I told Ian when he left last summer that he had to come back ready to be the centerpiece of our offense. He not only wanted it, but he came back here to do it.

[Thompson made himself the centerpiece of his stories] to show that a regular person could be in the midst of the craziness of the time, … He was our historian.

He was really just not into it last year. He was used to being the centerpiece of the team.