Rick Tockett

First of all, more of the science part of it.

It's a little bit of a sprint here before the Olympics.

I've got to get these guys.

How many practices can I have?

How many days off?

You probably have to give more days off to the guys.

uh because of the schedule you know and the travel and four and six nights uh so i'm more attuned to that um making sure you know i get the energy level of players um don't really look too far ahead like we don't like you know some coaches you know i think down the road you start like hey can we you know you almost play today the last you know seven game series can you know can we win four five games in the next seven games i mean you can do those tricks in march and april

But I think now, for me, is the energy level and trying to get the guys for these next, you know, 13, 14 games where, you know, we're at our optimal best energy-wise.

And then we got that break, right?

That's another thing, you know.

You know, you can win or lose those two weeks as a coach, you know.

How do you, it's like a mini training camp, but how do you get the guys prepared for that stretch drive?

That's another thing that we're going to have to dive into.

We haven't dove in it yet, but the next week or two, we're going to have to divide, you

So put a schedule together.

It's going to be huge.

I'm a big believer in coaching can really help that in those breaks.

You take a guy like Andy Reid, he's the best coach in the NFL after a bye.

So what does he do for those two weeks with his team to be the most successful coach?

I think that's something we look into.