WEBVTT - Mets RP Luke Weaver joins FT 0:00:04.519 --> 0:00:05.240 I'll betching us. 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:09.000 We were on FT New York, met Luke. Great to 0:00:09.000 --> 0:00:11.719 have you on, man, Congratulations, we haven't had you since 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:13.960 the deal. So first off, tell us how it all 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:15.360 went down this offseason for you. 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:20.320 Boys. Happy to be here, Thank you for this valuable 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:25.600 time on this wonderful show. It uh yeah, it's it's 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:29.880 an interesting process. I will say, I'm grateful to finally 0:00:29.920 --> 0:00:33.000 be in a position where you know you're not just 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:35.960 scrapping at the bottom and hoping to fight your way 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:39.600 into finding a team a roster, and that's a really 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:43.120 tough place to be. So this game has its ups 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:46.160 and downs, and so it was a really smooth process. 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:49.040 It was learned a lot about myself, a lot about 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:52.519 the the the ins and outs of that industry and 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:55.640 the business side on both ends. And we just landed 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:59.040 in a similar I guess city and maybe in a 0:00:59.040 --> 0:00:59.760 different location. 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:03.360 Right before we get into before we get into your 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:05.640 free agency and what happened and how you ended up 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:07.199 on the Mets, which I want to hear all about. 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:10.360 You played with Cody Bellinger last year? Is he worth 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:11.759 what they want him to be worth? 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:12.040 You? 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:13.720 You were there, you were in the you were in 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:15.520 the room with them every day for one hundred and 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:17.720 sixty two days, eight months of the year. Tell us 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:20.520 about Cody Bellinger and his worth, because there just seems 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:22.959 to be such as a difference of opinion on what 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:25.960 Cody Bellinger brings every day to a team. 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:31.520 Yeah, sure, I've I've enjoyed being on his team more 0:01:31.560 --> 0:01:35.160 than I've had facing him over my time. So great player, 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:39.480 even better, dude. You know, he's consistent, He's just the 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:42.040 same guy every day. He's a guy who won your clubhouse, 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:45.640 certainly a player you want on your team. He's got 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:49.320 unique skill set, plays the outfit really well, runs really well, 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:52.280 and he's got an interesting approach at the plate where 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:54.840 it's kind of shifts depending on where he's at in 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:58.320 the count, and he uses all the field well. So 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:01.800 I'm make sure that I get a text from him 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:04.320 telling me thank you for all that. But at the 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:08.160 end of the day, I don't know the numbers personally 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:10.160 is what he's kind of going for. I kind of 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:13.679 just see the surface level stuff. I think at the 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.239 end of the day, he's as good as somebody wants 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:18.120 to pay him, right, that's what they always say. But 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:20.640 he is a valuable player, and I think he'll be 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:23.200 a great fit. I think he's worth all the money 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:26.080 that he wants. But at the end of the day, 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:29.320 the teams will decide that if they see that fit. 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:32.959 Did you have a number going into free agency? Did 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:35.320 you have a number or years or. 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.839 Even I guess location or was it something that we'll 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:42.720 wait and see where you're at. And then if you 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:45.400 did have a number, how close did the market come 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:46.000 to your number? 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:47.840 Yeah? 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:51.200 What I'll say on that is I just wanted to 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:55.000 try to land somewhere for at least two years if possible. 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:57.360 I know it's super hard to get multi year deals 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:01.000 as a reliever, especially in the three three range, So 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:04.320 to be able to land a two year deal was 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:07.440 a huge thing for me and my family to just 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:10.040 have some of that stability, some of that time where 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:14.000 and as a player, you guys understand that you just 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:15.480 want to be able to know where you're going to 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:19.680 be each day, but really in the next year or so. 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:23.200 So having that come together was great. The number side 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:26.560 of things, not necessarily in my head. I mean, I 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:29.320 don't really know what that market even looks like. I 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:32.000 know as relievers it can be a bit off of 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:34.560 what the guy did before you, or you know, the 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:37.440 people that you're looking left and right on in the market. So, 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:41.720 you know, I'm very thankful for like a Brad Keller 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:43.800 to go out there and get a nice deal and 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:48.040 kind of open up some some availability for me in 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.760 that way. And you know the guys before him just 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:55.680 settying different different you know, levels to it and just 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:57.720 be impatient through it and to see what happens. 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:01.080 That's awesome. Brad kil we just had on last week, 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:03.880 by the way, he was super excited about going to Philly, 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:05.760 so you get to face him. You guys, you have 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:08.400 some eighth inning showdowns possibly here in the near future 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:10.520 in the NL, so you know, be careful what you 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:13.560 wish for sometimes, Luke, were you shocked all the Yankees? 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:16.640 Were you shocked? Did the Yankees make an offer or 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:18.400 did they did not make you an offer? Correct? Were 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:20.720 you kind of shocked that they didn't try at all? 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:22.719 Because you did some good things? I mean, you closed 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:24.800 when they needed a closer, right, you were their eighth 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:26.920 inning guy who needed an eighth inning guy. You've done 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:28.400 a lot of things for them. Were you a little 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:30.480 bit surprised that they didn't come to you? And say hey, look, 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:32.400 we really value what you did for us. 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.600 Yeah, they didn't have a fish off or anything of 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:42.640 that deal. Uh yeah, you know, I have forever ingrained 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:47.040 into that organization these last two years of just kind 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:51.280 of resurrecting my career, gaining momentum and just being able 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:55.000 to play on a platform that is just really high 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:58.120 and to do some really cool things and to you know, 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:01.520 from my own personal gain, just to gain that confidence 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:04.200 and that love for baseball once again and just see 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:07.520 where it takes me to the finish. Yeah, I think 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:11.719 I really really loved and value every single person in 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:16.200 that clubhouse and on the team in general, and would 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:18.599 have loved to have been able to continue to things 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:20.880 to roll. But you know, we know there's always a 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:24.000 chapter that ends, and somewhere else you got to pick up. 0:05:24.080 --> 0:05:26.440 And I got all love for those guys. I hope 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:30.200 they do extremely well and achieve all they want. You know, 0:05:30.279 --> 0:05:33.039 there's no bad blood on my end. I don't flee 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:35.000 there is. I've got a lot of great text and 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:39.200 support from them and wishing me the best, and obviously 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:41.000 they're not going to root for me when the time 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:43.640 comes near and we're in a subway series, But at 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:47.440 the end of the day, just a really really cool 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:52.279 time there and and everybody there was just so impactful 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.600 in my life. 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:57.839 Hey, make good eats at home part of your twenty 0:05:57.880 --> 0:05:59.839 twenty six New Year's resolution. 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.239 HelloFresh is what we're talking about. 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:05.560 Here, steaks, seafood, whatever options you want. They have stone 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:08.360 fruit to corn on the cops. 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Did he reach out? 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:22.520 Was there any like not recruiting or was there any 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:25.880 kind of like, hey, you know what I enjoyed or 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:29.680 didn't enjoy my time with Devin Williams. Got go into 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:31.720 that process for you and your decision. 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:38.920 Yeah, nothing to those elaborate details. It just was simple 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:42.400 like he signed pretty early, got an awesome deal for himself, 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:47.160 well earned stud picture, great dude, had a good relationship 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:49.880 with him each and every day in the trenches there. 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:54.160 I'm very grateful to be a teammate that is again 0:07:54.760 --> 0:07:57.400 to him just be it his elite self and know 0:07:57.480 --> 0:07:59.400 what that looks like, and to feed off of that 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.080 as well and help them in any way I can, 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:06.480 And you know, nothing recruiting wise, just you know, it 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:09.120 all speaks for itself. I mean, the Mets are a 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:13.520 big time organization who successful. You've seen the last couple 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:15.320 of years, and you know, being right there at the 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:17.880 World Series close to it, and then last year having 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:19.920 a lot of success and it just didn't go their way. 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:22.880 So they got all the pieces. One dear friend of 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:27.040 mine send me a nice text when I signed, and 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:29.520 we've stayed in touch off and on over the last 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:33.000 year or so. But Clay Holmes another one we've been 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:36.319 in a lot of communication with and the time we 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:39.200 spent in New York on the Yankee side. But just 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:42.559 really excited. I mean, it's they've obviously got a big 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:45.439 thing going on over there. They've got some pieces, they've 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:48.760 moved them, some things they've got to maybe continue to 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.400 work out. I'm unaware. I just show up and play, 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:54.600 but I'm very very excited to be a part of it. 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:58.560 And again, like that market in New York is unbeatable 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:01.840 in my opinion, and I just feel that intensity and 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:04.520 that the pressure just trying to rise to it and 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:05.960 try to put out some quality work. 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:09.920 Look, first of all, I thought Wan Sota lost everyone's 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:11.720 phone number when he went to the Mets remember that 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:14.480 whole thing last year, remember so well, okay, because they said, 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:16.360 remember he said, oh, I don't have anyone's phone number. 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:18.960 I got a new phone. So apparently he liked you 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:20.760 enough to give you his new phone number. I don't 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.320 know if that's true, but that's nice to hear that 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:24.840 he reached out to you. So that's good. 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:28.800 Well, well, I'll make sure I clean up and say 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:31.640 on his part, you know, I had to. I did 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:36.040 d M him on Instagram at a certain point and 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:39.560 then got his number through that, So you know, the 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:41.960 timing of it, I'm not sure when it kind of 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:45.000 a line, but I'm not definitely not here to mix 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:51.600 up timelines and to That's that later, Dave, But it 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:52.319 doesn't matter. 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:54.920 It was just more funny that, you know, because everyone said, oh, 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:57.640 he didn't talk to any of his ex teammates, so whatever, 0:09:57.679 --> 0:09:58.760 it's just funny to me. 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:00.280 That's great. 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:04.079 Dude, Do you and Devin Williams, are you gonna this 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:06.000 guy's just gonna stay in the same place you live 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:09.040 last year? Do you have to move places in New York? 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:11.640 Obviously for spring training go from Tampa to Port Saint Lucy, 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:13.640 But in New York, do you stay. I don't know 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:15.079 where you lived in New York. I'm not going to 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:16.880 ask you where you live. Well, will you just go 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:19.520 back to the same place and Devon do the same 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:21.800 thing and then just just drive maybe a little bit 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:24.560 different route, take the seven train or tuck the Long 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:27.160 Island Railroad into Queens instead of going to the Bronx. 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:29.679 Yeah, great question. 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:31.400 Well, but the better thing is will you take the 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:34.000 wrong train? Will you maybe make the wrong turn at 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:34.600 some point. 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:38.240 If you do, I'm not doing the train life. I'm 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:40.959 a Florida guy. I like to live in the woods. 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:43.920 I like peace and tranquility, and staring at a deer 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:52.319 every once in a while has its benefits and such 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:56.600 to be useful. I think Devin is more of that 0:10:56.600 --> 0:11:00.480 that speed, and I'm sure he's got some sites to 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:03.080 where he'll be if not similar. I know you had 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:05.880 a good spot there in the city. So for me, 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:08.160 I'll be driving in and like you said, it'll be 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:11.840 a different route. You know, I'm sure this time will 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:14.600 be hit with a toll or something which add up, 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:16.640 but you know it'll be okay. We'll just get back 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:17.199 to the city. 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:20.880 Did the Mets talk to you like they talked to 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:25.559 Clay Holmes about starting. Did they have a conversation and say, hey, 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:27.480 you know what, there's a chance we like we see 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:30.960 what the adjustments you've made in the pen, could we 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:35.000 see you as a starter with the New York Mets. 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:39.000 So, yeah, that was an interesting feeler I threw out 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:41.800 there at one point. H You know, I did have 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:45.640 aspirations if that was something that was on the table, 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:50.199 not necessarily something that I was like one hundred percent 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:53.959 wanting to do. Necessarily, I felt like the relieving life 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:57.800 is kind of comeing to my own on and finding 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:00.280 ways to be more efficient and to try to be 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:04.199 my best version of myself. A lot of the teams 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:06.440 that I was communicating with it was kind of the 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:10.480 first question was I guess tech checking my temperature on 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:14.800 what my goal was from a relieving or a starting standpoint. 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:17.880 And I think basically one hundred percent of them we're 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:23.839 all looking for a relieving position. So I don't think 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:25.840 I take too much offense to that. I do feel 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:27.600 like it would be a better starter than I was. 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:31.520 And that's not to say that there's a big jump there. 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:34.480 I mean I didn't necessarily kill it, but I did 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:38.120 have some moments, but I think relieving is the way 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:38.400 to go. 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:46.280 I like to do one of the reflective questions, So 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:47.520 you know, if. 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:49.560 We go back like you could be, I mean, you've 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:53.280 had some you've had some different spots, You've you've been to, right, 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:54.640 I would say, because I was trying to do the 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:57.480 look as you were talking, like maybe twenty three, I 0:12:57.480 --> 0:12:59.559 think you bounced to a few different teams, right, and 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:00.920 then end up with the Yanks. 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:03.120 And then of course you know, took off in the 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:03.839 reliever role. 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:06.960 I was even looking back to you know, twenty sixteen, 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:09.000 for example, I think you were battling for a starting 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.400 spot with like Alex Reyes, who was super talented, and 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:12.960 you just look right like he's been out of the 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:15.000 sport for years, right, And it was a guy that 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:17.760 we thought might be the best pitching prospect in baseball. 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:20.240 So my reflective question is, just like when you do 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:22.320 a look back and you sign a contract like this 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:25.720 for big money with a big market team, do you 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:28.319 think back to the whole journey just now? 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:37.560 I promised myself I wouldn't cry on this show. N Yeah, 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:40.880 I mean I absolutely do. I don't necessarily give myself 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:44.840 time to do that. I think we never really slow down. 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:46.959 I think I just speak for myself. You just kind 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:49.040 of get in the rhythms of the day. I do 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:52.959 know for a fact that during the twenty twenty fourth season, 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:56.440 you know, I had nothing to lose. It was just 0:13:56.480 --> 0:14:00.360 a complete like you know, I didn't know I was 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:02.440 in a play again. I just was at that mental 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:06.280 battle of like injuries and just is this what I 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:08.320 want to do? And then you get that spark of 0:14:08.400 --> 0:14:11.240 like I'm not a quitter, like I'll go until you 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.520 know they tell me not. So there's just several times 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:16.800 to that year where things to success just kind of 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:20.280 continue to build. The positions changed out of the pen, 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.840 and just got kind of two cooler moments, you know, 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:26.080 higher leverage, and just had a lot of reflecting moments 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:29.240 that kind of hit your question. That hit me the 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:32.600 hardest then was just like where I was, you know 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:34.880 what I went through, and you know my own journey 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:37.400 and to where I was now is just overwhelming. It 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:42.000 was just a very peaceful, humbling, grateful time to just 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:45.280 show up every day. And you know, my two biggest 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:48.000 prayers were just stay healthy and be just be a 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:50.120 good dude. Just be a good teammates show up and 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:54.280 just be consistent. And you know, I didn't really care. 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:57.440 I mean, of course I cared to be successful, but 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:01.560 I wasn't really asking to myself to like be good 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:03.800 or bad. I just wanted to be healthy, to see 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:07.840 what was possible. Like if it was like, hey, you stink, 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:10.000 you're not cut out for it anymore, Like go get 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:14.280 a different job, Like sure, I'll do it. But if 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:16.760 it works out the way you you know, envision it, 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:18.760 and your confidence is at an all time high and 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:20.840 you what you always thought you were going to be, 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:24.680 then let's ride on that as well. And you know, 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:28.800 I think I hope whoever I shocked or whatever I did, like, 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:30.560 there's no shock in my mind, right, it was just 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:32.840 a time where it just finally came. And I think 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:36.360 that's the whole the cool part about journeys, and you know, 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:38.840 especially in our game, is like you could be good 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:41.680 at thirty five, you could be good at twenty one, 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:43.280 you could be good the whole time, you could stink 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:46.680 the whole time. But I think lasting the course of 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:49.520 time and to look back and to be like the 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:51.800 percentages are pretty small each year you get to stay 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:54.920 in the big leagues is a pretty cool and just 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:55.680 humbling moment. 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:58.720 Overall, a great degree. But let's say one thing straight. 0:15:58.760 --> 0:16:00.280 You went to Florida State. There's not a lot of 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:03.880 jobs you're you're qualified for. Let's just make sure we 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:06.000 established that fact. Because you're like, oh, I could go 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:08.560 find another job. I don't know what those jobs are. 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:11.400 My wife went to Florida State. She doesn't work, so 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:12.560 you know, I don't know what. 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:15.240 We have Florida battling going on right now. We've got 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:18.160 mister UF, mister mister f s U. 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:20.440 If you want to have an alliance, I'm happy to 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:22.360 do that against them. 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:25.360 You know. I look, I'm not going to comment on 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:28.160 my wife by any means. I think that was very 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:35.800 honorable of you to do that. You know, I've looked 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:38.120 at the Mets colors. The funny thing, right, I'm looking 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:42.800 at the colors and I'm just going, okay. The great time. 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:45.240 I wasn't prepared for it. My agents didn't tell me 0:16:45.360 --> 0:16:48.440 is the team certainly didn't speak on it, and I 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:50.920 didn't have that reflecting to think that this switch was 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:55.760 going to be one of transition. I came across an 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:58.880 FSU hat and it was near like a Mets shirt, 0:16:58.920 --> 0:17:02.600 and I'm just like, oh boy, those are just different colors, 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:05.119 you know. But I certainly can stand behind it and 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:09.000 just kind of take like a a small exception for 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:12.280 my time wearing the gear, and then I'll just shower 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:15.879 and make sure that I got the right garding gold on. 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:18.240 But they do not correlate to be the same. UF. 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:20.960 It's not the Mets. 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:26.320 That's not as mess as you can get right there. 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:29.080 I'm sorry that Mets. 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:31.520 Like a knockoff helmet. It looks pretty cheap. 0:17:33.600 --> 0:17:34.320 This is not enough. 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:37.840 It's just like a it's like a retro like you 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:40.680 couldn't use their trademarks, so you decided to paint it yourself. 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:43.240 This is I mean, I have plenty of real ones. 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:45.000 I just can't get up because I'm tethered in this 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:45.960 is real. This is real. 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:48.280 This is real. This is the real one that. 0:17:49.760 --> 0:17:52.679 We are. You in Florida right now? Are you in Florida? 0:17:52.760 --> 0:17:53.679 You still live in Florida? 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:57.439 I am currently in Tallahassee, Florida. 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:01.000 Oh yeah, of course. Okay, that's that's why you have 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:03.560 the blanket. Everyone's commenting on how cozy that green blanket 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:06.320 looks behind you. The thing about it is. We're having 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:09.400 a cold front here, so make sure that you bundle 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:11.800 up with that blanket because it is freezing here. It's 0:18:11.800 --> 0:18:13.800 like sixty five craziers. 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:18.399 Oh it's it's as low as thirty five this morning, 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:20.200 we're seventy one. 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:22.720 Now, we got up to seventy one. 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:28.560 I didn't see what Yeah, you see this cold this morning. 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:30.960 I know when I was doing my quick ten miles 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:32.639 you know, CrossFit stuff. 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:34.960 Yeah, you're mad. 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:38.800 I'm really good at weight cross the weight the training 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:42.720 just expedentally, just super high here at Florida's Stay. We 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:44.639 put in the work ethic, that's for sure. 0:18:45.359 --> 0:18:47.480 How much did you give to the new football complex 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:52.439 because I've seen it. It's pretty snazzy, you know. 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:56.440 I unfortunately, I feel like they got to prove themselves 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:59.760 to get back on the high horse here because I'm 0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:01.679 not a fair Weather fan. But I know when I 0:19:01.720 --> 0:19:04.800 went to school, we won a national championship and my 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:09.760 good friend Jabu Wins was leading leading the pack then 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:12.920 and there. So my expectations are pretty high. 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:13.520 You know. 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:15.440 I know it's a process, but at the end of 0:19:15.480 --> 0:19:18.879 the day, we only have what we know, and what 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:21.600 I know is success. I've seen it, and I just 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:24.040 need to see it again, Luke. 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:29.600 National Championships the UF got when AJ went to school there, 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:31.280 like when he went to class there. 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:37.400 I don't know, is that like a primee. 0:19:37.720 --> 0:19:39.280 Some of you have to go to college, some of 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:41.399 us skip it, you know, but I've seen him. 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:42.640 What a team. 0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:46.879 Say, Oh, you didn't go to us. 0:19:46.880 --> 0:19:53.120 Actually no, he didn't even attend any classes. Count See 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:56.440 it's not even. 0:19:54.720 --> 0:20:03.480 An entire conversation and you never attended He's he goes right, yes, Okay, 0:20:03.640 --> 0:20:05.960 I'm feeling a lot better about myself. Thank you. 0:20:08.000 --> 0:20:08.800