Now that right there was tough on him, I know, because first...

Now that right there was tough on him, I know, because first year as a head coach and you have a death right there and everybody witnessing it. You just don't know how a team is going to react. I'm pretty sure he was wondering if he was going to lose us, you know guys heading off to a different world. But he kept us together, man, he kept us on one focus and that's winning. And he didn't downgrade the fact Thomas' memory was there. He always pumped that up.