UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME MEDIA CONFERENCE

January 7, 2005

Charlie Weis

COACH WEIS: Good morning, folks. Before we get going on any questions and answers, let me just clarify a couple things about how business is going to be done as far as the media goes. I don't want anyone anymore contacting a player or a coach on your own, okay? They're all off limits. You want to interview a player or a coach, I'll be more than happy to give you permission to talk to them, but I want all requests going through our Sports Information Department to me with the subject not just who you want to talk to, the subject of what you want to talk about. Obviously, one of the things I've tracked in the last month, why this whole thing has gone down, we have too many team spokespeople around here, okay? The kids were put in a very uncomfortable situation of having to talk about the past staff, of having to talk about the present staff. I mean, you guys took total advantage of them, and those days are over. So let's get that straight first, okay, because I'm not hanging the kids out to dry. I don't think that's right. They're all open to you. Anyone you want to talk to, there's open to you. I just want to know what the topic of the conversation is. Because if you want to talk about, "Hey, tell me about the difference between Coach Willingham and Coach Weis," guess what, that interview is going to be rejected, declined. So we understand the ground rules for that right off the bat. As far as the coaches, you're more than happy to find out about any of the coaches here, you can talk to them about anything. But right now they can't talk about our players, they don't even know them yet. They're just getting in here, doing research on our players, getting involved in recruiting. I mean, right now we're in the information-gathering stage, not in the information-passing-out stage. So this way we come in, we all have the ground rules set where we know how we're going to do business, because for the last month, I sat there and I tracked this down, every time I turned around I got another guy, another player, giving you his opinion on the coaching situation. And what do they know? They don't know anything. They barely even know me. I don't need them speaking for me; I think I can speak for myself. As far interviews with me, do me a favor, I don't ever talk off the record. I'll gladly answer any question, but just not off the record. Don't ask me, "This is off the record now." Okay, I don't talk off the record. If you have a question for me, I'll answer it. And if I can't answer it or I don't think it's appropriate, then I just won't answer it, okay? This way I'll be very available to you guys. You won't have to worry about me. I know how things have been done in the past. I'll be very available to you. I'll be very accommodating. I understand your jobs. I think it's important to give you what you want. I understand that. One of the things I can tell you will be a little bit different, for example, last year I believe that Sunday was kind of an off day for the media, is that correct? Was that correct for you guys here? Well, Sunday will be the big media day, not the off day. And the reason why is because Monday to me is a game-plan day and I'll I don't want to be spending the whole game-plan day sitting there spending time with you guys, I want to be game planning so we have a chance to win on Saturdays. So after the game is over on Saturday, I'll give you some brief things just based on what I saw at that time, because obviously there's too many things that happen during the game that you need more information before you can really speak about it. And if we threw 15 interception, I'll say, "Well, we threw 15 interceptions." I usually can see something like that. But what will happen really is on Sunday, it will give me an opportunity to see the tape, to talk to the coaches, and then I will be available for you at length on Sundays so that you guys can sit there and tell me how dumb or how stupid I am for something that happened during the game, or how brilliant I am, conversely, if something ended up going well, okay? So we have the ground rules set to start off with. I think that that's important. I know that sometimes -- I understand the life of you guys in the media, and I think that I understand the job you have to do, and I will certainly do everything I can to make your jobs easier. But there's got -- there has to be some give and take here. And one of the things is we need to get this thing under control here. I don't want to hang the sports information people out to dry. I don't want to hang the players out to dry. I don't want to hang the coaches out to dry. And I certainly don't want to hang you out to dry, okay? So I'll make myself very available to you, and I think that I need you to work with me. If I start reading those anonymous quotes now, you're shut down, I will never say another word to you. Let's understand that, too, because if I start seeing those, "Well, this player who wanted to remain anonymous," not only will I try my best to find out who that anonymous player is, but you are off limits. I will never again say another word to you. So let's make sure we understand what the terms are walking in the door. Does everyone understand that? Okay, go ahead, fire away.

COACH WEIS: Well, the first thing I wanted to do, I wanted some people with Notre Dame ties as part of the staff. I thought that was -- I thought that that was one thing coming in. I think that was one of the reasons I was hired here, because I think Notre Dame was looking for somebody that, you know, understood Notre Dame, and understood the pros and cons that go with, you know, being at a University like this. When I was assembling the staff, I think to find a few people at least with Notre Dame ties was one of the premises, one of the foundations of my thought process. After that, after I found a couple, what I found with Mike Haywood and Rick [] mentor, who happen to be the coordinators, as well, I mean, you bring in a head coach with Notre Dame ties, an offensive coordinator with Notre Dame ties, and a defensive coordinator with Notre Dame ties, I think you're on the right track to get going. And then after that, I think it was important for me to surround myself with people who, A, I think were my type of guys, and B, could be structured in such a way where we could take care of multi-facets, which means coaching and recruiting. So I wanted to go out there and find the guys who had the best foundations in recruiting, and at the same time I wanted to find the guys who I respect the most with X's and O's. And I think -- I think I was fortunate enough to come up with a nice combination of the two.

COACH WEIS: We're not going to talk about the past. So let's not talk about the past, okay? We'll worry about -- let's talk about the future. And here is my simple philosophy to that question: I believe you utilize the players you have. If you have runningbacks, you run the ball, okay? If you have a quarterback and receivers that can throw it, you throw the ball, as long as you can protect them. I'm a personnel-oriented guy, okay? We're going to study the personnel we have. We're going to study the new people, whoever we end up bringing in here. We're going to add them to the mix. We're going to see what we have, and that's what we're going to do, okay? My system is broad. I mean, there's been years where I've thrown the ball 65%, run it 35%. This year I ran the ball over half the time, okay? Had something to do with I had a runner that was pretty darn good, okay? I think rather than reinvent the wheel, you find out who you have, what you can do, and that's what you do. On the other side of that is when you're playing your opponents, okay, you have to find out what their weaknesses are. If there's a team that we're going against that's not very good against the run, we'll be running it a lot, okay? If we're playing against a team that's not very good in coverage, we'll be throwing it all over the yard, okay? So, I mean, it's your personnel and their personnel, because football is a personnel game. You need to know what your personnel can do and what they can't do, and you need to know what your opponents can do and can't do, and it changes on a weekly basis.

COACH WEIS: I think that the biggest problem I have right now is just learning their faces. But I think I know their numbers and what they can do. I think that the foundation for recruiting, you need to know where the holes are. So I know exactly what the numbers are in every position, down to the walk-ons. I know exactly what the numbers are. We've identified what holes we think we need to fill, and that's what we're trying to do. I think if you're in the middle of recruiting, you need to know what you already have or else you can't fill those holes.

COACH WEIS: I heard you fine. Sometimes it's numbers at a position. Other times it's ability at a position. See, sometimes you'll have numbers at a position. You'll say, well, you have enough at that position, but you need to upgrade the talent at that position. So I'm not afraid to overload one position if it means getting better football players in here. And I'm not also -- I'm not going to -- I'm not going to be afraid to short-change a position if we can't get a guy who's good enough to come in and play and fill the spot. I'd rather leave the spot or overload at one position to go ahead and fill the personnel out that way.

COACH WEIS: I'm not telling you the answer to that question (laughter). You'll probably tell me the answer to that question. Go ahead.

COACH WEIS: Well, yeah. First of all, that's a fair question. First of all, I think with the linemen, let's start with linemen first of all, both offensive and defensive linemen. I'm looking for tough guys, you know. You all heard me when I first came in, and everyone ran with my opening comments, but that's the type of guy I'm looking for. I think that if you want your team to be a certain way, then you have to recruit that persona, you need to recruit that personality. I don't think, you know, toughness is something that you can make. I think you have that. I mean, sometimes toughness can be brought out of somebody. But I think that if you want a bunch of tough guys, then you better recruit a bunch of tough guys. And then I think that everyone here would agree that, you know, one thing we need to do is upgrade the skill positions, and that doesn't mean replace the guys we already have. I think you better start bringing in more skill people that can fill some of those voids. And they could be at any position. And it doesn't mean we'll just bring in corners and not safeties, it doesn't mean bring in receivers but not running backs. It means skill people. You need to go out and (prove/improve?) your skill people. Each year it might be a little different. You might be able to get more at one position than you really need. But they're good, so we'll take 'em, and we'll worry about the other position the next year. In other words, I'm not going to worry about filling exact slots; I'm looking at a lineman versus skill people. We basically have identified the numbers at those and that's where we're trying to fill at this point.

COACH WEIS: Well, I'll give you an example of that, okay? I'll give you two examples. Let's talk about the line, because we were talking about toughness, okay? So I'll talk about John Latina and Jappy Oliver. I mean, these are guys who are smart guys, who are tough guys themselves, who like to coach the guys tough. In other words, I wasn't looking at -- when we were talking about line coaches, I wasn't looking just at guys that are there to pat them on the back and say, "That's okay," okay, because that's not the way I am, it's not okay. "That's okay, don't worry about it." I wanted guys that were good teachers, okay, because I consider myself a teacher first. I wanted guys that were good teachers, that coached the guys tough. And I think both those guys fit that bill, fit that mould. I could talk about every coach for a different reason, okay, but I'm just trying to give you an example of what you're asking for.

COACH WEIS: Well, there's two parts to that question. I think a lot of times the reason why coaches don't have those guys who have been head coaches on their staff is because they're intimidated by them. You know, "Well, this guy's going to take my job." And that certainly is not one of the things going through my mind. With that premise, I'd rather get the best people, regardless of their experience, best people available. And I think that those three guys that you're talking about are three of the best, for different reasons. First of all, going against the Dolphins for the last bunch of years with Bill Lewis, that's the one team I haven't had much success throwing the ball against. Doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out if you can't beat 'em very well in the pass game, well then let's go hire him. "Can't beat 'em, join 'em." You know that old philosophy? Well, that fit with Bill. It didn't hurt from the fact he'd been in college ball for a whole bunch of time, been a head coach at three different places. But the bottom line was I had trouble beating their scheme, so I figured I might as well go get him than go against him. With Rick, there have been multiple reasons. Here is a guy that had been at Notre Dame for a couple years when Notre Dame was an outstanding football team, already knew a lot about the school. The fact that he was in Cincinnati for 10 years doesn't hurt recruiting either, that you had a guy that was based right there in the state of Ohio, which is an area which we really need to be a fertile (inaudible) ground to us here. Get him back here. That's two. Dave Cutcliff, who can argue with his past success? I mean, his successes with the Mannings alone, both at Tennessee and at Ole Miss. I mean, when you get three guys with that ability to come and join your staff, if you don't get them, then you're the one making the mistake by not trying to get them.

COACH WEIS: It's going to be different than the other weekends. I think this is critical because we have a number of front-line guys coming in this weekend that, you know, this is the best opportunity for me to have face-to-face meetings with these guys. And we have a number of them in here. I obviously have a plan of attack for the weekends that I'm not going to be here. I mean, it's not going to be where they're not going to visit with me, but I have a different mode to get that done. But this was a critical one for not only the face-to-face, but also it's time to start nailing some people down. It's time for some of these guys, "Here is what the program is. Are you in? Are you on board? Are you jumping ship?" I think that that's where we need to get to. I think we've been very matter of fact in our recruiting approach this year. You know, obviously we don't get into details on people because that's an illegal NCAA infraction. You know, it's an NCAA infraction, okay? But I think this weekend will be the foundation for our recruiting.

COACH WEIS: Well, I have a very easy answer for that question. It's not as loaded as you think. Just yesterday I went and on a tour of this new facility. And I think that Notre Dame until this year, until June of this year, was kind of at a competitive disadvantage as far as facilities went. And this new facility, it doesn't get any better than this now. I went through it yesterday, and I've been through almost every college, you know, when we went out to work out players for the draft. And when you walk through that building over there, you'll know what I'm talking about. When the recruit comes walking through the door of that new facility that's going to open up in June, okay, no longer will you just have to sell the name; now you'll have the school and the education and the name, and a facility that will be second to none. When players walk in, they'll say, "Whoa." That's what it's going to be when they walk in there, it's going to be a "Whoa." That was pretty easy (laughter).

COACH WEIS: I think that things have gone fairly well. I think that sometimes you come in with a kid, and it's just irreparable and it's too late. The difference is, I don't spend five minutes on the phone with those kids. Within five minutes, I know whether or not we're continuing the conversation because I don't wait around in the conversation to get to it. I about introduce my name, where I'm from, and then we go right into, "Okay, here's the deal. I haven't been involved in you, are you interested or not interested?" If they are interested, I continue on. There's been a few people even -- there's been a few people that have decided to stay, you know, where they're already committed to, for example, who they've called me back and their parents have called me back, said, "You know, I really appreciate even -- they appreciate the fact you called them, even though they were already gone somewhere else. But I think that I do not in any way think that we won't have a successful recruiting class this year. Are there some players that we're too late on? Yes. Okay, just the way it is. It's the nature of the beast. But in no way do I think that I've been received in anything but a positive manner, even with the kids that aren't going to end up coming here.

COACH WEIS: Well, I think that the first thing is I learned a long time ago is you better see what you have before you start making the switches. So I think when we walked in the door, I like to watch them first. I'm not going to be quick to do anything. I like to watch, see what I have. I'm going to go off on a tangent with that and compound this issue. It's just like a guy, there's a guy that's on the fence here as far as, Do I want to go to class, do I not want to go to class? Am I a good guy, am I a bad guy? I'm right now going to give everybody the benefit of the doubt walking in, okay? I'm going to give them the opportunity to show me what they can do physically, but I also want to give them the opportunity to show me what they're going to do off the field as well as on the field. Are they going to be a good kid? Are they going to go to class? Because, you know, if they're not going to be a good kid, they're not going to go to class, I'm going to make their life miserable, and that's a promise. I will make their life miserable. For those athletes really I think I've learned from both Belichick and Parcells is not to judge -- not to be quick to judge about what a guy can do. Watch, just watch. And I think that as far as position switches or changes, I think that they'll come naturally after you've watched for a while.

COACH WEIS: Well, first of all, I think Notre Dame should be able to recruit nationally. I mean, this is Notre Dame. You should be able to recruit nationally. But I think sometimes you could spread yourself too thin. You know, I think that if you try to get in, you know, all 50 states and the rest of the Free World, I mean, let's face it, there's only so many scholarships and there's only so much time to do that. But I do believe that each coach that comes in, I mean, Rob Ianello is our recruiting coordinator in addition to being our receiver coach. One of the things that we met on last night were areas where each coach came in has a background in, has ties with. So I think that there's natural recruiting areas as well as logistical areas or areas that are force fed. I think the fact that you bring in guys that have ties in certain areas, I think you need to utilize that resource. But I think that Notre Dame should be able to recruit nationally, as well as hitting solid a home run on the Midwest every year. We should be able to do that because those guys are within driving distance.

COACH WEIS: I think the grass needs to be longer. Next question (laughter).

COACH WEIS: I love speed. But, you know, I love guys that can run. First, I want guys that can play. I think there's a lot of times, like somebody will say, "There's a receiver that run as 4.3." He might be better suited to having those track spikes on because he might not be able to play dead. You might say, "He can run fast, he can run a 10 300 meters." But what if he can't catch the ball, okay? I like guys that can play. I mean, show me a guy who can play, that's what I'm looking for. I like play-makers, okay? So speed, don't get me wrong, I love speed, but speed can be overrated, okay? If he's not a football player, what difference does it make how fast he is?

COACH WEIS: There is a speed coach. Next question.

COACH WEIS: And several of them came back early for this weekend because really they don't really need to be back until Monday. They've been very, very warm and receptive about helping. And they understand that that's part of the deal for the future of the program, that they have to be involved. I can't say I've been surprised. I've been very pleased at the response from our players, to come back early, even when school wasn't in session this weekend, to be involved in recruiting.

COACH WEIS: I think that they've been on an emotional rollercoaster. I think that one of the things -- I'll say a couple of different answers to that that are all connected. One of the things is, when there's a change in head coach, and you have that period in between, okay, there isn't the same direction or the focal point. I think the head coach needs to be the focal point of the program. And I think he's got to be willing to be the dart board. I think when things are going bad, I think the head coach has to be up there and make himself accountable first and kind of shield the team. And I think they went through a period where there was no one there to shield them. And I think that I'd rather take the hits myself, okay, then them take the hits. And then I'll pass on the hits in private when I get back with them, okay? But I think that, first, that's one of the things I'm talking about. That's why I'm more than happy to accommodate any media request to talk to a player, as long as I know what the conversation is going to be about, because I think that a lot of times, we do this in the NFL, we coach our players, we coach our players on the media and what's off limits, what they can't say and what they can say. We don't tell them what to say now, but we tell them the topics that are off limits, like injuries. You'll hear this from now on: "I'm day to day. I'm just trying to get better. I'm just trying to get back on the field." That's the answer you're going to hear from everyone, so just write it down now because you're going to get the same answer. "I'm day to day." They might not be returning for eight months, but they're day to day. That's going to be the answer. But, I mean, there's certain things that you take the pressure off of them so they that they don't have to -- in other words, there's somebody who is going to coach them on the things they really don't need to be messing with. They already have enough things to deal with, going to school at a tough academic institution, new coaching staff, new offense, new defense, new special teams. Every coach has their own little wrinkles on how business is to be done. So those things are going to take place. There's a number of changes that are taking place. But I think that with change, there also can be a good opportunity for good things to happen, okay, because normally everyone buys into the system in the beginning because they want to be a part of the reason why things are successful, not a part of the reason why things are unsuccessful.

COACH WEIS: Well, basically I was on the road all day Monday, and we can't talk about where, okay? But we only can have seven coaches on the road for each given day. So I was on the road Monday. I was off the road Tuesday and Wednesday. And I got to work about 9:00 Wednesday night, hopped on a plane, got out here. I was here all day yesterday. I'll be here today and I'll be here tomorrow. Then I'll hop back on a plane late Saturday night because I got a staff meeting 6:00 on Sunday - AM, in case you're wondering (laughter).

COACH WEIS: They actually gave me this book about this big when I walked in the door. Well, I actually had to take a recruiting test. Let me tell you something, it's tough. I find myself fairly intelligent, but that recruiting test is tough. You know, it's something you really have to study for. If you just think you can walk in there and take that test and pass it, you know, you're wrong. But I fortunately passed it with flying colors. I did. I mean, it's not easy. I had to take it -- as a matter of fact, I flew -- the second time I flew in, I flew in on Friday to take the recruiting test so I could go see a recruit the next day. So it's something that you definitely have to prepare for.

COACH WEIS: About the same. It's like cramming for an exam, but cramming in a short amount of time.

COACH WEIS: Yes. Well, see, the answer is yes, they will come in. With the new technology that there is these days, okay, there's an availability to have a face-to-face even though you're not here. So let's just leave it at that.

COACH WEIS: Uh-huh.

COACH WEIS: The same as I've been spending on it. I'll tell you how I've done that. What I've basically done is worked my day, gotten to the point where my assistant coaches on offense all have the material they need to work on for that night, and then the next three hours or so that I would be working on things personally all get pushed back till later so that I then could do the recruiting phone calls for the next three hours. And then those three hours that I would have been doing my football stuff, I pick it up then, okay? So really what I've done is I've had to put myself on extreme time management so that I could get everything done the same way. And there might be a couple times where there might be somebody on the West Coast that it might be 2 when I'm finishing where it's 11 there, where I still might make a couple calls at that time. So all's I've done is cost myself a little sleep. But I think as far as the time management goes, I think I have it down. Now, if it had to go past February, I don't know how much longer I would make it, but I think I have it down till then (laughter).

COACH WEIS: Yeah, I'm a head coach now. It's a lot easier, to tell you the truth. It's one thing when you're an assistant, you go into somebody's home, and you're not the same as one of the front-line guys coming in. But now when I go into the home, I'm the head coach of the University of Notre Dame. And it's actually a little easier.

COACH WEIS: January 17th is when we'll crank it back up.

COACH WEIS: Well, just our involvement in the program, you know, our involvement -- the coaches' involvement won't start till after recruiting is done.

COACH WEIS: No, I'd say the similarities are great, to tell you the truth. That's one thing I had them do. I don't know if they've done it in the past. But yesterday we walked into our office and we had a personnel board with our personnel and with years of eligibility left on the board, and then I had what we perceived as blank spots at positions where we had holes to fill. Then we had all the recruits by position in our order of rank. And sometimes it's who you think you can get, and sometimes it's who you want. Everything is color coded. It looked like a Christmas tree when we walked in here yesterday. But I think it's very -- I think there's a lot of similarities as far as that goes. Obviously, the difference is in the draft, when you take them, they're yours. Here, you know, you're going after them, and so is everybody else. So it isn't like that. It isn't like, "I want him to fill that spot." Well, so do the other 10 schools that are recruiting him. You might want him, but you might get him instead. You have to identify which five guys that you would like to get two, you know. When you get two, you move on to the next position.

COACH WEIS: Yeah, there's a dog and pony show tomorrow (laughter). But I think that one thing you guys will find out about me is I think it's real important for me to understand that my job at the University of Notre Dame. And my job is not just to be the head football coach. My job is to be a representative of the University of Notre Dame. So when we talked about that, I mean, you have a ton of people that are going to that basketball game. I think the basketball game is more important than me talking. But I think it's important for the people from this area that support this school to realize my passion for the success of this school. And I think that we want to thank them more than them thanking me. It's easy to get kudos when you haven't played a game yet. We'll see how many kudos I get September 3rd after we play Pittsburgh.

COACH WEIS: Uh-huh. No comment. You asked me if I had a chance to talk to him (laughter). I can't talk about the conversation I had with Justin, what Justin is going to do. I can't do that.

COACH WEIS: I can't do that and I won't do that. I just say that we've had very good conversations, okay? We've had very good conversations, and it's been multiples, multiple conversations, okay? That's Justin's call, it's not my call. It's Justin's call on that one. I'm not going to enlighten you on what the conversations have been. I'm not telling him what to do, okay? He's in a situation where it's his call. I'm just telling him my perspective on things without going into our recruiting pitch because mine is just to give him information, mine is not to tell him what to do. That's a personal, private matter from a kid who I did not coach to this point. And I think that once he's my guy, I'll call up 20 general managers that will take my phone call today. You name a guy, I can call him. I think I can get ahold of Pulliam (ph). I got a connection. But I'm just saying that I can call 20 general managers and say, "What do you think on this guy?" But until he's my guy, until I've had him, I don't think it's fair for me to do that. I think that's got to be his decision, not my decision. All I can do is let him know more about me and what I stand for, and hopefully that helps give him more information when he's making a decision.

COACH WEIS: No. I mean, that was his head coach. I don't mind if he does that at all. I think the more information he gets, the better. No.

COACH WEIS: Well, I think as I'm learning more about exactly the mannerisms that that's being done, I'm still in the information-gathering stage. I know that some of the guys won't be back, I know that some of the guys will be back. As far as the process itself, I still want to continue to familiarize myself with the process before I speak. This is one of those things where I don't feel comfortable enough with the whole process yet to be able to answer. That's another thing. When you ask me a question that I don't have the answer to, I'd rather not give you the answer to it at that time.

COACH WEIS: Oh, now there's a loaded question (laughter). Okay, your question was not a loaded question, but there is a loaded question. Well, let's put it this way, okay? I think that any competitive, true competitive coach, okay, truly competitive coach, has a passion to win. And until you start winning many, many games, you're going to be miserable. And I don't like being miserable. So my answer to that would be, as quickly as possible. Now, you might say, "Well, no kidding. Everyone knows the answer to that." But it better happen quick because my wife doesn't like when I'm not in a good mood, and I don't like when she's not in a good mood. I'm hoping not too long.

COACH WEIS: I've been informed by the powers to be, okay, that when it comes to numbers and direct questions regarding recruiting that it's just better off leaving that one alone. So you don't want me to get on probation the day I'm walking in here, okay (laughter)?

COACH WEIS: On Sunday? At 1:00, I'll be watching the Colts play Denver because if the Colts beat Denver, that's who we play. Now, when I get back late Saturday night, I'll also have a rooting interest on the Jets-San Diego game because if the Colts lose to Denver, that's who we play. That's not a Patriot question, that's who we play. I'm really indifferent who we play. It's going to be a good team no matter who we play. It's going to be somebody that's good. This is the playoffs now, you don't play slouches any more. Whoever it is, it's going to be somebody good and it's not going to be easy to beat them. Even so we are playing at home, it will not be easy. So at Sunday at 1, if you were looking for me, you could find me at my desk. That's why we're meeting at 6 in the morning, so we have seven hours to work before that game. Is my math right? That's right. Seven hours to work before that game starts because we'll be watching that game at 1:00.

COACH WEIS: Well, his defensive back coach is Bill Lewis.

COACH WEIS: The most recent one. There you go. My son has already taken dibbs on that one. I told him he gets one. I have three of them. I told him he gets one. Each one, they get a little bit bigger. Goes, "Daddy, I want the Giant one. No, daddy, I want the Patriot one. No, daddy, I want the other Patriot one." He's basically saying, "Show me the money." This ring is basically his, he just lets me wear it. All right, fellas? Take care.