I made the decisions that had to be made, ... I never really thought 'Wow, what are we doing This is bizarre. Have we lost our collective organizational minds What's going on' I never really thought that. I thought each of these kids could answer the call and do what was needed of them and could pinch in. They have. All of them were direct responses to specific needs that we had at the time. I think they all made sense to us when we did them. I don't know that there was any unorthodox one. Maybe Joey Devine, because there hasn't been anyone drafted in our organization who has been on the playoff roster that same year.
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