The bottom line is, I want us to rebound, defend, share the ball, play hard. That's all. Now if you can't do that, if that's not important enough to you, it's not on me.
I want to be like Johnny Bach or Pete Carril or Tex.
You've got to try to guard, make an effort to defend to the best of your ability. You have to rebound the ball, which was an area that was so critical. And they wanted you to play smart and have fun. I've kind of tried to let our people understand those are the most important things that I could possibly tell them.
I struggled in school. Math and science were difficult for me. But I can watch 10 guys play, and I can tell you what everybody did. It might be a curse because when you see everything, sometimes you don't let your kids play.
When I was 26, I got offered the Connecticut job, but the ABA started, and I thought I could still play.
College kids want to be coached. They want to be taught. They might resist it a little bit early on, but the more you give, the more you get back.
