not a bad episode - but they left a lot out.

chris chandler was one of the nicest guys we came across. If you noticed, team CAKE tried to get ahold of him via PR...it didn;t work because Chris was still out of town. Doug and I did some research through the Chicago Tribune Web Site in the morning...we knew that Chris lived in Lake Forest, so we searched for houses recently purchased in Lake Forest and BOOM, there was the Chandler residence, complete with phone number. So when Stacey is on the phone, she's actualy talking to Chandler's wife - his wife get ahold of Chris on his cell and we were all set. So when the "voice" says, that we called CHris Chandler it's not like we just magically had his number - we researched our asses off to get it. He had just gotten home from Denver, went to pick up his kids from school and then came to meet us.

Eddie George saw some of the first season and so did Mike James. Most athletes (as we found out from the ESPY's)are familiar with the show. Because the show airs on ESPN - leagues such as arena football and the WNBA are more likely to help because of the positive exposure it brings. NBA, NFL etc... are already very well established leagues - and getting them to help is a matter of the person in charge.

As for Stacey - I mentioned a couple times last nite that I understood her frustration...most of it was with Doug. Doug is a great leader, and is always positive. When Stacey wanted to just let it out - Doug would try to change her mood instead of just letting her deal with it. But here's something to think about. When the PR guy for the Fever told us that we would have to wait until 2:00 - Stacey was the first one to say "great, we'll do it" Well, we were forced to wait longer, failed the task, and on top of that, some of the Pacers were shooting around on the practice floor and we couldn't get there attention. That is where the majority of Stacey's frustration came from. At that time, Eric, Doug and I could have been Ghandi, Michael Jordan and Oprah and she still would've been pissed.

greg