We missed Mario. Without him, we were not able to press like we wanted to.

There's blood in the water. The press is very tribal, and once it seems the tribal elders don't know what they're doing anymore, the tone of the reporting changes.

Now, things have gone bad and I think the press criticism has crystallized. You saw it in Iraq, and the response to Hurricane Katrina and social security reform.

We weren't able to rebound. It's hard with that big guy (Richardson-Osgood) in the middle.

It's good. It's better than last year.

He blocked my shot but nobody got the ball. I got it, looked, no one stepped up and I hit the shot.