He has reinvented himself from what he was 12 months ago, ... He is on course for a new deal.

The deal is done ... If this had happened a few months ago with an undone deal, it would have been a potentially much riskier circumstance.

It's a big deal, if you asked me six months ago. (Now), it's a formality. I think we all expected it, come Christmas time, that we should be a playoff team.

We were raving about him two months ago.

It wasn't close a few months ago.

We were a little sloppy, but they had a lot to do with that. Maybe two months ago we might not have been tough enough to hang on and increase that lead. We seem to be getting tougher.