Doug Melvin Quotes

You want to see some consistency. Doug takes the ball and gives you a solid effort each time out. - Doug Melvin

You get six weeks to get things together. We came in here with the expectations to build on last year's first .500 season in 12 years, and I think we're on track to doing that. - Doug Melvin

You can get star-struck. You can pay a lot for very short track records. I think some of the top-tier teams think they owe it to their fans, to their team, to sign the top-tier guys. - Doug Melvin

Working with Mike Maddux, Dan had great success for us in the past and he adds to the depth of our relief. We think that he has great potential to return to his form of 2004 and make a significant contribution to our staff. - Doug Melvin

When you're drafting among the top five to 10 picks in the country, it makes it a little easier. You can really zero in on players. Our draft picks won't be so high. That's a challenge. - Doug Melvin

When you're a team like ours that has to build, the one thing you need is stability. You need that with your front office, your manager, your scouts for good things to happen. - Doug Melvin

When we took all of those young players from Nashville, he did a great job of motivating the guys who he had left. I don't think he's afraid to confront a player on an issue. But at the same time, he's young enough that those guys know it was not too long ago that he was playing this game. They feel like they can go to him. - Doug Melvin

When we get down there and get in person, we'll meet with Ben, sit down with him, the trainer and Mike Maddux and make that decision. We feel that we'll all make a good judgment including Ben. - Doug Melvin

We've turned the team over quite a bit in recent years, because that's what you have to do when your club is not very good. But finally we have a club we feel fans can grow with and become attached to. - Doug Melvin

We've talked about framework but not to the point of one side or the having what they want. We are talking terms. Nothing has broken down or gone wrong, so we just keep talking. - Doug Melvin

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