On the thinking that Jesse Chatman’s career could be salvaged after sitting out the last two years) --
“It’s several things. Number one, it is still early and I can say that and having a relation with Jesse then he knows what I mean. So if he reads that he won’t overreact. Here’s a guy who played at a high level at one point in time and has had some obstacles in his way. I’ve been impressed with him getting some of those issues squared away. We sat down and talked. You guys have asked me this questions before, ‘How do you know if a guy’s going to be a guy that repeats mistakes.’ We’ll you don’t, necessarily. But if you do, you kind of look at what’s he done recently behavior-wise. You look in his eyes. You listen to his voice. We’ve all been conned before but then your gut instinct tells you that maybe this guy deserves an opportunity and we both felt that. I’ve yet to be able to describe that. I really can’t describe it. A gut instinct told me this guy is committed to doing the right things. To be a player that can play at the level heplayed at one time on a consistent basis. Are we right, are we wrong? We don’t know yet.â€Â
