Now, he wants his players to be thinking about Washington.

We don't want our players to think we're trying to trade them.

And he certainly does not want his players to be.

I don't want our players to think too far ahead.

Thomas said he wanted his players "to fall in love with the game again."

But he wants his players to remember to "come back."

I want my players being interviewed, up to a point.

He had wanted his players to work out how to deal with the pressure, and now it was happening.

But I wanted our players to buy into the fact that they have ownership of the team.

"He wants players that he'll identify with, that'll come and play hard for him every day."