1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - Hour 2: Coach Mikey Daniel - 8/10/2024

Episode Date: August 11, 2024

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especially when we start to multi-stream putting a live game on and the local shows, you'll be able to get them. Coach, Mikey Daniel, joins us on one-on-one. Coach, once again, thank you for being here and for sharing, man. Yes, sir, thank you. It is an opportunity now to share information. I'll ask you just simply put to give scouting reports from different groups, right? that and you can do it whatever way you want to do it

you can talk about the people you can talk about the depth you can talk about you know what they what you think they want to run but what I'll ask you is is Dylan Raola what people think and hope that he is if I ask you to give an elevator pitch on Dylan Rao scouting report what do you see I think he's better

yeah I think I think he's better than what people think or hope he's going to be that sound you just heard we're breaks. Yeah. People screeching to the side of the road to pull over to a plot. Yeah. And I say that with extreme confidence.

Right. But with that being said, don't get a twisted. Just because he is better than what you, than what I think people think, doesn't mean he won't have problems that those are not. He's 18. Right. Those, those aren't, those aren't the same, right? They don't go hand in hand.

He is going to be, he is the part. What makes him different? He's just to another game. He, you know, he's a student of the game at such a young age where usually that's developed over time. He has it. I mean, his dad is his dad, right? So to be able to, for the last 18 years to sit back and to have Dom be like, oh, they're running this, that, and the third. And look at this blitz.

You can know he's coming because of this, whatever, right? On top of that, his uncle, Donnie, great old line coach, man, blessing to have him. at the university. Like he's, he's elite. He's absolutely, best thing that coach ruled did was keep him.

It through, through all of it, right, that having, being a young quarterback who won, and you have a lineman's work ethic. And I think that was the description that was given by some NFL scouts

who watched this team. He said, listen, to have a quarterback with a center's mindset, right, that he can identify, pick up blitzes,

look at coverages, look at past pressure, make decisions accordingly, and has that understanding with high cue and a toughness that it shows up in several ways. Does it play out for him in the Big Ten conference in a plus or negative way that it's as physical as it plays out? It's a plus because I think he'll take care of himself. I think he'll be smart because, again, he's intuitive

and he's a student of the game so he knows he spends time with Patrick Mahomes too, right? He looks like him, sounds like him, walks like him, talks like him, you know, plays like him. And you don't see P. Holmes go down too often because he's smart. Not because, no, he's smart. On top of that, you know, Donnie's going to have that O-line ready. You better protect my family. Yeah.

And not only that, but then you have E.J., my guy E.J., running back coach, Gabe, Emmett, Dante, all those guys, right, Ramier. they're all going to take care of him as well. Can I ask you, you were around hiring Harburg, what makes him so competitive? Like, why was he able to have the success he was having? He's one of those farm kids, if you will. He might not actually be from the farm.

I'm not really sure. He's from Carney, I know that. So he has that meant, whether he was actually living on a farm or not, he has that mentality. Hard work? He takes him hill, right? He is, you know, I think,

I think he throws better. That's a great pull. I think he throws better. Yeah. But also look at what Tayson Hill is doing. I mean, he's balling in the league. Yeah. He plays every week.

He's signed big contracts and you can't get rid of him, right? He's a guy that you want on the team because you know that when the ball's in his hands, something good is going to happen. You mentioned E.J. And I think that running back room has the ability to change the program. You got numbers. You have quality. Do you have big 10 quality numbers?

Do you have a star? What do you think of the running back? I don't think you need a star. I think they are the star. I think they are the, what is there, five points in a star? Yeah. Okay. Well, you got them.

Every little thing. He mentioned yesterday talking about, well, what you need from them, you need the power guy that, you know, gets you the forward and cloud of dust. You got the pass pro understander. You have the person who can get into the passing game and be able to do those things. You have all of those things, different skills.

Can you finish, right? Can you take the base play and hit a home run off of it? Those are the points of the star and each of those players. If I ask you, you know what, down one, who's your guy? First and 10. You know what the best part is? I don't have one. You'd be fine with whoever you had out there.

Not a single one. Even Quentin House, freshman. You know, and here's why. A good coach will make a good player good at what he does. Right. So you said you need a power back. You need a third down blocking back. You need a past catcher, right? A good coach can get you to the best of that ability. Right. Oh, if I'm the power back and I have a good coach, I'll be a good power back. E.J. says, I'm going to take Emmett, who's 205. And I'm going to say, you're not just going to be a between the tackles or an outside guy or a, no, you're going to play the whole part. You're going to be a football player. You're going to be a football player. Same with Gabe, right?

Gabe, you're 220. You're 225. Is he 230? He looks massive right now. He's a big cat. Yeah, he looks massive right now. But he's not going to say, Gabe, you're not going to catch out of the backfield because you're a power back.

He's going to say, you're going to do everything. Because when these teams come in and they say, they see Gabe comes in and say, oh, it's between the tackles. Nope. Or, oh, Emmington. There's a pass. Nope. Or, oh, Ramirez and Fly Sweet or, no.

Because you don't know. know, right? And that's what makes a great coach is can I get my player who's good at something great at what they're not good at or what they don't usually. Well, that's development. You can procure talent and you can develop talent. And if you can do both, which is when you start getting four-star talent and developing it, five-star talent and developing it, it changes everything. And from the text on, Bill asked this question. I know you're a Husker fan. Who is your favorite Husker of all time? My favorite Husker of all time. You know, I came through the era of Amir, so I loved him, you know, there's just too many, right?

Like, there's too many, even back in the day when Cluster Johnson was here in that 95th. Now, I obviously played at South Dakota State with his son, Kay Johnson, so I had a, you know, it was a little different. But, yeah, to me, the one who had the biggest impact because when I was going through the camp process of recruiting, it was Amir. He was the one that was here, right? So naturally that's where I'd go. And he played the position. Yeah. Through the running game,

and as much as we talk about what it's going to need, what's going to need to happen to take some of the burden off of Dylan Rail. They just got to do what they do. Right. The running game allows for young quarterbacks to often just exhale. Yeah. Right. Quite frankly, to get in rhythm,

to draw an extra defender, maybe draw some eyes in that space. What Nebraska has offered as a possibility is having a, having a hammer, having an actual fullback. And Nebraska loves the fullback. Right? In this space, how important will it be for Nebraska to have a hammer to free the way for this running game? I don't think it is everything, but I think it would be beneficial.

Those guys will do what they do because that's what they do. Especially situationally that some days you're going to get into a closet with Michigan or Michigan State. You need to have hammer. Yeah, absolutely. There's a place for it. It's not, it may not be in, right. Like, Encoach rule is great. And he, he felt a staff that is great, super smart.

So they'll use the guys to the best. The tight end room looks like it's got body body. It looks like, so much so that you can, you can recruit, have the top recruit at the position and then say, I'm not sure I need you. Right. At tight end, that I might be able to need you at another space of needing, Carter Nelson.

We were talking about it earlier. But Fadoni and Borkature, Luke Lindenmeier Right Like did you have some talent there So best utilize How does the tight end Like you've said in perfect world

How many catches does the tight end room need Is it block first? Is it run first? Passing game depth Stretching defenses Occupine safeties What do you need from the tight end room To be successful offensive?

Well again this is the big So I need you to block first right and and I actually was having a conversation with Fadoni the other day and I said well how's you're blocking he said I'm doing really good okay be great right I said you want to go play on Sundays they know you can catch they know you're fast for a tight-in they know it just as a player in general fast the question is going to be how tough are you when they're going to get stuff can I can I line you up against DeNeil Hunter and I line you up against Kalil Mack Joey Bosa and say you're going to displace this guy or at least get in the way because not many people

would displace him. Right. But are you at least going to hold your own? Can you agitate it? Right. Right. Exactly right. Can you get in the way?

It's a real talk. Right. Can you agitate this guy? And these are all the alphas. So we know, listen, you've got to take some of the burden off. And here's what happened. The injury to Teddy Pajasca means that in most cases, cases, or some cases,

offensive coordinators are going to add a tight end to chip to help out the new tight end, the new left tackle. How important was Teddy Perhaska to the offensive line? And how do you think the five lines up? Because I like the idea that, okay, Turner Quarkin can move,

but does that make you better? Does that, do you have five across? Do you, can you rely on Henry LaTOP? Topski to come in and fill, maybe slide to a guard. Ben Hart and Corcoran know the space. Ben Scott is kind of the eyes and ears in the brain of it all. He also has some flexibility. You could move him if you really needed to. Yeah. How do you think, how important was Prakasca and how

tough is it that he got hurt at this point in the season? Yeah, that's tough. And that's the guy who's dealt with a little bit of injury. So I feel for him, I actually had a conversation with Emmett about that just yesterday, you know, deeply saddened for him. Because I know how hard he works. I know how much he loves this game. So unfortunately, that is what this game is, right? You're blessed to do it, but you never know when it's done. You never know when stuff like that's going to happen. I'm not saying he's done, but he's done for now.

You know, so that's always tough being a competitor the way he is. One thing I know again about Donnie is he's relentless, and he's had a plan for if every one of his guys goes down, right? So it don't matter who it is. He knows that somebody's, sliding over because he's he's conditioned them next house square up that's what it is right and and that unit does everything together they are you know so they're very tight-knit they're close um and they they jell they they kind of move at how they should together if i asked you to define because one of the

names that was bannered about was was was gonna getola what young man yeah big size south the east went through his stuff right can he help I think so. I think so. I love that kid. I thought he was going to be a guy last year when he came in, you know, and I still stand on that. I don't know at what point he becomes the guy. A true like, hey, I'm here.

And he's a baby, right? He's a baby. So once he hits his stride, he won't look back. It's just getting him to that place. And it's some people develop mentally faster than others, maturity-wise, whatever that may look like. No telling when his is going to be, but he's a guy I feel comfortable having block for me. That's a big statement. Yeah. That's a big statement. How smart is Ben's Scott? He's super smart. Super smart. Like that's the thing, right? I mean, we know he's tough. I'd like

to call myself a student of the game. And there's conversations I probably wouldn't. I would like to have with him because he gets it. But I'd be like, ah, man, you're talking above me at this right? Right. Well, eyes and ears. And you mentioned Minnesota last. to. And I just remember him being the de facto conversation leader when they came off the field. And it was important that in the same language and the fact that he was using the same language that Coach Rayola would use later on

when he marched up to it. So Scott, they'd come off the field. Scott would get him together and they would have the discussion. He would lead it and then Donovan would come in and whisper. But then it became a matter of, listen, we can move these folks. We can do this. But it was his conversations with Jeff Sims that led me to understand, wait a minute, he really is eyes and ears.

He's communicating some things to Jeff that are important and it matters. What's the value and how important is it to have a center that can read pressures, can read defenses, and then communicate it in short form in loud spaces. The best O line in the NFL was probably the Eagles. Yeah. Right. Maybe the Lions. Why?

Because Jason Kelsey, as a student of the game, he was the leader. To be a center, how, like, people are like, oh, this is a big dumb lineman. Nah, these dudes are so smart, so methodical, so intelligent, so just driven. Double kinesiology major. Yeah. It's like, these guys are just, they get, like, they're. a quarterback just not athletic. I would say, you know, they're more athletic, I guess,

because they're bigger bodies and they have to do a lot. But they just aren't a quarterback body. Yeah. Right? But they're so smart. It's necessary. It's also talking about Cam Juergens being a tight end and then coming in and using that athleticism, chaining his body, which is a real thing and it's important to do so.

I'll ask you this because I think a big part of development is also changing bodies. Mm-hmm. and being able to communicate. You mentioned strength coach, and you mention how important he is. But what is the philosophy on changing the body? Is there, are there conversations that happen?

Hey, look, you need to drop some LBs, you need to get quicker. You need to bulk up a little bit. You're being, you know, your little light up front and we're being pushed around. Your footwork is slowing down. We need you with quicker feet.

Who has those conversations with the players? Is it their group? Is it strength coach? How does that work? Yeah, that'll be either your nutrition. you know um Kristen um Corey as well as your position coach and coach rule yeah and so I spoke to the team last summer right before fall camp kicked off because when coach rule signed me I played running back in college when I went to the NFL I moved to fullback so I had to

transition my body so when coach rule signed me I was 218 pounds he said hey uh you're like you got to get up to 235 so I put on 20 pounds in three weeks um got that to where I needed to get to. And in my contract, this is why I spoke to the guys. Oh, I can't get to, I can't get to that way. I can't do this.

I can't do that. You can because if that's what you, in my contract, and I showed him, I was fined. So I had to get a 235. Every pound, I had a two pound buffer.

Every pound outside of that was a $730 per pound fine. And it didn't matter whether it was hot out, whether you would dehydrate. He didn't care. So I spoke on that. It's like, hey,

I don't, I don't need your excuse this what I'm telling you to do. And if you say that you want to go play on Sundays, this is what you're going to have to do, right? Because,

so now if I'm, if I'm, if I'm, if I'm, if I'm losing $1, $500 for being two pounds. Come on. For what?

Like what meal? I used to love having Sam Mills tell the story. He had his own weight. And he said, listen, what meal is worth $1,500? Right.

What, and here's the day. Let me, let me shamelessly, plug Chipotle. Yeah. Right. So what I would do to get to that?

How'd you put on that weight? I would go to Chipole every night before bed and I'd force feet. So I'd get a big steak and steak rice, chicken, bowl. Sour cream. I had to. Cheese. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I had it all.

And I'm eating this at 10 o'clock at night. You know, I'm on the phone. My wife who wasn't there with me at the time. And I'm like, I'm eating right now. She's like, yeah, I got to get this weight. Like, I'll drink. shake, right, all this before bed because I know it'll sit on me. Right.

So if you really want to do it, you'll do it. But then the other side of it, because here's the other thing. It's also funny. You mentioned Chipotle, and I'm cool with it. But as a coach, I also know that players believe I can have all the Chipotle I want. You have to be really specific. Chipotle can help you. Yeah.

It could also hurt you. Yeah, absolutely. Well, and part of that, too, is I was working out like a doll. during that time, right? So I'm working out. Not running a lot because I need, if I'm running it, it would be the point,

no, I'm working out, you know, I'm doing thousands of push-ups and stuff like that, getting myself, you know, ready to go. And I did just that.

I became one of ten guys to get a reserve parking spot at the stadium, Bank of American Stadium in downtown Charlotte. One of ten guys. Love the community. Look, I was down there,

man. You know how much I love. Look, I love that room. Mm-hmm. You know, I would ask that that when we talk about coaching staffs, I think nutritionists

get lost in the shuffle. Yeah. But it is a big part because, again, Bryce Benhardt and that body frame versus Ty Robinson in that body frame versus Demari Butler who has to change his body. Prince Wall has to change his body.

Cameron. Again, and Cameron, Cam Lennhart looks like a grown man this year. Like he got his man thing. He got his man face, right? That's a big part of development and keeping folks locked in. IMG cat too. Love that kid.

Wow. If we go to the other side of the ball and move on, we'll go to the other side of the ball and talk about some of these players and some of the groups. And then we'll get to some of the coaches as well. Coach Mikey Daniel, we appreciate you hanging out with us on one-on-one. 93-7's ticket. We'll be right back. You're listening to One-on-One with DP.

Brought you by Mary Ellen's Food for the. soul on 93-7 the ticket and the ticket FM.com. Welcome back to one-on-one. T.P. Coach Mikey Daniel, Panthers, Falcons, coaching staff of Matt Ruhl, mentor, leader, man of faith. I'm going to think in all those things and student of the game, student of life, really. Dylan Bennett, you're wild.

Just totally before bedtime is how tall that you get punished the next day. Yeah, it depends on what you put in, garbage out. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. What's the, I mean, for you, I would imagine you eat pretty clean. You know, my wife loves sweets. She has a real problem. She got a real problem.

You know, she was really outing her here. you're outing her here right oh she knows you know she knows what it is right and it's and it's really unfair because if you looked at her you wouldn't know like body-wise you wouldn't it's like how this isn't fair but one day it'll one day it's gonna catch you um you know so she will get me to go to cold or go to creamery yeah you know or what you go to what you go to what you what you go to like If you need a sweet. Like if you go to, if you go to get ice cream.

Yeah. What, what is the jam? I'm always going to get a chocolate ice cream base with brownies and cookie dough. And every time. And I won't change that no matter where I go. If I go get ice cream, doesn't matter what place is at,

that's what I'm going to go do. So what's the, there is a, like, it's not a rocky road. What's it called? That has, uh,

like marshmallow, marshmallow chocolate, chocolate chip, yeah, brownie. I know exactly what you're talking about because I recently got that one Yeah it has a little bit of everything in it

Ben what you go to What you go to? For ice cream Yeah I like like the cookies Like the Oreos With this vanilla cookies and cream That's what I like

Yeah Are you soft ice cream people Or you hard dip Ice cream people? Hmm I'm soft Soft sir Like I'm a member

See that's you just hit it I'm old school and I got my ice cream love from ice cream trucks. Okay, yeah. And Mr. Softie on the ice cream truck where you come up and you can get the swirl, you can get your flavor.

My wife is a cone person and she will, whatever ice cream, like she'll get one scoop. She'll actually buy cones, scoop it herself, dip it. Now, that's too much work. That is too much work. Way too much.

You know, speaking of, So fish food. Crobat, you're right. Fish food. Just like that though, right? Yeah. You said your wife. You said you're out of your wife.

Yeah. Listen, the other day we went to Dairy Queen, let me tell you, you decide if she has a problem. I'll let, I'll let the viewers decide. All right, all right. We go to Dairy Queen. We both get the same ice cream. She gets, she has adopted my choice of ice cream now. Great.

One hundred percent. We got the two ice. We both got smalls. like I said chocolate ice cream cookie dough brownie powder we get them back mine had more in it I'm driving

she didn't grab it and start licking out the top because she was upset that mine had more yeah that's a problem that's fairness no no be honest this is how

marriage is work Ben we're giving you we hooking you up here with gospel give me the inside that that it's to the point now Becky and I when we go out to eat

everything is shared. Like we literally, we can go, you know what, let's get a burger with this on it. We'll get a salad with this on it. We'll tell the people, just split it.

Don't care. We'll get a dessert. We're going to split it. You take two bites. I take the first bite. She takes how many ever, like she'll finish the rest of it because I won't eat that much of it. If we get french fries in a bag,

her hand, she gets the first three fresh hot friend tracks. Okay. That's just, you got it down. Like them the rules. Like, we can't even argue.

We're at a, a fundraiser last night at Champions Club. And shout out to the folks from Medicare. Brother Quentin Brown and what they're doing over there. Well done. You got to see some of our friends. Dr. Lawrence Chatters was there.

Quentin Brown's there. John Goodwin from Malone said he was there. Like all the usual suspects and quality people. Full meal, right? And in front, as soon as you got this, salad, biscuit, roll and then dessert. And they had apple pie or cheesecake.

And they were on the plates already around the table. Now, I'm like, I'm not really a cheesecake guy. But if it's got chocolate in the cheesecake, I'm in. I'm in. So I look,

and I'm looking at the plate, and Becky just reaches over and switches plates because she already knows, okay, he didn't want the first bite of this one. She also knows, I'm only going to take a bite. Right.

And then I'm done. So she's like, I just have to be patient because he's going to give me that anyway. And we're going to finish it, knock it out. And the whole table is trying to figure out, what are y'all doing switching plates? Well, we know. Right. We know how we get down. She's going to eat the bulk of it.

She's going to remain a size nothing. And I'm going to have to walk five miles this morning. Telling you. Just feeling whatever kind of guilt I'm going to feel. on it and she got on the point this morning i was like you got to do that that's funny because there'd be sometimes where i feel like my parents would like share food but like if we go to like McDonald's my mom she needs her own fries she will not she will buy me my own fries just so she doesn't have to share her oh she's going to get her own fries but she's still going to eat mine

yeah she does not want to share her fries at all bed when you get a girlfriend your fries are always going to be better than hers it doesn't matter this is what i'm currently so I have my wife that will take it off the top If I have more But then here's where it really is I got a daughter She's almost too Every time I have anything

She comes to looks That Mine Doesn't matter It doesn't matter what She always She could have the same exact thing Sitting right in front of her

As soon as I start to eat She's gonna take it Yours is better Yeah every time Grass is greener on the other side It's always how it works And from Again I

I guess the big part of it. And Becky is a coach's wife. Like she had to sit in, in the freezing cold in Utah. Yeah. Their football season. Right. It's snowing.

She got to sit out there. In Virginia, early part of baseball season, there's snow. Yeah. Yep. And she's out there with a heater and a blanket. Hanging on.

Her going to small high school gyms and big high school gyms. We can't take vacation because we got scheduled. A big part of coaching is finding the right partner. I mean that from like in full. If you are a coach or you aspire to be a coach or you want to be a successful coach, having somebody that understands your moods, what you need. Listen, she would go after a tough loss.

There was going to be ice cream in the car when she came and got me. Yep. She knew. Yeah. Your wife has figured it out. Yeah. And for me now, obviously, leaving the staff and doing what I'm doing now as director of business development and marketing at Foundation Repair, I made that decision because I wanted to be the father and the dad that I didn't have. No shame or disrespect to those that are in the coaching staff.

But there was a point of time I worked every day for like seven months straight, seven months straight I work. Amen. And so I'm watching my daughter grow up through a phone, right? Through pictures of videos. And so what I do now, like I said, I had the guys over right before fall camp. As soon as they have a little bit of a breather, they'll come back over and just veg and just be able to be able to still talk ball and talk life outside of somebody who's their coach and can decide if they play or not. You know, so I had a guy, a team chaplain in college, his name was T.J. Carlson. He was awesome. We had us over once a week on Wednesday nights.

That is now what I see in myself. And so seeing life come for a circle is beautiful in that sense. But to be a coach's wife, to be a coach's kid, it takes a lot. Through most of it, it is her understanding of how you process when things go well, how you process when things don't go well. Can she help? Does she need to get out of the way? Right.

respect for film time. Yep. Right. Understanding of it. And then setting boundary for family time. Mm-hmm. Yeah. And choosing that.

And I can tell you, I don't know any two coaches, families that do it all the same one. No. No. And I don't think you ever will, right? Because what works for you doesn't work for me. And that's great. That's how we're intended to be. Otherwise, it will be pretty boring.

It's tough. And to find coaches who work together in spite of their differences is really it's it's a vital thing right do you have any aspiration or desire to coach high school um i'm not sure i i i don't know what is in store for me um well aside from radio right yeah um i don't i don't i really don't you know i like i said where i'm at is great and being it so i went and spoke to lincoln northwest high school football team the day um i'll go speak to north star some other schools right i love to be able to do that um because now i get to dip my hands on a lot of different pots and and i believe that and i said this before i believe that

i did not get to the to the level i got to for for myself it's so that i can then be used to spread more to the next generation. What is the thing that needs to be spread? Because you've gone through everything you've gone through for now. But none of your knowledge is for you. My brother likes to remind me of that. You're going through, you're growing through, you go through for everybody else. Yeah.

Like we made mistakes in life so that our kids don't make those mistakes. We go through friction so the people that we're going to serve us don't go through it. What do you want to offer as a coach or a member of a staff? That, you know, so a lot of guys ask me if you could go back to where they're at, right, in 18 through 24. What would you tell yourself? And the hard truth I had to, I had to come to realize, and this is what I spread now, is they don't love you, they love what you can do. and so I had to watch firsthand how many texts calls, Snapchat, Instagram messages I would have when I got signed to go to the NFL

and when, you know, every day after practice, what I come back to my phone to? And then as soon as I got released, where did those same people go? Those calls and tech? Right. They stopped because, you know, you're no longer relevant. Right. So it's a hard truth, but it's a hard truth.

it's the truth nonetheless. And I tell these guys, hey, listen, don't get so caught up in the cheers and the booze of this world because if you live and die by what they say, what the world says, you'll get folded more often than you win. You really will because most people, one, I figured out pretty quickly that I need to explain

to young people who were trying to be great that most of the people that they talk to aren't. Right. Yeah, exactly. Or know what it even takes. But they'll tell you how to get there. They'll tell you how to do it. They haven't been able to accomplish.

And the same, I mean, they had a plasper parents, that applies for coaches. It's funny too, because I coached in Virginia and the school that was six eight public school, but pretty redoubt,

high academic, super competitive. Well, on one football team, one football team, we had three members who went to the Air Force Academy, four that went to the Naval Academy, and two,

that went to West Point. Now, mind you, if you have a program and one kid qualified for that, if you have several, it's on purpose. Right. But here's the thing. How many coaches at the high school level are tough enough, athletic enough,

academically strong enough to qualify for Naval Academy, West Point and the Air Force Academy? So you're really trying to get people to do a thing at a greater level than I ever, I never would have qualified. Right. Yeah. No, absolutely.

You're hitting it right on the head. And I guess it also depends on what you consider great. Right. So if you're great, if you consider I'm successful because I make $100 million and that's your great, okay, that's not what I consider great. And when I was young, that is what I thought was great or what I thought was success. If I can go, if I can go sit at the table with Todd Gurley, Julio, Christian McCaffrey, when I've done that.

I've seen that $10,000 meals. And belong. Right. And I realize I'm 28. I'm about to be 28. So I'm not old. But for whatever reason, I'm blessed with a lot of life experiences

that I had to mature. How many people can say that they not only got to the table because there are people that just want to get to the table where the hall of favors are. You got to the table and you belonged at the table.

Yeah. My goal was never to sit at the table. table my goal is to eat you know and so and even with that being said i didn't eat the portion that i wanted to i feel there's still that within me that i feel like i was i let myself down and other people and that's something i navigate regularly right so that is what i also pour into the next people is okay i could have done more but i can't go do more now so don't like guys are struggling to fall camp right you can't do that anymore no i can't do that that that ship is say out of the gun, right?

Guys are struggling in your fall camp because that's what fall camp is. Right? It's a struggle. It really is. Like, hey, listen. Hold tight. That is such a statement of brilliance

that at every level, yeah, camp is about failure. It's terrible. Like, it's about failure because if done right, it's the lesson for next camp. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

It's the most. That I'm never going to go through another camp where I'm not in shape. don't know the playbook. And it doesn't matter how much can, it doesn't matter, it will still break you because that's what it's supposed to do. It's like,

it's like military. When they bring you in, they break you down and remold you. That's what happens when you go to camp. You're broken down and remolded into what you're supposed to be. For growth to happen, for brilliance to happen, friction has to exist.

Right. It has to exist. And when people don't understand, like I still, I said, the toughest thing I've ever gone through is two a days and high school. Yeah. Like I at that point I knew nothing that any adult could ask me to do was going to be tougher than putting on a hat and wearing 15 pounds of gear in 95 degree weather for seven out.

Mm-hmm. A hundred percent. For me, and and that's why I think that six, so again, what a success? I have carried that into every aspect of my life because there's not, there's nothing I feel I can't overcome because of going through those things. And it humbles me because if at my very worst, describing two days in that situation, we know people who have it way tougher. Way tougher. I get to play a game.

Way tougher. So we'll go to break. Coach Mikey Daniel, DP, one-on-one, the ticket. You're listening to One-on-One with DP, sponsored by Mary Ellen's Food for the Soul on 90s. 37 the ticket and the ticket FM.com. Final segment, and again,

I want to thank Coach Mikey Daniel for giving time and we'll run this several times. So you let folks know that this is going to be out there. From the text, I says you guys are talking about food. He says he was out running errands, called home, asked if anybody

wanted anything, got three nose, walked in the door, and all his fries are half gone because they met him at the door and went all in. It is a struggle. Yeah. No, he gets it. Yeah.

It's a struggle. We feel your pain. We feel your pain. I'll ask you this thing because we've covered Rayola and what it is. One of these next shows, we'll talk defense up and down the border. If you were interviewing other coaches, what are the traits you're looking for that will tell you that somebody's going to make a good coach? You can say, like, it can be, some coaches look for IQ guys.

Some look for character guys. Some look for X and O guys. Some look for relationship guys. Some look for the people who, you know, the player whisperer. What if you wanted to identify, somebody said, hey, I'm a coach. What are you looking for that will tell you, you know what? Yeah, you're a coach. Authenticity.

Genuine. I have an incredible ability to see if you're real and what you're saying or if it's lip service. Are you really about it or, again, what are you chasing? You know, I think we said this earlier. You want validation or do you want? Yeah. Are you here for an eagle or are you here to help my son get better? Right?

Because if it's not the latter, then I'm probably okay. And then asking what better is. Right. Right. It's that success thing, right? Again, and it's not just, I'm not talking about even on the football field because that will come by repetition day in and day out. Is my son going to school because you're leading him in that direction?

Are his grades good? Are, is he respectful when, you know. Because he found some happiness. Right. Because you have a core. Yeah, right. And again, that's learned from home. So I'm not putting that all on you anyway.

But I'm saying, are you helping develop? Because again, they're baby, they're kids. You know, so are you helping me in that maturation process because 18 to 24 is significant. We get this a lot that sometimes there's some hosts that will call them kids. Some will call them men. Mm-hmm. Which is appropriate. They're kids.

I went through it. I'm 28 and I'm almost 28 and I'm just just become a man. Right? Like, real talk. Because now, again, some of them will mature earlier, but. based off life circumstances and what they're going through. But am I taking ownership of my decisions day in and day out? Am I leading in an authentic manner?

Am I going the way I should be going? He's a characteristic of a man. And a lot of these kids don't get it until they get it, which isn't during that time. How will fans know if Nebraska is headed in the right direction? You've seen Twitter lately. Yeah. This star, that star.

You have Dylan, fans back great too, you know, helping get big old linemen, showing up when Dylan asked everyone to be at the stadium to meet this kid. Awesome.

Do you think that works? Apparently. And do you think that they deliver on that young man? Because that's a 50-50 ball. Yeah. Like that takes a lot, right? To be able to pull that trigger.

Mm-hmm. and I thought he did I thought he did pull the trigger and he said he was coming in Nebraska I could be wrong I thought that came out yesterday You could be breaking news I'm not sure

I thought they got the four star receiver Yeah I know that as well Coach what you're trying to tell me I thought they got them Maybe not Don't get me excited out here On the Saturday

You're gonna have people wrecking cars Right I'm telling you They won't go right now I'm kidding I'm kidding I'm kidding

I said, Coach Daniel, I'm here breaking news. I thought he did. Listen, you don't understand. If you, if somebody just said, wait a minute, did he just say they got the big dude? Listen, it takes so many moving parts to get it done. And some will say we feel better because they're more four and five stars considering Nebraska. But I think the reality is there'll be another. telltale character trait that shows up in the next two weeks, three weeks,

whether it is still highly competitive practices, whether it's good health, whether it's hearing coaches on the same page, it can be a variety of things that will show up and say, you know what, Ute will be just fine. Nebraska will figure out of way. And the thing is,

that's how you'll know, because we shouldn't say Nebraska will figure out of a way we should say they play to their standard and it doesn't matter who came through that door whether it's Colorado or two whether it's U-TEP whether it's Ohio State was Alabama doesn't matter

Alabama goes and beats teams by 60 and doesn't matter who comes in the door thanks for coming are we letting teams hang around or are we burying them like are you that's when you know what okay U-TEP no shade disrespect but UTEP should not come in here and do anything to us.

Nothing. Right? Nothing. We should blow through them with fine colors. And truth be told, I see as doving Colorado and we two by 21. Again, they are going to carry you on their shoulders and parade you up and down those street. I'm actually waiting for that because here's why I went to Colorado on the sideline last year

and they were ruthless. They were terrible. Not to say that our fans need to be ruthless to them because that's not what we need to do, but our players will handle that. Let them handle that. Colorado was terrible. They were terrible.

Mikey Daniel, Coach, thank you guys, sir. Yes, sir, thank you guys. Fantastic afternoon in the sports talk. We've got a full day for you here on the ticket. Don't go anywhere. And I know that cooking with Chubbs is coming up at three. We'll run a replay and then cooking with Chubs.

He's bringing some food, Ben. He better. No, he just said his guest is bringing food. All right. He just texted me. So Chubs, look, I'm going to leave and come back. Because if you bring your food, I'm coming back. Look, I'm going to go watch some football.

Enjoy your Saturday and be safe. Love yourself. And why are you at it? Love the next one. Come on.