Football/Basketball Crossover with LeBron James' HS football coach, Tony Romo's HS basketball coach & Tom Crean

NFL: Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah & Bucky Brooks

NFL

Sports, Football

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

DJ and Bucky are back with a special episode, which focuses on multi-sport athletes and specifically, the guys look at the crossover between football and basketball. To start, the pair talk to University of Georgia's head basketball coach Tom Crean about what he saw from Dwyane Wade when he coached him at Marquette and also about the similarities between basketball and football players (2:38). Next, the duo speak with Tony Romo's high school basketball coach Steven Berezowitz, as he discusses how talented Romo was as a basketball player (19:28). Then, Colorado's head football coach Mel Tucker tells the guys about the best high school football player he's ever seen (33:09). After, DJ and Bucky interview LeBron James' high school football coach Jim Meyer from St. Vincent-St. Mary high school about James' NFL comparison and if James could have played in the NFL (35:11). Later, the guys look back at a conversation they had with Baylor's head football coach Matt Rhule about why he likes multi-sport athletes (47:06). To wrap up, DJ and Bucky each give names of some of the best multi-sport athletes they've ever seen (50:45).

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0:00.0	And now move the sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks.
0:07.0	Wade the rebound, he falls down and trips over Hawkins and Jackson steals the rebound back from our cap.
0:14.0	To Deener to Wade, grinding jam, a ridiculous jam. He's fouled by Estle and weighed up in Estle's face.
0:21.0	Screens, look at me, you can't stop me today.
0:26.0	Roma, low snap, Bobbock, he picks it up, has time, throws for the end zone, pop by Whitney, touchdown, touchdown.
0:34.0	Jason Witten, the Cowboys, an extra point away from taking the lead with seven seconds to go.
0:42.0	Windalis, Tony Roma, riffing victory out of the jaws of defeat.
0:49.0	In the Blazers, have 12 seconds to shoot stolen by the Brut.
0:52.0	LeBron on a breakaway and the first basket of his Laker career is a top of a Hawkins down that brings the crowd to its feet.
1:00.0	I know you're listening to this go away. So I want to listen to move the sticks, talking to football.
1:04.0	Trust me on this. You're going to enjoy this episode in Bucky.
1:07.0	We always talk about the importance of multi sport athletes and how it benefits players in the NFL.
1:12.0	And we're going to devote this entire episode to talking to some unique people who can connect the dots between football and the sport basketball.
1:21.0	DJ, we talked at length about the crossover appeal, a guy that has played basketball, moving over to the gridiron.
1:27.0	And we're talking to some of the best people that you can find to talk about this.
1:30.0	Tom Creen, the University of Georgia, hit basketball coach, also coach Duane Wade at Marquette.
1:36.0	He's going to talk Steven Berizoets, the head coach for Tony Roma.
1:41.0	He's going to talk about Tony Roma's growth and development as a basketball player.
1:45.0	Mel Tucker from Colorado, Ways Inn, Jim Meyer, LeBron James, head football coach. That's right.
1:51.0	Football at St. Vincent St. Mary High School, Matt Ruehl from Baylor, Ways Inn.
1:57.0	And so a lot of great guys, a lot of the best coaches in both sports are going to talk about the benefits of the hardwood, gridiron crossover.
2:06.0	The great players are great players and in the evaluation process, you can learn from different sports and different evaluations.
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