00:00It sounds like I'm being, you know, this is easy or anything,
00:04but like the direct communication route, although you don't always get great
00:12immediate feedback from the person, but I've found it's the most appreciated way
00:19to communicate with players, and that means you have to deliver
00:25some bad news sometimes, no doubt about it, but it's the most effective way
00:31to deliver the news.
00:33Sure.
00:34Ian Happ seems to be handling his new role in whatever it is,
00:40from the outside, extremely well in that regard.
00:45It's plainly because all Ian wants to do is win.
00:48He wants to win baseball games.
00:49That's, you know, the most important thing to him,
00:53and he understands that that thing will lead to really good other things.
00:58This is a rare moment where that's possible.
01:01It doesn't happen every year, does it?
01:03Like this, are guys embracing that possibility before you?
01:07You guys could win the World Series.
01:08Why not you guys?
01:11Well, I mean, I think, I mean, I kind of disagree with that.
01:15I think it happens, it should happen every year.
01:19You know, that's the way it should always be.
01:22And I think that's the way it always will be, in my opinion.
01:27I mean, I think, look, at times, there are teams you make decisions on
01:31for a longer-term horizon, for sure.
01:36I think that happens on some teams, absolutely.
01:40You know, so the time horizon for your decisions
01:42and why you make them is important, for sure, yes.
01:45You know, I mean, the fact is...
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