Ell : Eagle wanted a year off ! I tried to talk him down to say 9 months . Should have known before I said it that was not what I wanted to remind him about. In the end he got his year . I told him I would try to find someone to replace him. He had met all of his commitments and I had to go with the flow.

Later at our monthly dinner meeting I let Rudy know what Eagle had planned. Do you have anyone in mind to fill the gap, I asked him?