They came out and pressured hard in the first half, and then kind of lost their legs a little bit in the second half, and we had two new groups.

They were bummed that the playoffs kind of ended, but they are professionals and they know we've got to get better next year.

They played really well in the first half. Their legs were fresh and we could handle the contact and the bumping and grinding. But when that continues in the third and fourth quarter, that just wears on you.

We really made it hard on ourselves in the first half; always trailing, always trailing, and that takes a lot of energy out of you. Obviously, we have to address that and find ways to get more energy going at the get go.

I was cramping a little bit. My legs were hurting. I sprained my ankle last week and that was still a factor. I was able to pull it together at the end.

The first thing I'm going to try to do is bond with them a little bit and try to get them to see me as a friend and not as a clinical, cold physician,