March 19, 2025 • 7 mins
Seattle Sounders FC Head Coach Brian Schmetzer joins Dick Fain and Jackson Felts to talk about being out sick last weekend, the many injuries to his team right now, the loss in St. Louis, plus how they move forward this week against the Houston Dynamo.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Brian Schmetzer right now on ninety three point three k triphim.
That's a Brian Smetzer contract, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Jackson? One year thirty five point six nuts. That's about
That's about right, isn't it? Brian?
Speaker 3 (00:11):
I wish my Dick he can be my agent?
Speaker 4 (00:17):
How about that?
Speaker 1 (00:17):
I had to look at the story a couple of
times before I believe it was like one year thirty
five point six million for a pass rusher, my my, my, Well,
First and foremost most importantly, how are you feeling? Because
we know you missed a game last week. You were ill,
and you stayed here while the while the team played
in Saint Louis.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
First game.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
I've missed Dick since two thousand and nine, so that
was kind of a newsworthy point. I don't think it's
that newsworthy, but it was.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
It's been a long.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Time, so I guess.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
I've just been lucky or healthy or good.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
And you know, look, COVID is still around, and you know,
people get sick and you just got to do what's right.
And I didn't want to get anybody else sick on
our team because we've got an important stretch of games
coming up.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Is it more nerve wracking to watch on TV than
it is when you're actually there and you kind of
feel like you got a little bit of control what's
going on.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
It's a great question, Dick, because it was kind of
surreal for me. I mean, I don't watch it on
my couch in front of my TV having a you know,
hot tea because I was sick, and you know, I
was just kind of watching.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
And I watched a lot.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Of MLST games this weekend, so that was a little different.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
But there is a different view on TV.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
I mean the zoom, the camera zooms type kind of
where the ball is, and so you kind of see
the player's emotions a little bit clear on the TV broadcast.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Normally, our panoramic.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
View you can't really see guys faces and everything and
the replays and then you know, so that was interesting.
But then the real thing was like I had to,
you know, stop listening to the announcers because they were
kind of making me biased. I mean, they were saying
good things about our team and then where they were losing,
and then you know, I watched some other games and
I was listening and there's that unconscious bias when you
(02:07):
listen to people talk about your team or the sport,
and you got to kind of fight through that.
Speaker 5 (02:11):
Well couch Jackson here and you just simply should have
listened to the Danny Jackson kJ alcohol that's.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Right there, you go.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Sorry, Danny Jackson.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
Hey listen while you were out, the team's also missing
a bunch of guys. Let's first go over the injuries
for Jordan Morris with the hamstring, Pedro del le Vega
with the quad. What are their timetables to get back
to help your offense.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
They're only a week in Pedro maybe a little longer,
a week in a couple of days, but they're still
going to be out another four weeks. It was good
to get them out on the field today running around,
albeit at a slow pace. But those are those are
you know, four week injuries and you know we're not
going to speed that timeline up.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
It's a long Jackson.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
We've only played four games, so we got a lot
of season left, so we'll be prudent and we'll be careful.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
And losing Paul ariol for the season obviously terrible news.
How close are you to getting Reid Baker Whiting back
and can he partially fill that role that Paul was
doing early in the season.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Can Obviously, Paul had a lot of experience, and he
actually started out the season really really well.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
I was very pleased with his performances.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
He integrated himself into the group really well.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
Reid's going to have to catch up.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I mean, he's a talented young kid, but young kids
have a few more ups and downs, and Paul was
pretty steady. So Reid might not be ready for this weekend.
But the game against San Jose. At San Jose, I'm
thinking that Reid. And because I know you're going to
ask about kim key He, I think both kim key
He and Reid should be available for some minutes against
(03:51):
San Jose.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Good.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
Great.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
How about Houston Dynamo coming to town, a team you
beat in.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
The playoffs last year.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
So looking at that Entirequo squad, what do you make
of the team coming in on Saturday night?
Speaker 3 (04:03):
It's a good team. I love Benny Olson. He's a
real fiery, you know, real colorful, i'll say, colorful guy.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
On the bench.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
So that's always you know, it's a good conversation with Benny.
But the big news is really you know, Nico Ladero
coming back in a different uniform. I mean, that's the
that's the real storyline for me. There's gonna be some
emotion there, you know, And how do our fans react,
How does Nico react, How do his tea his ex
teammates react. So it's a it's a pretty big game,
(04:33):
and I hope everybody comes out to you know, support
Nico because he's done so much for us, But then
also remember who they're cheering.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
For, coach.
Speaker 5 (04:42):
I'm sure there may be plans, but I mean for
you if you were in charge of the whole shebang
at lumen Field on Saturday, like, do you think that
there should be a moment to honor him a standing ovation?
And do you do you have any plans to talk
to him?
Speaker 3 (04:55):
What do you?
Speaker 5 (04:55):
What do you? What are you going to say to
Nico before kickoff?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Well, look, we had we had a conversation at the
beginning of this year about the possibility of coming back
and it just wasn't the right timing.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
We left it in a good spot. I said, hey,
let's look.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Let's wait, let's see what happens halfway through the year
the summer transfer window.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
So we ended on good terms.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
But I would roll out the red carpet Tronico. I
think we owe him that. I know there's plans behind
the scenes to see what can happen.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
But we have to go through protocol.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
We have to talk to Houston first because he's you know,
he's part of their organization. And then we have to,
you know, see what Nico wants.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
I mean, it's his career, it's his life.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
He's got to have a say in it. But I'd
love to do something.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Special for him, no question about it. A legendary Sounder coach.
I like to ask you about Haesus Ferrara and how
he's integrating into the squad.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
What needs to happen for him to break through with
a goal or two.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Yeah, there's been a lot of chatter. I mean, is
he at number nine, is he at number ten? Is
he a nine and a half? Has he come and
got enough minutes? And you know, look those that that
early season stuff with the national team and his injury
history from last year. I'm gonna tell you, Dick that
I'm giving heyesus some benners of the doubt. It was
(06:16):
his first.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Game up there as a number nine.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
I'm gonna unleash him there's no minute restriction, there's no nothing.
We've got a game a week for the next you know,
ten weeks. Uh, he's gonna see a lot of playing
time and either tremendously talented player. Once he gets integrated
into that new role, he's gonna be fine.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Great stuff. I'm glad you're feeling better. Good to have
you back on the sidelines this weekend.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Con Thanks coach.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
All right, take care, guys.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
We'll talk to you next week. You bet.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Brian Schmetzer, our weekly guest.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Always great to talk to Brian, and you know, Jackson
when we when we come back in the next segment,
we're gonna we're gonna chat with Lance Zernline from NFL
dot com, our weekly conversation. I'm really interested to first
and foremost to get Lance's take on what the Seahawks
have done and how that affects their draft situation. They
get Cooper cut, should that affect whether they go wide
(07:07):
receiver high? They get Sam Donald? Should that affect how
they draft a quarterback?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
I think it's an It's interesting.
Speaker 5 (07:13):
Because the Sam Donald contract, as we now understand it is,
essentially could be a one year, thirty seven million dollar deal.
So I'm very interested to know if he thinks that
there's a quarterback, maybe you should if there's a quarterback
in those middle rounds that Seattle could get, I want
to know who those guys are. From Lance, we.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Will talk about those names coming up. Everybody interested in
the NFL Draft. Our friend Lance Zerlin, who joins us
on a weekly basis from NFL dot com. He is
gonna break down the upcoming draft coming up next right
here on ninety three point three kjr FM
Brian Schmetzer right now on ninety three point three k triphim.
That's a Brian Smetzer contract, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Jackson? One year thirty five point six nuts. That's about
That's about right, isn't it? Brian?
Speaker 3 (00:11):
I wish my Dick he can be my agent?
Speaker 4 (00:17):
How about that?
Speaker 1 (00:17):
I had to look at the story a couple of
times before I believe it was like one year thirty
five point six million for a pass rusher, my my, my, Well,
First and foremost most importantly, how are you feeling? Because
we know you missed a game last week. You were ill,
and you stayed here while the while the team played
in Saint Louis.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
First game.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
I've missed Dick since two thousand and nine, so that
was kind of a newsworthy point. I don't think it's
that newsworthy, but it was.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
It's been a long.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Time, so I guess.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
I've just been lucky or healthy or good.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
And you know, look, COVID is still around, and you know,
people get sick and you just got to do what's right.
And I didn't want to get anybody else sick on
our team because we've got an important stretch of games
coming up.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Is it more nerve wracking to watch on TV than
it is when you're actually there and you kind of
feel like you got a little bit of control what's
going on.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
It's a great question, Dick, because it was kind of
surreal for me. I mean, I don't watch it on
my couch in front of my TV having a you know,
hot tea because I was sick, and you know, I
was just kind of watching.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
And I watched a lot.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Of MLST games this weekend, so that was a little different.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
But there is a different view on TV.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
I mean the zoom, the camera zooms type kind of
where the ball is, and so you kind of see
the player's emotions a little bit clear on the TV broadcast.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Normally, our panoramic.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
View you can't really see guys faces and everything and
the replays and then you know, so that was interesting.
But then the real thing was like I had to,
you know, stop listening to the announcers because they were
kind of making me biased. I mean, they were saying
good things about our team and then where they were losing,
and then you know, I watched some other games and
I was listening and there's that unconscious bias when you
(02:07):
listen to people talk about your team or the sport,
and you got to kind of fight through that.
Speaker 5 (02:11):
Well couch Jackson here and you just simply should have
listened to the Danny Jackson kJ alcohol that's.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Right there, you go.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Sorry, Danny Jackson.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
Hey listen while you were out, the team's also missing
a bunch of guys. Let's first go over the injuries
for Jordan Morris with the hamstring, Pedro del le Vega
with the quad. What are their timetables to get back
to help your offense.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
They're only a week in Pedro maybe a little longer,
a week in a couple of days, but they're still
going to be out another four weeks. It was good
to get them out on the field today running around,
albeit at a slow pace. But those are those are
you know, four week injuries and you know we're not
going to speed that timeline up.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
It's a long Jackson.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
We've only played four games, so we got a lot
of season left, so we'll be prudent and we'll be careful.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
And losing Paul ariol for the season obviously terrible news.
How close are you to getting Reid Baker Whiting back
and can he partially fill that role that Paul was
doing early in the season.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Can Obviously, Paul had a lot of experience, and he
actually started out the season really really well.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
I was very pleased with his performances.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
He integrated himself into the group really well.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
Reid's going to have to catch up.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I mean, he's a talented young kid, but young kids
have a few more ups and downs, and Paul was
pretty steady. So Reid might not be ready for this weekend.
But the game against San Jose. At San Jose, I'm
thinking that Reid. And because I know you're going to
ask about kim key He, I think both kim key
He and Reid should be available for some minutes against
(03:51):
San Jose.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Good.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
Great.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
How about Houston Dynamo coming to town, a team you
beat in.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
The playoffs last year.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
So looking at that Entirequo squad, what do you make
of the team coming in on Saturday night?
Speaker 3 (04:03):
It's a good team. I love Benny Olson. He's a
real fiery, you know, real colorful, i'll say, colorful guy.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
On the bench.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
So that's always you know, it's a good conversation with Benny.
But the big news is really you know, Nico Ladero
coming back in a different uniform. I mean, that's the
that's the real storyline for me. There's gonna be some
emotion there, you know, And how do our fans react,
How does Nico react, How do his tea his ex
teammates react. So it's a it's a pretty big game,
(04:33):
and I hope everybody comes out to you know, support
Nico because he's done so much for us, But then
also remember who they're cheering.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
For, coach.
Speaker 5 (04:42):
I'm sure there may be plans, but I mean for
you if you were in charge of the whole shebang
at lumen Field on Saturday, like, do you think that
there should be a moment to honor him a standing ovation?
And do you do you have any plans to talk
to him?
Speaker 3 (04:55):
What do you?
Speaker 5 (04:55):
What do you? What are you going to say to
Nico before kickoff?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Well, look, we had we had a conversation at the
beginning of this year about the possibility of coming back
and it just wasn't the right timing.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
We left it in a good spot. I said, hey,
let's look.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Let's wait, let's see what happens halfway through the year
the summer transfer window.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
So we ended on good terms.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
But I would roll out the red carpet Tronico. I
think we owe him that. I know there's plans behind
the scenes to see what can happen.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
But we have to go through protocol.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
We have to talk to Houston first because he's you know,
he's part of their organization. And then we have to,
you know, see what Nico wants.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
I mean, it's his career, it's his life.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
He's got to have a say in it. But I'd
love to do something.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Special for him, no question about it. A legendary Sounder coach.
I like to ask you about Haesus Ferrara and how
he's integrating into the squad.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
What needs to happen for him to break through with
a goal or two.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Yeah, there's been a lot of chatter. I mean, is
he at number nine, is he at number ten? Is
he a nine and a half? Has he come and
got enough minutes? And you know, look those that that
early season stuff with the national team and his injury
history from last year. I'm gonna tell you, Dick that
I'm giving heyesus some benners of the doubt. It was
(06:16):
his first.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Game up there as a number nine.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
I'm gonna unleash him there's no minute restriction, there's no nothing.
We've got a game a week for the next you know,
ten weeks. Uh, he's gonna see a lot of playing
time and either tremendously talented player. Once he gets integrated
into that new role, he's gonna be fine.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Great stuff. I'm glad you're feeling better. Good to have
you back on the sidelines this weekend.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Con Thanks coach.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
All right, take care, guys.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
We'll talk to you next week. You bet.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Brian Schmetzer, our weekly guest.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Always great to talk to Brian, and you know, Jackson
when we when we come back in the next segment,
we're gonna we're gonna chat with Lance Zernline from NFL
dot com, our weekly conversation. I'm really interested to first
and foremost to get Lance's take on what the Seahawks
have done and how that affects their draft situation. They
get Cooper cut, should that affect whether they go wide
(07:07):
receiver high? They get Sam Donald? Should that affect how
they draft a quarterback?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
I think it's an It's interesting.
Speaker 5 (07:13):
Because the Sam Donald contract, as we now understand it is,
essentially could be a one year, thirty seven million dollar deal.
So I'm very interested to know if he thinks that
there's a quarterback, maybe you should if there's a quarterback
in those middle rounds that Seattle could get, I want
to know who those guys are. From Lance, we.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Will talk about those names coming up. Everybody interested in
the NFL Draft. Our friend Lance Zerlin, who joins us
on a weekly basis from NFL dot com. He is
gonna break down the upcoming draft coming up next right
here on ninety three point three kjr FM
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