Second place, obviously, is the first loser, but I'll still take the first loser as opposed to third place,

Nobody likes a loser. And second place is the first loser.

Look at it this way. Second place means you're the first loser.

The third period was obviously everything we had. The first and second were the worst periods we played all year long.

Second place is just the first place loser.

I don't know what our record is going against him. I know in Jersey my second and third years, we had a good team. But that doesn't matter. He's still a great coach.