With any introductory press conference, there’s a familiar staging and script: too many officials in suits, a pep band, cheerleaders, a select group of boosters, and press packed into the back of the room. A lot of words get uttered. Most of them are hollow.
In late March, newly minted head coach Dennis Gates served up a prime example, a sound bite that gained immediate traction.
“To our current team, you may not have chosen me, but I choose you,” Gates said during his opening remarks. “I choose you.”
Within two weeks, though, MU’s newest figurehead began swiftly dismantling the roster he inherited.