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Speaker 1: been good. It's been good. Uh, you know it's kind

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Speaker 1: It's been good for us. Brand was Alwausly kind of

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Speaker 1: said yesterday when he retires, he wants to be a

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Speaker 1: hear that? Well, you know, hopefully I could be a

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Speaker 1: good example for him. You know I had great example

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Speaker 1: They were great coaches. So anytime you can help a

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Speaker 1: definitely that's exciting to hear. How how has Gary developed

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Speaker 1: He's not your typical rookie. He has a special Gil said,

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Speaker 1: when you watch him cover kicks, is like he's he's

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Speaker 1: that's unusual for rookies. You know. We hadn't seen a

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Speaker 1: the mantra that Ama was. My mom was just heavy

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Speaker 1: just really really slippering and it's hard to get your

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Speaker 1: So but yeah, he's he's developing nicely. And how he

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Speaker 1: disapoint you're not getting any touches or carries the season

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Speaker 1: you guys gotta understand. Like he knows exactly why he

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Speaker 1: And that's to me, that shows maturity, That shows uh selflessness.

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Speaker 1: I feel like we need to bring it back out here.

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Speaker 1: We kind of take Graham, you know, for granted a

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Speaker 1: and someone finally runs a pump back for a touch.

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