He does high-quality work, and we have similar reputations, so I thought it was a good fit.

But we've got to work. We can't just live on reputations at all - by any means.

Minnesota is always a quality club. They have very good pitching and are solid defensively. They are similar to us, but they do have a little more experience than us. Yet, I expect us to be able to compete very well with them.

I started to plot out different scenarios. I was thinking about investors, friends, banks, but nothing seemed to really work out the way I needed it to. Then I just happened to hear about this other shop owner, who I sort of knew, who was moving out of his building.

It's working. There's been some learning, and we're getting the communication issues worked out, but everybody's personality has to blend together, and it's starting to click.

We're trying to hold our own. We have no room to park cars. I've got cars lined up out of the paint shop down the block.