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Speaker 1: All right, morning, seen as many cameras since we signed

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Speaker 1: t Bow. Robert and I, after you know, a series

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Speaker 1: of discussions, have mutually agreed to part ways. And UH,

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Speaker 1: for me, this is a day of you know, gratitude

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Speaker 1: and celebration.

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Speaker 2: Start with Robert and his family.

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Speaker 1: It's great, so much thanks for the opportunity to be

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Speaker 1: that coach here for twenty four years. Uh, it's an

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Speaker 1: amazing opportunity, received tremendous support.

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Speaker 2: We had a vision of you know, billing a winner.

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Speaker 1: Building a championship football team here, and UH that's exceeded,

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Speaker 1: exceeded my my wildest dreams and expectations. Uh, the amount

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Speaker 1: of success that we were able to achieve together, you know,

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Speaker 1: through a lot of hard work and you know, contributions

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Speaker 1: to so many people.

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Speaker 2: So I'm very proud of that, and.

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Speaker 1: And I always had those those great memories, will carry

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Speaker 1: with those those with me the rest of my life.

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Speaker 1: Life and of course after you know, Robert, thanks to

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Speaker 1: the assistant coaches. You know, I've had so many great

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Speaker 1: coaches here. They've made my job so much easier. It's

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Speaker 1: a long list, but you know the amount of work,

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Speaker 1: preparation and diligence that they do every one of them.

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Speaker 1: And I say, it's about the players and the coaches,

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Speaker 1: regardless of how long they were here, how many years

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Speaker 1: every year, how many years they coach, and what the

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Speaker 1: position was. You know, it was a great team effort

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Speaker 1: and everybody, you know, put everything they had into it

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Speaker 1: and and that's why we were successful. So for the coaches,

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Speaker 1: the supports staff, and it's some amazing staff here that

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Speaker 1: that supported me in every way, all the scouting and

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Speaker 1: all the football support people from equipment, training, security, video

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Speaker 1: operations and so forth, right down the lying dining room.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's all, it's all first class. It's all,

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Speaker 1: you know, extremely extremely good and you know special thanks

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Speaker 1: to Bears and Nancy. They've been here since day one

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Speaker 1: and you know, made my life a lot easier or

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Speaker 1: I've made there's.

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Speaker 2: A lot harder, however you want to look at it.

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Speaker 2: But that's you know, a big.

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Speaker 1: Shout out to them, and of course a great, great

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Speaker 1: deal thanks and appreciation of the players. Players win games

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Speaker 1: in the NFL, and I've been very, very fortunate to

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Speaker 1: coach some of the greatest players that have ever played,

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Speaker 1: some of the greatest players that have ever played for

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Speaker 1: the Patriots.

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Speaker 2: Some of them already in the Hall of Fame. Many

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Speaker 2: more are going.

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Speaker 1: But again, regardless of how long any of the players

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Speaker 1: were weren't here, what their role was, or or how

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Speaker 1: many games they played, or even if they didn't win championships.

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Speaker 1: You know, I respect the way the players coming to

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Speaker 1: work here on a daily basis, all of them I've coached,

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Speaker 1: you know, well over at thousand. But their their ability

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Speaker 1: to work, prepare, train, you know in the weight room.

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Speaker 1: You know, train their bodies, meet, rehearse over and over again.

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Speaker 1: You know what we need to do things right to

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Speaker 1: be successful, to win. Uh. It's just I have so

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Speaker 1: much respect for all the players, and certainly we've had

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Speaker 1: you know, many that have been here for a long

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Speaker 1: time and you know had great contributions and and too

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Speaker 1: many to name at this time, but you know, great

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Speaker 1: thanks to the players and.

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Speaker 2: To the media for you guys.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that anybody's gotten more coverage than uh,

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Speaker 1: than I have or we have in the playast twenty

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Speaker 2: You know, meet with you guys a lot to respect

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Speaker 2: what you do.

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Speaker 1: You know, you're a voice to the fans, and even

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Speaker 1: though we don't always see eye to eye all the time,

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Speaker 1: most of the time, but not all the time. I

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Speaker 1: do respect what you.

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Speaker 2: Do and and uh.

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Speaker 1: And finally to the fans. You know, the fans are amazing.

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Speaker 1: You know, there's so many memories of the fans, the

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Speaker 1: the send offs, the parades, the Sundays, you know, whatever

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Speaker 1: the whatever the situations are, the letters to support. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, seeing the fans you know away from here,

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Speaker 1: or you know where she bumped into them. Patriot fans

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Speaker 1: here and not just in New England, but uh, they

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Speaker 1: extend nationally and even internationally. As I've traveled, it's amazing

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Speaker 1: for all the support they've given me, uh, my family

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Speaker 1: and this football team. And uh it's with so many

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Speaker 1: fond memories and thoughts that I, you know, think about

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Speaker 1: the Patriots, and I always be a Patriot.

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Speaker 2: I look forward to coming back here, but at this time, uh,

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Speaker 2: you know, we're gonna.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna move on, and I look forward, excited for

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Speaker 1: the future, but always very very appreciative of the opportunity here,

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Speaker 1: the support here.

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Speaker 2: Uh, and you know the what Robert You've done for me.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, HM,