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(12-07-2017 07:53 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 07:46 PM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 07:03 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 06:31 PM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 04:59 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  Cmon man, it's gotta Jones getting into his head telling him his defense will be better if he's a bad shooter.

Do you seriously believe that coaches have no effect on the confidence of their players? Or that confidence has no effect on performance? I know there isn't a player confidence metric that you can look up, but you must understand that there is a psychology element to performance. You can argue that JJ's style and system are not a problem in that regard, but you cannot deny that psychology matters.

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Then Fields and Haynes should be great shooters because they fire at will?

Or how about that green is a freahman and will go through ups and downs (hell, all players do). This thought that Green was a great shooter that all of a sudden cant shoot because JJs offensive system is really dumb and just an excuse to blame Jones for things.

You conveniently avoided my question.

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Do coaches help or hurt players confidence was the question? Its possible. Would we be able to know if there were? No.

The questions were:
Does psychology affect performance?
Do coaches affect psychology?

As I said, you can argue whether or not you think JJ has a negative effect on the confidence of some players. I obviously think he does, but I'm not there watching everyday either, so there is room for me to be wrong. I laid out my opinion on how his style affects confidence. If you are interested in making an argument that opposes mine I think that would be interesting to read, but just laughing off the idea altogether, as though a coach plays no role in a player's confidence, is a completely unfounded position.

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