it started when Bill Polian was with Buffalo

Adds background) By Scott Anderson TORONTO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Cott Corp (BCB.TO) said onTuesday Wal-Mart Stores (WMT.N) ended the soft-drink maker'sexclusive supply agreement in the United States, sending Cott'sshares down more than 30 percent. Under a new agreement, Wal-Mart has the right to reduce thesupply provided by Cott by a third over the next three years.That means Wal-Mart has the option of eliminating all of itsCott business by January 2012.Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, represents more than30 percent of Cott's overall business and accounts for anestimated 40 percent to 50 percent of Cott's business in theUnited States.Cott said on a conference call that the financial impact ofthe decision was unclear, saying it would need more time tounderstand the implications.David Hartley, an analyst at BMO Capital Markets, saidWal-Mart's decision may not have a devastating impact on Cott,which he said was the only company that could satisfy theretailer's requirements for low-cost, private-label softdrinks. "Cott is still going to be a good supplier for them unlesssome key assumptions change for Wal-Mart, meaning theirinterest in being in the category of private-label soft drinksand potentially other decisions around self-manufacturing andso on," Hartley told Reuters. The move comes at a time when American consumers are buyingmore private-label groceries as a way to cope with effects of adeepening recession. Cott, based in Toronto, has been the sole supplier ofWal-Mart's private-label nonalcoholic, carbonated beverages,including clear sparkling, flavored waters since 1998. Cott has complained in the past that aggressive promotionsfrom competitors such as Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) have chipped awayat its market share, forcing major revisions to Cott's earningsforecasts. Wal-Mart spokeswoman Caren Epstein said the companies "havebeen in discussions over the past year to redefine therelationship." "The past year has been an economically challenging one forconsumers.

Among the changes in shopping patterns we are seeinga shift to private-brand products that offer national-brandquality at affordable prices," Epstein said in an e-mail whenasked for a comment on its decision. "In response Wal-Mart has redoubled its efforts to managecosts, deliver low prices, introduce new products, and enhancethe quality of our privately branded offerings." (Additional reporting by Nicole Maestri in New York; Editingby Frank McGurty) ($1$1.23 Canadian) Stocks. Flamemaster Reports Earnings of $.50 Per Share On a 3 Percent Decline in Salesfor the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2008PACOIMA, Calif., Jan. 27, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Flamemaster Corporation (PinkSheets:FAME) reported net income of $608,760 on sales of $6,098,711 for the yearended September 30, 2008. In the previous year earnings were $363,169 on salesof $6,287,239 Per share results were $.50 fully diluted in 2008 vs $.30 fullydiluted in 2007. The earnings for the previous year were severely impacted dueto the costs and disruption of production associated with the Company'srelocation to a larger facility in the 1st quarter of fiscal 2007.For the 4th quarter ended September 30, 2008, the Company reported a 34.5decline in income to $118,676 on sales of $1,597,815, compared to a net of$181,419 on sales of $1,436,828 for the same period last year.

Per share resultsfor the quarter ended September 30, 2008 were $.10 compared to $.15 per sharefor the quarter ended September 30, 2007.Flamemaster Corporation is a specialty chemical manufacturer servicing theaerospace and defense industries with high performance aircraft sealants andcoatings.The release herein may contain or identify a forward-looking statement. ) As a Colts fan, I admit that it is difficult to watch the Colts give up 200 yards rushing in a game even if they win. We all love hard-hitting football. I, personally, lovedefensive football. I love a hard-fought 4-3 win. Unfortunately, Bill Polian doesn't care what I think.And so, in the game against Miami a few weeks ago, the Colts got ran over like aquadriplegic bullfighter. They won the game despite never altering their defensive strategy against the Wildcat to any extent other than using a safety as an eighth man in the box, and gave up 239 rushing yards in the process. Is this a major weakness of the Colts Can other teams utilize the Wildcat against them with similar effectiveness To some extent, yes.Just ask team president Bill Polian:"We controlled the run against Miami from conventional formations about as well as we've controlled it the last two weeks," said Polian in his weekly interview. I could see them running it with Vince and both backs in the game There are any number of ways they can do it. We'll have to wait until Sunday night to figure out which one it is, but I'm pretty sure we're going to see one version or another of it. Maybe all three."It was pretty clear by the Colts' lack of adjustment to the Wildcat in the second half of the Miami game that they are not going to risk giving up a big passing play by utilizing defensive backs to matchup better against Wildcat running plays. Fans want a defense that holds run-based teams to 45 yards rushing, but Bill Polian doesn't care. The team isn't designed to do that, and that design started long before the Colts drafted Peyton Manning...it started when Bill Polian was with Buffalo. The "bend-don't-break" cliche is understandably an undesirable moniker to assign to a team, but Bill Polian doesn't care. Polian has said that he only cares about two statistics: yards-per-pass-attempt and turnovers. Thus, he is perfectly willing to allow a field goal in order to prevent a touchdown, because he is banking on the offense scoring a touchdown. "For about three quarters Sunday, we met the standard of performance albeit grudgingly on offense Then, it all went to the dogs in the fourth quarter. We played maybe the worst fourth quarter in all three phases this season."In the aforementioned fourth quarter, the Colts gave up two drives for touchdowns that featured zero running plays and 19 pass plays. The only run was a seven-yard scramble by quarterback Seneca Wallace, but theplay-call was a pass.When your measuring stick is pass-yards per-attempt, it is understandable that the team was disappointed even though those two drives came when the game was already well out of reach for Seattle.Polian also said that the defense did not play up to the team's standard of performance against Miami, but he blamed the poor play not on the team's structure or system, but rather on technique."The thing with the Wildcat, it’s like any misdirection offense or any misdirection play you cannot look in the backfield," Polian said after the Dolphins game. "We were playing too high on the defensive line We had far too many missed tackles.

We had far too many poor entries in terms of gap control and things of that nature. We have lots and lots of work to do to get better on defense and get better specifically against the Wildcat and the kinds of things that people are going to do us""That you have to get corrected, but yes, you can do it," Polian said, "because it’s just a matter of technique."The Colts are obviously not built around their defense, but if they can improve throughout the season, as was Coach Dungy's mantra, they are very well equipped to beat any team on a given Sunday. When Bob Sanders returns from injury the run defense will likely improve, and rookies Jacob Lacey and Jerraud Powers who are both getting a good amount of playing time will play faster and make faster reads as they gain experience.Do the Colts need to make changes to their personnel or depth chart, or dramatically alter their defensive scheme Probably not."As far as the game plan and how the game was played, they played to their strengths and we played to our strengths," Polian said when asked about the Miami game "We won the game.". By Christian Kraemer and Christiaan Hetzner MUNICH/FRANKFURT, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A Bavarian stateminister from the government's junior coalition partner onTuesday ruled out the state directly injecting capital into theheavily indebted Schaeffler Group. "It can only concern loan guarantees, and not taking adirect equity stake," said Economics Minister Martin Zeil of thelaissez-faire Free Democrats (FDP) after a meeting to discussstate aid with representatives of Schaeffler Schaeffler declined comment.