Kerr leaned on his longtime friend and former Arizona teammate Bruce Fraser as a confidant and sounding board. Some of his anxiety over whether it would all work was alleviated when the Warriors dominated the Clippers in their first preseason game, then ripped off a 21-2 start to the season.

"Everyone is seeing it. So we are clearly not teaching, as a league, our officials to look at the feet," Kerr said Monday.