Sundance. He said something along the lines of “I have a requirement of all my assistant coaches that they want to be a head coach some day. I don’t want anyone on my staff who isn’t striving for something bigger than what they currently have. This gives them drive, and that collective energy is contagious.”

I remember thinking when he said that that as soon as the opportunity presented itself for a “step up” he was gone. I assume he had the same expectation for himself. I just assumed it would be NBA available before Kentucky.