We're in a bit of a slide right now, but there's plenty of time to recover. We hit a few bumps in the road, but we know it's a long season -- 35 games.

It doesn't even seem real right now. It'll probably set in in the coming days and weeks. I'm kind of numb now.

You can put the [hit-and-run on], but the kids have to execute it. That was Mount Carmel baseball. We challenged our guys to come up with a better effort, and they responded.

It allows you to change one school at a time. What we know right now is what we did before didn't work and we're looking for other models. .... I don't know of a silver bullet that'll come in and solve the problems of the New Orleans school systems.

Just keep my car clean I guess for right now. That's it.

This is where it gets tight. All right, you're headed off to a CAT scan. I'll see you in the operating room.