December 2016 – Zak Boisvert Thibodeau, Wolves Playing the Long Game (Sports Illustrated) -“He Is Probably the Most Hands-On Coach That I Have Ever Seen,” Says Towns
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December 2016 – Zak Boisvert Thibodeau, Wolves Playing The Long Game (Sports Illustrated) -“He is probably the most hands-on coach that I have ever seen,” says Towns. “Writing little things on the board. Drills, he wants to be part of them. Detailing strategic work. He is a part of it. It’s almost like he has assistant coaches but he doesn’t need them.” -“Analytics can measure a lot of things, but it’s very difficult to measure drive." -The four pillars of coaching: leadership, teaching, communication, and motivation. All require the same thing: the investment of time. -“I think that sometimes the thing that makes them great that initially gets them here is they’re chasing excellence, and you do that by making the commitment to put everything you have into something. And if you get lost along the way and start chasing other things, the commitment doesn’t remain the same, so the result won’t remain the same.” Grgurich has behind-the-scenes impact for Bucks (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) -“You talk about needing balance in your life; I don’t think he has any balance,” said Bucks forward Steve Novak. “I think he is basketball 24-7 and I think he loves it. -“We respect him because he’s a guy that’s in the gym so much. When I was in Dallas he pulled me aside and set up some drills for me specifically and our offense.” Bad news for rest of NBA: Giannis keeps improving (New York Times) -No kidding. If he were to add a reliable 3-point shot? Well, this is where things actually get tricky. The Bucks would prefer that he remember his obvious strengths. Consider the case made by Steve Novak, a veteran teammate who has made his career as a 3-point specialist. There is no question, Novak said, that Antetokounmpo’s outside shooting is improving. “But I think a lot of times our weaknesses are our weaknesses for a reason,” Novak said. “I’m a great shooter because I realized early on that I couldn’t drive by guys. I had to shoot the basketball. In Giannis’s case, shooting is settling. And for the next 10 years, it will be settling for him. So I think he needs to develop it as a weapon, but he’s at his best scoring in the paint and getting fouled and getting by his man. That’s always going to be his go-to.” Rule delivers on promise to Temple (247 Sports) -The Owls staff is also looking for more “Temple guys” to win more hardware. Beginning Sunday, Rhule said his staff will immediately go on the road and recruit. Toughness is the No. 1 trait they’re looking for. “We don’t pay attention to who else is recruiting somebody,” Rhule said adding he’s looking for some that wants to come to Temple and “trust the process.” -“We have a bunch of Temple kids out there right now and we’ll continue to find them,” Rhule said. December 2016 – Zak Boisvert Temple coach Rhule a rising star (247 Sports) -“I’m involved in all of the evaluation process,” Rhule said. “I think I have to be involved in every step in terms of the evaluation of prospects. I want every kid that comes to Temple to know from the head coach on down we view him as a first round draft pick. -“We don’t worry about position,” Rhule said. “Once they get here our guys will find the right place for them. We want guys that play with intensity and like to play the game. We feel like positions are going to work itself out. That’s why on defense I think you see a lot of playmakers and guys that run around and hit.” -“I think as a coach you have to take a chance on really good kids that love playing football and have the tools, and we as football coaches have to develop them." -“For me it starts with my college coach, Coach (Joe) Paterno, seeing the emphasis we had at Penn State in developing players, I want to recruit and develop much like we did at Penn State,” Rhule said. -“Coach (Tom) Coughlin, no coach I’ve been around has been better at putting players in position to succeed. He’s a tough coach, a demanding coach, but he has great relationships with his players." -“Then Coach Addazio taught me recruiting is not about trying to be perfect, but finding guys you think can be successful and going out and recruiting them. I also learned how to be great recruiters as a staff.” Mike Martin, Brown -Refuse as many ball screens as you use. Florida sowing signs of life in post-Donovan era (SBNation) -"I credit our guys with the culture they've created with this team right now," White said after the Miami win. "It's a very healthy culture ... in that when five guys get taken out of a game, there is no drama. You're not dealing with any drama right now." Jon Coffman, IPFW -I don't coach shot selection, I just judge the process preceding the shot. If we have gotten a paint touch, you have a green light. -The only shots I don't like if we've gotten a paint touch is shooting a bobbled catch, a pass that you caught not ready to shoot or shooting in crowds. -Draw a crowd and kick it -Goal: 80% of total shots come in the paint or after a paint touch (doesn't include transition 3's or shots from a set) -Over the last 3 years, we've shot 60% on shots after a paint touch, 35% on the others. December 2016 – Zak Boisvert Chris Caputo, Miami -Use stats to explain a point to players - you don't even necessarily need to fully believe in the stat, but if it drives home a point to a player, use it. How Bob Huggins tracks his press (WVSports.com) -“What I want to know is where they’re (the opponent) entering the ball at and where it’s going from there,” Huggins said. Huggins has his coaching staff note the point of entry pass and the pass after that. The staff tracks this by splitting the court into eight different sections. Horizontally, the court is cut into simply, a left and right side, while vertically, the court is divided by four. Huggins separates the four sections from baseline to foul line, foul line to midcourt, midcourt to the opposite foul line and then the opposite foul line to the opposite baseline. -West Virginia wants its opponents to inbound the ball in front of the immediate foul line. “We chart whether it comes in the short side or the long side or, if they’re throwing it over our heads into different areas, so at halftime, I can look at a chart to see where the balls are being entered and more importantly, where it’s going after the inbounds,” Huggins said. “Are they throwing the second pass diagonally or backwards?” -West Virginia aims for 60 deflections per game. According to Huggins, West Virginia had a season-high of 80 deflections against San Diego State and a season-low, 47 against Virginia. A shift in philosophy led Bob Huggins to 'Press Virginia' (NBCSports.com) -“I thought we needed to change the style that we played,” Huggins said. “I spent time with Kevin Mackey, who I thought did the best job of anybody at the college level with pressure defense. I thought our guys embraced it, and that was probably as key as anything. They really did embrace that style of play.” -"In my own opinion Bob’s a hall of fame coach, he’s a great defensive coach. He had the fundamentals down cold 35 years ago, and it was a matter of his adjusting his thinking to go to the full-court (pressure) all the time.” -“Their offense is designed with the missed shot in mind. In other words, they’re not worried about making or missing jump shots,” Fraschilla continued. “If they go in, great; if guys heat up, great. But they’re also very cognizant of the fact that a missed shot [can be] a pass to Jonathan Holton or Devin Williams or Elijah Macon. That’s how they look at it. You can analyze [the shooting] until the cows come home, but the fact is they get way more field goal attempts than their opponents.” Jim Valvano, NC State -Don't say anything negative about your team or school in the media. December 2016 – Zak Boisvert Chris Holttman is building up the Butler Way in the Big East (Sports Illustrated) -"I credit our guys with the culture they've created with this team right now," White said after the Miami win. "It's a very healthy culture ... in that when five guys get taken out of a game, there is no drama. You're not dealing with any drama right now." -“I talk to our staff about ‘ABG’,” said Holtmann. “That stands for ‘A Butler Guy’. It is our job to identify and recruit those players and hopefully land [them]. Obviously very few schools are able to get everyone they want, and we don’t, but we do our best to identify the right players that fit our culture and at the same time can help us on the court.” -“My second year, when I was the interim head coach, we finished second in the Big East with kids mostly recruited to play in the Horizon League.