James Gallagher

Um, they've got a vested interest in the game, its health and its growth.

And I think they know that we bring that to those conversations.

I'd like to think that, um, uh, you know, I don't necessarily want to be here agitating for change this morning.

I'd much prefer to be really confident in the system.

Um, and, uh, you know, and, and, and have players that, um, that have that same view.

Yes.

And how much of a concern is that for the game?

Yeah.

So one of the things I did in my first few months was sitting down with the players, I started to talk to them about what role do we have in growing the game?

It's really important.

We're partners in the game through the CBA.

It's really important for the players to play a role in the continued growth of the game.

So I asked that question.

And one of the things that was really strongly put forward by the players, we want to give more of ourselves.

We're actually really happy to show a little bit more of our personality, to give a bit more perspective on the game.

Post-game interviews, particularly when you're in a losing team, are one of those opportunities.

The writer on that, the major concern with that is when we do that, there are examples where it's used against us.

And whether that's in the broader media scrutiny or whether that's unfortunately now in this case, I thought it was really surprising that I think from a broader game perspective that was used against Zach last night.

I don't think it's helpful because what we all want, I think,

is for players to give more of themselves to grow the game.