We put a lot of effort into signing Tim Thomas. He had a very, very effective agent. We were faced with having to match an offer from Chicago, which was there. It wasn't a phantom offer. If an owner is not willing to compete, he might as well get out.
Fans can smell that pretty quickly.
I didn't want that to happen, so we just made the investment in Tim Thomas. He has received numerous awards. As a columnist, he has covered the World Series, Super Bowls, the US Open golf tournament, Summer and Winter Olympics, NCAA Final Fours, the NBA championship series, Davis Cup tennis, the Indianapolis 500 and bowl games. He's always run the club like a business, and businesses are supposed to turn a profit. This could be as far as Kohl can be pushed, but he doesn't sound like it.