No supervisor became the quarterback in this situation.

I've said this many times. I really like our quarterback situation. I really like it. Joey is better. Jeff's a capable guy. Our third guy (Orlovsky) is really coming on. We've got some guys that are able to play and able to win -- much more ready to do this than before.

Everything became about being a $10 million-a-year quarterback.

But anytime we moved him around, he's always had his eye on the quarterback situation,

Max was really our ambassador to Caltrans. That's why when I became supervisor (in March 2005) I asked him to be on my staff. He knew the right people to talk with to get things done. Unfortunately, because of health problems he wasn't able to travel to Riverside.

We're so proud of what he's done. He really unified this group and became the quarterback of this group and the leader of this defense in a short period of time. My hat's off to him.