The team wasn't really D-2 worthy, and I realized very quickly that I didn't want to start buying big-salary players to try to stay at that level. So, my total team salary was pretty low for that league, and even though we weren't winning much, the attendance was quite good, at least until the last few games, which took place after I sold off most of my best (and oldest) players. I decided to keep Reeves and Minton as the nucleus of a (hopefully) winning team returning to DIII.