Stan Van Gundy

And then his competence, his,

You know, he can go out there and teach you and help you get better.

Yeah, I saw all of that right away.

And then just his demeanor.

I mean, he's not like me.

He's not with the ups and downs.

He may be internally, but externally, he's very even keel.

And so, yeah.

Now, if you had asked me at that time, this guy is going to be a Hall of Fame guy and go to six finals in 13 years and all of that.

Do you see that?

I mean, who the hell knows?

But was he going to be a great coach?

Yeah.

No, that's exactly right.

And I think.

You know, one of the things and we were, you know, we were both here together for a long time.

And the one thing that has really stuck with me about,

player coach relationships pat riley said when we were here and he would say it a lot is the player coach relationship is a business relationship that is designed to get a result that's what it's about and you know my brother talks all the time about if you want to know

What a guy's how good a guy's relationship is with his players.

Watch him on the court because that's what matters.