WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:05.919 Coach more will take questions about general manager things. Use 2 00:00:05.960 --> 00:00:10.919 your hand, raise you ten for questions as usual. All right, 3 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:15.000 coach Floorsiers. 4 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:17.160 Yeah, I guess the welcome everybody, and thank you for 5 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:19.879 being on the on the on the zoom today. 6 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:23.320 I really appreciate your time. What we wanted to do 7 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:27.160 is talk about the. 8 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:31.000 Recruiting and where we're going right now from this point 9 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:33.799 as we try to fill out the back end of 10 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:41.039 our roster. Coach Hurley is is very excited about the 11 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:44.359 ten guys that we have in the fold right now. 12 00:00:45.079 --> 00:00:49.759 Really loves the makeup of the ten guys, how everything 13 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:54.079 is fallen to this point, both with the ink, the 14 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:58.600 freshman incoming, the transfers incoming, and the guys that we 15 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:03.280 have returning. He likes how the pieces fit and how 16 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:07.480 the roster has been put together. We're really trying to 17 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:11.239 be strategic and creative with how we put together the. 18 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:12.040 Rest of the roster. 19 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:21.640 We are targeting probably fourteen fifteen roster spots, and you know, 20 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:26.319 we'll be looking basically for depth at every position with 21 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:31.799 these last four or five spots on the roster. Obviously 22 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:35.959 a third string center is something will be will be targeting. 23 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:43.480 We looking for another wing, another combo guard, possibly a 24 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:44.560 combo forward. 25 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:47.480 But we're trying. 26 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:52.519 To be as strategic in this new age of potential 27 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:58.920 revenue sharing with finding people who are maybe overlooked in 28 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:05.079 the high school ranked foreign players and then maybe under 29 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:08.400 recruited transfers that is still in the portal. 30 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:16.280 So with that said, they don't put it up to questions. 31 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:19.639 David and Joe. 32 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:25.080 Yeah, Tom, how tricky is it to bring in those 33 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:27.680 type of players you just mentioned to kind of fill 34 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:31.000 out the roster when you know, like you said, you 35 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:32.879 guys are really happy with kind of the ten guys 36 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:36.080 you got now, I know, the backup kind of center 37 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:38.199 guy will sort of be number eleven, I would assume. 38 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:44.479 But to bring in guys who it would seem both 39 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:46.639 parties would kind of probably understand there wouldn't be a 40 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:48.439 whole lot of playing kind of at least first right 41 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:50.400 off the bat, How do you kind of sell that 42 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:52.800 to some of these guys, or I mean, is that 43 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:56.439 an accurate statement to say what they probably You're probably 44 00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:58.560 looking for guys who are more or less not going 45 00:02:58.599 --> 00:02:59.719 to play too much this year. 46 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:04.439 You hate to really limit somebody like that, Dave, Like 47 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:07.560 right out of the Chuot. You hope that you see 48 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:12.800 something in them where that if things break correctly for 49 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:15.159 the for that person, that they'd be able to find 50 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:20.479 a role. Sometimes, unfortunately things like that happen with an injury, 51 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:23.039 and you don't you don't ever want that, obviously. 52 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:22.800 But. 53 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:28.719 You know, we're looking at these guys as potential people 54 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:31.800 to help us, initially to your point, in practice to 55 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:34.800 make sure we have a high level practice on a 56 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:38.599 day in and day out basis, but then also potentially 57 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:43.719 helping us down the roads as upside guys, as somebody 58 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:46.159 who could maybe hit for us in year two or 59 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:50.000 year three. That was one of the things that hurt 60 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:52.439 us a little bit this year is we were a 61 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:57.599 little thin in terms of the depth past our top 62 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:01.000 nine or so, and especially in the five week period 63 00:04:01.039 --> 00:04:05.159 where Liam was out of games and practices it it 64 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:08.479 didn't allow us to give a lot of practice reps 65 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:12.560 off from our heavy minute guys. So has had a 66 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:15.560 lot of minutes and Taris had a lot of reps 67 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:17.920 and Alex in particular had a lot. 68 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:19.040 Of reps during that time. 69 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:21.639 And we're hopeful that if we can get this thing 70 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:27.680 to fourteen or fifteen with really athletic and and some 71 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:30.839 you know, bring some athleticism and some length and some 72 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:34.319 you know energy into that. It can it could help 73 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:37.519 alleviate some of the high minute guys too as well 74 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:39.879 and eliminate some of the wear and tear that they 75 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:41.879 accrue during the course of the season. 76 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:46.240 When you say the fourteen fifteen, I know the limit 77 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:48.879 is most likely going to get up to fifteen this year. 78 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:51.639 You're talking about scholarship guys, Well, you're not talking about 79 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:53.279 walk on. 80 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:57.160 Yeah, it'll be I think it'll either be thirteen scholarships 81 00:04:57.279 --> 00:05:01.879 or you know, depending on what the settlement settles on 82 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:03.319 roster size, it. 83 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:04.319 Could get up to fifteen. 84 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:06.800 But yeah, and even in the walk on spots, Dave, 85 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:09.160 you're always trying to that's a huge challenge, but you're 86 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:13.560 always trying to find someone who athletically and competitively can 87 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:16.480 like not only add to your practices, but also be 88 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:20.519 well liked and respected in the locker room too as well. 89 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:27.079 Mch Hey, Tom is my mic working this time? 90 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:28.040 Yep? I can hear you. 91 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:28.399 John. 92 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:32.399 When we talked to Dan right after the season ended, 93 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:35.240 he seemed, you know, he seemed really unsure about how 94 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:36.720 many players he was going to be able to bring 95 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:39.920 back and retain. Do you feel like you guys did 96 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:43.560 as you were expecting with retaining players and how that went, 97 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:46.240 and then also just going into the portal now how 98 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:48.600 I guess I'll just go with that one first. 99 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:53.000 Yeah, I'd say Joe ovally happy with who came back. 100 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:55.879 I don't think we could have scripted it any better 101 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:57.920 in terms of the return and guys that we would 102 00:05:57.959 --> 00:06:00.920 have wanted back. I mean, if you just said, you 103 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:03.480 know which, right, which? 104 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:05.759 What do we have five coming back? 105 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:10.199 Solo Stewie, Alex, Jay Ross and Taris like that, that 106 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:13.240 would have been exactly how we would have wanted it 107 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:17.040 to unfold. So we're thrilled with those guys coming back. 108 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:21.319 Not only are they terrific players, but they're terrific kids, 109 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:26.120 and they've they've tasted winning all but uh, the Tariffs 110 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:30.959 has a national championship here, so that that culture stays 111 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:38.439 tight and that that winning attitude stays tight. And so yeah, 112 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:41.439 we're thrilled with thrilled that they saw enough in us, 113 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:43.600 and they saw enough and and what was going on 114 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:47.560 here too, uh and and how special place Yukon is 115 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:49.920 that they wanted to come back. 116 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:52.519 And when you when you went into the portal. It 117 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:55.160 seemed like you got kind of the main priorities out 118 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:59.240 of the way pretty early. I guess I wonder about 119 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:02.279 the NIL aspect of it with those guys. Was that 120 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:05.279 really not much of a factor with them, And how 121 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:07.240 difficult is it to navigate that with all the rules 122 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:09.360 that could be changing or could not be changing, or 123 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:10.639 whatever whatever's going on. 124 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:14.360 The n i L aspect to what guys Joe, which 125 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:16.600 which guys are returning guys to? 126 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:18.800 Yeah, the returning guys, and then just getting those two 127 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:20.040 guards off the portal, Yeah. 128 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:22.920 Yeah, yeah, Well n i L is a huge part 129 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:26.120 of it of every decision right now, the incoming freshmen, 130 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:30.480 the transfers, and the returning players. This was really the 131 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:34.720 first off season where it because of revenue sharing, everybody 132 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:39.399 will be contracted next year if the rev sharing settlement 133 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:42.680 goes through like everyone expects it too, it'll be contracted 134 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:48.920 by the athletic department. So this was a fascinating recruiting spring, 135 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:54.439 I'd say because because of that and the discussion just 136 00:07:54.519 --> 00:07:58.000 you know, having the n i L be not at 137 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:00.759 the forefront of every discussion, but but a part of 138 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:05.360 every discussion. With with kids, it adds another layer obviously 139 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:09.360 to our decision, you know, on on on how we 140 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:11.879 want the roster to look, but also every every recruits 141 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:15.480 decision too, Every recruit and his family have to make 142 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:20.040 a make a value judgment on on how much is 143 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:24.040 is n I L opportunity going to impact how I 144 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:25.759 you know, which way I want to go. 145 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:28.800 So it's it's. 146 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:31.319 Certainly tricky, and it's like I said, it's just another 147 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:35.399 element that you have to navigate. And you know, Joe, 148 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:38.159 you have to navigate it well too, right, You have 149 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:40.960 to do your research, you have to have a lot 150 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:45.720 of communication you have as a staff, and then you 151 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:47.799 have to also have a lot of communication with your 152 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:48.679 athletic department. 153 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:51.440 Now and I can't. 154 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:55.679 Say enough of how supportive Dave Benedict and Jason Beattiekofer 155 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:59.279 have been when it comes to that. We're we're we're 156 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:03.039 discussing cruits with them on a daily, if not hourly 157 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:07.279 basis at times, and they've been tremendously supportive as well. 158 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:17.799 We're gonna go Mike then Mark, Hey, Tom, Mike, how 159 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:18.639 are you good? 160 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:20.799 How you doing good? What's that hat you get on? 161 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:22.600 We used? Oh? 162 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:25.679 Okay, Pinehurst, I went and spread the ball all over 163 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:27.000 that place last last year. 164 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:29.720 I was going to say, I didn't expect you to 165 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:32.840 take that down that track down, So no, no. 166 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:34.799 I'm not ready for that. I'm not ready to do that. 167 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:35.559 That's fine. 168 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:38.080 I just wanted to pick your brain on like the 169 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:41.440 wild nature of working in college athletics and you know 170 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:45.759 you have this unique position within a with an elite program. 171 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:50.000 Could you go into a little bit more about just 172 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.480 the scope of your job year round? Obviously a lot 173 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:55.200 of today's discussion is very specific to roster building, but 174 00:09:56.200 --> 00:09:58.440 you know the rev share angle. You you're kind of 175 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:01.639 at the intersection of basketball and business, it seems in 176 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:05.039 a lot of ways. Just wondering how in this role 177 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:07.279 you you hope to distinguish yourself and if you could 178 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:09.080 just explain all that's packed into it. 179 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:11.720 Some of it. 180 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:15.039 Yeah, good question, multi layered question. 181 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:20.320 I've been I've been spending probably half of my time 182 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:23.679 in an assistant coaching role, in probably half my time 183 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:27.720 in a quasi GM position over the last three years. 184 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:31.559 Dan and I really saw we like to say, I 185 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:33.120 think we saw the need to it. 186 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:34.360 It sort of smacked us all. 187 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:37.320 In the face at the spring in the spring of 188 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:42.919 twenty twenty two when Tyreese Martin and RJ. Cole had 189 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:48.960 another year left of eligibility, but the r NIL wasn't 190 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:51.720 really a thing in the twenty one to twenty two season, 191 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:54.840 so they really didn't make any money off NIL, any 192 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:58.360 any sizeable amount of money, and they both turned down 193 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:01.559 and opportunity to come back because they had to just 194 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:06.279 start earning money as as as basketball players, because they 195 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:09.000 only have a finite amount of years all of these 196 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:12.639 kids in order to you know, earn money. So it 197 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:16.080 was then when I think Dan and me and Kamani 198 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:18.240 and Luke at the time were just like, we have 199 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:21.240 to start doing something with this. So my job in 200 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:25.399 the last couple of years has really been about donor 201 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:29.679 outreach and donor education to try to get our collective 202 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:32.000 to help in any way that I could get the 203 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:39.679 collective up and running and operational and flourishing. And it's 204 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:44.559 been mostly a fundraising job for me. In the GM 205 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:47.440 aspects of it, there are a lot of different ways 206 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:50.000 people are using the position, and some of you guys 207 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:54.480 on the call have have probably seen some colleges are 208 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:59.159 going with an NBA general manager or assistant general manager. 209 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:03.720 I know Cincinnati has done that. LSU has done that. Recently, 210 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:08.919 North Carolina hired an agent as you know, Saint Bonaventure 211 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:14.960 hired Woje. There's other places. NC State recently hired a 212 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:19.720 recruiting uh guy from the NBA who was a scout 213 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:21.840 in the NBA but used to be a sort of 214 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:25.720 a high school grassroots recruiting expert. You can, you can 215 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:28.440 use the position in a lot of different ways. And 216 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:32.799 I think uh Dan is so smart and and so 217 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:36.679 calculated and so ahead of the curve that he's got 218 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:38.240 a lot of things on his mind with how he 219 00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:41.799 thinks this thing can look as we go forward. He 220 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:45.240 and I have talked quite a bit about how it 221 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:47.279 will be best served here. 222 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:49.799 At Yukon and and what the role will look like. 223 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:53.000 And we're trying to make sure we figure out that 224 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:56.720 am I is this something that that fits me the best? 225 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:58.879 Too? And am I am I the best person for it? 226 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:01.879 You know, to be honest with you, So right. 227 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:07.919 Now, the thing here entails a lot of fundraising, donor outreach, 228 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:14.039 a lot of scheduling, game scheduling, both high major games 229 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:20.759 in the by games, some roster you know, roster sort 230 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:26.679 of construction, a lot of talk between the athletic you know, 231 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:29.600 a sort of a goal between between our staff and 232 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:34.519 the athletic department. It's sort of a catch all, and 233 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:37.080 I think Dan and I are thinking about the position 234 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:39.919 as we sort of go through it and what we 235 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:42.840 think is essential and what we think isn't. 236 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:46.200 One of the fascinating parts of it is. 237 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:51.759 Trying to figure out, you know, is the generalman like 238 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:53.919 in some places, what they're doing with this thing is 239 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:57.639 the general managers are starting to run it or trying 240 00:13:57.639 --> 00:14:00.440 to run it like a pro sports organization where their 241 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:04.840 office is also responsible for bringing in the talent and 242 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:09.440 basically the coaching staff is tasked with coaching the talent 243 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:12.440 that's brought in. Now that that is not the way 244 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:17.799 it's gonna look here. You know, obviously with Dan Hurley, 245 00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:20.840 who's I think one of the best evaluators of talent 246 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:25.639 and one of the best constructor you know, roster construction 247 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:28.720 head coaches I've ever seen, and then with two recruiting 248 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:32.600 assistants like Kamani Young and Luke Murray, I mean that 249 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:35.559 that thing is is on lock, so we don't have 250 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:40.039 to really worry about that. So you know, we're looking 251 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:42.600 at it from a different angle and a different lens 252 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:45.120 right now where we sort of see the position as 253 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:48.480 a it's more of a like I said, a donor education, 254 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:54.720 a donor outreach, game scheduling, uh, dealings with the Big 255 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:58.840 East Conference on day to day issues there, and then 256 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:02.639 some oversight in our own basketball support staff, working with 257 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:07.799 our strength coach and trainer and medical team and academics 258 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:11.240 and sports information. And although Bobby's tough, I mean I 259 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:15.720 I can't really I can't really control Bobby. He's he's 260 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:19.320 tough for me to handle. He's tough because of the Mets. 261 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:21.200 He brings up the Mets all the time now that 262 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:24.320 they are on a roll. So uh, it's it's hard 263 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:25.279 to hard to get. 264 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:26.279 Him get them back. 265 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:28.399 Sorry did you say my name? 266 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:32.960 But anyway, So yeah, that's that's the thing, Mike. 267 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:36.919 It's it's sort of evolving and it's it's it's something 268 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:40.080 that again Dan and I are sort of discussing, feels like, 269 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:42.039 on a weekly basis on how we want the thing 270 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:42.440 to look. 271 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:45.240 Yeah, excellent, thanks for sharing all. 272 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:52.000 That, No problem, Hey, Tom Marcseno Biggie s Energy. Considering 273 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:55.840 Yukon's multifaceted recruiting strategy, are you guys exploring the possibility 274 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:58.840 of targeting players currently in the NBA draft process who 275 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:01.360 may withdraw and return to college, and how does that 276 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:04.759 potential avenue fit into what you discussed today for finalizing 277 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.159 the roster. 278 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:09.679 H good question, Mark, No, I don't I don't see 279 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:10.600 that anymore. 280 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:12.600 We we've. 281 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:18.080 Uh, those young men that are in still in the 282 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:22.240 draft process and make them back to college will probably 283 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:28.279 command an extremely high nil value and we're not We're 284 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:31.559 not in that in that market anymore for the rest 285 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:34.200 of this you know, twenty five, twenty six rosters. 286 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:37.039 So these these. 287 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:40.519 Guys, I think our fans need to understand, uh, these 288 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:43.759 next four or five people that we bring in uh. 289 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:46.000 And I've been thinking a lot about this this weekend 290 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:49.919 in advance to this call. They're going to look drastically 291 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:54.279 different than maybe any other recruits that have come through 292 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:59.000 Yukon in the terms of who they're being recruited by 293 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:04.240 and what their profile is it. You know, you can 294 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:06.079 make a case that pretty much every kid who's come 295 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:09.599 in on scholarship in the last thirty forty years has 296 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:13.720 been probably recruited by a lot of high major schools, 297 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:16.200 and it's been an intense recruiting battle for us to 298 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:18.720 try to win. Even for the guys who ended up 299 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:22.480 falling into eleven, twelve or thirteenth man role and only 300 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:25.240 lasting a year or two and then transfer on the 301 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:26.680 way in, it was a fight. 302 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:30.880 Now, what we're seeing is a lot of the. 303 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:34.480 High major schools who pretty much have their roster set 304 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:38.240 in terms of the finances after eight, nine or ten, 305 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:42.240 guys have to really get creative with how they want. 306 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:43.480 The bottom of the roster to look. 307 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:47.480 So the profile coming in of these next three or 308 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:52.039 four guys may be really different than the profile of. 309 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:54.119 Guys we've had over the years. 310 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:59.160 So I don't expect, you know, for us to bring 311 00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:01.519 in somebody who's put his name in the draft process 312 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:05.440 right now. That would be a huge splash. And that's 313 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:07.680 not where where we're looking right now. 314 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:10.079 Thanks, thank you, Tom. 315 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:14.440 No problem, Mark, We'll go uh a few more quick ones. 316 00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:16.079 See Anthony Jaden. 317 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:21.960 Eric wrap it up, Hey, coach, tell you Tom. Question 318 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:26.319 for you talking a lot about roster construction, but in 319 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:29.640 terms of roster management, what happened with Darius Adams. Are 320 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:34.480 we going to see more players? Are we gonna see 321 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:37.880 fewer freshmen that actually get a lot of playing time 322 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:39.240 unless they're want and done. 323 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:45.799 That's a that's a great question to Anthony it boy. 324 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:48.880 I mean when I speak on this, I'm speaking for Ukon, 325 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:51.000 so I don't really want to speak for high. 326 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:56.200 Made all speak for coaches in general. 327 00:18:56.279 --> 00:19:01.880 But the way we see it, it does feel like, well, 328 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:05.559 we we may get away from bringing in huge freshman classes. 329 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:10.000 I think the uh Dan and Luther mclinny fee like 330 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:15.519 they're gonna targeting probably a few more elite high school 331 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:18.200 prospects that have the potential to be one and done 332 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:22.319 and maybe less guys that will, you know, fill out 333 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:26.200 a class so we can sort of reevaluate at the 334 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:29.440 end of a year and maybe take one extra transfer. 335 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:33.599 So to your point, yeah, I mean I think you 336 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:37.279 may see us go all in on a one and 337 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:40.640 done or a few one and dons guys that we 338 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:43.559 see immediate impact guys, because let's face it, anyone who's 339 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:47.640 an immediate impact guy at at at a Yukon as 340 00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:49.880 a freshman is probably going to be considered a one 341 00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:53.160 and done type of player, like Steph and like Liam 342 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:55.400 and what Donovan could have done. 343 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:57.319 You know, a couple of years ago. 344 00:19:57.440 --> 00:20:00.720 So yeah, I see us taking swing is that a 345 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:03.400 few more of those guys and trying to land one 346 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:08.000 and maybe not extending the classes deep year in and 347 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:12.079 year out as we have in the last couple classes. 348 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:16.039 So just because it seems like the portal and having 349 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:20.680 roster flexibility in the spring is more important than being 350 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:24.680 overloaded with numbers in an incoming freshman class. 351 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:28.960 And just to just a quick follow up, how do 352 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:31.640 you manage expectations of these players? Because all of them 353 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:34.559 are very talented players, how do you manage those expectations? 354 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:37.039 I know that goes over to Coach Hurley's job, but 355 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:39.039 how do you manage them because you're helping bring them 356 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:40.279 in the front door, so to speak. 357 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:43.559 Yeah, coach does a great job of being honest. 358 00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:48.240 I've never been around to you know, anyone who's gets 359 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:51.319 the heart of a matter with a recruit as well 360 00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:53.720 as he does, and as tactfully as he does, and 361 00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:58.039 as honestly as he does. He has very specific ideas 362 00:20:58.400 --> 00:21:00.160 in mind as to how he wants the rush to 363 00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:02.319 look and how he wants to use each of these 364 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:05.279 roster spots. So when he's sitting in front of a 365 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:08.680 kid and his parents, he's telling them exactly how he 366 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:13.839 sees the young man fitting. What can be tricky is 367 00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:16.119 is you know, you're trying to secure a commitment from 368 00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:19.920 a high school kid in June, July, August, September of 369 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:23.640 their senior year, and you have to project what the 370 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:26.240 roster is going to look like in the spring after 371 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:32.279 a season, and that can be tricky because when we're 372 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:34.839 sitting there talking to them in August to September and 373 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:37.720 we're trying to secure the commitment, we have an idea 374 00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:40.559 in mind as to how all of our returning players 375 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:43.559 are going to play, and it's always generally positive that 376 00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:46.200 it's going to be an upward trajectory for all of them. 377 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:49.160 This year, what happened in a couple of spots is 378 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:52.920 guys didn't progress like we thought and maybe weren't what 379 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:57.359 we thought, and they ended up transferring. And now we 380 00:21:57.400 --> 00:22:00.640 have two open spots that we have to three open 381 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:02.480 spots that we have to now go get in the 382 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:06.160 portal that we didn't anticipate having to get when we 383 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:09.279 were talking to these kids last July and August. 384 00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:11.200 So it does become tricky. 385 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:14.880 You need people who are who are in it for 386 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:17.799 like I said, not L I L, not nil centric, 387 00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:22.880 not just bottom line dollar highest dollar amount centric and 388 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:26.240 people who are understanding that the roster may look one 389 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:29.000 way in July and August, and then it's going to 390 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:32.119 look different depending on how kids do during the year 391 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:34.119 in March and April. 392 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:38.880 Thank you, no problem, Tony, Tom. 393 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:40.799 How are you my friends good? 394 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:41.559 What's up? Jaden? 395 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:44.920 Nothing much? Not the much question for you now going 396 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:47.960 into this role full time after coming off the road 397 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:50.480 and being an assistant and doing double duty for the 398 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:54.000 last couple of years. How's the transition process been for 399 00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:57.759 you the past couple of weeks month or so since 400 00:22:57.799 --> 00:23:00.440 the season ended and Mike Narty came up on board, 401 00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:02.720