31.   The scouting department is a case in point.

32.   There was no such thing as a scouting department.

33.   To retaliate for the piracy, Carolina owner Jerry Richardson on Wednesdsay fired three members of the scouting department.

34.   Upper management has conceded some mistakes and is reshaping the scouting department.

35.   We did a bad job on him with our scouting department, so we deserved to be criticized.

36.   What are we doing in the scouting department?

37.   When that is done and the Rangers narrow the focus to a handful of players, the scouting department goes to work.

38.   Which either says something ugly about the quality of talent in the league or speaks volumes about their scouting department.

39.   But the new owners have said that other changes are coming in the scouting department and front office.

40.   Hammond will be responsible for directing the day-to-day operations of the scouting department, handling player personnel issues and assisting roster development.