Because before he came up, we talked about it being a one-game situation. He made it easy for me, because it's not easy to tell somebody like that, that, 'We're sending you right back,' because he's done everything we asked him to do. I thought he reached another level mentally. ... I believe once the mental mechanics are in order, the physical mechanics follow. He's getting real close to being here a long time.
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At this point, feeling well seems to be the main criteria. You can assume that at this point.
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I think that may require a suspension, absolutely. That kind of action cannot be tolerated. I dont want any of our guys ever doing anything like that.
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There's some competition out there, absolutely. We've got to see how it all shakes down toward the end, and I'm not prepared to make any kind of overt statements right now. But there's competition there.
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