Greg Giannotti

And if you would have told me this was going to happen six years ago about St.

John's where they were, I would tell you no way.

There's no way this would ever happen.

Nobody's going to want to come to Queens.

Nobody's going to want to go play basketball at St.

John's until Rick Pitino got here and made it a thing.

But here's the thing, though.

You can't ignore the money factor.

There's no rules right now.

I'll give you another example.

And you're wearing their shirt today, the pullover, and that's the New York Islanders.

For years and years and years, the Islanders had just a horrendous reputation.

They had an average practice facility.

They played in the old barn, which many people miss and would say that was the greatest place to play hockey.

But that's not how you can make money in 2026.

You need a building like UBS.

You need a practice facility that's first class like they have at Eisenhower.

And then you need the right group of players to actually tell the rest of the league that this is a great place to play hockey and a great place to live.

There's a passionate fan base.

And, you know, and I do give my son-in-law and Casey Zizekas and Cal Clutterbuck and that group of players that, you know, that were here that Garth Snow brought in.