Paul Toboni
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And he can help Blake in that respect.
And, um, but you know, it goes back to what I initially said, like, uh, part of the reason why I, and why we were so drawn to Blake was, uh, the fact that he is an unbelievable person.
He's commanded the respect of, uh,
so many people in the game, so many different types of people from different types of backgrounds too.
You talk about like the,
You know, the young 22 year old analyst that's a whiz kid.
Right.
And then the, you know, 75 year old coach that's been in the game for 50 years.
Like Blake has great relationships with all those people.
Right.
And he's just got a really uncanny ability to to connect with folks and then to to hold a high standard and to to hold people accountable to that standard.
So and then.
Those without saying, like he comes from a baseball family and his dad was a longtime coach or is a longtime coach in Louisiana.
I love talking the game with them.
You know, I think he sees the game really, really well.
And, you know, I think they're.
I don't know how this is going to go in future years, right?
But there might be a little bit of talk, right?
Like, oh, we took this front office guy and placed him in the dugout.
Like, that's not what happened, right?