There was no need for us to continue on. We had gone through our process and felt we had an outstanding candidate. We felt it was important to go ahead and make that decision and announce it to maintain some continuity in our program as well as people and kids were looking forward to identifying the new coach.

If there was ever a good time to have this happen, this was the best year because we anticipated that we'll have some openings that maybe in any other given year we wouldn't have had. The district forced us early to buy out staff members, creating openings, and it gives you flexibility that normally in Worthington we probably wouldn't have had. Certainly that was number one priority, having someone in the building.

Hopefully, we can take advantage of our opportunities and match the intensity of anybody that's playing us. We know a lot of people will bring their 'A' game when they're playing us.

Ben is a leader out there for us, no question about that. We are kind of following his lead. Being leaders on this team isn't just about guys who have six or seven years; it is the role that they have and what they have to do.

At this point, ... it's so uncertain, there are so many variables out there, I think it's foolish for us to try to speculate on a particular launch date.

Big things are expected of us, and nothing big ever came of being small.