GG: I’d just like to start by saying how pleased I am with the work that’s been done during the summer transfer window. I’ve been involved daily, and we’ve strengthened the squad with player profiles that fit very well with the style of play we want to implement. I told you last time that the challenges we faced in making changes during the summer transfer window were firstly that the squad was full, and secondly that the salary cap was also full. I want to underline the remarkable work the team has done to make room in the squad while respecting the payroll, and we’ve done it all while respecting the club’s sporting philosophy too. I want to reiterate that the team’s number one priority is to make the playoffs, and we’ve got nine games left to play. We’re one point off ninth place, and five of the matches we’ll be playing are at home. Decision Day, the last game of the season, will be played at Saputo Stadium this year. I’m sure we’ll see an electrifying atmosphere for our team. I’m very confident that we can make the playoffs. Any changes we’ve made, we’ve made with the goal of making the playoffs this season, but also for the future to respect our sporting philosophy.
Q: You mentioned the work that went into this transfer window. I’d like to know what Corey Wray’s part is in this and what was your involvement? How were you involved daily? What was the transfer window like with Corey Wray?
GG: It’s not just Corey, we’ve got the whole support team, the scouts and the whole recruitment side. It was really a collective and team effort. Yes, we had a role, but ultimately, we came together and asked ourselves, is this the right choice to make? As you can imagine, in any kind of transfer transaction, there are discussions that take place at any time of the day. Corey knows all the athletic directors around the league very well. He’s very familiar with the rules, the contractual side, the negotiations, the agents, so he’s the one at the front talking to the other team managers. You must have discussions with the MLS for everything that goes through the league, for transfers and such. So having the right contacts, asking the right questions to satisfy all the MLS rules, that was his role. But together, as a team, we evaluated the players, we assessed the possibilities and there was constant discussion within our group to ultimately make the best decisions.
Q: We’re coming out of training, and there was a notable absence, that of Mathieu Choinière. What can you tell us about the Mathieu Choinière’s file, and a potential transfer to Europe?
GG: I don’t like to comment on rumors, but I can confirm that Mathieu wasn’t at training this morning because we’re in the process of finalizing a transfer for him to Europe. We’re in the final stages and not everything’s settled yet, but we’re in the final stages and that’s why Mathieu wasn’t here today.
Q: To come back to Mathieu, he’s one of the players trained at the club who has probably had one of the most interesting careers among those who have established themselves in the first team, are we preparing for his exit? What can you tell us about his time with the first team? And what did he mean to your club?
GG: It’s remarkable. First, he’s a perfect example of what we’re trying to build here, in the Academy, within the walls, here with the youngsters you see out there. It’s about building dreams for young people. It was Mathieu’s dream one day to climb the ladder in the academy where he started at the age of twelve, and after that to get into the first team, then make his way to the national team. It was also his dream to go to Europe. I don’t want to speak for him, but I know for a fact that was one of his goals, and now we’re very close to realizing it. We’re extremely proud, as a club and as an academy, to have been able to train Mathieu and help him realize his dreams. For us, he is going to be a great ambassador. It doesn’t matter if it materializes or not, in the long run, it’s a concrete example of our sporting project.
Q: In the way it ends, that is, with all the backroom dealings that seem to have gone on?
GG: I have no regrets. I told you before that my aim was to keep him here and that was that. We made Mathieu a competitive offer, one that matched his competitive talent in the MLS market. So I was very comfortable with that. There was also the possibility of him going to Europe, and as you know, when it’s a transaction in MLS, the choice is not on the player’s side, the transaction is carried out. On the other hand, in Europe or outside MLS, the player has the choice of saying yes. That was really an objective on his part, and his decision was and still is his own. For my part, I have no regrets, because I and the club did everything we could to try and keep him, because that was the priority, as I’ve told you here very openly, on several occasions. On the other hand, there was a great opportunity, so I think it’s a win-win situation.
Q: How much back and forth has there been in recent months between you and Mathieu’s clan? How hard did you work to try to keep him, and then how receptive or unresponsive did you feel on his side? Was it set in stone from your reading of the situation that he wanted to leave? Was there a chance to keep him and then it didn’t work out?
GG: Once again, I don’t comment on the rumors that were circulating. The discussions I had with Mathieu and his agent were very open, constructive and honest. So, as I said, our priority was to keep him, and we did everything we could to keep him with a competitive offer. Then there was this opportunity in Europe. So, all that has happened in the last three or four weeks, let’s say, in terms of offers and transfer discussions, but the dialogue with him has been ongoing from the outset.
Q: It’s been a few weeks that you’ve been discussing the option of him staying or leaving. Did the transfer market reflect the fact that Mathieu was about to leave in recent weeks? Caden Clark has arrived, can he be seen as a replacement for Mathieu? Did you already know at the time that he wanted to go?
GG: No, we didn’t know. As far as Caden Clark is concerned, he’s a player who can play as a ten or an eight, so he can play in the middle, in a similar role to Mathieu, but also a little higher up in the two false nines or as a ten, he can play in those two positions. The idea of bringing in Caden Clark was also to energize our attacking zone, to bring a little more creativity and movement. He’s also an investment for the club, a project for the future. But to say that Caden Clark arrived here, and that was it for Mathieu? No, they weren’t necessarily related to each other. We found a great opportunity with Caden, and he was someone who was very motivated to come to the club.
Q: The look of the club has changed quite a bit in the last few weeks, with Ruan, Lassiter, and Mathieu, three guys who play a lot of minutes. I know you’ve talked about making the playoffs this year, but were these moves to get ready for 2025?
GG: All the moves we made were to find profiles that fit well with the style of play we want to play. I can tell you that Laurent Courtois was also involved in the discussions and in this process. So, it was really a short-term approach. Yes, we want to make the playoffs, that’s our number one objective. I’ll say it again, we’re highly motivated and the whole organization is very focused on getting there, but we’re also building for the future. The four players we’ve brought in are in our long-term plans, we’ve rejuvenated. You mentioned Ruan and Lassiter, who were professionals in their own right and I have nothing negative to say about them, but we were looking to rejuvenate the flanks. When a player is at the end of his contract, there’s a risk of losing him without getting anything in return and we wanted to avoid that. In the discussions I’ve had over the last few months with several of the players, I already had a good idea of the players who wanted to continue the adventure with us.
Q: I’d like to pick up on what you said about having no regrets. In the case of Mathieu Choinière, I know you weren’t in charge of giving out contracts before, but if Mathieu Choinière had been revalued at the end of the previous year, you would have been able to sell him for more in Europe today. Is there a willingness in the management of these contracts to change the way you do things so that you get the best price for your most valuable assets?
GG: I don’t know if I quite agree, as we know with the transfer window in Europe, with the season starting now in Europe, their window closes at the end of August or the beginning of September, depending on the country. And Mathieu would be there this year or next year. Still, it was the optimal time for us to do it. So, would we have had more? If we had signed him already in the long term, let’s say in December, would we have had more value for him outside Europe? I’m not 100% sure, but I understand the logic of saying that when a player is more long-term, we might have more value on resale, maybe yes.
Q: Could this change the way you proceed for other players with Mathieu-like profiles?
GG: Of course, we try to keep our high-potential players under contract as long as possible. It’s logical, with a view to a transfer, it’s logical.
Q: Last time we spoke Corey Wray was a consultant from what we understood, he was going to offer advice on sports structure. Now you’ve come to tell us that he’s made calls to the league, to agents and to teams. Is there anything new about his role? Is he still a consultant?
GG: No, I didn’t explain that very well. As a consultant, he’s basically an extension of our team, and to draw a parallel, when I was at Deloitte, I was often an extension of my clients’ teams. Corey’s role is that he has the contact with all the general managers. I did that for a while, but he comes in like a fish in water. He knows all the agents and we’re using him to his full potential right now.
Q: The term consultant is there, but basically, he’s more or less a sporting director. I mean, he’s the one who communicates with everyone no?
GG: He works directly with me, so he can’t make decisions for the club. Anyway, even in the future, we’ll always work as a team. Right now, he’s playing the role of consultant, not CF Montreal’s sporting director. I fill that role on an interim basis, but there’s a lot of strength and we want to apply all that strength, and I think we’ve done that very well during this transfer window.
Q: Laurent Courtois is a young coach in MLS. You brought in other youngsters for the Montreal CF project last week, and there were some tough words spoken with Josef Martinez. Do you feel there’s room for improvement on the management side, in terms of communication with veterans?
GG: I think we can all improve every day and yes, he’s a young coach but if Laurent felt the need to say what he said, there was a reason for it, but all I can tell you is that Laurent and Josef spoke to each other. As far as I’m concerned, that’s the end of the story, and now we’re concentrating on the next game. Can we learn from this for the future? Of course we can.
Q: Is Josef one of the people who wants to stay in the organization now?
GG: Josef has a role to play. He came here to score goals. So here, he’s a professional and he has a lot of experience, and he knows what he must do between now and the end of the year.
Q: Just to get back to Corey Wray, did his consulting mandate end with the closing of the transfer market? Is it clear when his mandate will end? Is it clearer what’s next for him within the organization? Then, in the same line of thought, has your idea of the structure you want to set up in the sports division progressed in the last few months since we last spoke to you?
GG: First, Corey didn’t come here just to fill the role during this transfer window that has just closed. He came with us, as I mentioned before, to help us think about our processes, about the optimal organization for our club. In the last few weeks, we’ve really been in the middle of all the transfers you’ve seen. Now we’re going to take a step back. We’ve put certain processes into practice, and then we’ve seen some things that we can even improve in the way we’ve carried them out for the next window. We did it, let’s say, by rolling up our sleeves, but now we want to step back and really describe the process. I can tell you that we’ve used a lot more analytics than we used in the past, in order to really select the players from the analysis, whether it’s physical performance, performance, tactics or other. We’ve looked at that more than in the past, so that’s one thing we want to move forward with. Now, how we documented everything, all the discussions we had, how we made the decision and why is all documented, so later if we want to come back. By doing it in action, we’ve already developed some tools that we’ll be using in the future. Now we’re going to step back and take a more holistic look at how we want to organize the department, what technologies we want to use and how we want to proceed. We’ll be able to take a little more time with that, because we were in the middle of the transfer window at the time.
Q: You were talking earlier about Josef, who knows his job. Where do you stand on the importance of creating a framework and rules to respect? Several of them have been benched for that this year, which can be positive thing, but at the same time, a coach’s job is to get results and some of your best scorers have been in the stands when you needed results. Have you discussed this with Laurent, and where do you stand in relation to that?
GG: If I take a step back, the clear term that comes to mind is discipline. There’s a discipline as a professional. A personal discipline as a professional such as arriving on time, dressing as you’ve been instructed to during an activity, arriving on time to community events and to signings. It’s details like that are fundamental for me. These are the things we teach our academic kids when they start at ten or eleven years old, such as the respect of shaking hands and saying hello, which are basic things and at the pro level it’s no different. If you’re not 100% disciplined, it’s hard to get results. Have we been impeccable in terms of discipline? I’ll never tell you that because it’s not true. It’s something that I’ve spoken about on several occasions with the leaders, the coach, and the players. It’s something we absolutely must make sure we’re all on the same wavelength on. For me, it’s non-negotiable and anyone who isn’t disciplined shouldn’t be here.
Q: Does Laurent Courtois have your support with these disciplinary measures?
GG: 100%
Q: As far as the transfer of Ismaël Kone from Watford to Marseille is concerned, unless I’m mistaken, there was a percentage for you on any sale of the deal that was made at the time?
GG: It’s more a question of a solidarity, not necessarily a percentage of the sale.
Q: How does that money work for MLS? Does it give you room to reinvest? Is it up to the board to decide what they do?
GG: The money comes back to the club in the end, and after that, it’s up to me and the committee to decide on our strategy and how we’re going to use the money.
Q: Last week, we were watching training, and we were in the press box, and we were talking about how heavy it is among the fans that every time there’s a sale the fans say, “We know it, the club is going to move, the club is going to be sold.” So, I’m asking you, can you reassure us? Is this club for sale?
GG: No, I’ve said it several times, and I’ll say it again, the club is here to stay.
Q: So, Mathieu Choiniere won’t be in the next game?
GG: No
Q: Is he already in Europe to finalize the details of the transaction?
GG: I don’t have the latest information, but he should be going to Europe shortly.
Q: In terms of the sports department, Olivier Renard and Vassili Cremanzidis were essentially the only two in the sports department. If we look at Columbus Crew, for example, there are eight and Toronto FC have nine staff in their sporting department. How do you see the future structure? Do you want to have more people like that in the sports structure eventually?
GG: We’re looking at what works well for Columbus or anywhere else, it all depends on the club. We look at things holistically, can we strengthen ourselves from a scouting and recruitment point of view? Yes, I’m even thinking about the Academy. Can we strengthen ourselves from an analytical point of view? Absolutely. We’re looking at these key positions and we’ll be making decisions in the next few months. We’re going to work very closely with Corey on best practices, because he’s worked at Toronto FC and Columbus, and he knows the rest of the clubs in MLS as well. We’re going to implement what’s right for us. It’s not the same recipe that works for all clubs. We’re a youth development club and we want to work more closely with Bologna which is how we’re going to build our team.
Q: In terms of the sports department, Olivier Renard and Vassili Cremanzidis were essentially two in the sports department. If we look at Columbus Crew, for example, there are eight and Toronto FC have nine. How do you see the future structure? Do you want to have more people like that in the sports structure eventually?
GG: But again, we’re looking at what works well for Columbus or elsewhere or Toronto? It depends on the club. For us, we look at things holistically. Can we strengthen ourselves from a scouting and recruitment point of view? Yes, I’m even thinking about the Academy. Yes, we can. Can we strengthen ourselves from an analytical point of view? Absolutely. So we’re looking at these key positions and we’ll be making a decision here in the next few months. And we’re going to work very closely with Cory on best practices, if we want him, the clubs you mentioned, he’s been to Toronto, he’s been to Columbus, he knows the rest of the clubs in MLS well. So we’re going to implement what’s right for us in terms of clubs. It’s not the same recipe that works for all clubs. As I said, we’re a youth development club. We want to work more closely with Bologna. So that’s how we’re going to build our team.
Q: You’ve often insisted on the idea of players who want to be here. Before this transfer window, did you meet all the players to validate their motivation? Was this a factor in the Ruan and Ariel Lassiter trades? Have all the players we’ve seen on the pitch confirmed straight away that they want to be here, or are there players you’d also like to trade?
GG: I met the players who arrived, and I am convinced that they want to be here. In the case of Ruan and Lassiter, I tell you, they’re great professionals and I have nothing negative to say about them. It’s really a decision to rejuvenate the flanks, and they were both at the end of their contracts, so the chances of both coming back next season were slim. We decided that even if we are fully aware that we reinforced the positions with youngsters. Yes youngsters, but youngsters who had demonstrated that they were ready to play. In Tom Pearce’s case, he’s a more established player who brings something different to the table which was clear in my mind. I think we’ve done quite a bit in this window. Are there going to be any more changes in the next window? Yes, there’s a good chance we’ll continue to make changes but for now, I’m very comfortable with the group we have now to achieve our goal of making the playoffs.
Q: Do you think the team today is better than before the transfer market?
GG: I think the team today can reach the level that can take us to the playoffs this season. Is this team better now on paper than it was before? No, but if you use the same recipe repeatedly, you can expect the same results. I think with the changes we’ve made, we’re in a better position to make the playoffs.
Q: MLS asked you to choose your development mode, and you opted for the four U22s and the 2 DPs. Can you tell us a little more about this choice and what will change in your plans?
GG: Basically, we’re a development team and we want to invest in young players, so it’s clear that we’re moving towards the initiative as other clubs have done for other reasons. But for us, when we invest, it’s not that we’ll have more designated players, but when we invest, we’ll be more inclined to invest with U22 players and all the advantages we can have from a wage bill point of view with the rules, which I won’t go into in detail now because it would take hours. It just made sense for us to invest in youth rather than investing in more established players on the Designated Players side.
Q: Tom Pearce and Dawid Bugaj too, who are the two guys who came over from Europe. How did you find these guys who were playing in lower divisions? Did Bologna’s scouting unit help with that?
GG: Exactly, for these two players, it was really in direct collaboration with Bologna. In Dawid’s case, he played for SPAL in the Primavera, so they had identified him. SPAL is a bit complicated, given that they’re not in the first division for the first team, but Primavera is in the first division. The Bologna scouts had seen him and thought he had an interesting profile, and they knew the profile we were looking for and we communicated with them. They saw something special in him and you can see that he’s a young defender who’s very disciplined defensively and has a lot of pace. He brings a lot of volume, is very good with the ball and perhaps, who knows, he could even play inside. It’s not definite, but he’s someone we see a lot of potential and resale potential. In the case of Pearce, same thing, he had been identified by the scouts in Bologna and they knew that we were looking for a left-handed player, someone who can put in good crosses early or otherwise at the end or in the flanks. He looked like someone who could offer us something special, so we met him, saw his games and thought he was an interesting player. We don’t have the resources of a team like Bologna, who have scouts all over the world. So now, when they scout for their own club, they also look for us, and by communicating more with them, they understand the profiles we’re looking for, so it was a great collaboration for these two players.
Q: At the start of the season, you didn’t mention the Leagues Cup as part of your objectives. I’d like to know your opinion of this tournament, which is played annually and often most teams don’t make it past the round of 16 or the quarterfinals, which means that the month of August is virtually empty on the calendar. For you, it’s in the middle of summer and people are on vacation. What do you think of this annual tournament? Would you like it to be maybe biannual or every two years or four years? How do you see it?
GG: I think it’s a great initiative by the league to have a championship where you can enter the Champions Cup. There’s a lot at stake and there’s also a commercial side which is very interesting. To see the atmosphere during the Pumas match last year or even the San Luis match this year, it’s great, as far as I’m concerned. If we can experience this kind of emotion and experience something different in our stadium, I’m all for it. Yes, unfortunately it can cause a few breaks, but I still think it’s a great initiative. I think it’s innovative for MLS to do this, so I think it’s another great experience.
Q: One more clarification and a question: have you had any offers for Nathan Saliba this summer?
GG: Nathan’s definitely a player with very high potential, so scouts are definitely keeping an eye on him, but to say that we’ve had any formal offers, not at the moment.
Q: Jaheele Marshall-Rutty, the amount, his profile, and trajectory as well, which has perhaps been on a bit of a roller coaster for the past few years. Then there’s the matter of dealing with Toronto, whether it’s for you personally or for Corey, who also has ties. How did it go?
GG: It was very good and open. Essentially, it’s a matter of communicating with the different athletic directors and you ask questions about who might be available? Are there any players you might be interested in letting go or trading? Or maybe on loan with an option to buy? That’s how it works, and we got the list from the different general managers and after we looked at it and we saw that there was a possibility for Jaheele, who was on our team’s radar for a little while. It’s the same thing with Caden Clark, we really liked his profile. Marshall-Rutty is bit of a Mathieu Choiniere player, in the sense that he grew up in the TFC academy organization and was signed as a fifteen-year-old to the pro ranks. He had lots of potential, but it was difficult for him to get playing time now. With Richie Laryea and Federico Bernadeschi, it’s hard to get playing time, and Toronto FC don’t have the same structure as we do. It was a great opportunity for us to go and explore, but we wanted to be sure that he wanted to come here and that he understood the project we wanted to put in place for him, and he was really charmed by the city. It’s clear to him that he is joining the sworn enemies of TFC, but I told him I think that he would be well received and not to worry because he’s a good player. Sure, there’s a history between the two teams, but ultimately, we’re here to try and help players like Marshall-Rutty develop and I think that he was a very good acquisition for us.
Q: I know it’s hard to say maybe right now, but are you setting some kind of timetable to establish this clarity about who does what in the sporting hierarchy?
GG: We need to clarify it, it’s a priority, so by the end of the year.
Q: By the end of the year or the end of the season?
GG: I’m going to give myself a bit of a break, so the end of the year.
Q: More of a macro question here, in terms of development with the club, you send a lot of young players out on loan. In terms of the academy, it’s only been Mathieu and Nathan who really broke into the first team, who have gone through the academy. The lack of an MLS next pro team, which you made it very clear that you don’t feel like you need that to develop your young players, why should fans feel confident considering that it doesn’t feel like there’s been that much success in terms of developing young players and graduating onto the first team?
GG: I don’t agree with what you’re saying because when you look at the percentage of minutes played by academy players in our team, like from our own academy. The beauty that we have here is that it’s local players, for example we have Jonathan Sirois, Mathieu Choiniere, Nathan Saliba and others going up. We’ve had a lot of minutes, around 25% or over of our minutes have been by academy players. We’re unique when it comes to that and there’s a great pipeline coming in from the academy. We signed Alessandro Biello who’s been training with us, who also came up the through the academy. Are all academy players going to be a home run or a success? Not necessarily, but we feel we’re doing a very good job to represent our city and our club and the players that go up the ranks. The loans are a good way, be it in CPL or USL, for the players to get playing minutes when they’re young. Some of the players that we loaned out were not getting those minutes here. Some of it had to do when other players got injured, they got injured as well when their chance came, and they couldn’t seize that opportunity. I think we’re doing a very good job especially when I evaluate the overall results of our players going up the ranks. When I look at some of the comments that I got this year from our U17s, and they ranked who played the most attractive football. We were amongst the top ones, and we were recognized for the way we were playing and that’s how we want our whole academy to play. I wouldn’t say that’s fair to say that we’re not doing a good job, I think we’re doing a fantastic job. In terms of development, we can do more. We can do some targeted development where you get personal time with a coach. We have somebody like Simon Gatti who’s dedicated to that now at the academy. We’re going to do personalized training with high performing or high-quality players where we see a lot of a lot of growth. We must do more of that with our first team. That’s the secret sauce. The extra work will get you to the next level. There’s things we can definitely improve, but I feel we’re doing a good job overall with the Academy.
Q: How close is Mathieu Choiniere to having the deal finalized to Europe? Looking back to where he came from and where he is today, how does it look for the club?
GG: I think it’s a fantastic story. It’s the sporting philosophy that we want to put in place in the academy, where young players grow as men and women to be leaders. Some of them go pro and a lot of them don’t, but what we want to build are leaders. Mathieu is a leader. He came up the ranks of the academy ever since he was 12 years old, and he’s represented our club in a fantastic way. He’s a classy person that’s worn the captain’s armband a couple of times, which is a great honor. Now his dream of going to Europe is going to be realized. We’re in the last steps, it’s the final due diligence that needs to take place before its all finalized. Unless they’re not completely signed, you never know with these things, but we’re going in the right direction. I would say we’re really in the last steps here of due diligence.
Q: You spoke about Ruan, Lassiter, and Mason Toye who moved on during this transfer window. There are going to be a lot of veterans who are going to have either their contracts up at the end of the year, or it’s going to be club options. Is that a precursor to kind of what you want to continue to accomplish when the season is over? When the next transfer window emerges, will you continue to move on from guys who are 27 and over and continuing to bring guys who are 22, 23 and under?
GG: We can’t only field players who are 20 or 21 years old, you need some key veterans there. We have Samuel Piette and Joel Waterman who are our leaders, we also have Jonathan Sirois, that although he’s young at 23, he’s already seen a lot and been through a lot, he’s part of our leaders. We have Nathan Saliba who’s 20 years old, but he’s already worn the captain’s armband and is growing as a leader as well. But you cannot only field 20-year-olds kids, that was the idea behind bringing Tom Pearce into the squad. He’s 26 and an established player, he’s been through a lot so he can help the younger players who have come in. The reality of it is that players who are young are getting a lot of minutes right now. Caden Clark and Marshall- Rutty have played quite a bit in MLS and played for their youth national teams so they bring a lot of experience. It’s not only a matter of age, I think it’s also what they’ve lived but for sure we can’t only have 20-year-olds on the field. That’s not the right recipe, you must mix them with some veterans who can teach them the right things.
Q: Looking back at the way things went with Mathieu Choiniere throughout the season with the trade requests and the contract issues. Looking back on the entire issue from A to Z, would you like to have changed the way everything went and the way the team handled it?
GG: Do I have any regrets? Absolutely not. We did everything we could to keep Mathieu here with a very fair offer at his level and what he deserves. Then this other opportunity came for Europe, which is great for him because it’s part of his dream. It’s never perfect when you’re negotiating a contract. But no, I have absolutely no regrets, because where we’ve reached right now is for him to reach a new platform and to go to Europe to fulfill his dreams and I really wish him all the best.
Q: Last time we spoke, you mentioned you would be meeting every player one on one. For the first time, you put your stamp on the club during this transfer window, what is the message to those players as you go into the playoff push over the final nine games?
GG: First, my message is that we’re one point away from making the playoffs, and second, our supporters and partners have been unbelievable the stadium has been filled at every game, so we need to put on a show for the fans and give everything. For us, effort is non-negotiable, that’s what we say so I tell them “We’re committed to each other.” We said that as a club we would give the players the best possible environment for them to succeed in and we’ve done that. Now, for the players part of the contract is to put 100% effort. I tell the players that this city, fans, and stadium are amazing, and we can live something special. I tell them to not have any regrets about what they could have done better. I constantly tell the players you have between maybe ten to fifteen years in your career and are you really going to throw away one year? I feel with the quality that we have now, not making the playoffs would be something difficult to digest. It’s within the players and within the group to find the right level
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