The big thing with Jason this season is his preparation. He anticipates plays. He's been reading the game so well that he's always in position to make a big save when we need it.

Blíndur er bóklaus ma∂ur. Blind is a man without a book.

The first half of the season is your preparation for district. Our main objective is No. 1 to win a district and that's our objective at the beginning of the year. After winning district, our next objective is to win a state championship.

[Not surprisingly, a lot of preparation went into getting all of the actors playing the members of the firm ready for the fight scenes. Explained Wood,] I had to train a lot. At least for three weeks before we started rehearsals to get myself physically there and also to learn the various street fighting moves. It was physically demanding. It was definitely a challenge on that level. ... The training was incredible. We'd go and work out with Pat Johnson for four or five hours every day. He had most of those lads throwing up, he was working them so hard. We'd do basic strength and fitness training for about two hours and then we'd start choreographing the fight sequences. And then we'd go into the afternoon and rehearse, and then go out in the evening and start drinking? which is probably why the next morning people were throwing up.

Yes, we do have trees that we're cutting down on the western end of the project. That is in preparation for the actual project to begin in the spring.

He's had a closer mentality in his preparation even when he was a middle setup guy.