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<v Speaker 1>Yukon's head football coach. Here in the Duncan Music Louds

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<v Speaker 1>great place to have a show like this and coaches

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<v Speaker 1>with us to kick off the season. Let's get into

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<v Speaker 1>some of the specifics of who's out there now. You

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<v Speaker 1>lost a lot of guys on defense. Had a real

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<v Speaker 1>good year defensively and offensively. Random ball really well. Last

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<v Speaker 1>year we were talking about in the break there passing attack.

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<v Speaker 1>How important is it last year Yukon's passing attack under

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred yards a game. How much does it matter?

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<v Speaker 1>And how much do you feel like you got to

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<v Speaker 1>improve that area if you want to be a better

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<v Speaker 1>football team.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we want to improve it, and it is an

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<v Speaker 2>area of emphasis. We've got some guys that can catch

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<v Speaker 2>a short one and turn it into a long one.

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<v Speaker 2>They run after catchability. It's pretty special. So, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we were talking about passing yard It is important, but

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<v Speaker 2>you know, when does it come and why does it

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<v Speaker 2>come is important. And if you can get a guy

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<v Speaker 2>that can catch a five yard slant and take it

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<v Speaker 2>eighty yards, it looks like this huge long bomb or something.

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<v Speaker 2>Really it wasn't. It was just a guy that has

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<v Speaker 2>ability to getting the ball and making something happen for us,

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<v Speaker 2>it's really all about balance. You know. We want to

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<v Speaker 2>be a balanced football team. And that doesn't mean we're

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<v Speaker 2>fifty to fifty running pass or fifty to fifty run

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<v Speaker 2>pass yards. It means that if we're in a game

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<v Speaker 2>where it demands that we run the football to win

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<v Speaker 2>the game, that we have the ability to run the

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<v Speaker 2>football and win the game. Or if we're in a

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<v Speaker 2>game where we have to throw the ball over the

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<v Speaker 2>yard to win it, that we have the ability to

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<v Speaker 2>do that. And I feel like we're we are getting

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<v Speaker 2>closer to where we need in that respect. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like we have a really good passing attack

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<v Speaker 2>right now, but we do like to wear people out

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<v Speaker 2>by running the football. And we've got six really good

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<v Speaker 2>running backs as well. So you know, we're just going

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<v Speaker 2>to search for balance. And at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 2>the most important thing is you win the game. However

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<v Speaker 2>you win the game, you win the game. And so

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<v Speaker 2>one thing we are looking for is more explosive plays

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<v Speaker 2>on offense. Though, whether it's you know, a quick pass

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<v Speaker 2>that mel Brown catches in the flat and turns into

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<v Speaker 2>a long one, or if it's a deep one down

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<v Speaker 2>the field to shemar or if it's cam breaking one.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's those explosive plays that we're looking for in.

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<v Speaker 1>The rushing attack almost two hundred yards a game.

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<v Speaker 2>One thing I was say, pretty balanced.

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<v Speaker 1>I know it was great, But one thing I was

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about, you were not trailing in a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>games last year, so you didn't have to throw to

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<v Speaker 1>get back into games. I think that might be part

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<v Speaker 1>of the reason the passing yardage wasn't better.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, this is what's interesting is Joe Fiano was

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<v Speaker 2>I think that eleventh most efficient quarterback in the country

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<v Speaker 2>and passing efficiency and I don't know how they calculate

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<v Speaker 2>that stat but maybe it was eleventh, maybe it was

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<v Speaker 2>twelve thirteen, I don't know. He was in the top twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that, so to me, that's a good sign.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're right, you know, the situation in the game

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<v Speaker 2>dictates how you play the game. Like I said, if

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<v Speaker 2>we have to throw it to win a game, I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like we can do that. If we have to

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<v Speaker 2>run it to win a game, I feel like we

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<v Speaker 2>can do that. But I feel that, but we've got

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<v Speaker 2>to go out and prove it.

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<v Speaker 1>Skylar Bill, he wears number one. If you were to

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<v Speaker 1>describe him to our audience who hadn't seen him close up,

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<v Speaker 1>what would you say?

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<v Speaker 2>Twitchy? You know, he's twitched up guy. I mean he's

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<v Speaker 2>got quickness, explosiveness, He's put on some weight. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>he's yoked up, his legs are bigger, he looks more,

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<v Speaker 2>he looks faster, he looks more sturdy. I think right

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<v Speaker 2>now he had a little of an injury for the

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<v Speaker 2>last couple of weeks, but he's back full speed now,

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<v Speaker 2>so he'll be fresh legged when we get to our

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<v Speaker 2>first game. The other thing I would describe him as

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<v Speaker 2>is committed. This is a guy that was offered almost

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<v Speaker 2>a half a million dollars by Michigan to transfer and

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<v Speaker 2>decided to come back to Yukon for not that much.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know that says something about him as a person,

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<v Speaker 2>his commitment to this team, and so you know, you

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<v Speaker 2>love those characteristics of a guy like that. He's just

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<v Speaker 2>he's a really good person who's a really good player.

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Moore is with us on Mike Chrispino. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>one thing you've done more than one thing, but you've

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<v Speaker 1>done well, and Dan Hurley's done it as well. Jim

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<v Speaker 1>Penders in baseball been able to convince athletes in this

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<v Speaker 1>world we live in today that maybe there's something else

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<v Speaker 1>besides dollar signs that is important to a player's development,

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<v Speaker 1>or a man's development, or an athlete's development. How do

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<v Speaker 1>you go about doing that? How do you I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously you've got to be genuine, you've got to mean it,

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<v Speaker 1>But you've got to be convincing too.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's getting harder. It's getting harder and harder. More

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<v Speaker 2>and more players are moving for the sole reason of

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<v Speaker 2>can they make more money somewhere else. I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's not a moment where you convince them. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>series of moments over the course of their time with you,

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<v Speaker 2>where they understand that you sincerely care about them and

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<v Speaker 2>you love them, and that you are there for them

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<v Speaker 2>and their future, however that may be, and that you're

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<v Speaker 2>willing to support them in the good times and the

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<v Speaker 2>tough times, and that they see that you're committed to them,

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<v Speaker 2>and that you put them in an environment where there's

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<v Speaker 2>you know, good food, and they have great athletic trainers

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<v Speaker 2>and a great medical staff. They're going to take care

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<v Speaker 2>of them, and they trust the strength and conditioning coach

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<v Speaker 2>and they trust their position coach has their best interest

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<v Speaker 2>in mine is going to do a great job of

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<v Speaker 2>helping them develop into a really good football player. It's

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<v Speaker 2>having a great facility they can come to and feel

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<v Speaker 2>comfortable in. It's having good Wi Fi. You know, so

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<v Speaker 2>they want to lay around and you know so it's

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<v Speaker 2>all those moments that lead to them coming to the

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<v Speaker 2>decision that, yeah, you know what, I'm going to leave

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<v Speaker 2>some money on the table because this is the best

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<v Speaker 2>place for me and this is where I can get

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<v Speaker 2>what I need to be successful. And so at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the day, it's not easy, but you have

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<v Speaker 2>something you can rely on that reinforces the things that

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<v Speaker 2>you're telling in them in that moment, like we care

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<v Speaker 2>about you. And it's not just words. They feel it.

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<v Speaker 2>They've felt it for all the entire time they've been there.

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<v Speaker 2>They've felt it when you started recruiting and you said

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<v Speaker 2>this is how it's going to be when you get there,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's why they came. And then it's that way

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<v Speaker 2>while they're there, and then they want to stay. Not

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<v Speaker 2>all of them want to stay motivated by money, and

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<v Speaker 2>what you find is some of these guys that are

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<v Speaker 2>motivated by money they go to other places, they go shoot.

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<v Speaker 2>I wish i'd have stayed. You know, this money's not

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<v Speaker 2>worth it. You know, they don't care about me here.

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<v Speaker 2>I hear that a lot. I hear that from a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we talked to Shamar Porter. Where's number five. He's

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<v Speaker 1>a wide receiver who is a young guy, a sophomore,

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<v Speaker 1>And we stood next to him after you do your

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<v Speaker 1>little press thing after practice and he came over. His

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<v Speaker 1>size was kind of impressive, and I liked what he said.

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<v Speaker 1>He talked about the things he can do better, that

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<v Speaker 1>he started to do better in this camp that was

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<v Speaker 1>important to him, and I felt like, Okay, here's a

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<v Speaker 1>guy that understands what he's got to do better, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's working at it, and he's actually seeing it come

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<v Speaker 1>to fruition that goes a long way and getting the

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<v Speaker 1>guy motivated.

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<v Speaker 2>I think one of the things I've said consistently, consistently

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<v Speaker 2>since I've been here is that our team is not

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<v Speaker 2>a team full of entitled kids. Our team is full

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<v Speaker 2>of guys that want to work for it, and they

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<v Speaker 2>value hard work. They don't feel like they deserve anything.

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<v Speaker 2>They want to work for it. And Schamar is a

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<v Speaker 2>great example, as in my opinion, almost every player on

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<v Speaker 2>our team is. They don't take things for granted. They're

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<v Speaker 2>not entitled, they don't act in title well that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to get that or I deserve that. They just

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<v Speaker 2>work for it. And you can't even imagine how fun

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<v Speaker 2>it is to coach a team of young men like

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<v Speaker 2>that that are hungry, that hang on every word you say, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>they're going to ask why. But in this climate today,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know with that generation, telling them why you're

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<v Speaker 2>asking them to do something is important. But our guys

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<v Speaker 2>don't ask why are you making me do this? Tell

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<v Speaker 2>me why we're doing this? You know, Okay, I get it.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh that can make me better, you know. I always

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<v Speaker 2>think it's a coach is responsible to tell them why

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<v Speaker 2>before they even ask. But we've got a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>guys they just they just dig in and they work

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<v Speaker 2>and that is refreshing to be around.

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<v Speaker 1>It goes a long way to building a great football team.

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Morrow will us will be back quick treat. When

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<v Speaker 1>you've gone football, you shall live at the Duncan Music Lounge.