Not one to mince words, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich openly expressed his opinion about the results of this year's election. Popovich, however, is doing more than just speaking his mind -- he is taking action by urging high schoolers in the San Antonio area to become more engaged.

Popovich did this by hosting a town hall in San Antonio for approximately 350 high schoolers, where the scholar and activist Cornell West spoke.

Popovich spoke with ESPN's Michael C. Wright about why he held the town hall meeting:

"It was about the kids," Popovich said. "In today's environment, one can talk a good game about we need this or we need that. We need fewer disparaging remarks. We need more attention to healing the atmosphere for a lot of minority groups, whether it's racial or things that have been said about women or handicapped people or any such talk is just talk. But at some point, there's got to be follow-through where people are engaged."

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"The purpose of it was to show the kids that even though the environment is as it is, and we've heard some pretty rough talk through the election, that there are people, many people at all levels who value them greatly," Popovich said. "They don't need to be as fearful or feel less than because we know who they are. We depend on them for the future."

As this is something that is near and dear to Popovich's heart, according to Wright, the Spurs are planning on organizing more outreach activities for the youth in the San Antonio area. On and off the court, Popovich just continues to do great things.