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At Walsh, ... it was almost like, 'Let Rob post up and give him the ball.'

He (Rodriguez) did very well. He was very effective, especially in the beginning of the game. He did some good things, he almost had a goal. In the second half, he did exactly what I wanted him to do. He was good, overall.

You know they came here to get the point, then they would be satisfied with the point. They came here to defend, as you saw everybody in the box. It is sometimes difficult to break down the defense, as it was today. We didn't have any idea how to do it. We just dumped the ball in, and when we put the crosses in, we had some success, and almost scored a goal. We didn't have a spark from anybody. We played with the same speed all the time. The game slipped away.

I know there is a difference almost every game. It's not coming easy, though. It's still a challenge, and it might be a challenge until who-knows-when.

The effort was there. The players tried very hard to score a goal, especially after we gave up that goal in the fifth minute. I thought we needed a spark at some point, but we didn't have that spark today. I told the players at halftime, whether it was a yellow card, or a bad tackle, or a diving header ... something that would wake them up even more. We are almost there, but obviously something was missing. Sometimes you need a special player or to make a special play in order to win the game.

If Gene moves up, we'll have a good council. It will be more business-like in running the city. Before, staff ran almost everything.

Brown & Williamson (now R.J. Reynolds Tobacco) for two decades was the No. 1 contributor for United Way. At their peak, it was almost $1 million about six years ago, so they were obviously an awfully important part of our efforts each year.

Defensively we were able to control the tempo of almost every game.

One reason for the outstanding finish in this year's event was almost entirely mental.