I don't think we have the quality talent that we did back then. We were more raw. These days you have everybody wanting to sound like everybody else.

He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local talent in Harlem. His name was Lover Patterson. He was living right across the street from where my dad had his restaurant. I guess he saw a lot of kids come in, a lot of my buddies.

This thing is a gem. The quality and the talent of the shipbuilding capabilities there are superior, and General Dynamics knows that. There's something very special there, and General Dynamics is not going to do anything to change that. And, the Navy is never going to let something this good get away.

I think it speaks of the high quality of kids we have in the Valley. We have the talent here in the Valley, and to see a coach like Ricky Vaughn try to keep it here means a lot. I've never seen the numbers like he has now. And the thing is, nationally they're competitive. They can compete with the best of them.

Because the league felt that we always wanted to improve on the talent quality in the league, now coaches will be able to receive X amount of money going forward. It wasn't that way before.

Two years ago, we had a lot of talent, we had a lot of preseason hype - and it didn't turn out too well for us. We've seen the good, and we've seen the bad.