I would say on the football side we are talking about days [before an announcement]. On the business side, we have a little more luxury, but with football, we have to be committed all the way now.

What I'm trying to show Doug is what he needs to do after football.

We never should have left. The fans here are yearning to support a championship team and that's exactly what we are planning to build.

Basically, I'm not running the team anymore. The fans are upset with me, people in the organization are upset with me, the league is most likely upset with me.

There's nothing definite that has materialized from the talks. Are they talking? Yes. But other companies have talked to Wheeling-Pitt, too, and nothing's come of it. But it's getting harder and harder for a small steel company to make it, and we are a small company.

There was a lot of trash talking during that football game we played against them. We wanted a little payback tonight and it feels good to get them back.