Agree McCollum’ first 5 or so shots looked very awkward. I thought it might have had something to do with the fact that one of his first shots was blocked from behind after he had beat his man and thought he had time to take an easy one but he was wrong.
100%. I told SWMBO the same thing!
I don't get it about shooting in a dome is different. Georgia Tech plays home games in the thriller dome. Kids grow up playing on outdoor courts with no ceilings. In high school, I played in a modified barn structure seating 400 that had rafters so low that they would obstruct 20 foot shots from anywhere but the corners. Our shuffle-oriented offense won the Georgia Class C (small high schools with less than 150 students) state championship in 1968 averaging 80 PPG in 32 minutes, with a game-winning margin of 31 points per game.
There is probably a good reason that coaches in the era between 1910-11 and 1948-49, when the rules of basketball did not allow a coach or anyone on the bench to talk to any players on the court, not even at time outs. Coaches prepared the players in practice and typically sat on the bench and watched the game, displaying a picture of calmness during the game. The demeanor of these era coaches, as well as their players who went on to coach, are exemplified by such coaches as John Wooden, Whack Hyder, Norm Sloan coached by Everett Case at NC State, Hank Iba at OK State, and Dean Smith coached by Phogg Allen. at Kansas. Homer Rice has that same calm demeanor from his high school coaches in the early 1940's. The one exception I saw was Bobby Knight, who was coached at Ohio State by Fred Taylor, winning a national championship in 1960. Fred played in the early 1940's. I think Bobby was the poster child for the somewhat erratic behavior of some coaches from the 1970's on.
Hate to say it like this but when you root for GT for a long time, you get used to being disappointed. What you never get used to is GT playing dumb basketball. Nothing about GT should ever be dumb, we have another in-state school that's supposed to excel in that for us.
The only thing I can think of that is dumb is the inability to execute the most important basic skills to focus on are: dribbling, passing, shooting, rebounding, and basic defensive positioning; essentially mastering the "core four" of basketball - dribbling, passing, shooting, and defense - while also understanding how to rebound effectively. And that dumbness comes from the lack of ability or desire to perform the basics, no matter the opponent nor the offensive pattern. No player on the court should be without these basic basketball capabilities. It is easy to forget the basics and venture off into other aspects of basic basketball, such as was popularized by the in famous Pistol Pete at the time. Nothing fancy. I got summoned to the bench at UNC's Carmichael Auditorium when I made a hook shot in the lane over center Bob McAdoo, which the coach called me showing out.
... Well likely not this year...
Denny Crum is another. There are many others. Not every coach is like rat face or Bobby Knight.We’ve done that already.
Ok, I shouldn’t have taken your comment as an attack so here is one example of this line of coaches:
Brad Stevens: 2 Keys To Leadership
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It perhaps started with John Wooden, considered one of the greatest college coaches ever, and includes people like NBA coach Phil Jackson, considered one of the top coaches in NBA history.
I agree with you that those type mistakes are happening as well due to bad decision by the players when trying to execute the of the fundamentals.
Exactly. You don’t have to throw chairs and abuse your players to win.
He also learned to coach under John Wooden. Damon almost played for him in Louisville, and the papers there said he did sign a letter of intent with them. The next day he signed to play for Lute Olson at Arizona.
