freshman. So that's fantastic. 178 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:51.279 Now, let's talk about some of the accolades that have 179 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:54.840 come your way. The D two Conference Commissioners Association, the 180 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:57.279 D two c c A, as they put in parentheses, 181 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:01.799 announced their women's soccer Southeast A Region team back on Tuesday. 182 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:05.879 Six Lady Cougars were honored, leading the Southeast with six 183 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:11.120 Hungerford evelas Croft first team honors, Harris Veto and Avery 184 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:13.080 Williams on the second team. In addition, the Peach Belt 185 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:17.399 Conference had ten overall selections. When I when I mentioned 186 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:20.000 those six, and you can break them down individually as 187 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.679 you like, but when I mentioned those six to you 188 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:25.240 as a six pack, what comes to mind with them 189 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:27.120 and what they've been able to accomplish in the ice 190 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:28.080 of the D two Double C. 191 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:32.120 Yeah, you know, it's gosh. 192 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:36.320 I hate individualizing players a lot because I feel like 193 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:40.600 without the entire team, it is super super hard to 194 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:44.919 achieve any sort of accolades. And so, you know, for 195 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:47.759 someone like starting in the back with a Heidi Harris, 196 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:50.759 who didn't get a ton of minutes last year, sat 197 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:55.159 behind an all region kid and Lizzie Hedrick for her 198 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:58.039 to start and play the majority of the minutes this year, 199 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:01.799 and to give up very few. She's she's been fantastic. 200 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:06.759 You know our back line. Gosh, you have to you 201 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:10.000 have to give kudos to an Avery Williams. She's coming 202 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:14.600 back from three a cl tears, not not one, not two, 203 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:17.879 but three in a row. And even though she's list 204 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:20.679 as a junior, this is actually the first year of 205 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:24.960 college soccer that she's played. And I have so much 206 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:27.799 time for a young lady like that to come back 207 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:31.879 from so many injuries and so many setbacks, and you 208 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:34.879 know that that that, to me is shows a lot 209 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:40.120 of resilience and recoverability and just a willingness to believe 210 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:45.759 that you can come back from anything. Kelsey Croft crazy enough. 211 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:50.480 John kelsey Croft was a walk on for us, and 212 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:54.120 you know, we had never seen her play. She came 213 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:57.200 to one of our I D camps and we didn't 214 00:11:57.200 --> 00:11:59.639 really know anything about her, and she stood out at 215 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:02.159 the Idea camp and there were forty five kids at 216 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:05.320 camp and we said, wow, where is this kid from. 217 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:10.320 And at the time, it was February going into you 218 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:13.200 know that next year, which was last year in twenty three, 219 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:15.559 and so we were out of money. We didn't have 220 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:17.360 any money left, and we said listen, we'd love to 221 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:19.480 have you, we just don't have any money. So she 222 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:23.080 took a chance on us, came in as a freshman, 223 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:25.639 you know, in twenty twenty three, and started every game 224 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:29.600 as a freshman as a walk on. And you know, 225 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:32.240 after that freshman campaign, we were brought in the office 226 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:34.960 and it's kind of like one of those Jerry maguire. 227 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:37.480 Moments, you know, show me the money. And she didn't 228 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:39.919 say it. I said it, so I need to show 229 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:40.519 you the money. 230 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:45.000 So we we ended up giving her a huge scholarship increase, 231 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:49.600 and she's had a great year for us. You know, Gosh, 232 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:53.919 Vanessa vili Is what a great story with Vanessa came 233 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:58.519 to us during that COVID time and started as a freshman, 234 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:02.279 and I believe was named Freshman of the Year as 235 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:04.799 a sophomore, had a really good campaign. At the end 236 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:07.480 of her sophomore season in the fall, she came in 237 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:11.080 and she said, listen, my dad's retiring and he's moving 238 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:15.159 out to California, and so I'd really like to be 239 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:18.240 with my dad and my mom and my brother, so 240 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:22.279 I'm going to transfer. And I said, wow, that's like 241 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:26.000 a gut punch. I said, listen, Vanessa. I love family, 242 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:29.360 So you go go be a family, and at any 243 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:31.720 time if you ever want to come back, the door 244 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:36.000 is always open. And sure enough, Cherman did some issues 245 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:38.679 with the coach out there, and the coach would not 246 00:13:38.840 --> 00:13:42.440 allow her to be a nursing major and also be 247 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:46.559 a soccer player at the same time. And she immediately 248 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:49.240 called and said, coach Jay, I want to be a nurse. 249 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:51.799 I also want to play soccer. Do you think I 250 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:55.320 can come back? And we opened the door. I mean 251 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:58.360 there was a red carpet that went from Columbus, Georgia 252 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:00.000 to Loew's. 253 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:03.720 Kamonga, California. I mean, we said, come on right. So 254 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:04.480 she came. 255 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:08.159 Back and has been absolutely this year alone, I think 256 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:09.840 she's got ten or eleven goals. 257 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:15.039 She's been wonderful. You know, you keep moving up the chain. 258 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:15.279 There. 259 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:19.159 You got Emma Badeaux, who gosh, every year, the kid's 260 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:22.759 been an All American, All Region, on you know, all conference. 261 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:26.159 You know the cool thing about Emma this year, John 262 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:31.759 is she's really really become great at getting assists. And 263 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:34.559 that's something that a lot of people don't appreciate. But 264 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:38.679 if you look at her statistics, I think she's way 265 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:42.039 ahead of anyone else on our team and just assists 266 00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:44.600 and that says a lot about her character. 267 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:46.519 And you know. 268 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:49.480 I think there was a stretch where I think she 269 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:53.159 went almost seventeen or eighteen games where she collected a 270 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:58.080 point in every single game. You know, Sarah Hungerford, God 271 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:00.919 bless her. You know, all four foot I've reverse she 272 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:05.919 She's tiny, but she's a spitfire and came alive for 273 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:08.840 us in the last month of the season. You know, 274 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:12.120 start out a little bit slow, but you know, super successful. 275 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:15.120 But the cool thing about Sarah was she kind of 276 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:17.519 took the team on her back in this last month 277 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:20.879 and scoring some massive goals. And I'll bet you if 278 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:22.639 you look at the majority of her goals, they're all 279 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:23.679 game winning goals. 280 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:24.960 And I think that's a. 281 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:29.480 Really really cool thing and super coachable. And you know, 282 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:33.840 even I reflect back on a Lander game. We didn't 283 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:36.440 play particularly well in that game, went down one nil 284 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:42.240 and after four minutes, and Sarah basically just picked up 285 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:45.279 a ball from midfield, dribble, penetrated through about five girls 286 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:49.200 and stroked at home. So one to one and we're 287 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:51.799 battling back and forth with a very good Lander team 288 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:55.360 and late in the game, She's exhausted, and I look 289 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:56.919 at her. I said, look, I know you don't play 290 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:59.120 center forward. Almost stick you up there, go win us 291 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:02.519 the game. And literally the first kick of the ball 292 00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:05.759 that she got as a center forward went in and 293 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:07.399 it was an unbelievable goal. 294 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:11.559 I mean like ESPN Top ten. And she came off 295 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:14.799 she goes you all right, coach, you know so. But 296 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:16.919 you know, I hate. 297 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:19.960 Singling out those six because so many other players and 298 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:24.279 our roster are deserving. And anytime a team can go well, 299 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:26.399 I don't even know what our record is, twenty one 300 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:28.799 or twenty zero, one to one or twenty one oh 301 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:32.639 on one, I don't even know that that means is 302 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:36.559 there's more than six kids contributing. And my heart goes 303 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:37.759 out to the rest of the kids. 304 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:39.080 That didn't get identified. 305 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:42.200 But I understand you can't just take our whole roster. 306 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:44.840 But Colby Hale, a good friend of mine who coaches 307 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:48.799 at Arkansas, he said it best. You know, these all conference, 308 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:50.240 these all region teams. 309 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.000 You guys, go ahead and make make your team. 310 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:55.159 Then I want you to bring that team to Arkansas 311 00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:59.960 and I'm gonna play you my team and we will 312 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:03.440 eat you ten to nothing, And so that's the mindset 313 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:08.119 that I have, Like, these teams are great, But listen, John, 314 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:12.200 you bring this all star team to Columbus and I'll 315 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:14.920 play you with all twenty four of my players and 316 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:16.319 I guarantee will win. 317 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:19.640 Fantastic stuff here with coach Ja's we get you ready 318 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:23.400 for round three. Speaking of round three, familiar opponent, we 319 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:26.799 go back to homecoming and un G and you and 320 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:29.559 G is dropping by once again. What do you remember 321 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:32.640 about that matchup the first time you guys played on 322 00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:34.119 the one nil win that you got. 323 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:36.359 Yeah, I'll tell you. 324 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:40.000 Kaylie Ralton and her assistant JP do an awesome job. 325 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:44.559 They're great coaches. We always recruit a lot of the 326 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:47.599 same kids, so uh, you know, we get in these 327 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:50.200 recruiting battles. It's okay, who else is looking at you? 328 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:55.039 Oh North Georgia, Okay, go figure right. So no, listen, 329 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:58.359 they do a great job. And I tell people all 330 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:02.319 the time, like the NCAA tournament's kind of funny because 331 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:05.519 you would think, oh, why are they playing another Peach 332 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:10.000 Belt team. Well, take a look at Division IE. In 333 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:15.839 the Elite eight. There are six ACC teams and several 334 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:18.119 of them are playing against each other in the Elite eight. 335 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:23.880 So it just shows how good our conference is. It 336 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:27.839 shows that, you know, Gosh Lander went up and upset 337 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:30.799 Leonora Ryan, who was the number one team in the 338 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:35.240 in the Sack you know conference, you got North Georgia 339 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:39.400 who upset Wingate, not upset, I mean they beat Lingate. 340 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:40.319 Wingate won the. 341 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:45.799 League, so you know, and we beat Kataba. Kataba was 342 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:46.799 the three up there. 343 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:50.119 So, like, I think it says a lot about how 344 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:55.240 the quality of the Peach Belt this year is super high. 345 00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:58.319 And it goes to show that the schools in our 346 00:18:58.359 --> 00:19:02.319 conference have recruited the right coaches and those coaches have 347 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:05.680 recruited the right players to elevate our league. 348 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:07.880 And I'm super happy. 349 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:10.359 I love the fact that the Peach Belt is so good, 350 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:13.559 and I love the fact that I get the opportunity 351 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:17.279 to coach against Kaylee Rolton and Ashley Martin and Ross 352 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:20.440 Henderson and Jack Marchant, and I mean the list goes on. 353 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:23.440 There's Jacob Crawford, like so many good coaches in our league, 354 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:26.119 and that kind of is what makes you go. 355 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:30.920 So then let me divide this matchup into two halves. 356 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:34.680 What are you most confident about going in and it 357 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:36.680 can be on the field or off the field, and 358 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:40.039 what concerns you the most about this matchup? And once again, 359 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:41.640 it could be on the field or off the field. 360 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:46.359 You know, I think coming off of two really good 361 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:48.599 results this past weekend, I think it's going to give 362 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:53.319 our kids confidence that we have the ability to play really, 363 00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:56.480 really well and score goals and keep a clean sheet. 364 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:00.000 I think that the trickiest. 365 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:03.400 Component that pretty much we always talk about at Columbus 366 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:06.559 State is you know, it's tough to beat teams two 367 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:09.599 times in a row. And so you know, just like 368 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:12.920 we looked at the Kataba game going man, we were 369 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:15.000 down two to one the first time we played him, 370 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:17.960 and we had to come back and score two late 371 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:21.720 goals to beat them three to two. You know, same 372 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:24.359 thing with North Georgia. It was a battle back and forth, 373 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:26.599 back and forth, and we ended up scoring a late goal. 374 00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:31.920 So you know, it's always always tough to beat a 375 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:36.440 team twice in the same season, especially when that game 376 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:40.839 was relatively close in nature, meaning I think we played 377 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:44.960 them homecoming was about three weeks ago, maybe a month. 378 00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:46.079 Bet a month bet a month ago. 379 00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:49.640 I think it was October like twenty second, so It's 380 00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:52.000 about a month ago that we got to play them, 381 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:54.359 and here we are playing again. 382 00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:58.880 And you know, in the end, if I was going. 383 00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:00.799 To drop one of those games, I much prefer to 384 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:03.359 drop the regular season game versus this one, because this 385 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:07.160 is you know, I tell my kids it's win or 386 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.799 go watch. 387 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:09.559 You know, I think I said that last time. 388 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:11.519 It's not win or go home, because we are at home, 389 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:15.839 you know, so it's win or just watch on the deli. 390 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:17.680 Now's it. 391 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:21.119 No doubt about it? Win or go watch ti'clock at 392 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:26.960 Walden Sunday afternoon the Southeast Regional Championship D two, third round. 393 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:30.440 It is Columbus State and it is un g as always. 394 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:32.839 Jade's great to see you, my friend. I hope the 395 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:35.480 holiday is what it is and that you have the 396 00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:37.480 dishes that are there that are prepared. Let me ask 397 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:42.039 before you go, is there anything that is coach j 398 00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:47.559 family specific that might not necessarily be in everybody else's 399 00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:50.599 idea for Thanksgiving dinner? Is there anything in the spread 400 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:53.960 that is specifically in Liick that is not anybody else's. 401 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:55.039