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Reese, obviously an emotional day for all college football. Nick Saban, *** new chapter. What was that experience? Like sitting down with him one final time? Uh You know, it was kind of surreal, I think because you expected that he was going to continue on for *** while. I know he talked about it from time to time over the years. But, um, you know, I think just, uh you know, introspective as he always is and thoughtful and, you know, just, um I think, you know, really, uh um opportunity for him to kind of explain, you know, what, what he was thinking when he decided to uh to make this move when you sat down with him going into this interview, did anything change when you actually heard the voice and what he was saying about the retirement? Did you kind of expect what you got? No, I, I would, there were several things that I, you know, I didn't know, I, I wanted to know um as any, anybody would, what the process was like, how much he vacillated in his decision. Um Obviously, it was *** difficult one that I think that goes without saying but what uh to use his terminology, what the process was when, you know, as he was going through it. So I found that interesting and um you know, he, he loves being *** coach and he loves the relationship with the players and obviously made it *** really difficult decision for him. Did he have any indication of what he might be doing this? He says he, you know, he wants to continue to be an advocate for college football to try to grow the game and make it better for the players and the fans and everyone. And, um, he'll look for opportunities to do that. Obviously, he's *** very talented broadcaster. We certainly hope he has opportunities to do that. And, uh, I suspect that he will and, um, you know, I don't have any insight on that, but I certainly would welcome it as I think, uh, uh, anybody, um, anybody that enjoys football would welcome that. So, uh, so we'll, we'll see, but he'll be involved and, uh, I don't think he's going to, you know, just disappear to the lake or the beach or the golf course and not be involved in football this, this time in college football is so interesting. It's very emotional with the Knicks Saban departure. But there's talk already. You're an alum of Alabama. This is huge shoes to fill. I don't know, you probably don't have the answer of who. But what kind of coach is it gonna take to replace *** guy that just left this parking lot. Well, first of all, I mean, no one's going to replace him. I don't think anyone's ever going to have *** dynasty like this again. Um, but they can have great success here or elsewhere. I don't just mean here, I mean, anywhere but you can still have great success. I think you need ***, *** coach who's very comfortable in his own skin and has *** thick one because the comparisons will be inevitable and it will be impossible for anyone to measure up in all facets, but they can have success their own way. And this is *** great job where the infrastructure is set for success. And I'm sure that Greg Byrne can, I can't imagine *** better administrator to take on *** job of this magnitude and I'm sure he'll do *** great job. Did you notice any signs that maybe relief? Because, you know, when you have to think about something this big and then you finally make that decision. Did you notice any of that? I don't think he had any buyer's remorse from it and it was *** difficult decision to make. But once he made it, I think he was uh convinced in his own mind for *** number of reasons that it was, it was the right one most notably, you know, the thing he said in the interview. So I'm not, you know, this is just repeating what he said, is that, um, you know, he, he wanted to be honest with players and coaches that he was trying to hire about how long he was gonna be here and he, you know, couldn't quite answer that question all the time. And, um, so he felt like maybe it was, he said, I never wanted to be, uh, the one who was dragging the program down. I was like, you know, there are precious few indications that that's the case. But, uh, he, you know, I think he just decided it was the right time for him. And, um, you know, he'll have an opportunity to do, do other things now that, uh, and accomplish things in other ways. Re did you get the sense that he agonized over this decision or was it fairly quick? Well, he was interviewing coaches yesterday morning and I was asking him about the last few minutes and I think the most fascinating thing that he answered was that he had *** meeting with the team at four o'clock and at 355 he looked up and realized I have five minutes to decide for sure which speech I'm going to give. And, you know, obviously he'd been thinking about it for *** while is what he told us. And, um, you know, I thought that was pretty fascinating that, you know, he cherished his relationship with the players and, you know, he realized that, you know, that was going to be different if he made that decision. But, you know, yeah, I mean, the guy was, if the guy knew for *** few days, I have no idea why he was interviewing coaches yesterday morning. So he was clearly, uh, you know, one of the, one of the assistants said to me, you know what it was? He said, even if he thought he was going to do this, he didn't want to be behind in case you decide. No, no, no, not ready that he wouldn't, he wouldn't have lost that day. And if that doesn't epitomize why he's had success, I don't know what does. There's obviously *** lot of speculation on who's gonna be the next coach. But coach Steven obviously said that president, what does the next coach have to do to maybe set his own president aside to what coach Steven has done? He'll have to be comfortable enough in his own skin to realize that this is the greatest dynasty and the greatest stretch in the history of the sport. And that there will be, you know, there will be some criticism when you don't win every game and that's just the way it's going to be. But the guys who are secure and understand uh the bigger picture and, uh, and have *** firm belief in what they do. They, those are the kind of guys that will have success. Uh, despite that last one, for me is the to see *** coach that retired yesterday, coming to work today. What, what's up with that? That's, that's why he's Nick Saban, man. That's why he's Nick Saban. Any idea of who possibly could fill his shoes. I know you can't really tell us who nobody's going to fill those shoes and there will be another coach and he may have great success and you may win championships. He's not gonna fill those shoes. Thank you, man. I appreciate it. Thank you so much. I appreciate your time, man. That's why I was like I came over. So now am I able?