Roger Griffith: "If we'd been meeting our expectations this year, this would not have happened. It was more the realization that where we thought we'd make a big step forward this year, we'd be struggling to get back to where we were."

Suzie McConnell Serio: "Katie was obviously disappointed that this was happening. She wished it would have worked out better than it had. She realizes it's a business. Obviously she's very close to her teammates, and she had been a very big part of the success through the years."

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