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Speaker 1: And so we're just in that process of trying to

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Speaker 1: that wasn't quite as good. Some of its recognition, some

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Speaker 1: And you guys added a couple of new guys be

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Speaker 1: so you know it's their job. It's our job to

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Speaker 1: we can. You said it, we got today's practice, then

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Speaker 1: to speed. Always talks about how you know how hard

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Speaker 1: I think he's in general getting the ball out of

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Speaker 1: And you know, one of our jobs as an organization,

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Speaker 1: So we're trying to create a great environment for him

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Speaker 1: examples of Dania being a decisive make quick decisions. That

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