A
A MOMENT?
A MOMENT? >> I LIKE IT, A LOT.
>>> NO DOUBT, YOU HAVE TO GET
UP PRETTY EARLY IN THE MORNING
IF YOU WANT TO BEAT THE ASU
HEAD COACH EDWARDS TO THE GYM.
TRY 4 AM EARLY.
I AM FEELING THAT WAKE-UP CALL.
BUT THE MAN DOES NOT BELIEVE IN
SLEEPING IN.
SLEEPING IN. THAT MEANT I HAD TO SET THE
ALARM CLOCK TO GET THIS
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE
DEVILS HEAD COACH.
>> ENJOY THIS.
DON'T DROP YOUR WRIST.
>> IT IS LIKE A NICE CAKE.
>> DO YOU EVER DO THESE?
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT OUT TOO FAST.
>> I CAN'T DO THIS RIGHT NOW.
>> AGAIN, THERE YOU GO.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> YOU BECAME AN AND SAID I
WONDER WHY -- YOU CAME IN AND
SAID I WONDER WHY --
>> THERE IS NOT A DEBATE.
IT IS SIMPLE.
THIS IS THE ASU FOOTBALL TEAM,
WE ARE GOING TO GO TO CAMP,
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT
AND FIND EACH OTHER AND FROM
THERE WE WILL LEAD THEM OUT
WITH A PLAN OF TRYING TO WIN
THE PAC 12.
I GREW UP IN THE 60s, THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT, I HAVE SEEN A
LOT OF THINGS IN OUR COUNTRY.
WE HAVE BECOME VERY SENSITIVE.
WE HAVE BECOME VERY SENSITIVE.
TO THE POINT TO WHERE WHEN YOU
SAY THINGS PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY
SAY WHAT IS HE TRYING TO SAY?
WHEN I SAY SOMETHING, THAT IS
IMPORTANT, PEOPLE HAVEN'T
FIGURED ME OUT YET.
LIFE IS ABOUT HAVING FUN,
LAUGHING, WE DON'T LAUGH ENOUGH.
WE TAKE TOO MANY THINGS -- WE
ARE SENSITIVE.
ARE SENSITIVE. WHAT DOES HE MEAN?
I DON'T HAVE A HIDDEN AGENDA.
THERE IS NO HIDDEN AGENDA, I
SAY WHAT I SAY.
>> THIS IS MORE MY SPEED, FIVE
POUNDS.
POUNDS.
POUNDS. IT IS NOT HOW MUCH BUT JUST AS
LONG AS YOU DO SOMETHING.
COACH YOU HAVE SEEN BRADY WHY
TRANSFER, BLAKE BURNETT TRANSFER
TO SOUTH FLORIDA, ARE YOU
COMFORTABLE WITH THE DEPTH YOU
HAVE A QUARTERBACK SHOULD
SOMETHING HAPPEN?
SOMETHING HAPPEN? >> THAT IS ALL WE HAVE.
YOU HAVE TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH
IT.
IT.
IT. YOU
IT. YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
THAT IS THE DAY OF THE
QUARTERBACK.
QUARTERBACK. THERE IS A METHOD, MOST OF THEM
ARE READY TO GO TO SPRING BALL.
THEY HAVE GRADUATED, THEY COME
IN, THEY COMPETE FOR THE STAR
POSITION AND IF THEY DON'T WIN,
ANOTHER BY -- I WILL BEAT THEM
OUT AND IF THEY DON'T FEEL THAT
THEY WILL THEY WILL TRANSFER.
SO I HAVE DOUBLE TRANSFERS.
>> DO YOU GET A SENSE OR PULSE
OF WHAT YOU HAVE CREATED AROUND
HERE?
HERE?
HERE? >>
HERE? >> I HAVE MADE IT A POINT TO BE
VERY VISIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO
THE STUDENT ATHLETES.
NOT JUST FOOTBALL, I GO TO
EVENTS.
EVENTS.
EVENTS. >> WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU?
>> I AM PART OF A CULTURE OF
THIS COMMUNITY.
THIS COMMUNITY. OF STUDENT ATHLETES.
I MAKE IT A PURPOSE TO GO ON
CAMPUS ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK.
JUST TO WALK ON CAMPUS.
AND SEE STUDENTS, GO TO GAMES,
BASKETBALL, SOFTBALL, SWIMMING,
LACROSSE.
LACROSSE.
LACROSSE. I SHOW UP.
I GO.
I GO.
I GO. I
I GO. I AM PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
>> WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU
HAD A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP?
SLEEPING UNTIL NINE OR 10 AM.
>> THAT IS NOT HAPPENING, NOT
IN MY WORLD.
>> YOU DID NOT PICK UP ONE WAIT.
>> I PICKED UP SEVERAL.
MAYBE FIVE POUNDS.
COACH EDWARDS HAS A BUNDLE OF
ENERGY, NO DOUBT.
HE LOVES HIM SOME BARBECUE AND
RED KOOL-AID.
RED KOOL-AID. KEEPS FIG NEWTONS IN HIS
REFRIGERATOR, CAN'T