text:  They all, to a man, said glowing things about what a great person he was, very warm, very wise, very caring of all the players. I mean, it was just astonishing how many people commented on what a dynamic person this was. So when he died in the middle of the 2002 season, which was quite unexpected, the team was very grief-stricken and very much in kind of a spin over how to deal with the loss. And one of the things that started happening right away