In McTaggart's article on Mills' first team-wide speech, ol' Drayton was ready to suit up and be a champion:
"In my 18 years here, that was by far the best comments and talk by a manager that Brad Mills gave to the players and his expectations of them...Forcefulness, his upbeat attitude, and that he's a take-charge kind of guy. He really said he's going to provide the leadership that's necessary."
Berkman:
"It was good. It was the first day and everybody was getting introduced. That was the main thing, getting introduced to the coaching staff. It was a good meeting...I'm certainly more interested to see how the atmosphere is going to be. It's always good to see everybody you haven't seen for a while in the winter and meet the new guys. This is an exciting time of year."
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
