When you wear a jersey somewhere it stays with you. This spring your name has seemingly been linked to every major coaching job that has come open. First of all, it's a compliment to what we're doing here. People recognize that there's something significant occurring at Missouri. The other thing is that it's different now.
People say that coaches are opportunistic.
Well, you're forced to be. People are kind of constantly assessing their situation and either looking to better it or looking to find more security or simply determining that they like where they are. The other part that's completely separate from that and makes it very difficult to make those types of decisions and moves is the incredibly personal part of it with the emotional investment that you make in people and a place. When you have roots that start to extend down it makes it harder to even look anywhere else, but frankly you're forced to. If someone calls and says a school has an interest in you, then you're forced to defend that you're not going anywhere.