I think our team is excited about the destination. You want this to be a reward. You want them to have a good time and enjoy where they are. We've got a game to play ? we realize the importance of that and we want to play well.
He was finding the creases in the defense and (Brett) Ratliff was doing a good job of getting him the ball. If you're a competitor, it makes you mad. It makes you realize how much work you've got to do to get where you want to be.
After I got the first two test results back and realized it wasn't one of the more serious things it could have been, I was extremely relieved.
I didn't realize it was that many. I knew it was a lot. He got to the creases and found holes and made a bunch of plays. Ratliff did a great job.
I think it was the right thing to do, obviously. It was something nobody wanted to happen but everybody probably realized had to happen. You can't take that chance.
Now that more is going in, it's starting to pile up on him. He just needs to play. Coaches don't want to allow for that; you want perfect execution all the time. And Mansfield has those same expectations of himself. But we realize there's a learning curve.
They thought that was the winning edge, ... It 's not the winning edge; he is the winning edge. They learned that the hard way because they lost the battle, and I realized that I've been dealing with its a lot in my life.