Kwame has been a first-class individual since we acquired him and this is just my way of trying to accommodate him, because I think he deserves to play.

I'm flattered to be a finalist. For a first-year coach it doesn't get any better than that. But Tom Higgins took a team that hadn't made the playoffs for the last few years and led them to a playoff berth and second place in the West.

They were able to solidify their offensive line by getting two established quality Canadians. The mind set for them going into the draft may be altered a little bit.

We preach team, we preach family.

I think we have an abundance of quality Canadians here. When we started these discussions, the ratio was something we took into consideration and we're very comfortable where we are right now as far as the ratio goes.

He'll be touch-and-go as far as training camp is concerned, but we were actually debating up until last week whether he should be the first pick overall, that's how much we like him.