Sat Shah

Play the game?

Yeah.

I don't mean the games on the ice.

I mean, the game theory aspect.

I was like, okay, when do you want to push the buttons that start the clock and how we truly evaluate you?

It's a fair question to bring up.

Be like, oh, should we trust the acumen of someone that wants to extend that further?

But they didn't make the decision to bring it out of foot.

And even from afar, you can kind of make your evaluation.

You don't put that on their register.

And so if you can delay the decision on a head coach for as long as possible, it gives you more time.

Because again, what's the phrase we often use with linking managers to coaches?

Don't hire three.

So the longer you can go without hiring your first one, the better for you.

As far as your own personal job security.

Even if I agree with the notion... It's like you should just make the decision...

For your own job security, if you can delay it a year, it prolongs things for you.

As a player, is that because you're going out there and playing the games in a situation of like, well, we kind of know where this is going because you can see if you're winning or losing.

If you're losing, you know, eventually the coach is going to get fired.

Like, is that difficult to kind of get motivated in that scenario then?