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 It's time for the 93.9 The Score High School Coaches Breakfast. The Coaches Breakfast on 93.9 The Score is brought to you by Lost Pizza, John C. Saylor Attorney at Law, The Courier Journal, Miller's Place, North Alabama Boney Joint Clinic, Southern Pride Pest Control and Bank Independent. Now live from the North Alabama Boney Joint Clinic, here's your host, Kevin Johnson.

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 Top of the morning to you on this October morning and welcome to you listeners and welcome to Esau Esau, who has made its arrival in the Shoals area and in North Alabama.

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 Hopefully not with a big, big punch like they had down south, but I hope that you're doing well this morning and getting your day off to a good start and hopefully this weather will move through pretty quickly today and by this evening it'll be clear for that Alabama-Georgia game, which you'll hear right here on 93.9 The Score.

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 We're Kevin Johnson, glad to be with you for the Coaches Breakfast from the North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic.

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 Whoo, everybody take a deep breath out of the storm and everything else going on.

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 Lots of moving parts going on, but we got it through the high school weekend and that's a great thing.

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 Actually, a couple of games been moved to Monday in South Alabama.

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 I know Orange Beach High School moved their game to Monday.

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 Three games were moved to week 11, which is at the end of the season.

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 So there was some movement that had to be done, but hats off, and we'll talk about that in a minute, to all those who got the games in for high school football because they're so important to the high school.

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 Well, students and athletics and everything else about it, so hats off to all of them and what a great, great night of high school football it was.

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 I almost had a little weird feeling.

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 I don't know, maybe it was just me, but maybe because of the weather coming in, because of the storm, just you had this eerie feeling, and sure enough, there were some games last night that had a little eerie feeling about it as well.

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 We'll talk about a few of those in just a few minutes, but here's three things that KJ saw last night through the state of Alabama in high school football.

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 Number one, Hoover Bucks are three and five.

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 Listen, folks, that may not mean much for the Sholes area, but in Hoover High School is the premier team for years.

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 They are three and five on the season and probably, most assuredly almost, not going to make the postseason for the first time since 1999.

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 They have made the playoffs every year in the years of 2000, but 1999 was the last time they didn't make the playoffs, and right now, they're probably most definitely looking from the outside, looking in to the top four teams.

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 After they lost last night to Vestavia Hills in the rain of Isis, the rain was coming down pretty good in the second half, and the third quarter, it was a three to zero game with Hoover winning,

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 and so Vestavia lines up to attempt a 48-yard field goal to tie it up.

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 Instead, they run a fake field goal, throw a Hail Mary to the goal line, and Vestavia Rebel kid catches it, and they win the game six to three over Hoover.

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 Hoover most likely out of the playoffs.

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 What else did I see last night?

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 Comeback City in North Alabama.

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 Comeback City happened in two different places at least last night.

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 One of those was in the Madison Bowl, well, not Madison Bowl, but a team from the county line, I should say, James Clemens Jets.

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 They took on Spartman on the road at Spartman, were down, made a furious comeback, and with just under a minute to go,

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 M.J. Gideon, one of the best running backs in North Alabama, breaks it in, scores a touchdown to give the Jets a two-point lead.

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 Spartman would answer back, come down, attempt a 50-yard field goal that was just yards short, and James Clemens wins Class 6A Region 4 with that victory.

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 I think it was 23-21 final score there with James Clemens knocking off Spartman last night.

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 The other comeback city, it was the Austin Black Bears.

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 The Austin Black Bears really were impressive last night for 10 minutes, but it was the only 10 minutes they needed to be impressed.

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 The last 10 minutes of the game, they were trailing 21-3 to Hartzell on the road.

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 Hartzell looked like they were about to pull a big upset and a huge win, but Austin woke up, got a touchdown, defense woke up, got a stop,

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 and before you know it, the Black Bears had a chance to win the game late and drive it down and score with just under a minute to go

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 and win the game over Hartzell last night, 24-21, which sets up a huge game this coming Friday night at Austin

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 as they will play host to Florence, and a big game for both teams in that one.

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 We'll hear that game right here on 93-9, the score.

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 What else did the KJC last night, this weekend, moving parts, moving games, the logistics of it.

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 That's what I want to talk about for a moment.

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 Moving games in high school football is not easy.

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 Most of the time we see there's a hurricane coming.

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 Let's just move the game up to Thursday.

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 That takes more than you realize.

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 You have to get concession stands worked.

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 You have to get the proper personnel there, referees.

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 You have to get also to check with, especially with law enforcement to be there because you have to have all the law enforcement.

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 There's a lot of moving parts to move a game from a Friday night to a Thursday night or vice versa.

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 There's so many moving parts.

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 And so when you hear that a game gets moved, I promise you behind the scenes, it is a ton of work on the administration,

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 on the athletic department of every high school, no matter the size of the high school,

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 to get a game from one day to another day.

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 Hats off to so many teams that were able to pull that off to move games.

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 And hats off to all those, especially law enforcement, who said, yeah, we'll come and work those games on Thursday,

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 knowing that most of them would have to be out doing double duty for the hurricane coming in.

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 So hats off to them for that.

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 And also, many of them were very flexible.

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 Teams last night in North Alabama moved games up an hour or two or three or four, knowing the rain might come in.

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 These are things you have to do nowadays.

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 These are things you just have to be flexible with.

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 And obviously, the coaches did it and administration did it.

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 So hats off to them.

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 So those are some things K.J. saw last night in high school football.

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 Let's talk about games played this weekend, give you some rundown of scores.

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 Game on Thursday night, let's go Florence.

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 Wins it 49-13 over East Limestone.

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 Game played at Brawley Stadium.

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 Gardendale over Cullman, 55-29.

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 Phil Campbell was better than Tanner, 53-6.

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 Randolph shuts out St. John's, Paul 48-0.

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 Red Bay gets by Waterloo, 55-13.

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 They are going to the playoffs for the first time in a while.

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 Congratulations to Trey Lane and the Warriors.

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 They knock off West Limestone, 14-7.

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 Central goes up on the mountain, beats Carver Heights, 54-6.

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 In a battle of the Wildcats, Lexington wins it 47-0 on the road at Winston County.

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 Destra all over Ardmore at the state line as they win that one, 55-14.

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 Russellville was in a fight last night.

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 The Golden Tigers win it with defense last night, 17-7.

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 Meek over Belgrane, 24-13.

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 Bob Jones had a hang on to a scrappy Hazel Green team last night, winning it 35-28.

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 Grissom gets knocked down by Buckhorn.

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 The Bucs win it 66-14.

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 Cherokee gets shut out by Addison, 61-0.

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 Clements over Elkmont, 20-13.

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 Carver County on the road.

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 Probably thought they might have had a little easier game,

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 but J.B. Pennington brought it last night for a little while,

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 but Carver County wins it 41-31.

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 Other games.

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 Curry gets by East Lawrence last night, 34-28.

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 Coosa Christian over Decatur Heritage, 41-7.

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 Columbia falls to Douglas, 54-7.

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 Hensville falls to Etowah, 56-0.

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 Haleville takes on the Hatton Hornets,

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 and the Hornets sting them 42-13 to remain undefeated on this season.

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 Gadsden City over Huntsville, 34-14.

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 North Jackson big over DAR, 60-14.

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 Brooks with a shutout over Lawrence County, 27-0.

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 Westminster Christian travel all the way down to Auburn, I think,

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 if I'm not mistaken, taking Lee Scott Academy, 49-6.

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 Lee Scott wins that one.

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 Marcelle big over Lindsey Lane last night, 52-6.

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 Muscle shows with a shutout on homecoming of Decatur, 41-0.

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 New Hope gets by Madison County, 40-13.

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 And let's see if we get one more, a couple more scores in there if I can,

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 the scores that we have from last night.

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 Just a couple more to throw in here for you.

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 Phillips falls to Hackelberg, 41-14.

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 Faultville better than Sheffield, 34-22.

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 James Clemens over Spartman, it was 30-28 was that final score, by the way.

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 And Hoax Bluff gets by Vondemont, 29-28.

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 That was just some of the scores from around the Shows area last night.

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 Welcome back to Coach's Breakfast here on 93.9 to Score.

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 It's a rainy, rainy Saturday morning.

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 We're having to scramble to get everything done.

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 Coaches have come in, but they're just now getting here,

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 so a little late getting started, but we're going to make it happen.

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 I'm glad to be with us today, and I have the assistant coach of Brooks High School,

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 Coach Brad Broadfoot, whose team last night gets a big win on the road,

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 I believe it was, at Lawrence County 27-0.

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 And, Coach, congratulations.

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 First of all, did y'all make preparations maybe for possible rain coming up

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 and not knowing what the weather might be?

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 We really didn't.

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 We got late word that maybe halftime the rain would come in.

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 Just we went through our normal stuff.

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 Lawrence County is a little different animal.

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 Every week, I think we had six films on them,

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 and every week they show up in something else.

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 They run their plays.

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 They just do it from different sets.

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 So we just tell the kids, live by your rules.

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 We'll find out on the first drive who they want to be tonight,

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 and then we'll go from there.

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 That is something, as a veteran coach, you've been around this while to say,

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 hey, you can't always worry about what they're showing you to do.

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 Sometimes you've got to just worry about your keys, as you said.

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 That is something you preach fundamentally.

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 Fundamentals is big at this time of year still, isn't it?

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 that all we've got to live by is our rules across the board.

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 Yeah, that's really, as we speak with Coach Broadfoot of Brooks High School here,

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 Brad Broadfoot.

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 And, Coach, obviously you're on the defensive side and doing all this.

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 You get a shutout last night.

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 And we've given up more than we should this year in explosive plays

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 and just kind of challenged them.

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 It helped that Lawrence County tried to ground and pound it out.

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 They got a tough little running back.

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 and kids know we feed them when they get a shutout too.

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 You know, people will see records this time of year, and they go,

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 oh, that team is this record, that team is that record.

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 I don't care if they're 1-6 or 2-8 or whatever.

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 You start looking at records, but you watch film,

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 you can see these teams have athletes.

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 They have players.

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 You have to always remind them, look, this guy can play right here, don't you?

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 You have to, like, and at times you pick and choose what film you show them.

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 But, like, and we told them all week going in, this is their, like,

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 mathematically if they lose this game, they're done.

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 Like, playoff-wise.

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 So we knew they were in a corner and they were going to come out swinging,

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 That's a tremendous point here by Brad Broadfoot,

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 assistant coach at Brooks High School.

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 His team wins it 27-0 last night over Lawrence County.

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 Early in the year, you don't have that luxury.

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 You have just one or two films.

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 But this is the time of year.

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 You say, hey, we want you to see.

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 And sometimes what teams did in game one is totally different

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 than what they're doing in game six and seven.

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 Absolutely.

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 And by pick and choose, like, you know, like with Deschler that we got coming up,

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 you don't want to, like, you don't want to get them big-eyed with all the films.

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 So you pick and choose their basics.

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 And with Lawrence County and other teams, you want to show them their best stuff.

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 Yeah.

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 And just so that we get the same thing to the table and it comes back to rules.

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 Who played well for you on defense last night?

234
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 Bam Campbell flies around.

235
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 Max Fedak played well.

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 And, like, what the average people don't see is just like offense.

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 The linemen don't get any love.

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 But, you know, we've got a nose taking a double team all night.

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 We've got five techniques getting washed.

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 But their job is to keep those big kids off of Bam Campbell.

241
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 Yeah.

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 So he can run.

243
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 He's probably in about 15, 16 tackles last night.

244
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 But we kind of attribute those across the board.

245
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 That's a great point.

246
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 You know, these big guys don't get the credit.

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 And they say, well, they only had one tackle in the whole game.

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 But you as a coach know that they did their job.

249
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 It shows up on that backside with those linebackers.

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 And that's a big thing.

251
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 Do you talk to them about that, not to worry about stats,

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 but just do your job?

253
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 Absolutely.

254
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 And we'll throw a tackle at them sometimes.

255
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 Yeah.

256
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 Hey, we saw that.

257
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 Yeah.

258
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 It was close enough.

259
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 You were in the vicinity there.

260
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 I like that.

261
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 That's right.

262
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 Brad Broadfoot of Brooks High School.

263
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 And, Coach, you turn the page now.

264
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 Who do you have next week and where?

265
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 Dexter Tigers there.

266
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 Okay.

267
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 That is going to be a big, big game, obviously.

268
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 It's a rivalry over the years.

269
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 That's one that you all have looked forward to, and they have, too.

270
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 It's fun to see these games.

271
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 Does it help that it's sort of a familiar foe over and over, one of those rivalries that you play?

272
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 It is, as long as you don't get big-eyed by that logo in the field.

273
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 Now, Coach Malone does a great job.

274
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 He and Coach Horton are good friends.

275
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 Me and Coach Malone are good friends.

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 A lot of that staff.

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 And they do a really good job.

278
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 But the rivalry is fun.

279
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 Like, I think I've been there five years.

280
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 We've got two.

281
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 They've got three.

282
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 Yeah.

283
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 So, it's just back and forth in the past.

284
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 That's what it was supposed to be like right there.

285
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 That's a great point.

286
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 It's back and forth.

287
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 Brooks, five and three on the season.

288
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 Three and two in region play.

289
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 Right there, obviously, you're in the mix with two other teams, or three other teams.

290
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 Chase and Deschler for that top spot who's undefeated.

291
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 But this will be a big feather in your cap if you can get the win.

292
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 That game's on the road again.

293
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 Is that right?

294
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 So, on the road at Deschler.

295
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 When you play a team like Deschler, you know what you're going to get there.

296
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 That's one of those things.

297
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 Have you seen the wing tee any this year already?

298
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 Not what we've seen on film.

299
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 Just a lot of explosive guys that they take off.

300
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 And they're very sound on defense.

301
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 But our offense, like you asked about defense.

302
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 Like, we've got pretty good backs.

303
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 We've got pretty good receivers.

304
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 O-line's coming together late.

305
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 I think Samarian Coffey last night went for like 13 carries, 140 yards, three touchdowns.

306
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 So, we kind of match up with, I think, with them better than we do a team that grounds and pounds you.

307
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 Yeah.

308
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 Because we have a light box, but we have a quick box.

309
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 Yeah, quick box there.

310
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 That's a good point.

311
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 Light box, but quick box in defense.

312
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 That's pretty good right there.

313
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 Speaking with Brad Broadfoot of the Brooks Alliance.

314
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 And, Coach, one last thing, too.

315
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 When you talk about your team, it's almost their five and three on the season.

316
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 You feel like it's a little bit of a late bloomer.

317
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 You know, there's some kids that are late bloomers.

318
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 Sometimes teams are late bloomers.

319
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 It feels like you're starting to find out who you really are late in the season here.

320
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 And that's what we used to say, like, by week four, you're who you are.

321
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 But you look at the Deshlers of the world and the West Morgans of the world.

322
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 West Morgan week one is their juggernaut the rest of the year.

323
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 Yeah.

324
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 Deshler comes out and they get better every single week.

325
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 Right.

326
00:17:19,260 --> 00:17:22,460
 So, you'd like to play West Morgan late and Deshler early.

327
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 But we always have it, vice versa.

328
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 So, that's a great point.

329
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 I like that.

330
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 I mean, that's some great insight right there.

331
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 That's going to be a great game coming up at Deshler High School.

332
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 Brooks and Deshler Friday night, correct?

333
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 No, Thursday.

334
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 Or is it Thursday night?

335
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 Yeah, that's right.

336
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 Short week.

337
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 Short week because you're on television, too, this week.

338
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 Statewide TV.

339
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 That's a big thing, too.

340
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 Right.

341
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 And fall break, so we have to deal with that.

342
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 It's almost like homecoming, getting them in there.

343
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 Yeah, but you get it Thursday night, so you only have three days of that.

344
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 But you've got to work it all in.

345
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 But that game will be on PBS for you that are listening right now.

346
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 You can watch that statewide on public TV, and it's great to watch.

347
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 So, get one of the Northwest games, and that'll be fun.

348
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 Thursday night, and watch that game.

349
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 It should be a great one.

350
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 And, Coach, best of luck, okay?

351
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 I appreciate it.

352
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 Brad Broadfoot of Brooks High School.

353
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 A rainy Saturday morning, so be careful out there.

369
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 Windy some places, too.

370
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 The storm seemed to make more east a little bit, from what I say.

371
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 I'm not a meteorologist, but seemed more east of I-65 than it has here.

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 But there's still some bands to come through, so don't let your guard down today,

373
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 throughout the day, because those bands can come through and do a little damage.

374
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 So be aware to weather all day long.

375
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 Kevin Johnson, glad to be with you here from the North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic.

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 Joined now by the head coach of the Destro Tigers, Coach Patrick Malone,

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 whose team went to the state line last night, took on the Ardmore Tigers,

378
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 and come away with a big win.

379
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 And, Coach, congratulations on the win last night.

380
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 And it's never easy when you go all the way to the state line in middle Alabama.

381
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 That's a long trip up there.

382
00:20:01,260 --> 00:20:05,540
 It was, and, you know, obviously big game for us, region game.

383
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 And then the time got shifted, and, you know, I'm very appreciative of Ardmore

384
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 and their administration team.

385
00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:19,400
 Hey, we're having some alerts with some high wind, thoughts on moving the game up an hour,

386
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 and I appreciate that.

387
00:20:21,380 --> 00:20:25,120
 So we moved it up, and, you know, it was a quick turnaround Thursday.

388
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 We get that notification, so we got to let everybody know.

389
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 We got to make the adjustment.

390
00:20:28,980 --> 00:20:33,300
 But what it did, it gave us an opportunity to treat it like a playoff game

391
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 where you got to leave a little bit early.

392
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 So we got some operational things that we needed to look at.

393
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 And, you know, you're always blessed with those kind of opportunities.

394
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 But I'm very proud of our bunch for traveling.

395
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 You know, I looked up there.

396
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 You know, obviously we kicked off at 6, and I take a peek about 6.05, 6.10,

397
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 and, man, we are covered with desks for people.

398
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 I mean, from end zone to end zone.

399
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 And I'm just so appreciative of our fans for making that trip.

400
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 You know, there's a million things you do.

401
00:21:01,620 --> 00:21:04,660
 We got fall break, Monday, Tuesday, so they could have gone out of town.

402
00:21:04,860 --> 00:21:08,960
 But the calendars were set for Desher football, so I appreciate them.

403
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 I can't thank them enough for their support.

404
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 I know our kids thrive off of it, and just very appreciative of them.

405
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 55-14 win for Desher over Ardmore last night, getting the early start.

406
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 But as you say, there's some schools of great tradition,

407
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 and Desher being one of them, that if you started at 7 p.m. or 7 a.m.,

408
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 the fans would be there, and that is great to see that as well.

409
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 And on the road, it doesn't matter.

410
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 And going on the road, sometimes, is it real comfortable for your team

411
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 to go on the road?

412
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 Do your team feel like they handle the road as well as they do at home?

413
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 I would like to think that.

414
00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:45,060
 Now, there's no replacing playing at home and the chapp

415
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 and the support we get there.

416
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 But when we go on the road and we put on those all-white uniforms

417
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 and it's got that dash there across your chest,

418
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 you've got another opportunity to represent the brand.

419
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 And for us, it's been a while since we've traveled to Ardmore to play.

420
00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,840
 I've never been to Ardmore to play football.

421
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:08,140
 So we took that as an opportunity to showcase our program, our brand.

422
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 This is who we are.

423
00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:10,420
 This is what we're about.

424
00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,560
 And, you know, I'm very pleased with our performance last night.

425
00:22:14,620 --> 00:22:18,520
 Obviously, some things in each game that you've got to get cleaned up.

426
00:22:18,700 --> 00:22:22,020
 But we challenged them, started fast, and I think they did.

427
00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:23,040
 I think they played well.

428
00:22:23,540 --> 00:22:25,200
 I executed at a high level last night.

429
00:22:25,540 --> 00:22:27,960
 Coach Patrick Malone, his team went to Ardmore last night.

430
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 You were on the Alabama side of the border there, so that's good.

431
00:22:30,980 --> 00:22:32,720
 I had an old coach tell me one time I went there,

432
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 he told his team, he said, you get in the end zone and you're in Tennessee,

433
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 so go score.

434
00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,600
 So that's pretty close how much closer you are.

435
00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,200
 But you take care of business last night.

436
00:22:40,340 --> 00:22:41,980
 Who played well for you last night?

437
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 I'm really proud of all of our seniors.

438
00:22:44,180 --> 00:22:47,540
 I think offensively it starts with the quarterback, Bryson Williams.

439
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 He made some plays with his feet last night and got some guys lined up.

440
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 Then we were able to play some young guys.

441
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 Jai Burnett, backup quarterback, who's going to be a star for us.

442
00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,660
 Tyler Holmes, receiver for us, made some big-time plays.

443
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,760
 Chris Bailey, senior receiver, had some big catches toward the end there.

444
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 And just, you know, you get in a game like that,

445
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 you've got guys that work so hard all year long,

446
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 and they may not get the reps that some other guys get,

447
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 but when it's their time and they perform, you go, man,

448
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 that makes it all worth it right there.

449
00:23:22,020 --> 00:23:24,760
 And then I look back and I see some older guys.

450
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 They're cheering on our guys.

451
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 And, you know, you like to see that.

452
00:23:29,660 --> 00:23:32,200
 You love that that's part of the culture there, Dushler.

453
00:23:32,380 --> 00:23:36,540
 And, you know, when Dushler was so dominant in the early 2000s, late 90s,

454
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 that's how it was.

455
00:23:38,340 --> 00:23:42,300
 You know, you played, you know, your second guy's got a lot of reps

456
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 in that second half.

457
00:23:43,780 --> 00:23:47,060
 So very pleased with the team before and so proud of our coaches.

458
00:23:48,380 --> 00:23:52,520
 You know, this is one of those games you just finish a rival game

459
00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,380
 in West Morgan, a big game, and you've got to flush it.

460
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,120
 You've got to get everybody right back on page.

461
00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,120
 And the goal is to play in late November, early December.

462
00:24:00,140 --> 00:24:02,540
 So we've got to keep getting better, just proud of our coaches

463
00:24:02,540 --> 00:24:05,400
 for their effort and focus and attention to detail this week.

464
00:24:05,900 --> 00:24:09,100
 Coach, when your Dushler Tigers go last night, you knew,

465
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,920
 and most people know, on paper, against Ardmore, a heavy favorite.

466
00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:16,940
 Was it a chance for you to maybe try a few things a little different

467
00:24:16,940 --> 00:24:19,900
 or maybe work on something that you said, hey, we want to make sure

468
00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:21,180
 we work on this this week a little bit.

469
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,820
 This is a good chance if we get the lead, we can work on this a little bit.

470
00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:26,240
 Well, our message earlier in the week was let's focus and execute.

471
00:24:26,540 --> 00:24:30,520
 And then you're right, you know, obviously you're getting at this point

472
00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:34,220
 in the year and everybody's got film on you and they've got you broken down.

473
00:24:34,460 --> 00:24:37,480
 So you want to throw some curveball and fastball count, so to speak.

474
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,420
 And so we were able to do some things like that.

475
00:24:40,020 --> 00:24:44,320
 Big thing is we want to make sure everybody's involved offensively.

476
00:24:44,540 --> 00:24:47,940
 So let's get a guy, you know, a touch here.

477
00:24:48,020 --> 00:24:49,460
 Let's put a guy in this spot.

478
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:51,480
 Let's do those type of things.

479
00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,000
 And then defensively, we're able to move some guys around,

480
00:24:54,100 --> 00:24:56,780
 got some guys, some quality looks.

481
00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,520
 Very pleased there.

482
00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,160
 But, you know, you can't just do that on a Friday night.

483
00:25:03,420 --> 00:25:05,560
 You know, that's got to be some prep going into it.

484
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,840
 And, again, you know, just very proud of our coaches,

485
00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:13,240
 give them a lot of credit for the proactiveness, the foresight,

486
00:25:13,620 --> 00:25:16,560
 to make sure you've got to have a plan, obviously,

487
00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:18,400
 but you've got to have a plan B as well.

488
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:22,060
 So I was very pleased with our performance.

489
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,760
 Speaking with Patrick Malone, the head coach of the Destro Tigers,

490
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:28,560
 his team now 6-1 on the season, 5-0 in region play.

491
00:25:29,020 --> 00:25:32,620
 Cleansed a playoff spot there for sure last night.

492
00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:36,100
 And now you have a short week, Thursday night game against Brooks,

493
00:25:36,180 --> 00:25:39,320
 a rival, another region game, a huge region game for both teams.

494
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,560
 And it also is something pretty special going on

495
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,580
 because it's going to be statewide TV.

496
00:25:44,860 --> 00:25:46,420
 Yeah, that's exciting for us.

497
00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:51,320
 Another opportunity for us to showcase Tuscumbia and our program.

498
00:25:51,700 --> 00:25:54,520
 We'll be televised on Alabama Public Television,

499
00:25:54,660 --> 00:25:56,360
 be the statewide game of the week.

500
00:25:57,260 --> 00:25:58,660
 Good 4A matchup here.

501
00:25:58,740 --> 00:26:00,460
 Brooks is coming on a three-game winning streak.

502
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,100
 So they've got things rolling, so it's a challenge for us.

503
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,520
 And then you add in the Brooks-Duster rivalry,

504
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,720
 and I think both sides will be ready to go.

505
00:26:09,820 --> 00:26:11,840
 I know our fans are excited for this one.

506
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,220
 Again, Thursday night, 7 o'clock.

507
00:26:15,300 --> 00:26:16,920
 Going to be a great, great atmosphere.

508
00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:19,260
 And just not any team gets picked for these.

509
00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:20,540
 And that's a big thing about it.

510
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,420
 I mean, there's 10 games a year, I think maybe 11 they do,

511
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,640
 and they go from every classification, from every point of the state.

512
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,440
 But your brand, I think, has a big part of that too,

513
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,280
 seeing that you get to come to the CHAP, as you say,

514
00:26:32,580 --> 00:26:33,540
 to Howard Chappell Stadium.

515
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:34,420
 That's going to be a big thing.

516
00:26:34,420 --> 00:26:39,440
 It is, and it's a great opportunity for our fans, for people to see,

517
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:41,340
 because I don't think there's any secret.

518
00:26:41,420 --> 00:26:43,860
 I talk about our support, and it's so appreciative of it.

519
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,040
 You know, and there's such great support in North Alabama

520
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,380
 for high school football and high school athletics in general.

521
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,360
 But at Dasher, I feel it's different.

522
00:26:52,220 --> 00:26:53,960
 And I'm telling you, if you looked up there last night,

523
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:57,140
 we hadn't – I'm going to tell you, at every road game,

524
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,460
 we've got more fans than the opponent.

525
00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:01,960
 And then it's just – they support.

526
00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:04,260
 They get in their cars, and they're going to drive.

527
00:27:04,340 --> 00:27:05,540
 They're going to travel.

528
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:07,940
 And then I got a report last night on the way home

529
00:27:07,940 --> 00:27:10,460
 that Tuscongee had invaded Buc-ee's on the way home.

530
00:27:10,700 --> 00:27:15,840
 So, you know, it was like a game and then a post-game celebration at Buc-ee's,

531
00:27:15,860 --> 00:27:17,300
 and I hope everybody enjoyed their brisket.

532
00:27:17,660 --> 00:27:18,360
 Should have been good.

533
00:27:18,380 --> 00:27:19,560
 That's a good way to end it this morning.

534
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,100
 Destro wins it over Ardmore.

535
00:27:21,180 --> 00:27:23,040
 Gets ready to take on Brooks Thursday night

536
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:24,300
 at Howard Chepo Stadium.

537
00:27:24,420 --> 00:27:25,460
 Coach, best of luck, okay?

538
00:27:25,500 --> 00:27:26,120
 Thank you so much.

539
00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:27,460
 Patrick Malone of the Destro Tigers.

540
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,600
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559
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560
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561
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 on the coaches breakfast from the North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic.

562
00:28:49,620 --> 00:28:53,140
 Joined now by the head coach of the Golden Bears at Lexington High School,

563
00:28:53,220 --> 00:28:54,360
 my good friend Brett Mask.

564
00:28:54,420 --> 00:28:58,820
 And coach, congratulations on the 47-0 victory on the Thursday night special.

565
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,200
 Was it fun to get that one under your belt on Thursday night?

566
00:29:02,540 --> 00:29:05,620
 It was, you know, I ain't gonna lie, we had fall break Friday.

567
00:29:06,020 --> 00:29:11,160
 And he actually, their coach called me last week and asked me if he wanted to bump it to Thursday.

568
00:29:11,420 --> 00:29:13,660
 So we kind of looked at the calendar and jumped all over it.

569
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:15,600
 Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

570
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,780
 The fall break, and people might understand, but it helps the gait.

571
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:20,740
 It helps the everything.

572
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,960
 People, some people want to take a little, you know, mini vacation or a bigger vacation.

573
00:29:24,220 --> 00:29:28,300
 It just helps all around, and so it gives you a chance to give your guys a little break, too, as well.

574
00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:31,240
 Well, and you don't have to police them all day Friday.

575
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:31,720
 Yeah.

576
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,940
 So logistics-wise, it did work out.

577
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,820
 And, you know, it was good to go get that and then have Friday off

578
00:29:38,820 --> 00:29:43,880
 and not have to worry about, you know, bringing guys in and pre-game meals and travel.

579
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:48,580
 And then, obviously, fans, you know, trying to, you know, non-football fans

580
00:29:48,580 --> 00:29:52,320
 and non-football guys that are trying to take, you know, go see Grandma

581
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:53,660
 or go out of town for a little bit.

582
00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:54,480
 So it worked out.

583
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,360
 I believe that's in Double Springs, Alabama, where you went.

584
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,220
 The double puddles, I used to kid them all the time.

585
00:29:59,240 --> 00:29:59,720
 That's what everybody taught me.

586
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,960
 They would get mad at me, but I'd pick on them a little bit.

587
00:30:01,980 --> 00:30:02,840
 But you traveled down there.

588
00:30:03,100 --> 00:30:04,560
 But the first time you've been down there to play a game?

589
00:30:04,700 --> 00:30:05,260
 It is.

590
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:05,540
 Yeah.

591
00:30:05,580 --> 00:30:06,720
 First time in Double Springs.

592
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,080
 So you go down there and get a win.

593
00:30:09,340 --> 00:30:10,860
 But, you know, that's a good little trip.

594
00:30:10,940 --> 00:30:13,160
 Does that help prepare you maybe for postseason,

595
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,960
 which I think you've clenched now if you were to have to go on the road?

596
00:30:16,020 --> 00:30:17,060
 Does that help you a little bit with those long trips?

597
00:30:17,060 --> 00:30:17,300
 It is.

598
00:30:17,540 --> 00:30:19,780
 And I went ahead and got a charter bus just for that purpose.

599
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:23,800
 I actually had some bus issues with timing and leaving.

600
00:30:24,020 --> 00:30:27,940
 So I just went ahead and got a charter bus just to kind of prepare for some of that

601
00:30:27,940 --> 00:30:30,600
 and learn how to handle those trips because it is different.

602
00:30:30,860 --> 00:30:31,960
 I mean, it's different.

603
00:30:32,260 --> 00:30:35,420
 I mean, it's kind of got a little bit of better playoff feel to it

604
00:30:35,420 --> 00:30:36,860
 and taking a longer road trip.

605
00:30:37,020 --> 00:30:40,360
 So, you know, that's good practice if we have to travel in the playoffs

606
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,060
 and just to get our guys used to that situation.

607
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:44,520
 I'm going to give you an extra minute here.

608
00:30:44,580 --> 00:30:46,720
 I'm going to ask a question before I get into the game and they're coming up.

609
00:30:48,460 --> 00:30:49,060
 Uniform walls.

610
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,500
 Do you have different uniform sets that you can go with during the year?

611
00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:54,620
 Do you have different color pants, different color jerseys?

612
00:30:54,820 --> 00:30:56,200
 I know Roja used to have to do white.

613
00:30:56,580 --> 00:30:58,160
 But what color different pants you got there?

614
00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:03,520
 Honestly, this year, and I'm kind of OCD, we bought new uniforms in the offseason

615
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:07,020
 and we have all different color combinations from years back.

616
00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:08,680
 But this is my OCD.

617
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:10,240
 It's half of them are Adidas.

618
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:11,320
 Some of them are Under Armour.

619
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:19,500
 So I made the executive decision that we went straight LSU this offseason

620
00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:21,320
 and it is straight LSU.

621
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:21,880
 Okay.

622
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:26,220
 And so we're gold pants every week with a purple or white top.

623
00:31:26,380 --> 00:31:30,340
 And when I say we look like LSU, we were walking down and the kids are like,

624
00:31:30,380 --> 00:31:31,540
 they look like LSU.

625
00:31:31,620 --> 00:31:33,100
 And I'm kind of secretly smiling.

626
00:31:33,420 --> 00:31:34,800
 Not that I'm an LSU fan.

627
00:31:34,860 --> 00:31:35,840
 It's just a clean look.

628
00:31:35,980 --> 00:31:36,560
 Yeah, it is clean.

629
00:31:36,620 --> 00:31:37,180
 What color helmet?

630
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:38,240
 It's purple helmet.

631
00:31:38,340 --> 00:31:38,480
 Purple.

632
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:39,860
 Oh, you do have the LSU look there.

633
00:31:39,860 --> 00:31:43,860
 But we do have the LHS with the bear head, so it looks just like that helmet.

634
00:31:44,260 --> 00:31:47,140
 We're speaking here with the head coach of the Lexington Golden Bears, Lane Kip.

635
00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:48,280
 I mean, Brett Mask.

636
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:48,640
 No, don't.

637
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,400
 And go there a little bit and have a little fun out of you.

638
00:31:50,460 --> 00:31:51,700
 Let's talk about the game and the win.

639
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:52,620
 Who played well for you?

640
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,140
 Well, our quarterback played well, and I think our guys played well.

641
00:31:55,340 --> 00:31:59,240
 And honestly, our defense played well against a team that does a lot of

642
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:00,260
 unconventional stuff.

643
00:32:00,980 --> 00:32:03,160
 I was talking in there with other coaches.

644
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,500
 I said, you know, I'm a young – I say young.

645
00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:08,760
 I mean, I am the inexperienced young defensive guy of doing it this year.

646
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,480
 I had to line up something that I've never seen before.

647
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,060
 But when they put eight linemen across and there's a bunch of gaps in there,

648
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:18,860
 you've got to take a second and figure out how in the world are we going to line

649
00:32:18,860 --> 00:32:21,840
 up to eight guys on the line and three in the backfield.

650
00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:24,840
 But our guys did a really good job with it.

651
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,560
 We made some adjustments right there and were able to shut them out.

652
00:32:27,620 --> 00:32:28,300
 So that was huge.

653
00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:29,460
 Old school football.

654
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:31,740
 Oh, he had his old school single wing football.

655
00:32:31,740 --> 00:32:35,880
 I mean, just – at one point, I think when they pulled both sniffers over there

656
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,280
 and pulled a guard to the four-man side over there,

657
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,200
 there were seven guys coming to one side over there.

658
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:42,480
 So –

659
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,500
 Everything but the leather helmets going on over there.

660
00:32:44,620 --> 00:32:45,280
 So that's pretty good.

661
00:32:45,380 --> 00:32:45,800
 It was.

662
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:47,780
 You get the wind, though, and you get a shutout.

663
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,400
 That has to be good for your defense to get another shutout in doing that.

664
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,260
 You've got to build some confidence there.

665
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:53,960
 It is.

666
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,200
 And it was kind of a bend, don't break.

667
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,440
 I mean, they'll three and four yards you to death.

668
00:32:58,100 --> 00:33:02,620
 And so it's kind of one of those kind of checky manhood a little bit games.

669
00:33:02,620 --> 00:33:07,740
 But I was proud of our guys, and we were – it was the simplest game plan we've had

670
00:33:07,740 --> 00:33:08,800
 probably all year long.

671
00:33:08,900 --> 00:33:11,580
 And that's kind of what we said as a staff Sunday.

672
00:33:11,860 --> 00:33:15,240
 After, you know, a tough loss and an emotional loss, you know,

673
00:33:15,260 --> 00:33:16,800
 we've got to go back to doing what we do.

674
00:33:17,060 --> 00:33:20,460
 And so, you know, everybody thought it was going to be like a bloodbath this week

675
00:33:20,460 --> 00:33:20,880
 at practice.

676
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:21,560
 It wasn't.

677
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,280
 But it got back to doing what we do.

678
00:33:24,380 --> 00:33:28,320
 We did a lot more best on best this week and just kind of went back

679
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,680
 and simplified it and going back to doing what we do.

680
00:33:30,740 --> 00:33:32,520
 And our kids responded to that very well.

681
00:33:33,260 --> 00:33:36,460
 Coach, you're sitting in a region right now that's a pretty good region,

682
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:37,600
 as I said, all year long.

683
00:33:37,740 --> 00:33:41,260
 And you're sitting there at the top along with Carver County and Phil Campbell

684
00:33:41,260 --> 00:33:42,740
 all tied at four and one in the region.

685
00:33:43,180 --> 00:33:45,120
 You have Faultville coming up behind you at three and two.

686
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:48,400
 And the team you play this week is two and three in region, the Tanner Rattlers.

687
00:33:48,900 --> 00:33:52,940
 I mean, it's still several teams battling to get in those spots.

688
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,680
 And, you know, two good teams are going to get left out.

689
00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:57,500
 They are.

690
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,560
 And, you know, you've got to come and play every week in our region.

691
00:34:00,820 --> 00:34:03,060
 And everybody can be beat at any given time.

692
00:34:03,260 --> 00:34:08,320
 And so Tanner's got a lot of good players and a lot of good guys that can score

693
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:09,740
 in a real big hurry.

694
00:34:09,740 --> 00:34:13,860
 So, you know, it's back to one of those weeks of we've got to be where we're

695
00:34:13,860 --> 00:34:14,400
 supposed to be.

696
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:16,800
 And I know this sounds cliched, but, you know,

697
00:34:16,820 --> 00:34:18,440
 you asked me about the playoffs before we came on.

698
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,880
 I mean, well, I've looked at it, but not that I don't care.

699
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:23,620
 I don't want to focus on that.

700
00:34:23,700 --> 00:34:27,000
 I want to focus on this week and winning the next region game

701
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:31,620
 and winning the next one just because that's the mentality we have to have.

702
00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:34,400
 And the rest of it will work at, you know, how it's supposed to.

703
00:34:34,580 --> 00:34:38,560
 Do you find as a head coach that your attitude bleeds over into your team's attitude?

704
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:43,120
 Well, there was an old coach that you were around for a long time

705
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:48,880
 that told me and told somebody I'm related to, and I've heard this for years,

706
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:50,820
 that the team takes on the personality of the head coach.

707
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:57,000
 And so, you know, as the head coach and as the leader of our team, you know,

708
00:34:57,060 --> 00:34:58,420
 you've got to be aware of that.

709
00:34:58,900 --> 00:35:03,700
 And so those guys have, I say, have taken on our mentality a little bit.

710
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:04,900
 They're starting to get there.

711
00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:10,260
 And it's not there yet, but, yeah, a team does take on the personality of the head coach,

712
00:35:10,340 --> 00:35:11,560
 whether they're good, bad, or ugly.

713
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,260
 I think that's a good thing for Lexington High School right now

714
00:35:14,260 --> 00:35:17,520
 because they're doing pretty well on the season, having a really good year,

715
00:35:17,860 --> 00:35:22,980
 6-1 on the year, 4-1 in region play, hosting Tanner this coming Friday night.

716
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,060
 They're going to move it until Friday this week, so it'll be good, right?

717
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:25,880
 Senior night, too.

718
00:35:25,900 --> 00:35:26,760
 Senior night, too.

719
00:35:26,820 --> 00:35:28,980
 So recognizing the seniors, always a special night.

720
00:35:29,060 --> 00:35:32,280
 So I know the folks at Lexington will fill the stands for this one.

721
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:33,220
 It should be a lot of fun.

722
00:35:33,540 --> 00:35:35,240
 And I know Tanner will bring a good crowd, too,

723
00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:37,020
 so it should be a great high school atmosphere.

724
00:35:37,220 --> 00:35:39,320
 Coach, congratulations and best of luck, okay?

725
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:39,960
 Appreciate you.

726
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:42,380
 The head coach of the Lexington Golden Bears.

727
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:44,480
 More from the Coach's Breakfast after this time out.

728
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:46,840
 Let's go.

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730
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731
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 Welcome back to the Coach's Breakfast here on 93.9 The Score.

745
00:36:54,260 --> 00:36:57,900
 KJ with you on this Saturday morning, getting your day off to a good start.

746
00:36:57,980 --> 00:37:04,380
 Don't forget, later tonight, 3.30 pregame, 6.30 kick, Alabama, Georgia, Tuscaloosa,

747
00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:07,100
 everybody in the nation knows about this one.

748
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,640
 It will be great, and you'll hear it right here on 93.9 The Score.

749
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:14,720
 Joined now by the head coach of the Russellville Golden Tigers, Coach Darrell Higgins,

750
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:17,940
 whose team went on the road in a battle of black and gold last night,

751
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:24,200
 took on the Athens Golden Eagles, and the Golden Tigers win at 17-7 in a defensive battle last night.

752
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,220
 Coach, congratulations and breathe this morning.

753
00:37:27,340 --> 00:37:29,320
 That was a hard-fought game last night.

754
00:37:29,540 --> 00:37:34,640
 That was a tough high school football game on the road with Athens playing for their lives,

755
00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:35,460
 trying to get in the playoffs.

756
00:37:36,180 --> 00:37:39,480
 Watched that one last night through the NFHS network some,

757
00:37:39,620 --> 00:37:43,820
 and man, that was just two teams that went at it and two well-coached teams.

758
00:37:43,820 --> 00:37:47,540
 I think that's the thing that maybe jumped out to me was how well-coached both teams were

759
00:37:47,540 --> 00:37:51,340
 because to be well-coached, you have to be able to try to shut down the other team,

760
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,760
 and both teams really were doing a good job of going back and forth at that.

761
00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:55,920
 That was a great game.

762
00:37:56,060 --> 00:38:00,660
 Our defense played lights out all night, made huge stops down in the red zone,

763
00:38:00,780 --> 00:38:04,900
 got some big turnovers, flew around to the football, tremendous effort.

764
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,740
 Let's talk about those turnovers because there was a couple of times I thought,

765
00:38:08,740 --> 00:38:13,740
 oh, the Golden Eagles about to knock on the door and two big interceptions.

766
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,540
 Two different ones, especially there late in the game,

767
00:38:16,720 --> 00:38:19,500
 but just both from guys that maybe you wouldn't expect a linebacker

768
00:38:19,500 --> 00:38:20,600
 and a defensive end sort of.

769
00:38:20,860 --> 00:38:23,360
 Oh, yeah, and Braxton Duncan had a huge interception.

770
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:27,420
 Dre Kergal had a big interception, but the one that just jumps out the screen to me

771
00:38:27,420 --> 00:38:29,000
 is Kiefer Hallmark was playing.

772
00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:29,900
 He was rushing.

773
00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:33,240
 The quarterback did a quick throw, and he just stopped and jumped up

774
00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:35,840
 and intercepted the ball out of the air.

775
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:37,980
 He was throwing a slant behind him, and I'm talking about it.

776
00:38:38,020 --> 00:38:40,200
 It was unbelievable game-changing play for us.

777
00:38:40,300 --> 00:38:44,100
 I mean, first of all, I saw the play, and I thought he knocked it down.

778
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,880
 How he caught it, I have no idea because he was about three feet away

779
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:50,040
 from the quarterback, and it just stuck in his hands, and he took off.

780
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,860
 And I thought to myself, man, sometimes things just are rolling right for you,

781
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:55,040
 and last night it did on the defense.

782
00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:57,980
 What does that mean for your defense going forward, though?

783
00:38:58,700 --> 00:38:59,680
 Oh, it was great.

784
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:01,940
 We had been playing really good defense all year,

785
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,580
 but kind of in the fourth quarter, been giving up some plays and some scores.

786
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,700
 And last night, in the fourth quarter, we just bared down

787
00:39:08,700 --> 00:39:09,820
 and played tremendous defense.

788
00:39:10,220 --> 00:39:12,780
 Taurus Davis has been the star running back for you all year.

789
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,280
 But last night, he got held out in the end zone for the first time.

790
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:16,340
 Still went over 100 yards.

791
00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:18,820
 But you had another guy that's found the end zone,

792
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:20,540
 and he's gotten tremendous speed.

793
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:25,140
 Darren Jones, he's played receiver for us, but he also can run the ball.

794
00:39:25,140 --> 00:39:30,320
 And he's a track superstar that is loving football now.

795
00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:33,220
 Is that one of the things that when you see a kid like that with such speed,

796
00:39:33,260 --> 00:39:36,320
 you say, hey, he's our wide receiver, but we've got to get more touches for him.

797
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:39,740
 Have you started bringing him over to the running back a little bit

798
00:39:39,740 --> 00:39:40,600
 and just getting more touches?

799
00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:41,220
 Absolutely.

800
00:39:41,700 --> 00:39:44,160
 Every day, we'll say, go get you some running back drills in,

801
00:39:44,240 --> 00:39:44,920
 get some work there.

802
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:46,760
 And he's got a feel for it.

803
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:49,960
 I mean, one of those runs he made last night, he put his foot in the ground,

804
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:51,880
 cut it up, cut it all the way back across the grain.

805
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:56,140
 Tremendous play for us because everybody out there is keying so much on Taurus

806
00:39:56,140 --> 00:39:58,240
 that it was great to get another back going.

807
00:39:58,580 --> 00:40:00,040
 Now, as we speak with Daryl Higgins,

808
00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:01,480
 the head coach of Russellville High School.

809
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:05,120
 And, Coach, I want to ask you this because you may say no, and that's fine.

810
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:09,360
 But it seemed like last night was just a strange night in high school football

811
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:10,780
 because of the storm coming in.

812
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:13,100
 It seemed like there was a lot of anxiousness there.

813
00:40:13,380 --> 00:40:16,100
 It just had an eerie feeling all night long across the state.

814
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:17,900
 Did it sort of feel different last night to you a little bit?

815
00:40:18,260 --> 00:40:19,120
 I liked it.

816
00:40:19,260 --> 00:40:20,480
 It felt good out there.

817
00:40:20,660 --> 00:40:21,960
 I knew I was walking into that one.

818
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,660
 No, I really thought it was a great night for football.

819
00:40:24,660 --> 00:40:31,380
 And Athens did some things on defense that caused us some problems as far as we wasn't blocking the right people,

820
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:32,620
 wasn't doing things right.

821
00:40:32,980 --> 00:40:35,380
 Caused a lot of adversity and things.

822
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:41,600
 And our guys went there at halftime and didn't ever panic, didn't fall apart,

823
00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:43,720
 and came out and really did a great job in the second half.

824
00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:48,340
 You know, we're deep into the season now, and teams are starting to get, as we say, the book out on each other.

825
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:51,940
 And you start to see a lot of film, and teams are like, okay, here's what we're going to do.

826
00:40:52,220 --> 00:40:56,460
 And if something works, then you're going to see it again, whether it be on offense or defense.

827
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,820
 So, is that something you have to work on this week saying, hey, they've shown this,

828
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:01,420
 and it worked against us, or they showed this?

829
00:41:01,620 --> 00:41:03,060
 Is that something you have to adjust to now?

830
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:03,680
 Absolutely.

831
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,840
 I think, you know, somebody saw us having problems blocking something,

832
00:41:06,980 --> 00:41:08,780
 next week we'll see the same thing.

833
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:10,080
 Who do you have next week?

834
00:41:10,240 --> 00:41:10,700
 At Decatur.

835
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:11,780
 Decatur next week.

836
00:41:11,820 --> 00:41:12,600
 Is that home or away?

837
00:41:12,700 --> 00:41:13,240
 At Decatur.

838
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,080
 So, on the road, Ogles Stadium.

839
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:19,520
 And so, that's always a tough place to play and always difficult.

840
00:41:19,660 --> 00:41:21,380
 Is that your first time to go there to play, by the way?

841
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:22,080
 Absolutely.

842
00:41:22,340 --> 00:41:23,200
 I thought it might have been.

843
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:24,080
 So, you go play at Decatur.

844
00:41:24,260 --> 00:41:26,500
 What are you looking for out of your team next week?

845
00:41:26,900 --> 00:41:27,860
 Just keep getting better.

846
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,120
 Last week was really big for us after that Muscle Shoals win.

847
00:41:31,220 --> 00:41:32,520
 It was such a high.

848
00:41:32,700 --> 00:41:39,340
 The community was just pumping these guys up, bragging on them, telling them how great it was.

849
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,900
 And so, to turn the page on that and come back out after such a huge win

850
00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:47,480
 and still play tremendous football really showed me a lot about our team growing up.

851
00:41:47,700 --> 00:41:49,600
 Coach, I want to say one other thing before I let you go.

852
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:53,680
 Obviously, building a program, you've done that before in Marcello.

853
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:55,620
 You're doing it now as you're here at Russell.

854
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,060
 It also goes down to your junior high programs and your JV programs.

855
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:00,260
 Those are important, too, aren't they?

856
00:42:00,580 --> 00:42:06,680
 The whole program, everything we do, we do everything the same way from the seventh grade all the way up.

857
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,060
 It's the exact same stuff.

858
00:42:08,220 --> 00:42:10,740
 And there's really no secrets or anything that we do.

859
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:14,940
 We do everything as hard as we can, full speed, hold the kids accountable,

860
00:42:15,260 --> 00:42:18,800
 and try to make them be the best they can be on the field, off the field.

861
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,040
 Everything that goes into being a student athlete.

862
00:42:21,500 --> 00:42:24,820
 Coach, your team, with a great winning season in your first year at Russell,

863
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:25,900
 has that helped?

864
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:30,980
 I mean, I know it sounds funny to say, but is it a feel in the school that you can feel it in the school halls, too, as well?

865
00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:35,120
 The halls, the community, the lunchroom, the gas station.

866
00:42:35,380 --> 00:42:35,560
 Yep.

867
00:42:35,620 --> 00:42:38,480
 And that was something I was having to stay on the kids a lot about.

868
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:42,020
 I said, everybody keeps patting you on the back and telling you what a great job it is,

869
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:43,440
 how good it was to beat Muscle Shoals.

870
00:42:43,540 --> 00:42:46,420
 But we're not done just because we beat Muscle Shoals.

871
00:42:46,500 --> 00:42:47,400
 We're just getting started.

872
00:42:47,540 --> 00:42:52,580
 And there's a big difference between being 6-1 and being hungry and being 6-1, being satisfied.

873
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:55,100
 And last night I found out our guys are hungry.

874
00:42:55,100 --> 00:42:57,000
 Yeah, that's a great statement there.

875
00:42:57,140 --> 00:43:02,220
 7-1 on the season, 4-1 in region play, 17-7 win over Athens last night.

876
00:43:02,620 --> 00:43:05,600
 Go to Ogles Stadium, take on Decatur next Friday night.

877
00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:08,360
 The Golden Tigers played well on the road last night.

878
00:43:08,460 --> 00:43:09,640
 Let's see if they can do it again next week.

879
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:10,760
 Coach, best of luck, okay?

880
00:43:10,980 --> 00:43:11,300
 Thank you.

881
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:15,040
 The head coach of the Russell Golden Tigers, one of the best in the business, Daryl Higgins.

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 Welcome back to the Coach's Breakfast on this tropical morning here in the Shoals area as East Iasis comes flying through the North Alabama area.

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 Be safe out there.

904
00:45:08,580 --> 00:45:09,920
 Kevin Johnson, glad to be with you.

905
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:14,700
 James Moody on our 93.9 The Score studios on the Coach's Breakfast this morning on this rainy day.

906
00:45:15,100 --> 00:45:21,600
 Joined by two coaches from Carbert County High School whose team last night knocked off J.B. Pennington last night by a score of 41-31.

907
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:24,140
 We're joined by Lucas Craft and Coach Brian Dickerson.

908
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:25,440
 Gentlemen, y'all doing okay this morning?

909
00:45:25,620 --> 00:45:26,080
 Oh, well.

910
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:26,780
 Doing well.

911
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:27,300
 Doing well.

912
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:27,840
 Good to see you.

913
00:45:27,900 --> 00:45:33,600
 Always good to have a couple Indians in here with me, an alma mater of mine, and so proud of them with a big win last night.

914
00:45:34,020 --> 00:45:35,420
 And Coach Craft, I'll start with you.

915
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:39,340
 Last night, 41-31, tell us a little bit how the game played out a little bit.

916
00:45:39,340 --> 00:45:42,740
 Was it one of those that you had to hold on, or did you get the lead and they score?

917
00:45:42,820 --> 00:45:43,540
 Was it back and forth?

918
00:45:44,020 --> 00:45:44,200
 Yeah.

919
00:45:44,340 --> 00:45:51,920
 So, last night we had jumped out on them pretty early, and at halftime we had a pretty big lead.

920
00:45:52,240 --> 00:45:55,640
 And, you know, the second half, our kids just kind of relaxed a little bit.

921
00:45:55,820 --> 00:45:57,660
 And then, I mean, hats off to J.B. Pennington.

922
00:45:57,740 --> 00:45:59,040
 They played until the final horn.

923
00:45:59,140 --> 00:45:59,220
 Sure.

924
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:03,700
 They made it a lot closer for ball game than we would have liked, for sure.

925
00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:08,200
 But, again, you got out early and got the lead, so that's good, and that's a good thing.

926
00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:09,540
 So, you get the win, a big win.

927
00:46:09,860 --> 00:46:14,640
 And, by the way, the Indians now 5-2 on the season, 4-1 in region play there in Class 2A.

928
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:17,040
 Coach Dickerson, you're on the defensive side of that.

929
00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:21,380
 I know you probably are not happy about the 31 points, but at the same time you're happy about the win

930
00:46:21,380 --> 00:46:23,960
 because your team came out and did what they had to do early, especially.

931
00:46:24,140 --> 00:46:24,660
 Yes, definitely.

932
00:46:24,720 --> 00:46:28,420
 It's always about the effort and making sure we do the little things right as far as getting in the line

933
00:46:28,420 --> 00:46:33,520
 and just going and playing with great technique and doing the little things that it takes to be a successful weekend week out.

934
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:37,580
 And we've shown those things, and we've gotten better every weekend, especially up front.

935
00:46:38,100 --> 00:46:41,460
 I take a lot of pride in how that defensive line is playing because if we don't win a lot of scrimmage,

936
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:42,180
 nothing else matters.

937
00:46:42,620 --> 00:46:44,500
 But, like, we didn't want to get those points late.

938
00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:47,720
 But the biggest thing was being able to – we jumped out on them early.

939
00:46:47,780 --> 00:46:51,220
 The office did a great job of getting in the end zone, and then we went in halftime 33-0.

940
00:46:51,700 --> 00:46:56,480
 But expecting to come out, and then we had some young guys that played early in the second half.

941
00:46:56,540 --> 00:46:59,760
 And so those things happened, but there's still things we can learn from moving forward.

942
00:47:00,140 --> 00:47:01,560
 Talk about your defensive line.

943
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:03,800
 You say you like them up front and they're playing well.

944
00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:06,240
 Who are some of the guys up front that played well for you early on?

945
00:47:06,420 --> 00:47:09,400
 Tony King is a junior, and he's done a really good job.

946
00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:12,560
 But everything goes around our defensive end.

947
00:47:12,940 --> 00:47:15,920
 Hulk is probably the – I think he leads the shows area in sacks right now.

948
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:16,180
 Yeah.

949
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:19,480
 He gets a lot of pressure, and he kind of causes havoc.

950
00:47:19,900 --> 00:47:23,960
 And then we've got – you have EJ Qualls on the other side of that thing.

951
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:29,020
 And 8-8 is doing a really good job of just anchoring that front for us and causing havoc

952
00:47:29,020 --> 00:47:31,980
 because we create a lot of one-on-one matchups, and we make you beat us.

953
00:47:32,380 --> 00:47:36,180
 And place now football, and when we find those advantages, we take advantage of them.

954
00:47:36,420 --> 00:47:39,140
 Before I let you go on the defensive side, as we speak with Brian Dickerson,

955
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:41,240
 who works with the defense at Carver County High School.

956
00:47:41,340 --> 00:47:45,660
 And Coach, you know, 2A level, you don't have as much depth, but you're still at defense line.

957
00:47:45,720 --> 00:47:47,140
 You've got to rotate as many as possible.

958
00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:50,220
 Is that one of those things you try to get four or five at least out there when you can?

959
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:53,680
 Fortunately, honestly, we're playing about six guys up front.

960
00:47:54,240 --> 00:47:57,480
 And so we try to keep them fresh because, like you said, we do have some guys that play both ways.

961
00:47:57,580 --> 00:48:00,220
 A couple of our offensive linemen come in and sell for some guys.

962
00:48:00,340 --> 00:48:03,620
 But we're fortunate right now that we have a strong junior class of linemen.

963
00:48:04,020 --> 00:48:07,060
 And so we don't have, I think, but one lineman that starts both ways.

964
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:10,180
 Speaking with Brian Dickerson and Lucas Craft of Carver County High School,

965
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:13,940
 whose team won last night over J.B. Pennington on the road, 41-31.

966
00:48:13,940 --> 00:48:17,300
 And Coach Craft, one of the thing I want to ask you is that Coach Dickerson mentioned

967
00:48:17,300 --> 00:48:20,660
 is that sometimes you have offensive linemen playing defensive linemen and vice versa.

968
00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:24,080
 As an offensive guy, do you have to keep an eye on that a little bit?

969
00:48:24,240 --> 00:48:28,080
 And make sure, say, hey, we had one just getting nicked up on defense.

970
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:29,760
 Do you have to sort of watch for those things?

971
00:48:30,220 --> 00:48:30,840
 Yeah, absolutely.

972
00:48:31,660 --> 00:48:36,780
 Like he said, we're fortunate enough that only one of our offensive linemen plays both ways.

973
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:42,200
 And even though he plays both ways, I would say he plays about every other series on defense.

974
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:47,320
 But our skill guys, they play just about every snap in the game.

975
00:48:47,460 --> 00:48:49,320
 Offense, defense, special teams.

976
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:54,120
 It's definitely something you've got to keep an eye out because, I mean,

977
00:48:54,140 --> 00:48:55,420
 you want them on the field for both.

978
00:48:55,420 --> 00:48:58,780
 But if you can get them a sub on special teams, we try to.

979
00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:02,580
 But, you know, certain points in the game, hey, Coach, can I get one?

980
00:49:02,980 --> 00:49:04,280
 No, you've got to stay in.

981
00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:06,280
 And that's a key right there.

982
00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:08,920
 That's a great point from Coach Lucas Craft, Carver County High School.

983
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:12,460
 Coach Craft, I'm going to ask you, you said you got off to a 33-0 start.

984
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:13,540
 Who played well for you on offense?

985
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:17,500
 Yeah, Sir Miller, he had a very, very efficient game.

986
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:24,140
 He had 12 carries for, I believe it was, it was like 2-11, 2-10, something like that,

987
00:49:24,200 --> 00:49:25,260
 and two touchdowns.

988
00:49:26,540 --> 00:49:28,160
 Sean Blevins, he played well.

989
00:49:28,620 --> 00:49:30,260
 He was 7 of 12.

990
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:32,440
 I believe it was for like right at 150.

991
00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:39,160
 We played pretty efficient offensively for, I would say, for the most of the night.

992
00:49:39,460 --> 00:49:40,040
 Very well.

993
00:49:40,420 --> 00:49:44,120
 And Coach Dickerson, who on the defensive side, did you have any guys with any interceptions

994
00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:45,580
 or fumbles last night recovers?

995
00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:46,840
 Do you remember anybody getting any turnovers?

996
00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:48,520
 We had a big interception late.

997
00:49:48,580 --> 00:49:49,580
 Ended up getting called back.

998
00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:52,880
 Dayton Hood had a really big play down the ridge on the stop of drive.

999
00:49:53,240 --> 00:49:54,320
 It was right before the half.

1000
00:49:54,380 --> 00:49:57,760
 So, it really helped us as far as the momentum between going into the half.

1001
00:49:57,940 --> 00:50:01,880
 But those guys are just, we got a bunch of pass breakups because we're going to win that

1002
00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:03,100
 in-your-face kind of defense.

1003
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:05,400
 And so, coverage has been really good for us.

1004
00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:09,020
 You know, every now and then, you have a guy that will get loose out of a funky formation.

1005
00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:11,980
 But we had to do some adjusting last night because they did a couple things that didn't show

1006
00:50:11,980 --> 00:50:12,380
 on film.

1007
00:50:12,820 --> 00:50:14,020
 And so, we just had to make some adjustments.

1008
00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:16,200
 But I think we did well enough to get us where we had to go.

1009
00:50:16,860 --> 00:50:17,160
 All right.

1010
00:50:17,180 --> 00:50:18,300
 We're going to do a little critique style.

1011
00:50:18,580 --> 00:50:20,180
 We've got two assistant coaches here.

1012
00:50:20,780 --> 00:50:24,180
 And, Coach, I know that Dickerson, you've been a head coach and working and stuff.

1013
00:50:24,260 --> 00:50:25,020
 He's done a lot of different things.

1014
00:50:25,460 --> 00:50:28,740
 What's it like to see a young coach like Coach Kraft coming up and doing what he does with

1015
00:50:28,740 --> 00:50:29,000
 offense?

1016
00:50:29,240 --> 00:50:30,220
 I think he's an up-and-comer.

1017
00:50:30,500 --> 00:50:30,580
 Yeah.

1018
00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:31,880
 We talk a lot.

1019
00:50:31,900 --> 00:50:32,820
 He asks a lot of questions.

1020
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:36,980
 He reminds me of myself when I first got into this thing as far as just trying to understand

1021
00:50:36,980 --> 00:50:37,480
 the game.

1022
00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:40,800
 And it's much bigger than just calling the plays of the X's and O's.

1023
00:50:41,180 --> 00:50:42,540
 Can you build a relationship with kids?

1024
00:50:42,980 --> 00:50:44,480
 Can you lead other men?

1025
00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:45,400
 All those things.

1026
00:50:45,460 --> 00:50:46,280
 That's what makes it happen.

1027
00:50:46,380 --> 00:50:49,140
 And I think he has all the intentions to make that happen as he goes along his career.

1028
00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:50,000
 That's a great assessment.

1029
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:53,340
 You see a coach like Coach Dickerson who's been around the block a few times.

1030
00:50:53,740 --> 00:50:54,980
 What's it like to see him, Coach Kraft?

1031
00:50:55,800 --> 00:50:56,160
 Yeah.

1032
00:50:56,720 --> 00:50:58,640
 Like he said, we talk all the time.

1033
00:50:58,740 --> 00:51:01,120
 I mean, we have morning duty together in the gym.

1034
00:51:01,180 --> 00:51:01,440
 Okay.

1035
00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:02,160
 All the time then.

1036
00:51:02,220 --> 00:51:02,340
 Okay.

1037
00:51:02,420 --> 00:51:02,620
 Yeah.

1038
00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:07,640
 So, I mean, there for about 25 minutes, first thing in the morning, I'm rattling off probably

1039
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:13,380
 anywhere from 10 to 15 questions just picking his brain, whether it be about, you know, practice

1040
00:51:13,380 --> 00:51:18,880
 scheduling or, you know, what kind of steps do you prefer on this play or things like that.

1041
00:51:18,940 --> 00:51:22,680
 Just, he's very intelligent, knows a whole lot about the game.

1042
00:51:23,020 --> 00:51:30,300
 I really enjoy sitting and talking just not even X's and O's, just, you know, little things

1043
00:51:30,300 --> 00:51:31,180
 about the game.

1044
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:32,980
 There is a bond in coaching, isn't it, guys?

1045
00:51:33,140 --> 00:51:33,260
 Yes.

1046
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:34,140
 There's a real bond.

1047
00:51:34,220 --> 00:51:35,060
 Is your staff pretty close?

1048
00:51:35,100 --> 00:51:36,580
 You feel like your staff's getting closer maybe even?

1049
00:51:36,580 --> 00:51:36,840
 Absolutely.

1050
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:37,200
 Yes.

1051
00:51:37,220 --> 00:51:38,080
 That's a big thing, Coach.

1052
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:42,760
 I feel like when teams realize that the coaching staff's close, it makes the teams closer.

1053
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:44,060
 And that's a good thing as well.

1054
00:51:44,100 --> 00:51:46,680
 And I think it shows in your record right now as well.

1055
00:51:46,820 --> 00:51:49,020
 And next week, who do you have, Coach Craft, and where?

1056
00:51:49,300 --> 00:51:51,240
 We got Falkville at Falkville.

1057
00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:51,660
 All right.

1058
00:51:51,700 --> 00:51:53,480
 This could clinch a playoff berth for sure.

1059
00:51:53,580 --> 00:51:55,340
 Most likely, you're really there.

1060
00:51:55,640 --> 00:51:59,040
 But for sure, if you go and take care of business, what do you know about Falkville, by the way?

1061
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:03,280
 With them, they're kind of a multiple spread offensively.

1062
00:52:03,380 --> 00:52:05,800
 And so, the biggest thing is they're going to try to formation you.

1063
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:06,180
 Formation, yeah.

1064
00:52:06,180 --> 00:52:07,380
 And they're going to try to run downhill.

1065
00:52:07,720 --> 00:52:11,100
 I mean, I experienced in a couple years when I was at Sheffield, they were all going to be a downhill

1066
00:52:11,100 --> 00:52:11,580
 run team.

1067
00:52:11,740 --> 00:52:11,880
 Yeah.

1068
00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:15,720
 But the biggest thing is we can stop the run and make them play into our hand and get

1069
00:52:15,720 --> 00:52:16,440
 them behind the chains.

1070
00:52:16,500 --> 00:52:17,160
 I like our chances.

1071
00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:19,440
 But we still, like we said, got to win a special teams game.

1072
00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:20,320
 Should be good.

1073
00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:22,360
 White jerseys next Friday night, right, Coach Craft?

1074
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:22,700
 Absolutely.

1075
00:52:22,940 --> 00:52:23,260
 All right.

1076
00:52:23,300 --> 00:52:24,100
 Should be a big one.

1077
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:25,600
 Carbett County continues to roll.

1078
00:52:25,720 --> 00:52:26,720
 Five and two in the season.

1079
00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:28,480
 Four and one in region play.

1080
00:52:28,820 --> 00:52:33,160
 And the jammed up top of the leaderboard right there with Carbett County, Lexington,

1081
00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:34,660
 and Phil Campbell, I believe, all at the top.

1082
00:52:34,740 --> 00:52:35,320
 Should be a good one.

1083
00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:37,780
 But they got to take care of Falkville next Friday night.

1084
00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:39,540
 Coach Dickerson, good to see you, my friend.

1085
00:52:39,540 --> 00:52:40,860
 Good to have you always on here.

1086
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:44,820
 And Coach Craft, Coach Brian Dickerson, Lucas Craft, both in Carbett County and the Indians

1087
00:52:44,820 --> 00:52:46,340
 who are on the road next Friday night.

1088
00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:48,520
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 Welcome back to the coaches' breakfast here on 93.9 The Score.

1109
00:54:02,780 --> 00:54:03,500
 Glad to be with you.

1110
00:54:03,540 --> 00:54:05,720
 Kevin Johnson and Rainey, Saturday morning.

1111
00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:10,460
 Joined now by the head coach of the Florence Falcons in the game you heard right here on 93.9 The Score.

1112
00:54:10,460 --> 00:54:14,460
 On Thursday night, Florence takes care of East Limestone, 49-13.

1113
00:54:14,700 --> 00:54:19,180
 And, Coach, congratulations on the win and congratulations on going 7-0.

1114
00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:20,240
 Thank you.

1115
00:54:21,260 --> 00:54:22,140
 Get you turned on there.

1116
00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:22,780
 I think we got you.

1117
00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:24,860
 We're still having a little trouble there.

1118
00:54:24,900 --> 00:54:25,580
 We'll try it one more time.

1119
00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:26,540
 There we go.

1120
00:54:26,580 --> 00:54:27,080
 Now we got you.

1121
00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:27,680
 All right.

1122
00:54:27,740 --> 00:54:28,120
 How about now?

1123
00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:29,640
 You grabbed a different headset than I had.

1124
00:54:29,840 --> 00:54:30,780
 I turned down the wrong one.

1125
00:54:30,820 --> 00:54:31,260
 There we go.

1126
00:54:31,620 --> 00:54:31,860
 All right.

1127
00:54:31,880 --> 00:54:32,880
 So, 7-0 of the year.

1128
00:54:33,020 --> 00:54:33,740
 Feel pretty good?

1129
00:54:34,020 --> 00:54:34,380
 Absolutely.

1130
00:54:34,820 --> 00:54:36,480
 We're glad where we are right now.

1131
00:54:37,080 --> 00:54:40,440
 Kids played really well the other night and did what we needed to do.

1132
00:54:40,460 --> 00:54:46,380
 And we're able to get some guys out at halftime and rest them and get them ready for this week.

1133
00:54:46,780 --> 00:54:49,860
 Even late in the game, you had a young freshman quarterback.

1134
00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:51,540
 You had a sophomore wide receiver.

1135
00:54:52,560 --> 00:54:54,460
 You know, so that was good to see that.

1136
00:54:54,580 --> 00:54:55,960
 And Bland coming in and playing a quarterback.

1137
00:54:56,300 --> 00:54:58,380
 So, it was good to see some success out of those youngsters, too.

1138
00:54:58,640 --> 00:55:00,520
 Yeah, we're excited about that young group.

1139
00:55:01,060 --> 00:55:04,220
 Especially that receiving core that's coming that are all 10th graders.

1140
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:06,360
 Well, we're really excited about them.

1141
00:55:06,620 --> 00:55:08,960
 And Cooper Hawk with a catch, touchdown.

1142
00:55:09,180 --> 00:55:11,360
 Boy, I think he's still smiling right now.

1143
00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:12,940
 I think he's floating around here right now.

1144
00:55:12,940 --> 00:55:13,080
 Yeah.

1145
00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:13,620
 No doubt.

1146
00:55:13,720 --> 00:55:14,140
 No doubt.

1147
00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:16,860
 But it was good to see those guys get in and have some success.

1148
00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:23,260
 Because a lot of times when they get in, other teams put their ones in, leave their ones in on top of them.

1149
00:55:23,380 --> 00:55:26,840
 And they get beat to death in a mop-up role.

1150
00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:29,680
 But they played really well down the stretch there.

1151
00:55:29,780 --> 00:55:31,160
 Defense battled really hard.

1152
00:55:31,360 --> 00:55:32,580
 I'm really proud of those young kids.

1153
00:55:32,900 --> 00:55:35,260
 Coach, your team did what they had to do the night.

1154
00:55:35,380 --> 00:55:39,720
 And honestly, from my standpoint, looking down, watching them as a broadcaster, I thought,

1155
00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:43,640
 maybe one of your better games handled it as maturity and doing what they were supposed to do.

1156
00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:44,560
 They really did.

1157
00:55:44,680 --> 00:55:46,280
 Boy, they were not mature coming in.

1158
00:55:46,540 --> 00:55:49,480
 We were out of school, brought them in that afternoon.

1159
00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:53,740
 And, boy, from the get-go, they were out of sorts.

1160
00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:58,020
 It was out of their routine, daily routine, game day routine.

1161
00:55:58,840 --> 00:56:02,320
 And so, it was good for us to go ahead and experience that.

1162
00:56:02,320 --> 00:56:04,900
 Because we've got a whole week off with fall break.

1163
00:56:05,380 --> 00:56:09,060
 And just in practice to the morning time instead of the afternoon.

1164
00:56:09,220 --> 00:56:10,040
 So, it's an adjustment.

1165
00:56:10,280 --> 00:56:12,940
 And we got on the bus.

1166
00:56:13,060 --> 00:56:14,780
 And they were loud going over.

1167
00:56:14,920 --> 00:56:16,220
 They were loud in the locker room.

1168
00:56:16,380 --> 00:56:20,200
 And we were fussing at them and complaining the whole time to kickoff.

1169
00:56:20,420 --> 00:56:24,540
 And, well, before kickoff, we told them, guys, our maturity level is not there.

1170
00:56:24,580 --> 00:56:27,360
 We've got to go out there and fix this.

1171
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:28,820
 And let's play the game the right way.

1172
00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:29,720
 And they did.

1173
00:56:30,260 --> 00:56:31,360
 They settled in.

1174
00:56:32,160 --> 00:56:33,640
 Halftime, they handled the situation.

1175
00:56:33,740 --> 00:56:36,580
 When I talked to them about these young guys needing to get in and play.

1176
00:56:36,780 --> 00:56:39,560
 And I'm never going to run the score up on anybody.

1177
00:56:39,800 --> 00:56:41,500
 I've had it done to me back in my career.

1178
00:56:41,580 --> 00:56:43,620
 And I swore then I'd never do it to anybody else.

1179
00:56:43,720 --> 00:56:48,780
 Juwan Simpson is working his tail off over there to get that program turned around.

1180
00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:50,720
 And I've got great respect for him.

1181
00:56:50,920 --> 00:56:53,960
 And he played at Austin when I was coaching at Decatur.

1182
00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:55,780
 And he used to come work out at our facility.

1183
00:56:56,460 --> 00:56:56,880
 Love him.

1184
00:56:56,960 --> 00:56:57,500
 Great guy.

1185
00:56:57,620 --> 00:56:59,320
 And he's working his tail off.

1186
00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:02,140
 So, would never do that to him as well.

1187
00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:07,500
 And our young guys, they get beat on every day, scout team guys.

1188
00:57:07,580 --> 00:57:09,520
 And they're at practice every day working hard.

1189
00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:13,720
 And I told those older guys, they deserve this opportunity too, just like y'all do.

1190
00:57:13,940 --> 00:57:16,540
 So, sideline was good, second half.

1191
00:57:17,360 --> 00:57:20,080
 You know, little hiccups every now and then down there.

1192
00:57:20,180 --> 00:57:21,620
 But guys had fun.

1193
00:57:21,920 --> 00:57:23,220
 And they were pulling for the young ones.

1194
00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:24,520
 And that's a big part of it.

1195
00:57:24,680 --> 00:57:29,900
 And Falcons win at 49-13 over East Limestone and go to 7-0 on the season.

1196
00:57:30,320 --> 00:57:31,640
 A seven-game winning streak.

1197
00:57:31,820 --> 00:57:35,760
 And actually, I think I looked back and found that the Falcons have won like 11 of the last 13.

1198
00:57:36,160 --> 00:57:37,380
 So, going back to last year.

1199
00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:40,260
 Coach, you turn around and this week it's another region game.

1200
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:41,780
 It's a big one on the road at Austin.

1201
00:57:42,040 --> 00:57:46,060
 And a team that has given the Falcons fits over the past few years.

1202
00:57:46,660 --> 00:57:47,400
 Huge game.

1203
00:57:47,720 --> 00:57:50,120
 And we will not sugarcoat it with our guys.

1204
00:57:50,260 --> 00:57:52,940
 You know, everybody's, well, you know, don't talk about this.

1205
00:57:53,000 --> 00:57:54,000
 Don't talk about that.

1206
00:57:54,560 --> 00:57:55,460
 Pressure's a privilege.

1207
00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:58,020
 And we're going to roll in there tomorrow.

1208
00:57:58,360 --> 00:58:02,020
 And when they get there, we're going to lay it out there on the line.

1209
00:58:02,440 --> 00:58:05,860
 Last year, we were very disappointed in where we were last year.

1210
00:58:05,940 --> 00:58:06,740
 We went over there.

1211
00:58:07,480 --> 00:58:10,080
 And they absolutely out-physicaled us.

1212
00:58:10,700 --> 00:58:15,520
 We're going to show them some clips from last year where we could not tackle their back.

1213
00:58:15,840 --> 00:58:17,440
 It was embarrassing to watch.

1214
00:58:17,640 --> 00:58:20,800
 That was, the Austin game last year was a turnaround in our program.

1215
00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:25,740
 I mean, we really flopped in that game last year.

1216
00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:32,700
 And I really got their attention after the game and challenged some guys to whether they wanted to be a Florence Falcon or not.

1217
00:58:32,940 --> 00:58:35,260
 And the whole thing turned.

1218
00:58:35,360 --> 00:58:36,380
 That was the night it turned.

1219
00:58:36,620 --> 00:58:37,500
 We saw it.

1220
00:58:37,500 --> 00:58:40,000
 And it's carried over to this year.

1221
00:58:40,280 --> 00:58:43,140
 And we won't sugarcoat what happened over there last year.

1222
00:58:43,260 --> 00:58:48,240
 And then had an opportunity to beat Spartan last year for the region championship last drive of the game.

1223
00:58:48,300 --> 00:58:49,020
 We didn't get it done.

1224
00:58:49,460 --> 00:58:51,900
 And so we'll show them that as well.

1225
00:58:52,100 --> 00:58:54,140
 And it'll be for all the borrowers this week.

1226
00:58:54,380 --> 00:58:57,460
 And there's a lot after we can sell up a region championship.

1227
00:58:57,740 --> 00:59:00,800
 And we're going to tell them right out the gate, hey, here it is, guys.

1228
00:59:00,860 --> 00:59:02,900
 It's right in front of you just like it was last year.

1229
00:59:03,260 --> 00:59:04,480
 Pressure is a privilege.

1230
00:59:04,580 --> 00:59:04,900
 That's it.

1231
00:59:05,100 --> 00:59:05,340
 No doubt.

1232
00:59:05,400 --> 00:59:07,020
 That's a great line from Coach Kenny Marson.

1233
00:59:07,100 --> 00:59:08,800
 The Florence Falcons, 7-0 in the season.

1234
00:59:09,300 --> 00:59:10,780
 And clinched a playoff of earth.

1235
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:14,620
 And, Coach, I've said this a couple times, maybe two of you already in different places.

1236
00:59:14,780 --> 00:59:17,900
 But in past years, we have had to watch many school boards.

1237
00:59:18,020 --> 00:59:19,160
 Now you only have to watch one.

1238
00:59:19,420 --> 00:59:20,280
 It's your school board.

1239
00:59:20,320 --> 00:59:21,220
 And it's all in your hands.

1240
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:26,280
 That's a great feeling right there for this team to come to this point where they realize it's in their hands.

1241
00:59:26,460 --> 00:59:26,940
 It is.

1242
00:59:27,100 --> 00:59:29,860
 And we don't want to look ahead at an undefeated season.

1243
00:59:30,320 --> 00:59:32,320
 I've been there three times in my career.

1244
00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:34,980
 And I can look back.

1245
00:59:35,220 --> 00:59:38,180
 And not a lot of people remember Steve Rivers.

1246
00:59:38,320 --> 00:59:41,320
 But he was at Athens when I was at Decatur.

1247
00:59:41,440 --> 00:59:43,320
 And he had had some undefeated teams.

1248
00:59:43,400 --> 00:59:48,580
 And he drove over one day and told us when we had a really good team, he said, guys, enjoy this.

1249
00:59:48,640 --> 00:59:49,660
 They don't come around often.

1250
00:59:50,260 --> 00:59:51,180
 And we didn't.

1251
00:59:51,320 --> 00:59:53,460
 We were worried every week if somebody was going to beat us.

1252
00:59:53,500 --> 00:59:57,480
 And I've told the guys, this next game up, we can't be 10-0 until we're 8-0.

1253
00:59:57,800 --> 00:59:58,620
 That's what I told them.

1254
00:59:58,640 --> 00:59:59,660
 We tell them that every week.

1255
00:59:59,660 --> 01:00:01,840
 And we're enjoying this team.

1256
01:00:02,220 --> 01:00:05,960
 I told our young coaches, guys, I'm telling you, 33 years.

1257
01:00:06,480 --> 01:00:08,640
 It's happened three times in my 33 years.

1258
01:00:08,780 --> 01:00:10,220
 So enjoy it.

1259
01:00:10,380 --> 01:00:12,220
 Let's worry about this game one at a time.

1260
01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:14,360
 And play one snap at a time.

1261
01:00:14,440 --> 01:00:15,880
 And let's see what happens.

1262
01:00:16,380 --> 01:00:20,060
 In the history of Florence High School, you're about to play game number 250.

1263
01:00:20,660 --> 01:00:24,120
 Sort of ironic in the year of celebrating America 250.

1264
01:00:24,300 --> 01:00:25,720
 Game 250, pretty cool.

1265
01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:27,900
 And I've seen all but one game.

1266
01:00:28,060 --> 01:00:31,080
 And I've seen a lot of two and eight seasons and a lot of three and seven seasons.

1267
01:00:31,340 --> 01:00:32,880
 And you say enjoy the ride, Coach.

1268
01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:33,520
 I'm enjoying it.

1269
01:00:33,520 --> 01:00:35,100
 I know the team and the fans are.

1270
01:00:35,640 --> 01:00:38,280
 And you'll need a big fan support next Friday night.

1271
01:00:38,340 --> 01:00:39,180
 That's going to be a big part of it.

1272
01:00:39,240 --> 01:00:39,920
 We need to travel.

1273
01:00:40,060 --> 01:00:41,740
 We need to fill that stadium up.

1274
01:00:42,040 --> 01:00:43,520
 And we can.

1275
01:00:43,660 --> 01:00:44,480
 We travel well.

1276
01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:47,380
 And it's going to be a great Friday night over there.

1277
01:00:47,480 --> 01:00:48,480
 They're going to pack it out.

1278
01:00:49,620 --> 01:00:52,280
 I know that they know what's on the line as well.

1279
01:00:52,920 --> 01:00:55,660
 And they're in a situation where they've got to win.

1280
01:00:55,800 --> 01:00:57,700
 You know, two losses doesn't help them one bit.

1281
01:00:57,840 --> 01:00:58,040
 Right.

1282
01:00:58,300 --> 01:01:01,160
 So, they know what they've got to get done as well.

1283
01:01:01,320 --> 01:01:02,800
 So, it'll be a great matchup.

1284
01:01:02,980 --> 01:01:05,720
 We've had a little bit of a rivalry with them through the years.

1285
01:01:05,720 --> 01:01:08,700
 And some ups and downs with them.

1286
01:01:08,780 --> 01:01:09,920
 Some games we should have won.

1287
01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:12,760
 And so, here it is again.

1288
01:01:13,100 --> 01:01:14,020
 Buckle up the chin straps.

1289
01:01:14,220 --> 01:01:14,580
 That's it.

1290
01:01:14,640 --> 01:01:15,140
 Let's go play.

1291
01:01:15,340 --> 01:01:16,000
 Let's go play.

1292
01:01:16,120 --> 01:01:17,880
 Florence and Austin next Friday night.

1293
01:01:17,980 --> 01:01:20,340
 You'll hear that game right here on 93.9 The Score.

1294
01:01:20,440 --> 01:01:21,660
 Coach Morrison, thank you so much.

1295
01:01:21,720 --> 01:01:22,520
 And best of luck.

1296
01:01:22,560 --> 01:01:23,400
 And we'll see you next Friday.

1297
01:01:23,660 --> 01:01:24,160
 Go Falcons.

1298
01:01:24,240 --> 01:01:24,560
 Thank you.

1299
01:01:24,700 --> 01:01:26,100
 The head coach of the Florence Falcons.

1300
01:01:26,260 --> 01:01:28,740
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1301
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1313
01:01:59,940 --> 01:02:00,860
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1314
01:02:01,440 --> 01:02:03,140
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1315
01:02:03,480 --> 01:02:06,900
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1316
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1317
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1318
01:02:15,260 --> 01:02:18,220
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1319
01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:21,860
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1320
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1321
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1322
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1323
01:02:47,220 --> 01:02:50,520
 Welcome back to the Coach's Breakfast here on 93.9, The Score.

1324
01:02:51,220 --> 01:02:53,200
 Glad to be with you on this rainy Saturday morning.

1325
01:02:53,260 --> 01:02:53,980
 Be careful out there.

1326
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:57,140
 As I said, the weather, keep an alert to it all day long.

1327
01:02:57,240 --> 01:03:00,140
 You may feel like it's starting to end up, but it may be some more things coming through,

1328
01:03:00,220 --> 01:03:04,580
 so just be heads up tonight and today driving around the Shoals area for sure.

1329
01:03:04,700 --> 01:03:07,680
 Kevin Johnson with you, as I said, from the North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic.

1330
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:11,000
 Appreciate them taking care of us each and every Saturday morning as well.

1331
01:03:11,080 --> 01:03:13,920
 We're joined now by the head coach of the Central Wildcats,

1332
01:03:13,980 --> 01:03:18,560
 whose team played Thursday night a long time ago as they went over and took them to Carver Heights

1333
01:03:18,560 --> 01:03:20,760
 and win it 54-6 last other night.

1334
01:03:20,820 --> 01:03:24,860
 And, Coach, congratulations on the win, knocking off the Wildcats in the battle of the Wildcats.

1335
01:03:24,920 --> 01:03:26,140
 I know it felt good to get that victory.

1336
01:03:26,340 --> 01:03:26,900
 Oh, for sure.

1337
01:03:27,020 --> 01:03:29,380
 You know, you start talking about the last Thursday night, you know,

1338
01:03:29,420 --> 01:03:34,720
 the biggest thing that that was was another region win for us.

1339
01:03:34,900 --> 01:03:37,620
 And, you know, for us to do what we're going to do at the end of the season,

1340
01:03:37,800 --> 01:03:38,920
 that's extremely important.

1341
01:03:39,140 --> 01:03:43,740
 And I thought the players and coaches did a great job of preparing for the game.

1342
01:03:43,840 --> 01:03:47,520
 And, you know, we're kind of up against that short week, and I thought we handled that well.

1343
01:03:47,840 --> 01:03:50,560
 Short week, is that something you have to work out a little bit different?

1344
01:03:50,560 --> 01:03:52,180
 Do you have to just pull back a little bit?

1345
01:03:52,480 --> 01:03:55,900
 Well, you know, as far as practice goes, it kind of shortens the week up

1346
01:03:55,900 --> 01:03:57,280
 and what we're trying to do.

1347
01:03:57,500 --> 01:04:00,260
 It kind of rushes a little bit on trying to get everything covered.

1348
01:04:00,440 --> 01:04:03,320
 But I felt like the players and the coaches handled it well.

1349
01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:09,180
 Your team goes to 6-1 on the season, 5-0 in region play there.

1350
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:12,200
 And, Coach, your clinched a playoff berth.

1351
01:04:12,280 --> 01:04:14,220
 I mean, that has to feel good this early in the season to say,

1352
01:04:14,280 --> 01:04:15,620
 hey, that's already in the books.

1353
01:04:15,640 --> 01:04:16,560
 That's one thing we wanted.

1354
01:04:16,660 --> 01:04:18,080
 Now I've got to take care of some other things.

1355
01:04:18,080 --> 01:04:20,280
 Yeah, you know, that's good.

1356
01:04:20,400 --> 01:04:24,780
 That's always our number one goal is to try to get in the playoffs.

1357
01:04:25,280 --> 01:04:27,940
 And, you know, according to you, we've done that.

1358
01:04:28,600 --> 01:04:31,720
 So, you know, it's about next week, you know,

1359
01:04:31,880 --> 01:04:36,020
 getting ourselves ready to play and trying to get better each and every day at practice

1360
01:04:36,020 --> 01:04:39,100
 and going into the next game with a rap mentality.

1361
01:04:39,880 --> 01:04:41,860
 Talk about the game Thursday night.

1362
01:04:41,940 --> 01:04:43,340
 Did you get off to a fast start?

1363
01:04:43,400 --> 01:04:44,640
 Was it a good start for your team?

1364
01:04:44,900 --> 01:04:48,240
 Yeah, yeah, you know, again, you know, Coach Gene calling that offense

1365
01:04:48,240 --> 01:04:49,540
 and Coach Madison with that defense.

1366
01:04:49,840 --> 01:04:52,680
 Both those guys do a great job of preparing the players.

1367
01:04:52,680 --> 01:04:55,040
 And, you know, got off to a good start

1368
01:04:55,040 --> 01:04:58,420
 and was able to play some younger kids in the second half.

1369
01:04:58,780 --> 01:04:59,760
 Let's talk about that, man.

1370
01:04:59,860 --> 01:05:02,700
 You let your offense coordinators obviously call things, defense coordinators.

1371
01:05:03,100 --> 01:05:05,500
 But are there times where, as a head coach, you sneak over there and say,

1372
01:05:05,540 --> 01:05:06,840
 hey, listen, think about this.

1373
01:05:06,920 --> 01:05:10,480
 Yeah, I'm sure you communicate, but are there times you say, hey, put this in here

1374
01:05:10,480 --> 01:05:11,940
 or do you have that good communication?

1375
01:05:12,200 --> 01:05:15,220
 We do a great job of communicating, but, you know, those guys,

1376
01:05:15,480 --> 01:05:18,640
 you don't want to bother somebody too much when they're kind of locked in

1377
01:05:18,640 --> 01:05:19,280
 on what they're doing.

1378
01:05:19,680 --> 01:05:22,680
 We do communicate quite a bit, but, you know,

1379
01:05:22,720 --> 01:05:25,800
 if I want to call the offense or the defense, then that's what I need to do.

1380
01:05:25,900 --> 01:05:28,920
 But those guys take that job and take it seriously

1381
01:05:28,920 --> 01:05:31,940
 and got a lot of pride in what they do.

1382
01:05:32,120 --> 01:05:34,420
 And I'm definitely proud to have those guys with me.

1383
01:05:34,540 --> 01:05:37,160
 And we've got Coach Sutter there that does those special teams,

1384
01:05:37,320 --> 01:05:38,580
 and he's special as well.

1385
01:05:38,680 --> 01:05:41,240
 But definitely got a great, great coaching staff.

1386
01:05:41,660 --> 01:05:43,740
 Coach, as we speak with Heath Wood of the Central Wildcats,

1387
01:05:43,800 --> 01:05:44,580
 that's a great point.

1388
01:05:44,640 --> 01:05:46,420
 I asked you probably an open-ended question,

1389
01:05:46,500 --> 01:05:49,840
 but you handled it very well in saying that, hey, it's their job.

1390
01:05:49,900 --> 01:05:51,020
 That's why I put them there to do it.

1391
01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:54,480
 The trust factor is a big part of it with your staff and with your team, isn't it?

1392
01:05:54,620 --> 01:05:55,520
 Oh, for sure, yeah.

1393
01:05:55,640 --> 01:05:57,180
 You know, the number one thing is loyalty.

1394
01:05:57,400 --> 01:06:01,320
 And those guys right there are loyal to the team and to the program

1395
01:06:01,320 --> 01:06:03,260
 and what we're trying to do at Central.

1396
01:06:03,260 --> 01:06:04,540
 You know, it's not about us.

1397
01:06:04,680 --> 01:06:07,760
 It's about our school and our community and our team.

1398
01:06:07,940 --> 01:06:10,600
 You know, it's not one person doing anything.

1399
01:06:10,860 --> 01:06:12,540
 You know, everybody pitches in and does it together.

1400
01:06:12,780 --> 01:06:14,120
 Who played well for you the other night?

1401
01:06:14,180 --> 01:06:14,940
 Had a good game of film.

1402
01:06:14,940 --> 01:06:19,200
 Oh, you know, the guys that do every week, you know,

1403
01:06:19,360 --> 01:06:21,300
 start name and name and stuff like that.

1404
01:06:21,360 --> 01:06:24,460
 Did a great job blocking up front all those guys on that offensive line.

1405
01:06:24,780 --> 01:06:27,500
 And Malik Ball had a tremendous game.

1406
01:06:27,500 --> 01:06:31,560
 And Lucas Price, you know, and some of those other running backs.

1407
01:06:31,940 --> 01:06:35,120
 But, yeah, those two guys right there stand out and jump out

1408
01:06:35,120 --> 01:06:36,160
 and you're asking the questions.

1409
01:06:36,460 --> 01:06:38,960
 Yeah, but the unassumed guys, guys you don't hear probably, Tom,

1410
01:06:38,980 --> 01:06:41,220
 like you said, are the offensive linemen, are the defensive linemen.

1411
01:06:41,560 --> 01:06:44,020
 Guys you don't think about sometimes, even like a punter.

1412
01:06:44,220 --> 01:06:45,380
 You know, you don't even think are a kicker.

1413
01:06:45,620 --> 01:06:48,620
 Those things are important, and all those things really play a factor, don't they?

1414
01:06:48,660 --> 01:06:49,380
 Yes, for sure.

1415
01:06:49,500 --> 01:06:52,500
 Everybody, you know, it's kind of, you know, everybody's got their job to do,

1416
01:06:52,580 --> 01:06:54,780
 you know, and they do a good job.

1417
01:06:54,780 --> 01:06:56,460
 Everybody does a great job of understanding that.

1418
01:06:56,700 --> 01:06:59,740
 Is this a chance for you, too, as well, to get to mix and match some things

1419
01:06:59,740 --> 01:07:02,380
 and maybe get some guys to get some reps at different positions?

1420
01:07:02,600 --> 01:07:03,700
 It's funny you say that.

1421
01:07:03,760 --> 01:07:05,600
 That's something we've been trying to do all season.

1422
01:07:05,760 --> 01:07:07,640
 You know, we talked about it from the beginning of the year.

1423
01:07:07,720 --> 01:07:09,700
 We've got, you know, a fairly young team.

1424
01:07:09,780 --> 01:07:12,740
 We've been trying to build depth the entire time.

1425
01:07:12,820 --> 01:07:14,340
 And we got into some situations the other night,

1426
01:07:14,400 --> 01:07:17,720
 and we actually worked on some things going into that game

1427
01:07:17,720 --> 01:07:19,560
 and we were able to apply it in the game.

1428
01:07:19,700 --> 01:07:23,340
 So, again, that goes back to that coaching staff, a guy that sees, you know,

1429
01:07:23,340 --> 01:07:25,500
 able to look out in front and see things that might happen.

1430
01:07:25,900 --> 01:07:26,960
 And it did the other night.

1431
01:07:27,020 --> 01:07:28,620
 We were able to be ready for it.

1432
01:07:28,800 --> 01:07:29,920
 So, yeah.

1433
01:07:30,020 --> 01:07:31,180
 Yes, trying to build depth.

1434
01:07:31,640 --> 01:07:34,360
 Coach, you take on West Limestone, I think, this week, correct?

1435
01:07:34,640 --> 01:07:34,840
 Yes.

1436
01:07:34,880 --> 01:07:36,420
 And that will be a Friday night game.

1437
01:07:36,460 --> 01:07:37,640
 Back to your regular Friday night.

1438
01:07:37,720 --> 01:07:38,940
 You probably feel better about that.

1439
01:07:39,200 --> 01:07:40,360
 But you get a Friday night game.

1440
01:07:40,800 --> 01:07:43,320
 And, you know, this is another region game at home.

1441
01:07:43,400 --> 01:07:46,320
 But, you know, right now your team is playing with a consistency.

1442
01:07:46,520 --> 01:07:47,880
 That's a big thing I see in your team.

1443
01:07:48,200 --> 01:07:50,540
 It seems like every week it seems the same type of consistency.

1444
01:07:50,540 --> 01:07:52,620
 Is that something that you really like about this program?

1445
01:07:52,820 --> 01:07:57,140
 Yeah, it's about next week, you know, up to this point what you're saying is true.

1446
01:07:57,220 --> 01:08:00,120
 But we've got to make sure we do a good job this week of preparing ourselves

1447
01:08:00,120 --> 01:08:01,640
 for the upcoming game.

1448
01:08:01,880 --> 01:08:05,000
 I know West Limestone has got a great team, got a good coaching staff over there,

1449
01:08:05,100 --> 01:08:06,540
 and those guys will be ready to play.

1450
01:08:06,960 --> 01:08:10,300
 Coach, I don't know if you realize your offense really has clicked this year.

1451
01:08:10,720 --> 01:08:11,940
 And I don't want to highlight them.

1452
01:08:12,220 --> 01:08:16,760
 54 points last night, you've scored 49, 60, 49, 35.

1453
01:08:17,680 --> 01:08:23,320
 Your offense has really been a proficient, for sure, and very electric offense.

1454
01:08:23,840 --> 01:08:25,780
 That's one of those things that you've got to think, hey,

1455
01:08:25,800 --> 01:08:28,040
 if we can keep scoring like this, we're in every game.

1456
01:08:28,280 --> 01:08:28,720
 Yeah, yeah.

1457
01:08:28,820 --> 01:08:32,140
 Again, that goes back to Coach Gene and the outstanding job he does

1458
01:08:32,140 --> 01:08:33,340
 of getting those guys prepared.

1459
01:08:33,340 --> 01:08:37,760
 And the players putting in the work at practice to be able to do that.

1460
01:08:37,900 --> 01:08:39,680
 So, extremely proud of that side of the ball.

1461
01:08:39,800 --> 01:08:42,720
 But defense as well, so those guys are working hard every day.

1462
01:08:42,900 --> 01:08:44,600
 Are y'all on fall break this week by any chance?

1463
01:08:44,840 --> 01:08:45,140
 We are, yeah.

1464
01:08:45,140 --> 01:08:46,940
 Does that change things for practice for y'all as well?

1465
01:08:46,960 --> 01:08:52,860
 It will, but I think our kids will adapt and do what we need to do.

1466
01:08:52,940 --> 01:08:54,640
 So, we'll meet Sunday like we always do,

1467
01:08:54,740 --> 01:08:57,020
 and then we'll change the times up Monday and Tuesday.

1468
01:08:57,320 --> 01:08:59,200
 But other than that, we've got to practice.

1469
01:08:59,500 --> 01:08:59,960
 You've got to practice.

1470
01:09:00,040 --> 01:09:01,160
 You're going to play like you practice.

1471
01:09:01,160 --> 01:09:01,660
 That's right, man.

1472
01:09:01,720 --> 01:09:02,360
 That's a good point.

1473
01:09:02,500 --> 01:09:04,800
 Well, Coach, we congratulate you on the incredible start.

1474
01:09:05,240 --> 01:09:08,080
 Six and one in season, five and oh in region play,

1475
01:09:08,180 --> 01:09:09,440
 and really sitting at the top.

1476
01:09:09,440 --> 01:09:11,440
 And already clinched playoff berth.

1477
01:09:11,500 --> 01:09:13,880
 And next week, a win there would be even bigger for you.

1478
01:09:14,160 --> 01:09:15,000
 And best of luck, okay?

1479
01:09:15,320 --> 01:09:17,680
 Thank you again for having us on and covering Central.

1480
01:09:17,800 --> 01:09:18,660
 Oh, listen, love it.

1481
01:09:18,680 --> 01:09:20,160
 It's a great school, great community.

1482
01:09:20,560 --> 01:09:23,020
 And the Central Wildcats next week take on West Limestone,

1483
01:09:23,120 --> 01:09:24,740
 and it will be packed with Wildcats.

1484
01:09:24,880 --> 01:09:25,900
 I guarantee you that.

1485
01:09:25,980 --> 01:09:27,800
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1509
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 Welcome back to the Coaches Breakfast here on 93.9 The Score.

1510
01:10:42,380 --> 01:10:44,080
 Kevin Johnson, glad to be with you this morning.

1511
01:10:44,580 --> 01:10:47,240
 Hope you're having a great day, getting off to a great start,

1512
01:10:47,540 --> 01:10:49,340
 and be careful out there, as I said,

1513
01:10:49,400 --> 01:10:51,400
 with the hurricane weather coming through

1514
01:10:51,400 --> 01:10:54,160
 and our thoughts and prayers with all those in South Alabama.

1515
01:10:54,300 --> 01:10:56,160
 Joined now by the head coach of the Rogers Pirates,

1516
01:10:56,600 --> 01:10:59,920
 Coach Daniel Garrett, whose team took on Lauderdale County last night

1517
01:10:59,920 --> 01:11:02,500
 in a tough, tough battle and an offensive game,

1518
01:11:02,560 --> 01:11:05,580
 but it ended up the Tigers had more offense than the Pirates last night

1519
01:11:05,580 --> 01:11:07,220
 and the Pirates fall to the Tigers.

1520
01:11:07,320 --> 01:11:11,160
 And, Coach, you knew going in against a very tough Lauderdale County team

1521
01:11:11,160 --> 01:11:14,160
 that just one or two plays here or there would make a difference,

1522
01:11:14,200 --> 01:11:14,780
 and it did, really.

1523
01:11:15,320 --> 01:11:18,740
 Yeah, you know, just obviously didn't go our way last night.

1524
01:11:19,740 --> 01:11:24,020
 You know, it felt like, you know, lots of things kind of lead to that.

1525
01:11:24,420 --> 01:11:27,100
 It didn't feel like we played very well on defense at all.

1526
01:11:27,820 --> 01:11:32,340
 And that goes back to, you know, I felt like, you know, a lot of that's on me.

1527
01:11:32,720 --> 01:11:36,940
 I don't think that, you know, I had the guys, you know,

1528
01:11:37,000 --> 01:11:39,860
 completely ready to play, you know, like they should have been.

1529
01:11:40,440 --> 01:11:43,280
 But, you know, it's the beauty about football.

1530
01:11:43,460 --> 01:11:44,940
 There's always another one coming around.

1531
01:11:45,280 --> 01:11:47,240
 And so it's back to work.

1532
01:11:47,960 --> 01:11:49,300
 Yeah, you know, that's a great point.

1533
01:11:49,540 --> 01:11:54,100
 The beauty of football is there's always seven days away, you're right back at it.

1534
01:11:54,460 --> 01:11:56,120
 And that's what's the greatest sport.

1535
01:11:56,220 --> 01:11:57,540
 It's a life lesson, isn't it?

1536
01:11:57,540 --> 01:11:58,580
 It's a constant life lesson.

1537
01:11:58,960 --> 01:12:00,860
 And football just teaches you so much.

1538
01:12:01,380 --> 01:12:03,340
 Yeah, I mean, you got two choices.

1539
01:12:03,340 --> 01:12:06,340
 When you make a mistake, you can sit there and cower and dwell on it,

1540
01:12:06,340 --> 01:12:10,260
 or you can get up and, you know, do something about it.

1541
01:12:10,660 --> 01:12:16,200
 And, you know, that's something that, you know, I feel like right now, you know,

1542
01:12:16,220 --> 01:12:17,780
 and I told our team this last night,

1543
01:12:17,860 --> 01:12:25,500
 I feel like I have put too much fear in them to mess up, you know, scared to fail, right?

1544
01:12:26,140 --> 01:12:30,020
 And I think we've played a little uptight maybe because of that.

1545
01:12:31,620 --> 01:12:35,560
 And we've got to let loose a little bit more and play a little bit more free.

1546
01:12:36,320 --> 01:12:40,440
 And, like I said, I take responsibility for that because I'm very hard on them

1547
01:12:40,440 --> 01:12:44,300
 and I want it done right, you know, because that's important.

1548
01:12:44,940 --> 01:12:50,200
 And it's going to be done right, but they cannot be so worried about messing up

1549
01:12:50,200 --> 01:12:55,220
 that it makes them play so uptight and so, you know, kind of, you know,

1550
01:12:55,220 --> 01:12:59,700
 lack of a better word, passive because they're, you know, fearing failure

1551
01:12:59,700 --> 01:13:01,960
 because they don't want to do it wrong because they care.

1552
01:13:02,300 --> 01:13:09,500
 And, you know, that's on me and I've got to do a better job instilling that, you know,

1553
01:13:09,580 --> 01:13:11,400
 freedom to let loose.

1554
01:13:12,120 --> 01:13:14,060
 Yeah, I had a coach a long time ago tell me, he said,

1555
01:13:14,100 --> 01:13:15,840
 if you think too much, you lose two steps.

1556
01:13:16,320 --> 01:13:19,340
 And I think it's a great step, but his statement, because his point is,

1557
01:13:19,680 --> 01:13:22,820
 if you're thinking, sometimes you're not moving and you've got to move before you think.

1558
01:13:22,900 --> 01:13:24,540
 And that sounds weird, but you really do.

1559
01:13:24,620 --> 01:13:25,580
 It's both combined.

1560
01:13:25,760 --> 01:13:27,040
 But now you've got to turn the page.

1561
01:13:27,040 --> 01:13:29,800
 And so you're sitting there still right there in region play.

1562
01:13:29,940 --> 01:13:34,700
 I believe if I've understood from some different sources that you've clinched playoff berth,

1563
01:13:34,720 --> 01:13:35,220
 and that's good.

1564
01:13:35,280 --> 01:13:38,080
 But the biggest thing is you've got coming up is Wilson Warriors.

1565
01:13:38,260 --> 01:13:40,880
 And that is a big, big game coming up next week.

1566
01:13:41,500 --> 01:13:44,500
 Yeah, and Coach Lane's done a great job with Wilson.

1567
01:13:44,800 --> 01:13:48,480
 I mean, when he took that program over, it was, I mean, it was down.

1568
01:13:48,920 --> 01:13:54,260
 And here he has just built it up, and they just clinched the playoffs for the first time

1569
01:13:54,260 --> 01:13:58,840
 in many, many years, and they have a tough, hard-nosed, good football team.

1570
01:13:59,480 --> 01:14:02,200
 And so it's going to be a great game this next week at Wilson.

1571
01:14:02,680 --> 01:14:06,520
 And, you know, like I said, that's the beauty of this game is, all right,

1572
01:14:06,520 --> 01:14:09,880
 we just had a tough loss where we took one on the chin, and, you know,

1573
01:14:09,880 --> 01:14:14,240
 now we've got another opportunity coming ahead to where we can go out and make it right.

1574
01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:19,220
 And, you know, kind of last time this happened, we took one on the chin, you know,

1575
01:14:19,280 --> 01:14:23,080
 went back out and won a tough, hard-nosed battle against, you know, the next team.

1576
01:14:23,160 --> 01:14:28,320
 So hopefully we can learn from that and repeat that part of it this week.

1577
01:14:28,320 --> 01:14:30,080
 At Wilson, Rodgers goes on the road.

1578
01:14:30,540 --> 01:14:33,140
 Coach Daniel Garrett, you know, this is for your Rodgers team.

1579
01:14:33,240 --> 01:14:35,900
 It's not a playoff game, but it is a playoff seeding game

1580
01:14:35,900 --> 01:14:38,820
 because there's three teams at four and one in the region.

1581
01:14:38,960 --> 01:14:42,640
 So this will sort of determine whether you're either two, three, or four with this game.

1582
01:14:42,700 --> 01:14:44,320
 So it's a big game for both teams, really.

1583
01:14:44,780 --> 01:14:45,140
 Absolutely.

1584
01:14:45,380 --> 01:14:47,900
 We feel like we can still accomplish a lot, you know.

1585
01:14:49,100 --> 01:14:52,600
 There's nothing really out as far as the region standings for us.

1586
01:14:53,140 --> 01:14:57,180
 But once again, we've got to focus on the Monday, right?

1587
01:14:57,220 --> 01:14:58,120
 We're going to come in Monday.

1588
01:14:58,260 --> 01:15:02,680
 We've got to look at the film, put this last one to bed, and then focus on Wilson.

1589
01:15:03,120 --> 01:15:06,240
 And we've got to have a good Monday in order to have a good Friday.

1590
01:15:06,700 --> 01:15:09,140
 And we've got to have a good Tuesday to have a good Friday.

1591
01:15:09,680 --> 01:15:12,780
 You know, my old coach, Dan Beavers, used to say that, you know,

1592
01:15:12,800 --> 01:15:14,180
 we've got to win on Monday to win on Friday.

1593
01:15:14,500 --> 01:15:16,260
 And that's a lot of truth to that.

1594
01:15:17,380 --> 01:15:20,420
 I'll be honest, I thought about him a lot last night at the end of the game

1595
01:15:20,420 --> 01:15:24,280
 and just some things that, you know, maybe we went through

1596
01:15:24,280 --> 01:15:28,080
 and some things maybe he would have said in a certain situation.

1597
01:15:29,140 --> 01:15:32,720
 And, you know, texted him this morning.

1598
01:15:33,120 --> 01:15:35,540
 But, you know, it's time to go back to work.

1599
01:15:35,540 --> 01:15:37,080
 It's time to get back to who we are.

1600
01:15:37,680 --> 01:15:40,900
 And, you know, I have full faith in our team to do that.

1601
01:15:40,960 --> 01:15:42,340
 And I'll tell you one positive last night.

1602
01:15:42,440 --> 01:15:45,680
 You know, we had a quarterback got hurt who's a very good player.

1603
01:15:46,180 --> 01:15:49,440
 You know, hopefully it's not as bad, you know, as we think, but we'll find out.

1604
01:15:49,940 --> 01:15:51,880
 And our backup, Braden Cronk, came in.

1605
01:15:52,340 --> 01:15:56,820
 And we just kept running our offense because we felt like we needed to, you know,

1606
01:15:56,820 --> 01:16:00,540
 see what he can do, see what, you know, if this is the case, you know.

1607
01:16:00,700 --> 01:16:02,960
 And that kid played, you know, great.

1608
01:16:03,380 --> 01:16:05,160
 And he scored a couple times.

1609
01:16:05,520 --> 01:16:10,200
 And I was proud of how he handled that situation because he had no idea he was going to go in

1610
01:16:10,200 --> 01:16:11,460
 and play quarterback in this game.

1611
01:16:12,080 --> 01:16:14,040
 And he did, and he did a great job.

1612
01:16:14,260 --> 01:16:19,380
 And I think that just – I'd just like to brag on him for being ready for that moment.

1613
01:16:19,520 --> 01:16:22,660
 It didn't matter if we were, you know, in the game or not in the game.

1614
01:16:22,660 --> 01:16:28,140
 You know, they had their starters in, and, you know, he went and led several scoring drives against that.

1615
01:16:28,380 --> 01:16:32,160
 And so I think that's, you know, I think it says a lot about the future.

1616
01:16:32,700 --> 01:16:36,820
 You know, hopefully that, you know, that the future is bright, especially for him.

1617
01:16:37,080 --> 01:16:41,520
 And I think it says a lot about, you know, the operating part of, you know, at least our offense

1618
01:16:41,520 --> 01:16:45,080
 and that, you know, something bad happened and they responded and kept going.

1619
01:16:45,480 --> 01:16:49,060
 And, you know, now we've got to do that a little bit more on the defensive side too.

1620
01:16:49,480 --> 01:16:52,860
 But, you know, I was just proud of that.

1621
01:16:53,000 --> 01:16:53,640
 I was proud of him.

1622
01:16:54,240 --> 01:16:58,160
 And, you know, now we've just got to move forward and, like you said, turn the page.

1623
01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:02,140
 Rodgers on the road at Wilson next Friday night.

1624
01:17:02,300 --> 01:17:05,040
 That is a great battle of county rivals.

1625
01:17:05,040 --> 01:17:07,080
 It's a great region battle.

1626
01:17:07,800 --> 01:17:10,660
 Coach, you put on the white uniforms, get ready to take on that one.

1627
01:17:11,120 --> 01:17:12,440
 You know, you've played there before.

1628
01:17:12,520 --> 01:17:14,060
 That's a fun stadium to play at.

1629
01:17:14,280 --> 01:17:15,400
 It's a good setting.

1630
01:17:15,480 --> 01:17:16,540
 I put it that way for sure.

1631
01:17:16,920 --> 01:17:18,240
 Yeah, and I don't know what it is.

1632
01:17:18,940 --> 01:17:22,580
 We've played really well on the road, and we've played really bad at home.

1633
01:17:22,940 --> 01:17:23,160
 Yeah.

1634
01:17:23,520 --> 01:17:24,820
 Yeah, it happens sometimes, doesn't it?

1635
01:17:24,880 --> 01:17:27,180
 And we also play bad every time Wes shows up.

1636
01:17:27,700 --> 01:17:30,660
 Every time Wes shows up, we don't play good.

1637
01:17:30,660 --> 01:17:32,080
 We're going to have Wes Richards.

1638
01:17:32,080 --> 01:17:37,660
 Every parent that's mad because of how it went, you can direct your concerns to Wes Richards.

1639
01:17:37,800 --> 01:17:39,920
 Wes Richards, don't call me.

1640
01:17:40,080 --> 01:17:40,660
 Call him.

1641
01:17:40,720 --> 01:17:41,480
 It's his fault.

1642
01:17:41,600 --> 01:17:45,860
 Wes Richards, our trainer, he's been to two Rodgers games this year,

1643
01:17:45,960 --> 01:17:48,300
 and it was both times that the Pirates took an L.

1644
01:17:48,680 --> 01:17:51,200
 So we'll keep Wes away from next week's game.

1645
01:17:51,200 --> 01:17:51,700
 How about that?

1646
01:17:51,720 --> 01:17:52,460
 We've got to do something.

1647
01:17:53,060 --> 01:17:56,880
 Hey, by the way, before I let you go, do you ever have any superstitions?

1648
01:17:56,980 --> 01:17:58,720
 Did you ever have, like, wearing the same thing?

1649
01:17:58,720 --> 01:17:59,960
 Yeah, a guy wears it.

1650
01:18:00,060 --> 01:18:01,120
 And I'll tell you what.

1651
01:18:01,580 --> 01:18:02,280
 That's another thing.

1652
01:18:03,360 --> 01:18:04,880
 So I had a wash going.

1653
01:18:05,040 --> 01:18:07,720
 I left this fall break, and I didn't wear the Rodgers.

1654
01:18:07,800 --> 01:18:08,600
 I wore that underwear yesterday.

1655
01:18:08,740 --> 01:18:09,200
 Yep, yep.

1656
01:18:09,360 --> 01:18:11,580
 So I think that was part of the problem, too.

1657
01:18:11,800 --> 01:18:12,380
 And you know what?

1658
01:18:12,420 --> 01:18:13,000
 I'll tell you what.

1659
01:18:13,060 --> 01:18:16,240
 We bring you to the ultimate here when we bring the coaches' breakfast.

1660
01:18:16,380 --> 01:18:16,800
 I love it.

1661
01:18:17,160 --> 01:18:18,340
 Coach, you have been fun today.

1662
01:18:18,440 --> 01:18:19,300
 And listen, but I'll tell you what.

1663
01:18:19,320 --> 01:18:21,580
 You're on the right path, and you said some great things today.

1664
01:18:21,920 --> 01:18:24,880
 And I think it's great that you took responsibility, but you also said,

1665
01:18:24,940 --> 01:18:26,080
 hey, let's go have fun.

1666
01:18:26,120 --> 01:18:27,240
 Go have fun next week, okay?

1667
01:18:27,600 --> 01:18:29,080
 And I know your team well, and that'll be good.

1668
01:18:29,080 --> 01:18:31,540
 Rodgers Pirates at Wilson next Friday night.

1669
01:18:31,660 --> 01:18:33,580
 More from the coaches' breakfast after this timeout.

1670
01:18:35,080 --> 01:18:39,500
 At North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic, our Shoals roots run deep.

1671
01:18:39,980 --> 01:18:46,220
 We provide quick access and familiar, friendly faces so you never have to feel just like a number.

1672
01:18:46,600 --> 01:18:51,560
 From sports medicine to joint replacement, expert care happens right here at home.

1673
01:18:51,720 --> 01:18:56,720
 As UNA Athletics' choice for orthopedics and the trusted orthopedic team of the Shoals' families,

1674
01:18:56,880 --> 01:19:01,480
 for over 30 years, North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic is here for you.

1675
01:19:01,480 --> 01:19:05,280
 Learn more at nabjc.com.

1676
01:19:06,280 --> 01:19:12,600
 Start your day at Milla's Place, where French toast, fluffy pancakes, and all your breakfast favorites are served fresh and hot,

1677
01:19:12,920 --> 01:19:14,840
 weekday mornings starting at 6 a.m.

1678
01:19:15,200 --> 01:19:19,420
 Come back for lunch or dinner and enjoy our meat and three meals, cooked with southern flair.

1679
01:19:19,880 --> 01:19:25,260
 Or dig into a juicy burger, crispy chicken tenders, or our popular fried catfish, served every day.

1680
01:19:25,540 --> 01:19:31,220
 Whether it's dine-in or carry-out, come see us at Milla's Place, locally owned and operated in downtown Florence,

1681
01:19:31,520 --> 01:19:33,760
 Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

1682
01:19:43,260 --> 01:19:46,220
 Sliding in on this Saturday, getting that second cup of coffee.

1683
01:19:46,920 --> 01:19:48,180
 Have you bought your mums yet?

1684
01:19:48,300 --> 01:19:48,820
 I hope you have.

1685
01:19:48,900 --> 01:19:49,840
 It's that time of the year.

1686
01:19:50,280 --> 01:19:52,160
 Celebrate the beautiful season, the fall weather.

1687
01:19:52,640 --> 01:19:56,700
 Get this weather out of here, and maybe the colors will start changing, and the fall weather will click in

1688
01:19:56,700 --> 01:19:59,900
 and really start feeling that autumn feel, especially on Friday nights.

1689
01:19:59,960 --> 01:20:00,680
 We're looking forward to that.

1690
01:20:00,780 --> 01:20:02,260
 Kevin Johnson with you on the Coaches Breakfast.

1691
01:20:02,380 --> 01:20:06,640
 We've had a lot of great coaches with us, but we want to close today with somebody that is really special.

1692
01:20:06,640 --> 01:20:11,900
 We could not do this breakfast each and every Saturday morning without the North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic.

1693
01:20:12,100 --> 01:20:15,940
 And they have put one guy in charge of it in many ways, and it's a good friend of mine.

1694
01:20:16,020 --> 01:20:20,620
 He's a trainer here with the North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic and works with many high school teams,

1695
01:20:20,660 --> 01:20:23,860
 including much with Florence High School Athletes, Wes Richardson.

1696
01:20:23,980 --> 01:20:24,700
 Wes, how are you doing, my friend?

1697
01:20:24,700 --> 01:20:25,300
 Hey, good morning.

1698
01:20:25,420 --> 01:20:25,600
 Good.

1699
01:20:25,700 --> 01:20:26,260
 I'm fine.

1700
01:20:26,340 --> 01:20:26,800
 Thanks, Kevin.

1701
01:20:27,040 --> 01:20:27,620
 Kind words.

1702
01:20:27,720 --> 01:20:28,080
 Appreciate it.

1703
01:20:28,160 --> 01:20:30,120
 Well, and not enough, honestly.

1704
01:20:30,120 --> 01:20:32,140
 I mean, I will say this on the air.

1705
01:20:32,760 --> 01:20:37,840
 You work specifically with Florence High School Athletics, and it is a large high school.

1706
01:20:37,980 --> 01:20:43,260
 You work with their JV, everything else, and we need two more Wes's to help Wes out.

1707
01:20:43,380 --> 01:20:44,040
 That's all I'll say.

1708
01:20:44,160 --> 01:20:47,580
 If you're listening to those that are in the Florence City Schools, I'm saying that.

1709
01:20:47,920 --> 01:20:52,240
 He can't do it all because he got so desperate one time, he was having me to tape up athletes.

1710
01:20:52,480 --> 01:20:53,140
 That's not good.

1711
01:20:53,700 --> 01:20:56,420
 So, by the way, I have taped up an athlete before on the bus.

1712
01:20:56,660 --> 01:20:58,240
 Yeah, I had to tape up an athlete on the bus.

1713
01:20:58,640 --> 01:20:59,440
 It wasn't very pretty.

1714
01:20:59,440 --> 01:21:01,140
 They gave me the third string to tape up, though.

1715
01:21:01,200 --> 01:21:02,280
 They were making sure, so that's good.

1716
01:21:02,280 --> 01:21:02,460
 There you go.

1717
01:21:02,620 --> 01:21:07,360
 Wes, it's so good to be here, and one of the things I want to say is, as Coach Garrett

1718
01:21:07,360 --> 01:21:12,160
 was picking at you a little bit, but you have to have as many hands on deck for all these

1719
01:21:12,160 --> 01:21:15,360
 games, and last night, you didn't have a game with Florence, so you said, I'll go take

1720
01:21:15,360 --> 01:21:15,720
 this one.

1721
01:21:15,980 --> 01:21:19,760
 That's so important to get all these different coaches, I mean, not coaches, but doctors

1722
01:21:19,760 --> 01:21:20,720
 and trainers everywhere.

1723
01:21:20,900 --> 01:21:21,440
 Yes, yes.

1724
01:21:21,520 --> 01:21:25,180
 So, you know, unfortunately, there aren't as many athletic trainers as we would like to

1725
01:21:25,180 --> 01:21:25,460
 have.

1726
01:21:25,520 --> 01:21:29,780
 I'm actually on the State Board of Athletic Trainers, and you know, I've got Clark Jackson

1727
01:21:29,780 --> 01:21:31,120
 that helps me at Florence High School.

1728
01:21:31,200 --> 01:21:32,440
 He's been there for years.

1729
01:21:32,560 --> 01:21:37,460
 Of course, I was at Russell for 20 years before the doctors asked me to come up and help out

1730
01:21:37,460 --> 01:21:42,100
 at Florence, and Clark is in administration now, but he still helps me out, and I could not

1731
01:21:42,100 --> 01:21:45,700
 do what I do without Clark Jackson, and I've got a couple of other athletic trainers that

1732
01:21:45,700 --> 01:21:49,680
 help, but unfortunately, there's just not enough athletic trainers to go around, so we do

1733
01:21:49,680 --> 01:21:53,080
 try to get our doctors and our physician assistants out to help as well.

1734
01:21:53,580 --> 01:21:57,240
 We were kind of shorthanded last night, so we're doctors right out of town, so I just like to

1735
01:21:57,240 --> 01:22:02,660
 go different places, and in my defense, I will say that I did text Coach Garrett yesterday, and I

1736
01:22:02,660 --> 01:22:06,700
 said, hey, I'm planning on coming out here tonight, unless you tell me otherwise, and so the last

1737
01:22:06,700 --> 01:22:10,540
 time I was out there, when y'all played Whitesburg, Christian, it did not go well.

1738
01:22:10,620 --> 01:22:15,740
 He said, LOL, come on, so I did have his permission to come, but yeah, I felt bad.

1739
01:22:15,840 --> 01:22:20,180
 I said, oh my gosh, but I was at the Pope John Paul game in Huntsville earlier in the

1740
01:22:20,180 --> 01:22:21,960
 year, and they won that one, so I don't guess.

1741
01:22:21,960 --> 01:22:22,720
 You're one and two there, buddy.

1742
01:22:22,720 --> 01:22:26,720
 I am one and two, so it's not the best record, but I can't say I did have that one victory.

1743
01:22:26,880 --> 01:22:28,220
 I can't say it's in my back pocket.

1744
01:22:29,120 --> 01:22:33,140
 He had a good spirit about him, and he had a team, so I preached Coach Garrett from Rogers

1745
01:22:33,140 --> 01:22:33,680
 being that way.

1746
01:22:33,940 --> 01:22:36,280
 Let's talk about athletic training right now.

1747
01:22:36,360 --> 01:22:39,240
 There's kids being worked on here, and the doctors are with them.

1748
01:22:39,600 --> 01:22:44,020
 This is a great thing for Saturday mornings, that the nurses, doctors, and I'll give up their

1749
01:22:44,020 --> 01:22:45,960
 Saturday morning, coming here to check these athletes.

1750
01:22:46,080 --> 01:22:46,780
 That's a big deal.

1751
01:22:46,960 --> 01:22:47,200
 Right.

1752
01:22:47,280 --> 01:22:48,160
 I enjoy it.

1753
01:22:48,440 --> 01:22:52,860
 It is hard sometimes to get up early on Saturday mornings after I'm getting in bed late, just

1754
01:22:52,860 --> 01:22:53,360
 like you.

1755
01:22:53,920 --> 01:22:57,460
 I'm usually on Saturday mornings, I'm getting about 5.15 or 5.30 to get ready, and I usually

1756
01:22:57,460 --> 01:23:01,100
 go pick up breakfast for the coaches and bring it here, and you and I meet in the lobby.

1757
01:23:02,420 --> 01:23:04,600
 It's a lot, but it is important.

1758
01:23:04,740 --> 01:23:08,160
 We want to get these guys, these athletes, and sometimes young ladies, and sometimes we'll have

1759
01:23:08,160 --> 01:23:13,440
 officials and band players come in and want to get them treated and seen, and on the road

1760
01:23:13,440 --> 01:23:15,800
 to recovery, we can do physical therapy here.

1761
01:23:15,900 --> 01:23:19,640
 If they need to go physical therapy elsewhere, our providers are good to send them where they

1762
01:23:19,640 --> 01:23:23,380
 need to go, but yeah, it helps a lot of times just to get them on the road to recovery on

1763
01:23:23,380 --> 01:23:23,900
 Saturday mornings.

1764
01:23:24,300 --> 01:23:28,500
 Speaking with Wes Richardson, who is an athletic trainer, what is your official title here?

1765
01:23:28,520 --> 01:23:30,500
 I don't want to say it wrong, so tell me your official title.

1766
01:23:30,520 --> 01:23:31,500
 Head Athletic Trainer.

1767
01:23:31,760 --> 01:23:32,600
 Head Athletic Trainer.

1768
01:23:32,720 --> 01:23:36,760
 I'm also the only athletic trainer on staff here at Bone and Joint, full-time, so I guess

1769
01:23:36,760 --> 01:23:38,300
 head and only, there you go.

1770
01:23:38,380 --> 01:23:39,280
 Okay, that's a good thing.

1771
01:23:39,340 --> 01:23:39,720
 I like that.

1772
01:23:39,880 --> 01:23:45,680
 That's not bad as well, and on Friday nights, it's often that I may look down from the broadcast

1773
01:23:45,680 --> 01:23:50,280
 booth at Florence High School and see a doctor down there with you on the sideline, and of

1774
01:23:50,280 --> 01:23:54,560
 course, there's two former ones that were former Florence Falcons, and Dr. Aaron Joyner

1775
01:23:54,560 --> 01:23:59,600
 and Dr. J.T. Murphy, and guys that I help sort of be around on the sidelines with and coach

1776
01:23:59,600 --> 01:24:02,700
 up a little bit, and it's great to see these guys giving back.

1777
01:24:02,720 --> 01:24:03,560
 And they love it, too.

1778
01:24:03,640 --> 01:24:04,940
 They enjoy coming out, don't they?

1779
01:24:05,120 --> 01:24:05,500
 They do.

1780
01:24:05,560 --> 01:24:06,100
 They really do.

1781
01:24:06,180 --> 01:24:09,560
 You know, I usually have two or three doctors with me on Friday nights with Florence, and

1782
01:24:09,560 --> 01:24:12,580
 I have to remind them, guys, I love y'all being here, but I need y'all to go out to

1783
01:24:12,580 --> 01:24:14,900
 other games as well, and they are good.

1784
01:24:14,920 --> 01:24:19,700
 They are good to go out and go to other games, but yeah, there is a desire to be at Florence

1785
01:24:19,700 --> 01:24:23,600
 because, like you said, a lot of them finished at either Florence High School or Coffee or

1786
01:24:23,600 --> 01:24:25,680
 Bradshaw, so we are very blessed.

1787
01:24:25,800 --> 01:24:31,040
 I'd say most of our doctors here are from the shows area, and the ones that aren't have been

1788
01:24:31,040 --> 01:24:33,100
 here for a number of years, and it's home for them.

1789
01:24:33,240 --> 01:24:37,880
 So we're very blessed to have not only good doctors, great doctors, but good men, great

1790
01:24:37,880 --> 01:24:38,200
 men.

1791
01:24:38,320 --> 01:24:39,660
 I just, I trust all of them, so.

1792
01:24:39,800 --> 01:24:42,860
 On this Saturday morning, as we're here, as we speak with Wes Richardson, head trainer

1793
01:24:42,860 --> 01:24:44,600
 here at North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic.

1794
01:24:45,180 --> 01:24:46,900
 Wes, how many staff members are here today working?

1795
01:24:47,580 --> 01:24:49,180
 Oh, gosh, probably about 20.

1796
01:24:49,540 --> 01:24:49,960
 About 20?

1797
01:24:50,080 --> 01:24:54,280
 Yeah, so about 20 different people, from administrators to checking people here.

1798
01:24:54,380 --> 01:24:54,900
 I mean, everybody.

1799
01:24:55,380 --> 01:24:57,060
 Yes, they're all here.

1800
01:24:57,180 --> 01:24:59,020
 I mean, when I'm walking in, it's not just me and Wes.

1801
01:24:59,080 --> 01:25:00,820
 Trust me, there's a bunch of people here.

1802
01:25:01,320 --> 01:25:02,660
 I did get tickled one day.

1803
01:25:02,740 --> 01:25:06,340
 I walked in, and one of the ladies was bringing her son in, and she said, are you the doctor?

1804
01:25:06,900 --> 01:25:08,960
 And I said, no, ma'am, I'm not.

1805
01:25:09,000 --> 01:25:11,060
 I said, I stayed at a Holiday Inn, but I'm not.

1806
01:25:11,440 --> 01:25:16,760
 But there's so many great people here that do so much, and this is a great tradition with

1807
01:25:16,760 --> 01:25:17,500
 the coaches' breakfast.

1808
01:25:17,620 --> 01:25:19,880
 Why is it important for these coaches to have that moment, too?

1809
01:25:20,280 --> 01:25:21,040
 Well, it is, yeah.

1810
01:25:21,120 --> 01:25:22,140
 It's fun for them.

1811
01:25:22,220 --> 01:25:22,740
 It's fun for me.

1812
01:25:22,800 --> 01:25:23,900
 I love hearing the stories.

1813
01:25:24,060 --> 01:25:27,520
 I think part of my job, why I love it so much, is the relationships a lot.

1814
01:25:27,820 --> 01:25:29,000
 And you and I have talked through the years.

1815
01:25:29,120 --> 01:25:33,500
 The relationships you build with these coaches and the parents and the administrators, it

1816
01:25:33,500 --> 01:25:35,200
 just makes my job fun and enjoyable.

1817
01:25:35,200 --> 01:25:40,660
 I can do other things, maybe not work quite as late, not as many hours, but I just love

1818
01:25:40,660 --> 01:25:40,780
 it.

1819
01:25:40,980 --> 01:25:47,100
 And I actually spoke at a parents' meeting this last week for the winter sports, basketball

1820
01:25:47,100 --> 01:25:51,980
 and wrestling and indoor track that Coach Miles asked me to be there and speak to the parents.

1821
01:25:52,140 --> 01:25:53,580
 And that was what I started out with.

1822
01:25:53,620 --> 01:25:55,300
 I love working with them for the best.

1823
01:25:55,480 --> 01:25:59,240
 And not only here at North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic, but Florence City Schools, I

1824
01:25:59,240 --> 01:26:02,380
 love what Coach Miles and Coach Bowens and our other coaches have going on.

1825
01:26:02,380 --> 01:26:05,880
 I just feel like that I'm very blessed to be working with the best.

1826
01:26:06,000 --> 01:26:08,020
 And hopefully the coaches see that as well.

1827
01:26:08,140 --> 01:26:12,220
 Hopefully the coaches feel a part of that and know that they're getting expert treatment

1828
01:26:12,220 --> 01:26:16,120
 here by our physicians and physician assistants and physical therapists.

1829
01:26:16,400 --> 01:26:17,320
 And that's our goal.

1830
01:26:17,400 --> 01:26:20,940
 We want to make sure we're providing the best care possible and giving these kids the

1831
01:26:20,940 --> 01:26:23,600
 best option to get back on the field as quickly and safely as possible.

1832
01:26:23,740 --> 01:26:27,480
 Speaking with the head trainer of North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic, Wes Richardson here on

1833
01:26:27,480 --> 01:26:28,980
 93.9 Score on the Coach's Breakfast.

1834
01:26:29,500 --> 01:26:32,880
 The coaches meet in the little green rooms, what I call it back here, separate from where

1835
01:26:32,880 --> 01:26:36,740
 we're out here in the training facility and the physical therapy facility.

1836
01:26:37,280 --> 01:26:39,840
 And they come out here to meet, so I don't see them.

1837
01:26:40,180 --> 01:26:43,560
 But in that room, there's a lot of stories shared, but there's a lot of camaraderie.

1838
01:26:43,680 --> 01:26:47,480
 And it almost feels like when those head coaches get together, they can let their hair down a

1839
01:26:47,480 --> 01:26:47,640
 little bit.

1840
01:26:48,000 --> 01:26:49,320
 It's not easy being a head coach.

1841
01:26:49,700 --> 01:26:49,840
 No.

1842
01:26:49,960 --> 01:26:53,400
 And they have to be their guard up with their assistants and everybody else.

1843
01:26:53,700 --> 01:26:55,160
 Back here, they let their guard down.

1844
01:26:55,360 --> 01:26:58,320
 And on Saturday mornings, it's a lot of fun to let them breathe a little bit, isn't it?

1845
01:26:58,440 --> 01:26:58,980
 Yes, it is.

1846
01:26:59,020 --> 01:27:00,160
 It is fun to see that.

1847
01:27:00,220 --> 01:27:01,580
 And it's fun to hear these stories.

1848
01:27:01,780 --> 01:27:02,880
 And again, I just love it.

1849
01:27:02,920 --> 01:27:05,900
 I go back to a lot of these great stories I've heard through the years.

1850
01:27:06,020 --> 01:27:09,680
 I've been very blessed to be around great coaches and great teams from Alabama and Gene

1851
01:27:09,680 --> 01:27:14,280
 Stallings to UNA and Bobby Wallace and been around Johnny Long for years.

1852
01:27:14,400 --> 01:27:16,940
 I've got so many Johnny stories that I could not tell on the air.

1853
01:27:16,940 --> 01:27:18,140
 Yes, yes, we understand.

1854
01:27:18,580 --> 01:27:21,240
 But yeah, just great, great guys, great coaches.

1855
01:27:21,700 --> 01:27:23,020
 I love being here.

1856
01:27:23,040 --> 01:27:23,820
 This is a home for me.

1857
01:27:23,960 --> 01:27:24,740
 This is for you.

1858
01:27:24,860 --> 01:27:28,040
 And I'm just so blessed to be here still and doing what I do.

1859
01:27:28,420 --> 01:27:32,500
 If anyone, though, other than athletes on a Saturday morning needed to come and check in,

1860
01:27:32,820 --> 01:27:33,740
 they could check in.

1861
01:27:33,960 --> 01:27:36,740
 So anyone needs to see, they can still contact.

1862
01:27:36,860 --> 01:27:41,340
 How do we contact and get a part and maybe let them know how to get a part of being here

1863
01:27:41,340 --> 01:27:41,780
 if they need to?

1864
01:27:41,900 --> 01:27:43,480
 Yeah, so they can just show up on Saturday morning.

1865
01:27:43,680 --> 01:27:45,740
 So we're here pretty much every Saturday morning.

1866
01:27:45,820 --> 01:27:50,920
 One of our physician assistants or the doctors is here, x-ray staff, pretty much every Saturday

1867
01:27:50,920 --> 01:27:54,320
 morning, unless it's like a holiday or just a rare Saturday off.

1868
01:27:54,460 --> 01:27:57,380
 Most every Saturday morning, we're here 8 a.m. to noon.

1869
01:27:57,840 --> 01:27:59,920
 And they can be seen without an appointment.

1870
01:28:00,420 --> 01:28:01,660
 So a lot of times, that's a good option.

1871
01:28:01,740 --> 01:28:05,500
 I'll tell parents and coaches during the week and kids, hey, if you don't want to miss practice

1872
01:28:05,500 --> 01:28:06,960
 or school, why don't you come on Saturday morning?

1873
01:28:07,000 --> 01:28:10,480
 But again, we see non-athletes on Saturday mornings as well.

1874
01:28:10,560 --> 01:28:13,920
 It's a walk-in option, just like an urgent care clinic type situation.

1875
01:28:14,140 --> 01:28:15,740
 Folks, I want you to know about Wes Richardson.

1876
01:28:15,900 --> 01:28:18,080
 He's an example of trainers everywhere.

1877
01:28:18,280 --> 01:28:19,280
 They're working with high schools.

1878
01:28:19,640 --> 01:28:20,640
 But I'm going to give you an example.

1879
01:28:21,120 --> 01:28:25,480
 I would go to a practice, and I try to watch one of Florence's football practice at least

1880
01:28:25,480 --> 01:28:26,220
 each week.

1881
01:28:26,660 --> 01:28:29,240
 And when I go to the practice, I say, Wes, what's your day like?

1882
01:28:29,280 --> 01:28:31,980
 He said, well, this morning I had to go to a meeting.

1883
01:28:32,040 --> 01:28:33,340
 And then here I am with this team.

1884
01:28:33,380 --> 01:28:37,700
 But I'm going to be also going to the JV volleyball team.

1885
01:28:37,960 --> 01:28:39,540
 And the cheerleaders are practicing.

1886
01:28:39,540 --> 01:28:42,000
 And I need to go wrap them up and make sure they're all good.

1887
01:28:42,320 --> 01:28:45,200
 And oh, by the way, there's a band member, I think, that's stopping by to see me.

1888
01:28:45,580 --> 01:28:50,460
 I'm telling you, folks, it's amazing that this young man is doing so much at Florence High

1889
01:28:50,460 --> 01:28:51,360
 School is one example.

1890
01:28:51,640 --> 01:28:54,800
 But he's just one example of trainers everywhere that are doing it.

1891
01:28:55,060 --> 01:28:56,800
 And I just want to say to you, thank you.

1892
01:28:56,860 --> 01:28:57,560
 I really mean that.

1893
01:28:57,640 --> 01:29:01,820
 And I hope parents and coaches and all know we do appreciate not only you, but all the

1894
01:29:01,820 --> 01:29:05,980
 trainers that do and the doctors that do the work for the athletes and beyond.

1895
01:29:05,980 --> 01:29:07,360
 It is an amazing thing.

1896
01:29:07,820 --> 01:29:09,600
 And we couldn't have high school sports without it.

1897
01:29:09,620 --> 01:29:10,700
 So we really appreciate it, okay?

1898
01:29:10,860 --> 01:29:11,340
 Well, thank you.

1899
01:29:11,400 --> 01:29:12,560
 You're very kind in saying that.

1900
01:29:12,640 --> 01:29:14,360
 And like I said, I wish there were more of us.

1901
01:29:14,720 --> 01:29:17,920
 You know, I think people might argue that they, you know, should have more of me.

1902
01:29:18,500 --> 01:29:21,260
 People that know me very well might argue that point.

1903
01:29:21,360 --> 01:29:25,120
 But if we could have more of that, I'd try to like Clark that do such a great job.

1904
01:29:25,220 --> 01:29:29,020
 And again, I'm just, I'm very blessed to be around good people and good coaches.

1905
01:29:29,020 --> 01:29:31,040
 And Clark does a great job.

1906
01:29:31,120 --> 01:29:33,240
 And I've got Bryce that helps me some on the side.

1907
01:29:33,340 --> 01:29:37,060
 And Drew Garner, Bryce Palmer and Drew Garner help me some when they can as well.

1908
01:29:37,160 --> 01:29:38,160
 But again, we're all busy.

1909
01:29:38,420 --> 01:29:40,440
 And it's just not enough of us to go around, unfortunately.

1910
01:29:40,620 --> 01:29:45,160
 And I'll also say to all those athletes listening, I wish I could go to the next level, but I don't

1911
01:29:45,160 --> 01:29:45,660
 know if I can.

1912
01:29:45,900 --> 01:29:48,280
 Hey, you can go to the next level in a different place.

1913
01:29:48,440 --> 01:29:52,000
 And that would be through physical therapy, doing that type of thing, athletic training.

1914
01:29:52,220 --> 01:29:53,460
 So we need more of you.

1915
01:29:53,640 --> 01:29:54,680
 So I hope that they'll think about that.

1916
01:29:55,040 --> 01:29:56,060
 Wes, thank you, my friend.

1917
01:29:56,180 --> 01:29:57,200
 Appreciate all you do.

1918
01:29:57,200 --> 01:29:59,300
 And we couldn't do the coach's breakfast without you, okay?

1919
01:29:59,400 --> 01:29:59,720
 Thank you.

1920
01:29:59,780 --> 01:30:00,180
 Enjoy it.

1921
01:30:00,220 --> 01:30:03,200
 We'll wrap up the coach's breakfast after this one-minute timeout.

1922
01:30:04,700 --> 01:30:05,480
 Let's go.

1923
01:30:05,600 --> 01:30:06,500
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1924
01:30:06,500 --> 01:30:08,780
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1925
01:30:09,120 --> 01:30:13,680
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1926
01:30:13,680 --> 01:30:15,520
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1927
01:30:16,060 --> 01:30:20,580
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1928
01:30:20,920 --> 01:30:21,680
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1929
01:30:21,760 --> 01:30:23,880
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1930
01:30:24,140 --> 01:30:28,820
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1940
01:31:07,900 --> 01:31:11,060
 Great day here on the Coach's Breakfast here on 93.9 The Score.

1941
01:31:11,180 --> 01:31:12,500
 Kevin Johnson, glad to be your host.

1942
01:31:12,960 --> 01:31:14,300
 Great interview with Wes Richardson.

1943
01:31:14,460 --> 01:31:15,200
 I gave him a little extra time.

1944
01:31:15,240 --> 01:31:16,060
 He deserves it, folks.

1945
01:31:16,120 --> 01:31:19,940
 He has done so much for this Coach's Breakfast and for high school sports.

1946
01:31:20,020 --> 01:31:21,900
 We appreciate him greatly being our guest.

1947
01:31:21,940 --> 01:31:26,180
 And thank you to all the coaches who got out on this rainy, windy Saturday morning to come

1948
01:31:26,180 --> 01:31:27,900
 be a part of it as well.

1949
01:31:28,020 --> 01:31:29,200
 College football today.

1950
01:31:29,600 --> 01:31:30,720
 Some big games coming up.

1951
01:31:30,760 --> 01:31:32,740
 You'll enjoy these and keep an eye on some of these.

1952
01:31:33,200 --> 01:31:35,380
 That Florida-South Carolina game will be a point to watch.

1953
01:31:35,820 --> 01:31:37,420
 Texas-Oklahoma in just a little bit.

1954
01:31:37,820 --> 01:31:41,200
 I think Texas should win that one, but we'll keep an eye on that one.

1955
01:31:41,260 --> 01:31:45,000
 Of course, the big one tonight is Georgia and Alabama, and you'll hear that right here

1956
01:31:45,000 --> 01:31:45,980
 on 93.9 The Score.

1957
01:31:46,060 --> 01:31:49,200
 Personally, I think the Crimson Tide wins that one by double digits.

1958
01:31:49,360 --> 01:31:51,820
 That's how good I think their offense is, even against that great

1959
01:31:51,820 --> 01:31:52,400
 Georgia team.

1960
01:31:52,760 --> 01:31:55,780
 I think Alabama makes a statement tonight in Tuscaloosa.

1961
01:31:55,900 --> 01:31:58,960
 Well, that's going to do it for us here today on the Coach's Breakfast.

1962
01:31:59,140 --> 01:32:02,860
 Enjoy the day of college football, and make sure you keep it right here on 93.9 The Score

1963
01:32:02,860 --> 01:32:06,880
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1964
01:32:07,000 --> 01:32:11,360
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1965
01:32:11,360 --> 01:32:15,320
 as our producer and engineer today, I'm Kevin Johnson saying have a great day.

1966
01:32:15,660 --> 01:32:19,400
 Enjoy the day of college football, and most of all, folks, I will see you in church on Sunday.

1967
01:32:19,500 --> 01:32:20,000
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1968
01:32:21,700 --> 01:32:24,260
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