That's the type of personality he has. But he does it in a way that's respectful of his teammates. He's never trying to show someone up.

It's made up of good members; there was a personality conflict, ... I can step in and take the station equipment and create a new fire department.

It tells you something about this team that we were able to start the season off correctly after that first half,

I think some of it has to be the new [guidelines].

Inconsistent performance at a high level -- not because of any one guy or two guys, but as a team. I think [the fast start] gave us a false sense of security, actually. We thought we were already good, as opposed to still working toward being good.

Coach Popovich is a very intelligent coach. He must have felt that his team needed to get some emotion while playing the game.