Ron Rothstein
Ron Rothstein
Ronald L. "Ron" Rothsteinis an American former professional basketball coach and college basketball player, who has led many different NBA teams. He served as the first head coach for the Miami Heat, and later coached the Detroit Pistons. He has also coached in the Women's National Basketball Association. In 2007-08, he also filled in for Pat Riley as an interim coach for the Heat...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth27 December 1942
certain starting talked
We talked about certain things we want to get done tonight, who we want to play, the starting lineup, who's out, obviously, and that kind of stuff. That was it.
goals happy meet minutes played seeing terms tonight
We were pleased. We had some goals that we wanted to meet tonight in terms of minutes played and seeing some of the young guys. We accomplished that and we were very competitive, and I was real happy with that.
came chance gave hopefully ourselves
We gave ourselves a chance to win. Hopefully we came out of it healthy. I think we did.
coming floor guys minutes ready terms
I think we accomplished what we wanted to in terms of minutes and getting guys on the floor and coming out of it ready for this weekend.
knew life private rally somewhat teammates
His teammates did not rally around him. At all. They were frustrated, angry, and somewhat sympathetic because they knew what he was going through not only in his professional life but private life.
act control guys leadership question strong
There's no question you need leadership with guys like that. With strong leadership you have a chance. But some guys, at some point, are just going to act out. They can't control themselves.
forward looking
That's what everybody's looking forward to, so here it is. And we had better be ready.
crunch lack mistakes playing position time tonight
He made some mistakes playing out of position in crunch time and things like that, but there was no lack of effort. Live and learn. That's what tonight was really about, more than anything else.
anyone impact sure
If anyone would have had an impact on him it would have been Michael, I'm not so sure he didn't shorten Michael's career.