31.   General Manager Ernie Grunfeld has said he would never base personnel decisions on one game.

32.   General manager Don Maloney now has a reliable sounding board in Milbury to help sort out personnel decisions.

33.   Gulati would hire the coach and be involved in personnel decisions.

34.   He is amused that comparisons are drawn between him and Wayne Gretzky in terms of how much control a player has over personnel decisions.

35.   He said the executives were motivated by their hostility toward lawyers they felt were interfering with their work and their reluctance to disclose sensitive information about personnel decisions.

36.   He wants to install his own offensive and defensive systems and have control over personnel decisions.

37.   He said McIlvaine will also be involved in personnel decisions and trades.

38.   He was given primary control over personnel decisions, something Bidwill had never given to a head coach before.

39.   He might consider the Raiders only if they approach him first and promise him heavy influence on personnel decisions.

40.   He said, for example, that they would not be a factor in his off-season personnel decisions about which players to keep, trade or release.