After Thursday's thunderous introduction — complete with green-and-gold balloons, cheerleaders, up-tempo music, dazzling highlight videos and a full dais of high-level speakers who celebrated the new era in USF men's basketball, then joined everyone for the obligatory photo opportunity — Bulls coach Amir Abdur-Rahim strolled with energy and purpose into the film room at the Pam and Les Muma Basketball Center.
His first team meeting.
The real stuff.
"First off, I'm here to serve you guys,'' said Abdur-Rahim, 42. "I've been in these meetings before. The coach comes in, does the talk for 45 minutes and nobody hears anything, right?