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Speaker 1: All right, everyone, we have Matthew Slater. Please raise your

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Speaker 1: hand if you have a question, Mike, go ahead. Thanks, Kaylee, Matthew,

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Speaker 1: how you doing. I'm doing well, Mike. How are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm doing well. I'm just enjoying this beautiful evening. Look

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Speaker 1: at those views beyond there. It's just the nice woods.

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Speaker 1: You know. We're out in the sticks like it? Yes? Yes? Um?

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Speaker 1: So what's the give me a feel for what the meeting?

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Speaker 1: You know, what's the tenor like of the guys as

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Speaker 1: windy you know, it's certainly nice to have a good

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Speaker 1: the bye week. I think it's it gives us a

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Speaker 1: then I think at the same time, we see that,

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Speaker 1: though we've been playing better and showing progress, we still

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Speaker 1: have a ways to go to get to where we

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Speaker 1: want to be, and I think our urgency when we

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Speaker 1: return needs to be high. So, you know, let's enjoy

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Speaker 1: this week, do some selves out grow some ton of

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Speaker 1: our families, and then be ready to make a push

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Speaker 1: when we get back. And just to follow up on

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Speaker 1: that method. When you get back, there's a little little

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Speaker 1: chunk of games there that come at you pretty quick.

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Speaker 1: How do you approach throwing up the tank knowing what's

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Speaker 1: ahead of you? Does that make sense? You know, like,

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Speaker 1: because there's not another break right after this, right, well,

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Speaker 1: you know what I think guys need to do with it,

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Speaker 1: what they feel like they need to do to get

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Speaker 1: themselves recovered and refreshed mind, body, and spirit whatever that

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Speaker 1: looks like. We need to be smart over this time period.

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Speaker 1: But then I think in the back of your mind,

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Speaker 1: spend some time thinking about how we can improve when

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Speaker 1: we get back, thinking about our mindset, our identity, how

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Speaker 1: and see where he gets us. Next up Chris Ryan,

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Speaker 1: followed by Bob Socie. Hey, Matthew, are you well, Chris?

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Speaker 1: How are you good? And talking to coach this morning,

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Speaker 1: you know, he seemed to think that this team had

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Speaker 1: Do you feel that you know with this group that

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Speaker 1: an enhanced level of urgency will help the consistency front? Yes,

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Speaker 1: I do, you said. Coach said said he thinks we've

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Speaker 1: been inconsistent. Is that what you said? Yes? Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean obviously I would. I wouldn't dispute him on that.

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Speaker 1: And I do think that urgency, attention to detail, things

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Speaker 1: And it's not just urgency on game day. I think

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Speaker 1: how he's grown into this role. Yeah. Well, I always

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Speaker 1: Thank you. Next up, Bob, so see and if anyone

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Speaker 1: else has questions, please raise your hand. Thanks Gail. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Hey Matthew, how are you? I'm well? How are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm great? Thanks. I want to follow up on our

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Speaker 1: You've covered some really good foot part returns. Obviously in

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Speaker 1: when gunners are bearing down, it's usually the gunner that's

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Speaker 1: The coach I mentioned that Michael Pilardi was brought in

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Speaker 1: and hopefully we can keep it going. Thanks Matth, appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. Mike Lease go ahead, all right, Yeah, we'll

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Speaker 1: wrap you up matth Dude, this was going along. Did

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Speaker 1: you get to see Steven yesterday? He was Guskowski, he

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Speaker 1: And I'll tell you that guy is an age either.

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Speaker 1: He looked great. So it was great. It's very relaxed,

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Speaker 1: And so you got all these nicknames, and I was thinking,

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Speaker 1: I just call him Nicholas. I mean Nicholas. Yeah, when

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Speaker 1: a man's kicking like that, you call him by his name, Nicholas. Steady, Eddie,

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Speaker 1: good stuff, all right, Thanks for your time as always.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Mike, Thanks guys, take care of Thanks Matthew, Thanks everyone,