All right, Pat Fitzgerald. We're getting your thoughts on it. We've given ours. And again, I'm not, guys, I apologize if you think, well, geez, that left a lot to be desired. I just, I need to know what is the NIL commitment? They can say it, but they told the last guy the same thing. And then the guy got here and NIL was a wreck, but it's also his staff.

There was never a doubt he would win the press conference.

If you know anything about Fitzgerald, he's a very good speaker.

That's how he resonates with donors.

I think that's how he resonates with just all players who didn't even play for him.

He's like one of those coaches, coaches.

Yes, and I'm good with that. And I can see a pathway to it working. But I also am just not skeptical. I'm just cautious. Yes, because now Rico, it's never been harder to win.

Because you've got to get so many things aligned. And if they're all firing at the same time, you can be Indy or Vandy or Texas Tech.

You can be a non-blue blood and you can get there.

But if they're not aligned, you're LSU and you're firing a coach.

You're Clemson and you're bombing.

You're Penn State and you're kind of floundering in the water right now.

It's just volatile and it's difficult and there are question marks with him.

There are things I like.

There are things I don't like.

Would it have been the first guy I went after?

No, but apparently Bat did.

He didn't use a search firm.

I don't know who the other candidates were, but guys, let's just say the quiet part

out loud. They knew what they were doing because minutes after firing Jonathan Smith, the

rumors start coming out. Oh no, by the way, it's going to be Pat Fitzgerald. So that means over the last

month or so calls were made and promises were kept.

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