The expectations are we'll come up with something that will work relative to our economics. But everyone knows this cuts real deep. We're going to have to make this work in the league. We're going to have to run some tighter ships in managing our costs. |
The fact is Drew hasn't progressed, and that's disappointing, but it's time for us to be patient. He's got quick feet, a strong arm and he's as smart as a whip. This is not a time to give up. It's a time to stick with him. Great quarterbacks don't always just land in your lap. Sometimes you have to develop them. |
The fact that we're here and doing what we're doing is better than anything I could say. This is the strongest effort I've seen on the league's part. |
The impact was pretty good. But there are a lot of intangibles. |
The meeting was short, concise and unanimous. We're all on the same page. The position that's on the table by the players is just not acceptable, and it wasn't acceptable to any of the constituents. |
The more he was a part of our team, the more we appreciated him as a player. |
The players are totally out of bounds. |
The position that's on the table by the players just isn't acceptable. |
The proposal was a mean mother. It really forced us to make some adjustments. |
The proposal was really a mean mother from the union. |
There are never any guarantees |
There was a recognition by lower-revenue clubs that some of the issues that they had weren't necessarily going to get solved. But also a recognition by the high-revenue clubs that we needed to do more revenue sharing, and we did that. |
They play the 'You are desperate' game. If the Chargers want to trade up to the eight-to-10 range, I think you're going to have to give away a very high pick from the next year or two and a No. 3 along with it. If you want to get up in the first five picks, you'd have to give up next year's No. 1 (in addition to this year's No. 1). |
They put me in charge for a year while they looked for someone else. Thirty-five years later, they were still looking. |
They're looking for any kind of volunteers you'd find in a typical hospital setting. |