Calipari should be fined.

#54
#54
JZVOL said:
How can you get anyone, regardless of age, to do something if you do it in a way they can't understand?
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This is so much more important in coaching than people realize. Spurrier is the classic example IMO. At Florida he got so much credit for "x's and o's," but what he was REALLY good at was getting his players all on the same page. Their plays were simple, but by god EVERYONE did what he was supposed to do.

I cringe when I hear people cite "execution" as being "not the coach's fault." Occasionally it isn't, of course, in very specific occasions, but in general it's the coach's job to communicate clearly and give the players instructions they can understand. In the end, execution is on the coaches.

FWIW, Pearl is very good at this. His players understand the plan and they execute it. Could be his strength, actually.
 
#55
#55
StepCross said:
This is so much more important in coaching than people realize. Spurrier is the classic example IMO. At Florida he got so much credit for "x's and o's," but what he was REALLY good at was getting his players all on the same page. Their plays were simple, but by god EVERYONE did what he was supposed to do.

I cringe when I hear people cite "execution" as being "not the coach's fault." Occasionally it isn't, of course, in very specific occasions, but in general it's the coach's job to communicate clearly and give the players instructions they can understand. In the end, execution is on the coaches.

FWIW, Pearl is very good at this. His players understand the plan and they execute it. Could be his strength, actually.
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I agree 100%. It's not what the coach knows, it's what the players know. A coach can be a genius but if he can't communicate to his players it really doesn't matter.

I have a top three for offense, defense and three "must haves". If you don't have the three must haves, it really doesn't matter what you do on offense and defense.

The must haves are effort, execution and accountability.
 
#62
#62
JZVOL said:
I agree 100%. It's not what the coach knows, it's what the players know. A coach can be a genius but if he can't communicate to his players it really doesn't matter.

I have a top three for offense, defense and three "must haves". If you don't have the three must haves, it really doesn't matter what you do on offense and defense.

The must haves are effort, execution and accountability.
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I think you and I see things very similarly on this topic.

I would love to know what your top 3 are for offense and defense. Are they secrets?
 
#63
#63
StepCross said:
I think you and I see things very similarly on this topic.

I would love to know what your top 3 are for offense and defense. Are they secrets?
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Not at all and they vary (obviously) from coach-to-coach. The reason for having a top three is because I don't want to be a master of mediocrity. You can't be good at everything so focus on three things and be the best at those.

Offense- 1. Push the basketball (arc to arc) in transition.
2. Motion offense (harder to scout, teaches players how to play etc.)
3. Top scores take majority of shots (took that from Bob Knight and Bob Hurley) I don't want guys who can't shoot taking shot away from guys who can.

Defense- 1. Get back, transition D is so important.
2. Contest every shot (nothing easy).
3. One (shot) and done.
 
#64
#64
No he shouldn't.

I'm not for cussing but people should be allowed to say whatever they want. Don't be one of those people....
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#65
#65
JZVOL said:
One of the worst posts I've ever seen. I've heard Bruce tell little Pearl to shut the eff up and get the eff out of the drill.

Big deal. I had my college coach call players biatches. My high school coach cussed at us at times, though not often.

Grow a pair.
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If everybody does it, then why did Calipari formally apologize?
 
#68
#68
PMC2726 said:
Calipari is Machiavelli -- he reigns through fear and respect. He also gives lots of hugs here and there too. It's brilliant. What he did to that kid the other night sent a clear message of what Cal expects from his team and what it takes to win consistently on the highest level.

It's also worth noting that parents DO want their sons playing under a man who curses like some punk out of the hood. Where do you think the kids that played for Cal in Memphis (Waggner, Evans, Dorsey, ....) played high school, Deer Field Academy? Get real, these kids came from the hood. So I would call what Cal does "identifying" with the kids and speaking their language. The #1 priority for kids coming out of the hood is RESPECT. Look at a kid in the hood the wrong way and you might end up getting hurt. The point is that Cal knows what it takes to shake these kids up and get them to buy into a system (usually the first of their lives with an structure). What happened didn't hurt him at all.

Oh, and if Calipari gets fined for cussing his player, BP should be afraid, very afraid of what his punishment will be.
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Well, I am a parent of a UT grad, and it would bother me if my son were considering a university to see the coach have a meltdown and use profanity in a game setting. If Caiipari had directed that string of f-words at an official, he would have been T-ed up. If there is nothing wrong with the f-word in some circumstances, then why does Volnation not allow the word f***?
 
#69
#69
OrangeNehi said:
Well, I am a parent of a UT grad, and it would bother me if my son were considering a university to see the coach have a meltdown and use profanity in a game setting. If Caiipari had directed that string of f-words at an official, he would have been T-ed up. If there is nothing wrong with the f-word in some circumstances, then why does Volnation not allow the word f***?
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Because Volnation is not one of the circumstances in which there is nothing wrong with it.
 
#70
#70
OrangeNehi said:
Well, I am a parent of a UT grad, and it would bother me if my son were considering a university to see the coach have a meltdown and use profanity in a game setting. If Caiipari had directed that string of f-words at an official, he would have been T-ed up. If there is nothing wrong with the f-word in some circumstances, then why does Volnation not allow the word f***?
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Every coach in America uses some form of threatening language. If language is the criteria for picking a coach, then a player should probably just sit at home.
 
#71
#71
I think Cal should be released from the Tennessee basketball staff.. Wait a minute.
 
#72
#72
hatvol96 said:
Or Jim Calhoun. Or Gary Williams. Or Tom Izzo. Or Mike Krzyzewski. Or Bob Huggins. Or Tim Floyd. Or Rick Pitino. Or Bill Self. Or Ben Howland. Or Jim Boeheim.
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Yeah, but look at all the success Bobby Johnson had, both on the field and the recruiting trail.
 
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