I can assure you that there has not been a deal made as of right now. If there had been, we would be discussing it right now, although I couldn't go into any details. I am not ruling out the fact that talks might be ongoing with several teams. |
I expressed my anger and I expressed my embarrassment, my embarrassment on behalf of my family and for the people who work hard here. |
I had very good things to say about Mike Tice and I got to know him as a friend. He taught me a lot about coaching. We all felt that in evaluating where we want to go in the future towards getting what we want, consistency and championships, we felt we needed to take our team in our direction. We felt we needed to make a change. |
I have to be active, |
I have to be active. No, I'm not going to call the plays. But I'm going to go ahead and make sure that the right people do the right things. I think it's very important that the message is out that the person on the top is watching over them, making sure everything is done right. We're going to try to strive for excellence. I'll try to figure out what it will take for us to be the champs. |
I learned in the real estate business when you're going after something you want, you go after it quickly, decisively and you make sure you get it. You make sure you get the person you want before the next person does. |
I met a lot of people who are in support of the stadium and realize how important it is for the quality of life. We just want to make sure everyone understands the message that all three stadiums (Vikings, Twins, University of Minnesota) get done now. |
I think having both of them together is the best weapon we can have going forward. |
I think we have the people who can make the right evaluation and right decisions of who we need. We're in a good position right now. |
I told him, 'Don't hold anything back because of any past thoughts you might have had. |
I will hold everyone who is involved responsible for their own actions. |
I won't go into details on the punishment, but I will use a standard of bad judgment for imposing whatever action I take, ... Those who were not on the cruise did not show bad judgment. |
I'll leave that to the coaches. I think you'll see some good results as the season progresses. |
If there was any sense that we would look the other way regarding this type of behavior, I want to make it extremely clear that this behavior will never be tolerated again. |
In case, for whatever reason, we don't reach a consensus, it should always be left up to the director of player personnel. We would hope that's not the case. But definitely he would have the authority. |