He has gotten a lot better, compared to three yrs ago, but I still counted 51 "you knows" in his answers.
It wouldn't take more than 5-6 hrs all at once or 1 hour 5-10 times with a public speaking coach to make him enunciate better and eliminate all or some of the "you know"s and "like"s and "uhh"s in his speech.
I know he is a smart enough guy to improve in that area, and it would make himself look better and be a better role model (and therefore make more money).
Other pro athletes don't do this because they are usually thugs and want to stay thugs, but Rupp should use a tennis or golf pro as his guide, he would appeal to more people if he was more polished.
Hats off to him for a 26:44 though. His contemporaries in terms of talent (Webb, Ritz, Solinsky) have all either retired or semi-retired (Ritz) or are in nowhere land. All of America has one sub-27:00 10k (Solinsky) and Rupp has two. Not to mention he WON a race, against that field that is astounding.
My guess is a couple blood bags were involved between OXY HP and last night.