Stan Van Gundy

I just think when fans get so vicious about it, they don't have that perspective.

And it really pisses me off with the media sometimes who are doing the coach on the hot seat bit and the whole thing.

And, and,

I know I've said this to you, too, but, you know, back when there were so many media layoffs and I'm not even talking as much people behind the mics, but back when the written part of like ESPN, you know, laid off a lot of writers and stuff.

And, you know, they expect us to all feel sorry for them.

And I'm like, wait a minute, you're the guys who were who want to spend half your career writing about how coaches should use or lose their jobs.

Well, here you are.

Well, here you are.

So a little more sensitivity to, you know, the guy in the video room.

Maybe I deserve to lose my job in Detroit.

The guy in the video room didn't.

He busted his ass.

He was in there.

He was in there every damn day for 14 hours doing a great job.

And he's being punished for my decisions.

Like, let's tone down the...

you know, excitement over people losing their jobs.

It was.

And I will, you know, I know that's hard for people to believe, but I remember having been here only a couple of months.

And I remember saying to my wife at home and to my brother and father, who obviously are basketball people like