Katie Blackburn-State of the Team

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on Joey B contract

Quote:“The negotiations will happen primarily through his agent,” she said. “But Joe, obviously, at the end of the day, it’s what Joe wants. And so I think Joe’s got to be happy, and we’ve got to be happy. And hopefully, we can be happy together.”

On Joe Mixon

Quote:“Right now, he’s on the team, and we are gonna count on him until that wouldn’t be the case,” Blackburn said.

on Paycor

Quote:“It’s that time that we are beginning to think about it,” she said. “We’re actually going in and doing some improvements a little bit this year ourselves, and hopefully that sends a message that we’re willing to invest a little bit of our own here now. (We) hope we can take a look at the whole lease situation with the county and get something that would make the lease situation settled for a while and work well for the county and us.”

on Jonah

Quote:“These things happen,” she said. “We’re gonna try to get our best team out there. We hear his concerns, but at the end of the day, we’ll just have to see where it all plays out.