Brad Treliving

You know, I thought...

you keep a pulse on your team.

I thought we went through that however long it was a week or week and a half of practice.

Um, I thought we were, I thought we were prepared.

I thought we had energy.

I thought there was an excitement in our group.

Um, and, and listen, the results speak for themselves.

Um, but there is, you know, there's a realization like to me that the, the,

You are a professional.

You're expected to perform like one.

But I understand.

I don't say it's an excuse.

But the players felt it, the position we were in.

A lot of guys going through this for the first time at a deadline.

And we sat where we sat and not where this team has sat for, you know, going back to last year, trying to add the year before, you know, for the last eight, nine years you're trying to add.

So there's a heaviness to it.

No matter how professional you're trying to be, there's a weight to it.

The deadline's coming up.

There's certainly some unknown for a lot of players of where they're going to be.

So there's a human element.