question to answer for me, period, for Pope and his staff for this entire season.  Can he avoid stumbling in the gimme games against crappy league foes?  Dave Rose never managed to do it, I don't think one single complete season of his time in the WCC.  I might be wrong on that, was there one season he did it when we finished second or something?

Anyway, it's simply a requirement if we want to ever return to the success we enjoyed in the MWC before.  Rose didn't lose to the dregs in those days.