We're building a team around those three kids.

You take Sam out of the equation and they continue to play well. It says a lot about our depth.

Good way to spend a birthday.

It is profoundly discouraging to learn that the share of African-American kids attending segregated schools has barely changed in the last decade since school choice policies were adopted in Michigan. We should all be concerned about the kind of society we are creating, in which more than half of African-American students in Michigan go to schools in which virtually none of their classmates are not also African-American.

My kids have been watching a lot of 'My Little Pony,' and it's rubbing off on me.

We're putting in a new system and that is a lot for the kids to learn. The first thing we need to do is change the losing attitude. We've only won five games in the past three seasons, so getting these kids to believe they can win is where it all starts. Teaching them to win is our first challenge.