Bryan Hayes

Just go Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon, grab an RV right on the beach.

She must be coming.

And you got the message clearly.

Yeah, I got it.

I'm a quick learner.

In terms of taking on the personality of a market, I've always wondered that if you're a coach in New York, if you're a coach in Philly, if you're a coach in Montreal, Toronto, whatever, you've jumped around the league a little bit.

Is there like an L.A.

flair that comes with being the head coach out there?

Is there a different approach based on the lifestyle, based on the world?

It's a different place.

How do you kind of approach that, being the head coach of the L.A.

Kings compared to anywhere else?

You mentioned you're putting your staff together, and we've discussed that process before, but none of us clearly being coaches, we've never fully experienced it.

You hear different things that the GM's involved in some way, or maybe there's a carryover coach that you're expected to keep on your staff.

Can you set the record straight on that, Lavi, in terms of how that works, how much autonomy you have in terms of filling out your whole staff?

So you sound obviously excited, happy, ecstatic.

You're in a great market.

Were you at any point close to taking a job anywhere else, not name the L.A.

Kings?

Sure.