31.   Grier is smart enough to know that those questions are really suggestions and that they should be relayed to head coach Pete Carroll.

32.   He believes he and head coach Mike Holmgren have built a team that can sustain personnel losses, just as Pittsburgh has.

33.   Greg Robinson coached the line last year, then took over as defensive coordinator when Carroll was elevated to head coach.

34.   He earned the ring . . . According to head coach Dave Wannstedt, the Dolphins will start Jay Fiedler at quarterback this fall.

35.   He is more relaxed, thanks to Quin Snyder, the ex-Duke assistant and now head coach at Missouri.

36.   He is now head coach at California State University at Fresno.

37.   He replaces Russ Ball, who was promoted to administrative assistant to head coach Marty Schottenheimer.

38.   He has mocked the Bulls from front office to head coach to teammates.

39.   He was in there because, well, that was when head coach Steve Mariucci finally pulled the plug.

40.   He stayed on as a graduate assistant, was promoted to part-time, then full-time assistant, then coordinator and, finally, head coach.