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How To Determine If A Basketball Team Is Well Coached
I didnt write the below, I just thought it very interesting. Draw your own conclusions.

Quote:I look at three things when watching a game and a particular coach. The first and obvious thing I look at is this: Is this team running some sort of continuity offense or are they running multiple set plays? Once I can determine that, I watch to see how the execution is. Do guys wait for picks they know are coming, do the guys setting the picks signal out they are coming to set them, do the pickers make sure they are set or does everyone run at warp speed not looking to set up their men? Do the guys setting the picks actually lay a good headhunting pick on the defensive player?

Sloppy execution is a clear sign that this coach des not demand the crispness and attention to detail needed during practice and that will always translate out on the court. You also let these kids get sloppy on the court, what do you expect them to be like in the classroom? You cannot separate the two things.

The second thing I look for is what is the defensive mindset of the team and how does the coach implement different defenses in order to best take advantage of that desired mindset. The game is still dictated from the defensive end and on the boards. Now so, more than ever, with the shot clock , you will never again see UNC call out four corners to dictate game tempo and a team's defense. Does a team strive to execute a defensive plan from the start of the game or do they have zero defensive cohesiveness and tempo? Are they communicating?

The cornerstone of any good team is constant and loud communication on the court and off of it ( kids on the bench calling out plays that the other team signals, do they yell out to the guy guarding the ball that the man he is guarding is a lefty, to remind him)? Do players have that "balls to the wall" attitude on defense? Do they burn to stop the other team?

When a kid takes a charge, do the others run over to help him out? This is one of the things especially that Duke does well. ( I know you UNC folks hate hearing that one, but its true).

The final, and perhaps the most important thing or things I look at when watching a game and critiquing a coach, are the intangibles. How does a coach conduct a huddle, do players pay attention or is there a small group always playing grab-ass, not really playing attention? When there is a lull in play and a coach signals a player, does that kid or kids run over or strut over. When a coach chews a kid's ass out on the court or off the court, does that kid make eye contact with that coach or does he look around or by him?
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RE: How To Determine If A Basketball Team Is Well Coached
I like that person's perspective on coaching effectiveness.
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RE: How To Determine If A Basketball Team Is Well Coached
You always play like you practice.
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RE: How To Determine If A Basketball Team Is Well Coached
Would like to see a comparision of the coaches in our league, years coached, where they have coached and who they have coached and where their players have gone, over seas league, NBA, transfers and such.

Two things, I see is that were missing Robert Brown and Nick and a experienced coach. But next year we will have a coach with a year under his belt.

Personally, I like coach Rob and his players but Results are not occurring but then again if you do a Ratio of experience vs games played and who we have played and look at our Record it does not appear attractive. But theirs still games to be played. The Thing is the rebuilding does not seem to be happening at a rate to bring fans to see but Really fans only seem to show up against Like Memphis, Auburn, Cincinatti, Marquette, Saint Loius, We were winning last year and the fans still did not show up so WHAT DOES IT TAKE to get the JOB Done.


Sopposely if we did not hire Coach Rob the Main players would of Transferred and I'm glad they did not but see they came to play for Coach Haase, I think if we would of hired Coach Chuck Person fans would be their because of his Auburn Ties. So like we need to do great the rest of the year and the Conference Tournament and be ready for Next year or it will be a complete overhaul.
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RE: How To Determine If A Basketball Team Is Well Coached
Why was a link not provided?
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RE: How To Determine If A Basketball Team Is Well Coached
(02-17-2017 01:27 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Why was a link not provided?

A Google search shows that it's from an old UNC fan blog that grabbed the text from a UNC fan forum. The original poster was allegedly a former D1 player and former assistant coach at a DIII school.

I don't like Haase's offense, but he had the guys executing for the most part. Under Ehsan, we're not really seeing the execution anymore (unless we're playing a bad defensive team). I won't say the lack of execution is entirely Ehsan's fault, but it certainly doesn't help his resume.
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RE: How To Determine If A Basketball Team Is Well Coached
I feel like it's a problem that I was closer to getting a technical at Rice and UTSA than our coach.
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RE: How To Determine If A Basketball Team Is Well Coached
If Rob gets it going next year then insert "Rocky" theme...if we continue down our current path then we'll all be wallowing in Basketball Hades together...I looked up his contract last night (yes I know he'll be back next year short of a scandal) and per the contract UAB will owe Ehsan $400K (or roughly one years base salary) if he is released within the first 5 years - aka peanuts...so we better PRAY he turns it around next season because given that he is here and the team stinks it up again the cupboard will basically be bare
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RE: How To Determine If A Basketball Team Is Well Coached
I haven't had too much of a problem with the officiating, although there were a few questionable traveling calls last night. It seemed that was their favorite call on both teams.

Regarding fouls, most fouls are due to trying to recover from poor defense and being a step late to the ball. That fits us on defense to a tee.
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RE: How To Determine If A Basketball Team Is Well Coached
(02-17-2017 01:27 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Why was a link not provided?

Probably, because it is an AUP violation to provide links to posts on other message boards outside of CSNbbs boards.
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RE: How To Determine If A Basketball Team Is Well Coached
(02-17-2017 02:59 PM)blazerjay Wrote:  
(02-17-2017 01:27 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Why was a link not provided?

Probably, because it is an AUP violation to provide links to posts on other message boards outside of CSNbbs boards.

Well if not a link, then a statement where it came from. Might have helped validate it.
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RE: How To Determine If A Basketball Team Is Well Coached
(02-17-2017 03:07 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  
(02-17-2017 02:59 PM)blazerjay Wrote:  
(02-17-2017 01:27 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Why was a link not provided?

Probably, because it is an AUP violation to provide links to posts on other message boards outside of CSNbbs boards.

Well if not a link, then a statement where it came from. Might have helped validate it.

True. But, I found it easily by googling the title of the post.
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RE: How To Determine If A Basketball Team Is Well Coached
Ahh, "just google it"

And as someone very knowledgeable of the AUP, I wasn't aware of that rule. Mainly because it is broken repeatedly with the "hey look at what they are saying about us" posts.
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RE: How To Determine If A Basketball Team Is Well Coached
Teh Google is your friend. Personally, I didn't even know that was an AUP violation. I've seen countless such threads here.

OTOH, reading what was quoted validated a lot of it for me.
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(02-17-2017 03:17 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Ahh, "just google it"

And as someone very knowledgeable of the AUP, I wasn't aware of that rule. Mainly because it is broken repeatedly with the "hey look at what they are saying about us" posts.

Quote:16) Posting links to other message boards is prohibited, if the intent is deemed to be an attempt (overt or not) to drive traffic away from BlazerTalk.com or CSNbbs. Determination of the intent is exclusively in the hands of the BlazerTalk.com moderation team. Posts of this nature may be moved or deleted. Offenders are subject to warnings, forum bans, or outright CSNbbs banning.

Depends on the intent. I should have said is a possible violation. Mods and admins tend to shy away from any direct links to other message boards as a rule of caution.
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