When you are credible and you`ve done it, and been in certain situations, players are going to respect you, ... I know what they are thinking, so it is not hard to relate. I don`t talk much, and never have, but whenever I make a point or something, it gets their attention.
He said, `You`re welcome to come on full-time now,`
It wasn`t as tough as people make it out to be, ... I was at peace about it after 11 years. I was able to play for a long time and experience a lot of different things.
That takes too much of your time. But I`ve always thought about coaching, whether it was here, AAU or teaching and mentoring young kids, ... I`ll see how this goes. All my career I`ve taken things as they come, so this is no different.
It`s a transition from playing to coaching, but I still get an opportunity to be around the guys and be able to impart wisdom, ... I could have tried it, but it`s a good career move.
Of course, there`s one more hurdle to jump. We still have to have an audience. Will they come? We don`t know, but we`re going to give it a good try.
Of course, there`s one more hurdle to jump,
(Rivertown Repertory Theatre in Kenner came out ahead, too.) We were lucky, ... We had a little bit of roof and water damage and our awning blew off. That was it.
I`ve always been the coach on the team; all my teams, ... Point guard, quarterback ... regardless I was a player-coach.