"The coach has to have communication skills to bridge the gap between older & younger players. That's paramount now with integration. In a perfect world, all [young] players are overbaked ... but those are the challenges when you find a balance of development & infusion of talent."
"I just felt that the messaging and the voice that was going to be required...it just needed a new direction."
"It's not a comfortable position to be in when you've got a popular coach both publicly and with the amount of success he's had, it's going to be an unpopular decision, it's not going to resonate ... It didn't sit well with me, very difficult decision as I referenced both personally and professionally."
