It's sad, really, really sad. Practice was very somber. Everyone is really bothered by it.

When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win

We want to establish an identity and set a foundation for how we want to play.

Marcus is such a good player and he contributes a lot. He's had the attitude in practice that he's going to help us. He's been real good. He's had an upbeat attitude. I think all of us as a team are looking forward to him coming back. He knows what's coming (on the road). Marcus is the type that he'll use that to his advantage. He just has to block that out and play his game.

The Russians keep changing their laws. My judgment is the Russians are not going to permit in practice significant ownership of oil resources by [international] enterprises. They don't want the loss of control.

Jason got hurt again in practice last week and missed three days. He played pretty well in the second half against Clarksville and we're confident that he'll be all right to start against Bentonville.