I'm afraid that Doug tends to be quite "pie in the sky". I'd rather him get a feel for what his roster is truly capable of, before throwing unrealistic goals out into the media. I think most of it is based on what his individual mindset was for himself, instead of what is really the strength...
Christie keeps talking about "picking up 94 feet", before he has a roster that proves that it can commit to a straight up man to man defense in a half court set. No sagging off to help, just stick with your man and don't give up open 3's. You will give up some easy 2's, but don't allow easy...
Only one of them completely lost focus and looked like a losing junior varsity player on a game deciding play at a critical point in the season. (Detroit game at home)