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Speaker 1: That's two.

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Speaker 3: This is you're they're calling it the Riley Ripple Leader

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Speaker 3: Fan Fan Radio Network and k f a N dot Com.

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Speaker 3: Two minutes seventeen seconds past the hour three o'clock Central

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Speaker 3: Standard Time, Welcome back Thursday edition of the Buffer to

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Speaker 3: Buffet program on a beautiful call me late February afternoon

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Speaker 3: here in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul

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Speaker 3: Guards he produces the show. My name is Dan Barrero,

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Speaker 3: formerly of the Star to be Une, once upon a

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Speaker 3: time called newspaper of the Twin Cities. Now when I

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Speaker 3: came aboard, it was the Minneapolis Star Tribune. It's now

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Speaker 3: the Minnesota Startabune. Its correct, Yes, And I can't even

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Speaker 3: remember why we made that change or why they made

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Speaker 3: that change on Minnesota.

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Speaker 2: Is that what it is? Yeah, I guess, and they

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Speaker 2: call it too.

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Speaker 4: Chipschogin's our buddy told you this the other day when

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Speaker 4: we were doing pair and a spare. Yeah, we were

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Speaker 4: talking about out state football recruiting for the Golden Gophers.

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Speaker 4: And he said, well, now at the Minnesota Star Tribune

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Speaker 4: we call out state Greater Minnesota, Greater Minnesota. And I

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Speaker 4: had the same reaction that you had right there, I said, was,

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Speaker 4: isn't that pre isn't that pressure?

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm I am old enough to remember a terrifically

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Speaker 3: popular and profitable state addition of the Star Tobute, like

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Speaker 3: the broadsheet newspaper used to get it at the cabin.

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Speaker 3: Does it even get distributed? I don't even know. That's

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Speaker 3: a question for Scoggins. Does it get descripted distributed like

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Speaker 3: in places such as Duluth or Hibbing or because it

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Speaker 3: would be all over the state, especially the Sunday edition,

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Speaker 3: Because yep, the rule was if we weren't writing on

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Speaker 3: edict was get your Sunday column in Friday so that

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Speaker 3: it could make the early the state edition. That again

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Speaker 3: was I don't remember what the circulation of it was,

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Speaker 3: but it was big.

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Speaker 2: It was a thing. I'm sure it was. I don't

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Speaker 2: think it's a thing anymore.

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Speaker 3: I'm guessing because I mean, we barely they barely print

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Speaker 3: the newspaper in the twin cities, now do they.

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Speaker 4: Now it's the Iowa Star Tribute. Yeah, I guess that's

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Speaker 4: from des Moines.

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Speaker 2: Very very true.

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Speaker 3: Davy one hundred percent true. Outstanding guests lineup today. Actually

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Speaker 3: it's one person deep right now?

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Speaker 2: Correct?

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Speaker 4: Incorrect? Who'd I forget on my list? The man that

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Speaker 4: forgot us for three weeks in Milan. Oh my god,

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Speaker 4: you're right, I did forget him. Russo Radio at five

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Speaker 4: oh two.

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Speaker 3: I got to add to my pregame tweet Russo Radio

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Speaker 3: five oh two and Billy Garran is scheduled to join

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Speaker 3: us this afternoon. Bottom this hour, I believe thirty three

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Speaker 3: thirty while back in action from the fan tonight right

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Speaker 3: we started all over against the lanch.

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Speaker 2: This is it.

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Speaker 4: My sources say that the celebration may have gotten to

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Speaker 4: garin that he's not feeling great today, so he may

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Speaker 4: not have his usual he may not have his usual bite.

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Speaker 2: I'm shocked he's still not celebrating.

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Speaker 3: He might be in terms of, you know, alcohol and

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Speaker 3: food whatever he likes both smoke him if yeah.

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Speaker 2: And cigars. Is he a cigar guy? I don't remember.

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Speaker 2: You have to ask him. I'll ask him.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: It seems like he would be Yeah. I would think

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Speaker 3: He would not deprive himself of anything he felt would

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Speaker 4: I just love when he comes to the state Fair

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Speaker 4: and he's got a beer in one hand and a

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Speaker 4: bucket of Sweet Martha's.

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Speaker 2: That's true.

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Speaker 4: I mean, that's a Minnesota is a fair vet and

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Speaker 4: Seaffert will never be able to relate to. You'll never

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Speaker 4: he's he's become almost radical about it. You know, he's

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Speaker 4: The more you push him, the more he's going in

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Speaker 4: point thirty this very afternoon.

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Speaker 3: Are they calling it the Riley ripple? As in Pat Riley,

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Speaker 3: who we.

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Speaker 4: Saluted all but gave or issued the bumper bumper seal

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Speaker 2: Was it yesterday or the day before? Honestly, I don't

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Speaker 3: I honestly don't remember. I know yesterday we led with

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Speaker 3: was two days ago. We got into saluting Ryle's view

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Speaker 3: do right, largely because I don't I don't think I

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Speaker 3: see is there a single We'll ask Russo this, We'll

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Speaker 3: ask garn this. Is there a single NHL head coach

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Speaker 3: who's in a hoodie behind the players on the bench.

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Speaker 2: I don't remember seeing that.

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Speaker 3: He would stand out if he did, because it would

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Speaker 4: And Garan is a suit guy. He believes is suit guy,

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Speaker 4: believe in the man store like Lunandi's five.

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Speaker 3: If I want to butter him up early on things

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Speaker 3: other than the winning the goal, that would be the subject.

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Speaker 2: I think it sounds like I think that would be.

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Speaker 3: It has been proven to be very much in his

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Speaker 3: in his wheelhouse, that's for sure. So we saluted Riley.

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Speaker 3: You know, the way I put it was in a

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Speaker 3: world that seems to have gone mad, we need to

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Speaker 3: start very modestly, very small, small move is the expression

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Speaker 3: I quoted from a very good motion picture called Contact.

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Speaker 3: And you hope that if you start small, you understand

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Speaker 3: that there's not that much at stake with that that

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Speaker 3: maybe it starts a revolution and it can build on

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Speaker 3: itself and we can bring back something that that sideline

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Speaker 3: presence seemed to perhaps represent, you know, a little bit

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Speaker 3: the start of a larger revolution on more important issues.

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Speaker 2: Well, we'll never know until.

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Speaker 4: We do it, but it sounds like the folks who

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Speaker 4: run the airport at Tampa Bay, Tampa.

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Speaker 2: Bay, Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay, Tampa.

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Speaker 3: Bay, Saint Pete, they seem to be responding at least.

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Speaker 3: This is what I'm gonna go with to what I

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Speaker 3: finally call the Riley Ripple. Some of you may have

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Speaker 3: seen it, maybe some of you have even talked about it,

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Speaker 3: maybe it's been a subject on the show, on any

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Speaker 3: of the shows today here at the fan. This is

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Speaker 3: from the official x account of Tampa International Airport, and

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Speaker 3: let me just say, as expected in twenty twenty six,

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Speaker 3: going to take it anymore. Here's what they write. We've

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Speaker 3: seen enough, We've had enough. It's time to ban pajamas

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Speaker 3: at Tampa International Airport. After successfully banning crocs and giving

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Speaker 3: everyone the amazing opportunity to experience the world's first crocs

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Speaker 3: free airport, it's time to take on an even larger crisis.

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Speaker 3: Pajamas at the airport in the middle of the day.

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Speaker 3: We know this decision could be disruptive to someone in

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Speaker 3: your life. It's time to have a difficult conversation with them.

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Speaker 3: You can do this. We and Phoebe believe in you,

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Speaker 3: and the stops today. The movement starts now.

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Speaker 4: Help Tampa Bay Tampa Bay International Airport become the world's

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Speaker 4: first crocs free and pajama free airport.

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Speaker 3: Do your part. Say no to pjs at tp. Hey,

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Speaker 3: that's pretty good. That's pretty good right there. Subject we

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Speaker 3: have explored from time to time, what's the line? You know,

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Speaker 3: we're in a very casual world, and there's that presumptuousness

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Speaker 3: of who are you to tell someone else going to

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Speaker 2: Are you some kind of elitist?

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Speaker 3: No, just an adult who thinks that probably we can

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Speaker 3: many of us agree that the line has been crossed.

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Speaker 3: I don't think anybody needs to be arrested. I doubt

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Speaker 3: that if you show up at TPA in jammys they

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Speaker 4: I'm guessing. But I like the point they're having fun

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Speaker 3: To be making in a more general way, because it

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Speaker 3: does seem as if well I'll give you, though, I'll

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Speaker 3: show you how the world in which we live here.

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Speaker 3: Let me give you just some of the quick reactions

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Speaker 3: VI X to that tweet. I saw one of your

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Speaker 3: employees go poop and didn't wash their hands after. Maybe

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Speaker 3: you should focus on that frustratings called I think what

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Speaker 2: Changing the subject we're familiar.

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Speaker 3: I'll dress nice again when we're not treated like cattle

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Speaker 3: at the airport and on the plane. Make air travel

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Speaker 3: less miserable before you ask people to be less comfortable.

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Speaker 3: Fix the delays first, then we'll talk about my pjs.

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Speaker 2: Many of us are frustrated.

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Speaker 4: I can't decide if people who wear pjs in public

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Speaker 4: the fullest. That's a great question. Or are you finally

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Speaker 4: living your best life. It's good philosophy. Tampa Airport ban crocs,

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Speaker 4: not pajamas. Meanwhile, my flight is four hours delayed. But sure,

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Speaker 4: let's talk about my pants. If they don't smell bad

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Speaker 4: and aren't bothering anybody?

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Speaker 3: Why do you all care? Somebody do y'all? That's technically

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Speaker 3: well end here. Why do y'all care so much? Can

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Speaker 3: speeding up TA SA lines. Instead flying from JFK to

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Speaker 2: Of pure spite. Oh pretty good.

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Speaker 3: I mean, as a joke, this is kind of funny.

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Speaker 3: But if it's real, the government telling people what they

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Speaker 3: can and can't wear while traveling, can you see say

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Speaker 3: overreach anyone. I hate airports. I'd literally rather be anywhere else,

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Speaker 3: the things that I hate about airports, people maybe wearing

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Speaker 3: pajamas are so far down on the list that they

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Speaker 3: may as well not even be listed at all. Who cares.

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Speaker 3: The good news is no one is flying to or

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Speaker 3: from Tampa. I don't think that's true. That's false my definition.

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Speaker 3: I love Tampa. Umm, I'm not going to read that one.

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Speaker 3: I will go naked if I have to. I wear

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Speaker 3: neither crocs nor pajamas to the airport, nor in public

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Speaker 3: at all. But people should be able to if they want.

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Speaker 3: No micromanaging passengers wardrobe choices. If Danny DeVito can wear

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Speaker 3: crocs on the red carpet, I can wear them at

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Speaker 3: the damn airport.

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Speaker 4: I liked how that one had the picture of de

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Speaker 4: Vito on the red carpet, just in case nobody believed it. Yes,

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Speaker 4: air travel has become an absolutely miserable experience, and people

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Speaker 4: do whatever they can to be comfortable.

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Speaker 3: Why dress up when you're treated like you know what?

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Speaker 3: Y'all need to be focusing on more important things. How

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Speaker 3: about this possibility? How about focusing on all of them?

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Speaker 3: Why can't this be one of several? Right, everybody do

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Speaker 3: a little bit. I'm going to tell you it is

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Speaker 3: my belief that if we did a bumper to bumper pole.

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Speaker 4: We haven't done the bumper to bumper pole in quite

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Speaker 4: some time. I wouldn't even know how to start one.

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Speaker 3: Though, well, I think you can do it via expert.

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Speaker 3: You can do that, but I'm not very good at

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Speaker 2: My guess is.

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Speaker 2: Is that right? Guaranteed humans for now?

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Speaker 3: Connectico Water Systems hotline. Would you prefer to talk luge

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Speaker 3: Okay, let's never stop me, as you know, but I'll

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Speaker 1: That's actually, that's funny that you brought that up, because

441
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 1: you know, the when you're at the Olympics, there's a

442
00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:51,879
Speaker 1: million security checkpoints, there's a million different levels of credentials,

443
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,359
Speaker 1: and sometimes it's just it's kind of crazy getting in

444
00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,320
Speaker 1: the out of places. And you know, like you said,

445
00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:02,080
Speaker 1: the coaching staff was set, the players are set, the

446
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:06,080
Speaker 1: equipment guy said everything in the medical what is left

447
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 1: for me to do? And originally, you know, going into it,

448
00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,800
Speaker 1: I'm like, all right, I just keep a low profile

449
00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:18,680
Speaker 1: and let everybody just do their job. And that lasted

450
00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:24,560
Speaker 1: one game. I just you know what it's it's it's

451
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,040
Speaker 1: just not me, not that I'm telling everybody what to do.

452
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:32,119
Speaker 1: I'm actually be down there supporting everybody and just being

453
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,920
Speaker 1: around for as a support system. And and that was it.

454
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:41,080
Speaker 1: I just felt much more. I felt much more connected.

455
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:43,840
Speaker 1: I wanted to quiet the noise around the team like

456
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,240
Speaker 1: the and the and not have our big management staff

457
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:51,840
Speaker 1: around it. But then I started feeling a little bit disconnected,

458
00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,760
Speaker 1: so I needed to be around more so I could

459
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,280
Speaker 1: get a better feel of what was going on.

460
00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,320
Speaker 2: Well, in the end, I think we've talked about this

461
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:00,639
Speaker 2: over the years.

462
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 3: You sort of have whatever your style is, and for

463
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,440
Speaker 3: some managers, you know, it's real hands on. For others

464
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,159
Speaker 3: it's a little bit more laid back. You've sort of

465
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,160
Speaker 3: got to be true to who you are, right what

466
00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,760
Speaker 3: comes off. What hurts is if it's phony and you

467
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,080
Speaker 3: try to be something you're not and that's really not you.

468
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:22,120
Speaker 2: It's not that easy for you to be to be disconnected, right.

469
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 1: I couldn't agree with you more. And we have talked

470
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,600
Speaker 1: about that, and I have to, Yeah, I have to

471
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 1: be me, and you know, it's just I feel like

472
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,919
Speaker 1: I'm more effective that way. But it also gives me

473
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 1: comfort and confidence in the team when I know more

474
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:45,560
Speaker 1: of what's going on. When you don't know the feel

475
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,080
Speaker 1: of things around the locker room or or on the ice,

476
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:54,320
Speaker 1: you're kind of watching, you're watching in your in your lost.

477
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,920
Speaker 1: So when I started going around more, I felt more

478
00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,919
Speaker 1: comfortable watching the games knowing what was transpiring.

479
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:07,119
Speaker 3: Congratulations on winning the gold. It was obviously a mythic

480
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,720
Speaker 3: run that will be remembered for a long long time.

481
00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:14,879
Speaker 3: It resonated hugely in this town, as you know, perhaps

482
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,000
Speaker 3: here as much or more than any place for all

483
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,720
Speaker 3: of the obvious reasons. And you know what I said

484
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:25,000
Speaker 3: before the game, the gold medal game, well, actually what

485
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,480
Speaker 3: I said after the gold medal game was what a

486
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,119
Speaker 3: lot of people have, which is that's the event everybody

487
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,199
Speaker 3: was waiting for. Often when stuff gets hyped, you know

488
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:37,680
Speaker 3: that everybody's anticipating the match itself or the game itself

489
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 3: doesn't live up. And to me, that was the great

490
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 3: success is that it was everything you could have hoped

491
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:48,160
Speaker 3: for in that regard, and even more, it actually matched

492
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,840
Speaker 3: the ridiculous level of hype going into it.

493
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:57,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, the first night I went a couple

494
00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:01,960
Speaker 1: of nights early and candidates to Doug Armstrong went as well,

495
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,760
Speaker 1: and we connected. The first night we went out and

496
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 1: had some some peers together and we were just you know,

497
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,760
Speaker 1: just chatting about stuff for a couple hours, and it

498
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:16,240
Speaker 1: was really awesome. And at the end, you know, we

499
00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 1: were just staying see you later, and we both kind

500
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,240
Speaker 1: of agreed, like, yeah, I hope, we hope we end

501
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 1: up playing each other, and that would just be so

502
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,640
Speaker 1: good for the game. And it's really kind of how

503
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 1: this whole thing story book ending either, you know, whoever wins, Yes,

504
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:36,959
Speaker 1: these two teams need to face each other again the most.

505
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 1: And it was so good for the game, terrific.

506
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 2: For the game, there's no question about that.

507
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,440
Speaker 3: I know this is probably an impossible question, But what

508
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 3: are you happiest about beyond the winning it, which I

509
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,600
Speaker 3: know is what you were in this for. What as

510
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,720
Speaker 3: you've had a couple of days maybe to reflect and

511
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:58,239
Speaker 3: perhaps get past the adrenaline and so forth, what what

512
00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 3: are you most satisfied about regarding this whole experience.

513
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 1: It is the winning. It's it's it's the way we won.

514
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:13,760
Speaker 1: It's the way our players bonded as a team and

515
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:20,000
Speaker 1: just and came together. It wasn't perfect. We got we

516
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:22,800
Speaker 1: got better every game, and we had a tough road.

517
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 1: It wasn't it wasn't easy. Our our division was harder

518
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 1: than you know, some of the other ones. We faced

519
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:37,680
Speaker 1: Sweden in the quarterfinals, which was a really tough game.

520
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 1: Then we faced Slovakia in the semifinals, but we continue

521
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,280
Speaker 1: to get better and then, you know, even against an

522
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,920
Speaker 1: unbelievably talented Canada team, you know, we we stay true

523
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:52,600
Speaker 1: to ourselves. We didn't break and and the team aspect,

524
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:55,280
Speaker 1: I really believe got us over the hump. You know,

525
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 1: we had some incredible that some incredible staves by hellibuckt.

526
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,600
Speaker 3: Yes, which which is legal in hockey. Is We've talked

527
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:03,840
Speaker 3: about with a lot of people. You know, it's an

528
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 3: interesting thing because we get in that whole subject of

529
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 3: out playing the other team, and a lot of people

530
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 3: came out of that game we well, Canada outplayed the US.

531
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 3: And one of the things I said, well in terms

532
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 3: of the play on the ice, and you can argue

533
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,440
Speaker 3: there were stretches where I would say that's probably true.

534
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:24,080
Speaker 3: But if you factor in that a goaltender is part

535
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 3: of the team, then what a goaltender does to tip

536
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:31,960
Speaker 3: that balance has to be That's because I mean, it's

537
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,200
Speaker 3: as old as hockey, right. That's the part that surprises me,

538
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,320
Speaker 3: given what an important position is.

539
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:37,280
Speaker 2: But people tend to.

540
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,560
Speaker 3: Separate that like, well, the goalie saved them, what do

541
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:44,800
Speaker 3: you say to all that conversation, yeah.

542
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:49,400
Speaker 1: Maybe he did, doesn't matter. We won, right, we won.

543
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 2: We had Wes Walls on, Oh go ahead, I'm.

544
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 1: Sorry, No, I said, I get it too, but I

545
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,760
Speaker 1: think that's you know what I would. I would do

546
00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 1: it too. That people trying to find some comfort in,

547
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 1: you know, in a loss.

548
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 2: Yes, and that's it.

549
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: You know, something to look forward to. I think it's natural.

550
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,600
Speaker 1: But in the end, you know what, and look at

551
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 1: they have a great team, they have great talent, so

552
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 1: do we. There there's a couple of things you need.

553
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 1: You need help, you need luck, and you need to

554
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 1: be good. We had all three that day.

555
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,040
Speaker 3: I'll throw another idea or theory into the mix. We

556
00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 3: had west Walls on a couple of days ago. And

557
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,800
Speaker 3: by the way, he admitted that he knew his own

558
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 3: parents were going to take the results so hard that

559
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,560
Speaker 3: he waited a full day.

560
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 2: To call them to talk about it.

561
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:49,000
Speaker 3: And I'm sure you know that that that part doesn't

562
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 3: surprise you. Although on the other hand, I should also

563
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 3: mention that Louis called his brother almost immediately, pretended to

564
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 3: not know who won, and said, hey, i'm driving. You know,

565
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 3: I had an air and I had to run on driving.

566
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 3: Do you know who won the game? So that's the

567
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 3: other side of it.

568
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 4: Literally was a little less magnanimous than Wes Walls was

569
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 4: with his parents.

570
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:14,400
Speaker 2: But here's shocking, very shocking.

571
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 3: The theory West had was in the he believes in

572
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 3: the overtime, he said, I got to tell you Canada,

573
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,480
Speaker 3: I don't think Canada played smart. I think the US

574
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 3: played a lot smarter. He thought Canada was too impatient,

575
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 3: including some of their stars like Connor McDavid. And I

576
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:34,680
Speaker 3: thought it was an interesting observation because, let's face it,

577
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 3: you know, intelligence or in terms of making the right

578
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 3: decisions at a key times, that's part of how we

579
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 3: evaluate one team beating another as well.

580
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:43,160
Speaker 2: Correct.

581
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you know what, West is one of the

582
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 1: smartest hockey guys I know. And it's kind of funny

583
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 1: because somebody I was in a meeting this morning and

584
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 1: somebody from my staff said the same thing, and I didn't.

585
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,960
Speaker 1: I didn't take it as that just because the guy

586
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 1: that they have out on the ice. I mean, they

587
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 1: can go they go through three guys all the time,

588
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,000
Speaker 1: and why not when you're that good. But I guess

589
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 1: if you look back and you analyze it, yeah, maybe,

590
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 1: but they still have pretty damn good spring chances and

591
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:20,440
Speaker 1: when you're yeah, look, we played a team game the

592
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,960
Speaker 1: whole way through, and I think those are the things

593
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 1: that that, you know, we were looking for all along.

594
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 1: The chemistry, the camaraderie, the willingness to play as a team,

595
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:35,919
Speaker 1: the the you know, the the acceptance of roles, all

596
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 1: those things that I you know, even the guys staying

597
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:43,960
Speaker 1: in the village together, you know, just the humility they

598
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 1: showed and the just the willingness to be a team.

599
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,120
Speaker 1: I really think that that that that helped us get

600
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 1: over the hump.

601
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:52,400
Speaker 2: You think that is part of it?

602
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:58,880
Speaker 4: I do you know we talked about this before you left,

603
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,319
Speaker 4: that there are all this happens every time there's a

604
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 4: selection process, right, not just with you in charge.

605
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 2: It doesn't even matter.

606
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 3: To sport, where subjective decisions are made. There's always going

607
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,680
Speaker 3: to be people who said, now, man, this you can't

608
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 3: you can't leave this guy out. You're leaving You've got

609
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:19,920
Speaker 3: to have more talent, whatever the case may be. Do

610
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:28,440
Speaker 3: you feel vindicated, validated, whatever? Because what I said Sunday,

611
00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 3: you know, because we're watching it in real time and

612
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:36,319
Speaker 3: during the show, and I said here's the thing. They're

613
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,759
Speaker 3: now in overtime in the gold medal game. But I

614
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 3: guarantee you that if the US doesn't score and doesn't win,

615
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:47,840
Speaker 3: obviously score the next goal. Garan will hear the neverna

616
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,400
Speaker 3: firepower in the end. You know, that's a couple of

617
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:53,439
Speaker 3: those blue collar guys that he had to have. That's

618
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,719
Speaker 3: what what what? What turned this thing.

619
00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:57,759
Speaker 4: It's sad that it would even be at that point

620
00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,640
Speaker 4: in Gold medal, but you know as well as I do,

621
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 4: that that was going to be the case.

622
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 1: Correct, Yeah, yeah, I mean, like if you make it

623
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 1: to that game, and you make it to overtime, like

624
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,160
Speaker 1: I mean, honestly, if you're gonna I don't know. I

625
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 1: did feel like if if Doug Armstrong is taking criticism

626
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,319
Speaker 1: right now, m h, which I I don't know, but

627
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:29,080
Speaker 1: like that's just I don't know, that's that's a bit much.

628
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:33,520
Speaker 1: You get one goal away, Like, like, did anybody I

629
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 1: don't know if anybody criticized me after the Four Nations,

630
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 1: but I didn't. I didn't feel it. I didn't feel

631
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 1: like I should have really not that I was not

632
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:44,359
Speaker 1: that I did everything perfect, but we were one shot away. Yeah, well,

633
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:47,279
Speaker 1: Nada was one shot away built a great team. They

634
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 1: built How do you how do you? How do you nitpick?

635
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,879
Speaker 1: When it's one shot like it, We're both there, we're

636
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 1: neck and neck.

637
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:59,320
Speaker 3: The key stat for me, which I'm sure you know well,

638
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 3: is eighteen for eighteen you were perfect. Your team was

639
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:09,800
Speaker 3: perfect on the penalty kill, and that's where.

640
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,440
Speaker 1: You can makes in the four nations too.

641
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:13,680
Speaker 2: Okay, I guess I didn't realize that.

642
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 3: So that's a number I look at and people have

643
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:21,480
Speaker 3: looked at and said, all right, that's where it looked.

644
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 3: It may speak to your own philosophy on team building,

645
00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:31,120
Speaker 3: which has I think always been I am not putting

646
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:34,399
Speaker 3: together an all star team. I'm obviously putting together I'm

647
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:37,400
Speaker 3: not stupid. I'm gonna put the bring talented players, but

648
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 3: I'm not putting together an all star team of literally

649
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:43,799
Speaker 3: what might be viewed by a lot of people as

650
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:47,759
Speaker 3: the best players. I want a team with players who

651
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:51,880
Speaker 3: can do different things for me, presumably including kill the

652
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 3: you know, be effective on on penalty kill, and that

653
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 3: that's sort of.

654
00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:01,200
Speaker 2: Where you win. Where that is exactly what played out.

655
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 3: And I'm wondering on the front end, is that your

656
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:06,280
Speaker 3: vision all along?

657
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,799
Speaker 2: Did it evolve, did it evolve into.

658
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,360
Speaker 3: Your vision or as you look back on that whole process,

659
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,040
Speaker 3: how does it feed into the ultimate outcome.

660
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:20,160
Speaker 1: I mean obviously, like I don't have a crystal ball,

661
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:22,239
Speaker 1: like I didn't know what was going to play out,

662
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 1: just like that. But I mean, all through the tournament,

663
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:30,880
Speaker 1: we needed we needed penalty killers, we needed based off guys,

664
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: We needed all sorts of you know, you know, all

665
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 1: sorts of different ingredients, you know, And Loula Morello has

666
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: has the way of saying it. He's like a team's

667
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:47,240
Speaker 1: like an orchestra. You know, the trump just playing the trumpet.

668
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 1: Tuba guy plays a tuba, you know, the barratle plays

669
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,960
Speaker 1: the parents or whatever. Like you just everybody play their

670
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 1: instrument and things will sound great. But as certain guys

671
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:04,040
Speaker 1: started to play other instruments, it goes, it goes crazy

672
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:07,239
Speaker 1: and it sounds like crap. That's what we had. We

673
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 1: had guys that could play their position, their role to

674
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 1: a t and excel at it, their elite at it.

675
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: And you know, I know there are other guys scoring

676
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 1: goals out there and and this and that, but man,

677
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,120
Speaker 1: we had some guys step up and just play some

678
00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 1: damn good hockey on that penalty kill. It was incredible.

679
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:37,319
Speaker 1: That's that's their wheelhouse, that's that's their you know, that's

680
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:42,279
Speaker 1: their hat trick, you know. So I was I was

681
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:45,400
Speaker 1: really proud of that aspect and and John Hines, you know,

682
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 1: tremendous job with it, and you know it was it

683
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:50,080
Speaker 1: was great.

684
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:55,279
Speaker 3: So before you make the trade for Quinn, obviously you

685
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 3: know him well and you've done all your homework and

686
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 3: your due diligence. So I don't know, maybe there's nothing

687
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:03,239
Speaker 3: left to learn about a guy once you acquire him,

688
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 3: given how well you knew him and what he's capable of.

689
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 3: But I'm wondering now in the wake of the gold

690
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:14,520
Speaker 3: medal run, if you learned anything new or appreciate anything

691
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 3: beyond what you already appreciated about what his value in

692
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,320
Speaker 3: ways that maybe the average hockey fan or the casual

693
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 3: hockey fan might not be able to understand.

694
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:30,160
Speaker 1: He's better than I thought, He's even better than I

695
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:38,960
Speaker 1: thought I and the this is the elite of the elite.

696
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 1: And when those guys are looking to give him the

697
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 1: puck all the time, I mean, you know, you got something.

698
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:50,840
Speaker 1: And he is so good, he is so good, He

699
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 1: was such a key component, and yeah, we're lucky to

700
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Speaker 1: have him.

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Speaker 2: Did you get an extension and done over there as well?

702
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:06,760
Speaker 1: Uh? Yeah, not really. I didn't have time.

703
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 3: Are there any I don't expect you to tell us

704
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:13,400
Speaker 3: about any trades that you're going to do that you

705
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,040
Speaker 3: might have consummated. But is it possible there are a

706
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:17,600
Speaker 3: lot of people over there in the hockey from the

707
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:20,759
Speaker 3: hockey community. Is it possible you did find time to

708
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,479
Speaker 3: perhaps do a little due diligence on that and learn

709
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 3: something that might make it more likely that a big

710
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:31,240
Speaker 3: trade will be announced before the deadline in early March.

711
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 1: Not really. I mean, like with our group, like we

712
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 1: kind of like you know, we would have like informal conversations,

713
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:41,840
Speaker 1: but like kind of more in a group and stuff.

714
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:43,960
Speaker 1: We didn't really get into it. We were so focused

715
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:47,880
Speaker 1: on what was going on that it's just you know,

716
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:52,080
Speaker 1: you kind of hot stole it some nights. But no,

717
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:56,200
Speaker 1: it was really just focused on on the Olympics and

718
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,239
Speaker 1: and and what was going on there.

719
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:01,719
Speaker 4: When were you the most it turns a gold medal game,

720
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,360
Speaker 4: When were you the most nervous.

721
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 1: The whole time? No? You know what, so I said

722
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 1: it before, like I've got this urror ring and and

723
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 1: it measures your stress. I don't really stress all that

724
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 1: much during games, like yeah, yeah, but I actually this

725
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:28,040
Speaker 1: morning I looked at my horror ring for that day

726
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:32,040
Speaker 1: in the stress and the entire day is in the

727
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:36,800
Speaker 1: stress category. It is like it is through the roof,

728
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:41,920
Speaker 1: and especially going into overtime, like I was just like,

729
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:46,040
Speaker 1: are you kidding, Like there are some I thought my

730
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:48,359
Speaker 1: heart was going to come out of my chest like

731
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:54,439
Speaker 1: its just it was. It was. It was brutal and

732
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:58,360
Speaker 1: beautiful at the same time, because you know, stress like

733
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:02,799
Speaker 1: that and pressure like that is there, and when you're

734
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 1: doing stuff like that, I think it means that you're

735
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Speaker 1: doing something worthwhile.

736
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Speaker 3: Well, shortly after the game, I actually had Louison twice.

737
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:13,799
Speaker 3: I had him on at the end of regulation and

738
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,000
Speaker 3: then I had him on after you won. And one

739
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:17,640
Speaker 3: of the things we talked about that I thought was

740
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 3: really interesting was what you're talking about now, the stress,

741
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 3: because he and I both noted the reaction shots of

742
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:29,399
Speaker 3: the Canada players, several of them from the bench, and

743
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,399
Speaker 3: I translated the look on their faces the same way

744
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:37,920
Speaker 3: he did, which was We're gonna be haunted by this forever.

745
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,400
Speaker 2: I mean, this is how is this? How did this happen?

746
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,800
Speaker 3: Even though, as you say, somebody's got to win, somebody's

747
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:46,200
Speaker 3: got to lose, And Louis said, that's the trauma of it,

748
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:48,879
Speaker 3: but he said, that's also the beauty of it. It's

749
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:52,360
Speaker 3: why people care to the degree that they do this,

750
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 3: feeling that so much is at stake, that's what raises

751
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 3: it to that place.

752
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:04,520
Speaker 1: Yes, it's because it's because you care and you you

753
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:07,960
Speaker 1: you put a lot into it because you care, and

754
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:11,480
Speaker 1: it's important and it means something to you deep down inside.

755
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 1: And when it and when it doesn't happen, yes, it

756
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:18,600
Speaker 1: is heartbreaking and it will haunt you. I've been through it.

757
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:22,080
Speaker 1: You know. This is the hard thing about the silver medal.

758
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:26,600
Speaker 1: You know, in other competitions like skiing or uh, you know,

759
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:30,040
Speaker 1: you're you're you're competing really against block or time. You know,

760
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:35,680
Speaker 1: you don't lose your your game. In hockey, you actually

761
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:40,680
Speaker 1: lose that game and get a silver medal, which is

762
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:45,279
Speaker 1: a great accomplishment in the Olympics. But it feels like

763
00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 1: you just got kicked in the you know, wats and

764
00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:52,640
Speaker 1: it takes you know, I have my silver medal proudly

765
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:56,920
Speaker 1: displayed in my my home office, and it takes a

766
00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:00,359
Speaker 1: little time to get over that and realize to think,

767
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:04,279
Speaker 1: hey man, this is this is pretty special, Like not

768
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:07,000
Speaker 1: too many people have one of these, and but it's

769
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:10,080
Speaker 1: just it's it's it's really tough.

770
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 3: So how many nights have you been back here sleeping

771
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:13,239
Speaker 3: in your own bed?

772
00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:16,879
Speaker 1: Two? Tell me one?

773
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:18,640
Speaker 2: Oh that's right? What am I thinking? You're with the team?

774
00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:20,719
Speaker 1: I should know? Yeah, correct, Yeah, I got home at

775
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 1: uh we had a big delay in our connection in

776
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:25,600
Speaker 1: New York, so I think get home till two thirty

777
00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:29,479
Speaker 1: and then uh, then I was on the team charter too.

778
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:35,839
Speaker 3: So is the high from this literally you know, when

779
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:39,359
Speaker 3: you ever you wake up, whatever bed you're in, hotel, bed, home,

780
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:43,520
Speaker 3: whatever the case may be, is it literally the first

781
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:46,960
Speaker 3: thing you're thinking about again, and that feeling of satisfaction

782
00:45:47,719 --> 00:45:51,799
Speaker 3: of taking on, you know, a huge sports responsibility and

783
00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:55,080
Speaker 3: literally having it go about as well as it can.

784
00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:55,440
Speaker 1: Is that?

785
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:57,719
Speaker 3: Is that what you're is that what you're waking up

786
00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 3: with right now? Is that the afterglow that you that

787
00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:03,480
Speaker 3: you have right now every night or every morning when

788
00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:04,160
Speaker 3: you wake up.

789
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:09,640
Speaker 1: Not really like I honestly I think I'm still I'm

790
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:13,319
Speaker 1: still getting it together. Like it was such a whirlwind.

791
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:17,880
Speaker 1: Then to travel back and then jumping right on the

792
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 1: team charter and like it's it's been go, go, go,

793
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:27,759
Speaker 1: go go. I haven't really had time to really sit

794
00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:35,279
Speaker 1: and process what we just did. And you know, I'm

795
00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 1: I'm gonna need to take some time just because it's

796
00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:42,239
Speaker 1: so special, and I just I it hasn't really hit

797
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 1: me yet.

798
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:44,600
Speaker 2: It's just interesting.

799
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:47,080
Speaker 1: Still thinking it. It still seems like a dream.

800
00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:48,279
Speaker 2: Who are you happiest for?

801
00:46:52,560 --> 00:47:02,360
Speaker 1: Uh? I'm happy for the players. I'm the happiest for

802
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:05,480
Speaker 1: the players. You know what. They're the ones that go

803
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:07,399
Speaker 1: out there and do it. They're the ones that take

804
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:12,399
Speaker 1: a lot of grief. They're the ones that you know, ah,

805
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:16,360
Speaker 1: execute the game. Like I'm just this is this is

806
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,920
Speaker 1: a group of guys that have been, you know, touted

807
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:22,000
Speaker 1: as the best, but haven't really been able to get

808
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:26,160
Speaker 1: over that hump. But they finally did it, And I

809
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: think I'm just the happiest for the players.

810
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 2: Do you have since we have you now?

811
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:32,320
Speaker 3: And then I do want to get maybe one or

812
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:36,759
Speaker 3: two quick questions on the season resuming. Do you have

813
00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:40,439
Speaker 3: your reaction to the blowback the players did receive after

814
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:45,600
Speaker 3: the stupid joke by the President about having to invite

815
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:48,719
Speaker 3: the but I have to invite the otherwise I'm gonna

816
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:51,360
Speaker 3: be impeached if I don't invite the women. The blowback

817
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:54,120
Speaker 3: they received to their reaction, what's your thought on the.

818
00:47:55,520 --> 00:47:59,799
Speaker 1: Listen, everybody wants to politicize everything in this day and

819
00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:02,520
Speaker 1: a and I'm not going to do that. Like, this

820
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:07,279
Speaker 1: was an accomplishment by two teams, the men's team and

821
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:11,359
Speaker 1: the women's team that were incredible and both support each other.

822
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,200
Speaker 1: We're all in it together. We're all Americans, We're all

823
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:18,680
Speaker 1: American hockey player, it doesn't matter if you're male, female,

824
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:20,759
Speaker 1: or whatever. And we actually have another chance to do

825
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:24,319
Speaker 1: it with the Paralympic team. They're they're unbelievable. So we

826
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:27,640
Speaker 1: have a chance to do something really special here. But

827
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:31,759
Speaker 1: to me, I'm not gonna let those things get in

828
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 1: the way of what these players accomplish and what they're

829
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:40,319
Speaker 1: doing for this game in our country. And and we

830
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:44,680
Speaker 1: just we just want two gold medals. That's what that's

831
00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:48,479
Speaker 1: what we're celebrating. And I'm just so proud of both

832
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:51,799
Speaker 1: teams and just we're not gonna we don't want it

833
00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:53,480
Speaker 1: to be politicized in any way do.

834
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:56,880
Speaker 3: You feel like because the comeback you're gonna get and

835
00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:59,680
Speaker 3: you probably already received. You probabalydy know this is well,

836
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:05,200
Speaker 3: if you invite Patel into the locker room in a

837
00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:08,160
Speaker 3: fifty to fifty countries, so to speak, politically, that that

838
00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:10,319
Speaker 3: is an act of politicizing the thing.

839
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:14,279
Speaker 2: What do you say, Yeah, it's just not to me.

840
00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:19,520
Speaker 1: There's nothing about the Olympics it's political. It's just it's sports.

841
00:49:20,080 --> 00:49:21,920
Speaker 1: And that's what we were there to do. We were

842
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:25,879
Speaker 1: there to play hockey. We were there to accomplish a

843
00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:28,759
Speaker 1: common goal, and that's what we did. That's what the

844
00:49:28,840 --> 00:49:33,040
Speaker 1: focus is on the players and the games and winning

845
00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:34,640
Speaker 1: gold medals, and that's what we did.

846
00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:43,040
Speaker 3: Your team right into the fire, right, Colorado tonight? So

847
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:46,279
Speaker 3: is it like you said, you're still getting used to

848
00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:49,720
Speaker 3: being back here. You're probably still having time zone issues

849
00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:52,600
Speaker 3: a whole bit. No rest for the weary, right, you

850
00:49:52,719 --> 00:49:57,040
Speaker 3: got to jump back into this thing and remember that

851
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:57,600
Speaker 3: that you're.

852
00:49:57,520 --> 00:49:59,800
Speaker 2: You know, you're you're too pronged guarantee.

853
00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:03,040
Speaker 3: Is I recall it was winning the gold in the

854
00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:06,600
Speaker 3: Olympics and the wild winning the Stanley Cup, right, so

855
00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:08,719
Speaker 3: you got to pay off on the second guarantee too,

856
00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:09,160
Speaker 3: don't you.

857
00:50:12,719 --> 00:50:16,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean right, we have work to do. You know.

858
00:50:17,239 --> 00:50:21,200
Speaker 1: It's like you said, no, no, no rest for the weary,

859
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:24,640
Speaker 1: But hey, look, this is this is my day job

860
00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:28,279
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, we've we've got something else that

861
00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:30,000
Speaker 1: we want to accomplish and we want to make our

862
00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:33,800
Speaker 1: team better if we can, and uh, you know, it's

863
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:39,879
Speaker 1: just uh you know, it's it is what it is.

864
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:44,759
Speaker 3: Would you classify? Would you classify this? Talking about a

865
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:49,759
Speaker 3: gold medal? Is this Bill Garren's crowning achievement easily at

866
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:53,120
Speaker 3: the top of the list of his career, of your

867
00:50:53,239 --> 00:50:54,960
Speaker 3: career as an executive?

868
00:50:56,200 --> 00:51:01,680
Speaker 1: Oh? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, this is this has

869
00:51:01,719 --> 00:51:04,640
Speaker 1: been it. I mean, you know what you know. I

870
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:07,040
Speaker 1: know I've been a part of two other Stanley cums

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Speaker 1: as the manager, but I was not the general manager.

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Speaker 1: I was an assistant chem not to take anything away

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Speaker 1: from that, but when you're the when you're the guy

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Speaker 1: in charge and it's a gold medal, then yeah, this

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Speaker 1: is I mean, my god, this is one of the

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Speaker 1: biggest thrills of my life. This is and this is

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Speaker 1: I've been at this for two years specifically like this,

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Speaker 1: but as a whole I've been after this since I

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Speaker 1: was nine years old. This is not this is not

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Speaker 1: just like this recent thing. I've been after this my

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Speaker 1: whole life since nineteen eighty.

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Speaker 3: As we talked about that, yeah, you you, you reminded

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Speaker 3: us of that very of that, that very fact. Congratulations again,

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Speaker 3: thanks for the extended time. Hope you can get some

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Speaker 3: sleep and get the cold gone and we'll be in

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Speaker 3: touch soon. And thanks Bill, Thanks buddy, appreciate you.

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Speaker 2: Bill.

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Speaker 3: Garren Wild general manager, helped this out. We'll make this

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Speaker 3: the top of the hour pause a little bit later

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Speaker 3: than usual. We've got Russo Radio in less than an hour.

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Speaker 3: Doctor Dan's inbox at five