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Speaker 2: And saying that for the rest of the team, like

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Speaker 1: Fully expect Matthew to be out here today and participate

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Speaker 2: On what happened out here on Monday.

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Speaker 1: With I'll tell you this, you know, first time head coaching,

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Speaker 2: That day and saying that, you know, we had a conversation.

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Speaker 1: I have a great relationship with Matthew, have a great

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Speaker 2: But we're moving forward and we're trying to look up.

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Speaker 1: It was good, it was healthy, and I always encourage

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Speaker 1: Oh absolutely, Look, I mean there was that was a

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Speaker 1: Each situation is unique to itself, and so we can

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Speaker 1: And once again we fully expect every player to come

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Speaker 4: There was a report yesterday there been a contract offered,

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Speaker 1: And once again, this isn't unique to the New England

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Speaker 2: And that's the approach that we're taking.

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Speaker 2: Thanks. I thought you guys are going.

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Speaker 1: To be harder than that, except I was ready to go.

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Speaker 2: We don't know what pract