Stan Van Gundy
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You know, and he laughs and says, his daughter said, you know, what about when we were born?
And he said, I said what I said.
Now, I don't agree with that to that extent, but yeah, there are those brief moments after a great win where you feel good, but I didn't do it for long enough.
Not that you're going to take a week while other games are coming, but take the night at least and have a beer with your wife or something and enjoy it and get back to work the next morning.
No, I mean, I was already on...
The mistakes of that game, even if we won.
And what are we doing tomorrow to get ready for the next team?
And that's just, I think most coaches are like that.
I don't think I'm different than most guys.
Yeah.
You know what, though?
As I look back, I actually know my happiest year in coaching was 1983-84, coaching Castleton State College.
In 1984, 85, two years there where coaching at Castleton was unbelievable.
Good players, good teams, fabulous people who literally two weeks ago, eight of them came down.
Guys played for me 40 years ago and eight of them came down because...
You know, they knew I'd been through some things.
And so they were going to spend an entire weekend with me the weekend of the men's and women's final fours and stayed with me.
That group was really close in the NBA.
Honestly, the most enjoyable year as a head coach was my first year, my year here.
Oh, three or four.