Whenever new coaches are hired, one of the most anticipated moments is when the coach meets his new team.
New Washington State Cougars coach Nick Rolovich did just that on Wednesday as his whirlwind introduction to his new program continued. And he had a singular message: “I would like to earn your trust.”
“I consider myself a Coug now,” Rolovich said, “but I do not consider myself in your family. I’d like to earn that right. This is what you guys have built. ... I’m your coach; I want to get in your family.”
The words offered by a coach in this first impression often get parsed, maybe unfairly, in the sense that we probably read too much into it.