We know they have to impose a contract on us. We just hope it includes what we've been asking for all along.

The city just imposes a contract on you. But it gets worse. It really has created a 'them' versus 'us' department.

This is the same commission we've been bargaining with since April 2005. Why are they going to jump up and agree with us now?

We're not expecting the city to accept it. These are not binding suggestions. The city doesn't have to accept.

It's almost like you're just going to keep butting heads because you only go back to the same group you couldn't agree with in the beginning.

I hope that tonight is kind of the start of an attitude that we'll take here at home, especially at home, where we're not going to have close games or we're going to make sure that we're going to win a lot of games here at home. Because the road is treacherous.