Is this the same man who said on the coaches show last Wednesday how he never passes the buck and always takes responsibility?
"First of all, I'm never going to throw my players under the bus.... in the media."
12.3.08
“The worst feeling for a coach is when your team doesn’t play with emotion, discipline, or passion, and appears to just be disorganized”
12.29.08
“Buffalo had more energy than we did and they had a will and a want-to. I can’t dive on the floor, or take a charge for them, I would if I could. But I can’t do those things and we drill and show them those things.”
1.5.09
“We’re just not deep enough, I wish I had confidence in our bench, but people don’t see what I see in practice. They need to step up and help because we run out of gas”
2.25.09
“Defensively we are so soft; we’re just a soft team.”
“The lack of passion and effort from a great majority of our team was embarrassing.”
“Passion and a commitment to play the game the right way. Tonight that was absent from a great majority of the team. I know I am embarrassed, I would hope our team is embarrassed because I am”
12.10.09
“We were selfish, we lacked toughness, and we weren't very poised. What we can take from this is to learn and understand why we got our butt whooped.”
“I thought we were very selfish and undisciplined. For whatever reason, I don't know, but it showed tonight."
1.2.12
“Their kids played a lot harder than us right out of the gate.”
2.21.08
"I can't coach effort. That has to come from inside."
"Am I embarrassed? Yes," [Redacted] said. "But I'm not going to be like that. I'm going to give Texas Tech credit. They respected the game and they played the game the way it's supposed to be played. Hopefully our players learned a great lesson."
"That's the most embarrassing thing I've ever been a part of."
1.19.09
“I use the analogy, the other day, I saw three little boys playing, and they were arguing, ‘It’s my truck. It’s my truck.’ And they’re fighting,” [Redacted] said. “It’s like, ‘It’s our ball. Hold onto it. Let’s be a little selfish and nasty. The opposition … you can’t have it just yet until we get a good shot off.’”
2.26.09
"We've got a soft team," he said. "I've recruited a lot of nice young men."