Matt Jones

Will Stein will be much more of the story at media day, Ryan, I think, than Jay Batt is because he's new too, right?

But you said our previous regime kind of was not in touch with the fan base.

He can jump on that like right now or like you said, maybe after June 30th.

And I think right now he's probably meeting with the biggest boosters.

Right.

He's probably doing that behind the scenes, kind of behind the scenes.

But I do think there needs to be a public be amongst them and get the word out.

I think that's really important.

And I bet he'll do it.

He might be just out of respect getting through these last week of Mitch Barnhart, letting him be honored, et cetera.

Yeah, they really need to lean into a new era of UK athletics.

I mean, Pope's got a couple years, but he's still pretty new here.

And then, of course, Will Stein's starting, and Bat probably doesn't want to put a lot on himself, but he should also lean into that a little bit.

Well, let me also just note something that's coming up.

Eli Capilouto's contract's up June 30th.

Now, he's got a provision where it automatically renews every year.

But I'm not saying, I'm just saying.

His contract is up, like, Tuesday of next week.

You could easily see a world where, like, now's the time you make that thing, right?

And you really do have a new era.