Coat Check | Jason Crafton

I'm Matt Murphy along with Bluecoats Ambassador of Basketball Joe Richmond, and we are pleased to be joined on this episode by the head coach of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Where men's basketball program, a former Delaware Blue Coats assistant coach himself, Jason crafton Coach crafton Welcome to the show. It's great to chat with you again. I know we'll get to this in a little bit about how your team is not currently playing right now, but how are

things overall with you? Everything is great, you know, I think it's a it's a tough time for everybody, for the teams that are playing and also the teams that are not playing. I saw some G League teams opting out the other day, you know, So this COVID thing is affecting everybody in different ways. But we've taken a lot of extra time to just continue to push our program forward with you know, cultivating and strengthen our relationships with our players and two of some things in the community.

So I'm excited about our guys. They got a three point two team GPA this fall, so we were excited about that. We're just finding creative ways to stay connected with them and keep pushing the program forward. And Joe, how are you doing yourself? I mean, it's been a little while since we recorded one of these, but we'll better way to get back into the swing of things than with a coach who is only one season removed from his time with the Blue Coats, A great guy

in coach crafton Man, it's good. It's like an early holiday present right here, you know what I mean. It's a good time a year and it is the best time. And Coach, you look good. Man. It's so good to see you, and I'm glad all is well with you. Man. Appreciate that. Appreciate that coming from the ambassador of basketball, you know, a lot of people say I have a lot of energy. You know, Joe Richmond, he takes he

gets the championship trophy for energy. So I'll just try to see if I can keep up with him on this on this call from you, coach, the energy is unmatched for sure from Joe Richmond. But to our listeners out there, real quick, some housekeeping, Thanks for tuning in as always, and remember to subscribe to the seventy Sixers

podcast network if you haven't done so already. Quick rundown, we'll get into coach Crafton's current job, will go down memory, relaying a little bit about his career at large in the coaching space. We'll talk a little bit from there about his time with the Blue Coats during that twenty eighteen nineteen season, the seventy six ers organization as a whole, and a little bit maybe about the G League and

it's tied of the NBA. Before we have even more fun on the show, and we wrap things up with our which will be our second ever Big Three draft. Will be drafting the best sports rivalries and there's a reason for that that we'll get into with the Army Navy game coming up. If you listen to the Jared brown Ridge episode out there. We drafted the Best Basketball Movies with him and that was a lot of fun.

So we're gonna try it out again, and then we'll wrap things up at the Buzzer with some final thoughts with coach but Coach crafton let's start, I mentioned it already. Rewind back to November nineteenth or middle of November, when words started officially coming out from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore about the athletic programs not competing out of an abundance of caution related to COVID ninth team. What was the message to your players around that time and

now the message going forward from here. Yeah, you know, I think we kind of had an idea that it was possible. You know, our school was very cautious with everything from the start, you know, and taking a lot of extra precautions. We canceled our non conference season in September, so we were going to definitely try to not have as much exposure and just focus on our conference play,

which I thought was a great idea. You know, we could really just kind of hone in and just kind of be strategic in our travel and not have to get on planes, and the league has split things up into divisions, so everything was going to be bus trips for us between two and three hours, so you could go down and back in the same day. So we were really excited about competing in the conference only, which

is what the Patriot League is doing as well. But then as numbers started to spike up in Maryland and the dynamics started to change, and you know, you're also see and how much these stuff's cost, you know, to test the institution through it be in our best interest to, you know, to just keep our players safe with one of a few programs in a country that had no positive COVID testing entire balls, so we were able to

train and do it safely. And so that was a decision that was made and we told our guys, and I think our guys have just done a great job of being an understanding to, you know, to what we're trying to do in terms of keeping them safe and putting ourselves in the best position to be able to go out next season when there's a vaccine in play, and you know, we have some more time to kind of just be prepared to go into this and test

this frequency frequently as we need to do it. I like that because I think at this point in time, which is a challenge for everybody, As you said, coach, no takeaway from the past, but I think your crew that you have right now is at an advantage not just because of you, but your whole coaching staff to teach them how to adjust to this, because you know, basketball itself is just a game of adjustments, and this is just another adjustment or your players and everybody to

just have to deal with right now. Yeah, and I think you know, it gives us an interesting opportunity here to find new ways and creative ways to build relationships with our players. So you know, just stuff like this getting on a zoom call with our guys and try to do different social distancing things and having speakers come in and speak to them. But I was really really excited with everything going on for our guys to get at three point two GPA during this time. Just salute

to those guys. They really locked out in the classroom and we're going to carry that progress over as we built this program up, you know, from the classroom to the court, and we're excited about that. We got some great kids. Yes, Yeah, it was your first season this past year, and before we get into kind of how you arrived at UMS, I want to just talk to you about that transition. You go from the Blue Coats to being a head coach again at the collegiate level.

So reflecting on your first season, what was that transition? Like I tell you what, it was interesting and not a lot of people know. I try to get this job over ten years ago with the same athlet director, Keith Davidson was an assistant coach at the Naval Academy and we stayed in touch, we became great friends, and he became a mentor to me. So when it came around full circle and the opportunity presented itself, I was excited to just get you know, to get back and

be a head Division one coach. I really enjoyed my time with the Blue Coach last year, but the opportunity to be a head Division one coach, you know, at a place like Mariley Eastern Shore that I think has so much potential was exciting to me. So last year was a was a hurricane over the year, just taking over a situation, you know, and I got the job later in the spring, so, you know, getting the staff hired, bringing eight new recruits and then trying to infuse a

tough brand of basketball. You know, it was kind of a whirlwind, but our guys they did a great job. It was top ten in the first semester and steals per game. We finished in the top three or four in the league in defense, so we set a stage for being an intense defensive program. Now we got to just make some strides in terms of making some shots, you know, and we feel like we upgraded our roster and recruiting and added some shooters. So we're excited about

the feature. Joe, Joe, real quick, I'm gonna hold you there because I do want to follow up with coach on that idea of kind of manifesting that or going for that job or wanting it at twenty six, because I think that is an awesome and interesting story. You do have to do a quick read. But I'm coming back to that, and it's going to segue us into Coach Crafton's coaching career and timeline even further. So there's more on the way. But first, Christiana Care as doctors, nurses,

and caregivers, and as neighbors and friends. Christiana Care is a partner in everyone's journey to greater health and well being? Why do they do it for the love of health? Visit Christianacare dot org. So you said it, coach, you were seeking out that job, the same job you have now at age twenty six. You ended up becoming a college head coach at age thirty. What is it about out that concept or what do you associate with that concept of seeking out a specific vision or goal and

kind of manifesting where you want to work. I'm a man of faith and feel like my career has always been guided by by My Lord and saving Jesus Christ. But at the same time, when we're basketball players, we always want to try to be in the NBA, right And then you know, so in college, I'm a Division two player, and my entire career I still thought it was still possible. And today, you know, even though I

wasn't you know, that level of a player. So I knew transition into coaching was something that was going to be, you know, for me, and worked out of camps in college and you know, it just hustled and grinded. The story of how I met Jay Wright is pretty funny. When I kind of stalked Jay Wright to I used to, you know, work their camps, and I got in good with the secretary and she would tell me what recruiting events he would be at, and if I had a day off from practice or something, I'd find my way

to be at a recruiting event. I've been a coach, right. I'd pay for the coaches packet, you know, for money I paid from tutoring on campus, and I'd buy a polo from the bookstore. I would be out there like I was recruiting. And so that was how to kind of how I tried to get myself in the mix

to get this job. I was twenty six. I flew to the MEAC tournament and found my way to get a pass, to end up in the media room, to bump into the athletic director here, Keith Davidson at that time, and try to put my name into to be the head coach here. So that that's kind of what that journey was like. I just always enjoyed being a part

of the game, enjoy the competitiveness of the game. But more importantly, I really liked just mentoring young men and seeing them that progression from them, not just growing as players, but growing as men from being a freshman wept behind the ears to being a senior graduating getting their degrees, going on to play professionally, or or being a professional in the real world. So I enjoyed the journey. I was kind of going same direction with Matt because, as

you said, he's a mentor to you. Do you think he saw something you had twenty six and say, hey, you need a little bit because you still got that intensity about your coach. You use that word a lot. You got last Steward or You're that was at you know, you lose that played for the tense coach and fag minto at Cotton State. You know you got a lot

of that around you and that intensity. So did you think he saw that in you then and say, man, listen, go keep going, get some of that out of you because you still was a player and maybe you at that time you've probably been so hard on the players. Maybe he saw that in you. Do you think that's what it was that say hey, you go get some more season and relax and bring that intensity down, kid, You know what I mean to be able to you

can kill? Yeah, I think that you know, at that time that was you know, I'm a part of the same era as like Shocker Smart Will Weed. You know, we kind of came into the game at the same time. We were all video coordinators, director of basketball operations, you know, at the similar time Jamie and Christian like, I'm a part of that young coach's wave that we kind of got into Division one early. And so I think I probably,

I know, I come with a lot of energy. Now I can only imagine what I was saying and how I was saying it twelve years ago. But I think I think I left an impression on him that this was a guy to keep on his radar. And you know, a lot of advice to a lot of young coaches out there. A lot of times when you don't get a job, sometimes people get mad they didn't get the job, and they don't stay in touch, they don't stay connected. You know, I never was disappointed in any job I

never got. I always stayed connected. So the relationship I cultivated with my appoletic director here Keith Davidson lined it up so he could see the maturity over the years. And now this guy was okay, he was young and energetic at twenty six, but now He's a season thirty eight year old professional that's got a lot of layers of experience, you know, from Villainova to Navy, to the G League to being a head Division two coach where it was a lot seamless to you know, make that

decision to bring New York. So we're gonna get more into the NBA world in a minute here. But about your career and some of those stops you just mentioned just for the listener. You were the head coach at your alma mater, Nayak College in New York twenty twelve through eighteen. You spent the beginning of your career as an assistant, as you said, the United States Naval Academy in Villanova University. Who are some of your mentors in coaching? I mean you worked for with Jay Wright, Billy Lange,

a name that Sixers fans will know, and countless others. Yeah. Well, first I got to give a shout out to my guy coach, Lowry Stewart, my associate coach here. Shout out to the noise is what they used to call them back at Philly. So far player does a great job for our staff and our players here. But a lot of mentors. Man, I've been a lot of great coaching. You know, Jay Rice will be a future Hall of Famer. Two National Championships, three final fours, a ton of guy

that went to the NBA. Jay really showed me how to run a program. He taught me that the details matter.

And when I say details, like the details and everything from the way the logo gets put onto the to the jersey, to the you know, to to you know, making sure we've got the right bus, to the time we eat before a game, to ruming the guys with certain partners on the road and switching it up and cultivating team chemistry in that regard how we do video, when we do video, you know, when we practice, how we practice, and all the details that that that that make him just an elite coach and one of the

best in the business. I got in at twenty one and he showed me, you know, all those things, and when I messed up, he got on me and he let me know the way to do it. So I lean on him a lot, just for you know, just running certain things by him and just and just really not even always just conversations, just continue to watch him grow as a coach because when I was with him, he was super young at that time. You know that

I saw the energetic, youthful Jay Right. And now I've had a chance to watch him blossom and grow in his career as well. So it's pretty cool. Billy Lange was a guy that that really kind of, you know, found me if you would say, you know, like if you were recruiting players and find a player. Billy kind of found me as a young guy working billing over basketball camp and saw something in me. And he was the one that kind of presented me to coach Right

and got me into business. So and he was with the Sixers for a while and he helped me come on to become a part of that organization. So Billy Lange, Jay Right, those are guys that have been really influential in my career. And Pickney as well, Joe Jones, guys that were former build Over assistance. Those guys have been guys that have really stood out and I kind of guided my career. It must have been the Villanova polo shirt if you had it on at the camps that

called Billy Lange's attention. But seriously, Joe, Joe Richmond coach crafton he worked with, I mean a lot of talent into dudes in his career, but Villanova time you're talking Kyle Lowry was was on those teams. So that's that's incredible right there. Yeah, he has some guys we had Kyle. Kyle was a freshman and uh, you know, we showed him the ropes of just kind of transitioning into college.

You know, basketball was never a problem for him. You know, he transitioned from you know, coming from Philly, being a tough hearted those player. He brought that DNA to our program. A lot of what you see in today's Villanova guard, you know, stems back from that toughness that came from

Kyle Lowry. You know, the Randy foy is, the Alan Rays that that recruiting class though, they kind of got the villanov Guard thing going and I was uh incredibly honored to be a part of the you know, builing over during those beginning stages and just helping that program get going. And uh so, yeah, it was good times. And yeah, Kyle teaching Kyle how to you know, take care of his academics and all that type of stuff was was an interesting journey. But it was cool to

see him grow a mature as a man. All right, guys, let's talk blue Coats and Sixers now a little bit because we do have to get to our draft. And I know we've already been going a little while now. So I mentioned coach, you were on the Bluecoat staff two years ago or two seasons ago, twenty eighteen nineteen G League season, And I think a name that we should talk about that Sixers fans would be excited to

hear your perspective on is Shake Milton. Because he's a guy that it was his rookie year when you were on the Blue Coat staff, and I could run down the numbers, but I think everyone knows he had a really good rookie season on a two way contract with the Blue Coats. So what has it been like for you to watch Shake Milton step into a bigger role as an important piece for the Sixers. Shake and Bake, oh, man,

you know what. His journey is incredible. Every once in a while I hit him up on social media and just tell him how proud I am of him. You know, I remember in Sixers training camp before the G League started, he had like a back issue um and was and couldn't work out and I remember him just being on the sides. He could only do ball handling drills and

some spot shooting. But his his he just watched and you know, for all young players like to just know, like he could barely move for the first few weeks of training camp and to see him just watch and just be able to put pieces together and um, you know, and grass the offense and grass the defensive concepts, so that when it was time for him to start playing. I mean, he just hit the ground running. He's a

great kid. He's got a great IQ. He could shoot the heck out of the basketball, and uh, he was a fun guy to have a part of our team, and great personality. He was early to practice, stay late. I'm just so proud to see that kid go out there take his bumps and then and also recover and have and recover and have great games for the Sixers. So he's got a bright future. Yeah, I love that. One thing. When I watched you, I had so much respect for y'all. Always, you know, I always gravitated to

org you. I know you were going to come out in the community and do some book reading with me at the school coach, and it was always you always thinking about developing, whether it was in the community, whether it's just somebody watching. And I thought that was the thing that you bought most to the program for us. I just I just watched how you You just had a way with the players, whether it was Zaia, whether

it was Shake, you just had a way. I'm looking, I'm listening to you when you said you still had that angst to want to play and want to play, when you got this kid mentor on your team that says, I want to be a pro ball player. When you hear that from your players, did you go to them and tell them about those stories about the Shake Mill ends, the Kyle Lowry's that kind of calm them down and say, hey, there's a process to this, because I know that's your thing.

Oh yeah, I let them know about that process. I let them know that. You know, Kyle Lowry, there was about ten point guards ready ahead of him back here. You know, back then, Sebastian tell a Fair, you know, Sean Livingston, you know a ton of other guys that were ready ahead of Kyle Lowry. And you know, he was kind of the guy that was like, could he really play in the Big East. A lot of people didn't see it, you know, but we did. And in his journey, how hard he worked to put himself in

that position. You know, what Shake Milton has done to put himself in the position that he's in now to be an MBA roster player. You know Zaire and what he went through almost dying. I mean I had a heart for Zire man that one of the best kids. I've ever been around him, you know, in his game, you know, and what he went through. So I love the journey, I love the process. Shout out to Norvelle Pell who came on and spoke to our team on a zoom call and just talking about his journey. You know,

I embraced a guy like Norvelle. I loved his story. I'm just a big guy. I love. I love the game, but I love the process. I love the story. I love connecting with people and whether it's through basketball or just through conversation, seeing them, you know, become the best version of themselves. So that that's enjoyable for me. We do got to get to the draft in a second, but more of a broad question about the G League.

As someone who was recently coached in the G League, how would you describe its current relationship and importance for that matter to NBA teams. Well, I think it's really important, you know. And I loved what the Delaware Bluecoats, the way the organization is set up, you know. I think it's just got great people, you know, in terms of you know, like a guy like Joe Richmond that comes

around and just brings the community. Like our guys during that time they had a chance to not to in the NBA, you don't always get that college setting, you know. I felt like we had the unique balance of what college guys get in terms of being in the community and also that NBA player experience. So in terms of, like, you know, our guys got a lot of exposure to doing things and being around and I think that stuff was pretty cool to be able to see them engage

in that. So I think that the G League is really important based off how you use it, you know. And I think the Sixers organization uses it as a legit developmental ground to not just make the players better as basketball players, but to help cultivate them as better people. Joe, he's buttering us up a little bit, giving you a shout out there, and I'll tell you any anytime, coach, you know, I'm available anytime. I'm ready to go. He

got me ready back. I don't see a lot of G League programs do it the way that the Sixers

one does, and so it's a special experience. So sometimes if we talk about the G League as a whole, it's tough, like I isolated to that experience, you know, even the way management allowed the G League coaches to be able to be a part of the NBA staff meetings, like we were able to be there, and so our guys always got when I see Jared brown Witz talking, you know, and I think about the Cam Olivers, and I think about the Matt Farrells and all those guys

that we have, they got an opportunity to feel like they were a part of an organization. And I don't believe you get that in every G League organization, you know.

So I think the Blue coach doing a tremendous job of player development with the people Connor Johnson, you know, Matt Lily, you know, everybody in the organization is just around and make him self accessible, like even Matt Murphy, Like you don't just do the game and leave like you will always around you know, like so people were around and you got that sense of family, and that's why I think it's a legit culture there that's going

to continue to push forward. Very true, very true. And we are going to get to the draft right now. It's gonna be quick, it's gonna be fun. But first, a quick message from our friends at Nemour's. Nomore's Sports Medicine believes that highly personalized one on one physical therapy for young athletes is paramount to a speedy and complete recovery. Learn more at nemours dot org slash pt. All right, so now the Big Three Draft. It's only our second one.

Our first one with Jared Brown rich who you just mentioned, went quick. I know you might be going off the top of your head a little bit more. Coach Joe Richmond's got a notepad in front of him, so it's probably filled with who he wants in this draft. I got it on some notes somewhere around here. But coach, you got the first pick, and I think before we started recording that I might have tied you up for your pick because of the timeliness of it and your background,

but maybe you'll surprise us. So who are you taking Number one overall. It's best sports rivalries. It's our Big Three Draft, the Bluecoats Big Three Draft. We'll each get three picks in a snake draft format and you're up first. I know you think I'm gonna go a certain direction, but I'm gonna freestyle. I'm on you right now, and I'm gonna take you back to the nineties and I'm going to Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons. Michael Scottie Pippett,

Rick Mulhorne. I'm lee with the Last Dance. We got that up close and personally with the Last Dance documentary. I like that. I like you mix it up a little bit. Yeah. Oh man, all right, Joe, I let you go second last time. So now I get to go second, you go third. You have back to back picks. I'm going college level Duke North Carolina college basketball is

going to be my first pick. You just that atmosphere, whether they're playing at UNC or at Duke, the students camping out for I think like weeks a week in advance, when they get the fans back in there full go. That's one of my favorites to watch every year. I'm picking Duke UNC. See y'all want to stick with basketball, so that's why I'm always the I'm the mature one here, so I can kind of reel y'all live. We're gonna stick with the nineties. I got one for you, and

this was the toughest robbery ever. Uh tie your hardy Nancy Kerrigan. Oh that one got ugly. Yes there there that might not remember, but she pulled the Billy club out for that one. That's good because you go you you brought in an individual rivalry which are not off limits here. And you have another pick as well as you send it back down the board, Joe, so you can snag your second pick here, okay, and I'm in my second pick. I gotta go with it. Y'all know it.

Eagles Cowboys best robbery in football. That's a good one. That was on my list for sure. The passion between you got America's team and then for us locally seeing the Eagles fans and how they react to it. It's always good every single time, no matter how bad the NFC East might be this year? Am I right? But we'll see. They could be one and twelve, we could be oh and ten and oh matter what what we play is like, uh, I'm gonna leave one on the board with the risk of not getting it back on

the go around here. But I'm gonna go Baseball Yankees Red Sox classic rivalry. I spent my college years in the Bronx at Fordham, so I kind of got a little taste of the Yankees fans. I went to a game a few years ago, not a Yankees Red Sox game, but just a Red Sox game at Fenway Park. The history between those two teams historic franchises. So I'll take the Yankees and the Red Sox and Coach crafton's up again. Now, yeah,

you know, I'm going back and forth with this. I've had a chance to be a part of some incredible rivalries, but I gotta go Army Navy. You know, I gotta go Army Navy. And because that was such a cool rivalry, not just in one sport, across the board. I mean that just pure hatred that was exhibited was incredible. I mean, you could be having a terrible season. If you beat Army, you you might as well have won if you had been went to the final four. You come back the

next day and all is forgiven. So the Army Navy robbery, not just in football and basketball, just as a whole. Incredible atmospheres to being in the college sports. And you have another one as well. It's gonna be your final pick, coach. But I've never been to Army Navy. Have you mean? I'm assuming Coach Crafton's been to the football game. Have you Have you been in the football game? No, I never went to one. Even when I was in the Navy, I never got to go to one. Oh you're in

a navy shout out, shout out to you, man. I was actually commissioned finished as a lieutenant man. Oh, well, I'm really absolutely J J J. Good stuff. And I think Coach Crafton, you have another chance. It's kind of a sleeper pick, and I don't want to steer you anyway. But Jamir Nelson the new assistant GM for the Blue Coat to Saint Joe's Guy, the Holy War Villanova Saint Joe's it's just an option. But you can go wherever

you want. That That's what was when I said, I've been apart a lot of great robberies, that's the Army Navy was great. And then that Saint Joe's Villanova Rovalry was incredible. You know, I think you know playing that game at Saint Joe's playing it at Villanover. I mean one time they clipped us man. They had Delonte and Jamir and that team was rocking and rolling. You know Wolst John Bryant, who a former Sixes assistant. JB was on man team. They had a squad man and they

actually came in and got us one year. We got him back the following year. But uh yeah, shout out Jamir Nelson. See he's getting some front office work. Great guy, heck of a player, small dude man, but will come out of nowhere and just give you buckets. That's Saint Joe's billing over robbery, the Holy Wars they call it was always a great one. So I'll make my last pick,

and then Joe will make his last pick. Just a few minutes left, and then we'll squeeze in one or two questions at the buzzer before we wrap things up. I will go with you could go Ohio State, Michigan. Could go with an NBA rivalry Celtics Lakers six or

Celtics m Now he just thrown them all out. I'm giving you a chance to pick whatever I don't pick, I guess Joe, I'll quickly, I'll go with I'll go with six or Celtics, just to play to the hometown crowd a little bit, and then you finish use up, Joe, Well, coach. That took my eyes from the beginning. It was the it was Chicago Detroit. But I'm gonna go one more individual for me for my ever Sugar Ray letter, Roberto Durant. Okay, I'm a boxing dude, and the fight this weekend was

a good fight Spencer Garcia. But when I grew up, that's was that was it. That was the fights, That's what you wanted to see, and it tore so much, specially you want to know mys fight, win the rank, quit, what he say, he didn't, what he did, good stuff, good stuff. I think that was pretty balanced draft. Um. I think we'll throw it up on social media and let let any of our Bluecoats fans chime in with anything that we we missed or that they would have

picked themselves quickly at the buzzer. My last question, and I'll leave time for Joe, is when you're not around the game, coach, what's your favorite hobby. I'm always curious what people are watching, what they're they're doing for exercise, whatever it might be. So what's your favorite hobby or two? I love the weight train. I love to get in the gym U Joe might remember in between my workout sessions before the game, I would go and sneak a

little quick lift in the pregame with the guys. I love staying as connected to the grind as I possibly can. I think that helps me with my player relationships is that I'm not afraid to get in the mixed with them. So um, lifting, training and reading a good book here and there. Good stuff, Joe. Any any final thoughts for coach? It was it was a fun conversation and like I said, coaches intense. Yeah, he used to work out. I thought he was just waiting hopefully, but coach jobs to throw

him in the game. He get caught up like he was with these recruit and go get him a uniform or something. But no. My last question is, you know recruiting right now and is a challenge. Everything is a challenge for college how because I looked at your rosters and you've just recruited from so many different places. I guess it's from your experience, How does that still work

for you? I know you picked up six new players and things of that nature, but how is it now because the players can't play the high schools and not playing is there's going to be more of a challenge down the road, as you see it, not just for you, but for all the college basketball now, Yeah, before we hit the buzzer, I think it's really coming down in relationships and the relationships over the twenty years of coaching and just trying to stay as connected with the high

school coaches. The air you coaches are big as well, but just consistently of being on the phone every single day doing zoom calls, watching a lot of big trying to stay connected until that time comes. We're able to get back on the road in April, so that's all we could do right now. Fortunately for us, we don't have any seniors, so we got Hopefully we can keep this team together and focus on our relationships with our guys here and we can focus and focus more on

recruiting classes down the line. Twenty two, twenty twenty three. I pray no no, I pray no tests as positive for you guys coaching everyone's day, healthy man, and then you have a happy holidays. Thanks so much, Coach, appreciate you guys great great being on the show. He is former Blue Coats assistant and current University of Maryland Eastern shore Head coach Jason Crafton for my partner and Blue

Coats Ambassador of basketball Joe Richmond. I'm Matt Murphy. Until next time, take it or leave it at the coach check