absence of that. in the last 24 hours, you've had nate bowyer, you've had rob o'neill, a litany of military experts say excellence comes from a commitment to the process. day in and day out focus on the process and the results will achieve themselves. when we look at the players and the owners are coming from, they took the first critical step. to have a dialogue. then you have to define the issue. having large sweeping topics are great for dialogue or sound bite but difficult for charting progress. third, from there, establish a goal. and then more narrow objectives. you have 26 mile markers along a marathon. you have to assure you're on the court and chart progress. your time relative to where you are on the court. fifth and final, the other side of the door, meaning. as owners and players, what do we expect from one idea when we