This looks interesting stuff, but it's very, very early stages.

There were a lot of headaches during the early stages of the program.

This is the driest March on record. We are in the early stages of a drought.

It's a trading bounce. These stocks have been dreadful (performers) for several months.

You can't write your memoirs at halftime,

If you want to coach, then that should be what you do, ... You have to want to wake up in the morning and watch tapes. I wanted to read books.