It has been incredibly interesting to go back to Travis Ford’s first press conference as the Oklahoma State basketball coach. In retrospect, it seems easy to see why he failed. But the time, it was impossible. He was a (sort of) hotshot young coach with a (sort of) plan to restore OSU basketball to its pre-Sean Sutton days.
“It’s going to be a lot of work, but I like work,” said Ford. “I just met with the team about five minutes ago and I told them, if you don’t like to work, then you’re probably not going to enjoy playing for me because I love the game and I love working hard and I love seeing the reward that you get for working hard and putting in your time.