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Speaker 1: Good afternoon, everybody.

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Speaker 2: Start off by saying, I'm honored and humbled that John

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Speaker 2: Mayer and Steve Tish you would allow me to see

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Speaker 2: this process through. You know, I'd also like to thank

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Speaker 2: Mike Kafka for the job he did uh here towards

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Speaker 2: the end of the season, obviously finished with two wins

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Speaker 2: at the end, he did a phenomenal job keeping the

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Speaker 2: finish there. You know, to our fans, you know, I understand,

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Speaker 2: you know, the wins haven't been you know, what's what

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Speaker 2: the expectation is. And you know, I'm fortunate enough to

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Speaker 2: be tasked with getting the organization and the franchise back

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Speaker 2: where it belongs. And that's the goal as we move forward.

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Speaker 2: You know, we're going to start the search for the

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Speaker 2: next head coach the New York Giants as soon as

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Speaker 1: That's what we're going to go start focusing on.

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Speaker 2: And you know, we're gonna get the right person to

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Speaker 2: lead the franchise and again get us back to what

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Speaker 2: the standard is and that's competing for championships.

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Speaker 1: On a yearly basis. That I'll open up for questions.

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Speaker 2: Extension job I'm not going to get into my personal

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Speaker 2: contract situation. You know, as you've seen today, Unfortunately, in

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Speaker 2: the nature of the business, you know, I'm not sure

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Speaker 2: how much it really matters how many years you have

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Speaker 2: on your contractor or not. But uh, I'm not going

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Speaker 2: to get into my personal situation.

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Speaker 1: There a lot.

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Speaker 3: Of players today talked about craving for leadership with that

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Speaker 4: How important is that aspect and what does that really mean?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the criteria for the next head coach, I mean,

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Speaker 2: there's there's there's several criteria that we're going to look for.

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Speaker 2: Leadership being an important element, you know in the head

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Speaker 2: coaching you know world, you know, football acumen will be important. Uh,

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Speaker 2: player development is very important. Having a plan for player development.

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Speaker 2: We have a young quarterback, you know, it's going to

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Speaker 2: be important that there's a plan in terms of Jackson's development,

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Speaker 2: holding people accountable, communication, There's a lot that goes into

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Speaker 2: the head coach that you know can fall under that

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Speaker 2: leadership element. But those are some of the characteristics that

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Speaker 2: we're going to be looking for in the next head coach.

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Speaker 5: Should watch somebody with head coaching experience.

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Speaker 2: We're going to cast a wide net and there's no

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Speaker 2: defensive guy or special teams or college or whatever. Maybe

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Speaker 2: having head coaching experience previously, we're going to try to find.

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Speaker 2: We are going to find, you know, the best leader

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Speaker 2: for the franchise, Joe.

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Speaker 6: We saw last year a couple of young rookie quarterbacks

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Speaker 6: flash but struggle overall with winning. Whether it was Drake

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Speaker 6: with New England, you saw Caleb with with Chicago teams

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Speaker 6: that had the young nucleus of talent like you guys have,

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Speaker 6: and then year two.

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Speaker 1: They got the coach and they took off.

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Speaker 6: Do you see this as a similar situation that you

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Speaker 6: get the right coach and you can have similar success

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Speaker 6: to what the Patriots have seen or the Bears have seen.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Connor, that would be the goal, that would be ideal.

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Speaker 2: That's a good question. And yeah, when you look at

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Speaker 2: those franchises that that did that, I believe New England.

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Speaker 1: Was picking four and Jacksonville may have been at five.

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Speaker 2: And what teams are in the top ten again, and

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Speaker 2: those are two really good examples. You know, Caleb Williams

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Speaker 2: they each of those franchises brought in new head coaches

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Speaker 2: and were able to turn it around rather quickly. And

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Speaker 2: you know Drake Mays and the m v P. You

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Speaker 2: that's that's certainly an opportunity that you look at those

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Speaker 5: How do you think Jackson has viewed, Like, what's your

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Speaker 5: initial impression from the outside when you're going through this process,

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Speaker 5: and how do you think it's gonna be a benefit

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Speaker 1: Absolutely?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, Joining from the people I've talked to, you know

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Speaker 2: the consensus there are a lot of potential head coaching

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Speaker 7: Dark As Ownership told you about in terms of what

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Speaker 7: John and Steve and then what kind of input they're

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Speaker 7: it's their decision or your final decision. What have you

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Speaker 2: Okay, so I've been doing a lot of research with

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Speaker 2: some of my leadership group.

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Speaker 1: Uh, not just me, but you.

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Speaker 2: Know, there's a few of us that have been doing

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Speaker 2: a lot of research. So we are gathering names, gathering

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Speaker 2: the interview process together and collectively we'll come up with

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Speaker 2: the you know who the next head coach of the

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Speaker 2: New York Giants is going to be. And ultimately it's

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Speaker 2: ownership's decision. But you know, I imagine that's going to

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Speaker 1: In the interviews.

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Speaker 2: Yes, ownership will be part of the interviews.

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Speaker 8: Yesterday, had you guys lost, you would have been had

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Speaker 8: the number one pick in the draft, and I think

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Speaker 8: we all know that means, you know, being able to

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Speaker 8: a quarterback needed team. Is there any part of you

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Speaker 8: that laments winning either of the last two games.

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Speaker 2: No, No, I always want to win when we go

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Speaker 2: that falls on me. But anytime you go out there,

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Speaker 2: you know, to go out.

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Speaker 1: There and do that was important.

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Speaker 2: And again, these we have a young group of players

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Speaker 2: hopefully carry that over into next season.

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Speaker 9: Joe, if there is anyone questioning why ownership retained you,

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Speaker 9: obviously that's a question for ownership, But from your perspective,

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Speaker 9: to lead this forward here?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Art, For me, it's you know, early on, I

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Speaker 2: you're you're you're allowed to stub your toe and try

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Speaker 2: to course correct. And over the last couple of years,

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Speaker 2: we've been able to add a franchise quarterback. You've been

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Speaker 2: him back. And there are you know, the defensive line,

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Speaker 4: Or do you have any Joe, do you have any

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Speaker 4: like Will Jackson Dartby. He's not going to be any

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Speaker 4: interviews obviously, but he's such an important part of his franchise.

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Speaker 4: Will he ever get any input.

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Speaker 1: In some of this?

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Speaker 2: At some point input he might meet somebody, but I

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Speaker 2: don't know about endpoint. You know, I love him, but

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Speaker 2: he's he's twenty two years old or in twenty three,

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Speaker 2: whatever he is, and he's got one year in the league.

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Speaker 2: So could he potentially meet a candidate, Sure, but you know,

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Speaker 2: we'll make the decision. Ultimately, your presence will impact the

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Speaker 2: a candidate who has a different preference for who they

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Speaker 2: want to be GM. Yeah, people talk about that because

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Speaker 2: it's it's that's a rare instance that happened a year ago,

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Speaker 2: not necessarily the case in every cycle. So talking to

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Speaker 2: take this job. There's actually, you know the opposite. There's

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Speaker 2: a lot of excitement for you know, the opportunity. We

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Speaker 2: have phenomenal ownership, the history of the team and some

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Speaker 8: Joe, when you were told you were being retained, what

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Speaker 8: a do ownership tell you about their expectations for twenty

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Speaker 8: what was their message to you directly?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Pat, there there was. There wasn't a directive.

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Speaker 2: It was a plan, you know, a plan in place,

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Speaker 2: and when when you're in my position, you know, if

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Speaker 1: Two, yeah, would have been better.

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Speaker 2: Of course, as a general manager, you always want to

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Speaker 2: to approach the off season. It was more so that

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Speaker 2: you know, that's how we continue to proceed.

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Speaker 3: Mike, as they can todate, he's.

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Speaker 2: Going to get an interview and he's done a good job.

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Speaker 2: He's he's been on the interview for the last you

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Speaker 2: know several weeks. Enjoyed working with Mike, you know, his leadership,

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Speaker 1: I believe we ended up thirteenth in the league in offense.

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Speaker 2: I think we're thirtieth last year, fifth against you know,

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Speaker 2: So it was impressive. You know, that's we put on

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Speaker 2: the defense too. You know, obviously made a change with

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Speaker 8: A lot of the top names rumored for head coaching

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Speaker 8: candidates are defensive coordinators, defensive minded, and then there's obviously

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Speaker 8: a perception in the NFL that you can't hire a

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Speaker 8: a top offensive coordinator.

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Speaker 1: Where do you fall on that whole debate?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, my previous stop in Buffalo, like Sean McDermott's a

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Speaker 2: hell of a defensive coach.

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Speaker 1: He's a hell of a head coach. And you know

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Speaker 1: we had you know, we drafted Josh Allen. So there's

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Speaker 2: you know, I would also say not just the head

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Speaker 5: Joe, how is how is this task to sort of

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Speaker 5: fix these giants different than the one that you stepped

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Speaker 1: How is this saying?

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Speaker 5: How is this how? How is the I guess? How

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Speaker 5: Are you do you feel like you're starting from square one?

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Speaker 2: We you know when I got here and do Daniel's

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Speaker 1: So is he gonna be healthy?

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Speaker 2: Gonna be healthy twenty twenty. You know, then going into

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Speaker 6: different viewpoint on offense and defense to how does that

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Connor, that's a lesson I learned again just through

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Speaker 1: Decisions don't work out.

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Speaker 2: So uh, due to that lesson I learned throughout this process,

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Speaker 1: Right now can do that. How will you handle let

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Speaker 4: That's going to change how you approach let this go around.

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Speaker 2: Having this runway has really helped. There's there's not a

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Speaker 2: You know, sit in my office and watch Thursday press

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Speaker 1: What worked, what didn't work.

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Speaker 2: So a lot of that stuff will help me because

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Speaker 8: How will you handle I believe most of your assistants,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we've had those conversations. I've met a couple of

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Speaker 2: Some that may be in the mix to continue with us,

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Speaker 1: You know, it may not if they have something else, Joe.

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Speaker 3: All the of all the difficult things that a GM

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Paul, that's a that's a good question. That's why

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Speaker 2: And then yeah, the head coach has a track record.

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Speaker 2: You want to know how they manage games. You can

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Speaker 1: Game management is important part of it.

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Speaker 2: You can go see how they were in front of

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we're gonna start. When I leave here, We're going

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