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Here Come The Irish - Season 2 Episode 1 -
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00:00The Ohio State Buckeyes have won the national championship, and Notre Dame's season comes up one game short.
00:17It's tough, man. There's not a lot of words to say when you lose the national championship.
00:26And what you all have done for this university is something special.
00:32We love you, man.
00:36And we're going to continue this thing on.
00:47The spirit of Notre Dame is a will to win.
00:51It's when things are difficult and people invoke the spirit of Notre Dame to bring them out victorious.
01:01Those wonderful words of the fight song, oh, Notre Dame will win over all.
01:05Don't forget, man, today's the day we're going to win.
01:08You can't walk the campus at Notre Dame or pray at the Grotto or gaze at the Dome without knowing that there is something special in this place.
01:17It seems to float across the whole campus on Saturday afternoons.
01:24We thank God for this wonderful spirit.
01:27We hope the blessing of Notre Dame and the spirit of Notre Dame continues to reach you wherever you are.
01:38Amen.
01:40Take the field! Hurry up!
01:43Welcome, everyone, to Notre Dame football 2025.
01:47The mindset going in 25 is no different than 24.
01:51It's to reach our full potential.
01:52What are we doing with Notre Dame?
01:56We got C.J. Carr, we got Kenny Minchie.
01:57We've got a battle that is not decided.
02:00We've got to make a decision here soon.
02:02We're going to be our starting quarterback.
02:04How's it going, Irishman?
02:08And Notre Dame has lost the season opener.
02:10The last year of fluke.
02:11Are you guys a real nil?
02:13Don't hide from it.
02:14We're 0-2.
02:16Defense, we've got to step up.
02:19Don't blink!
02:20You know, we ask prayer from Lamar when he takes the field.
02:23I'm you.
02:24Little more.
02:25Little more.
02:26It's extremely meaningful to play here.
02:29It's been a lifelong dream.
02:30I always wanted to play Notre Dame and, you know, never thought my dad would be there to watch him play.
02:35Another touchdown for Jadarian Price.
02:38Everything happens for a reason.
02:40God always has a plan.
02:41Yeah!
02:42My mom always told me that.
02:44Let's go, Irish!
02:47Let's go, Irish!
02:48Stay up!
02:50Stay up!
02:51Streaky for the end zone!
02:53That's what we needed!
02:55Is Notre Dame done?
02:56The answer's no.
02:58They do have to run the table.
03:00We're letting you create a victory!
03:02Let's go!
03:06Here come the Irish!
03:08It's the first day.
03:36This is my 16th first day at camp, and my fourth as a head coach, so you, again, you know what to expect, but it's still the first day.
03:50You know, you get those first day jitters, excitement, ready to get after it, but it's the start of a, it's really the start of the season, right?
03:58At the start of a new year, for me, I love to get up early and getting to work just so there's a time you have to yourself.
04:08I get to be a little bit selfish and work out, really be unbothered a lot of times, you know, kind of get my mind in the place it needs to be to be the leader that I desire to be.
04:23We love him.
04:29He respects us as much as we respect him.
04:31He'll do everything he can to lead us to be the best that we can be, whether it's on the field or off.
04:37Coach Freeman, as a leader, he's the do-it-first guy.
04:40He's always going to be there for you.
04:42He's a player's coach.
04:45I love the game of football, the greatest game in the world, man, the game of football.
04:50You get to compete, you get to play hard, you get to play physical, and ultimately, you find ways to win.
04:58There's a winner and a loser in everything you do, and we got to find a way to win.
05:01Everybody good?
05:20Here we go.
05:25Ready, ready?
05:27Last couple things, I'll put this.
05:28Just a reminder, okay?
05:29This is understanding.
05:30It's going to be a bumpy road, okay, on this journey, right?
05:35I was thinking about the freshmen that don't know what you don't know.
05:37You don't even know.
05:38This day one, you're going to be like, what the hell's going to happen?
05:41I don't know.
05:42You're probably nervous and all those things, and dudes have been here for six years, five years, four years.
05:45They're like, here we go, day one of fall camp, right?
05:48So everybody's at a different spot.
05:50It's okay.
05:51It's okay.
05:52Let's go practice, right?
05:54That's all it's about, okay?
05:55Don't worry about anything else, and I'm finished with this, right?
05:57There's a lot of noise.
05:58You're going to walk out there, there'll be more cameras, more people.
06:01But we put the hard work, put this program in position.
06:04That's why people are there.
06:06Everybody good?
06:06Find a way to get better on this journey, man, right?
06:09That bumpy road is the journey of you.
06:12Everybody on the same page?
06:13We've got to get better today.
06:14Finally, we get to go and compete a little bit, all right?
06:16And that's what we're all here for.
06:17Everybody good?
06:17Let's go to work.
06:18TGS on two.
06:19One, two.
06:19TGS.
06:29All right, boy.
06:30Rock and roll.
06:31Huh?
06:32All right, let's go.
06:32Lead them.
06:33Lead them, lead them, lead them.
06:34Let's go.
06:34Lead them and show them how it's done.
06:36All right, old head.
06:37Let's go to work.
06:38Lead the group.
06:39All right?
06:39Let's go.
06:39Let's go to work.
06:40Let's go to work.
06:41Fall camp is truly the grind.
06:42It's the one moment where there's no school, there's no really outside influences.
06:47It's just about football.
06:50Here we go.
06:51Let's go.
06:52Basically, you're up at between five and six.
06:55You got either treatments, tape, breakfast.
06:59Then you got two hours to two and a half hours of meetings.
07:02Then you go practice.
07:04Hell yeah.
07:04Let's go.
07:05And then you get a small break.
07:07And then you come back for probably another six hours of meetings.
07:12And then you got to do it all over again.
07:16Chin that thing.
07:16Chin it.
07:18It's either the most fun time in football or the worst.
07:22It really depends on the day.
07:25You get challenged personally, mentally, physically.
07:28And you got to be able to strive through that and work through that.
07:31Because it's going to grind on you the same way the season would.
07:33You want it to hurt.
07:38You want it to stress you out.
07:42Like the biggest lie in football is that you're going to feel good and things are going to work out.
07:47You're going to have something you've got to overcome.
07:48You can face some real demons.
07:52And sometimes in your mind you feel like, I can't do this no more.
07:55I can't do it.
07:55I can't do it.
07:57That's the demons talking.
07:58You don't even supposed to listen to them.
07:59You can do this.
08:00You can succeed.
08:02This is the opportunity to take reps, get better.
08:05Every single day you're competing.
08:08It's not yet win or lose.
08:10I know in the first couple practices there's going to be a lot of bad mouth and a lot of talk back and forth.
08:14But it's going to be up to us to find our identity, what works for us, and how we're going to move forward.
08:19The last part is competition, right?
08:21There's a lot of jobs for stake.
08:23It's about being available for practice.
08:25It's about going out and stacking days consistently and executing.
08:29Those are the things I think that makes training camp special.
08:34CJ versus Kenny.
08:36I'm telling you guys, it's a close battle.
08:40Quarterback competition is real.
08:41Everything I've gathered, whoever we pick, we're thrown to the Wolves.
08:45And they're going to have to be ready.
08:46We better make a right decision.
08:52A true quarterback battle is when you genuinely don't know who's going to be the starting quarterback heading into fall camp.
08:59The physical skills are what jump out with CJ Carr.
09:03The arm.
09:04The ability.
09:04CJ Carr is a guy who came in with a lot of expectation.
09:09A guy who I frankly thought would push Riley Leonard a little bit last year, maybe.
09:15There was so much hype and so much expectation.
09:18And for Michigan fans, surprise that someone with the Carr last name ends up picking Notre Dame and not Michigan.
09:24So Lloyd Carr is one of Michigan's great coaches.
09:28He won a national championship in 97.
09:32And CJ Carr is his grandson.
09:34So you're talking about college football royalty and a name that everyone knows.
09:41Minchie is more of the mobile quarterback threat.
09:43So he brings a little bit more of a dual threat perspective to the offense, similar to what Riley Leonard had last year.
09:50The natural ability and the skill set is there.
09:53I think it's tough to be around a quarterback battle, especially if it's really even.
10:01At the end of the day, we've got to go out and win football games.
10:03The guy who we trust the most is the guy who's going to get the starting job.
10:07It's going to bring out the best in both of them.
10:11That's what battles are for.
10:12That's what competition is for.
10:14It's to bring out the best.
10:15Let's go, man.
10:15Let's go.
10:16Let's go.
10:16Both are going to work their tails off to put themselves in a position to be the guy.
10:20Put this in the end zone.
10:21Let's go.
10:21Let's go.
10:23Kenny does a great job in preparation.
10:24He's going to know the offense inside and out.
10:26He's also going to know the defense inside and out.
10:30On me.
10:31From physical tools, Kenny's a super accurate passer.
10:35He has the athleticism to create some problems for a defense with his legs.
10:42He's never going to be too high, never going to be too low.
10:45He's always going to be playing the next play, which I think is important in a quarterback.
10:51CJ, he's going to put in the work.
10:55He's going to have the install done.
10:57He's going to know the defense install for the day before I even get in there.
11:00I got the corner.
11:01You got the shallow.
11:02He's got the OTB.
11:02He's got the over shallow.
11:05CJ's got unbelievable arm talent.
11:11CJ is a gunslinger.
11:13There's not a throw, a window that he thinks is too tight.
11:17He believes in himself, believes he can make those throws, which guys love.
11:22It's going to be an epic battle.
11:23They both understand the game, they work at it, they prepare, they both see it, they both have really good arms.
11:31Now, they're both inexperienced in terms of real game experience, and so they're more similar than they are different.
11:37Being a quarterback at Notre Dame is one of those positions that I think everyone wants and envies and dreams about.
11:46But when you're in it, it's a lot of pressure.
11:49You're the shortstop for the New York Yankees.
11:51Everybody in the country is going to know exactly who you are.
11:54You know, if things go good, you're going to get a lot of praise.
11:57If things go bad, you and Coach Freeman are going to have to sit on that podium and answer why.
12:01Day one, some good, some bad.
12:03Appreciate the way you came out here with tension and focus.
12:06Let's get back to work.
12:07It is a bumpy road, and the faster we can take a bad play and get like this, guess what?
12:12That's how fast we elevate.
12:13Coach is going to yell at you.
12:14I told you yesterday, we're going to yell at you.
12:16Okay, we're going to coach you hard.
12:18Take it, reload, and go for it.
12:20Last thing I had was just a leadership.
12:23Guys that have been out here, guys that are leaders, lead.
12:25Right, lead.
12:26It's your responsibility to make those guys around you and the guys that you're leading better.
12:31It ain't about just leading yourself.
12:33You've got to make this dude better, whoever this dude is.
12:37Good?
12:37Good work, man.
12:37Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.
12:39You got it, Bill?
12:40Let's go.
12:40Hey, TGS, how do you want to?
12:42TGS.
12:43Good work, good work, good work, good work.
12:46Good work, good work, good work, good work.
13:16But if we don't have the love for each other, the brotherhood, the team first mentality,
13:25if we don't have that, we're not going to reach our full potential.
13:29TGS.
13:31And you have to believe that to build the brotherhood, to build the culture of this program.
13:37I'm a part of something bigger than myself.
13:39Great teams have great players.
13:44They have great schemes.
13:47And they have great brotherhood and love for each other.
13:51I think this year's Notre Dame team, the expectation is to do right about what they did last season.
14:01They should be able to compete for a national championship.
14:05They're not going to surprise anybody.
14:06They're not going to be able to fly under the radar like they did last season.
14:09The pieces around that program and just what we've learned of the Marcus Freeman era, I think, is going to lead to really high expectations.
14:17You're going to be able to lean on the run game.
14:23Arguably the best running back room in the country, and I think the best individual running back in the country, in Jeremiah Love.
14:29Oh, he leads to man the 20!
14:31Leonard hands it off to Love, running right, through one tackle at the two, muscles his way to the goal line!
14:37Touchdown, Jeremiah Love!
14:38He's a freak show, Jeremiah Love.
14:41I've never seen an athlete like him before.
14:45Jeremiah is just a difference maker in every way possible.
14:52The whole world has seen what he can do with his legs, hurtling people, trucking people, making people miss.
15:00Love's the best to me.
15:01He's the best running back in the country because he's got the wiggle, he's got the juice, he's got moves.
15:06Love is something that we haven't really seen at Notre Dame.
15:09He's a home run threat every time he touches the ball.
15:13You can try and game plan for him.
15:14He's just that good that I don't think it matters.
15:17He's gone!
15:18I think he's the best player in the country, without a doubt.
15:21Jeremiah Love has done it again!
15:24I hear people talking about the Heisman, I hear people saying I'm the best running back in the country.
15:28In my mind, I still haven't reached the level that I want to be at.
15:31I just try not to listen to all of it, because I know that people's opinions can change in a snap of a finger.
15:38It's nice to hear, but it doesn't really carry any weight until I prove it to myself.
15:45It's gonna be wasting all your sprint yardage, you know what I mean?
15:49One of the most interesting storylines of last year was that Notre Dame was likable.
15:53This is a program that, no matter where you live in the country, you're aware of them, you've watched them, and you've probably rooted against them.
16:00And they became so likable because of Marcus Freeman.
16:03Looky, look. Have a good one, boy. All right?
16:07He's cool. He's young.
16:09Just really resonated with a lot of people who maybe had checked out or hadn't really noticed how much had changed since Marcus took over.
16:17Shane was awesome. To be able to shoot an Under Armour commercial with Shane Gillis, to have that guy that a lot of our players love to follow, he's a big Notre Dame fan.
16:34Hey, be alert of the camera there. Good. Here we go.
16:40Hey!
16:41Stay up!
16:42Stay up!
16:43What are you doing?
16:44All right, run the play.
16:45Here we go.
16:47Great run!
16:49Great run!
16:50He didn't really go exactly off the script, and so I had to be adaptable.
16:54Sometimes there's two whistles.
16:55Here we go. Another play.
16:56Here we go. Another play.
16:57Wait a minute. Just same play?
16:58He's a professional. He made it easy.
17:00Same play.
17:01Same play.
17:02Run it back. I didn't love it.
17:03I would say Notre Dame has gotten a lot cooler.
17:07Don't be off-sized now!
17:08Players are always coming in and out of college football, and just the style of the game that it is now, and Notre Dame is adapting to that style.
17:16Stay off! Stay off!
17:17Get out of the hut!
17:18Do it!
17:19I think that commercial's gonna turn out really good.
17:23Since we got him here, I thought, what else? We might as well let him say it a couple words to you, right?
17:28Mr. Shane Gillis!
17:29I got nothing. I don't know what to say to you guys. Good work today. I like what I saw out there. Guys flying. You like flying around? Yeah, hell yeah.
17:32Come on now.
17:33No, I don't know. Just a big fan. Hope you guys kill it this year again, and yeah, that's it.
17:37That's awesome.
17:38Yeah. Appreciate you, man. Thanks, brother.
17:39Let's go. Get a break. Get a break. Get a break. Get a break.
17:40Get a break.
18:02All right, I just wanted to get us together today to just kind of meet to go through some
18:14of our roster numbers, what 2026 roster numbers will look like.
18:21A lot of the major college football programs have hired general managers.
18:26And now you're seeing them hire from outside of college football, NFL experience, other
18:31sporting experience, famous alums, like you're seeing a lot of different strategies for the
18:36general management position.
18:40It's a totally different calculation than we've ever seen in college football before.
18:44Yeah, it was funny, I had to talk to the parents the other day and I was telling them my story
18:49and like my journey here and how I kind of, through 20 something years, I was praying to
18:54like reach the pinnacle of my career, you know, and try to make it to a GM job, you know.
18:59I thought it would be an NFL and not realizing the opportunities in college and how, you
19:04know, colleges now have all the GMs.
19:06But then it was like, I was telling parents, I was like, God also has a sense of humor too
19:10because he made me the GM during this crazy time.
19:14The NFL has always had a model where the personnel department is separate from the coaching staff.
19:19Some of these head coaches make up to $10 million.
19:23And I think because of that, they're used to having full control over their roster, full
19:27control over everything.
19:29Just how's he been playing?
19:31A little up and down.
19:34Hasn't been, hasn't been the greatest year for him.
19:37The one thing he has done positively is I think he's shown a little more mobility than I thought.
19:43But now you've got a GM who is coming in to help you potentially take things off your plate.
19:48But you know how he's going to win, so I'm not, I think the players will come, you know.
19:53He's a big body, he's pretty consistent, catching the ball, he just, you know, he'll break some
19:59tackles and make things happen.
20:00Him and Devin are similar.
20:01Yeah.
20:02I think the best teams in college football, the elite of the elite still build through
20:09the high school recruiting ranks.
20:11That's what a general manager's job and purview is.
20:14We're going to run this scouting apparatus.
20:16We need to get in that.
20:18Yeah, for sure.
20:19And that's either high school or portal.
20:21Yeah.
20:22Like there's no question about that, right?
20:24Right.
20:25We can't depend on those two to say, no, we have to get one more.
20:30We'd be in a bad spot if we did not replay, you know, we would have to go get a guy.
20:35For sure.
20:36The NFL, you know, it's, it's about what can you do for me right now.
20:41College football, it's all about development.
20:44Everyone knows, look, we're going to win national championships here, but you, we're also going
20:48to win off the field, you know, and then in so many different ways.
20:52And so we just got to keep selling that because I mean, that's just fact here.
20:55You know, if you're only football here, it probably doesn't work.
20:58I'm here to help construct a roster, but as much as I'm here for that, I think, you know,
21:04I'm here to help develop young men.
21:06Prior to coming, coming here, I did not realize how significant, you know, that was and that
21:12is.
21:13And I didn't realize how crucial that is to this role.
21:17Cool.
21:18All good.
21:19All right.
21:20Appreciate it.
21:21Thanks.
21:22Hey, let's give the round of applause for O, the mentalist.
21:37Thank you, Coach.
21:42Fighting Irish.
21:43Notre Dame.
21:44People say I can read minds, but you ready for the truth?
21:48Can't read minds.
21:49I read people.
21:51Everybody right now, talk is cheap.
21:52Hold up your left hand.
21:54Good, good, good.
21:56Everybody imagine you have an invisible deck of cards in your hands and you spread them
22:01out.
22:02Nice and wide.
22:03You can see every single one of those cards.
22:04And everyone right now, look back and forth.
22:07Actually, don't even look.
22:09Look away.
22:10Look away.
22:11And reach over and grab one at random.
22:13Grab one out.
22:18Right over here.
22:19One, two, three, four.
22:20Is that CJ?
22:21Hold that card up.
22:22Stand up.
22:23Let's hear it for CJ already.
22:24Make some noise.
22:26Try not to give it away.
22:28Red, black.
22:29Red, black.
22:30Hearts, diamonds, club, spades.
22:32Hearts, diamonds, club, spades.
22:34Ace, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and ten, Jack, Queen, King.
22:37You could have thought of any card.
22:38Is that right?
22:39Yes, sir.
22:40Turn your back so you can't see me, I can't see you.
22:42Hold that card up high with pride.
22:49Tell us all, nice and loud, before you open your eyes, what was that card?
22:53Say it.
22:54Three diamonds.
22:55That's crazy.
22:59That's crazy.
23:00That's crazy.
23:02I've got Coach.
23:05Where's my OC and my DC?
23:07Where are you at, gentlemen?
23:08Stand up.
23:09Show some love.
23:10Show some love, offense, defense.
23:13Come join me, gentlemen.
23:17Pleasure.
23:18God is your witness.
23:20Have we ever spoken a single word in our lives?
23:22Nope.
23:23No.
23:24All right.
23:25You're going to be picking several players.
23:26Coach, look back and forth.
23:27Sweep your eyes.
23:28Stop.
23:30Obvious choices.
23:32I said offense, I said defense when I brought the coordinators up.
23:35So you know what I did?
23:36I made them think of someone else.
23:38Unsung hero.
23:39I think you did the kicker.
23:40Burnett.
23:41Is it Burnett?
23:42Yeah.
23:43Is that for real?
23:44Stand up for me.
23:45Noah.
23:46Noah, stand up.
23:47All right.
23:48Let's go.
23:49Mike, Chris, look around.
23:52Try not to say anything.
23:53Cover your eyes, gentlemen.
23:54Cover your eyes.
23:55All right.
23:58We had Burnett.
24:00All right.
24:01Who do I think?
24:02Huh.
24:03Keep your eyes closed.
24:04Close your eyes, gentlemen.
24:05Close your eyes.
24:12Gentlemen, with your eyes closed, Mike, who did you pick?
24:16Owen Streeper.
24:19Take a look.
24:20Chris, who'd you pick?
24:22Tommy Powell.
24:23Open your eyes.
24:24Take a look.
24:25We're three for three.
24:27Rattle off.
24:28Random.
24:29Next player, coach.
24:30Who's next?
24:30Robbie Wolen.
24:31Okay.
24:32We got Wolen.
24:32Who we got next?
24:33Who we got next?
24:34Call it out.
24:35Eli Reardon.
24:36Reardon?
24:36Okay.
24:37There we go.
24:37Keep it going.
24:38Who's next?
24:38Let's go.
24:39Dominic Williams.
24:40Perfect.
24:40Keep it going.
24:41One more round.
24:42Who you got next?
24:43Don Shuler.
24:44Don Shuler.
24:45We got Shuler next.
24:46Okay.
24:47Keep going.
24:47Keep it going.
24:47Another player.
24:48Look around this room.
24:48Who's it going to be?
24:49Malachi Fields.
24:50Fields.
24:51We got Fields.
24:52And one last player, Chris.
24:54Ethan Long.
24:55Ethan Long.
24:57There is no way we could have known who you would pick.
25:00You didn't even know who you were going to pick.
25:02Burnett, tell us your first name.
25:03Noah.
25:04Is Noah.
25:06Keep going.
25:07Strabig, tell me your first name.
25:08Owen.
25:09Owen.
25:10Let's keep going.
25:11We've got Tommy.
25:12We've got Robbie.
25:14We've got Eli.
25:17We've got Noter.
25:19Dominic.
25:20Are you ready?
25:22We've got Dominic.
25:24We've got Adan.
25:27We've got Fields.
25:28We've got Malachi.
25:29We've got Ethan Long.
25:31We have exactly what you think.
25:33Notre Dame, everybody.
25:36I can't hear you.
25:38Who's got cash?
25:49Raise your hand if you've got any money.
25:50You've got a wallet?
25:51Yeah.
25:52Do me a favor.
25:53What's your name?
25:54Luke.
25:55Luke, have we ever spoken a word to each other in our life?
25:57Ever.
25:58Go in your wallet.
25:59Take out any bill you want.
26:01Stand up for me, Luke.
26:02I want you to fold it in half.
26:05Fold it one more time and sit on it.
26:12Let's get five guys up.
26:13One, two, three, four, five.
26:15Gentlemen, stand up for me, please.
26:21I'm going to have you each visualize a third and ten
26:25and what happens during that play.
26:26Whether it's offense or defense, who knows?
26:29I'm going to have you close your eyes right now
26:31and see yourself on the field.
26:33Close your eyes.
26:34Good.
26:35Wake up.
26:35Open your eyes.
26:36See that number of yards right now in your head.
26:39Here we go.
26:45Long pass.
26:47Strong run.
26:48Bam.
26:48Huge first down.
26:4945 yards.
26:50Sit down if I'm right.
26:5412 yards, 11 yards.
26:55Both first downs.
26:57Sit down if I'm right.
27:01Jeremiah's trying to stump me.
27:05Quarterback sacked.
27:06Zero yards gained.
27:07Am I right?
27:1445, 12, 11.
27:16We had zero yards gained.
27:18Right over here.
27:19Look this way at me.
27:21What is that?
27:21What's that noise?
27:23They brought out the chain to measure.
27:24We're within inches.
27:25We didn't get the first down.
27:26Nine yards on that last play, didn't we?
27:28And nine yards.
27:31Your bill, your pocket, you're sitting on it right now.
27:36Take it out.
27:37Every bill, every bill has a serial number on it.
27:41Read us, read us the digits one at a time on your bill.
27:45One at a time.
27:46Go ahead.
27:47Four, five, one, two, one, one, oh, nine.
27:56And wait, wait, wait.
27:57There's two letters at the beginning and the end of every bill.
27:59What are your two letters?
28:00ND.
28:01Yeah.
28:02ND.
28:03You know what that stands for?
28:04Notre Dame.
28:05And you know what I say when I see Notre Dame?
28:06I got two words for you.
28:07Go Irish!
28:09Thank you very much, Notre Dame!
28:14Everybody good?
28:34Here we go.
28:37Are you ready?
28:45Yes.
28:46Good, man.
28:47Hey, I want to talk about leadership really quick.
28:49Some people want to be called leader, but they really don't want to lead and influence others.
28:53They just want the title.
28:55They want this position of being a leader, but they really don't want to influence other people.
29:00You shouldn't want a title that you're ineffective at carrying out the role.
29:04And that's okay.
29:05You should allow somebody else to lead.
29:06Real leadership's uncomfortable.
29:08Real leadership's uncomfortable.
29:10How you lead during tough times affects how people see you.
29:13If you're strong, if you're strong and courageous during high pressure, tough times, people will feel your influence.
29:22If you're inconsistent during tough times and lose self-control, you lose control of your mind and yourself during tough times, people lose trust in you.
29:33Influence starts inside first.
29:36You can't convince somebody.
29:38You can't convince somebody to believe something if you don't believe it inside of you first.
29:43If inside of your heart, you believe more in individual glory, you believe more in what's best for me than the team, then don't try to be a leader and convince people to put team before me.
29:59It's phony and people will see it over time.
30:02To have influence on something means to change it.
30:05Being named a captain isn't about wearing a C on your chest.
30:09Being a named captain is a responsibility to influence those that you lead in the right way and to make the group better.
30:15The C is a reflection of the influence you have.
30:19So if you want that responsibility to be a captain, okay, and you're in your junior or senior year, then you'll come up here and stand and say, I want the opportunity to be a captain.
30:34Okay, so if you want the opportunity to be voted on to be a captain, come up.
30:40Let's go.
30:41Be sure.
30:45I don't want this to be something cool.
30:46I want this to be, like, really, really, really sure.
30:49Like, you sure.
30:51It's a lot of responsibility.
30:53So here's what we'll do.
30:54Pass out the ballots.
30:58To be a captain at Notre Dame is one of the greatest honors anybody could ever receive.
31:04Trying to emulate my brother, he was a captain at Notre Dame.
31:07And so I'm trying to be my best that I can be to try and reach that standard.
31:13Whether it's 60 years down the line or it's right now, if you tell someone you're a captain at Notre Dame, their eyes will light up.
31:18To be a captain, period, is amazing.
31:19But to be one at Notre Dame is just, it gives you a pride, a sense of loyalty, a sense of just, you're really doing it for the guys around you.
31:26And so if I am a captain, it would be one of the greatest honors of my life.
31:30All right.
31:31Appreciate that.
31:32Appreciate that.
31:33We'll tally him up and then we'll announce it later today.
31:36You know, if you're a captain, you have to set the standard and you have to be able to, you know, know when to really yell or not yell, who to talk to and how to talk to them.
31:47Love, to y'all, Mako, Kason.
31:55Waggonen.
31:56Being a captain at Notre Dame is like being a president, I feel like.
32:00No matter what happens, no matter the situation, people are going to look at you to do the right thing and have your head in the right space.
32:07Shuler.
32:08I think being named a captain here is, is one, is a reflection of the respect your peers have for you.
32:18It's a extremely high standard.
32:23It's a challenge to live up to the expectations of being a captain.
32:34All right, take a knee.
32:37The numbers were interesting, but basically there was six and then there was a huge, it was a, it was a separation between after six.
32:46All right.
32:46So I had to make a decision.
32:47I'm going to cut it at four or go to six and I made the decision to go to six.
32:50Okay.
32:51And so, um, I want you, I'm going to name the captains, have you come up here and then you guys can address the team.
32:57Um, once everybody's up here.
32:58Okay.
32:58Um, Drake Bowen, Billy Shrouth, Don Shuler, Will Pauling, Emile Wagner and Donnie Heinish.
33:06Come on up.
33:07It means the world to me, guys.
33:12Hold me accountable.
33:14I'm going to take this with a lot of responsibility.
33:16Um, a lot of honor.
33:17Love you guys.
33:18Yep.
33:19You guys are all my brothers.
33:20I love you to death and to earn your respect is the greatest honor I could have ever received.
33:23I love you guys and let's do this thing.
33:24Yep.
33:25This is by far the greatest honor of my life.
33:28To serve you guys in any way possible, man, I love it to death.
33:30And thank you all, man.
33:31I love this team.
33:31Love you guys.
33:32Go Irish.
33:33I really appreciate you guys voting for me.
33:36This place means the world to me and I promise you guys I'm going to come in here and bring
33:39the right attitude, the right mindset and hold all you guys accountable.
33:41I ask you guys do the same for me.
33:42And I love you guys.
33:43Go Irish.
33:44This is the greatest honor for me to earn the respect of every one of you.
33:49I love this team.
33:50I love this place.
33:51Everything I'm going to do is for you guys.
33:53I hope you guys hold me accountable the way I'm going to for you guys.
33:56So thank you.
33:57Greatly appreciate you guys.
34:00Just like they said, we're going to come in here and work every day, man.
34:02And like they said, bro, I'll get the shirt off my back for each and every one of y'all.
34:06And I'm glad y'all y'all ready to go to war.
34:08Let's go.
34:09Let's go.
34:10You know, I just want to make sure you six guys understand it's not about the title.
34:17It's not about wearing a C, but the responsibility you guys have.
34:20You've been voted to be the captain.
34:21So now you have a huge responsibility to make sure you lead this team in the right way.
34:26Everybody understand that?
34:27Good. Congratulations, man.
34:28Congrats.
34:31What are we doing with Notre Dame?
34:32We got CJ Carr.
34:33We got Kenny Menchie.
34:34We've got a battle that is not decided.
34:37Competition at the quarterback spot is really, really healthy.
34:40Come on.
34:43Damn.
34:44More than anything, I think what I expect to see is someone that can use his tools that
34:50he has, his God-given ability, that can communicate effectively.
34:54If you were calling the play, what's the first play you'd call down there for yourself?
35:00That's what I'm looking for.
35:02Ernie W fade.
35:04Switch bluff hook.
35:09Not necessarily getting into a mindset where they feel like they've got to win the game.
35:14I certainly don't want a game manager.
35:16I want someone who's playing up on their toes and aggressively.
35:19But at the same time, there's a lot of people around them that can make plays and it's their
35:24job to make sure they're getting the ball to the right guy.
35:26Fourth and three to five.
35:31First call.
35:33Ernie W Hitch.
35:36Switch bluff hook.
35:38You don't have to name a guy going into week one.
35:40Whoever that guy is is going to have to earn it.
35:42You know, I'm excited to see what they can do.
35:45I think the sky's the limit for both guys.
35:48Just remember, right, early in the deal in particular, first downs, first downs, first
35:53downs, first downs, first downs, first downs.
35:55Right?
35:56Let's gain momentum.
35:57Let's get the ball out of our hand.
35:58Let's just be decisive and move the chains.
36:03In a room where only one person plays at a time, I tell myself all the time, like,
36:08I'm rooting for the guy next to me.
36:09Like, I hope everyone else in the room goes out and has a perfect day of practice.
36:15Every day we can continue to just come in here with appreciation that, you know, I get
36:19to be in this situation and a competition at the best university in the world.
36:23And we get to play alongside the best players in the world.
36:28Why are you with the Cool Rat competition?
36:33How close are you to Nathan Astro right now?
36:36We're still in a competition.
36:40We'll go back and evaluate today's practice today and make a decision.
36:46We've got to make a decision here soon.
36:48I don't know when we'll make it.
36:49I don't want to put a timeline on it.
36:51But they've both been playing really, really well.
36:54Listen, in a lot of decisions I make, I involve people.
36:58I believe we have the best staff in America.
37:01And so how do you not take some of their opinions into account?
37:05Like, we'll talk.
37:06And at the end of the day, I have to make a decision.
37:10How are you doing?
37:11How are you doing?
37:12Good, man.
37:13You want to hear?
37:14I'm good.
37:15I'm good.
37:16Streis?
37:17Not really.
37:18Yeah.
37:19How are you going?
37:20It's tough.
37:21I hear it on social media, but I hear it and I feel it.
37:27I got to ultimately have to make a decision.
37:31I mean, it's never been like a closer competition, you know,
37:37than being a starting quarterback.
37:40You're going to do it.
37:45You're going to do it.
37:47You're going to do it.
37:48There's a lot of things that went into why I made this decision.
37:53A lot of things.
37:56But this is the way I want to know.
37:59And I believe in that.
38:03Like, you have to understand, like, it's not about improving other people.
38:08No, it's not.
38:10I'm just trying to reach my full potential.
38:12And that takes time.
38:15It takes what?
38:16It's going to take ups and downs.
38:18I know that.
38:19You're going to have some ups and downs.
38:21I believe in you.
38:22I believe in you.
38:25I want to follow you.
38:27The program is going to follow you.
38:29You're going to do great things, man.
38:32Appreciate you, Coach.
38:33You are.
38:34I'm proud of you, man.
38:36All right.
38:37All right, buddy.
38:38All right, buddy.
38:39Thanks, Coach.
38:41You care about these young men like they're your own sons.
38:44And to deliver news of disappointment to one and deliver news of excitement for another is a challenging thing to do.
38:52You good?
38:53Yes, sir.
38:54Good.
38:55I met CJ in 10 minutes ago.
38:57He's going to start.
39:00And it was a tough decision to make because both of you all deserve to start.
39:09There's a lot of factors that played into my decision to say, OK, we're going to start CJ.
39:17Right now sucks.
39:18I understand.
39:19I get it.
39:20I'm bending your shoes as a coach and as a player.
39:23I get it.
39:24It will pass.
39:25And I can't say anything right now to make you feel better.
39:30But I know when it dies down, there's going to be a point.
39:37I know it is.
39:38I know it.
39:39I choose to believe this.
39:40But there's going to be a point when I look at you and I'm going, I told you this.
39:45I told you.
39:46This is just delayed gratification.
39:48It's one of the hardest decisions I've made in my life.
39:51Kenny, it was a difficult meeting and you had to deliver news of disappointment.
40:02I think if it ever becomes easy, you know, you might be in the wrong profession.
40:11Appreciate you.
40:12Yes, sir.
40:13Yes, sir.
40:21Real quick, I wanted to grab you guys for one quick second.
40:33Met with the quarterbacks and I told to let them know CJ will start.
40:36OK.
40:37I told them both we're going to need both of them.
40:40They know that.
40:41I thought it was important that you all hear it first because it'll be out on social media
40:45and all those different things.
40:46And you guys don't understand sometimes being in that position.
40:53Everything's a big deal.
40:55Everything's a big deal.
40:56I told both of them.
40:59This is an example for both guys and for our entire program of delayed gratification.
41:06Right.
41:07We name you a starter.
41:08You're great.
41:09It feels great in the moment.
41:11But you have to understand delayed gratification because that's temporary.
41:16If you don't understand that you have to continue to put in the work.
41:21Right.
41:22To fulfill that title of being a starter, then you won't be a starter for long.
41:28And that goes for everybody in this room.
41:30I remember this.
41:31I remember being named the head coach here.
41:33That moment was one of the greatest moments of my life.
41:37But it was a temporary moment.
41:39Because people see, oh man, you're the head coach.
41:41It's great.
41:42And quickly I learned the value of delayed gratification.
41:45The very first game we lose.
41:49What's the lessons I got to learn from?
41:50Hold on.
41:51I got to fulfill this title that I have.
41:54And it took three losses in a row to learn just a little bit more.
41:58But then you got to value delayed gratification.
42:00This too shall pass for Kenny and a lot of other guys, okay, that aren't getting what they want right now.
42:13But you have to value delayed gratification if you want to get over this and be better because of it.
42:19Everybody understand that, okay?
42:21So I thought it was a great opportunity just to make sure we understand this as a program.
42:25I feel like we always overreact to early season games in college football, but when you have a schedule like Notre Dame does this year, you actually are going to learn quite a bit.
42:43About this year's team.
42:44And these are teams that have good defenses.
42:46And I think that's going to be part of it.
42:51As well as against Miami, you're going up against Carson Beck.
42:54And all the experience that he had from Georgia, all he's got to prove at Miami.
42:58There's just a lot of time in Miami.
42:59And as a team that's what I learned in Miami, they're going to be part of it.
43:03Yeah.
43:04And I think that's the only way that you're going up against the team that's going to be part of the team that we're going to do.
43:07I feel like we always overreact to early season games in college football.
43:09But when you have a schedule like Notre Dame does this year, you actually are going to learn quite a bit about this year's team.
43:10And these are teams that have good defenses.
43:12there's just a lot of storylines if you've got to get somebody up for week one they don't have
43:19pulse you're the only show in town on that sunday night prime time everybody's going to be watching
43:25you in that spot i think it's going to be huge i feel like the team is kind of getting ready for
43:31week one and kind of realizing that you know it's about to get real and you know we're not
43:35fall camp anymore it's time to kind of come together as a team and you know it's not offense
43:40defense is notre dame we know who we're playing sunday night 7 30 p.m hard rock stadium let's
43:46roll with tradition comes responsibility let's talk about the history real quick
43:50i think if you're a fan of college football you understand the game of 88 and and how important
43:58that game was and the rivalry uh that really um entailed there have been hostilities between
44:04these two schools bad feelings at that time those two teams were at the top of college football
44:10so naturally there's a rivalry that ugly few moments down there on the end zone pushing and
44:16shoving broke out there was some kicking history is something that comes if we're in the gold helmet
44:22we take a lot of pride in it this one in specific it holds a little bit of bad blood
44:29we've won we've lost it's always a big deal and it matters and it matters in the in the grand landscape
44:36of college football 87 at miami notre dame lost 24 nothing miami won a national championship 88
44:43notre dame wins 31 30. this place about to explode wins national championship the next year at miami
44:50notre dame loses 27 10 miami wins the national championship so three years in a row the winner
44:55of this game won the national championship sunday night is here okay we still got five days right so
45:01let's take care of today everybody good let's go to work tgs on two one two yes before you come to
45:07notre dame it's nothing personal with miami or usc or any other team but as soon as you step on campus
45:13you have that relationship where okay i have to hate this other team like it's something personal
45:17so that's how we're entering this this season is it's personal you know this ain't your grandpa's
45:22notre dame we're a different team everyone here has been looked down upon at least once or twice in
45:27their life everyone has fought for something and so i think that gives us an edge that we didn't
45:32have before and i think that this team is going to honor that tradition when i put that gold helmet on
45:39i know everybody is looking at us and you know we have to hold the standard all the people that came
45:44before us all the history the legacy like it's in my hands at that moment
45:59how's classes going and how many are actually going right now they're going good i mean
46:04i mean for me i got all my core classes now so i hired school's pretty important at this point yes
46:09i got to pass them all right so what do you got finance wise right now i'm in corporate finance
46:16that's your only finance class well and uh macro finance and portfolio strategy
46:22that's good it's a lot a lot of numbers though throwing that
46:26that's what the calculator's for huh that's what a calculator's for yeah i wish calculator solved it
46:30all but it don't you know you have all the emotions racing um before a game um but being able to sit
46:36down you know talk with your family and people who've been around your whole life um it brings
46:39a sense of peace and you know calmness to you i'm just hoping that tomorrow you guys can now hit
46:47somebody else oh yeah and all the fighting that's how we talk about yeah i mean you go through all
46:51fall camp and summer it's just you're going against your guys and it gets a little heated too that's
46:56that's the part like you feel a little hostility in the locker room with you guys like now everyone
47:01comes together at this point in the season and we all just go forward so that's the question are you
47:05guys now friends yeah how we feel about tomorrow feel good probably gonna storm there's been bad
47:12weather around her yes on and off florida typical which you know yeah growing up for me you know i've
47:18always been around football especially being from the south florida area my dad was a coach when i was
47:23younger so you know i got pretty much got right into football you can't not get good from being from
47:28south florida you know i was a dolphins fan but you know wasn't really into college football game yet
47:32you know obviously all family around me friends they all love the you so you know it meant a lot
47:37going into that game our wide receiver room i think it's gonna be a big test for us oh big time if
47:42they stack the box and essentially they're saying i don't trust that your receiving room and car can
47:50beat them answer the call it's gonna be a fun game on paper looks great you guys just got to go
47:56deliver yeah right now was last year a fluke are you guys a real deal
48:04they've been with you throughout your entire life you know they've watched you um play countless games
48:08when you were little to now and they they know um pretty much all about you so you know they bring
48:13you back down to the ground you know allow you to get out of your own head and you know get away from
48:17all those emotions and you know lock in for the game three receivers to the bottom one to the top
48:29it's gilbert alone for car the offense hasn't looked terribly sharp takes the shotgun snap car looking
48:36right now spins out of the pocket pressure i was on the other side of the field and then i see cj
48:42running around the backfield you know i'm trying to get open for him but i didn't really know where
48:45he was going oh he's running back to the 30-yard line keeping the play alive i see him running
48:49across the field on the other side and he's looking to the middle of the field and i'm looking too and
48:53i'm like i don't really see no one in the middle of the field car looking downfield fire touchdown
49:00michael gilbert what a play by cj car and then he hits a no look to michael wide open in the end zone
49:08it was just like yeah this boy's a baller you know what i'm saying right here throw it away throw it away
49:16heck of a first touchdown pass let the legend begin
49:22now for miami they feel momentum going to the iris they want it back
49:27we knew going to that game was gonna be a really good team feels like a really important defensive
49:31stand is coming here for this notre dame defense they're very well coached they have good running
49:34backs they have a good quarterback carson back he's really smart so giving him time to develop
49:41in the pocket became an issue you've got to stop that underneath crosser it is just killing notre
49:47dame's defense applying the pressure was you know a big thing and when we weren't able to do that he
49:53was able to kind of pick us apart game is tied at seven deep in the second quarter back takes a
49:58shotgun snap pressure coming has to get rid of it throws to the end zone and it's caught touchdown
50:05cj daniels it looked like it could have been picked and daniels came out of nowhere to bring it in
50:13let's go man let's go
50:20as offense you know we're not a team that's going to back down
50:22car turns runs into williams now throws he has base on who makes the catch and walks into the end
50:29zone for a touchdown just like that it's a one score game we're not going to back down no matter
50:36you know what point in the game it is and then you know we're going to have that no quit mentality
50:39three minutes 30 seconds to play shotgun for car takes the snap
50:43he's going to run up the middle across the five for the end zone he's in cj carr runs in for a touchdown
50:52and the irish can tie the game with an extra point cj was great he showed what he can do um he's a dog
51:01on the field off the field 47 yard attempt coming for davis this is for the lead drives it on its way
51:11and the kick is good and notre name has lost the season opener wasn't our best football and you
51:19know it wasn't what we wanted to display to everyone that was watching going off the field obviously
51:24sucked we lost when you go through a tough fight battle like that and see your guys down it's
51:32heartbreaking i personally you know i think that as i failed it i failed them i didn't do the best that i
51:38could or play the best that i could but i made sure to keep my chin held high because i didn't
51:44want to give them the satisfaction that they defeated me credit to them we lost a three-point
51:51game to a top 10 team okay in a battle and we know damn well we could have won that game and should
51:55have won that game right we got a damn good ball team but we got to get back to work this taste the
52:00pain hurts the embarrassment okay we got to use this as we go back to work proud of where you guys played
52:05man a loss like that fuels us obviously and i feel that really carries um a team and i think we'll
52:10carry our team you know to the end of the season go to work stay together and we'll get it fixed everybody
52:15good keep your heads up here we go hey tgs out to you watch you tgs
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