i'm here with what its own head coach john thank you so much for joining me so st a massive game thanksgiving belmont rivalry know how you guys feel that going up in that game excited i mean this is it this is what the kids play for it's a great way to end the end the season it's tradition it's ninety seven years it's kids laskin it's it's fun and we're just excited to get there and you talked about this rivalry ninety seven years what makes it so special between the two teams i think the history i really do i think there are people have played in this game so it's kind of an up and down season for you you had a couple close games but how are you guys really starts trying to find your stride when a couple games including a two thousand five hundred and twenty two victory over new reporter was a playoff team what's some of the factors that led to your recent success i think has been a big thing for us you know we've we've been just banged up every week seems like there's different guys out there moving guys from this position of that's you never really grab that cohesive feel you're off of line it's just been piecemeal all year so now we've got broadcast that game just a pleasure to watch him he looks like he's finally starting to get healthy high ankle sprain really kind of sidelined him the whole year how big is him to your team we finally get him up and running you really get him you know progressing as but that he can i mean obviously is a special team really missed him you know we had to have three captains to two of them been injured most of the year you know use us been out all year with the a c l injury you know monument six or seven games there so really nice to have those guys back really emotional kind of confidence boost for us  thursday is going to be the last game that your senior class can be able to play for watertown high school how big is this team been to you personally as a coach and also to some of the underclassman it's a great group i mean every group is special in their own way  is group is accomplished a lot back to freshman year you know they were nine and two freshman group and they're big part of the sectional title last year some of these guys were playing a sophomore it's just been a great group good leadership great work ethic and yeah welcome listen some of the belmont high school here with head coach john q mean so thursday is going to be the thanksgiving game big rivalry game between you and watertown how is your team film leading up to that big moment we're just excited you know it's a really special tradition there's something kind of sacred about a near one hundred year tradition between two towns two programs that have met on turkey day morning so you know myself the boys the staff were just excited to get an opportunity to go out there and play ball and kind of be a part of that you know and get to be a part of that tradition because the towns are just so close to each other you know i mean these guys know each other they grow up together watertown belmont warren has a joint program a lot of these guys played pop warner football together and you know a lot of these guys are friends off the field you know and kind of rivals on it and so there's always a little bit more of a desire to beat the guy you know than there is to just beat somebody who happens to be from your rival towns so you know there's just a really long tradition of watertown families you know a lot of you know mixed belmont watertown families you know monster to monitor is this from the brass of football you know i was in the deed the glory you know and for us really we try to derive our sense of satisfaction from from the the rep you know in the moment within the rat you know at the end of the day football game is a football game you're going to go out there you know play forty four minutes you're to win some you're going to lose some you know but can you be proud of the repetition can you be proud of the individual raps and our guys have been just absolutely fantastic and that seen the game that way my coaches have been great see in the game that way we talk a lot about  being in a family you know sort of come out early and you know beat a top twenty team in milton and be to do you want team in framingham and start two and zero and then kind of slide a little bit to have the family able to pick each other up you know and just sales but i blinders on to get back to work we love being out here is  favorite post in the world to be is out here on the practice field so i give all my credit to my guys or my coaches for that you know they really bought into that that notion of let's just keep our blinders on and do the work and whatever will be will be you talked about family and a lot you know a big reason for being successful special high school sports has to go with that senior group you have a th significant group of seniors on this team how important are them to you as a coach and also to the underclassman who are looking up to them i can't say enough about those guys i can't say enough about the senior class you know we define leadership has been the st to serve in the last to be served that's not an easy thing to do you know a lot of guys want to be the captain they want to go out there and be the big dog but it's really not about that you know it's about do you have what it takes to put your arm around somebody who's having a tough day or having a tough practice you know do you have the resiliency and the sense of self to go out there and lead by example instead of just by leading with your voice you know we talk about coaching with with with content not volume you know because it's great to yell and scream but what are you actually saying then that's what really matters at the end of the day and these seniors and especially our captains and our four year seniors who've been in the program since the beginning st class i've had all the way through from start to finish you know is have just been there my family you know they they sustain our team they sustain our staff and they sustain me too i'm really humbled and proud to have had the opportunity to coach them basi of an entire class freshman sophomore seniors way up yeah they were  graders my st year plan for the th grade team to china you know so this staff and kind of our way is all they've ever really known belmore football and i think that's a big part to be perfectly honest i've got such great assistance you know you see about there right now that  you know that's a really big part i can stand here and have this conversation right now practice is going you know that's what these guys know you know it's live in the rapids go out there and do our job and try to have a good day a jared edwards wide receiver and quarterback number four