Uh, the thing I love about Coach Lebby is, you know, he doesn't talk just for talk's sake, right? We, I mean, we keep the message pretty short

shortSweet and simple, right? Your actions speak louder than words anyway, though.

If you wanna, you wanna see what a program that's got good culture, we'll, we'll turn on the tape, right? Are they flying around playing the game the way it's supposed to be played? You know, obviously I've had the opportunity to come, you know, watch a lot of Mississippi State football over the last couple years, both when I was not here, and then obviously going back and watching game film.

And the one thing I'll say is, you know, you wanna talk about a team who looks excited to play every week and, and fly around and, and try to get after people, it's been this one.

And that, that's credit to Coach Lebby and, and all the coaches who were on instilling that culture on a daily basis.

And so I happen to believe that effort is the number one fundamental in football, right? If you don't, if you don't play with effort, no matter what you're doing schematically on either side of the ball, it's not, it's not going to be, you know, the difference maker, right? Effort, physicality, and execution.

And so that's our job as coaches, make sure we get that implemented by the time we get out of training camp and get into the season.

But when you got in here and you got a chance to, to see him on the field, what were your first impressions?

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[laughs] I'll give you the secret.

There's actually a one-word answer to that, and it's change.

What makes a story meaningful and impactful is change.

This is why when our kids come home from school and we say, "How was school today?" And they say, "Oh, we had a math test, and then we went outside to play.

And then, oh, it was really great.

We got an ice cream in the afternoon, and then I tripped and fell in a puddle on my way home." That's kind of a story, but not an impactful one and not a meaningful one because the child telling that story was the same person at the beginning of it as they were at the end.

Exactly