The Drive with Josh Graham Spotlight - ECU HC Mike Houston

Why Josh Graham 609 25 years ago. Our next test was preparing for his first season postings in this Triad for both bicycles right now. He's the head coach of the Stillwater football program going to be your one. It is like kind enough to make a return visit here on sports out Diane, do you still get butterflies before season begins. Coach, no doubt you brought back some memories. There were about that comment. All you know you need is what I wanted to do and just enjoyed your virtually every day.

I went to work since then is just one of things am reportedly blessed to do this for living. How do the butterflies today compared to the butterflies once fell by 22-year-old Mike, I'm getting ready in the triad remade back then. You know I say better now also dominant Noel's number so you don't know what you don't know, but is still some excitement you know. So yeah, now it is making sure Bryce repaired, making sure everything is you know that is on it can be an analog difference between coach in a position and no running on tar program so is changed a bit over the years.

My biggest issue is with covering spring ball into a degree fall camp and covering tabs.

You think every team in the country coach is going to go 12 or no in the spring.

When you talk to coaches then I hear the way that you talk about your football team and just your one you said it every single point essentially that during spring and even to a degree fall At the teams habits right now aren't where you want them to be. Where does this candid approach come from well always try to be the… Try to be naturally real truck try to be straightforward. My approach way we try to be with the players to attribute relationships not try to do right by people with treasure go stuff that only measured to me there and think I feel the way you develop trust in and you know know exactly where you are and and things like that you not try to be Jacob paint is as real of the pictures. Possibly Tom a master question, most notably last year when you're in James Madison you talked about openly that you received an offer from Charlotte before ultimately becoming East Carolina's ball coach hasn't burned anybody though has it affected relationships with players, even family members. Maybe administration staff when you're so open and speaking about things publicly deal. I'm not been as honest with the people I was talking to down Charlotte and you. I know a lot of people don't.

You don't operate that way and I didn't but I did not try to be… To be open about them with them. When Carolina contact me and told about was going to talk to them and feel the whole thing was like do it over the whole mobile because the minimal playoff run thing was my wife and I will talk to you and we have several job opportunity or before we turn them all down and we, week we mapped out for. We want to be what we leave James Madison for, and the consensus what we wanted to be back in the Carolinas is only a few programs here, you blessed therefore and unfortunate that it all worked out and I do believe it's all things happen for reason and you know just like back off 22 years old.

You know God cannot guide me in my path every step of the way a lot of times off one going one direction and up another, but it's always worked out for the best thing.

Certainly, this situation did. Also, you said you would've done things differently know what would you well will slow down the flow to write down little bit. You know people are really aggressive and you really pushing a good bit and you know I probably should just let everybody down and just common. We now wish that you could keep things confidential thought that things will really Confidentially work so but 2020 E. Carolina head football coach Mike used them with those things all worked out for everybody will belief is now in Charlotte.

He's been a be a guest with us on tomorrow shows on tomorrow so excuse me, looking at your specific football team.

I we heard comments where you were specifically noting that the upperclassman and the players were returning don't have the habits that you wanted them to have a monger upon arriving in Greenville. What specific habits do you take issue with well obligations meant to replace certain way and I think you got practice to the degree that way in order to play that way and you know my my standards of way were going to compete with work. The world will function in every respect, and what I have been the normal here were about as far off from each other's as possible and we know from the standpoint of you know, for a web meeting at 3 o'clock in your book to be an immediate tend to lean on that most of their weight. Anybody you run the door. The last second me know. We take the field will take field purpose, run a drill full speed for putting up then Russ lead people up and I know it's just is this just the way you operate the work ethic and attention to detail, discipline and accountability in all those things need to be addressed and so certainly we we work diligently since we got here to address those things and so many of those things have changed drastically, which is been refreshing to see arriving 10 minutes early at some party time. That's a little party is a resident well I know this week we wear, which will start the meeting. We never start on that time. We always start early with every meeting we have around here starts set minimum five minutes early.

But the thing is going to class. They're not missing tutoring sessions. I don't have problem kids running the door. The last second year they figured out pretty quickly if there will be a part of this that they had they had to have some punctuality and they had have some deliberateness will have a they went about things. It's East Carolina heads with both Mike used them with us here on twitter at ECU coach used in the opener is in Raleigh against NC State and your one. How would you define success coach you know I can do while you talk about talk about the first game you know the last game of the year last year between ECU and NC State was 58 three. If I believe that unpolished but not workable in their win the ballgame and you know we could do that will find out polisher cuticle play differently. They not think we have a chance to have some success this year that will be better. I will be better doing all those things on a mission to you while ago but do you know every year you you define success a little bit differently. My thing is always been you know how to do the your we can look back with no regrets, and that we think that we achieved the maximum level that are potential allowed us to think we can do that this year I'm in East Carolina graduate. I have ECU served on right now it seems he said it's not to happen. Like the finale did last year, 58, three I'm looking at the control room and I see our intern Nick was it NC State student.

He gave me an eye roll as if it's going to be another 58 three where what you gotta save intern Nick the other NC State fans out there money on it about big red. I love it last good we've been talking a lot about Dave Chapelle getting a new standup specialist in a dry later this month whose atomic either current or in the past you enjoyed most all I think you will like their coming well back in Maxwell young coach Chapelle shows just just just got cut hearing). Where was he was something else but the railroad enjoyed his stuff got to be at least one sketch those I love the supposed to be the steps at the top of your mind right now all you Larry got file course you know all the old stuff with friends and brother Murphy coach Murphy Charlie Murphy and print what is happening because that's what yeah well I'll just say that you bring back a lot of memories of the tile quality young coach then you know we have that we are a group of group God. We were all single and we used to sit around watching a show and had a great, good memories will put some money on the spread for East Carolina don't get away and do your best on the road and best of luck this year against NC State and whoever else you lining up against appreciate you spending time with us in the dryer help me on that. I do want to say one thing you have several players from the area of your broadcasting and right there and just really excited about them a couple freshman to Quan McMillan Chad Stevens Alex Angus yeah, those guys are representing that area very well competing very well that will play in force and and really exciting future program including signal to live thanks thanks my friend me on day right on TCU head football coach Mike used. Do me a favor very quickly checked the spread for this game ECU NC State. The opener if Mike Houston's telling to that in East Carolina's favor that whatever the spread is willing to place that that is Mike Houston's SL I had no idea that we were going to get to Ashley Larry at any point of that interview is that the World Series of dice is about the episode works him and Leon Washington Marcy son that was great though.

Gilbert credible. I believe that I really should that guy will follow and let all of our guests know you appreciate them coming on here in the dryer at ECU coach Houston on twitter Internet. What is the spread for East Carolina NC State. The spread is NC State -17 the Pirates that that's I'm going pirate testing you heard from him right now.

How often do you hear coaches publicly say cast out, that is not likely to close early closely pick off right he's tremendous we need to talk to that guy more you got Dave Chapelle. You got him encouraging us to play some action on the point spread.

But you also have them talking about what happened last year. Speaking openly about the Charlotte opening and being considered. There just a lot of very good stuff Nick your not be here by the time the games played. This is your last week as an intern on the shell or next week or last week as an intern on the show so what's the best that we can do here to figure out what the bed is between Nick and that's what we need to establish I'm down to do a bit is gotta let me know what it is on the game 17 1/2.

I'm not sure if Nick's comfortable doing that I'm not to take an intern's money, but when week one pics come around.

I could pretty much tell you right now ECU +17 and half year