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00:00 You know, of course, I think anywhere, like I think people look at stuff I've done at
00:04 Kentucky, stuff Jesse's done in the league or at Vandy, like I think you always try to
00:08 figure out what the coach's kind of like, his vibe is.
00:12 You know, it may not be the exact player, right?
00:15 And maybe some of the players might be a little different, but how is it?
00:19 So when you watch me call a game, when I call things at Cincinnati, or I'm calling at Scrimmage
00:23 or something here, like I'm coming after you.
00:25 Like, everybody already knows that.
00:26 Like, we go against the offense, they already know, "Hey, in the spring game, I knew you
00:30 were blitzing on that play."
00:31 Well, that's me.
00:32 That's my personality, you know?
00:33 And so you try to figure out, you know, when he's going to throw shots or when he's going
00:37 to run the ball, when something crazy may show up.
00:39 So you kind of try to watch film, you know, on the opponents, you know, on the coaches
00:45 from previous stops if you can.
00:47 The one thing about that, just like going into the first game, is you don't want to
00:50 chase ghosts.
00:51 You know, you start doing a lot of, covering a lot of things and you don't cover anything.
00:54 So we want to be focused on what our fundamentals are and really want to stop the run, have
00:58 good eye discipline, when the ball's in the air, take the ball away, destroy all the blocks,
01:02 have great effort and angles and communicate.
01:04 So as long as we focus on those four things for us, we think we'll be okay.
01:09 Well, I think, in my opinion, you have followers, you have leaders, and you have influencers.
01:15 I think Mikey's an influencer.
01:16 I think Mikey has changed the mindset of everybody on our team, not just the defensive backs.
01:23 So he's easily to be drawn to.
01:25 So if I was a player, if I wasn't Mikey, I would be right there next to him.
01:30 And I tell the guys, I say, "Listen, we watched them last week and watched a guy play man
01:36 defense and made a great play.
01:37 Guess who it was?
01:38 Number zero.
01:39 We watched him destroy a block.
01:40 Guess who it was?
01:41 Number zero.
01:42 He got beat on the play.
01:43 And the guy caught the ball, run down the sideline, he punched it out.
01:47 Sound familiar, guys?
01:48 Number zero.
01:49 Like, he never stops.
01:50 He's always going and going and going.
01:51 And if he makes a mistake, like I mentioned earlier, the great ones, they correct it.
01:57 And they need a great guy to be around.
01:59 Great guy to be around.
02:00 You know, he's always trying to do things with the players.
02:02 He never, doesn't never, I'm never too busy, you know, never.
02:06 The young guys want to come watch film, and we may not be around in our meetings.
02:10 Mikey texts them, "Hey, young guys, I'm in the building.
02:13 Anybody around?
02:14 I'm here.
02:15 Let's watch film."
02:16 And that's why they want to be around, because he showed them, just like a coach, he showed
02:19 them that he cares and he loves them, so they're always going to be around.
02:22 So I love that kid.
02:24 I love all our players, but you know, he's a special young man.
02:28 [ Silence ]