He's the same anytime. He plays somebody one-on-one in the gym and he needs to win just as badly as he needs to win this game.

Most coaches stay up late wondering why their team is not playing well. I was up all night trying to figure out why we were playing so well. In the end, I just decided to stay out of the way.

I wasn't afraid of losing. I was afraid of getting blown out. We played a great basketball team.

Of our top eight guys, two are first-year players, three are second-year, and two are third-year ... There will be some experience issues.

We're pretty limited offensively. I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to figure out that everything we're doing right now is different that what we had to do with Aaron.

We've got to get salaries up to where they need to be -- that definitely needs to be a priority. But you've also got to get these people something to work with. We keep annexing and not adding staff to cover the new areas, and we have to do that.