He plans to hire an experienced general manager for the Hawks "and let him work his magic on the rest of the organization."

He doesn't plan for his teams to "hemorrhage tens of millions of dollars."

He plans to be in Atlanta "so much you'll think I live there."

Those were among David McDavid's comments in a telephone interview from his Forth Worth home Thursday, the day after he signed a letter of intent to buy the Hawks, Thrashers and Philips Arena operating rights.