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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back to the Yukon Football Coaches Show on the
Yukon Sports networt Husky's head back up north to Upstate
New York the JMA Wireless Dome. They'll play Syracuse radio coverage,
beginning with Bob Joyce hosting the Heart Autogroup countdown to
kick off at ten thirty on site, and then Wayne
and Adam and myself for the game broadcast at noon.
(00:21):
So right here on the Yukon Sports Network, be sure
to tune it in as Yukon takes on an acc opponent.
And Jim, I know you don't look ahead, You kind
of stay in the moment. I think the team reflects that,
which is kind of cool. You got to do that obviously,
But this one, this one is meaningful. This is one
of the regional powers in our area. You got to
(00:44):
put them Syracuse BC, and now I think Yukon climbing
into that echelon. This one matters in a big picture
kind of way. I think, well, yeah it does.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
And you know, my job is to keep us focused
on what's right in front of us.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
But you know, like we're all human, right.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
And so as I work to keep these players focused
on this game, and just today's practice and today's meetings.
Minds tend to wander at times. And we know that
this is a team that beat us last year. We
know that it's a team that we recruit against. It's
well we'd like to recruit against, you know. We know
it's a real regional matchup. So while you try as
(01:29):
hard as you can not to overemphasize or underemphasize any
game and stay consistent in your approach, I think that
it's just human nature that you know, your anxiety, your anticipation,
your urgency picks up at certain times. But we always
want to be able to operate at a high level
so that we don't have dips in our season, you know,
(01:50):
So that's always my focus. I don't really talk about
the significance of a game other than our goal is
to go out and play well and win it. But
you know, listen, we're all human, and so some of
that slips in there sometimes. But you're the only one
that I'm going to acknowledge that too. Yeah, you and
all the listeners.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
I know, I get you to say something about that.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
You got me, You got me.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
You didn't want to say anything, but you had to.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I didn't want to start an argument with you, and
I know, I freaking I appreciate you listening an hour
at a time anytime.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Uh. We're going to talk to mel Brown a little
later in the.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Show, and he talks about uh, he talks about the
running back situation and what you got with the committee thing,
and but also he talks about running on turf versus grass.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
He likes turf.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
And I said to myself, with a guy with that
kind of speed, I understand what about you?
Speaker 4 (02:46):
You coached on all the surfaces, what do you what's your.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Take on a game played on you know, artificial stuff
and a game played on regular grass?
Speaker 4 (02:55):
How different really is it?
Speaker 3 (02:57):
It depends on the grass.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Like if we're play at the Rent, I love the
grass because there's not a better manicured field in all
the football in my opinion than the Rent and what
those guys do down there to keep it just in
tiptop shape. And it doesn't matter if it's you know,
August thirtieth or it's late in November. That place, that
(03:20):
grass is always awesome. But if our players and guys
like no, I want to go inside and play, I'm
go inside and play with them as well, so I
like grass. I just I like it as long as
it's good grass, you know. So I just like good
football on any surface, how about that?
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Yeah, I'm with you.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
The one thing about indoor football though, to me, especially
when you're on the road, the home team has the
support of their crowd. Obviously, last year the Orange were
six and one at home. I think they won four
of those games by one score, including one against U Khon.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
I think it.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Helps when you got the crowd behind you. Your indoors,
the sound is different. It's harder on your quarterback, thank
the visiting quarterback, because you know it's negative stuff coming
from the stands. It is really a home field advantage,
isn't it to that team that you know plays indoors
when they host a team?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
I think so sure.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
I mean, just you know, if they have educated fans
with Syracuse fans, are they knowing to cheer? They know
him to be quiet? They know and it's important to
be loud. But I'm gonna tell you this last week
at the Rent, our fans were obnoxious. It was awesome,
And I say obnoxious in a kind and loving and
appreciative way. The rint get is loud, all right, and
(04:33):
it's not an easy place to play. And if we
can keep you know, playing well and get people to
come and support us, it'll be a great place.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
But you go to a place like Syracuse.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
I think what's important in a game like this is
when you're playing inside, is if you can get a lead,
or if you can have some success running the ball
and not give the opponent too much to cheer about,
or if it's a third and long situation where you
know they're going to get rowdy and get on their feet,
if you can convert and get them to sit down
real quick. Again, we don't pay a lot of attention
to the crowd. That would not be something that would
(05:01):
be beneficial to us. But you know, it's always a
factor when you're on the road. You know, that's why
you practice with crowd noise and things like that. The
best thing you can do on the road is go
play good football and keep them in their seats walking
towards the exits.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Man, no doubt about it.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Yeah, good crowd at the Rent announced over thirty seven places,
pretty full. It sounded good. I like the I really
like the tailgate thing. We get there early.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
We need to get the tailgaters in Mike, I know
the stadium earlier, and I'm going to give them another
incentive to come in early. Okay by our band, Like,
our band is outstanding. Okay, our cheer squads are outstanding.
So it's not just about the football game. It's about
(05:48):
college environment and supporting the band and our cheer squads
and our Yale squads and our student body in there.
And it's I know it's fun to sit out there
ol Gate. Look, I mean I haven't tailgated much in
my life, but I think it would be fun.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
But the fun is in the in the stands. Man Like,
our band is excellent, excellent.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
And as much as our players want the support, and
I think have earned the support, our band earns it too.
So let's get people in the stadium. You can, Can
you bring your drinks in? Maybe we should. You should
start a petition to get a policy where you can
bring outside alcohol in the stadium.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Part of the band.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
I got two words on that. One fat chance that's happening.
I like your idea. I do like it. We got
to get them in there. I listen, I talk about
it all the time. Trust me, I'm with you on
that all right, We're gonna take quick break back with
Jim Morriless, the U Coms Football Coaches Show on lear Field.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
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Speaker 4 (07:04):
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We're Husky all the way.
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Speaker 7 (09:09):
The Yukon Football Coaches Show continues on the Yukon Sports Network,
presented by Brown, Payne, DRIs and Scott. Once again, here's
Mike Crispino coming up a little bit later on the
Yukon Football Coaches Show.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Will be talking to mel Brown, the running back and
the defensive back Devon Pringle number two and we're with
Jim Mora on Mike Crispino. I want to talk about
Devon Pringle for a second, coach because interesting guy. He
came from Grand Valley State. Now, a lot of folks
at Yukon football fans are starting to get the idea
that you've got to go out and you got to recruit,
(09:41):
You got to get transfers, you got to improve the
squad every year to keep improving Yukon football. And Devon Pringle,
to me, is an interesting guy. Four years at Grandville,
Grand Valley State, which is on the Lake Michigan up
there in the in the state, and it's a small school,
but they got a pretty good history with football.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
It's a Division two thing.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
And I'm just curious, when you go looking for people
or when they reach out to you, how do you
approach analyzing what a guy can do for you, how we.
Speaker 4 (10:13):
Can help the Yukon Husky football team.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Well, we have a certain profile that we're looking for,
physical and mental, emotional, character wise, so you know, we
kind of put them through our filter and if they're
a fit, then we recruit them hard. Devin was a fit.
You know, he's an experienced guy. He's got the size
that fits within the range that we're looking for. He
(10:37):
can run, he's a great kid, he's a hard worker.
He came very well recommended, you know, as you mentioned Mike,
he comes from what we think is a really good program.
He's going well coached, When you watch the film of him,
you saw good technique work. You saw a guy that
finished that played with confidence. And it's like that with
all these transfers. As you watch film of them, you
get their measurables, which is their highweight speed arm Leland,
(11:00):
you know, any number that you can find, if you
can find track numbers on him, you know whether it
be shot put, whether it be you know, one hundred meters,
two hundred meters, whatever it is. So you can see
who they are as a performer, as an athlete, and
then you have to do your research off the field
and find out what type of person they are. Are
they going to fit into our culture? Are they going
(11:21):
to add to what we're trying to be. Are they
going to take away from what we're trying to be?
Are they going to bring positive energy or negative energy?
And if we're not going to take guys, they're going
to bring negative energy. And Devin, you know, he checked
every single box and he has not disappointed one single day.
He's exactly who we thought he was and more and
(11:43):
we're very fortunate to have him on our team.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
And I thought along those same lines, you had to
replace the defensive line this year you have been Smiley,
Where's number one?
Speaker 4 (11:53):
The redshirt senior?
Speaker 1 (11:55):
You got Vincent Carol Jackson in the middle of the
defensive tackle, Stefan Wright grad student, Where's number ninety two?
I thought all those guys as the game progress seem
to get better and better.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Maybe I'm wrong on that, but no, you're right.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
You know, it's a whole new group, and you know,
they're replacing some longtime Huskies, you know, Jelawnie and dal
and price Yates and Langston Hardy and you know, we
could go back even one year with Eric Watts. I mean,
those guys had made a name for themselves around here,
and we're really good players and big parts of building
(12:30):
this program. And so it was not just replacing the
football player, but replacing the man in the locker room,
in the weight room and in the meal room, and
just the personality they brought. And you know, certain it
takes some time to integrate into a new system, into
a new program, and those guys have done a really
nice job of it. And it feels like they're home now.
(12:52):
You know, it doesn't feel like they're brand new. It
feels like they've been here and been with us, and
they understand what we're about, and they've added value to
our program. And you know, that's the scary part of
the portal is you don't always know a guy as.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Well as you'd like to know them when you bring
them on to your team.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
And fortunately for us at this point, you know, we
brought in some good, good young.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Men and the linebackers is speaking of that as well.
Taekwon King, whereas number ten came from Temple Brian Parnham.
They were in on a lot of plays and I
was calling their names quite a bit, Donovan Branch, these guys.
As the game can't seemed to progress, We're in on
more plays. They were at the point of, you know,
(13:36):
attack more and more it seemed, so I thought that
was progress.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
How did you vote that? Just like you you know,
it was new guys.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
I mean, if you think about the guys that played,
Umar is the only one that had played any snaps
for us at the linebacker position. He and Amir Renwick,
and those were very very limited plays. And so you
mentioned Taekwon, you mentioned Brian who both came in and
did a really nice job. You know, SIONI, who wasn't
with us last year, came in and played, so we
(14:06):
had I think we played one to five or six
linebackers because we don't really consider Donovan a linebacker. He's
kind of, you know, he's kind of that linebacker d
lineman mixed with like a true linebacker. None of those
guys had played significant snaps for us, But as the
game went on, you saw them learn and grow and
get better. And that just has to continue. They got
(14:28):
to practice with a purpose every single day and then
they've got to make huge strides on Saturdays against our opponents. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
A quick thought on the secondary too, You probably well,
you know who played how many players? I don't know exactly,
but it seemed to me you left the secondary kind
of alone. You didn't substitute as much in the secondary
in the second half.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
Was there a purpose to that?
Speaker 1 (14:51):
Did you want to see more of your cornerback play
or something of that nature.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
We well, you know, we had to make the sub
early when Malachi went and so Moy came in and
did a good job.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
We wanted to let our corners play.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
We made a switch at corner and got Devin out
of there and gave Cam a little bit more work.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
We wanted to.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Get Osiris in who's a freshman and get him some
work at corner.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
So yeah, we were pretty steady there at safety.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
In the second half, we got number fourteen, Tyrese Mills
in there and he did a really.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
Nice job for us.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
So I feel like, you know, we were pretty consistent
back there, but we got the guys in that needed
to get some work because we know they're going to
be playing for us.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Yeah, Ken Cam Chadwick, obviously number thirteen is an outstanding cornerback.
Devon Pringle. We just talked about where's number two at
the corner and Melachi went down in a heap there
during the game. I don't know what was the extent
of what happened with him. It was he unable to
return because of injury. What was happening there.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Yeah, he took a shot. It was not a head injury.
It was you know, it was an internal thing. And
our medical staff is outstanding, from our athletic trainers to
our doctors. He was taken actually he was taken to
the hospital where he was checked out and released later
that night. I was back with the team on Sunday.
He's in great spirits. He won't be able to play
(16:18):
this week, but he'll be back next week. So scary moment. Yeah,
it was scary for me. I know it was scary
for his teammates and everyone affiliated with this program. But
like I said, our medical staff is top, top, top
of the line, and they took great care of him immediately.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
It's Malachi McClain junior. He wears number seven all right
back with Jim Moore. We got a couple more minutes
with him, and then we've been talking to Melo Brown
and Devin Pringle as we continue on the Yukon Football
Coaches Show.
Welcome back to the Yukon Football Coaches Show on the
Yukon Sports networt Husky's head back up north to Upstate
New York the JMA Wireless Dome. They'll play Syracuse radio coverage,
beginning with Bob Joyce hosting the Heart Autogroup countdown to
kick off at ten thirty on site, and then Wayne
and Adam and myself for the game broadcast at noon.
(00:21):
So right here on the Yukon Sports Network, be sure
to tune it in as Yukon takes on an acc opponent.
And Jim, I know you don't look ahead, You kind
of stay in the moment. I think the team reflects that,
which is kind of cool. You got to do that obviously,
But this one, this one is meaningful. This is one
of the regional powers in our area. You got to
(00:44):
put them Syracuse BC, and now I think Yukon climbing
into that echelon. This one matters in a big picture
kind of way. I think, well, yeah it does.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
And you know, my job is to keep us focused
on what's right in front of us.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
But you know, like we're all human, right.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
And so as I work to keep these players focused
on this game, and just today's practice and today's meetings.
Minds tend to wander at times. And we know that
this is a team that beat us last year. We
know that it's a team that we recruit against. It's
well we'd like to recruit against, you know. We know
it's a real regional matchup. So while you try as
(01:29):
hard as you can not to overemphasize or underemphasize any
game and stay consistent in your approach, I think that
it's just human nature that you know, your anxiety, your anticipation,
your urgency picks up at certain times. But we always
want to be able to operate at a high level
so that we don't have dips in our season, you know,
(01:50):
So that's always my focus. I don't really talk about
the significance of a game other than our goal is
to go out and play well and win it. But
you know, listen, we're all human, and so some of
that slips in there sometimes. But you're the only one
that I'm going to acknowledge that too. Yeah, you and
all the listeners.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
I know, I get you to say something about that.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
You got me, You got me.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
You didn't want to say anything, but you had to.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I didn't want to start an argument with you, and
I know, I freaking I appreciate you listening an hour
at a time anytime.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Uh. We're going to talk to mel Brown a little
later in the.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Show, and he talks about uh, he talks about the
running back situation and what you got with the committee thing,
and but also he talks about running on turf versus grass.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
He likes turf.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
And I said to myself, with a guy with that
kind of speed, I understand what about you?
Speaker 4 (02:46):
You coached on all the surfaces, what do you what's your.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Take on a game played on you know, artificial stuff
and a game played on regular grass?
Speaker 4 (02:55):
How different really is it?
Speaker 3 (02:57):
It depends on the grass.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Like if we're play at the Rent, I love the
grass because there's not a better manicured field in all
the football in my opinion than the Rent and what
those guys do down there to keep it just in
tiptop shape. And it doesn't matter if it's you know,
August thirtieth or it's late in November. That place, that
(03:20):
grass is always awesome. But if our players and guys
like no, I want to go inside and play, I'm
go inside and play with them as well, so I
like grass. I just I like it as long as
it's good grass, you know. So I just like good
football on any surface, how about that?
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Yeah, I'm with you.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
The one thing about indoor football though, to me, especially
when you're on the road, the home team has the
support of their crowd. Obviously, last year the Orange were
six and one at home. I think they won four
of those games by one score, including one against U Khon.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
I think it.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Helps when you got the crowd behind you. Your indoors,
the sound is different. It's harder on your quarterback, thank
the visiting quarterback, because you know it's negative stuff coming
from the stands. It is really a home field advantage,
isn't it to that team that you know plays indoors
when they host a team?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
I think so sure.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
I mean, just you know, if they have educated fans
with Syracuse fans, are they knowing to cheer? They know
him to be quiet? They know and it's important to
be loud. But I'm gonna tell you this last week
at the Rent, our fans were obnoxious. It was awesome,
And I say obnoxious in a kind and loving and
appreciative way. The rint get is loud, all right, and
(04:33):
it's not an easy place to play. And if we
can keep you know, playing well and get people to
come and support us, it'll be a great place.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
But you go to a place like Syracuse.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
I think what's important in a game like this is
when you're playing inside, is if you can get a lead,
or if you can have some success running the ball
and not give the opponent too much to cheer about,
or if it's a third and long situation where you
know they're going to get rowdy and get on their feet,
if you can convert and get them to sit down
real quick. Again, we don't pay a lot of attention
to the crowd. That would not be something that would
(05:01):
be beneficial to us. But you know, it's always a
factor when you're on the road. You know, that's why
you practice with crowd noise and things like that. The
best thing you can do on the road is go
play good football and keep them in their seats walking
towards the exits.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Man, no doubt about it.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Yeah, good crowd at the Rent announced over thirty seven places,
pretty full. It sounded good. I like the I really
like the tailgate thing. We get there early.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
We need to get the tailgaters in Mike, I know
the stadium earlier, and I'm going to give them another
incentive to come in early. Okay by our band, Like,
our band is outstanding. Okay, our cheer squads are outstanding.
So it's not just about the football game. It's about
(05:48):
college environment and supporting the band and our cheer squads
and our Yale squads and our student body in there.
And it's I know it's fun to sit out there
ol Gate. Look, I mean I haven't tailgated much in
my life, but I think it would be fun.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
But the fun is in the in the stands. Man Like,
our band is excellent, excellent.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
And as much as our players want the support, and
I think have earned the support, our band earns it too.
So let's get people in the stadium. You can, Can
you bring your drinks in? Maybe we should. You should
start a petition to get a policy where you can
bring outside alcohol in the stadium.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Part of the band.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
I got two words on that. One fat chance that's happening.
I like your idea. I do like it. We got
to get them in there. I listen, I talk about
it all the time. Trust me, I'm with you on
that all right, We're gonna take quick break back with
Jim Morriless, the U Coms Football Coaches Show on lear Field.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
Husky Pride is in full swing. Academic minds, they're hard
at work and play. As a supporter of all things Husky,
Travelers is proud to sponsor you and it's exciting sports
programs from football.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
To basketball, it's a hockey.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
We're Husky all the way.
Speaker 5 (07:09):
Travelers in Yukon committed to the young people who are
the future of Connecticut.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Listen closely.
Speaker 6 (07:19):
Did you hear that that's the sound of employees being productive.
They're so efficient because they partnered with Xerox to manage
workplace technology from advanced printers to automating your workflows to
IT solutions. Our local experts ensure your business run smoothly.
Visit us at xerox dot com slash Yukon Xerox We
(07:40):
make work work.
Speaker 7 (07:46):
The exclusive home of the Huskies is the Yukon Sports
Network from Learfield.
Speaker 8 (07:58):
Hear that that's the sound of your life perfectly being perfect,
beating in rhythm to the world you've created. But every
time you drive after drinking, the music gets drowned out.
Your life sounds pretty great. Don't let a buzz ruin it.
(08:22):
Buzz driving is drunk driving. Don't drive buzzed. A message
from Nitsa in the AD Council.
Speaker 9 (08:28):
When you're high, you feel different, you think different, you
talk different, you draw different, you listen to music different.
But you probably knew that the problem is you also
drive different, and not in a good way. That's why
driving high is illegal everywhere. So if you're high, just
don't drive. Make a plan to get a sober ride
(08:49):
because if you feel different, you drive different. Brought to
you by Nitza and the AD Council.
Speaker 7 (09:09):
The Yukon Football Coaches Show continues on the Yukon Sports Network,
presented by Brown, Payne, DRIs and Scott. Once again, here's
Mike Crispino coming up a little bit later on the
Yukon Football Coaches Show.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Will be talking to mel Brown, the running back and
the defensive back Devon Pringle number two and we're with
Jim Mora on Mike Crispino. I want to talk about
Devon Pringle for a second, coach because interesting guy. He
came from Grand Valley State. Now, a lot of folks
at Yukon football fans are starting to get the idea
that you've got to go out and you got to recruit,
(09:41):
You got to get transfers, you got to improve the
squad every year to keep improving Yukon football. And Devon Pringle,
to me, is an interesting guy. Four years at Grandville,
Grand Valley State, which is on the Lake Michigan up
there in the in the state, and it's a small school,
but they got a pretty good history with football.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
It's a Division two thing.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
And I'm just curious, when you go looking for people
or when they reach out to you, how do you
approach analyzing what a guy can do for you, how we.
Speaker 4 (10:13):
Can help the Yukon Husky football team.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Well, we have a certain profile that we're looking for,
physical and mental, emotional, character wise, so you know, we
kind of put them through our filter and if they're
a fit, then we recruit them hard. Devin was a fit.
You know, he's an experienced guy. He's got the size
that fits within the range that we're looking for. He
(10:37):
can run, he's a great kid, he's a hard worker.
He came very well recommended, you know, as you mentioned Mike,
he comes from what we think is a really good program.
He's going well coached, When you watch the film of him,
you saw good technique work. You saw a guy that
finished that played with confidence. And it's like that with
all these transfers. As you watch film of them, you
get their measurables, which is their highweight speed arm Leland,
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you know, any number that you can find, if you
can find track numbers on him, you know whether it
be shot put, whether it be you know, one hundred meters,
two hundred meters, whatever it is. So you can see
who they are as a performer, as an athlete, and
then you have to do your research off the field
and find out what type of person they are. Are
they going to fit into our culture? Are they going
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to add to what we're trying to be. Are they
going to take away from what we're trying to be?
Are they going to bring positive energy or negative energy?
And if we're not going to take guys, they're going
to bring negative energy. And Devin, you know, he checked
every single box and he has not disappointed one single day.
He's exactly who we thought he was and more and
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we're very fortunate to have him on our team.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
And I thought along those same lines, you had to
replace the defensive line this year you have been Smiley,
Where's number one?
Speaker 4 (11:53):
The redshirt senior?
Speaker 1 (11:55):
You got Vincent Carol Jackson in the middle of the
defensive tackle, Stefan Wright grad student, Where's number ninety two?
I thought all those guys as the game progress seem
to get better and better.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Maybe I'm wrong on that, but no, you're right.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
You know, it's a whole new group, and you know,
they're replacing some longtime Huskies, you know, Jelawnie and dal
and price Yates and Langston Hardy and you know, we
could go back even one year with Eric Watts. I mean,
those guys had made a name for themselves around here,
and we're really good players and big parts of building
(12:30):
this program. And so it was not just replacing the
football player, but replacing the man in the locker room,
in the weight room and in the meal room, and
just the personality they brought. And you know, certain it
takes some time to integrate into a new system, into
a new program, and those guys have done a really
nice job of it. And it feels like they're home now.
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You know, it doesn't feel like they're brand new. It
feels like they've been here and been with us, and
they understand what we're about, and they've added value to
our program. And you know, that's the scary part of
the portal is you don't always know a guy as.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Well as you'd like to know them when you bring
them on to your team.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
And fortunately for us at this point, you know, we
brought in some good, good young.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Men and the linebackers is speaking of that as well.
Taekwon King, whereas number ten came from Temple Brian Parnham.
They were in on a lot of plays and I
was calling their names quite a bit, Donovan Branch, these guys.
As the game can't seemed to progress, We're in on
more plays. They were at the point of, you know,
(13:36):
attack more and more it seemed, so I thought that
was progress.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
How did you vote that? Just like you you know,
it was new guys.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
I mean, if you think about the guys that played,
Umar is the only one that had played any snaps
for us at the linebacker position. He and Amir Renwick,
and those were very very limited plays. And so you
mentioned Taekwon, you mentioned Brian who both came in and
did a really nice job. You know, SIONI, who wasn't
with us last year, came in and played, so we
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had I think we played one to five or six
linebackers because we don't really consider Donovan a linebacker. He's
kind of, you know, he's kind of that linebacker d
lineman mixed with like a true linebacker. None of those
guys had played significant snaps for us, But as the
game went on, you saw them learn and grow and
get better. And that just has to continue. They got
(14:28):
to practice with a purpose every single day and then
they've got to make huge strides on Saturdays against our opponents. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
A quick thought on the secondary too, You probably well,
you know who played how many players? I don't know exactly,
but it seemed to me you left the secondary kind
of alone. You didn't substitute as much in the secondary
in the second half.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
Was there a purpose to that?
Speaker 1 (14:51):
Did you want to see more of your cornerback play
or something of that nature.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
We well, you know, we had to make the sub
early when Malachi went and so Moy came in and
did a good job.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
We wanted to let our corners play.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
We made a switch at corner and got Devin out
of there and gave Cam a little bit more work.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
We wanted to.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Get Osiris in who's a freshman and get him some
work at corner.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
So yeah, we were pretty steady there at safety.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
In the second half, we got number fourteen, Tyrese Mills
in there and he did a really.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
Nice job for us.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
So I feel like, you know, we were pretty consistent
back there, but we got the guys in that needed
to get some work because we know they're going to
be playing for us.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Yeah, Ken Cam Chadwick, obviously number thirteen is an outstanding cornerback.
Devon Pringle. We just talked about where's number two at
the corner and Melachi went down in a heap there
during the game. I don't know what was the extent
of what happened with him. It was he unable to
return because of injury. What was happening there.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Yeah, he took a shot. It was not a head injury.
It was you know, it was an internal thing. And
our medical staff is outstanding, from our athletic trainers to
our doctors. He was taken actually he was taken to
the hospital where he was checked out and released later
that night. I was back with the team on Sunday.
He's in great spirits. He won't be able to play
(16:18):
this week, but he'll be back next week. So scary moment. Yeah,
it was scary for me. I know it was scary
for his teammates and everyone affiliated with this program. But
like I said, our medical staff is top, top, top
of the line, and they took great care of him immediately.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
It's Malachi McClain junior. He wears number seven all right
back with Jim Moore. We got a couple more minutes
with him, and then we've been talking to Melo Brown
and Devin Pringle as we continue on the Yukon Football
Coaches Show.
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