re: Dennis Gates

I think Gates is a fine coach, but we jumped the gun on the contract. Take away 2 NBA players he was gifted, and the 2 near half court buzzer beaters, we wouldn't have made the tourney in year 1. It will likely take till year 4 to see the tourney again, and considering what I said above, we'd view him a hell of a lot different if it took 4 years to reach the tourney.