As you get the higher levels you always hear about the funnel system. A lot of guys get in and it's a funnel system all the way to the top. They weed them out. You get your good players at the top and there's nowhere for anybody to move. It's just part of the game. It can be discouraging. But you have to take it for what it's worth.

The board needs to meet not only to discuss these two deals but the policy direction for the board itself to ensure we are doing the right thing with public funds.

If we are 10-0 or 9-1 we are going to the playoffs because we made that possible and it wasn't in the hands of anybody else.

The main thing this spring is to get everyone to just have some fun. We don't have any one game to prepare for this spring and I want to make it fun for everyone.

I'm really enjoying this. But I always enjoy coming up here and visiting my sister, my parents, my nephews. The fireworks, they're just a way that we can come together and celebrate together. Seeing them go off is fun, but doing this with family is what's important.

We thought about just doing a series of songs on Lincoln's life, but that might be kind of boring and there's almost too much ground to cover. With this, we can keep it at April 1865.