To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I average 25 with three guys on me and they are just looking at stats I guess.
The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds.
Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
When I look at our roster, I'm sure all of you have printed that I'm coming up on 35, and given my situation and my salary structure and all that, yeah, I have to wonder if this team is going to make moves and they haven't.
A lot of guys, especially the young guys, I try to do anything I can for them - on the field, off the field, anything.
You always think you're one of those players who will be in one place the whole time, one of those guys they'll never let leave because you play hurt, do what it takes. But it's a different age. A lot of coaches, they like having younger guys.
Usually, I can get the job done with guys in scoring position.
You always need younger guys if you're going to be successful in the long term.
Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.
Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.