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<blockquote data-quote="kg01" data-source="post: 458968" data-attributes="member: 11"><p>Uh, it doesn't work that way.</p><p></p><p>Good/great coach does not necessarily equate to good/great talent developer. I'd venture to say most "great" coaches don't have the patience to truly develop players to any significant degree.</p><p></p><p>I think we can all agree that Larry Brown was a great coach, for example. Well he simply chose not to play guys who couldn't help him.</p><p></p><p>The blue bloods do a great job of putting elite prospects in a position to help them. They're not gonna invest time in truly developing a guy. If a guy doesn't help them, just like Brown, they simply recruit over then push out the guy.</p><p></p><p>Will their players get incrementally better? Sure but if a guy needs to develop a handle or a reliable shot to make it on the next level, nah that's not happening.</p><p></p><p>Why not? Because there's not time to do it before they're gone. Remember, we all laugh but there <em>are </em>restrictions on how much work they can do on their game while in "school".</p><p></p><p>Most players realize, after they declare and get with a real player devel guy, that whatever they've been working on has been wrong anyway. College coaches don't generally develop players like that. It's why, and laugh again, NBA guys liked Hewitt. He actually worked on individual skill development. Unfortunately for us ... well, we know how that statement ends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kg01, post: 458968, member: 11"] Uh, it doesn't work that way. Good/great coach does not necessarily equate to good/great talent developer. I'd venture to say most "great" coaches don't have the patience to truly develop players to any significant degree. I think we can all agree that Larry Brown was a great coach, for example. Well he simply chose not to play guys who couldn't help him. The blue bloods do a great job of putting elite prospects in a position to help them. They're not gonna invest time in truly developing a guy. If a guy doesn't help them, just like Brown, they simply recruit over then push out the guy. Will their players get incrementally better? Sure but if a guy needs to develop a handle or a reliable shot to make it on the next level, nah that's not happening. Why not? Because there's not time to do it before they're gone. Remember, we all laugh but there [I]are [/I]restrictions on how much work they can do on their game while in "school". Most players realize, after they declare and get with a real player devel guy, that whatever they've been working on has been wrong anyway. College coaches don't generally develop players like that. It's why, and laugh again, NBA guys liked Hewitt. He actually worked on individual skill development. Unfortunately for us ... well, we know how that statement ends. [/QUOTE]
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