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#UNC coach Hubert Davis after the Tar Heels blow a late four-point lead and lose to No. 7 Florida
Dec 18, 2024
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um the run that Florida went on a lot of
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their points came off of offensive
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rebound Second Chance um I guess kind of
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how frustrated was that not only they
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were able to kind of come back a lot of
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their points were you know from that
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second chance well they're they're one
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of the best offensive rebounding teams
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in the country so we knew coming in that
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a huge detering Factor um for us um is
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that you know we had a finish the
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possession boxs out and rebound they go
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consistently to the offensive they've
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got ly uh persistence in terms of
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getting Second Chance points and uh
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you're right we're about four four
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minutes ago and down the stretch they
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got four offensive rebounds for seven
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points and so um that was the
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game coach another slow start tonight
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how how head scratching is it for you
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when very head scratching yes is I don't
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I don't mean is there a sense of
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helplessness sometimes when it's
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happening and when I say what I mean is
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is is that you could TR you could try
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any combination maybe tweak in the
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starting lineup whatever it is maybe
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earlier substitutions and it seems like
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it's always happening against these
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kinds of opponents no matter what you're
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doing on your end that it seems to turn
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out the same way through the first
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half well it's something
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that you're right I I can't explain um
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to play with that type of uh energy and
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effort the second half and not have that
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consistently in the first half or for an
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entire game is something that's been um
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that's been the consistent theme for us
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this year is
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is play the way that we want to play for
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one half it's just I I think I've told
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you guys this before it's not
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sustainable it's just not you may be
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able to get away with it you
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know one time against Dayton but you
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know it's just it's just not sustainable
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especially against good teams
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and you have to put a full 40 minutes
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together it doesn't have to be perfect
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but you have to be disciplined and my
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definition of discipline is being
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committed to doing the right things the
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right way with the energy and effort
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that is required out there on the floor
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the entire game and that's something
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that that we're just going to have to
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figure out because it's just not it just
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doesn't work if I may ask a follow up on
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there we've talked to the guys about it
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a couple times already this year and
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they said that sometimes they can sense
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themselves collectively getting tight
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during those early stretches like almost
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like here it goes again as a coach do
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you sense anything changing from their
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disposition during some of those
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stretches no I don't I
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uh the two two days of practice prior to
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the game today were our two best
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practices I was really encouraged I felt
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like after our game on Saturday and then
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practices following that we really took
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steps forward and um where we wanted to
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be and I was really excited about this
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game and
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seeing um the game on this past Saturday
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and the practices that we had to
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translate there out there on the floor
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in the first half it just didn't second
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half it did but the first half do they
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cor yeah hum not to believe at the point
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but I mean what did you say at halftime
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to to get them to that level of energy
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and enthusiasm and tles that you talked
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about like how I mean is it the same
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halftime speech that's getting them to
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to get to that pretty much U but that
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speeches
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or that's just how I communicate and
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talk it's not just at halftime that's
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the way that I communicate with them in
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practice before the game
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and didn't play well second youber along
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those lines uh maybe the halftime speech
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excluded what did you think May maybe
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the spark started in the second half cuz
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it there was just a lot more fight it
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seemed like um it didn't seem like it
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was where did you where did you think
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that started for you
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guys like what got it
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spark us having our backs against the
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wall
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and your backs are always against the
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wall that's how you have to play that's
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how you have to prepare just always have
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to preparation uh you always have to be
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that way um
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and once this team gets there
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then it's going to be fun to
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watch right hbert is there something
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positive you can take out of RJ's
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performance and maybe getting going a
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little bit there in the in the second
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half moving forward well I mean I RJ's
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been a big time player for five years I
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you know I
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I'm I've never been concerned or thought
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about percentages in in terms of his
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shooting uh my focus is um the growth
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and and the potential of this team
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and that's where my focus has been front
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row left youber I know there are nights
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where shots go in shots don't go in uh
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obviously 5 28 from three today um and
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Florida kind of had their Rhythm from
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outside I how much of a factor do you
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think the I guess three-point difference
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maybe uh just the way the game progress
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no I mean yes you said five for 28 yeah
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that would be great we shot a better
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percentage but we're up by four we four
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minutes to go Ian you
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know it's all about the little details
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that make big things happen box outs
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rebounding making free throws exec on
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offensive in that's what it comes down
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to and so uh there'll be games when
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we're shooting the ball extremely well
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from three we didn't do it tonight but
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that wasn't the factor in which um led
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us to lose in the game we
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just there were a number of things where
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we just did rebound basketball
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especially down the stretch all right I
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saw Ido in years as he was leaving the
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court but what do you say to him after a
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tough stretch at the end and then after
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all having all that emotion after the
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game well I mean there are a lot of
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emotions I don't say very much to him
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after the game uh because of that
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there's so many emotions going on I
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think in those times I think it's really
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important to take a step back and and
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just be able to F let those emotions sit
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in and then being able to communicate I
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mean I learned that from coach Smith he
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just after a game just never said
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anything win or lose and I I rarely say
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very much after a game because I want to
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collect my thoughts as well and I want
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to make sure that my communication is
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straightforward and direct and so um it
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doesn't surprise me Elliott loves to win
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and um Wanted to win this game and it
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doesn't surprise me that he was an
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emotional and wouldn't surprise me if
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the rest of the guys in the locker room
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were emotional as
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well you touched on it there up four or
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four minutes AG go hands you got your
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team where you want it how do you keep
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these guys up and and keep them level as
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you take another tough loss get them to
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move forward that that's life I
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mean you don't you have a choice but you
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really don't have a choice you can you
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can stay down you can point fingers you
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can whde and complain you can make
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excuses or you get your tail back up and
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step forward and start swinging again so
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I mean there's just no choice in that
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you're going to get knocked down in life
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not everything's going to go your way
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and so the only thing you really have
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control over is how you react and how
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you respond and um my communication with
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them is how we react and how we respond
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from this and our preparation for our
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next game is going to be
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huge last question secondary right
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Ste okay last question there you
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mentioned the need to have a preparation
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like your back against the all time in
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this team I guess what steps you need to
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see from the team to kind of get that
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level see
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test later in the week no mean that's a
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great question you know
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um when I say a back against a wall
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that's just who I am and that's my
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personality and
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that's so
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um obvious L disappointed with tonight
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but um as I said before it's an
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opportunity for us to get back up and
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move forward
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and and we're going to do that thanks
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yeah