What are Holland’s expectations for the upcoming season? Here’s what he had to say.
“The hope is that we can hang in. The longer that we can hang in, the better the environment is for everybody – our fans, our players, especially our young players – but ultimately my focus as the manager is probably on this team a little bit down the road. I don’t want it to be way down the road, but a little bit down the road. Hopefully we can surprise, hopefully we can hang in, and be in the playoff race. In order for that to happen, some of the young people who were on the team last year that took a step, they need to take another step, and we need some of the veteran players to come in and play at the same level or play a touch better.