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Speaking of Ridgeway, here’s how he ended up with the commanders:

Rivera said:

On if he was surprised that Ridgeway became available:
"Yes. Those kinds of guys, they're the kind of guys that you look for, especially guys that, like you said, he was a draft pick. And so you put a draft pick on the waivers, and everybody goes, 'Whoa.' Then as soon as you see the name out there, you start calling people that are gonna give you an honest answer. 'Hey, what kind of guy is he?' We had a young man that did an internship for us, Mark Cala, he's at Arkansas. So we called Mark right away and asked Mark. He said, 'Coach, he's the kind of guy you guys want.' So that's all I needed to know. Mark did a great job for us and I've known Mark a few years. So, you ask people what kind of guy he is and he tells you it, trust me, I believed him. So, we put the claim in and we were fortunate to get him."