Coach Becht Talks UFL 1st Season Shut-Out History & DC Donnie Abraham. AlanAlfordSportsTalkShow.com

Coach Beck congratulates also on being 4-0. And you know, watching the game, it was definitely a competitive game, but it did seem like Birmingham did stay in the game for a while. As a coach, does it get difficult when you feel as if your team is not able to give that knockout blow? Yeah, well, that's our league, Alan. I mean, you know, there is a lot of parity. I mean, I like to sit here and say at 4-0, you know, we're the most dominating team top to bottom, but we haven't played our best game yet. It excites me that I can say that, but I think the good thing about it is our guys fight. They finish, they feed off of each other. If the defense has to go out there and pitch a shutout because we're not scoring as many touchdowns or we're only getting field goals, well, you know what? You gotta go do it. I mean, that's just what football is. So I think we take that responsibility on any side or any phase of the game. You know, I'm waiting for special teams to make splash plays. We're getting close there. We should have blocked the punt. We got a penalty on it. We don't want that, but man, we had two free runners, man. We gotta make that play, so that's coming. And offensively, man, like you turn on the film now and you'll find stuff that's like next level. And we also see stuff that we can control to be better at. And we just want more because, you know, we desire to be the best. We desire to be great and we desire to, you know, achieve at a level that, you know, quite frankly, we should be. So we're not there yet because it hasn't been complete. So, but we've made the plays when needed. So you're always in a game. You're, you know, it's 16 nothing, two scores away from tying the game, right? So that's what our league is, but I never really felt like we weren't in control, just the ebb and flows of that game. And that's what's important. So again, we finished the game. I love the fact that we're able to run the clock out with the ball in our hands. That's vitally important. And, you know, we came out with a huge win. Yes, coach. Mike, you're right. You know, first time in UFL history, a shutout defense was stellar. Can you talk about Donnie Abraham and his defensive coordinating? He seemed very excited about the result. Yeah, you know what? He deserved that. You know, he's not a guy that's going to attract the media. He's not a guy that's going to, you know, get the mic on him during the game and you're going to get something great out of him. But man, we all know how hard it is with the scoring and the different ways to score in our league to shut a team out. And, you know, I don't care what anybody says, like Matt Corral, very good quarterback. They got receivers everywhere. They got playmakers now. And, you know, to do that on their home field, their home opener in front of 18,000 fans, you know, there was a lot of onus on us to really step up. And I can't be more happier for Donnie. He deserves everything from it. He deserves all the praise. He deserves to have his week to shine. And, you know, we gave up how many passing yards the week before? Like, man, don't flinch. We're not chewing guys out. We're not walking on eggshells, man. Like, hey, let's make the corrections. We know we got it in us and let's be better, man. And he's just a great communicator. And, you know, it's awesome to see, man. So love to get more. Let's get back to back. First time in UFL history, that'd be great too. And then this way, we won't have to worry about anything else on our team. We'll just shut them out every week, but the expectation's higher now. So let's go, Donnie. Let's get them going. Thank you. See you.