83 Quotes by Paul Depodesta

We'll always have to make changes -- a guy or two will be a free agent -- but, hopefully, the foundation is now laid.

I would absolutely have interest in re-signing each guy.

We just couldn't get on the same page. That's really the only reason why.

We'd still be having this discussion (on the conference call) sometime this month.

We know it hasn't been fun for them. It certainly hasn't been fun for us.

We were all incredibly frustrated with the way the year has gone, ... If anybody should be blamed, it should be me. I think Jim is a terrific manager. Despite how hard we tried, we couldn't get on the same page.

Both of us wanted to deal with this quickly. Jim didn't want to wonder about his status. We both dealt with it head on.

We've had tremendous success throughout the organization from a player-development standpoint, ... One of the things that made this organization great was to have our own players. Despite the fact we're in the position we're in, this is an exciting time for us because right now we're just starting to see a few of those guys break through the surface.

This was something that I don't think we could count on, but we were prepared for it. We talked quite a bit about it (Tuesday) as the first round was unfolding, and once it got past about the 20th pick, we were pretty confident that he was going to be there for us.