I got nine years under my belt of making the decisions, and it's prepared me well. If I had come here right out of Iowa, I would not have been prepared. He wants badly to be the first coach who's taken UWM into the post-season, and he realizes that could take a while. With a five-year contract he has a while. Then again, so did Ryan, and now he's gone.
Pearl claims more staying power.
I hope I have the opportunity through our success to sign many extensions. In other words, a nine-year detour is fine if it takes a man where he's supposed to be headed. That will guarantee him some long days, but at least we'll know who he is. Appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on April 12, 2001. Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved.