We made a lot of improvement playing teams like those. My motto was, losing is not bad if you can gain something from it. And we definitely gained something from those losses.

It's nice to see we're having some improvement, but still losing is not easy. It's hard to deal with, but if you get something you can take away from the game, have success at some level, it's easier to deal with.

We are expecting an improvement. A losing record isn't acceptable for the talent we have this year.

We're obviously disappointed in losing Brian for the year. Brian was having a great season, and he was a big part of our success.

All the young kids have fit in. They've helped us win. I mean it looked a little gloomy there losing what we lost, trying to plug up the holes.

I was scared to death. It's a great responsibility. This is good for the entire Pittsburgh area because we're losing population and need to start getting more people to come to the area.