When asked about Arrington, the assistant head coach for defense, Gregg Williams, said: "We're pretty old-school coaches.

The old-school coach wants a stick.

But I think there will always be the old-school coach who wants to play physically, control everything.

Casey is an old-school coach with new-school sensibilities.

Those are characteristics that will endear him to Lenny Wilkens, his old-school coach, and his veteran teammates.

So there is confusion and tension and perhaps it should all be expected as the dogmatic, old-school coach tries to mesh with the younger, hard-headed point guard.

"The thing that's been hard for a lot of old-school coaches is, you've got to stop and get back to change that baseline," he said.

The story of the old-school coach and the Slam magazine point guard trying to coexist is already collecting dust.

The players reflect the demands of Sloan, an old-school coach.

The real challenge is for so-called old-school coaches to loosen their grip and expand their minds.