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I'm going to have a story up on ESPN.com going inside the hire of Dan Quinn.

What were some of the things that really stood out about him during the interviews?

Why is he in this job?

I think you're going to learn a few things.

Anyway, so look for that on ESPN.

I think that'll either be up Thursday or Friday.

Now, today was the first day we got a chance to talk to all the assistant coaches. They assembled

them all in the in the bubble and you're able to go spend a few minutes. It's almost like speed

dating. You're going there, spending five minutes with this guy, spending five minutes with this guy,

but you're starting to get a feel for who they are as a staff. Now, obviously, I knew some of them

because Ryan Kerrigan's been here.

Bobby Angram didn't have a chance to talk with him, but also talked to Kerrigan and Tevita,

Tevita Pritchard, all of whom were holdovers from the staff now. I will say, one thing,

this is people there made it clear. They weren't retained. They were rehired. They were not going to

stick around just because they maybe were under contract. They're under retained. They were rehired. They were not going to stick around just because they

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