A Few Thoughts From Villanova

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1.If there is a classier coach than Jay Wright I would love to meet him. He chatted with people @ the clinic, took pictures and signed autographs.
2.He hardly raised his voice, was never negative and always teaching; it was very impressive.
3.JayVaughn Pinkston has a long way to go. You can tell he never had to play defense in high school. Coach Wright had to keep telling him "ball, you man" several times. It was only his third practice so with his size (he is huge) he should be solid. 4.I ate lunch next to Bobby Gonzalez. He was really nice and said he was using his "time off" to learn from NBA coaches and coaches like Jay Wright. 5. There is more BB knowledge is Mike Dunleavy's spit than in most people's brain.
6. If you follow 'Nova look for a few new wrinkles in their offense, I have the plays and names but they've never run them before so I don't want to explain them yet.
Just a few thoughts anyway... I'll be @ St. Joe's tomorrow for practice so I'll post some thoughts on that tomorrow.
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Good write-up, but don't agree with Mike Dunleavy.
 
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zjcvols said:
Good write-up, but don't agree with Mike Dunleavy.
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Jay Wright seems to think so. If you heard hour and a half clinic on transition offense, he would change your mind.
He still has a nice outside shot too... He has range
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You should visit conshohocken pa while you are there. The night life there is great. Its pretty close to villanova
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Mike Dunleavy had a funny quote I meant to add... He showed a play off a transition offense set and said "I made Corey Maggette 50 million dollars on this one play; it's always open."
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A few thoughts on the St. Joe's practice for anyone interested...

Much like Villanova's practice it was very organized. The assistant coaches didn't have the energy of 'Nova's and the players weren't as talkative though I would contribute that to having 6 true freshman on the roster.

They did run a lot of great drills which Martelli was very hands on with and I was very impressed. Again like 'Nova they kept score on every drill with losers doing sit ups.

Martelli got pretty pissed at the players not talking on defense which again I would contribute to having so many freshman. If there was one thing I noticed at 'Nova and St. Joe's it was the freshman not understanding basic defensive principles like playing the ball first and communicating.

Towards the second half of practice the freshman started to get it and it became much more physical on defense.

Some great Martelli quotes:

Started of practice by telling the guys "Value and welcome your chance to practice. Hummel from Purdue just tore his ACL again, people get hurt and you guys are lucky to be practicing."

To a player bending over and grabbing his knees: "I only deal with warriors, warriors don't bend over and grab their knees- that's a sign of weakness or defeat. I want warriors!"

"Never inbound the ball with a bounce pass. We had Camby's undefeated UMASS team beat and we inbounded the ball with a bounce pass that went off our guy's knee out of bounds and we lost the game."

Anytime that lined up in a free throw situation he asked the players "when can you rebound?" Most didn't know so he got pissed and started making people do sit ups... it was a great teaching moment.

At the end of practice he went over the quote of the day and asked a few players to tell him the best player in our league at you position and why, tell him why you are a good teammate and others tell him your strengths in the classroom.

He chatted with me after practice and said "as you can see with 6 freshman we are a work in progress."

They will be running the dribble drive this year.

It was a great practice and a fantastic learning experience.
 
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JZVOL said:
A few thoughts on the St. Joe's practice for anyone interested...

Much like Villanova's practice it was very organized. The assistant coaches didn't have the energy of 'Nova's and the players weren't as talkative though I would contribute that to having 6 true freshman on the roster.

They did run a lot of great drills which Martelli was very hands on with and I was very impressed. Again like 'Nova they kept score on every drill with losers doing sit ups.

Martelli got pretty pissed at the players not talking on defense which again I would contribute to having so many freshman. If there was one thing I noticed at 'Nova and St. Joe's it was the freshman not understanding basic defensive principles like playing the ball first and communicating.

Towards the second half of practice the freshman started to get it and it became much more physical on defense.

Some great Martelli quotes:

Started of practice by telling the guys "Value and welcome your chance to practice. Hummel from Purdue just tore his ACL again, people get hurt and you guys are lucky to be practicing."

To a player bending over and grabbing his knees: "I only deal with warriors, warriors don't bend over and grab their knees- that's a sign of weakness or defeat. I want warriors!"

"Never inbound the ball with a bounce pass. We had Camby's undefeated UMASS team beat and we inbounded the ball with a bounce pass that went off our guy's knee out of bounds and we lost the game."

Anytime that lined up in a free throw situation he asked the players "when can you rebound?" Most didn't know so he got pissed and started making people do sit ups... it was a great teaching moment.

At the end of practice he went over the quote of the day and asked a few players to tell him the best player in our league at you position and why, tell him why you are a good teammate and others tell him your strengths in the classroom.

He chatted with me after practice and said "as you can see with 6 freshman we are a work in progress."

They will be running the dribble drive this year.

It was a great practice and a fantastic learning experience.
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I'm always amazed at the number of kids who come to college without a working knowledge of the rules and fundamental concepts .
 
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If Pearl were to get the axe I'd want Jay Wright at the top of the list for replacements
 
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BigPapaVol said:
This a part of your coaching process JZ?
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Yea. It has unexpectedly become my passion in life. I want to coach in college so I'm trying to meet people, learn everyday and find a mentor... still working on all three each day as much as I can.

It's going to be a long process with little money but I have to at least give it a shot...
 
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JZVOL said:
Yea. It has unexpectedly become my passion in life. I want to coach in college so I'm trying to meet people, learn everyday and find a mentor... still working on all three each day as much as I can.

It's going to be a long process with little money but I have to at least give it a shot...
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Well you're most certainly taking the best route. The key is to keep every piece of info you get. Good or bad. Then shape what you've learned into your own style.

Good luck.
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NYYVol said:
Well you're most certainly taking the best route. The key is to keep every piece of info you get. Good or bad. Then shape what you've learned into your own style.

Good luck.
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I appreciate it.
 
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