Darris Kilgour made a statement in an interview immediately following the conclusion of

Wednesday's National Lacrosse League draft that even caught his own organization, the Buffalo

Bandits, a bit by surprise.

He said he was stepping down as general manager of the Bandits to concentrate on his duties as

head coach. The move had been scheduled to be officially announced in the near future.

"Derek Graham is going to be the head GM," Kilgour said. "I'm going to focus on the team.

"It's not so much that I lost focus on coaching [last year], but I want to focus on coaching

again. It was either play the chess match of being a GM, or play the checkers match of being

the coach. I prefer checkers."

Kilgour, an original Bandit, joined the team as coach in the summer of 2002. He added the

general manager's responsibilities when Kurt Silcott left the team in the summer of 2005.

"I feel that my strength is coaching right now," Kilgour said. "Who knows? Maybe at some point

I'd rather be a GM. But I think I did a pretty good job at it. That's for other people to

decide. Coaching is where I'd rather be, and thank God that's where I am right now."

Graham has worked in a variety of roles in lacrosse over the years, including time as a

Bandits assistant coach for the past two seasons.

In the draft itself, the Bandits went for size and toughness, and added two Western New York

natives.

They moved up through a trade with the Orlando Titans into the first round and selected Kyle

Clancy of Peterborough, Ont. The Bandits gave up a second-round choice in Wednesday's draft

and a first-rounder in 2011 for the right to select Clancy, who finished third in scoring in

the Ontario Lacrosse Association's Junior A league with 108 points for the Peterborough

Lakers.

Clancy, 6-foot and, 200 pounds, is known for his toughness and determination.

Buffalo still had two picks in the second round, taking Chris Corbeil, a defender from the

Brampton Excelsiors of the OLA, with the 15th pick overall. Then at the 21st pick, they

selected Steve Priolo, a defender from St. Catharines.

Buffalo had the opening choice in the third round, but sent it to Washington in exchange for

Hamburg native Frank Resetarits, who had 17 goals and 17 assists for San Jose last season.

The Bandits' sixth-round pick was Matt Friedman, a defender from Canisius College who played

in high school for St. Francis.