'Woolley said their relationship became irreconcilable when Ruff removed the "A" from his jersey two years ago. "It was the last straw when they took away my assistant captaincy, and the way they did it," Woolley said. "The team voted on it and he just came in and stripped it away from me and had no valid excuse, kind of did it in a back hallway two seconds before a meeting. I just totally lost respect after that. That hurt. It meant a lot to me at the time to be named assistant captain."'