31.   The team hired a new coach after a disappointing loss earlier this year in a tournament in Cuba.

32.   The team hired a sports marketing firm, The Wilkinson Group of San Francisco, to analyze the deal.

33.   The team hired him then.

34.   The team recently hired Ernie Adams, a former coach and administrator with Belichick with the Browns and Giants.

35.   The team has not hired a replacement for retired running backs coach George Sefcik.

36.   The team hired a new coach, Chan Gailey, and signed former Pro Bowl running back Chris Warren.

37.   The team hired former Toronto Maple Leafs coach Pat Burns in May and signed left wing Ken Baumgartner and defenseman Dave Ellett as free agents.

38.   The team hired Wayne Knight, who played the paunchy postal worker Newman, to throw out the opening pitch on Wednesday night.

39.   The team recently hired a nutritionist, a physical therapist, two massage therapists, a chiropractor, and a neuropsychologist.

40.   There are almost always plausible explanations when an NFL team hires Coach A, who happens to be white.