‘“We’re heading on the road here now and when we come back our home schedule is against some of the top teams. It’s going to be a challenge, but I think it’s going to be a challenge for our core players to go through with that. I know Ralph is extremely excited about working with these guys. Ralph has been very pleased at the response from the players and the interactions they have. I think it’ll be a new experience for our group but we’re excited about it moving forward here. What we try to talk about as a coaching staff and a management staff is how do we best prepare this group to face the challenge and that’s why we made the moves we did today.”’