Really good interview with Coach. I specifically like the part (around 6:20) he looks back and talks about the tournament loss to New Mexico State. Takes alot of the blame for that loss and says the roster was poorly constructed in terms of shooting and skill. He did not adapt to the modern offensive game and that he had to change his coaching identity. He felt that culture/hard play/defensive mentality was only going to get him so far.
It is crazy to think how in one off season the staff flipped the roster with shooters and started running what people were calling last year the most modern offense in college basketball. With a deep playbook that had sets upon sets and counters off of those sets. Really just a remarkable job of keeping the culture, hard play and defensive identity but adding on and being open to how the game is evolving and finding the rights players to fit around the scheme he wanted to play with the core (Adama/Hawk/Andre) that he had in place.
It is exciting to have a coach that has some core beliefs but is willing and able to adapt to the skills on the roster from year to year. That is how you stay competitive year after year.