Services won't be seriously impacted. We've been moving in this direction for the last two budget years. This Council made it very clear when they hired me that they wanted to get the budget process back in order.

We can go online and see the wind direction and see when ash is going to fall. Before, it just happened, now there's more preparation.

I'm glad I had the chance to look around, but I like the direction this team is heading, and I'm comfortable here. I know the system. I know the coaches. I know my teammates. Hopefully with the way we'll rotate guys, there'll be enough time for everybody.

Weather continues to be the key short term factor determining energy price direction.

Serra is a solid team. They get off the ball quickly and run the ball hard. They were what we expected.

We just have to focus more on ballhandling in practice. There's a lot of things we need to focus on. But we'll get better each week. I learned a lot about this team, but I expected a lot of it.