Not totally surprised, right?

I think we all knew that was a situation that could happen and, uh, delivered big time, Right heart out for us.

Certainly are gonna relish this championship.

We're gonna stop relation or not relishing celebrating.

And pretty soon?

Not quite yet, but we'll get back to work, you know, I mean, I mean, we got tremendous challenge ahead of us, but, you know, I always say that the challenges are our fuel tank is certainly full right now.

So I got a chance for some guys to expand their roles.

Maybe that wouldn't Wouldn't have had expanded roles situation.

And I think we've got some guys capable of doing that.

So, man, I look forward to the challenge.

Like I said, Let's let's go, Let's go get after.

You know, there's a disappointment not getting a chance to run it back after, Well, I mean, it's certainly disappointing.

I think you know, he's a first of all a great person.

He was unbelievably fun to coach, right?

Just like locked in and loaded and ready to go.

And like I said, it was way said that, you know, people would ask me what was like coaching him.

And I always said the best thing was I gotta stand there on the court side, watch this guy go to work.

Right?

And that was that was something I'll never forget.

Now we got to go kick.

Is that?

Yeah.

I mean, we've talked Bobby Messiah.

Not you know again.

Just what I said.

It's It's thank them for those Damn him, Danny, for their work.

And look to the future.

Try to try to do it again next year, right?

I don't know at this particular time how we do it, but it's not unlike going into a playoff series.

I love that.

Look at these teams.

And I'd say I don't know how in the hell we're gonna beat him, and then you go to work and put a plan together.

Right?

So right now I'm not 100% sure we're gonna do it other than other than we're gonna were gonna come out guard yet.

We're gonna move the ball, we're gonna play with energy, and we're gonna try to play.

A lot of people were gonna keep developing our guys and, you know, messiah.

Bobby will keep acquiring talent, and I'll coach the team that they give me.

And I will do that to the best of my ability.

Everything has transpired.

Is there anything you feel like your organization?

No.

No, I mean, I think I think, um, you know, when we first got him, you know, there was lots of a lot of questions thrown at me, like, you know, what you gonna do?

Keep right.

Way said we were gonna take great care of them, health wise, which we did an unbelievable job.

Alex McKechnie, in this staff, we managed that team way.

Said we're gonna have a good team, right?

Without success.

Way did that as well.

We knew you knew we'd give him tremendous support from our fan base.

Um, certainly.

Is that right?

That was amazing, right?

The reaction in the support that the whole country gave our team and him.

But I think you can't.

You can't blame a guy for one to go, right?

That's what he text me today going on, you know, And, uh, you know, I just said you've changed a lot of lives, man.

By what you accomplished in Toronto, my line especially.

And thank you for what he did.

Onda.

We look to the future, looked do it again, were here last year.

You were really high on G.

Always.

Really?

Yeah.

You still kind of obvious guy.

Still, I think you could continue aggression.

Yeah, Yeah.

I mean, obviously we got a try to draw a line under this season.

Just just unfortunate.

You know, I've had several conversations with him about man.

It was a tough year for you, right?

And, uh, a lot of it was out of his control, but, uh, I can't explain why happens or whatever, but you gotta deal with, deal with, Let's get Let's get into the best shape I've ever been in.

Let's work on our skills.

Let's improve our shoot.

England's our overall all skill reading the offensive situations.

But he's already a really good defender, right?

And he's gonna get a year old.

So a lot of talent.

There are a lot of talent there.

It's upto upto our coaching staff toe slot it in, give him a role leading cell in that role and then let him expand it once.

Once he starts.

No talking.

I don't again.

I don't think from my standpoint, I didn't sense.

I again state for many of us.

You guys playing somewhere else.

I gotta go back, make the most money.

You could make town really right.

So again wishing well, Best of luck until way.

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