Stan Van Gundy

I mean, you know, it was Eric and Bob McAdoo, Keith Askins.

You know, those guys were great and people I still stay in touch with, like very, very much and will always appreciate forever.

For the way they helped me through that, that first year, you know, there's no way I wouldn't have even made it through, let alone had any success without those three guys.

Yeah.

Listen, I mean, what got me there was when we got to that 2017-18 season.

you know, coming down the stretch and trying to fight for a playoff spot and realizing in my own mind that probably what was on the line was the jobs of 50 people because I was the president and I had all these people.

And I've said, I know I've said this to you.

I think what

Fans don't fully understand when they're screaming for the head of the coach and the guy to be fired and we're going to have it come up at the end of these playoffs with a lot of NBA coaches.

I don't expect them to worry about the head coach.

Like, we're set.

We make great money.

It's not a problem.

But in my case there, I had 50 people who...

we're going to lose their jobs.

And a lot of those people are making 50, 60, $70,000.

Absolutely.

You know, their families and they've got young families and all of that.

They're going to be out the door too.

And that's not fans responsibility.