Whether it's a GM position or not, there are lots of different holes to fill. If the right person pops up, we're going to jump on them.

We did wage a very effective campaign to put pressure on the ABI board to do the right thing ... These contests are won or lost by how many mistakes you make. We didn't make any mistakes.

In the five months between Stuart Sternberg taking over until opening day, we want a complete transformation of the perception of the team to be progressive and family friendly. We want to build a tradition of winning.

That news, combined with Rocco's great work ethic and dedication to his rehabilitation, gave us the confidence to make this deal.

Our twin priorities are reconstituting the baseball department and getting new decision makers in there. Coming up with our own philosophy, which is going to be a blend of a lot of different philosophies on building a winning team, one that's going to be successful [not just] next year, but for years and years to come. And how we deploy our assets to make sure that happens.

Barring something unforeseen, at this point, we're probably going to be pretty quiet from now until the end of the World Series. It's still about getting the right guy. We don't want to rush the process and make the wrong decision. We have gathered more names to add to the list if we want to expand the search. With each conversation, you learn more about the game and more about what we're looking for in our next manager.