Was this to set the tone? How would you explain that?

Yeah, Billy, I've just I've done it every year.

Going back to when I first started here, we actually didn't have much here in 2003 and 2004.

So I didn't have to take away a logo.

It was already taken away because we didn't have much of a budget.

So we were kind of just doing what we had to do.

But as we attained more.

making sure that we vacuum the locker room properly making sure that we pick up a piece of trash in the dugout like those little things are the things that if you don't pay attention to those little things you know those are the things at the end of the day when you look back and you say well we didn't get to the mountaintop those little things add up over time and what would be something that that i could say to my guys to Because it's, I mean, I'm on it every day, but what would be a good, like, just a word or two or a phrase that, you know, just keep saying it without, you know, keep saying it, I guess is what I'm saying.

... what are you looking for specifically in a potential recruit?

Well, I think intelligence is a big part of it.

And, you- you know, we had a daughter that came to school here because of tennis.

And if you told- told Maggie and I that Hannah was a Vanderbilt student, I wouldn't say...

I didn't think she was, you know.

She was probably just a grinder academically, but she became a Vanderbilt student.

But I- I think when it really gets down to intelligence, it's someone really that has a high care level for what they're doing.

And it obviously does, and he's got a high care level for the sport, but I thought that was a really interesting way of answering that, "It's got nothing to do with that sport." What's your reaction to that, if that makes sense? And how do you view yourself? Do you think of yourself as a baseball coach, or maybe something a little bit different?