"C'mon Pitt fans, give me a chance. Rally behind me. Let's do this. I might not be Calipari or Sean Miller, but we can achieve great things here at Pitt. I promise the losing record I had in the SEC over 17 years and making the NCAA tourney once every 4 years in my career won't happen at Pitt. It will be much, much better. I know how to out coach people like Coach K, and Roy, and Brey, and Bennett at UVA. C'mon men and women. I'm all yours. I promise that the rumors of me being one year away from being fired at Vandy are all lies. We're going to shock the world."