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#UNC's Kaleb Cost and Christo Kelly ahead of UNC's opener against TCU in Dublin
Aug 27, 2026
#UNC's Kaleb Cost and Christo Kelly ahead of UNC's opener against TCU in Dublin
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up to us to stay stay committed to that
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process.
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>> Yeah. I mean, same same with them,
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right? You know, you get, you know, you
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get used to it, right? You know, we're
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about to go out there and practice and
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um you know, we're just going to, you
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know, we're looking forward to putting
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together a good practice, but you know,
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you kind of put everything in the back
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burner and, you know, all of our focus
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is towards just practice.
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>> Um, can you both talk about what you're
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looking forward to about getting to have
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international fans here and also just
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being in a new city, obviously your
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first time abroad. What are you looking
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forward to doing?
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I mean, for me, I I don't really know.
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Like, I'm just excited just to see the
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atmosphere uh atmosphere of the fans,
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atmosphere of the just the just the
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culture and all. Um I feel like it's
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really exciting um just for all the
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players in general. So, yeah.
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>> Yeah. And then obviously, you know, a
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little bit unique, you know, versus kind
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of American uh you know, game in, you
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know, America where there's all this,
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you know, tailgating versus, you know,
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here it's a little bit different. A lot
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of people walk into the game. So, you
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know, I know all of our friends and
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family are, you know, looking forward to
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it. But for us, you know, all of our
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focus is on, uh, you know, is on this
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game and, um, you know, what we can do
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to best prepare ourselves for TCU.
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>> Welcome, Caleb. Chris, welcome back. Um,
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you mentioned Adam Gibbs there. A lot of
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Irish people want to see him on the
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field this weekend. You guys probably
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don't, though. It's probably not a good
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situation. He's out there punting. Do
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you want him to get his opportunity?
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>> Uh, yeah. I mean, you know, the less
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times we punt the better. So, you know,
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pre hoping to keep him, you know, keep
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him off. But, um, no, but he's, you
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know, unbelievable, unbelievable guy.
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The the work that he puts in, the work
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ethic, he's always one of the last guys
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to leave the facility. Um, you know,
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what, you know, what he's been able to
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do. You know, obviously, as I kind of
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said, you know, being able to kind of,
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you know, see his journey, see where he
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came from. It's um, you know, again,
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everyone on the team has a, you know,
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greater sense of appreciation for, you
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know, for Adam, for his journey. And um
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you know it's pretty cool to be able to
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get to you know be here for him and um
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you know see what um you know see what
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you know Saturday has in store but you
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know we're all fired up.
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>> Hey Jen,
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>> real harding question for both you guys.
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How much sleep did you get playing last
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night?
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>> About u about 5 hours.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Yeah. A good amount of sleep. I'll say
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about uh I was up for the four first 45
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minutes and then I was out clean.
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>> Pretty good.
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>> Yes sir. Uh yeah, I mean I don't know
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about five hours but you definitely got
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definitely got a little bit but uh you
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know had uh had two coffees so you know
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I'm uh I'm fired up hydrated as well. We
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all did a hydration testing so we're all
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>> you guys are is that a little bit
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shallow like for you especially you only
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a few hours sleep or can you quickly
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adapt?
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>> No, you just you know you just put it
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behind you. You're ready to go. You know
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a lot of it's you know just kind of
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mentally you just got to you know we're
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going to be all right and
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>> yeah it's all mental at the end of the
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day. Like it don't matter if it's two
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hours or sleep at eight hours sleep. We
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still got to get the job done.
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>> Five hours. Great.
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>> Yeah, it was great. Absolutely.
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>> Let's go to the second row here.
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>> Yeah, Christo, you have an obviously
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second name, Kelly. We've heard that you
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have a bit of an Irish dancing
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background as well. Have you been
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teaching any of your moves to the to the
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wide receivers, the running backs, even
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the corner backs as well?
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>> Yeah, maybe. You know, maybe maybe a
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little bit. Maybe a little bit.
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>> Has been helping you out with that.
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>> Exactly. You know, I understand was uh u
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you always a little bit younger, but you
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obviously pretty cool pretty cool full
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full circle moment and you obviously you
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know when your ancestors come from uh
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you know come from this place greater
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sense of appreciation for you know kind
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of where you are and you know those that
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kind of came before you.
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>> Yeah. Obviously with the excitement
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starting with the team last year could
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have been seen as disappointment. Like
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is this team that you guys have this
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year different and how
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>> um it's definitely different. I just
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feel like uh we're more player le. Um
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first of all, defensively, I'm going
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speak on the defensive side. Uh we just
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want to take away the explosives from
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last year from to this year. Uh that's
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the biggest thing for us and just we're
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just more com committed to the process
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this year and I feel like we're closer
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as a team as well. So I feel like that's
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a big big big jump.
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>> Do you also feel like you have yourself
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like to all these people?
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>> Absolutely. Absolutely. myself, Christo,
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uh many other guys um that haven't been
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selected as captains uh lead as well. I
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feel like they've been a big part of
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this this this team in this process. So,
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>> all right, Caleb, you had a pick during
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this game last season, so you have some
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experience with that. What's one or two
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DBs that you kind of have seen emerge
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through camp and expect to have like a
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big role in this game?
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>> Uh I'll definitely say Trey Miller. uh
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wearing number six this year. Went
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number 15 last year. Haven't played too
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much, but he's made some big jumps in in
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his career. And I'll say also Jaden
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Patterson, the other corner. Um that
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guy's amazing. Great guy. So is Trey. Uh
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they kept their head down all through
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winter workouts and things like that. So
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um I'm just excited to see those boys
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get after.
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Uh Crystal, you've played a position
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that maybe more so than most on the
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field, uh footwork and surface are extra
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important. I'm not suggesting you never
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played in rain before, but maybe not uh
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in these kind of conditions in the last
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week of August. Um how are you preparing
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differently for this one?
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>> Yeah, you know, again, you know, you
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have multiple areas of cleat, so you
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test things out. you see if there's, you
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know, any issue. But, um, you know, a
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lot of it at the end of the day, you
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know, it's just, you know, keeping your
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feet under you and, you know, not
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getting, you know, too far ahead of
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yourself in terms of, you know,
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overextending and whatnot. But, you
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know, at the end of the day, you know,
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we're going to play this game. We're all
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playing on the same field, so you know,
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we're just ready to go.
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>> We got time for one more question, then
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we're going to get over to the open part
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of practice.
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>> Coach, welcome to Ireland, both. I know
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you spoke about leadership there, and
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earlier in the summer, you spoke with
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coach wanting to take on the leadership
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role. How was that evolved over the
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offseason that you feel like you're
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you're really set up to lead this team
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on the field?
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>> Uh really just staying committed to the
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process for myself first uh so that I
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can lead those other guys. Um lead those
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other guys has been um pretty a little
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difficult but uh ultimately at the end
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of the day like um
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helping those guys like stay committed
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to the process as well such as the young
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guys as well. um scout team, things like
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that. Like all that, all of it matters.
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So, um yeah, that's that's kind of been
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my role for sure.
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>> Good stuff. Thanks so much, guys. Oh.
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