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10-WAYS TO DISCOURAGE A TALENT EVALUATOR

1. MY BAD/ AND 1 2. YELLING AT COACHES/TEAMMATES 3. BODY LANGUAGE/ “WAVE” – POUT 4. FALSE HUSTLE 5. RUNNING ONE WAY-ONLY OFFENSE 6. TOO MUCH DRIBBLING/SHOT SELECTION 7. JUMP PASS/TURNOVERS 8. SITTING IN HUDDLE/ATTENTION SPAN 9. YELLING AT REFS 10. SELF ADULATION

ALTERNATIVES

1. DON’T ADMIT DEFEAT ON THE FLOOR-LET YOUR PLAY DO THE TALKING 2. GET YOUR POINT ACROSS IN A HUDDLE/HALF TIME/AFTER THE GAME 3. WALK TALL/WHO ARE YOU PLAYING FOR? 4. REAL HUSTLE. LOOSE BALLS. GIVE UP YOUR BODY. 5. GET BACK AND FIND YOUR GUYS, TALK ON DEFENSE 6. LEARN HOW TO PLAY WITHOUT THE BALL 7. MAKE GOOD DECISIONS IN THE LANE. PLAY UNDER CONTROL. READ THE DEFENSE 8. EYES ON COACH. LISTEN TO INSTRUCTIONS 9. YOU DON’T GET CALLS BY WHINING 10. ONCE AGAIN. LET YOUR PLAY DO THE TALKING. IF YOU’RE GOOD, WE’LL FIND YOU.

. What Winning Leaders Do

In Winning, former General Electric CEO Jack Welch says he found that some ways of leading always seem to work in creating a winning company - and that they became his "rules:"

- Leaders relentlessly upgrade their team, using every encounter as an opportunity to evaluate, coach and build self-confidence. Take every opportunity to inject self-confidence into those who have earned it. Use ample praise, the more specific the better. - Leaders make sure people not only see the vision, they live and breathe it. There were times I talked about the company's direction so much in one day, that I was completely sick of hearing it myself. - Leaders get into everyone's skin, exuding positive energy and optimism. Unhappy tribes have a tough time winning. - Leaders establish trust with candor, transparency, and credit. Leaders never score off their own people by stealing an idea and claiming it as their own. - Leaders have the courage to make unpopular decisions and gut calls. Don't run for office. You're already elected. - Leaders probe and push with a curiosity that borders on skepticism, making sure their questions are answered with action. "We'll look into it," says Welch, is the all-too-common business head fake. - Leaders inspire risk taking and learning by setting an example. There is no edict in the world that will make people take risks or spend their time learning. - Leaders celebrate. Celebrating makes people fell like winners.

2. Thoughts From

- Three things are non-negotiable as a team: 1) defend, 2) give up no second shots, 3) take good shots. - Statistics that are important to me are FG% defense, rebound differential, and our turnovers versus opponent turnovers. I love team steals. In an NBA game the 93-92 score bothers me. I want the game played with more points. - During the lockout year, I went to watch Princeton practice. They didn't do one defensive drill. That year they led college basketball in field goal percentage defense. There are a lot of different philosophies that are effective. - Today's players lack a middle game. - A problem for good young players in the NBA is they get drafted high by a bad team. They play a lot and produce, but they get accustomed to losing and the habits of a losing environment. Then, these young players are rewarded, but not for winning. - Keys to winning include: taking good shots, don't foul, defend with intensity and togetherness, rebound at both ends, don't turn the ball over. - Europeans do a great job of utilizing the 3 pt. Line on offense and defense. They make the game look like its 3 on 3. In the , our game looks like it's 8 on 8 at times. - Do shell drill every day as a coach. It makes your team better on offense and defense. - As coaches, help each other and the game of basketball. - When it comes to scouting, I focus on what we do. A lot of times I learn from my players. There is a reason why they are in the NBA. I want to "empower" my players. - The best college teams have great senior leadership. - One jerk can ruin a team. - When you play for Bob Knight you become "tougher" as a person. - I don't like offense, I like defense. I believe great defensive teams won't take as many bad shots on offense. - Run your program from day one like you envision it being in the future, as you see it down the road. Coach for now with vision. As a coach, be comfortable with what you do. Why change? - I like to workout together as a staff. It promotes an exchange of ideas in a natural setting.