Preseason in all sports is a time for excitement and hope. For this team and all (most) of the fans here there is a shared enthusiasm. But in all of the interviews I have heard or read, including from the three players at media day, there is something I find interesting and a little refreshing. The typical response, I believe, to questions about last year would in most cases be that last year is over and this is a new year and we are starting over. But in every case, be it a player or coach, including Ash himself, there has been an acknowledgment that the results last year were awful and that it was their responsibility and they were dedicated to changing it. I like the fact that they all seem to have accepted responsibility and are committed to righting the ship. They could easily have defelected questions about last year as being in the past but they have not. Hopefully this kind of acceptance of responsibility generates a focus that helps turn things around.