public function quarterback($createCommand) {

        // Convert the command bus object into an array
        $data = (array) $createCommand;


        // Sanitize
        $data = $this->sanitize($data, $this->type);


        // Validate
        if ($this->validate($data, $this->type) != "passed")
        {
            // Prepare the response array, and then return to the form with error messages
            return $this->prepareResponseArray('validation_failed', 500, $data, $this->validate($data, $this->type));
        }


        // Even though we already sanitized the data, we further "wash" the data
        $data = $this->wash($data);


        // INSERT record
        if (!$this->persist($data, $this->type))
        {
            // Prepare the response array, and then return to the form with error messages
            // Laravel's https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/5.0/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
            //  does not prepare a MessageBag object, so we'll whip up an error message in the
            //  originating controller
            return $this->prepareResponseArray('persist_failed', 500, $data);
        }


        // SPECIAL FOR POST UPDATES: INDICATE IN THE POSTS TABLE THAT THERE IS AT LEAST ONE POST UPDATE FOR THAT POST
        $this->repository->postupdateExists($data['post_id']);


        // Prepare the response array, and then return to the controller
        return $this->prepareResponseArray('create_successful', 200, $data);


        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        ///     NO EVENTS ARE SPECIFIED IN THE BASE FORM PROCESSING     ///
        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    }