February 11, 2025 • 15 mins
New Seahawks OC Klint Kubiak joins Softy and Dick to talk about joining the Seahawks coaching staff.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, joining us right now on the show. Yeah,
take a seat right there, big fella. The brand new
offensive coordinator of your Seattle Seahawks, Clint Koobiak, And first
of all, Man, great to see you, Thanks for coming
by here from the vMac. And then second of all,
let's talk about kind of how this went down. I mean,
you're coaching across the country, three thousand miles away, almost
a different planet, right in Louisiana, New Orleans, and now
(00:22):
you're here with the Seahawks. Talk about why and how
this whole thing came together.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yeah, just opportunity, you know, really fortunate to be able
to get to talk to Mike in the interview process,
and just just grateful for the opportunity to interview for
the position and obviously come into a really excellent situation
with the personnel here in Seattle, and then getting to
you know, bring some coaches that we've had some familiarity
(00:46):
with that have that have been so instrumental in us
teaching this scheme. So thankful for Mike for giving us
that chance.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Well, we've heard a lot in the last year about
priorities maybe not being the line between offensive coordinator and
head coach in complimentary football not being played. Why are
your priorities in line with coach McDonald?
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Uh? Well, you know, here's the deal.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Coach McDonald is stressed from from the beginning, you know,
the things that he's that he's looking for and the
type of the offense that he seeks, and you know,
you know, I'm excited that our brand of football does
match that. We've talked to that in the interview process.
And we also have the same agreement that you know,
it's not always going to be one way. You know,
(01:29):
there's there's there's more than one way to win a game.
And and obviously we want to be a physical, physical
team that can run the football and play action and
all those things. But then we got to be at
our best in those in those drop back passing situations.
So there's a lot that goes into it. And I
definitely believe that the coaches and ies, you know, our
priorities line.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well, click Kubiak is whether that's brand new Seahawks offensive
coordinator right here on ninety three to three kJ r FM.
I want to backtrack for a second because I've noticed,
now this is your fifth stop in the last five years,
right Minnesota. Uh, Denver, the Niners, the Saints and now Seattle.
Is there a part of you that would like to
maybe stick around somewhere for a while then stop moving
for ones?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah, no, absolutely, that's what that's what's so appealing about
this opportunity. And uh, the number one one you do
that is you produce and you win. And that's the
job right now is our coaches and myself to get
on the same page so that we can communicate that
vision to our players and go be successful. So, uh,
you know, the stability takes care of itself when you're successful.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
You had the system, you learned it from your dad,
you learned it from Shanahan. But how much do you
take from other teams? How much do you watch games
and just like I like that, I like that, just
like put it down your notebook.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Yeah, uh, you know, definitely.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
And it's not it's not just me, it's a it's
a whole offensive staff for coaches that is doing this.
We all have our own areas of expertise and then
pulling those ideas together. So this time of here is
something we're definitely studying, studying teams around the league and
how we can add to our to our offense and
and making teach teams for our players. So that's that's
part of the league. You know, everyone everyone's got everybody
else's film, and there's no doubt people steal from each other.
(03:01):
So there's a there's a fine line between you know,
taking too many ideas and just trying to master what
you do best.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
And that's that's and then that's.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
The really important part is Yeah, myself and our staff,
we we give our guys in an identity and we
get good at that before we start worrying about everybody else.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Well, you mentioned stealing stuff. If you could steal the
Eagles offensive line, that'd be phenomenal. All right, that's that's
my only request. We just just take their entire offensive
line and bringing here but Clinn, Honestly, when you look
around the league, I mean, your dad was a huge
influence on you.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
I think we all know that. The Shannonhan's a gigantic
influence on you.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Is there anybody now around the NFL schematically today where
you look at and you say, you know what, that's
who we aspire to be.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
That's what I want to look like.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
You know, I'm gonna let our I'm gonna let our
players decide who we're gonna be.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
You know, I don't want to mimic anybody's offense.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
You know, I think, Uh, you guys, it's well documented
the type of scheme that that we're gonna we're gonna
try to run here and uh, if we go be
the best to be in ourselves and putting this offense together,
you know, hopefully teams trying to emulate us, that's the goal.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
A lot of these guys on offense are veterans. They've
been around for a lot of different offensive coordinators. Now,
so how complex is your offense? How long will it
take these guys to really feel comfortable running?
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Well, I know we're gonna challenge them where it is.
It is gonna be plenty of verbiage. There's gonna be
there's gonna be loss to learn. But these guys are
pro players, and these guys got pro intellects, so they
can pick up a lot really fast. And one you
know the one thing that I've learned is, you know,
these great players are great because they're talent, but the
great players in the NFL are just so intelligent. So uh,
(04:36):
you know, we're gonna stress them mentally. We're gonna give
them a system they can be proud of. And we're
gonna give them a you know, a system that's what
stood the test of time. And then here from April
through June, we got to be the best teachers in
the NFL. And that's a big challenge for us as coaches.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Well, the offensive line. We just kind of joke about
the equals obviously, but the offensive line has been a
major topic, right, I mean, just doing the radio show
every day. You know, it seems like for ten fifteen years,
the old line, the old line, the old line. Frankly,
I'm getting tired of it, and Dick's getting tired of it.
Everybody would love for that to settle down. But how
much influence do you think you're going to have when
it comes to finding, selecting, scouting the offensive line that
(05:15):
you need to run this scheme that you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Yeah, you know again, there's a lot of us in there.
It's us, you know, our offensive staff, starting with John Bennon,
our offensive line coach. I was gonna have a major
input in that, and I'm gonna support him. And you know,
Mac Brown, our tight end coach, is a huge part
of that too. The blocking scheme but yeah, we're gonna
go identify free agents, we're gonna identify college players, and
(05:38):
you know that's not what it's all about. It's all
about developing the guys on the roster and making them
right or too. So it's it's gonna be it's not
just one thing, and it's gonna be the whole staff working.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Together on how much do you value interior offensive lineman?
Because it seems like tackles get all the attention, wide receivers, quarterback, whatever,
but guard centers don't get yacked about, talked about a lot,
really prioritized. How much do you prioritize and value the
interior of the offensive line.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Well, I think if you're gonna if you're gonna be
successful in the in the zone scheme, it all starts
with having an elite center, having a dang Goods center
that can move and is intelligent and can make calls,
and so it all starts from him. And you know,
there's always so much money to go around on a roster.
There is a salary cap and you have to allocate
those funds to other positions, and uh, just just because
(06:28):
you may not value them financially based on the percentage
of the cap. The guy gets that. That's the most
important part of our team is the offensive line. So
we're gonna spend a lot of time of trying to
trying to make those guys better and getting the most
out of them. And uh, that's our challenges coaches.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
In the press conference, you use the word aggressive to
describe Geno in a positive way. Gino, his aggressiveness sometimes
gets them in trouble as well. So how do you
maintain that level of aggressiveness that you like and still
harness it a little bit?
Speaker 4 (07:01):
So there's not the picks that we saw this year.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Yeah, well, you know that's gonna take a that's gonna
that's gonna be a year long relationship building of of
of putting that together. But it's just it's how that
we coach each play, the expectations of each play, the
progressions and what we expect of them, you know, and
just being really detailed as coaches, myself and coach and
coach Jenoke and I think that's something that we definitely
(07:27):
pride ourselves on. However, you know, we're not taking the
stinger out Geno. You know, I like that he's aggressive
and h you know, obviously I wasn't wasn't here last year,
and I'm not gonna I'm not gonna go back and say, well,
last year you did this, you know.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
No, we're moving on.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
He's done a lot in this league and been successful
in this league, and there's a lot to work with.
So we're we're starting starting new.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Well click Qbiac again is with us on the air,
the brand new offensive coordinator for your Seattle Seahawks. And look,
there's a lot of things that we know that DK
metcalf is very very good at. Drawing coverage is certainly
one of them, no doubt. But you're your coach, has said,
Macus said, it can't just be about drawing coverage with
this guy right when when he is covered, we need
to get him the ball.
Speaker 5 (08:07):
Talk to me about that.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
How do you make sure that fourteen gets the ball
even when there's coverage all over this guy?
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Well, I think with any with any wide receiver in
the NFL that has a talent that DK does, you
have to move them around, right, You got to. You
got to give them whether it's in motion or formationally.
So it's really important that the defense can't key on
him in one spot. So I think it starts right there.
And then you know we have to we got to
get creative as coaches. And you know, I'm excited to
(08:35):
work with DK. Obviously, he's signed a lot of success
in this league. He's a veteran and uh, you know
it's it's critical to our success that we get him involved.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
Where are you on the spectrum of having players that
fit your system and versus your system fitting the players
you happen to have that year, Well, I think.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Uh, here's the deal we got. Here's the players that
we have right the most. These guys are gonna be here,
and let's let's let's fit them to this Let's fit
them to the system, and then let's let's coach our
system and let's uh spend a lot of time practicing it.
And hey, if if we're not good in one area,
then we're not gonna run that play because we have
to win the game. That's what it all comes down to.
(09:16):
So we're gonna we're gonna have a style of offense.
We're gonna have a style of play, and then we're
gonna identify our guys strongest traits and then we're going
to accentuate those traits in the fall, and that's our
job as coaches.
Speaker 5 (09:28):
Yeah, is it?
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Is it different working for a defensive minded head coach
like you did last year with Dennis obviously and now
with Mack. You've worked with offensive minded head coaches, but
you're you're you're you're the head coach of the offense.
I mean, this is your baby. He's on the defense,
but he's overall.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
But does that.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Change your job at all when you're working for a
guy who was clearly a defensive minded head coach.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Uh No, it's a team, it's all. We're a team
rolling this thing together. And uh you know, our ability
to be successful on our respective size affects the team's success.
And that's what we're all come down to, is the team.
It was gonna be games we're gonna score. It might
be a six to three game, like you, guys, I
think you had one Chicago last year, and that's a win.
I won the game, all right. There's gonna be games
(10:09):
where it's it's fifty to forty eight, and it's our
job to work together, to compliment each other, and that
that's what that's all about, guys. That's winning the game.
So obviously we want to have we want to be successful.
We want to have our stats. That's great and all,
but it's about it's about freaking winning.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Well, you had two different situations in Minnesota and New Orleans.
I mean last year you just had you were ravaged.
Speaker 5 (10:30):
You guys didn't have a lot.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
To work with all the injuries. Minnesota you did, and
you did quite well. How different are you as a
play color now than you were five.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
Years ago when you started there in Minnesota calling place?
Speaker 2 (10:41):
You know, I just think does there have been plenty
of plenty of experiences that you learn the hard way
on some things. Got to be more prepared for that.
You gotta have answers for immediate answers. You know, I
definitely feel more prepared going into each game now than
I did in twenty twenty one. However, you know, it's
(11:02):
it's uh. I've been around really a lot of great
coaches and worked on some great staffs, and you know,
I get to sit here and talk to you guys today.
But whatever we end up doing and we aspire to
be is gonna come down to, you know, how our
coaching staff comes together and how we communicate on game
day because because it's a team effort, especially we're talking
with the offensive line guys, and and talking with guys
(11:24):
up in the booth, you know, with Andrew with with
with John Benton, with Jake Pete's. You know, it's a
group effort. It truly is. And if it ever becomes
about one guy, we're in trouble.
Speaker 5 (11:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Well, you mentioned that Bears game on Thursday Night Football,
that that six to three win for the Seahawks last year.
Speaker 5 (11:40):
Do you watch that game? By the way, you remember
watching that game?
Speaker 4 (11:42):
I watched the tape and watch were you.
Speaker 5 (11:45):
Entertained by that?
Speaker 1 (11:45):
Because I found it excruciating to watch that game. Offensively,
I mean, honestly, when you have a game like that,
the win is great.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
The win is the win. But would you call that
a good game for your offense?
Speaker 4 (11:54):
A night like that. I'm not gonna comment on y'all
the game last year.
Speaker 5 (11:58):
He was talking about you. If you had a game
like that, would you walk away be pissed? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Right, At the end of the day, you want, you
want to you want to produce. That's what your job is,
So i'd be I'd be a little upset walking to
the car, but I'd be pretty pretty happy that we
got a w that's what it's all about.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
I love that and you you look, the relationship with
you and your dad, Shanahan's is obvious.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Hey, to go back on that, I have that that
has happened, so like, yes, that's that's happened plenty of times.
So I'm not that's my fault for I'm not. I
don't need to talk about last year. That's that's uh,
that's a different, different year. But that happens. That happens
on a team. Yeah, and you got to make sure
your players feel how important it was that you just won,
because if yeah, you can be upset for a little bit, right, Okay,
(12:44):
but you better make sure you're the players know it's
all about winning too.
Speaker 4 (12:47):
Well.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
I'm glad that you said that you'd be pissed, because
we'll be pissed with you, all right. You can all
be pissed together if the offense scores six points, but
in the end, it is about to win. How much
do you still lean on your dad? How much do
you talk to him? How much does he kind of
send you a little tech and notes about stuff he
sees on tape.
Speaker 5 (13:02):
What's that relationship like right now? From a professional.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Perspective, Yeah, no, I I had lean on him a
lot always. I talk to him almost every day and uh,
you know, and probably a quarter of it is about football,
as you guys could probably imagine. So uh, always asking
for his advice, always accepting. Uh you know, I usually
hang the phone up a little upset and then usually
call him back later. But hey, you know what, you're
(13:25):
right about that, but really really grateful for his input.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Well, as of right now, the Eagles are the gold standard.
So when you watch that offense perform over the last month,
what impressed you the most about what they did?
Speaker 4 (13:40):
You know?
Speaker 2 (13:41):
I think you look at the team, right they obviously
ran the ball well and it took shots down the field,
and then they played elite defense. So they played together
as a team, you know, not knowing all the details
of it, just that's what stands out watching them from
far team wins.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Right.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Well, you you did mention in there that you want
to have a fullback, and Dick and I got a little.
Speaker 5 (14:01):
Excited by the way hearing that, all right, Uh.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Because I I I believe that every team always has
a full back on the roster, whether it's a defensive
tackle or a tight end or whatever. Would you personally
be opposed if Byron Murphy because we saw the Texas
game against Washington two years ago and they used Sark
used Byron as a blocking back in Austin. If he
came to you and said, hey, man, if you need
me to be a blocking back on there for you,
(14:24):
would you be opposed to using Bier Murphy as a
blocking back.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
I gotta go watch the tape, you know.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Yes, I'm not as familiar with with Byron's offensive reps.
Speaker 5 (14:33):
He's big, He's really big.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Definitely, we'll be we'll be looking at it for sure.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
You were asking the press conference you your toughest interview question.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
Can you expand a little.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Bit on the back and forth that the situational back
and forth that you had with Mike.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Just you know, coach had a had a had a
really cool situational discussion. You know, what would you do
in this situation and kind of a rapid fire thing.
And just I thought it was a really cool exercise.
That uh, that was really smart. But I him to
to grill young.
Speaker 5 (15:05):
You must have passed it, I would hope, so I
would hope. So well, listen, you came from New Orleans,
where you think, you know, good food.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
This is this This place blows New Orleans out of
the water, not even close by the way. All right,
you need your record restaurant recommendations.
Speaker 5 (15:18):
Let us know. Tell us about yourself. You're married, you
got kids? What's your background?
Speaker 4 (15:21):
Like I am? I'm married at four kids? Wow, all
of them under eight years old? Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Really really really fortunate to you know, to get to
be a dad of four kids. So excited for them
to get out of here and now and check out Seattle.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
What's what's tough for calling an NFL offense or handling
four kids under the age.
Speaker 4 (15:39):
Of eight years old? Yeah, no doubt. Yeah, that's what
my wife she's just saying.
Speaker 5 (15:44):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
Hey, nice to meet, Welcome to Seattle. She'll talk a
lot sat on the road, buddy, best of luck, and
I appreciate this man.
All right, joining us right now on the show. Yeah,
take a seat right there, big fella. The brand new
offensive coordinator of your Seattle Seahawks, Clint Koobiak, And first
of all, Man, great to see you, Thanks for coming
by here from the vMac. And then second of all,
let's talk about kind of how this went down. I mean,
you're coaching across the country, three thousand miles away, almost
a different planet, right in Louisiana, New Orleans, and now
(00:22):
you're here with the Seahawks. Talk about why and how
this whole thing came together.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yeah, just opportunity, you know, really fortunate to be able
to get to talk to Mike in the interview process,
and just just grateful for the opportunity to interview for
the position and obviously come into a really excellent situation
with the personnel here in Seattle, and then getting to
you know, bring some coaches that we've had some familiarity
(00:46):
with that have that have been so instrumental in us
teaching this scheme. So thankful for Mike for giving us
that chance.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Well, we've heard a lot in the last year about
priorities maybe not being the line between offensive coordinator and
head coach in complimentary football not being played. Why are
your priorities in line with coach McDonald?
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Uh? Well, you know, here's the deal.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Coach McDonald is stressed from from the beginning, you know,
the things that he's that he's looking for and the
type of the offense that he seeks, and you know,
you know, I'm excited that our brand of football does
match that. We've talked to that in the interview process.
And we also have the same agreement that you know,
it's not always going to be one way. You know,
(01:29):
there's there's there's more than one way to win a game.
And and obviously we want to be a physical, physical
team that can run the football and play action and
all those things. But then we got to be at
our best in those in those drop back passing situations.
So there's a lot that goes into it. And I
definitely believe that the coaches and ies, you know, our
priorities line.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well, click Kubiak is whether that's brand new Seahawks offensive
coordinator right here on ninety three to three kJ r FM.
I want to backtrack for a second because I've noticed,
now this is your fifth stop in the last five years,
right Minnesota. Uh, Denver, the Niners, the Saints and now Seattle.
Is there a part of you that would like to
maybe stick around somewhere for a while then stop moving
for ones?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah, no, absolutely, that's what that's what's so appealing about
this opportunity. And uh, the number one one you do
that is you produce and you win. And that's the
job right now is our coaches and myself to get
on the same page so that we can communicate that
vision to our players and go be successful. So, uh,
you know, the stability takes care of itself when you're successful.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
You had the system, you learned it from your dad,
you learned it from Shanahan. But how much do you
take from other teams? How much do you watch games
and just like I like that, I like that, just
like put it down your notebook.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Yeah, uh, you know, definitely.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
And it's not it's not just me, it's a it's
a whole offensive staff for coaches that is doing this.
We all have our own areas of expertise and then
pulling those ideas together. So this time of here is
something we're definitely studying, studying teams around the league and
how we can add to our to our offense and
and making teach teams for our players. So that's that's
part of the league. You know, everyone everyone's got everybody
else's film, and there's no doubt people steal from each other.
(03:01):
So there's a there's a fine line between you know,
taking too many ideas and just trying to master what
you do best.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
And that's that's and then that's.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
The really important part is Yeah, myself and our staff,
we we give our guys in an identity and we
get good at that before we start worrying about everybody else.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Well, you mentioned stealing stuff. If you could steal the
Eagles offensive line, that'd be phenomenal. All right, that's that's
my only request. We just just take their entire offensive
line and bringing here but Clinn, Honestly, when you look
around the league, I mean, your dad was a huge
influence on you.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
I think we all know that. The Shannonhan's a gigantic
influence on you.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Is there anybody now around the NFL schematically today where
you look at and you say, you know what, that's
who we aspire to be.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
That's what I want to look like.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
You know, I'm gonna let our I'm gonna let our
players decide who we're gonna be.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
You know, I don't want to mimic anybody's offense.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
You know, I think, Uh, you guys, it's well documented
the type of scheme that that we're gonna we're gonna
try to run here and uh, if we go be
the best to be in ourselves and putting this offense together,
you know, hopefully teams trying to emulate us, that's the goal.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
A lot of these guys on offense are veterans. They've
been around for a lot of different offensive coordinators. Now,
so how complex is your offense? How long will it
take these guys to really feel comfortable running?
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Well, I know we're gonna challenge them where it is.
It is gonna be plenty of verbiage. There's gonna be
there's gonna be loss to learn. But these guys are
pro players, and these guys got pro intellects, so they
can pick up a lot really fast. And one you
know the one thing that I've learned is, you know,
these great players are great because they're talent, but the
great players in the NFL are just so intelligent. So uh,
(04:36):
you know, we're gonna stress them mentally. We're gonna give
them a system they can be proud of. And we're
gonna give them a you know, a system that's what
stood the test of time. And then here from April
through June, we got to be the best teachers in
the NFL. And that's a big challenge for us as coaches.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Well, the offensive line. We just kind of joke about
the equals obviously, but the offensive line has been a
major topic, right, I mean, just doing the radio show
every day. You know, it seems like for ten fifteen years,
the old line, the old line, the old line. Frankly,
I'm getting tired of it, and Dick's getting tired of it.
Everybody would love for that to settle down. But how
much influence do you think you're going to have when
it comes to finding, selecting, scouting the offensive line that
(05:15):
you need to run this scheme that you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Yeah, you know again, there's a lot of us in there.
It's us, you know, our offensive staff, starting with John Bennon,
our offensive line coach. I was gonna have a major
input in that, and I'm gonna support him. And you know,
Mac Brown, our tight end coach, is a huge part
of that too. The blocking scheme but yeah, we're gonna
go identify free agents, we're gonna identify college players, and
(05:38):
you know that's not what it's all about. It's all
about developing the guys on the roster and making them
right or too. So it's it's gonna be it's not
just one thing, and it's gonna be the whole staff working.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Together on how much do you value interior offensive lineman?
Because it seems like tackles get all the attention, wide receivers, quarterback, whatever,
but guard centers don't get yacked about, talked about a lot,
really prioritized. How much do you prioritize and value the
interior of the offensive line.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Well, I think if you're gonna if you're gonna be
successful in the in the zone scheme, it all starts
with having an elite center, having a dang Goods center
that can move and is intelligent and can make calls,
and so it all starts from him. And you know,
there's always so much money to go around on a roster.
There is a salary cap and you have to allocate
those funds to other positions, and uh, just just because
(06:28):
you may not value them financially based on the percentage
of the cap. The guy gets that. That's the most
important part of our team is the offensive line. So
we're gonna spend a lot of time of trying to
trying to make those guys better and getting the most
out of them. And uh, that's our challenges coaches.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
In the press conference, you use the word aggressive to
describe Geno in a positive way. Gino, his aggressiveness sometimes
gets them in trouble as well. So how do you
maintain that level of aggressiveness that you like and still
harness it a little bit?
Speaker 4 (07:01):
So there's not the picks that we saw this year.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Yeah, well, you know that's gonna take a that's gonna
that's gonna be a year long relationship building of of
of putting that together. But it's just it's how that
we coach each play, the expectations of each play, the
progressions and what we expect of them, you know, and
just being really detailed as coaches, myself and coach and
coach Jenoke and I think that's something that we definitely
(07:27):
pride ourselves on. However, you know, we're not taking the
stinger out Geno. You know, I like that he's aggressive
and h you know, obviously I wasn't wasn't here last year,
and I'm not gonna I'm not gonna go back and say, well,
last year you did this, you know.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
No, we're moving on.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
He's done a lot in this league and been successful
in this league, and there's a lot to work with.
So we're we're starting starting new.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Well click Qbiac again is with us on the air,
the brand new offensive coordinator for your Seattle Seahawks. And look,
there's a lot of things that we know that DK
metcalf is very very good at. Drawing coverage is certainly
one of them, no doubt. But you're your coach, has said,
Macus said, it can't just be about drawing coverage with
this guy right when when he is covered, we need
to get him the ball.
Speaker 5 (08:07):
Talk to me about that.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
How do you make sure that fourteen gets the ball
even when there's coverage all over this guy?
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Well, I think with any with any wide receiver in
the NFL that has a talent that DK does, you
have to move them around, right, You got to. You
got to give them whether it's in motion or formationally.
So it's really important that the defense can't key on
him in one spot. So I think it starts right there.
And then you know we have to we got to
get creative as coaches. And you know, I'm excited to
(08:35):
work with DK. Obviously, he's signed a lot of success
in this league. He's a veteran and uh, you know
it's it's critical to our success that we get him involved.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
Where are you on the spectrum of having players that
fit your system and versus your system fitting the players
you happen to have that year, Well, I think.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Uh, here's the deal we got. Here's the players that
we have right the most. These guys are gonna be here,
and let's let's let's fit them to this Let's fit
them to the system, and then let's let's coach our
system and let's uh spend a lot of time practicing it.
And hey, if if we're not good in one area,
then we're not gonna run that play because we have
to win the game. That's what it all comes down to.
(09:16):
So we're gonna we're gonna have a style of offense.
We're gonna have a style of play, and then we're
gonna identify our guys strongest traits and then we're going
to accentuate those traits in the fall, and that's our
job as coaches.
Speaker 5 (09:28):
Yeah, is it?
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Is it different working for a defensive minded head coach
like you did last year with Dennis obviously and now
with Mack. You've worked with offensive minded head coaches, but
you're you're you're you're the head coach of the offense.
I mean, this is your baby. He's on the defense,
but he's overall.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
But does that.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Change your job at all when you're working for a
guy who was clearly a defensive minded head coach.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Uh No, it's a team, it's all. We're a team
rolling this thing together. And uh you know, our ability
to be successful on our respective size affects the team's success.
And that's what we're all come down to, is the team.
It was gonna be games we're gonna score. It might
be a six to three game, like you, guys, I
think you had one Chicago last year, and that's a win.
I won the game, all right. There's gonna be games
(10:09):
where it's it's fifty to forty eight, and it's our
job to work together, to compliment each other, and that
that's what that's all about, guys. That's winning the game.
So obviously we want to have we want to be successful.
We want to have our stats. That's great and all,
but it's about it's about freaking winning.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Well, you had two different situations in Minnesota and New Orleans.
I mean last year you just had you were ravaged.
Speaker 5 (10:30):
You guys didn't have a lot.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
To work with all the injuries. Minnesota you did, and
you did quite well. How different are you as a
play color now than you were five.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
Years ago when you started there in Minnesota calling place?
Speaker 2 (10:41):
You know, I just think does there have been plenty
of plenty of experiences that you learn the hard way
on some things. Got to be more prepared for that.
You gotta have answers for immediate answers. You know, I
definitely feel more prepared going into each game now than
I did in twenty twenty one. However, you know, it's
(11:02):
it's uh. I've been around really a lot of great
coaches and worked on some great staffs, and you know,
I get to sit here and talk to you guys today.
But whatever we end up doing and we aspire to
be is gonna come down to, you know, how our
coaching staff comes together and how we communicate on game
day because because it's a team effort, especially we're talking
with the offensive line guys, and and talking with guys
(11:24):
up in the booth, you know, with Andrew with with
with John Benton, with Jake Pete's. You know, it's a
group effort. It truly is. And if it ever becomes
about one guy, we're in trouble.
Speaker 5 (11:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Well, you mentioned that Bears game on Thursday Night Football,
that that six to three win for the Seahawks last year.
Speaker 5 (11:40):
Do you watch that game? By the way, you remember
watching that game?
Speaker 4 (11:42):
I watched the tape and watch were you.
Speaker 5 (11:45):
Entertained by that?
Speaker 1 (11:45):
Because I found it excruciating to watch that game. Offensively,
I mean, honestly, when you have a game like that,
the win is great.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
The win is the win. But would you call that
a good game for your offense?
Speaker 4 (11:54):
A night like that. I'm not gonna comment on y'all
the game last year.
Speaker 5 (11:58):
He was talking about you. If you had a game
like that, would you walk away be pissed? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Right, At the end of the day, you want, you
want to you want to produce. That's what your job is,
So i'd be I'd be a little upset walking to
the car, but I'd be pretty pretty happy that we
got a w that's what it's all about.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
I love that and you you look, the relationship with
you and your dad, Shanahan's is obvious.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Hey, to go back on that, I have that that
has happened, so like, yes, that's that's happened plenty of times.
So I'm not that's my fault for I'm not. I
don't need to talk about last year. That's that's uh,
that's a different, different year. But that happens. That happens
on a team. Yeah, and you got to make sure
your players feel how important it was that you just won,
because if yeah, you can be upset for a little bit, right, Okay,
(12:44):
but you better make sure you're the players know it's
all about winning too.
Speaker 4 (12:47):
Well.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
I'm glad that you said that you'd be pissed, because
we'll be pissed with you, all right. You can all
be pissed together if the offense scores six points, but
in the end, it is about to win. How much
do you still lean on your dad? How much do
you talk to him? How much does he kind of
send you a little tech and notes about stuff he
sees on tape.
Speaker 5 (13:02):
What's that relationship like right now? From a professional.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Perspective, Yeah, no, I I had lean on him a
lot always. I talk to him almost every day and uh,
you know, and probably a quarter of it is about football,
as you guys could probably imagine. So uh, always asking
for his advice, always accepting. Uh you know, I usually
hang the phone up a little upset and then usually
call him back later. But hey, you know what, you're
(13:25):
right about that, but really really grateful for his input.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Well, as of right now, the Eagles are the gold standard.
So when you watch that offense perform over the last month,
what impressed you the most about what they did?
Speaker 4 (13:40):
You know?
Speaker 2 (13:41):
I think you look at the team, right they obviously
ran the ball well and it took shots down the field,
and then they played elite defense. So they played together
as a team, you know, not knowing all the details
of it, just that's what stands out watching them from
far team wins.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Right.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Well, you you did mention in there that you want
to have a fullback, and Dick and I got a little.
Speaker 5 (14:01):
Excited by the way hearing that, all right, Uh.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Because I I I believe that every team always has
a full back on the roster, whether it's a defensive
tackle or a tight end or whatever. Would you personally
be opposed if Byron Murphy because we saw the Texas
game against Washington two years ago and they used Sark
used Byron as a blocking back in Austin. If he
came to you and said, hey, man, if you need
me to be a blocking back on there for you,
(14:24):
would you be opposed to using Bier Murphy as a
blocking back.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
I gotta go watch the tape, you know.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Yes, I'm not as familiar with with Byron's offensive reps.
Speaker 5 (14:33):
He's big, He's really big.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Definitely, we'll be we'll be looking at it for sure.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
You were asking the press conference you your toughest interview question.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
Can you expand a little.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Bit on the back and forth that the situational back
and forth that you had with Mike.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Just you know, coach had a had a had a
really cool situational discussion. You know, what would you do
in this situation and kind of a rapid fire thing.
And just I thought it was a really cool exercise.
That uh, that was really smart. But I him to
to grill young.
Speaker 5 (15:05):
You must have passed it, I would hope, so I
would hope. So well, listen, you came from New Orleans,
where you think, you know, good food.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
This is this This place blows New Orleans out of
the water, not even close by the way. All right,
you need your record restaurant recommendations.
Speaker 5 (15:18):
Let us know. Tell us about yourself. You're married, you
got kids? What's your background?
Speaker 4 (15:21):
Like I am? I'm married at four kids? Wow, all
of them under eight years old? Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Really really really fortunate to you know, to get to
be a dad of four kids. So excited for them
to get out of here and now and check out Seattle.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
What's what's tough for calling an NFL offense or handling
four kids under the age.
Speaker 4 (15:39):
Of eight years old? Yeah, no doubt. Yeah, that's what
my wife she's just saying.
Speaker 5 (15:44):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
Hey, nice to meet, Welcome to Seattle. She'll talk a
lot sat on the road, buddy, best of luck, and
I appreciate this man.
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