All the things we've been through this year, under the circumstance, I wanted to thank the team, hug them. I encouraged them to go back and be students. You can't just stop your life. |
I could probably write a book about that. |
I feel like I know better than anyone what needs to happen here in terms of the players we need to get in with what we've got returning. I'm going to have the upper hand on anyone in terms of trying to get this thing turned around and get it back in the right direction quicker than anyone that's out there. That's my opinion. |
I maybe have a few years left in me. I enjoy this. I enjoy the kids. . . . Yes, I want to be a head coach. I was a head coach, and I want to continue to be a head coach. |
I thanked them for the effort and all the things that we've been through this year. Under the circumstances, I really wanted to be able to thank the team and hug them for allowing me to step into their lives a little bit, and they did not quit. |
I thought we played the way we should be playing. I can live with (the result) if you're not good enough and you play hard. |
I'm excited about the opportunity to be a part of what I feel is an exciting brand of basketball and a winning brand of basketball. How can you not want to be a part of this? |
If you're talking to me, I want to be the head coach here. |
It gets to the point where maybe the kids need to hear a new voice. I always tell the kids you should never quit. I'm not quitting on them, but maybe there comes a point in time where you just can't do it there anymore. |
It's a decision that he's been contemplating for some time. I do hope he would keep his options open. |
It's all in our hands now. With Nebraska being that team standing in front of us, we better put a lot into us getting ourselves ready to play. If not, we'll be coming home. |
On game day, I expect the guys to have energy no matter who the coach is. We just didn't have it today. Kansas just took it to us and that's the way I'm going to look at it. |
Surely, they hear what's going on around campus or whatever and the Internet. Our kids have done a good job, at least as far as we can see, of not bringing that stuff to practice. ... Coach (Snyder) has done a good job of saying, 'Let's stick with the task at hand.' Some of those things we can't control, and we're not going to worry about, and I think our kids will follow suit in that. |
The external motivation lasts maybe one or two plays ? I?m just directing things a little bit. We needed to shake things up a bit and just get back to the basics and fundamentals. |
They may be playing the best basketball in the conference right now. You are seeing a team grow up right before your eyes. |