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Speaker 1: football are important fundamentals, really stressed every day. Yeah, players

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Speaker 1: Delon does a great job turning and cheosing the ball

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Speaker 1: And what improvements do you think you guys can make

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Speaker 1: And if I can follow that up, Steve, how important

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Speaker 1: can't expect them to do what you know, Julian Ellman

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Speaker 1: we have. We've been playing with a lot of depth,

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Speaker 1: We can, not put anybody in bad position as coaches

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Speaker 1: and and try and put them in the right positions

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Speaker 1: to succeed and make plays. Thank you, and last question

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Speaker 1: it's always challenging going against them. Uh, we love those

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