I asked coach Taylor yesterday about the Stockton Thunder hiring coach Matt Thomas away from the recently-folded Fresno Falcons, then signing seven Falcons players.

“The Fresno coach is the new coach at Stockton; that’s why they have seven Fresno guys. They basically combined two teams to make one team, so Stockton’s going to be a good team.

“The players were waiting to make a decision, see what was going to happen. We contacted a few individuals we were interested in, but they decided to follow Matty. It changes everything. Stockton just added seven of the best players Fresno had, and they were in first place.

“You don’t wish that on anybody, but tha’s the business we pick. I’m lucky I haven’t been fired yet. Someday it’s going to happen and that’s going to suck for me too, but that’s the way it goes.

On the Reign possibly signing any former Falcons:

“Four guys retired, the other guys are signing elsewhere. the only guys we wanted went to Stockton.”