31.   For three days in Charleston, S.C., Van Gundy had preached to his team about poise and good behavior.

32.   Fulmer has talked to his team about the Super Bowl-like hype that will surround the game.

33.   Gailey does not have to remind his team about what happened then.

34.   Hackett had initially stopped practice and chewed out the team about its sloppiness.

35.   He has gone out of his way to warn the team about feeling sorry for itself.

36.   He has had conversations with some of the veterans on the team about what it will take to become a playoff contender.

37.   He has not asked the Sox permission to talk to another team about becoming their new manager, and no team has asked the Sox to talk with Williams.

38.   He turned serious when he talked to the team about an alleged incident involving another NFC playoff team, the Cowboys.

39.   He told his team about them at a meeting Thursday morning.

40.   Hicks and Melvin did not know if he was talking to other teams about Rodriguez or other teams about another client, Darren Dreifort.