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We've got to be innovative. We've got to think about what's coming next.

I think the game in general is changing so fast right before our eyes.

We've gotta be trying to think of what's coming next before it comes next.

If you ask what my philosophy is, my philosophy is kind of like an entrepreneurial philosophy.

An entrepreneur will do whatever they have to do to make sure things get done. Our coaches will be that way; our players will be that way. Just do what it takes.

Esthetically, let's move the ball. Let's guard people. Let's fight.

It's really an organizational job with a football team to watch them go through their day.

Football is a pretty complex numbering system most of the time: run the three back through the four hole, things like that. We kind of do the same thing - the three man sets for the four, or whatever.

We are trying to get away from those traditional centre, power forward type things.

It used to be every single time you got the rebound, you handed it to the point guard, or you outlet it to the point guard, or everyone cleared, and you waited until the point guard brought the ball up the floor.

I'm gonna back my players.

I don't mind physicality in the least - I don't mind it in the least, both ends of the floor.

As an assistant, you are grinding it out and churning out work like there are not enough hours in the day, really. As a head coach, you are doing similar.

I used to say, as an assistant, I would go in and close my door for three hours after practice and just watch film. Now it seems like I'm in a meeting and then another and then another for three hours that have nothing to do with basketball. It's just different.

Sometimes I'm in that timeout, and I say, 'Let's go a possession of zone,' and they're like, 'Yeah, let's do it,' and that shows that they're confident enough to roll with whatever we're doing. And sometimes they're like, 'No, no, no, no.' They don't want a possession to get away from them, possibly.

I think there's some certain attitudes and certain guys that can feed some positive energy, and that keeps you going through an 82-game schedule.

It's such a long season, right? It's certainly serious business, but it's no sense that we all have to be miserable doing it.

I think a lot of personnel decisions come down to who's the best player today, like if we had to throw 'em in a game today versus what could their upside be 18 months from now. A lot of times, those are two different answers. That's the difficulty of player personnel.

I think there's always enough right in front of me worrying about who's playing the minutes tomorrow, but you've always got to have an eye on a year or two from now and what those guys will do if you think, 'Well, let's give them a full year at the 905 and see how they progress.'

I'm getting older and mellower in my old age.

I understand there are bumps in the road. I understand there's a lot of noise that I don't want to listen to, and I just try to do my job to the best of my ability.

You're really in a bubble if you're not watching the league.

I'm a guy that, when there's something rolling out there, the predetermined rotations might go right in the garbage can.

It shouldn't be two separate styles between the first and second unit as much.

People talk about offensive chemistry all the time, but defensive chemistry is something you have to build, too, and there's a lot of that work to be done with just communications and the feel of who certain guys play.

I think switching is like a lot of things. You can do it - it's a game plan - but you better do it well. You better practise it.

I want to see given extra effort, pulling for your teammates: those are the kinds of things we're shooting for and we're going for because that's what we need.

I think it's all machismo - 'Come on, you've got to guard your guy, man. If you can't guard your guy, then you can't play defence.' A lot of it is accountability, where you say, 'Hey, you're matched up with him. Go do your job.' The zone kind of sometimes moves a lot of pieces around.

I think we're always chasing a win once the ball goes up.

I just want us to be playing our best basketball here when the playoffs start, and in the right mindset.

Chemistry kind of builds all season. It's not like we say, 'OK, it's game one, and now we've got our chemistry.' I think it shifts and moves all season long.

Obviously, things evolve; teams see you play a little bit and start try to do things, and the one thing that'll happen is if one team has success in something, you can bet the next three teams are doing some similar things, too.

I just think there are so many more good, talented players.

You look at any roster and you say, 'Geez, he's pretty good. He's pretty good. He's talented. He comes off the bench?' All of a sudden, it's, 'Geez, that's a pretty good roster they got right there.'

I was getting a degree in accounting, and I was going to go off and account. And as it worked out, I haven't accounted for anything since.

Why are people afraid to try something different? Because of the scrutiny they're going to receive if it doesn't work. That stops people from trying things different a lot.

The game's evolving quickly, man, and somebody's gotta be trying some new stuff.

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