AAF season kicks off

It’s just past 8 a.m. inside the still barely lived-in Memphis Express offices on the third floor at 88 Union Center.

The buzz that permeates the spacious headquarters began much earlier. But it escalates when team president Kosha Irby arrives. Equal parts high-energy, always affable yet nononsense, Irby pinballs from desk to desk, call to call and meeting to meeting for a half-hour before huddling up in his corner office with a small group of key department heads.

It’s all part of the routine, but Irby (and others) admit there’s a heightened sense of urgency on this day. Sprinkled in between updates on logistics, marketing/promotions and ticketing, he offers several critical asides with acute pointedness.

“… improvise, adapt, overcome.”