Jack Pilgrim
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So that definitely has a special place in my heart as well.
They're going to be like, wow, she was really aggressive there.
I know you all are in the trenches and behind the scenes.
to someone who was behind the scenes with UK basketball for years, who left the team last year.
But I just wanted to see if you all had any behind the scenes people that don't get a lot of love that have made an impact on you all in your careers and that you have like any special relationships with.
Yeah, I think it's so underrated to transition through different eras with different coaches and the people that have been around the longest.
I think of a guy like Tony Neely who just goes through and has made an impact with so many different athletic directors and now head coaches especially, but all the different teams and coaches.
building relationships individually with each team, I think is such an underrated trait.
But, you know, you brought up β Will Barton was one of those that was a holdover from Cal to Pope, and Deb obviously has been around since the early Cal days as well.
So that's a very underrated thing to, you know, knowing how β
these coaches operate and they like doing things their own way and to be able to kind of navigate those new waters and still kind of bring the old freshness and the tradition that makes Kentucky so good, but also adapting with the times that the new coaches like, I think is a very underrated trait.
And it's the highest bonus opportunity for him for, like, yes, achieve 3.0 GPA with all teams per semester.