Ryan Lemon

Go for it, Ryan.

I hate to have to go first.

Well, you do.

Just my opinion, I think he's having a hard time connecting with these kids.

I think it's got to do with just maybe he's getting in his own head and he's just having trouble connecting because it's not just a one-off thing this year.

We went through it last year at portal season.

So you think he just weirds them out?

It's a better way to put it, yeah.

Okay.

I think for me it's a combination of –

A bunch of things that got us here, but now in the last week or so, the brand of Kentucky has become tarnished in the world and we're kind of looked at a little bit as suckers.

And how we got here was, I think, a little bit of what Brian said, a little bit of a couple of contractual issues with players last year.

And then now it's almost like we're not cool to go to.

And so guys are looking for reasons to not come here.

And our money, as soon as it's matched, they're just going somewhere else.

And so we have a branding PR problem.

And we keep digging ourselves in a hole.

And every time you lose somebody, it just hurts it more.

Absolutely.

So is Kentucky in a lose-lose situation almost?