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Joel, I will begin with this, and that is, were you surprised by not the decision of where

we are with the Colts, but the fact that it is this quickly at the end of the year, and we already

have pretty good idea

as to like no questions are left hanging and everything's been answered.

Did you think that we would have more questions hanging in the balance at this point?

I kind of did.

I kind of did think there would be more questions hanging in the balance.

It's a little bit, I think the thing that surprised me the most was how simple decision sounded like it was for Carly-Earsay Gordon. You know, we talked about all these different permutations of stuff. And you were just saying this, you know, before you brought me in, but it really came down to, you know, when I think back over that press conference on Monday, it came down to, you know, she believed she saw promise in that first eight to ten games, and that's what she wanted to see through, you know, and I think, so I think that's one of the things from the press conference the day is we kind of, you kind of go in thinking we're going to talk about all

these different things. And, you know, unlike some previous owner press conferences we've had

in the past, it was very on point and very on message. Do you think that we would be having this same, it's a moot point, I guess, and there's some danger in this, Joel.

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