Rob Blake

So I had to go to training camp there.

They call, they said he'd come to camp.

I was working in tobacco at the time, priming tobacco.

And I was going to miss three or four days for camp.

So my dad filled in for me, went and primed on the crew, you know, we're sitting on the machine and all that.

So I could have three or four days to go to Brantford to try out for this junior B team.

And then at that point.

Yeah, but I was terrible.

I go back, I went, you know, I had this, this time off my, my younger brother runs our family farm and has added a couple more farms.

And I went back about three, four weeks ago, he was doing wheat and everything.

And he had me in the machines.

These tractors are so nice now, all remote control.

It's like, like a joystick in a video game, but yeah, on the farm growing up, my two brothers did so much for me.

I was, I was, I was terrible.

Yeah.

But I didn't, I didn't understand that when I was young, I didn't appreciate it until I probably later in my career plan, but way more when I was a GM.

There was a thing I found online, do it the farmer's way.

And it was like seven points.

And I referred to that so much during my time as a general manager, because it was very basic and very simple and get rid of all the stuff around it.

And you get to the basics, but that was my, my, you know, I was fortunate in that background growing up to see that on a daily basis and have carried that right on through.