The kids needed something else to do. After going to the funerals and to the hospital all week, I think they were looking forward to football practice. It gave them a little relief.

The kids have really been getting after it in practice. They are really looking forward to Friday.

Talking to Scotty (Stevens), he has kids and he enjoyed taking his son Ryan to football practice. I could hear it in his voice. I know that Ron Francis has a huge estate in Carolina and he loves it. Those guys never had a chance to take a year off before and they got used to it.

Looking forward I expect the shilling to weaken to Sh73.50 in the week.

To me, this is just the third week. I'm in this thing for the long haul. I'm definitely looking forward to the rest of my career. I know three games would not make that, therefore it really hasn't sunk in yet.

It's been a good day, no more than that. We're really looking forward to this week and playing in the final next weekend.