Mike has adjusted everywhere he's been. The intensity is there, yet he has an ability to smile. Mike can work you as hard as anybody, yet have some fun and be encouraging while he's doing it. There are a great many friendships and associations between college and NBA coaches. Some, such as Pitino and John McLeod and Larry Brown, have gone back and forth.
Assistants flow from one to the other, as do scouts and administrators.
Still, when you get right down to it, the pro folks believe the college coaches underestimate how difficult the NBA game is. Probably, they are right. I remember when Tark came into the league. When he came over to talk, he said, 'I had no idea. He didn't have any idea.