<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Arthur_Durant_ID.jpg)</div><strong>Character name : </strong>Arthur Durant  (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=212508.msg10443012#msg10443012)<br/><strong>Occupation : </strong>Head Coach<br/><strong>Who : </strong>Stacey Gibson, CFO, Head of Marketing<br/><strong>Where : </strong>Stacey's Office<br/><strong>When : </strong>Day One, Early  Morning<br/><hr/>Arthur had come to this meeting with high hopes. He was hired to start a franchise, to come out strong with a team that could compete at the highest level. He wasn’t going to hope for a championship for his first year, but he was damned if he wasn’t going to try. In his hands was a folder full of his research on the other teams and the players he wanted to acquire. He had consulted with his assistant coaches to put together a complete package of key personnel to acquire. His strategy called for getting key but undervalued veterans and pairing them with the best rookies he could get his hands on. He wasn’t going to buy starts, he was going to create them.<br/><br/>He said his hello’s as he walked into Stacey’s office, being polite and professional with the other men but not able to hold back a big smile when he saw Stacey, greeting her with a<strong>”Good morning Miss Gibson.”</strong>as he walked in the room. It was her enthusiasm for the team that had convinced him to sign on with the team and her infections good attitude never failed to brighten his day.<br/><br/>But somehow, she managed to dampen it a little when the meeting started with<em>Guys, I don't want to sugar coat this</em>. That was a phrase that never had good news after it and the news she was giving was something he knew could be the death knell for a fledgling franchise. Sponsors were pulling out, and Arthur could read between the lines well enough to know that putting his planned acquisitions “On Hold” really meant “No chance in hell”. He was going to get stuck with a team full of rookies. He looked at down at his now useless notes for a minute and pushed them aside. He was hardly one for big outbursts, and despite his disappointment he wasn’t about to start now.<br/><br/>The words “Media” and “Free” hanging in the air as Stacey asked for questions he said the first thing that came to mind.<strong>”Forgive me if I’m not as familiar with the public relations side of things as I should be, but what kind of things should I be thinking about to get media attention? Bikini car wash?”</strong><br/>