He said he’s in frequent communication with Payne.
"I'm just continuing to try to communicate and say, 'Hey, what can we all do individually or collectively to get this program where we all expect it to be?'" Heird said. "I'm well aware that this program, this fan base, isn't into moral victories. And so, after every game, I feel like every day, it's consuming, what I'm doing right now. And I know it's consuming Kenny and his staff, as far as how do we get better? How does this basketball program get back to where we all expect it to be? And that expectation is a high bar, but nobody's going to run from that. And we're going to do everything we can to get this program back where we all want and expect it to be."
"On the basketball side, we knew that this was going to be another rebuilding year, so we were pretty conservative on our budgeting there, but we're not going to meet the expectations that we had there."
"I'm just continuing to try to communicate and say, 'Hey, what can we all do individually or collectively to get this program where we all expect it to be?'" Heird said. "I'm well aware that this program, this fan base, isn't into moral victories. And so, after every game, I feel like every day, it's consuming, what I'm doing right now. And I know it's consuming Kenny and his staff, as far as how do we get better? How does this basketball program get back to where we all expect it to be? And that expectation is a high bar, but nobody's going to run from that. And we're going to do everything we can to get this program back where we all want and expect it to be."
"On the basketball side, we knew that this was going to be another rebuilding year, so we were pretty conservative on our budgeting there, but we're not going to meet the expectations that we had there."