1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,760 Speaker 1: And when it comes to playing in the final four 2 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: at Lucas Oil Stadium, and it comes to being in 3 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: the right position. Our next guest on the Java House 4 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: Colebrew Coffee guest Line is hoping to put his Butler 5 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: Bulldogs back in position to do exactly that, but playing 6 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: in a final four in Lucas Oil Stadium. He knows 7 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: a little about that as well, and effective a couple 8 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: of hours ago. Now officially he is the head basketball 9 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: coach of the Butler Bulldogs, and Ronald Nora joins us 10 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: on the show. Coach. First off, welcome back to Central Indiana. 11 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 2: Thank you Phi. Phil's great to be back. Great to 12 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,480 Speaker 2: be back at Butler and be back in this great state. 13 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: You know you. I want to get to a couple 14 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: of things here, okay, But first off, you just have 15 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: and I can see it right there. And we talked 16 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:48,200 Speaker 1: to Matt Howard about this. You have a positive energy 17 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: that comes through the telephone and comes through the radio. 18 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: Where does that come from? 19 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 3: I believe it's a gift from God. 20 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 2: I've been given this, but I've had a lot of 21 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 2: people in my life that have fostered it. Started with 22 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:04,759 Speaker 2: my dad who passed away in two thousand and three, 23 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 2: was just an exceptional leader, a pastor, the one that 24 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 2: talked to me about speaking well, holding my chin up, 25 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 2: my high school coaches, Brad. There's been so many people 26 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 2: in my life who have poured into me and made 27 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:18,559 Speaker 2: me who I am today. 28 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: This particular opportunity Ron And look, you have obviously coached 29 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: here in Indiana, and it is interesting, You've got to be. 30 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: There can't be a lot of coaches that would be 31 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: able to say that they have coached in the state 32 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 1: of Indiana at the high school level, the college level, 33 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 1: and the professional level. 34 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 3: Right, that's right. 35 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: But you know Brownsburg, the Celtics, obviously, Northern Kentucky the 36 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 1: G League, and then back with the Pacers, the Atlanta 37 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: Hawks most recently. How did this all come together? Can 38 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: you take me through the timeline and the conversations of 39 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: when it first was broached about you becoming the coach 40 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: at Butler. 41 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was. It was quite the process. 42 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 2: Obviously Dad retiring, you know what, an absolute legend of 43 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 2: a co coach, a great ambassador for college basketball and 44 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 2: for Butler in general, and him retiring and a little 45 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 2: bit after he retired, Butler reached out with interest in 46 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 2: me becoming the coach, and it was a it was 47 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 2: a long, grueling process of multiple interviews, multiple conversations to 48 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 2: share my vision, what I believe about coaching, how I 49 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 2: believe Butler can go to new heights, and uh concluded 50 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 2: a couple of days ago, and it's just been a 51 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 2: great whirlwind since being back here. H seen so many 52 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 2: familiar faces and getting to meet a lot of new 53 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 2: faces as well. 54 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: Did you have conversation with that Mada throughout the process? 55 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 2: I did not speak with that throughout the process, but 56 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 2: have been able to speak to that since and I'm 57 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 2: so happy that he is sticking around. Obviously, me making 58 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 2: this transition from the NBA to college is a transition, 59 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 2: and to have someone of coach coach modes, caliber and 60 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 2: acumen to be here and to be able to connect 61 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 2: with and learn from is really really vital for me 62 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 2: and making this transition. 63 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: What do you think are the biggest challenges of this job. 64 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 3: That's a great question. 65 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 2: I think just making sure that we are really clear 66 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 2: about the kind of people that fit at this university 67 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 2: and at this program. 68 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 3: We've got to be super clear about that. 69 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 2: We have to be unwavering about that so that our fans, 70 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: our supporters, our students, our school knows that we're bringing 71 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 2: in people here that are going to fit Butler, fit 72 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 2: the values of Butler, and be able to compete at 73 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 2: the highest level. 74 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: And what about you know Danny Hurley And I'm sure 75 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: you know this, Ronald Ronald Nord's my guest, the new 76 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: head basketball coach at Butler, Danny Hurley after Connecticut and 77 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: Butler played this year at Hankole kind of went to 78 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: bat for that Mada and basically saying, look, Butler's got 79 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: to up the ante here in the resources. It's the 80 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: wild wild West. It's a different Butler than even the 81 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: one Ronald North played for. Were you aware of Danny 82 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: Hurley's comments when he made them? And is there truth 83 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: to the fact that a Butler is going to compete 84 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: in that sort of league. Yes, you got to get 85 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: great players, but unfortunately in today's world that means a 86 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: difference in resources than just simply like the tradition and 87 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 1: the value of it. 88 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I was aware of the comments, But again, I 89 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 2: think number one, the reason I came. 90 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 3: Here is because of our president, President. 91 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 2: Danko, and our ad Grant Line Decker. Grant Line Decker 92 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 2: is a worker and what he's doing for this athletic 93 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 2: department in general and this program specifically, I really believe 94 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:42,799 Speaker 2: in I see the vision. 95 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 3: I believe in the vision. 96 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 2: Butler is not anywhere else. Butler is different. And there 97 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 2: is no question that you have to have the resources 98 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 2: to be able to compete at the highest level. But 99 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 2: I think when you really peel back the layers of 100 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 2: successful teams in college basketball, yes, but in sport in general, 101 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 2: you have to have a group that is connected, that 102 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 2: knows who they are, and that are moving in the 103 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 2: same direction. So everything that we do will be geared 104 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 2: towards that, and we're going to bust our butts and 105 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:15,679 Speaker 2: make sure that that's really clear. 106 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,359 Speaker 1: I've always wondered this, and I've asked a lot of 107 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 1: coaches this question. Okay, when you are a player and 108 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 1: you were I mean, the thing about your group and 109 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: you know this between you and you know Shelvin Mack 110 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: and Matt Howard and you know Gordon everybody. The thing 111 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 1: that made you guys I thought so unique was you 112 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: always anticipated where the ball was going to be. You 113 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: were always a step ahead. A lot of that, maybe 114 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: as Brad Stevens and a lot of that was the 115 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: chemistry amongst you guys. But basketball was very instinctive, seemingly 116 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: to you as a player. Is it then difficult from 117 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: a coaching standpoint because of the fact that you automatically 118 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: assume that players have the same instinct that you did. 119 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 1: And yet that's a hard thing to teach if a 120 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: guy doesn't have it. Is that a challenge in coaching? 121 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:07,799 Speaker 3: It can be a challenge. 122 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 2: I think one thing is to not make assumptions, and 123 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 2: I think you know, in addition to that, really get 124 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 2: to know your guys. And one thing that intrigues me 125 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 2: about coaching in college is that we get the opportunity 126 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 2: to recruit guys and recruit guys that fit who. 127 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:23,039 Speaker 3: We want to be and how we want to play 128 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 3: those teams that we played on. That coaching staff is such. 129 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 2: A great job of being clear about identifying that that 130 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 2: those things were in lockstep. Now, it takes training, it 131 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 2: takes work, it takes practice, it takes preparation, It takes 132 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,919 Speaker 2: all those things for that to be able to mold together. 133 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 3: But you have to start at. 134 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 2: That point, and then we have to teach our guys 135 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 2: what that looks like to be on the same page. 136 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 2: We got to be very clear about that and what 137 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 2: that looks like, and we have to just train that 138 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 2: at a high level. 139 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: Coaching in high school, coaching in the G League, coaching 140 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: in college, coaching at the NBA. Which one do you 141 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: think most authentically represents teaching the game of bestsketball. 142 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 3: I loved coaching in high school. 143 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 2: It was a great experience, especially in this state with 144 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 2: the level of coaches. 145 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 3: I mean every night was difficult. 146 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 2: The NBA because of the level of player and how 147 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 2: much you have to be invested in that player and 148 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 2: how important it is for them to understand that you 149 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 2: were making them better. The level of teaching that takes 150 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 2: place there, I think is that's probably the NBA. You 151 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 2: have to teach well. You have to know you're doing 152 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 2: because it's a players league, and if you can't have 153 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 2: the players by into what you're teaching, it's very, very 154 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 2: difficult to be successful in that league. 155 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: What was your favorite thing about coaching in the NBA. 156 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 2: Oh man, the competition. I mean, every single night you're 157 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 2: playing against the best players in the world. And I 158 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 2: used to have a phrase. When NBA players did things 159 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 2: that only NBA players can do. I used to say like, 160 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 2: let's not normalize that what these guys do on a 161 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 2: day to day basis in the National Basketball Association is 162 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 2: not normal, and so to be around that, to watch 163 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 2: guys work at that level, it's pretty special. 164 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: What did it mean for you? Ronald Norid as my guest. 165 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: He's the new head basketball coach at Butler, where, of 166 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: course he was a fabulous player from eight to twenty 167 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: twelve for the Bulldogs and then a securitist coaching route 168 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 1: which has led him back home to Butler. Even though 169 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:35,839 Speaker 1: I realize you're native to the state that I'm going 170 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: to tonight for Indycarr in Alabama. But what did it 171 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: mean for you to sit there at your press conference 172 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: and look out amongst the crowd and see those faces 173 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: from the Pacers organization that came out to support you. 174 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 3: That means everything. 175 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 2: I mean, that just shows you the kind of people 176 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 2: that are in that organization that's led by Rick Lloyd 177 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 2: Pierce being here. There were some other people in the 178 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 2: organs that just couldn't make it today that would have 179 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 2: been here if they could have. And then going down 180 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 2: to the players, I mean to have Tyree's Haliburton sitting here, 181 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 2: to have TJ. McConnell, Isaac Jacob who's on the staff. 182 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 3: That's what this is about. At the end of the day, 183 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 3: we all want to win. 184 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:18,959 Speaker 2: We want to win championships, but not everybody gets to 185 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 2: win a championship. So if that's the case, what is 186 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 2: happening in the meantime, and it's the forming and forging 187 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 2: of great relationships that hopefully last a lifetime that really 188 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 2: makes what we do as coaches special. 189 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,559 Speaker 4: Ronald, you went from the Indiana Pacers to the Atlanta 190 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 4: Hawks in twenty twenty three. 191 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: Also joining that staff with the Hawks that same year. 192 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 4: Was Mike Bray doing the process of talking with Butler 193 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 4: about the you know your vision? How much did you 194 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 4: communicate with Mike Brain just about how different the college 195 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 4: landscape is to compare to the NBA with his experience 196 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 4: at Notre Dame. 197 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, First of all, to be on a staff with 198 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 3: Mike Bray. 199 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 2: An absolute legend, another absolute legend of coaching was an 200 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 2: amazing thing. 201 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 3: For a young coach. 202 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 2: Bray and I talked frequently, often just about coaching at 203 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 2: college basketball, what that looks like, what it takes. And 204 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 2: Bray has an exceptional ability to connect with people and 205 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 2: that was one of the things that through talking with 206 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 2: him that I learned is absolutely necessary to be able 207 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 2: to attract the kind of people that you want, attract 208 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 2: the kind of players you want. 209 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 3: And we talked all the time. 210 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 2: We talked to the process and Bray was very, very 211 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 2: helpful in that process. 212 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,559 Speaker 1: Do you think Quinn Snyder's the most fashionable coach in 213 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: the NBA? I think he just I was. I covered 214 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: Quinn when he was at Missouri and he was a 215 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: younger guy, but now that he's in the NBA, like, 216 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: he's got a little bit of style about him, doesn't. 217 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 2: He He's got a lot of style about him. But 218 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 2: you know what, with the style comes a lot of 219 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 2: substance too. And I owe him so much for the 220 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 2: opportunity to work with him, work for him, learned from him. 221 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 2: He is absolute special coach. 222 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: What sort of things did you learn? Let's say a 223 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,959 Speaker 1: little nugget maybe from each coach that you can take away, 224 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: and we'll start most recently with Quinn Snyder, Like, what 225 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:14,959 Speaker 1: was there something maybe offensively that he comes up with 226 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: or approach anything that you take with you. 227 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 3: Quinn is very, very very detail oriented. Every little detail 228 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 3: matters what we're doing. 229 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 2: Offensively, how we're running to play, how you should stand 230 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 2: in a certain spot to execute the play exactly. That's 231 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 2: something I'll take away from him Rick before him, Rick 232 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 2: only focuses on the things that are important, and I 233 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 2: think that's so important in that leadership position. And Rick 234 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 2: does a great job of empowering his staff to do 235 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 2: great work and bring him fresh ideas. That way, he's 236 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:53,199 Speaker 2: always staying current with what's happening and is always able 237 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 2: to connect deeply with everybody involved. 238 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:00,080 Speaker 1: The coaches that will learn from you, ron In. In 239 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: terms of a staff, do you have ideas yet as 240 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: to who your staff will be? 241 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 3: I have ideas. 242 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 2: That's definitely something in the worst right now, and it's 243 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 2: a really really important aspect to my transition here, and 244 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 2: it's something that that I got to get exactly right. 245 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 3: We got to have the exact right people that. 246 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 2: Know this place, that understand what it takes to win 247 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 2: at this place, and that can do a great job 248 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 2: of building a great team as well. 249 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: Have you seen and I have, I don't know how much. 250 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 1: Here's what's funny to me, Ronald Norid, every coach I've 251 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,199 Speaker 1: ever met and every player I've ever interviewed, all says 252 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: that they're not on social media right, which we know 253 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: is not true. Coaches, I'll say it right, I don't 254 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: read that stuff, and then they go on to tell 255 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: you fifteen things that they're unhappy about that they just 256 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: read right. But there are people that and I don't 257 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: want to say I didn't see anybody that came out 258 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 1: flat out and said I don't agree with this higher 259 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: at Butler, But I did see a lot of people 260 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: that said when is But they're going to just expand 261 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 1: it and cast full net to see who all's out there, 262 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: you know now that they're in the big East end, 263 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: et cetera. Were you aware of some of the i'll 264 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: say cynicism in regards to your hire. 265 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 3: I was aware of absolute zero. 266 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 2: I actually do not have not gone on social media 267 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 2: for years, so I was not aware. And I think 268 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 2: what's important during the process is being focused on the 269 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 2: task at hand. 270 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 3: That's going to be the case here. 271 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 2: You know, people are going to say what they want 272 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 2: and it's on us to block out the noise. 273 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 3: Somewhere. 274 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 2: When I said to Rick and about Rick, and focus 275 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 2: on only the things that matter. 276 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:41,839 Speaker 1: What would you say to somebody that's like, oh, man, 277 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: I wish they'd gotten somebody that was, you know, a 278 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,439 Speaker 1: longer tenured college head coach. 279 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 2: I completely understand where that may come from. And I 280 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 2: think that I think that to understand that this was 281 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 2: this was quite the process for me. This was not 282 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 2: This was not an easy process for me. And I've 283 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 2: had the opportunity to coach at a lot of different levels, 284 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 2: coach a lot of different people. Although I haven't been 285 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,959 Speaker 2: a head coach in college, I've had the opportunity to 286 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 2: be a head coach and grow as a leader and 287 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 2: understand what my teams should look like and need to 288 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 2: look like to be successful. And so I went through 289 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 2: the process, and I appreciate President Danko and our ad 290 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 2: Grantline Decker giving me this opportunity. 291 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: What about roster itself, because I mean the reality is 292 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: I hate to say this, Ronald, but you know it. 293 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: I mean college basketball anymore. Part of recruiting is first 294 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: to recruit your own roster, and then you recruit you 295 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: know what else is out there? 296 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 3: Right? 297 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: Do you have an idea as to how much retention 298 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: you'll have of roster? 299 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, we're working through that right now. 300 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 2: Obviously, all the guys here came to play for coach 301 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 2: Mada and so this is a transition for them too. 302 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 3: So we had the chance to talk to the team. 303 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 2: I've had a chance to meet with every single player. 304 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 2: Those meetings have been fantastic. This staff did a great 305 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 2: job of recruiting great people, and those conversations will continue, 306 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 2: and we're gonna We're gonna hit the groundrunning. We're already 307 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 2: hitting the ground running, and I'm looking forward to being 308 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 2: able to build something that's uh, that's sustainable here at 309 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 2: this university. 310 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: Do you feel that there is more pressure now just 311 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: with the wins of change in college basketball in general? 312 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: And the Big East is a good league obviously we 313 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: know that. Is there more pressure with this right now 314 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: on Butler basketball as a whole? Or Ronald Norrid? 315 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 2: I think the only thing that I can focus on 316 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 2: is the task at hand, and you know now that's 317 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 2: you know, building the staff, building building a team, and 318 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 2: being very clear as the leader of this program on 319 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 2: who we need to be. All the other stuff I'm 320 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 2: just not quite sure of because I'm I'm focus from 321 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 2: the task at hand. 322 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: Lastly, I want to get back into real quick if 323 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken, and I could be wrong in this run, 324 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 1: because you know, I'm an older guy, so I forget 325 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: stuff right, if I'm not mistaken. You grew up in Alabama, 326 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: but I believe you had a family connection that kind 327 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: of cemented for you to come to Butler aside from 328 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: the great coaching and players that were here. Didn't you 329 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: have family or grandparents that lived in the area when 330 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: you decided to come here? Or did I make that up? 331 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 3: You're exactly right. 332 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 2: So my mom is a graduate of short Ridge High 333 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 2: School right there, I'm Ridian. 334 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 3: Her mom, her three sisters, her brother all live here 335 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 3: in Indy, Okay. 336 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 2: So it was a I grew up coming to Indy 337 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 2: and seeing them and coming around Butler, so to come 338 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 2: here as a student athlete was quite an easy transition. 339 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 3: It was great to have family around well. 340 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: And so with that, I wanted to just give you 341 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: the opportunity of this. I think all of us, and 342 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 1: including you know, young people that are going to play 343 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: basketball at Butler are young people that you're going to 344 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 1: try to get to come to Butler. You know, all 345 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 1: of us sometimes have to look back at our seventeen 346 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: year old self and remind ourselves of what our goals 347 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 1: were in order to reinvigorate from time to time, or 348 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 1: to just capture where it is that we are. And 349 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: I'm curious just how often you allow yourself to reflect 350 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: while you have goals ahead of you on what it means. 351 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 1: Shortridge is a proud school. People that went to short 352 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,679 Speaker 1: Ridge are very proud of the fact that they went 353 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: to short Ridge. And for your mom to see your accomplishment, 354 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: for your father to look down from above after losing 355 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: you know, or is life cutting short I should say 356 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: due to pancreatic cancer, you know, some twenty three years ago, 357 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: and your grandparents, all of it. What does it mean 358 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 1: for you now to be able to represent all of 359 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: that in what is one of the highest jobs within athletics. 360 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:55,360 Speaker 3: In this city. That means everything. I mean, it means everything. 361 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 2: Who I am today is not Gospel without all those 362 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 2: people that you name and the experiences that all those 363 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 2: people I brought to my life, you know, with my grandparents, 364 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 2: my grandmother here, my dad passing away when I was 365 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 2: just thirteen years old, watching my mom go through that, 366 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 2: having to go through that myself, having great high school 367 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 2: coaches that poured into me. 368 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 3: This is not a day of celebration for me. 369 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 2: This is really a celebration of everyone who's pouring into me, 370 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 2: including all the people that are here at this Butler 371 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 2: University that made me who I am, and so I 372 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 2: am grateful for that. And now that includes my wife, Danielle, 373 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 2: that includes my four kids, Avery, Kai, Jude, and Campbell. 374 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 2: I'm really really grateful for all those people in my life. 375 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: Coach, I appreciate it. We had Matt Howard on as 376 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 1: soon as you were hired, and one of the things 377 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: we were talking about and just reliving the glory days, 378 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: if you will, and you know, I told him still 379 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: he laid the greatest in the history of basketball, and 380 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 1: he said, you know the thing about that screen that 381 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: was laid for Gordon Hayward to get that shot off, 382 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 1: He said it was robotic because we had gone through 383 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: that so many times and we had practiced even that 384 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: to the point where I knew exactly instinctively what to do. 385 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:18,680 Speaker 1: And I do think for a lot of people, one 386 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 1: of the instincts of what to do for basketball was 387 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: to bring you back home, and I know a lot 388 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: of people are excited about it. I certainly wish you 389 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: the best of luck, and we look forward to continuing 390 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: to have you on here on the program. 391 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 3: Thanks so much, I appreciate it. Go Dogs. 392 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: Ronald Nora joining us the new head basketball coach for 393 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 1: the Butler Bulldogs.