One of the things that's really, you know, my sense is a wide open right now is I just, you know, I only had a few days left to practice and how cool practice is, right?

And how cool the athletes are and how freaking good they are in the whole bit.

And I, you know, I always go back and say, man, I wish I hugged one more guy.

Wish I put my arm around one more guy.

Now, I'm a, you know, I'm a coach that expects accountability and had conversations with athletes, you know, we're not reaching there.

You know, we have to have some tough conversations.

But for the most part, everything is going, man, this is like, why was I so uptight? Welcome into the hog pot.

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After 18 years, 34 SEC titles, 2 NCAA championships, and 18 podium finishes.

Arkansas men's track and field coach Chris Bucknum is packing up his office.

You can see I'm packing. I'm trying to clear this place out for Coach Case.

Throw some stuff in some boxes and I'm out of here.

Replacing a legend like John McDonald would intimidate most. But for Bucknome, it was

something else entirely. I looked at it as a gift, an opportunity to sit in the chair of a legend.

If I got chosen to do that, I must be pretty good too.

A coach who chased excellence across the sport, he came painfully close to far more national titles than the banners revealed.

One point from an insane title.

Every time I see the second runner-offs, third place finishes, I feel like jumping off a cliff.

It never leaves you.

Still, he never lost sight of what made it meaningful.

I look at all of these trophies and everything.

I got a story for every one and somebody did something great. But for Buck, the trophies aren everything. I got a story for everyone and somebody did something great.

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