00:00You've always talked about the need for this program to be elite in every aspect.
00:03What do you think is preventing the defense from getting there?
00:06I don't make big picture statements after game.
00:09We just finished the game an hour ago.
00:12We need to capitalize.
00:14We need to stay focused on us in this moment right now in this game.
00:17This is not about any of the games before.
00:20It's not about any of the games coming up.
00:22That's a fantasy world.
00:24That's not what we live in.
00:26We got some things we got to correct.
00:28We need to play better.
00:30We need to play better on the key downs.
00:34That's what I got for you.
00:35Coach, you've been doing this for a very long time.
00:39Being young is one thing.
00:41What's the difference between a team that can play tonight versus a team that can actually finish a game like
00:45this?
00:47I think it's finishing the key plays at the end of these games.
00:51You play in a heavyweight battle like this.
00:53You trade punches like the whole night to put yourself in position to win.
00:58We put ourselves in position to win.
01:00We had them stopped, going to get the ball back, the play's going crazy.
01:04They hadn't stopped us offensively in a while.
01:06We had exactly what we wanted.
01:08But against good teams, if you give them opportunities to kind of stay in the game or give them that
01:14fresh set of downs,
01:15it's tough to beat good teams that way.
01:17I don't care who you are.
01:18And so, you know, and I don't want to put it all on that, right?
01:22All sides owned in this.
01:24We all got to be better.
01:25But some of those key opportunities like that, like you fight all game long to get to that moment.
01:29And we've got to obviously finish that.
01:32How do you do it?
01:33You go back to work.
01:34You know, that's what I'm going to do.
01:36I'm going to, you know, we're going to get past this one, get my ass up in the morning,
01:40and go back to bloom and get ready to go suffer more with these guys.
01:43And, like, again, you guys will say whatever you want to say outside.
01:48That's your job.
01:49I get it.
01:49I respect it.
01:50I know we and I have a damn good football team in here, and we're going to keep going.
01:54Coach Desmond.
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