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at seven, Panama City time, eight o'clock. You also, he's working his way through customers trying to get out of here, and I'm getting ready to get out of here. My flight's not till two thirty. I do believe this afternoon, beautiful day, this morning. It's rained the last three days. But other than that, we had a fantastic trip. I'm gonna tell you a little bit about it. I'm gonna talk to you a lot about sports, what's going on.

I do have a close friend of mine calling in today at about seven twenty five, seven point thirty, coach Alfred Butch Beard, mister intellectual it's Kyby Harrison named him my man Kyby Kyby Hope you're doing well. Everybody that knows Kyby telling we're speaking about him. He's doing well. Guys. Kyby is a tank, tank and a fighter. Kyby Harrison's unbelievable father of Lisa Harrison, a great women's basketball player and a great softball player, baseball player himself. Just thinking

about you, Kaby. So start with today, and I'm kind of glad every now and then I get these shows where I'm by myself and we get to talk real life. We have a lot of fun all the other time. But you know, we're going to keep this show truly real. I'm going to make it one of my best stuff shows.

And I think people should listen to the entirety. Most people listen to five ten minute segments in their cars going to work, and I appreciate everyone who listens to these radio I do, but this is one time you need to tape and stay in your car. You need to listen to it all because I want to explain to some people in my opinion, but I stay away from opinions. I try to form my opinion based on fact.

I tried to and I think the city of Louisville and his great wisdom has been lacking a lot of leadership my opinion, and I'm going to get into that today along with we all understand. It's the NBA Draft. A lot of dreams are going to come true. We speak about that a little bit today. A lot of dreams are going to come true for young people. And

I was one of those young people. Guys waiting I don't remember the date of my draft, but it still was the NBA Draft and you're waiting to hear your name called and what you had achieved over the last six or seven years of high school, six and four years of college. But you had achieved, Where are people going to look at your value in this game called basketball? And it's an exciting time for young kids. A lot of work was put into it, a lot of dreams.

I just wish that myself, an African American, get more African American parents to get their kids' dreams to be lawyers, doctors, engineers, construction workers, brick layers, all the trades, plumbers. I just wish we would diversify a little bit our dreams. But not here nor there. That's a different story. I did live and go through that got my name called third round draft pick, Judy call Gill came out as I was working Coach Crumbs basketball camp and say, hey, you

were just drafted by the Utah Jazz in the third round. Honestly, I've forgotten the pick. I think I was fifty fifth, same pick as Lebron James's son. So anyway, you know, great things are going to happen for people to know Cooper Flag is really, really, really good and I think that he's going to turn into a magnificent Crow and have a fantastic career. So that's one thing that's going to transpire tonight. Can't wait to watch the highlights of

the draft because I'll be flying. But they do have live television on the airplanes now, so I may be able to see some of the draft. I want to try too, but there's a lot going on with that. Also. Mckael Brown, junior, University of Louisville's freshman basketball player, made the nineteen and undernational team, which will be playing in Switzerland. He was competing in Colorado Springs, and that's another good thing, guys, when you're reminiscing about this, guys, I was in the

first National Sports Festival ever in Colorado Springs. The summer of nineteen seventy eight, seventy seven, the very first one. My roommate was James Worthy, the former great Laker in North Carolina player. A lot of great players were there and we had a fantastic time. There are a lot of Scooter McCrae was there, and a lot of other players, Vince Taylor, Derek Hord, names from Kentucky that you all remember, were there the very first one and just lets you

know that how time has evolved. I went to the very first Chicago pre draft camp, the very first one, and Dereck Smith and I were in Chicago pre draft camp nineteen eighty two. So, guys, things are just as an old person, you look back and you see them and you see how they've evolved, and how they're on television now and the NBA Summer league's on television, which I'm going to. You just get to look at it

and say you've been part of something great. That's why sometimes when I'm critical of the players, I want them to understand that it's bigger than that. One day they'll look back at this forty years later and forty five years later and know that they were just a piece of this. Not all of it, So that's all, but I want to get into I'm going to try to stay on task. It's six twelve and my youngest son just walked in. I thought you'd be on your way to the airport, big fellow, you better get out. You

have a safe trip. Came into tesse his mom, telling her goodbye before he left to go to the airport. But you know, we're going to be honoring Tom Jurdge and right now, we have no problem with the accolades. We just don't like to tell the other side of the story. And I have been one of those people that in the media that just told the other side of the story, and people have been highly critical of me in the University of Louisville. But that's just my nature.

When it's good, it's good, I speak about it. And when it's bad, it's bad, I speak about it. And since I had this opportunity to have a radio show, it's kind of what I've been doing. So at seven point fifteen, I'm gonna go to break and when I

come back, I'm going to get into. University of louis was naming a portion of Floyd Street after Tom Jorge, which is fine, and we're going to hear all the accolades, but I just want to make sure again that people here understand the turmoil that the university went through and

the city and the lack of leadership. It has to be told, and for some reason, I'm being honest with you and a person that I really respect Louisville government, I mean really respect, and he says, sometimes you have to get over it, and I said, I'm with that, but you still have to know the truth. I don't mind getting over it. I wouldn't be speaking about it if the City of Louisville and University of Louisville was not naming the street after Tom, I wouldn't be talking

about it at all. I haven't talked about it. I don't know. Shannon's probably been a producer year and a half two years now, but I don't recollect ever. Just bringing this up when we talk about NBA expansion, which has been spoke about. I bring it up because it's pertinent, and it's pertinent today because we're naming the street. So I just want to make sure again that people get the full story, so that when we're hearing all the accolades,

that we can understand what the university did go through. Also, So Shennon, it's six fourteen, let's go to break. We're gonna stay on task. We can cut this one up as a best of Shennon when we come back for that fifteen minute period before Coach of Beerd comes on, because when Coachberd does come on, we're going to cover a lot of things. We're going to cover the lack of leadership in the city in white cities like Nashville or Columbus and Indianapolis have just run away from us.

Memphis run away from us. It's just a fact. That's all we're going to talk about. Of course, the lack of honoring west Unsel and why interesting, and then we're going to talk a lot NBA. Of course New York Yets still don't have a coach. Coach Beard was one of the first announcers there. They still do not have a coach like of leadership there. Also, Dolan has absolutely James Dolan the owner, he's got a lot of money. People,

he's got a lot of money. His dad had a lot of money, but he has no idea what he's doing now. They had a very good team and have a very good team this year and had an excellent coach, but again they made a decision that was detrimental to the NeXT's future. So after the break we'll talk about it. So Shannon, take us away. This is the Sports Radio. When we come back, keep your radios on. That's all I can tell you. This is paid per view. We'll talk to you in a minute. Welcome back to the

Sports Radio. June the twenty fifth, twenty twenty five. Yes, it is Draft day, NBA Draft Day. Cooper Flag, without a doubt, is the best player in the country. And if I was a Maverick fan, I would be very excited because I think that they've got a huge future. Anthony Davis stays healthy, Kyrie comes back and they will not rush him back. I think they're gonna be very very good. Little PJ. Washington know his father really well. I think they got a chance to be really good.

So we have to wait and see. OK. So he's gonna have some competition, trust me, next year in that Western Conference, They're gonna have some competition. Now, the thought of reason is what I want to consider this show, and I want you all just to think about some of the things I'm gonna tell you all these are factual, per date what transpired. And I've been around so long that in nineteen ninety seven coach Olsen will never say it because he is a Louisville man, but he was

forced out. He wasn't ready to leave, he didn't want to retire. He was forced out. And part of the reasons for him wanting for the school to want to force him out, and the community, the business leaders, not the fans, the business leaders that they didn't think the basketball program was going in the direction that they wanted it to go, and they thought it was time to make a change from Denny Crumb got me. I don't care what anybody tells you, just the facts. I was

on the committee that hired Tom Dridge. I was at every meeting other than when they took four of the members of our committee, and there was a committee of about sixteen people. They took four and they went to a city. At first, we were all going to go, and then at the end of the night, twelve o'clock, you get the little message, Hey, only four of you are going to go, and the other rest of the group wasn't even going to hear the interviewing process of

the top three. So I was the one who said, uh no, we can conference this thing in and we should be able to hear it because you had already used our names on this committee, but you weren't going to let us be a part of it. And it was a change in the middle of the night. Facts. I'm just talking on facts. Rayn Neistromo used to run the university. Was didn't know he was not the president, but he was associated president. He did most of the work. He is the one who put me on the committee.

Coach Crumb was upset with me, only time he's ever been upset with me. And then I mean Coach Crumb hugged be apologized. He says, Jerry, why did they put you on that not me? I said, Coach, I have no idea. I'm new here. I've only been on the job six months. I'm just telling you. I just got this letter. And that's because they were wanting to replace Coach Crumb. Okay, things weren't going right. I just had accepted the job. Larry Gay had done some things again.

Kids were listening to one eight hundred takee sex lines something back in the day, and Larry Gay had something to do with it, and they let Larry go and I was hired. You all remember forty great friend of mine was really have to coach Crumb saying he should go, he should go, he should go. So I'm on the committee that hired Tom George, no problem with that, and really good, nice guy, personable came in, hard worker. I've

got no problems with those things. But the bottom line fact of the matter is that we're going to hear all the development. I am telling you all for a fact, and Coach Osin's office, the diagram of all that you all see, a soccer stadium, the baseball, all of that from the track past McDonald's was already laid out. In fact. I'm sure anybody says, just fact, it was in Coach Osin's office when he was forced out. He's not gonna say that. He's not going to tell you all the truth.

They'll come on and tell you all. I'm not telling the truth. But he knows it and I know it. So here comes Tom does a great job of continuing with coachosen had planned and the school. If you remember, when coach Osin had left, every scholarship was endowed for almost forever. Guys, they raised so much money. Coach Osin didn't spend a dime. You talk about frugal, that's not even the word for coach Osen. I'm telling you, frugal

is not even the word. So Tom comes in. I end up leaving, going professional playing coaching in professional ranks. University of Louisville starts growing. Of course, the hiring of Rick Patino. Mashburn told me they were hiring Rick Patino before it came out. Drawn Mashburn, who played for coach Mattina at Kentucky. Great guy, told you, great businessman, sons playing. But mash is great people. Good deal comes University of Louisville. Coach p team does a great job turning the program

around again, competing for championships. I mean, everything that the city needed, no problem. But there were some aspects of problem that a good leader would have taken care of. And the leader of the program was Tom Jurch. So you know, you can't have the confetti, guys, the confetti's last. If you remember, there's usually a war fault before that. Then the confetti falls. Got me, So it happens here that you know, the confetti it's falling, But the war

has not ever spoke about. I'm talking about the war the University of Little On what the program went through. First and foremost, we had to care in cipher Tom jurch As they ath led director of the program. Rig Bettina was the coach. Everyone makes mistakes, everyone, but mistakes must be dealt with, must be dealt with. I am coaching now at North Carolina and t I'm a former cardinal. I spoke to Rick Bolstitch, which he will tell you. The final four was in Indianapolis. I was upset then.

So everyone would have told you that, oh, you just want to be the coach, Jerry, you always want something. No, it was just a true cardinal. It was embarrassing, period, and it seemed to be pushed under the rug because Tom had so much control and Rick had so much influence that negative things to the program didn't affect them, just the program, which is a numeral uno wrong. We get through that August four of twenty ten and all the notoriety that came with that. Guys, I'm not saying

coach Patino shouldn't have another job. He's doing a great job at Saint John's, but he's supposed to lose his job over that. You have to do what's right for the program. We wouldn't be here today, and Tom George may still be that letter to Rector if the right decisions were made. Okay, they were made. Next thing we know, Okay, trying to get this ship right. We win the twenty

thirteen National Championship. Confetti falls. With confetti falls. We find out after that that we've got twenty two proven prostitute parties in our dorm. The dorm that coach Patino said he knew wh the light bulb was out and furniture was broken. Got me. What happens? Embarrassment to the program. Jerry's is vilified because I am part of that program. I'm sixty six. Now. That program is bigger than myself. But I stand up for the program. Not individuals. Just

don't not going to what happens. Nothing, We eat it, that's all. And what happens Patino and Tom George keep all rolling. Okay, that's not enough. Twenty two proven party underage kids, got me, that's not enough. Nobody loses their job. We just keep all rolling. Win, baby win, That's all that mattered. That's why people in Louisville don't like me. I don't care. They know that now though they really do. Doesn't bother me. What's rights right always? Okay, we're don't

right the ship now, Okay, well we better. Here comes the Adidas college basketball scandal in twenty seventeen, a rest of ten coaches. I told you I got a problem with it because nine of the ten coaches were African Americans. I told you all the NCAA, there's a guy named Andre McGee. Are we naming any streets after Andre McGee? The assistant coach that paid for all the parties for no reason at all? Got me, Just no reason at all.

The assistant coach who paid for parties when he was the assistant coach at you and KC for the University of Louisville for no reason at all. Guys, it is just the facts. People. People lie these. What I'm telling you are the facts. Andre McGee was coach at you and Casey, assistant coach paying for parties at Louisville. That's how much he loved Louisville. Get out of here or lie to yourself. But I just can't have it. I

just can't. Finally, after the Adidas twenty seventeen university has to make a move has to guess what Tom Dridge told him. He wasn't gonna let coach Matimo go again, just a fact. It wasn't enough when baby when because he had bullied the city. You don't know that he had put out there like other people. We know I'll hit people in the face and hear bones cracked, and that's factual. They know that. The person said to publicly Tony Benetti. But that's where we were, guys, just giving

you the facts. Now I got to hit you with the money aspect, which is boy, why really lie? But before I move on to the money aspect, the NCAA Andre m McGee was guilty of major violations for twenty two parties. The NCAA also said, because it was written in the bylaws that they were tired of the head coaches saying they didn't know that Rick Matino was held accountable.

Of course, you know, coach, we get lawyers in America and the truth can be changed, not just the fact, but the bottom line of the NCAA wrote in and all the coaches accepted it. The athletic directors accepted it. The presidents accepted it because they are who runs the NCUAA saying that we're going to hold coaches accountable for their assistant coaches guys, because they were tired of head coaches saying, you know, from the smartest person in the room to

the dumbest in the room. That's all. So that's when the Board of Trustee says, Tom, then you gotta go, because Tom was going to stay the course and a lot of people live just say yes when baby win. Wasn't their kids going through this? That's all. That's all we understand. Wasn't their kids just win? Make me happy? So those are the things that they're not gonna talk about. Everyone is a fireable offense and everybody should have been fired, period.

It took three of them. Just the facts. Now, coming to the money aspect and I'm gonna get the break at six thirty one. Yeah, thirty two, Shannon, let me go to break because I'm gonna stay on task. This is the sports radio. Coach Beard should be calling in real soon. He's right on the line. I know Coach Beard, he's slicky, but he'll be calling in really soon. And I'm gonna finish with the money aspect. Then I'm gonna

throw it to Coach Beard for his perspective. But all I'm telling you all are facts, proven facts, and I'm gonna tell you the money aspect, which is fact. Then you make your own determination. It's the sports Radio for numbers. Five year, ood two, five seven, one, seventy nine hundred. Welcome back to EA Sports Radio six thirty five. Let me tell you all about coach Beer. There's something wrong with my service. That's what he gets from moving back to New Jersey. It just all there is to it.

He's less equipped to handle technology that I am. I'm telling you Coach Beard is awful. I send him the number, so hopefully Shannon, maybe Shannon, can you call Coach Beard? Can you do that? I'm going to send it to you, Shannon, and you try to give him a call. Let me find out. But and you'll just bear with me. I can. I'm not good like this. I can't do a lot of things at once. So I've got to just give Shannon the number. You'll just have to bear with me.

I'm old. Then we'll get back to the facts of the matter. Oh no, that's Shannon. That's so funny. I'm sending you our number. That wouldn't do you any good. I just sent it to you, Shan and see if you can call that bumb Thank you so, guys, the financial aspect of this, it just happens to be that. I don't know how. Jerry Eves just seemed to be in the wrong place at the right time or in the right place at the wrong time. It just depends

on you don't want to look at it. But when the Charlotte Hornets we're going to leave Charlotte, George Sheenn was the owner. I knew him well. We had just had the best season in Charlotte Hornet history and still is and they were going to move to the city of Louisville. A good team. Mashburn was our superstar. Baron Davis, I mean, guys, you're talking about a really formidable team. We lost in the Eastern College semi finals in Game seven.

Really good team that Louisville was going to get. Well, all you have to do is go to the Bloomberg Report, guys. David Stern my opinion, the greatest commissioner ever. My opinion, that could be questionable. NFL had a lot of great wins. So it's baseball, but basketball watch, no question David Stern, no question about it. Okay, So Shannon, you're getting a busy signal too. So yeah, Butcher's just guys, Butcher's down and out in Beverly Hills, that's all. So I have

to roll with it if he can get through. Hold up you because I want to get Butcher on. Wait just one second. Great, welcome back to EAT Sports Radio. Guys. Sorry for that. That was completely my fault. I cut you all off, and I didn't mean to. I think I know where it happened. I was speaking about the money aspect. So Shannon, should I just finish the shore or should I go to break right now? You tell me the best way to down the Shennon? Okay, great, great,

so let's just continue, guys. We'll get Coach Beard on. But I wanted to make sure that you all got the piece of the money segment and the Cholotte Hornet's moving to Louisville in two thousand and two and Coach Mattino and Tom Dridge and the city leaders making the decision that it's not something that we needed and for the tax revenue dollars. Like I told you all, the city a louis does not have a printing press. It

doesn't work that way, they tax our income. That's where they get their money to pay for things, pass budgets, do things for the community to help us. But that's where they get it. And when you leave out franchises like an NBA franchise and the amount of money it brings to your city, it's a huge booboo, guys. It's billions of dollars of taxable income. That's all. So I just wanted to to understand that taxable. They're not printing money.

Greenberg does not have a printing press. He has your money. So when people make decisions that would help increase the taxable revenue of the city and say no, that's why the city Louvois is where it is. The cities did guys, you matters? Go on, come on, guys, Kentucky Fried Chicken doesn't even want to be Kentucky anymore. I'm just being honest with you. Will come on, now, let's just be straight with ourselves. Kentucky Fried Chicken is moving to Plano, Texas.

If you don't know it, guys, that's Dallas. That's all. They're moving to Dallas. I'm just telling you, we in the city better start squawking at our leaders to do the right thing and start arguing about the things they're arguing about, because it is not the well being of the community. It's not taxable income that will help our community grow with the jobs. We're not even talking about the jobs that NBA teams would bring, and I talked

about that. I'm just talking about the actual tax revenue from players' salaries, from general managers, with the people that work there. Ticket sales come on guys, the whole nine yards. So we have to learn Louisville because I think that our leaders understand that we're not the most educated. I hate to tell you, and they can tell us anything and we'll say, yes, Sergeant Schultz, I know nothing. That's all bad, bad leadership decisions. Two thousand and two. So

we've made bad decisions now twice. In seventy five when we didn't scrap the money up to be in the NBA, scraped the money up. In two thousand and two when we wouldn't scrap the money up. And I want to I promise you all, if you go google it, it was one hundred and something million, maybe two hundred million dollars. Didn't tailor buy the Timberwolves in ninety four for eighty eight million. So did for one point five billion. It's

really worth three point two billion. That was ninety four, So guys, I want to say it was in one hundred and sixty million dollar range in two thousand and two for the Hornets, which was a good team. And yes, it's in the Bloomberg Report when David Stern said Tom Dridge and Pertina don't want it, that the city doesn't deserve it, it's just a fact. It's in the Bloomberg Business Bloomberg Business News Daily quoted, So I just wanted to make sure that you all understood some of the truth.

I understand the great things, great hires. Coach McDonald's done a great job. Tom Dridge has some great hires, without a doubt, and facilitated helping making sure that all the things that coach Ocean had envisioned came to tuition. He did one question. But this aspect I just told you all today. You made your decision if we name in streets. After all I'm telling you is that yes was until it was my hero. He was my super hero, period, point blank. He grew up in Newburgh, I grew up

in his family, moved to Prospect in sixty eight. My family moved to Prospect in sixty nine. There was no house in between us. Then there was no house in between us for probably ten years there was just an empty lot. Our first plane flight was on the Western Sills. Died thirteen years old. Suit and tie, guys, you would have loved to see me suit and tie. That's why coach Bert nine made our teams when we traveled there wore suits and ties. Commercially, I'm so sick of the

sweatsuit there and what's going on with that? But you know, dressed down day at works turned to every day every day. So I just wanted you all true to understand the full picture of this and what is transpired at the university. Is Josh Hurt doing a great job, superb job? Does he have two great hires a football program? Hey guys, we got Kentucky at Kentucky last year two times. We're gonna be Kentucky twice. Yes we are. But you know what, people are gonna say, you're not a cardinal because you

won't buy into the nope. So I guess I want to be a cardinal because I'm not buying into the lies. What I've told you, Oh, it's factual, period point blank, per date, not gonna buy into the lives. But as a school in the right track, now, yes it is. But I don't care if PK wins the championship next year. If we can get a franchise and pro franchise to come here, I don't care if Louiville has to move dates.

They have to move dates, you understand me. They gotta called the a SEC and say these dates are blocked. The NBA team has it. We can't get in the way anymore, period point blank. We the University of Louisville, being selfish, cannot hold that city back ever again. So Josh heard. I hope that you're listening. When we get that opportunity, Josh, make sure that it comes into tuition. Make sure do not play the old school game. We

can have we can do it ourselves. No, we need the forty two pro forty one pro dates, We need the exhibition games, we need the tax revenue, and we need other things in that arena. How are you anybody anybody I know my social media, anybody calling into the show. I'll debate anybody about what I've just talked about. Period that's all. So I hate that Coach Beard couldn't make it. Let me just tell you what we were going to speak about, which I will get him back on, trust me,

either get him on Friday or next week. But I'm not going to be on tomorrow. You all get back in too late. I'll be running a best of show factual. I will not be on tomorrow, not live. But we're going to speak about the cities, the growth of Nashville, Columbus, and Indie compared to Louisville anomically, what's going on job wise. We're going to talk about Coach Beer wants to speak

about the lack of Western sell anything and why. We're going to talk about some of the NBA decisions, and we'll note what's happened Draft Day, Wednesday and Thursday, so we'll be able to talk about what's transpired to the draft. We're going to talk about the New York Knicks lack of coach and I told you all about that. That's just amazing. What the Knicks do is what the Knicks do. That's the only way you can put it. That's only there's no rhyme or reason with the New York Knicks

at all, so we're going to discuss those things. Also, Churchill Downs, Yes, Jerry's bends, the need of church of Downs. Tonight five pm. You've got done at the Downs again, racing a lot of fun local vendors, local trucks where you can support the local businesses. So if you can go out support the local businesses to the best of your ability. Also, coach, now we're going to speak a little bit about I'd put out on the internet who were they? Who were your top five NBA players of

all time by position? And we were going to speak about that, but we'll do that also another day. Best of luck to ak all the draft participants. It's an exciting day. I was nervous. I truly was waiting to hear what my name was going to call. I had no idea if I'd be a first round our fifth round. I had absolutely no idea. And I ended up being in the third round, which would be a second round

pick today. But I was happy with it. I'll never forget Frank Ladon telling me if you come here in shape, young man, with a good attitude, you'll make my team. I'm sitting there, yes, sir, no problem, hung up the phone and nah, I'll be able to play good too. But that's exactly what Frank Toby landed in Salt Lake City. You're in shape, I said, without it, you got a good attitude, I said, I hope. So I made the team. He cut guaranteed players. John duran was a guaranteed, he

had guaranteed money. Utah was broke guys, so for Frank Layton to keep Jerry Eaves, he cut Baba Durham was his name played at Georgetown. Old people remember he made one hundred and thirty thousand dollars guaranteed, and they ate it to keep me on the roster. And I felt indebted to Frank Layton for that. I really did. Because I knew John Durham was only guaranteed contract. I didn't think i'd make the team unless they cut John Duram, and I didn't think they would eat the money. I

really didn't, So I just let you know. I was sweating bullets every day in training camp and tearing Baby Durham up all war. John, I'm gonna be honest with you, all war John Durham out every day every day. But I still didn't have any idea if I would make the team or not, because a lot of teams did not like to eat guaranteed money then, especially the Utah Jazz. So guess what happens. You'll have no idea about old school sports. We cut down to eleven players. We kept eleven.

I was really sweating when they cut the twelfth person. I'm like, oh my god, that was twelve. What's going on here? Will? They had to cut of player that didn't have a guaranteed contract because they paid Babe during and that was twelve. So to keep Jerry Eves, Frank Laden cut two quality players. That's why I still talk to him today. He is the funniest, nicest gentleman you'll ever run into. I was fortunate I had Denny Crum and Frank Laden, two of the best guys. Is these

words radios. Hopefully I'll be back Friday, not tomorrow, and if not, I'll be back on Monday. God willing, You'll have a great day. I love you, Bye bye,