Ep 160 - Building Relationships with Nathaniel Hackett

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Nathaniel Hackett enters his first season with the Denver Broncos after being named the 18th head coach in franchise history on Jan. 28, 2022. A 20-year coaching veteran with 13 seasons of NFL experience, Hackett has been an offensive coordinator in eight of the last nine years at the NFL level. He most recently served as Green Bay's offensive coordinator for the past three seasons (2019-21) and also coached for the Buffalo Bills twice (2008-2009 & 2013-2014).

E-Wood joins his former Coach to discuss his aspirations for the 2022 NFL season. Also, the guy discuss their routine during a normal game week and what makes Aaron Rodgers so special. Topics include:

(4:40-9:00) - How Nate chose football over medicine

(9:00-13:00) - Relationship with Dad. Dealing with criticism in the NFL

(13:00-16:05) - NFL Coaching Youth Movement

(16:05-19:05) - Aaron Rodgers' Greatness

(19:05-21:20) - First impressions of Russell Wilson

(21:20-27:40) - Hardest Defensive Coordinator to prepare for

(27:40-30:40) - Normal game week during NFL season, morning routine

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You know, when I first got in the league and it's like you just, we're going to call this
0:07.0	play and you're going to do it because I said so. Now you have to, I mean, all the guys,
0:12.8	especially in the quarterback room, the guys that I've talked to, I mean, you have to explain why
0:17.0	and you have to be excited about why and you have to be humble enough to hear their responses.
0:21.9	You know, it's not as much as, you know, hey, just run through this wall because I told you to.
0:26.8	You know, it is about the relationship. It's about them understanding that I would never ask them
0:30.6	to do anything that I want to want to do myself. And I think those are the things that you build over
0:35.1	time.
0:38.4	Welcome to the next episode of What's Next with Eric Wood.
0:41.6	Our next guest is Nate Hackett.
0:44.2	Nate is the current head coach of the Denver Broncos and was previously the
0:47.5	offensive coordinator of the Green Bay Packers.
0:50.4	Nate is one of the brightest coaches I ever played for.
0:53.5	And his energy and passion.
0:55.3	He lives life with each day is a joy to be around.
0:58.3	We're going to have some fun learning from my good friend on this one.
1:01.5	And if you haven't already, please rate review and subscribe to the podcast wherever you tune in weekly.
1:06.5	Thanks and enjoy.
1:09.1	Nate, welcome the podcast, brother. I'm sorry, I should call you Coach Hackett now. Oh, welcome to the podcast, brother.
1:11.2	I'm sorry, I should call you Coach Hackett now.
1:13.8	Oh, heck no.
1:14.8	You know you can't do that after all we've been through, man.
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