Yeah.

You know, uh, w-we always worked really hard, right? Um, but, you know, the first thing is, you know, you gotta believe in and be, and really be able to talk about your development model, right? Um, and what's most valuable to you, and it's gotta resonate with both the parent and the player, right? Um, and, you know, we're lucky enough that, you know, we've been, you know, that kind of upper top echelon of, of both levels for so long that, you know, we don't-- nobody really questions whether the team's gonna be good or not.

But, you know, when you walk through kind of all the time we put in, right, um, to, and, and, and the success that our players have come through, you know, have had, right? I think that resonates with, you know, um, with the families, but it's not just a hockey thing, right? Um, uh, you know, I always say since, since Larry Robbins left the Avalanche, I'm, I'm the lowest paid coach at the Avalanche, right? Um, little different than most of the other top-tier organizations.

I also don't do hockey full-time, right? Um-

Yeah

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I'm lucky enough, you know, I ev- every, most of the top-end programs, you know, you got 20 guys on the team that have been promised they're gonna be the first line center, they're gonna quarterback the power play, right? It just doesn't lead to a good dynamic.

You know, my story's the same for everybody, right? I, I guarantee you'll be given every opportunity to succeed for me.