Dumars spent much of his first few weeks on the job talking to people in the building to help with his assessment of the Pelicans’ coaching staff and players. “It’s hard for me to come in here and say ‘here’s how I assessed Willie (Green) last year,’”, Dumars said. “I wasn’t here. All I can do is move forward and guide and create and lead and put expectations on what we need to do here to be successful. And only then can I judge Willie or anyone else. I was pleased with what I heard. I’m looking forward to going forward and working with Willie and to push us to success. You’ve got to set the bar. And that’s what we’re going to do.”