WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.737 >>GERRY: FRANK REICH MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS' FIRST CHOICE FOR HEAD COACH, BUT NOW MANY BELIEVE HE 2 00:00:03.737 --> 00:00:07.107 WILL PROVE TO BE THE BEST CHOICE. OUR BILL BENNER RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH COACH REICH FOR AN 3 00:00:07.107 --> 00:00:11.745 IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW. BILL, WHAT DO YOU THINK? >>BILL: WELL, HE'S ENGAGING, AFFABLE, FORTHRIGHT, AND HAS AN 4 00:00:11.745 --> 00:00:16.082 AMAZING BACKGROUND BOTH IN FOOTBALL AND AWAY FROM THE SPORT. AND WE CAME WITH SO MUCH IN OUR 5 00:00:16.082 --> 00:00:26.292 INTERVIEW THAT WE'RE BREAKING INTO TWO PARTS. HERE'S THE FIRST SEGMENT OF OUR CONVERSATION WITH FRANK REICH. 6 00:00:26.292 --> 00:00:35.001 >> IN THE CATEGORY OF FUNNY HOW IT ALL WORKS OUT, YOU WERE COACHING PREPARING FOR THE SUPER BOWL, THE COLTS MOVE FORWARD AND 7 00:00:35.001 --> 00:00:47.013 REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH DANIELS AND HE PULLS OUT. THE PHONE RINGS AND YOUR REACTION TO HOW THAT ALL CAME 8 00:00:47.013 --> 00:00:49.549 DOWN HAD TO BE PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY. >> IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY BECAUSE I LEARNED IN THE 9 00:00:49.549 --> 00:00:55.922 COACHING BUSINESS NEVER GO CHASING AFTER A JOB JUST DO THE BEST JOB WHERE YOU ARE IF IT'S MEANT TO BE AND YOU GET AN 10 00:00:55.922 --> 00:01:03.863 OPPORTUNITY MAKE THE MOST OF IT AND THAT'S THE APPROACH I TRY TO TAKE AND WHEN IT CAME DOWN THE WAY IT DID IT FELT RIGHT FOR ME 11 00:01:03.863 --> 00:01:09.869 PERSONALLY AND GAVE ME SATISFACTION TO KNOW WE WERE PATIENT AND BEEN THROUGH UPS AND DOWNS IN THIS BUSINESS AND YOU 12 00:01:09.869 --> 00:01:16.543 GET FIRED AND MOVE ON AND YOU HAVE GREAT NEW HEIGHTS AND WIN SUPER BOWL AND GO THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES AND I THINK THE 13 00:01:16.543 --> 00:01:24.484 TIMING WAS RIGHT. >> ANDREW LUCK IS BACK AFTER AN EXTENDED ABSENCE. YOU'VE BEEN AROUND FOR GOOD 14 00:01:24.484 --> 00:01:29.823 QUARTERBACK SOME WHAT OF THOSE QUALITIES DO YOU SEE AND ANDREW LUCK. >> END OF SESSION TO GET 15 00:01:29.823 --> 00:01:35.962 BETTER EVERY DAY. I LOVE THAT BEING AROUND GUYS LIKE THAT AND IT'S AN APPRECIATION FOR THE PROCESS 16 00:01:35.962 --> 00:01:42.902 INVOLVING THE WHOLE TEAM EVEN THESE GREAT QUARTERBACKS AS GREAT AS THEY ARE THEY KNOW THIS IS ULTIMATELY A TEAM GAME AND 17 00:01:42.902 --> 00:01:49.909 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ADMIRED ABOUT ANDREW. YOU WATCH HIM FROM AFAR AND YOU CAN TELL IT WAS THIS OUT OF HIM 18 00:01:49.909 --> 00:01:58.918 HE IS A TEAM FIRST PLAYER DESPITE BEING A SUPERSTAR. >> YOU ARE INVOLVED IN SPORTS MEMORABILIA WITH YOUR FATHER. 19 00:01:58.918 --> 00:02:06.926 >> MY DAD IS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND HE WAS REALLY A GOOD HANDYMAN SO HE MADE THESE LITTLE STANDS THAT YOU CAN PUT AN 20 00:02:06.926 --> 00:02:14.334 AUTOGRAPHED FOOTBALL ON AND IT LOOKED LIKE A FOOTBALL HE CARVED OUT OF A PIECE OF WOOD AND PAINTED A FIELD FOOTBALL FIELD 21 00:02:14.334 --> 00:02:21.674 ON IT AND YOU COULD SET A FOOTBALL ON TOP OF IT AND WE ACTUALLY I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NEAT AND BY THIS TIME I WAS 22 00:02:21.674 --> 00:02:31.885 PLAYING IN THE NFL AND WE HAD A PATENT ON IT AND IT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN REALLY FUN BECAUSE IT WAS MY DAD'S IDEA AND I TOOK 23 00:02:31.885 --> 00:02:38.157 IT FROM THE GROUND FLOOR UP AND IT WAS FUN FOR US TO DO THAT TOGETHER IT. >> THAT IS COOL AND WITH 24 00:02:38.157 --> 00:02:47.700 BOOMER ESIASON YOU HAD -- WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT. >> THAT WAS FUN. WHEN I WAS A ROOKIE IN THE NFL, 25 00:02:47.700 --> 00:02:56.409 BOOMER -- WE WERE COLLEGE ROOMMATES AND BEST MEN THAT EACH OTHER'S WEDDING AND HE BOUGHT ME SOME SNAKESKIN BOOTS IN 1985 26 00:02:56.409 --> 00:03:02.515 WHEN WESTERN BOOTS WERE JUST COMING ON THE SCENE SO I'M WEARING THESE SNAKESKIN BOOTS AT BUFFALO AND NOBODY'S EVER SEEN 27 00:03:02.515 --> 00:03:10.323 THESE THINGS BEFORE AND PEOPLE KEPT SAYING WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE AND I SAID WE SHOULD OPEN A BOOT SHOP AND SO WE DID AND SO 28 00:03:10.323 --> 00:03:16.863 WE ENDED UP HAVING 15 OF THEM THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEAST AND HAD A SICK SENSE -- SUCCESSFUL VENTURE. 29 00:03:16.863 --> 00:03:25.104 >> YOUR PHYSICAL THERAPY YOU ARE ASSOCIATED WITH. >> ARCHITECTS SPORTS AND PHYSICAL THERAPY A NUMBER OF 30 00:03:25.104 --> 00:03:31.978 LOCATIONS AND DOING VERY WELL. I KIND OF LIKED THAT ENTREPRENEURIAL SIDE CREATING THINGS AND TRYING TO BRING A 31 00:03:31.978 --> 00:03:40.486 TEAM OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AND LET'S GO AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. >> CAN YOU GIVE US ANY IDEA OR THE FANS ANY IDEA WHAT KIND OF 32 00:03:40.486 --> 00:03:48.294 COACH ARE YOU WHEN IT COMES TO INTERACTION WITH THE GUYS? >> I PLAYOFF MY BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCES AND THAT'S WHAT 33 00:03:48.294 --> 00:03:55.501 EVERY COACH DOESN'T SENSE I WILL PLAYING THIS GAME FOR A LONG TIME I'M JUST LIKE THE PLAYERS OBSESSED WITH GETTING BETTER AND 34 00:03:55.501 --> 00:04:01.140 WINNING, UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS HAS TO BE DONE, TOGETHER. NO ONE PLAYER IS BIGGER THAN THE TEAM. 35 00:04:01.140 --> 00:04:10.750 IT HAS TO BE DONE TOGETHER. MY JOB AS A COACH IS TO POST US IN THAT DIRECTION AND WE WILL NOT WALK BY MISTAKES. 36 00:04:10.750 --> 00:04:18.091 WE WILL PUSH GUYS TO GET BETTER AND IN ONE SENSE IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH WE WANT TO KEEP PUSHING SO THERE SHOULD BE AN INTENSITY 37 00:04:18.091 --> 00:04:24.330 AND PASSION TO WHAT WE ARE SAYING AS A COACHING STAFF TO PUSH GUYS TO GET BETTER, BUT ALSO HAVE FUN AND ULTIMATELY THE 38 00:04:24.330 --> 00:04:31.537 MOST FUN COMES WHEN YOU WENT. >> GREAT INTERVIEW. WHO KNEW ABOUT THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ASPECT. 39 00:04:31.537 --> 00:04:32.538 TALK TO YOU IN A FEW WEEKS.