Have been going over my notes the past few yrs and then looking back at ats records[3 yrs]and made a few observations.
Many times poor coaching effects the outcome of a game.Some coaches prepare better then others,some are better reacting to whats going on in a game.Some can adjust better.,etc,etc.
Having coached all my life I see so many fundamentally things going on in games that has me mystified.Now maybe it's been always there with cable TV and so many games on I'm seeing it more.I just see so many mistakes during games by players.
As a coach I blame the coachs.The greatest speaking coach at clinics is Hubie Brown.No one could come close to him.he preached when your kid does something stupid out there look in the mirror.You allowed it in practice,you didn't go over it,etc,etc.
The other nite I'm watching Pitt-Hall.Pitt has a 19 pt lead and Orr runs a diamond press.Pitt never attacks the press.Intead they throw the ball in the corner and get trapped.Thats what I want if I'm on defense.You can reverse the ball quickly to the passer-to the weak side fd or gd,and then look for a flasher going to the middle.Or you can flash to one of 3 spots and go over the top of the zone.I couldn't see what the middle man of the diamond was doing because the TV never gives you the full ct but Lenny Elmore repeated about 5 times"why not go over the press"So that means the halls middle man was cheating up.
Now howland is a good coach.but I have no clue on what he was doing.And I never saw a pitt player flash.They just stood in the corner and recieved the ball. The hall ate them up.
The Johnnies game the other day.Fouling the 3 pt. shooter,or BC last week having no play with 3 seconds left.or Braswell taking 3's to end the game 3 times.At one pt Sweets never touched the ball inside in the OT's before he fouled out.
And why not put 2 guys on Hatten at the end of the game when their taking it out. he's the only guy on the floor not to foul. UCLA lets buchanon get 2 or 3 good looks at the end of a game with a 3 or 4 pt lead with 30 seconds left.
And in the Johnnies game they get 5 uncontested layups on the fly pattern vs Conn.Plus calhouns T's gives them 6 str pts.Unreal.Now calhoun is a good coach.he is the best rebounding teacher in the country.When he was at Northeastern he led the nation in rebounding for 3 or 4 yrs.And that was with a frontline of all 6'6 guys.Now his Conn. team can't rebound.
Anyway sorry if I seem upset.It's just that players have such poor b-ball IQ's and some coaches aren't teaching the fundamentals.The TV announcers are pretty good at seeing these things but they "sugar coat" it.you have to read between the lines but they do address the short comings.
If you look at the ats records of some schools the past 3 yrs you see some top notch coaches.
Coach K at Duke has one of the best ats records the past 3 yrs.But you would be surprised to see how many good coaches have poor ats records.
If I haven't put you people to sleep yet I'll list some of them this week.
Many times poor coaching effects the outcome of a game.Some coaches prepare better then others,some are better reacting to whats going on in a game.Some can adjust better.,etc,etc.
Having coached all my life I see so many fundamentally things going on in games that has me mystified.Now maybe it's been always there with cable TV and so many games on I'm seeing it more.I just see so many mistakes during games by players.
As a coach I blame the coachs.The greatest speaking coach at clinics is Hubie Brown.No one could come close to him.he preached when your kid does something stupid out there look in the mirror.You allowed it in practice,you didn't go over it,etc,etc.
The other nite I'm watching Pitt-Hall.Pitt has a 19 pt lead and Orr runs a diamond press.Pitt never attacks the press.Intead they throw the ball in the corner and get trapped.Thats what I want if I'm on defense.You can reverse the ball quickly to the passer-to the weak side fd or gd,and then look for a flasher going to the middle.Or you can flash to one of 3 spots and go over the top of the zone.I couldn't see what the middle man of the diamond was doing because the TV never gives you the full ct but Lenny Elmore repeated about 5 times"why not go over the press"So that means the halls middle man was cheating up.
Now howland is a good coach.but I have no clue on what he was doing.And I never saw a pitt player flash.They just stood in the corner and recieved the ball. The hall ate them up.
The Johnnies game the other day.Fouling the 3 pt. shooter,or BC last week having no play with 3 seconds left.or Braswell taking 3's to end the game 3 times.At one pt Sweets never touched the ball inside in the OT's before he fouled out.
And why not put 2 guys on Hatten at the end of the game when their taking it out. he's the only guy on the floor not to foul. UCLA lets buchanon get 2 or 3 good looks at the end of a game with a 3 or 4 pt lead with 30 seconds left.
And in the Johnnies game they get 5 uncontested layups on the fly pattern vs Conn.Plus calhouns T's gives them 6 str pts.Unreal.Now calhoun is a good coach.he is the best rebounding teacher in the country.When he was at Northeastern he led the nation in rebounding for 3 or 4 yrs.And that was with a frontline of all 6'6 guys.Now his Conn. team can't rebound.
Anyway sorry if I seem upset.It's just that players have such poor b-ball IQ's and some coaches aren't teaching the fundamentals.The TV announcers are pretty good at seeing these things but they "sugar coat" it.you have to read between the lines but they do address the short comings.
If you look at the ats records of some schools the past 3 yrs you see some top notch coaches.
Coach K at Duke has one of the best ats records the past 3 yrs.But you would be surprised to see how many good coaches have poor ats records.
If I haven't put you people to sleep yet I'll list some of them this week.
