00:00Three Canes drafted for the first time in the first round since 2007, Joy.
00:06I mean, Canes back here, man.
00:08What a great haul that was for Mario Cristobal.
00:12Yeah, I mean, I'm so proud of them.
00:14I know you have been, like me, just living in bliss with this particular season with the Canes.
00:22I mean, we're going back to when you and I worked together for the process of going to build the
00:29Canes into what they are now, for them to be in the national championship.
00:32And, you know, just the staff that Cristobal has put together and what it meant for them to, you know,
00:41to go that far.
00:43Yeah, I mean, I'm not surprised.
00:45They had just an absolutely loaded roster of talent, and we knew that Mezzi and Bain were going to go
00:52early.
00:53And, I mean, what a steal for Tampa for them to get him there, because I certainly thought he was
00:58going to go Bain in the top 10.
01:04But I also like, I like, we'll get to the Dolphins in a second, but I do like them, you
01:09know, taking an offensive tackle.
01:10I want them to build in the trenches, but I would have loved to see, you know, Bain with Miami.
01:16But, yeah, I mean, Jason's done an incredible job.
01:20He has really taken to coaching and recruiting.
01:24And, you know, the underrated part is developing.
01:29And when you have the, you know, the resume and the experience, but you can have those things and not
01:36necessarily be a good coach.
01:37So it really does take a level of, you know, pulling something out of a young player.
01:43And I know, you know, you being a former player, you can think of people that, you know, maybe you
01:47knew that had a lot of knowledge, but they didn't really know how to relate to players.
01:52They didn't really know how to, like, motivate young people to reach their full potential.
01:57So I think that's sort of the secret sauce that Jason has really tapped into in coaching these guys is
02:04that, you know, you can be a Hall of Famer.
02:06And that doesn't mean that you know how to teach someone else.
02:10And so often we've seen guys of that level get into coaching and actually not have success because they're like,
02:14why can't you just be as good as me?
02:17You know, like, just do it.
02:18Just figure it out.
02:19You know, I don't know how to do it.
02:21And, you know, that's just not how coaching works.
02:23So I'm so proud of them.
02:24I'm so proud of those two.
02:26They were just, they're incredible young men.
02:29They're really, I don't like to use the word humble because, you know, I don't really believe in humble, but
02:33they're very gracious.
02:35We'll do that.
02:36Very gracious.
02:38And I think they're both going to have great NFL careers just based off of the way that they worked
02:45and developed at Miami.
02:47And we can finally say it.
02:49We can finally say it means something, Dan.
02:51The U is back.
02:52Absolutely.
02:52Absolutely, here.
02:53And I got to go back into your brother.
02:54By the way, Jason Taylor, the Hall of Fame defensive lineman, is Joey's brother.
02:59And you're right.
03:01I mean, to get Akeem Mesidor drafted to the Chargers, I believe at 22, and Bain at 15 to the
03:07Buccaneers.
03:07You know, one of the things that I say to those guys is that look at the detail that he
03:12helped them.
03:13And it's on their profiles that they were coached by Jason Taylor.
03:17He's really went all in on this.
03:19So, again, is he aspiring to be a head coach?
03:23Does he enjoy just being the assistant coach?
03:26Is there levels to what, you know, he wants?
03:28I'm sure he's getting called from NFL teams to want to go to that level as well.
03:32He's done a remarkable job with the defensive line.
03:35What do you think is the next step for him, Joey?
03:39Well, I mean, obviously, I think he could move into a defensive coordinator position, and he certainly could make the
03:47jump to the NFL.
03:48But if I'm honest with you, I think he's happy.
03:51I think he, you know, he's enjoying his time with the Canes.
03:55It's a great position.
03:57He has a great life.
03:58You know, his wife is pregnant, so they've got number two on the way.
04:05And, you know, I think he's very, I don't even want to say content.
04:09I think he's excited about what they're building there, and it's a great situation.
04:14I mean, obviously, you know, he has the potential to be a head coach and the resume and experience now
04:22to be a coordinator.
04:23But, you know, he'll make that jump when he's ready if he does want to do that.
04:27You know, like I said, he's got a good life.
04:30He's got a good thing going right now, so the grass isn't always greener.
04:35You know, you know, once you kind of take those jumps, there's a whole lot more required of you.
04:40There's more time away from your family, you know, so all those things.
04:45So, you know, I want him to reach a level that he aspires to.
04:51But, you know, as far as I understand, he is very happy with the Canes, and why wouldn't you be?
04:56It's a great situation there right now.
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