I caught part of Lynwood's game yesterday and think they would have beaten O'Dowd. Would be a pick'em type game against Poly, but I would probably side with Poly.
SHC just doesn't have much offense right now outside of Thomas. And they struggle with teams pressure their guards. Rough spot now, but they will be there at the end.
Interesting about a team not having offense. I personally think that is where a "coach" (if they are a good coach) must figure things out. From what I've been told SHC has a good coach.
To me.... leadership,scouting, game planning, being personally accountable, figuring out problems, spotting and exploiting an opponents weakness, making adjustments,Putting the right combination of players on the floor, creating favorable match ups, helping create higher confidence, and building self esteem are a coach's job.
But more times than not we see a coach on the sideline who many times is
more afraid during the games
than the players are. Many would rather point fingers at the players and micro manage players instead of
putting the right players in the right lanes and getting out of the way so the right players can get the job done. Basketball is not life threatening. There is absolutely nothing you should be afraid of IMO. Not parents, not players, and not other teams.
Coaches manage the game, players play it.
By
managing the game, and
not the players, the coach can be focused on making the correct adjustments themselves and not just blaming failures on the players lack of execution. You manage the game, and
encourage the players.
Many times there are players with offensive skills who can create problems off the dribble but coaches are too ego fixated on running the system or complex plays than encouraging the right players to do more than they are presently doing.You adjust depending on each game or separate circumstance.
It is tough watching some of the incompetent game time decisions and poor game time management. Or watching coaches mis guide children and suck the passion for the game out of many of them.
Why make basketball so complex?
It is just basketball, always has been, and always will be, just basketball.
The
coaches hold all the strings. The better coaches usually figure it all out with less ego. They usually don't play favorites or just automatically hand things to any one player. No
the best coaches do what is in the best interest of the entire "
team."
And they give the players the credit for the wins and shoulder the blame themselves for the losses. That is why some are more successful than others. And it is why some are asked to leave and others decide for themselves when to move on to the next challenge.
