He's asking me what I think, and I said, 'You interviewed, I didn't,' ... He's very intelligent. He's poised to make a decision. He's welcome to come back here as a bench coach.

I think we are poised really well.

I don't want to say he got used to it, but I think he understood this year, with his reduced role, that this is what he should be concentrating on. That doesn't mean he's not valuable.

Sometimes I think he overdoes it. If you think too much in this game you stop reacting to it. He's got so much ability and he's capable of doing so many things, he asks himself to do too many things.

Earlier this year against this club, he played well. It's something that I think was important for him to do after last year. Right now, I think with all of the criticism he's gotten, that's pretty much behind him. He's certainly a big-game guy.

I think I was numb when I got the diagnosis. I don't know what I would have done without Ali. She sought out information, asked questions and helped to guide us through the complicated process of reaching a treatment decision.