BOY
BOY AT
BOY AT A
BOY AT A TIME FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES. BILL, GO FOCUS AND FINISH ALL THOSE KEY MESSAGES
RIGHT THERE. ONE PLAY AT A
TIME. FOCUS AND FINISH YOU
EXPECT I MEAN TALK ABOUT
PASSION THIS MORNING WE ARE
REMEMBERING THE LATE MARTY
SCHOTTENHEIMER AND HIS OLD
SCHOOL HARD NOSED APPROACH
KNOWN AS MARTY BALL THAT BECAME
HIS CALLING CARD. YEAH, ONE
PERSON WHO REALLY HELPED MAKE
THAT HAPPEN FORMER SAN DIEGO
CHARGER LORENZO NEAL. HE'S
JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING.
HEY, LORENZO, HOW ARE YOU
DOING? HEY, I'M GREAT. GUYS,
THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON LOVE
TALKING ABOUT MARTY AND MARTY
BALL WAS AN AWESOME TIME IN SAN
DIEGO. YEAH. TELL US ABOUT
THOSE DAYS AND MARTY BALL I
MEAN THAT SMASHMOUTH FOOTBALL
GOING UP THE MIDDLE JUST USING
YOUR MUSCLE TO TAKE DOWN THE
OTHER GUYS I MEAN THAT WAS
THOSE ARE SOME FUN YEARS TO
WATCH. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER
ABOUT ABSOLUTELY. I CAN SAY HEY
LETY UP THE MIDDLE YOU KNOW,
BACK UP TO WHAT IT WAS USUALLY
TOO LATE GUYS YOU KNOW THAT
CRANKED UP THAT BAND AND I'LL
TELL YOU MARTY LOVE PLAYING
MARTY BALL. HE LOVED BEING
PHYSICAL. WE ARE PHYSICAL TEAM
AND THAT'S WHO HE WAS AS A
COACH. THAT'S WHO HE WAS AS A
PERSON. MARTY WAS JUST A TOUGH
GUY. I MEAN WE WOULD HAVE
PRACTICE WE WEREN'T HAVING A
GOOD PRACTICE. YOU KNOW WHAT HE
WOULD DO? HE WOULD SAY GO BACK
AND PUT IN YOUR PADS. IT WAS
TIME THAT WE WERE NOT IN FULL
PADS. WE'D BE IN FULL PADS AND
MARTY WOULD MAKE US GO BACK IN
AND SAY PUT ON FULL PADS AND
LET'S GO HIT SOMEONE BECAUSE
YOU'RE NOT PLAYING MARTY BALL.
WE'RE NOT PHYSICAL. SO WE HATED
THOSE DAYS BUT HE WAS TOUGH BUT
YET STILL HE WAS STILL
PASSIONATE. I MEAN HERE'S A GUY
THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THAT HE
UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE
OF FAMILY AND HE WOULD MEET
WITH WIVES AND SIGNIFICANT
OTHERS AND HAVE A MEETING WITH
THEM AND HIS WIFE PAT AND HE
WOULD SAY HERE'S MY PERSONAL
CELL. WE'RE FAMILY. YOU'RE
HAVING PROBLEMS. IF YOU NEED
ANYTHING, CALL ME, CALL ME. AND
HIS WIFE WAS A LIAISON WHO WAS
THERE AS WELL AND PEOPLE OK,
SOUNDS GOOD BUT HOW MUCH DID HE
GET? WAS IT ACTUALLY DID COME
TO FRUITION? I HAD TWO
DAUGHTERS, TWIN DAUGHTERS AND
ONE OF THEM SUFFERED FROM
DAVITS WHICH IS A SEIZURE
DISORDER AND I'D BE AT PRACTICE
AND SOMEONE WOULD TELL COACH
HEY MARTY THE LOWE'S DAUGHTER
HAS TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
MARTY COME LORENZO GET OUT
OF HERE. GO HOME. GO GO TO THE
HOSPITAL. TAKE CARE OF YOUR
DAUGHTER AND THEN THE NEXT DAY
I'D BE AT HOME AND I WAS ONE
OF THOSE GUYS TO GET THE
PRACTICE EARLY. HE CALL IT FOR
THE MORNING OR FIVE IN THE
MORNING. SAY HELLO BEFORE YOU
COME IN. DON'T COME IN TODAY.
LOOK, YOU DON'T NEED TO COME
IN. I WANT YOU TO STAY THERE
WITH YOUR FAMILY, TAKE CARE
OF YOUR KIDS. THAT'S THE KIND
OF MAN THAT HE WAS. SO HE WAS
HAD A HEART OF A LION BUT STILL
AS MEEK AS A LAMB. MARTY
SCHOTTENHEIMER, I'M TELLING THE
WORLD IS NOT A BETTER PLACE.
HE'S GOING TO BE MISSED. HE WAS
A GREAT LEADER, A GREAT MENTOR
AND I LOVE MARTY
SCHOTTENHEIMER, HE AND HIS
FAMILY AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE
PR DIRECTOR FOR THE CHARGERS
BILL JOHNSTON WAS ON EARLIER
AND ON A SHOW TO TALK ABOUT
MARTY AND HE SAID THE SAME
THINGS. I MEAN HE CARED ABOUT
HIS WIFE RAMONA WHO WAS
STRUGGLING WITH HUNTINGTON'S
DISEASE. YES. AND HE SAID, YOU
KNOW, MARTY HAD EMOTIONS. TELL
US WHAT THAT'S LIKE TO HAVE
SUCH AN EMOTIONAL COACH. IT WAS
SO WEIRD BECAUSE IT WAS WEIRD
BUT IT WAS YET SO TOUCHING
HUMANITY THAT THAT'S A GUY
THAT'S TOUGH THAT WOULD MAKE
YOU RUN GASPERS THAT YOU WERE
SCARED OF YOU REVERED HIM SIX,
FIVE, SIX, SIX AND HE WAS
INTIMIDATING BUT AT THE SAME
SENSE WHEN YOU NEEDED SOMEONE
TO TALK TO WHEN YOU NEEDED
SOMEONE TO TALK ABOUT NOT JUST
FOOTBALL, JUST ABOUT YOUR LIFE
AND WHO YOU ARE AS A MAN HE
CARED I MEAN HE WAS LIKE A
FATHER FIGURE TO A LOT OF GUYS
THAT DIDN'T HAVE FATHERS IT
DIDN'T KILL OR DIDN'T CARE
ABOUT WHAT RACE OR COLOR CREED
THEY CAME FROM. I MEAN YOU LOOK
AT IT, HE WAS LIKE A FATHER
FIGURE TO GUYS WHO DIDN'T HAVE
THEIR DAD OR FATHERS INVOLVED
IN THEIR LIVES. I MEAN HE WAS
AMAZING. HERE'S A QUICK STORY
THAT I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU,
MARTY, IS WE WERE GETTING READY
TO PLAY RAIDERS AND HE'S LIKE
IT'S RAIDER. WE'RE GOING TO
PLAY MARTY BALL. WE'RE GOING TO
RUN SIX WHEN I DIE. I WANT 60
AND 70 POWER ON MY TOMBSTONE.
THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO
IT. AND THEN HE GOES OFF AND HE
STARTS LTE. YOU NEED TO PLAY
BETTER LTE MVP LTE EVERYONE'S
LOOKING OH MY GOD MAKES HIM
STAND UP AND HE'S BERHANE TEAM
EVERYONE'S JUST ON PINS AND
NEEDLES WE WALK OUT LTE SO WE
HAVE TO PRACTICE IN MARTZ'S LTE
THANKS FOR LET ME DO THAT.
THINGS HAVE ALSO MADE HIM FILL
OUT. NO ONE KNEW BUT MARTY JUST
KNEW WHAT GUYS HE COULD PUSH
BUTTONS BUT HE WOULD TALK TO
GUYS PRIOR TO SAY HEY LOOK I
MIGHT I MIGHT GET ON YOU AND NO
ONE KNEW BUT THAT PLAYER BUT HE
HAD THAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP
WHEN TO PUSH AND WHEN TO PULL
AND WHEN TO PUSH BACK AND WHEN
TO LET OFF. SO IT'S AN AMAZING
MAN. YOU KNOW, I WATCH THE NFL
NOW, LORENZO. I SEE THESE
COACHES IT SEEMED JUST SO FAR
REMOVED YOU DON'T SEE HIM IN
THE HUDDLE. YOU DON'T SEE HIM
YELLING. YOU DON'T SEE HIM
FIRED UP. HE WAS JUST RIGHT IN
THE MIDDLE WITH YOU GUYS,
RIGHT? YES, HE DID. HE WAS
PUMPING YOU UP. I MEAN HE WAS
LIKE HE ALMOST HAD TO STOP HIM
FROM GOING OUT ON THE FIELD TO
PLAY WITH YOU GUYS, RIGHT?
ABSOLUTELY. BUT I THINK THAT
THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE
WORLD WE LIVE IN. IT'S CHANGING
GUYS AND I THINK WE KNOW IN
SOME IS CHANGING FOR THE GOOD
AND SOME CHANGING FOR THE BAD.
YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S IT'S ABOUT
HEY LOOK, IS EVERYONE A WINNER?
NO. AND I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT
TO CREATE YOU WANT TO CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES. YOU WANT TO DO
CERTAIN THINGS BUT AT THE SAME
SENSE, MARTY AND CERTAIN
COACHES I HAD BILL PARCELLS
TOO. THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN
YOUR FACE AND THEY'RE GOING TO
GIVE YOU THAT TOUGH LOVE AND
NOW SOMETIMES HEY, YOU CAN'T DO
THAT. IT BECOMES DIFFERENT AND
WE BECOME IN A YOU KNOW, KIND
OF A LITTLE MORE PASSIVE AND I
UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T BE PEOPLE
AND I GET IT WE'RE ALL MEN AND
WE'RE ALL HUMANS. BUT AT THE
SAME SENSE MISSED THOSE DAYS
BECAUSE BECAUSE TOUGH TIMES
DON'T LAST. SOME PEOPLE DO BUT
WILL TO WIN MEANS NOTHING
WITHOUT THE WORLD TO PREPARE.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A TOUGH
KIND OF COACH THAT'S GOING TO
LOVE YOU THAT'S GOING TO STILL
DISCIPLINE YOU IN A IN A GOOD
WAY THAT BUILDS CHARACTER AND
THAT'S WHAT SPORTS HAVE DONE.
THINK ABOUT FROM THE BEGINNING
OF TIME WHAT SPORTS DID EVEN
WHEN RACIAL EQUALITY WAS GOING
ON, WHAT BROUGHT THIS COUNTRY
TOGETHER MILITARY BLACKS,
MINORITIES BEING ABLE TO JOIN
THE MILITARY FIGHT FOR THIS
COUNTRY, PEOPLE SPORTS YOU KNOW
JACKIE ROBINSON DIFFERENT
BROUGHT THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER.
SO SPORTS HAVE PLAYED A HUGE
PART IN THIS COUNTRY IN THE
MORAL FABRIC OF THIS COUNTRY
AND YOU KNOW, TOUGH COACHES
ALSO PLAY A LOT MORE FABRIC
BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT
GET YOU GOING BECAUSE LIFE IS
SOMETIMES GOING TO PUNCH YOU IN
THE FACE. YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO
GET BACK UP IN FIGHT. YOU CAN
LOOK UP, YOU CAN GET UP AND WE
YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK THE
MEMORIES FROM THE YEARS THAT
YOU PLAYED MARTY WAS HERE THE
CHARGERS WERE IN SAN DIEGO. I
MEAN THIS TOWN WAS ALIVE THEN
BACK. YES. YOU AND YOUR
TEAMMATES I MEAN WE LOVED THE
TIME OF MY LIFE. YOU REALLY
GOING TO CHARGERS GAMES THAT
CHARGERS JETS GAME YOU KNOW WE
LOST BUT IT WAS OH THOSE TIMES
EVER AT THE PLAYOFFS IT WAS I
MEAN IT WAS A TOUGH ENDING
OF COURSE. BUT I MEAN I STILL
CAN'T JETS. OH I LOVE YOU.
YOU'RE THE BEST. YOU'RE THE
BEST. I'M TELLING YOU YOU TELL
ME THAT LOCKER ROOM YEAH GIRL
MEN CRYING AND CRYING YOU JUST
THINK DON'T THINK YOU GUYS JUST
WENT THROUGH IT WE WENT THROUGH
IT AS WL SO AND IN THE
FOLLOWING YEAR GUYS WE LOSE TO
NEW ENGLAND WHEN WE ALL WE HAVE
TO DO IS MCCREE HE CATCHES THE
BALL ON THE GROUND. I'M STILL
MAD AT HIM. I CALL HIM ALL THE
TIME. WHY DON'T YOU JUST FOLLOW
THE LEADER HE'S SO SO I GET IT
GUYS. I GET IT. OH IT'S SO GOOD
TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. SO THANKS FOR
SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS HERE. NO
WORRIES ALREADY. NO. WE'LL
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO
SCHOTTENHEIMER FAMILY PET BRIAN
SCHOTTENHEIMER ALL THE GREAT
PEOPLE AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS
THEY DID FOR NOT JUST SAN DIEGO
BUT