We tell them that for the right person, they'll have to push the pay up a little bit higher.

I think locally we're seeing more than that.

It's very possible that the companies (surveyed) were not sure at the time and answered that they were just going to stay pat. But we're definitely seeing that all these companies do expect to hire. We're seeing very robust hiring right now.

I think we're down below 2 percent here, to be honest. For available people, who can work and who have skills, we're facing a tremendous shortage.

He hasn't been right for two months. He's carried the burden in a very public way and it's been very difficult for him dealing with what he's dealt with for the past year. He's played in this conference in a very public manner and it'd be difficult for anyone to deal with.

We still are very inconsistent on offense, but one thing I can say -- defensively, we're very good right now.